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  1. waterbut

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    Then of course there is Uranium in Greenland and we all know what that is used for.
     
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    Generating electricity.:biggrin:
     
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    The reality is that the movement you're mentioning, which includes large numbers of Jewish people, is opposed to the actions of the Israeli state, not 'against the Jewish people'.
    It's really important to be as clear as we can about the difference between people and state.

    It has been deeply disturbing to see so many flags, ironically of the patron saint of Palestine, appearing on our streets recently together with attacks on Jewish and Muslim communities, and shouting for global demonisation of vulnerable displaced people.
     
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      The reality is that the movement that has terrorised the streets of our capital city for years has very much been against Jewish people and has been to their detriment - it is no coincidence that we saw attacks in Manchester and Bondi Beach with the language that was flying about. Those who are involved in the protesting may very well feel that they are doing so for the right reasons, but the blunt truth is that the language being used is being interpreted very differently from the intent and the actions that result are real and dangerous.
       
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      Completely and utterly pointless. Even the EU has scrapped the idea of only electric cars after 2030/2035. The only lunatics left in that particular asylum are the Labour Party.
       
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        Only 30,000 people live in Greenland. :ouch1: Pretty easy to overrun with minimal force.

        This would be seismic, truly world-changing. :hate-shocked:
         
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          Less than the population of my home town.
           
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            There are more ways than guns to repel unwanted visitors.
             
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            But if the unwanted visitors have the guns, what can you do? I guess, these being Americans, finding a way to cut off their food supply would be most effective.
             
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            The Yanks could probably land on Greenland and not actually have any contact with the inhabitants, not saying they wouldn't know they were there, in this day and age, stikes me it's a big place.

            Moggy was saying yesterday that Britain has second claim on the place after Denmark.:biggrin:
             
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            @ViewAhead, there are lots of things. Like this:

            Jael - Wikipedia

            Or this, but in a more subtle way:


            IMG_6631.jpeg

            Or even serve up a dish of Greenland shark. Apparently highly toxic unless preserved in a special way.
             
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            Looking at the headlines, the switzerland bar fire had missed 5-6 years of saftey checks
             
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              The "gas" used was probably a mixture of carfentanil and remifentanil as an aerosol.
              Both of these are fast acting, very powerful, synthetic opiates. Carfentanil is used as a tranquiliser for elephants and other large wild animals.
               
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              • Tidemark

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                Maybe everyone in Greenland should start ordering tranquilliser online for their uppity pet elephants so that they can calm them down should the need arise. :biggrin:
                 
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                  And smoking a bit of weeeeeee as well you'll soon be very light headed
                   
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