Regarding Greenland, Trump has already won. Namely because 'serious' people are seriously discussing the scenario of an annexation. Trump saw Greenland on a map once, decided that it would be 'nice to have it' and now op-eds are being written about the history of Greenland, its relationship to Denmark and how a US takeover might go down.
There is nothing to discuss whatsoever, this should not even be thought about, it's completely ridiculous. And yet, we are talking about it...
3 weeks ago
Speaking of "f**ked up", the US has withdrawn from the UNFCCC
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/07/climate/trump-withdrawal-climate-treaty-international-agreements
And I am happy to announce that I will be continuing my habit of posting comments which contain no less than one grammar, spelling, orthography or stylistic mistake in the new year ...
3 weeks ago
Regarding " narcoterrorism", apart from the obvious Netflix reference (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcos), I always feel that these compound words are coined because they roll of the tongue so easily and thus become popular.
Other examples are:
Islamo-fascism
Islamo-gauchisme
3 weeks ago
How can one be even-handed about this? It's clearly illegal according to international law, the charges are ridiculous and hypocritical and the self-interested motivation is crystal clear.
This is just normalization.
3 weeks ago
No doubt, this will be enthusiastically repeated when the US invades Greenland and thereby officially ends the postwar consensus and NATO:
“We live in a world, in the real world, ... that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” he said. “These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”
Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland
Whenever the US intervenes abroad at least half of its population will unquestioningly believe, parrot or justify the most ridiculous propaganda disseminated by the government and the rule of law will be ignored completely, contorted or aggressively ridiculed.
I'm the first one to wrap myself in a blue flag with golden stars - in fact, that was my Facebook profile picture for a few years after Brexit - but goodness, we need new leaders.
3 weeks ago
My expectations of the Trump administration were of course low, but I did expect at least a token gesture of resistance from the EU and the UK. Instead, they all folded immediately: Kallas, von der Leyen, Macron, Starmer and Merz. It is beyond belief how pathetic they are
4 weeks ago
International law and strategic consequences aside, they never learn:
U.S. officials ran a war game ...
The results showed that chaos and violence were likely to erupt ... “The thing that really worries us is that they don’t appear to have any serious plan for what happens afterward,” said Phil Gunson, a senior analyst at the International Crisis Group ... Mr. Maduro’s overthrow — whether by military coup, popular uprising or U.S. military action — would shatter Venezuela’s brittle authoritarian government and produce “chaos for a sustained period of time with no possibility of ending it,”
Regarding Greenland, Trump has already won. Namely because 'serious' people are seriously discussing the scenario of an annexation. Trump saw Greenland on a map once, decided that it would be 'nice to have it' and now op-eds are being written about the history of Greenland, its relationship to Denmark and how a US takeover might go down.
There is nothing to discuss whatsoever, this should not even be thought about, it's completely ridiculous. And yet, we are talking about it...
Speaking of "f**ked up", the US has withdrawn from the UNFCCC
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/07/climate/trump-withdrawal-climate-treaty-international-agreements
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/07/trump-international-groups-un
https://www.un.org/climatesecuritymechanism/en/united-nations-framework-convention-climate-change-unfccc-and-climate-peace-and-security
And I am happy to announce that I will be continuing my habit of posting comments which contain no less than one grammar, spelling, orthography or stylistic mistake in the new year ...
Regarding " narcoterrorism", apart from the obvious Netflix reference (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcos), I always feel that these compound words are coined because they roll of the tongue so easily and thus become popular.
Other examples are:
Islamo-fascism
Islamo-gauchisme
How can one be even-handed about this? It's clearly illegal according to international law, the charges are ridiculous and hypocritical and the self-interested motivation is crystal clear.
This is just normalization.
No doubt, this will be enthusiastically repeated when the US invades Greenland and thereby officially ends the postwar consensus and NATO:
“We live in a world, in the real world, ... that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” he said. “These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”
Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/politics/stephen-miller-greenland-venezuela.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CVA.rKYs.cbVC6hJAGyHB&smid=url-share
Whenever the US intervenes abroad at least half of its population will unquestioningly believe, parrot or justify the most ridiculous propaganda disseminated by the government and the rule of law will be ignored completely, contorted or aggressively ridiculed.
This is a law of nature.
Regarding the feeble EU reponse:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/05/donald-trump-coup-venezuela-break-rules-regret
And an interesting take connecting it to the EU's own immigration policies:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/05/donald-trump-coup-venezuela-break-rules-regret
I'm the first one to wrap myself in a blue flag with golden stars - in fact, that was my Facebook profile picture for a few years after Brexit - but goodness, we need new leaders.
My expectations of the Trump administration were of course low, but I did expect at least a token gesture of resistance from the EU and the UK. Instead, they all folded immediately: Kallas, von der Leyen, Macron, Starmer and Merz. It is beyond belief how pathetic they are
International law and strategic consequences aside, they never learn:
U.S. officials ran a war game ...
The results showed that chaos and violence were likely to erupt ... “The thing that really worries us is that they don’t appear to have any serious plan for what happens afterward,” said Phil Gunson, a senior analyst at the International Crisis Group ... Mr. Maduro’s overthrow — whether by military coup, popular uprising or U.S. military action — would shatter Venezuela’s brittle authoritarian government and produce “chaos for a sustained period of time with no possibility of ending it,”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/politics/venezuela-maduro-fallout-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BlA.jrlx.gJPz0yuSJoGR&smid=url-share