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Access to the arctic, east and west.

That right there would be the BIGGEST value of having Greenland or any part of the region.

Part of why Russia is such a threat.

What's in the ground is great and all, but those are still finite resources. Access to a shorter trade route to Asia/Pacific? That will pay out for long after those things are collected and made into other shit.
Once the Russian people divest themselves of the thugocracy, which will happen some time, the political and military advantage is largely irrelevant. Also the people with the money tend to think in terms of quarterly profits, not long term political strategy.
The whole trade route thing depends largely on globull warming to make it viable. Since we will soon be heading into global cooling, the trade route may not be much of a financial advantage. Strategically, it will always be worth having.
 
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Once the Russian people divest themselves of the thugocracy, which will happen some time, the political and military advantage is largely irrelevant. Also the people with the money tend to think in terms of quarterly profits, not long term political strategy.
The whole trade route thing depends largely on globull warming to make it viable. Since we will soon be heading into global cooling, the trade route may not be much of a financial advantage. Strategically, it will always be worth having.
Hasn't happened in several centuries yet. Be he a Tsar, a commissar, or a President, Russia is always ruled by a thugocracy.
 
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Hasn't happened in several centuries yet. Be he a Tsar, a commissar, or a President, Russia is always ruled by a thugocracy.

Honestly I think it's very cultural how Russia just deals with itself vs. a lot of other nations. "Thugocracy" whether a hold over from the Rus or Monguls or something else entirely, it's just... how they are.

If Russians want something 'better' they usually end up leaving instead of staying.

Maybe it's just the cold that makes them like this.
 

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Honestly I think it's very cultural how Russia just deals with itself vs. a lot of other nations. "Thugocracy" whether a hold over from the Rus or Monguls or something else entirely, it's just... how they are.

If Russians want something 'better' they usually end up leaving instead of staying.

Maybe it's just the cold that makes them like this.
It's their culture. For a while, I was engaged in the Russian emigre community through dating a former government interpreter.

She put it best. "If you don't have a boot on our necks, we don't believe you are strong enough to protect us."
 
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We hear reports that old Donnie is threatening to deport USA citizens from the country. That can be a scary thing to do, especially for those who did not donate a ton of money to him. I guess that he can be bought by donating to his secret Swiss bank account, now in exchange for forgiveness. Is it time that the citizens of USA to stop the person they put in charge ?
 

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We hear reports that old Donnie is threatening to deport USA citizens from the country. That can be a scary thing to do, especially for those who did not donate a ton of money to him. I guess that he can be bought by donating to his secret Swiss bank account, now in exchange for forgiveness. Is it time that the citizens of USA to stop the person they put in charge ?
The question arises. . . to where does one deport them?
 
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I see old Donnie has a fixation on getting Canada to stop the fentanyl from coming to USA. Okay, reports are that they caught 19.50 kilo’s of fentanyl from Canada, 9,570 kilo’s from Mexico, that is .0020% as from Mexico. Now what is being said that the USA boarder patrols are unable to do their job. What they can do is search every truck, every car, every vehicle coming from Mexico, even if it takes those in line a month to cross the boarder. If they know that they are not crossing the border with drugs, drug problem solved. Also why are the people in USA so drug hungry? Also if they find any drugs like fentanyl at the border, sell it on the open market with a 200-500 % tariffs on it. Make money that way rather than the crooks.
 

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I see old Donnie has a fixation on getting Canada to stop the fentanyl from coming to USA. Okay, reports are that they caught 19.50 kilo’s of fentanyl from Canada, 9,570 kilo’s from Mexico, that is .0020% as from Mexico. Now what is being said that the USA boarder patrols are unable to do their job. What they can do is search every truck, every car, every vehicle coming from Mexico, even if it takes those in line a month to cross the boarder. If they know that they are not crossing the border with drugs, drug problem solved. Also why are the people in USA so drug hungry? Also if they find any drugs like fentanyl at the border, sell it on the open market with a 200-500 % tariffs on it. Make money that way rather than the crooks.

I've been wondering just what the US has been doing to hold up THEIR side of the Border.

Or do they expect Canada/Mexico to do all the work...
 

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I see old Donnie has a fixation on getting Canada to stop the fentanyl from coming to USA. Okay, reports are that they caught 19.50 kilo’s of fentanyl from Canada, 9,570 kilo’s from Mexico, that is .0020% as from Mexico. Now what is being said that the USA boarder patrols are unable to do their job. What they can do is search every truck, every car, every vehicle coming from Mexico, even if it takes those in line a month to cross the boarder. If they know that they are not crossing the border with drugs, drug problem solved. Also why are the people in USA so drug hungry? Also if they find any drugs like fentanyl at the border, sell it on the open market with a 200-500 % tariffs on it. Make money that way rather than the crooks.
19.5 kg? WTF are you on?









 

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Sorry I read the reports from the USA website, wherein they reported that during a year they only had found 19.50 kilos of fentanyl entering USA From Canada. If you are referring to the labs found in Canada, you are on the wrong channel. SUP.
 

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Sorry I read the reports from the USA website, wherein they reported that during a year they only had found 19.50 kilos of fentanyl entering USA From Canada. If you are referring to the labs found in Canada, you are on the wrong channel. SUP.
No need to be sorry. The fact that it was being made in Canada does not mean it was being shipped to the U.S. And if it was being shipped to the U.S., that doesn't mean it was being caught.

This is petros's idea of an argument.
 

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No need to be sorry. The fact that it was being made in Canada does not mean it was being shipped to the U.S. And if it was being shipped to the U.S., that doesn't mean it was being caught.

This is petros's idea of an argument.
If the shoe fits.

“I want to really drill down on this, Jake, because it’s so important,” Miller opened. “There’s two million employees in the federal government. Overwhelmingly, the career federal service in this country is far left, left-wing.”
 
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If the shoe fits.

“I want to really drill down on this, Jake, because it’s so important,” Miller opened. “There’s two million employees in the federal government. Overwhelmingly, the career federal service in this country is far left, left-wing.”

So you think Miller is telling the truth? You're cute.
 

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Recently the Musk administration has put out a memo inviting all Federal employees to submit "delayed resignation" by 6 Feb, to take effect 30 Sep.

Analysis indicates that, like everything else Dumb Donnie does, in the immortal words of The Bard, "'Tis a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." I hope it works. Anybody dumb enough to fall for it shouldn't be working for the government.
 
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Recently the Musk administration has put out a memo inviting all Federal employees to submit "delayed resignation" by 6 Feb, to take effect 30 Sep.

Analysis indicates that, like everything else Dumb Donnie does, in the immortal words of The Bard, "'Tis a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." I hope it works. Anybody dumb enough to fall for it shouldn't be working for the government.
Going off the deep end . Trump is masterfully trolling and it is beautiful to watch . Ahhhh nooooo not the orange man NOooo .
 
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