2026 US-Denmark Tensions/End of NATO

[YZT580]

What about man walking with dinosaurs…..anyone?

Why not? The following is a direct quote of a conversation between the scientist that discovered soft tissue in Dinosaur fossils and her supervisor.

There is considerable research on this now so this isn't limited to being a "creationist" thing. Evolutionary scientists have lots of theories but all are defeated by the laws of thermodynamics and the sheer amount of time that they claim exists between dinosaurs and your footprints. They are hoping to discover some hidden elixir but so far it remains one of those miracles


This caused immense consternation. Schweitzer’s supervisor Jack Horner wrote:

‘When Mary was first working on this material, she called me up to say she had found osteocytes. I assumed she meant the spaces where the osteocytes would have been, which is what I suggested.

“No, Jack, actually we have the cells and they have filopodia

“Mary, the freaking creationists are just going to love you.”

“Jack, it’s your dinosaur.

”Make of it as you wish but stop mocking what you know nothing about.

 

[Retired AF Guy]

To many, The Flintstones was a documentary.

The same folks who think the X-Files is a documentary.

 

[daftandbarmy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015489807074709627

 

[Kirkhill]

Mark Rutte....Europe still needs the US in NATO and the Arctic is an issue.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/26/europe/nato-chief-rutte-european-defense-us-intl

The alternative, time, a regional nuclear deterrent of their own and 10% of GDP.

And, he should have added, consensus.

 

[MrWhyt]

”Make of it as you wish but stop mocking what you know nothing about.

from:

https://biologos.org/articles/not-so-dry-bones-an-interview-with-mary-schweitzer

One thing that does bother me, though, is that young earth creationists take my research and use it for their own message, and I think they are misleading people about it. Pastors and evangelists, who are in a position of leadership, are doubly responsible for checking facts and getting things right, but they have misquoted me and misrepresented the data.

So, that leaves us with two alternatives for interpretation: either the dinosaurs aren’t as old as we think they are, or maybe we don’t know exactly how these things get preserved.

If you believe 24/7 creation is really the only interpretation possible and ignore tons of evidence that the earth is billions of years old and that life was a simple construct that got way more complex over time, that’s fine—we may be wrong about the science (I don’t think we are, but as a scientist I have to leave that minute possibility open). I think that parents need to tell their kids that there are a lot of REASONS scientists say what they do, and virtually NONE of those reasons are to disprove God’s existence. That doesn’t enter in.

pot, kettle etc.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Sadly, be prepared to be disappointed. Quebec would never allow it.

Don’t know about 2026 QC, but I agree with others who’ve said the US may have something to say - or do - about Canada having nukes.

 

[Retired AF Guy]

Anita Anand, Canada's Foreign Minister has announced that a RCN Patrol Vessel will be arriving in Nuuk, Greenland for next weeks opening of a Canadian Consulate in the city.

Canada sending naval patrol vessel to Greenland for opening of new consulate: Anand

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says a Royal Canadian Navy patrol vessel will be on the scene when the federal government opens a new consulate in Greenland next week.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[ArmyRick]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015489807074709627

Dean Blundell is a very biased Liberal hack. He is so full of BS.

 

[HavokFour]

Dean Blundell is a very biased Liberal hack. He is so full of BS.

What part are you disputing?

Stock up on food: Greenlanders told how to prepare for invasion after Trump threat

The government released an 11-page manual with ‘practical and simple advice’ for households on the same day Trump ruled out a takeover by force

www.independent.co.uk

The posters are real too.

In Nuuk, Greenland, relief and a celebration of local culture

People in Nuuk, Greenland are relieved that the U.S. is backing away from annexation. But they're wondering what comes next.

www.aptnnews.ca

 

[suffolkowner]

What part are you disputing?

Stock up on food: Greenlanders told how to prepare for invasion after Trump threat

The government released an 11-page manual with ‘practical and simple advice’ for households on the same day Trump ruled out a takeover by force

www.independent.co.uk

The posters are real too.

