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Greenland Referendum Finds That 90% Of The Local Population Voted To Join The US
Zerohedge via Twitter ^ | 08/20/19

Posted on 08/20/2019 5:07:17 PM PDT by Enlightened1

"Greenland referendum finds that 90% of the local population voted to join the US"

 

https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1163962972919742466

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Politics
KEYWORDS: denmark; europeanunion; greenland; grexit; join; nato; referendum; trumpnato; twitter; us; zerohedge
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To: yarddog

I think you meant JFK. He gave Mexico some land along the Rio Grande in El Paso. The river had shifted course and some international arbiter or court declared that the land belonged to Mexico. I remember my mother being outraged at what Kennedy did.


61 posted on 08/20/2019 7:38:06 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Enlightened1

We’re going to build a wall around Greenland and make Denmark pay for it.


62 posted on 08/20/2019 7:44:37 PM PDT by Redmen4ever (u)
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To: bigbob

Totally correct. Apparently there is no FR rule that only recognized legitimate publications can be posted. So every blogpimp, to use an expression, uses FR for their distribution source.


63 posted on 08/20/2019 8:05:45 PM PDT by Okeydoker
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To: Enlightened1

Time to make some early reservations for the Greenland Trump Hotel and golf course...


64 posted on 08/20/2019 8:13:57 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: irishjuggler

In public socialists act like thry don’t need capitalist funds.

In private they’d love to sell Greenland so they could get billions to waste on social programs.


65 posted on 08/20/2019 8:18:25 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: beancounter13
Of course, if Greenland votes for its own independence, and then petitions to join the U.S., then it would be like TEXAS!

Wouldn't it be more like Guam; a US territory?

66 posted on 08/20/2019 8:27:02 PM PDT by Boomer (Our melting pot has turned into a pressure cooker)
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To: Boomer

Possibly. If the people of Greenland are dumb enough to accept territory status. Texas went Statehood from the beginning. Why would an independent country settle for anything less? Again, my statement is based upon Greenland first voting and receiving recognition as an independent country.


67 posted on 08/20/2019 8:37:32 PM PDT by beancounter13
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To: Gay State Conservative

No, Greenland over Hong Kong any day.


68 posted on 08/20/2019 8:44:05 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: Enlightened1
I TOLD YOU SO! Sounds like Greenlanders will be begging to join the US soon.

Okay, maybe not you but I knew this would be the case a few days ago when I wrote "I bet you if the US offered each of the 56 thousand residents something like $100,000 tax free, plus US citizenship, and promise of investment, plus some billions to Denmark, we could buy Greenland. Greenland residents would love to get the money, the investment, and US citizenship. It would be a big win all around." Trump didn't even have to offer the residents money. I'll be very curious to see if the whole idea of purchasing Greenland from Denmark and offering US citizenship to the 56 thousand residents goes anywhere. It would be an incredible addition to the US, much like gaining Alaska.

69 posted on 08/20/2019 8:52:29 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: beancounter13

Greenland is NOT an independent country no more than Puerto Rico is. They are a part of Denmark and the very few people there have some autonomy, that is all.


70 posted on 08/20/2019 8:53:40 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: Enlightened1

More states? It’s already past time to give California back to Spain. :)


71 posted on 08/20/2019 8:54:49 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Enlightened1

It would be ironic if we got Greenland for free with their autonomous people voting to boot out Denmark altogether and joining the US


72 posted on 08/20/2019 9:48:41 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hatse:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: beancounter13

Delaware? Swedes ceded to Danes, Danes to British, British to the U.S.


73 posted on 08/20/2019 9:52:15 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: Enlightened1

GRexit!


74 posted on 08/20/2019 11:25:16 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Commitee)
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To: NewJerseyJoe
And now he's cancelling meetings with Denmark's leader because they won't discuss the sale??

That's not what he said. He said because the Prime Minister was so quick and concise to point out Denmark would not even negotiate there was no reason to hold a meeting now so he was postponing it. To President Trump negotiation is diplomacy. You don't perfunctory tell him you will not negotiate about anything. Bang!

75 posted on 08/21/2019 12:05:11 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: Enlightened1
Negotiating the 1951 Greenland Defense Agreement: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects
76 posted on 08/21/2019 12:05:20 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: Enlightened1
Sorry, here it is. Negotiating the 1951 Greenland Defense Agreement: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects
77 posted on 08/21/2019 12:07:23 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: Enlightened1
Now this from 2016... Proof that this Greenland/Denmark issue didn't suddenly appear out of thin air. President Trump just sent an intentional message, as usual, and all the Lame Stream Media is still clueless. The 3-D Chessmaster at work.

What Trump means for the Arctic

78 posted on 08/21/2019 12:09:24 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: irishjuggler

“The socialists in Denmark have been virtue-signaling about how they’re preserving the place, being good eco-stewards, blah blah blah. Meanwhile, for the locals, the place is a zero-opportunity dead end. Joining the U.S. would be the best thing that ever happened to the natives.”

I dunno about that... you might want to ask the citizens of Nevada and Alaska about how the Washington bureaucracy affects development in their states.


79 posted on 08/21/2019 3:46:04 AM PDT by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
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To: Reno89519

Wow. You SO MISSED the point of my previous sentence. Did you even read it?

Would you not agree that if a majority of people in a specific place vote for independence, then they should be allowed status as an independent country?

If not, then how could we recognize countries like Panama that voted independence from Columbia, Ukraine and all the other Baltic States that voted independence from the USSR, and other nations around the world?

If Greenland voted for independence from Denmark, then we could recognize it as an independent country, could we not?


80 posted on 08/21/2019 5:10:52 AM PDT by beancounter13
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