In Nuuk, Greenland, relief and a celebration of local culture

People in Nuuk, Greenland are relieved that the U.S. is backing away from annexation. But they're wondering what comes next.

www.aptnnews.ca

I would have expected Trump to be the most popular person in Greenland /s

 

[YZT580]

from:

https://biologos.org/articles/not-so-dry-bones-an-interview-with-mary-schweitzer

pot, kettle etc.

of course. She has taken her evidence and drawn her own conclusions but has been unable to substantiate a method of preservation. Creationists have taken the same evidence and presented facts, including the known decay time of proteins and soft tissues, and said there is no other apparent explanation other than a shortened time span. Now we take our biases, beliefs, and upbringing and apply whichever explanation best suits our personal persuasions. Take your pick both are equally right or wrong as far as scientific proof is concerned.

 

[MrWhyt]

edit: not going to drag this further off topic

 

[HavokFour]

Not sending their best.

Whoever this is, they brought along two cameramen.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2016640776277479831

 

[Czech_pivo]

This hour has 22 minutes….

 

[daftandbarmy]

Self-inflicted wounds...

‘Enemy of Europe’? How Trump’s push for Greenland spooked far-right allies

Leaders and voters who formerly applauded US president’s aims have been growing increasingly uneasy

Donald Trump’s attempted Greenland grab has driven a wedge between the US president and some of his ideological allies in Europe, as previously unstinting enthusiasm and admiration collides with one of the far right’s key tenets: national sovereignty.

Trump’s subsequent disparaging remark that Nato allies’ troops “stayed a little off the frontlines” while fighting with US forces in Afghanistan has only deepened the divide, piquing far-right patriotic sentiments and prompting an avalanche of criticism.

The US president last week stepped away from his drive to seize Greenland, pledging he would not take it by force or impose tariffs on nations opposing him. Faced with a fierce backlash, he also appeared to walk back his swipe at non-US Nato troops.

But for radical-right populists – who lead or support governments in a third of the EU’s member states, are vying for power in others, and who saw in Trump a powerful ally for their nation-first, anti-immigration, EU-critical cause – he is increasingly a liability.

‘Enemy of Europe’? How Trump’s push for Greenland spooked far-right allies

Leaders and voters who formerly applauded US president’s aims have been growing increasingly uneasy

www.theguardian.com

 

[HavokFour]

Not sending their best.

Whoever this is, they brought along two cameramen.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2016640776277479831

Identified, a German "satirist". What a twist.

Talk about pulling a Gilbert Gottfried with a joke like that.

Deutscher Satiriker will US-Flagge in Grönland hissen - Einwohner schreiten ein

Vor einer staatlichen Einrichtung in Grönland gibt ein Mann vor, eine US-Flagge zu hissen. Er wird daran gehindert, doch einige Bewohner sind trotzdem wütend. Verantwortlich für den Vorfall ist eine Satire-Sendung des NDR. Sie entschuldigt sich bei den Grönländern.

www.n-tv.de

 

[Kirkhill]

A Greek perspective on sovereignty within NATO.

Seizing Greenland: So, Europe, how does it feel to be Greece?

For decades, the capitals of Northern Europe have lived in a comfortable, self-righteous state. From the glass towers of Copenhagen to the secure ramparts of the Baltics, the mantra has been the same…

brusselssignal.eu

I was surprised there was no reference to their loss of economic sovereignty to the EU.

"Danes, Swedes, Poles, Brits, French and the rest of the civilised European lot have probably now realised that in the eyes of a predator, sovereignty is nothing more than decorum. "

" There is no such thing as a guaranteed border in a world of shifting appetites. A treaty is only as good as the deterrent you can put behind it."


"hypocrisy remains a durable characteristic of the European project. Even as they cry foul over Greenland, the Great Powers continue to calculate their trade balances with Ankara. They are perfectly happy to defend sovereignty when it is under the Arctic ice, but they are oddly silent when it lies under the Mediterranean sun. They realised that if the “hard way” can be applied to Nuuk, it could also be applied to the North Sea, the Baltic, or wherever else. But they are not honestly worried about international law. They are worried about being next."

 

[Kirkhill]

Shipping giant Maersk to take over Panama Canal ports after court ruling

Danish company will replace Hong Kong-based firm after Trump claimed strategic waterway was controlled by China.

www.aljazeera.com

Panama is the route by which Venezuelan oil goes to China.

Maersk to take over Panama ports from Chinese interests.

Maersk - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Maersk is a Danish company headquartered in Copenhagen.

....

And on the subject of Chinese ports

Renewed Clash Between China and Australia Over Port of Darwin

China’s Ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, renewed the public debate over control of the Port of Darwin during his New Year Media Briefing and Gather...

maritime-executive.com

Australia committed to retaking ownership of Darwin port, Albanese says

SYDNEY, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Australia was committed to returning a key northern port leased for 99 years to a Chinese company to Australian ownership, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday

www.yahoo.com

China’s ambassador warns Albanese reclaiming Port of Darwin will force Beijing to intervene

Xiao Qian hits out at Labor’s policy to force the Chinese-owned company Landbridge to sell its 99-year lease on the port

www.theguardian.com

China’s BRI faces a test in Balochistan – GIS Reports

China’s vulnerability in Balochistan from local militants and regional unrest threatens its capability to project power in Asia and the BRI as a whole.

www.gisreportsonline.com

Pakistan’s Pasni port pitch to Washington can reshape regional rivalries with China and India | Lowy Institute

Minerals over missiles – at least, that’s the message Islamabad is sending.

www.lowyinstitute.org

"Pakistan has quietly pitched a bold idea to Washington to build a new deep-sea port at Pasni, on the Arabian Sea, just over 100 kilometres from the China-funded port at Gwadar and about half as far again from Iran and India’s joint Chabahar port.

"If the United States decides to back the project, this could become South Asia’s most geopolitically charged shoreline."

As an amateur with an interest in history the tale of La Rochelle seems appropriate.

"The establishment of La Rochelle as a harbour was a consequence of the victory of Duke Guillaume X of Aquitaine over Isambert de Châtelaillon in 1130, and the subsequent destruction of his harbour of Châtelaillon.In 1137, Guillaume X to all intents and purposes made La Rochelle a free port and gave it the right to identify as a commune.

"Fifty years later Eleanor of Aquitaine upheld the communal charter promulgated by her father. For the first time in France, a city mayor was appointed for La Rochelle, Guillaume de Montmirail. Guillaume was assisted in his responsibilities by 24 municipal magistrates, and 75 nobles who had jurisdiction over the inhabitants."

For 500 years La Rochelle was the most important port on the Atlantic - up until 1625.

La Rochelle - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Kirkhill]

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/30/carney-praises-warsh-fed-nomination-00757566

 

[lenaitch]

Shipping giant Maersk to take over Panama Canal ports after court ruling

Danish company will replace Hong Kong-based firm after Trump claimed strategic waterway was controlled by China.

www.aljazeera.com

Panama is the route by which Venezuelan oil goes to China.

Maersk to take over Panama ports from Chinese interests.

Maersk - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Maersk is a Danish company headquartered in Copenhagen.

....

And on the subject of Chinese ports

Renewed Clash Between China and Australia Over Port of Darwin

China’s Ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, renewed the public debate over control of the Port of Darwin during his New Year Media Briefing and Gather...

maritime-executive.com

Australia committed to retaking ownership of Darwin port, Albanese says

SYDNEY, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Australia was committed to returning a key northern port leased for 99 years to a Chinese company to Australian ownership, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday

www.yahoo.com

China’s ambassador warns Albanese reclaiming Port of Darwin will force Beijing to intervene

Xiao Qian hits out at Labor’s policy to force the Chinese-owned company Landbridge to sell its 99-year lease on the port

www.theguardian.com

China’s BRI faces a test in Balochistan – GIS Reports

China’s vulnerability in Balochistan from local militants and regional unrest threatens its capability to project power in Asia and the BRI as a whole.

www.gisreportsonline.com

Pakistan’s Pasni port pitch to Washington can reshape regional rivalries with China and India | Lowy Institute

Minerals over missiles – at least, that’s the message Islamabad is sending.

www.lowyinstitute.org

"Pakistan has quietly pitched a bold idea to Washington to build a new deep-sea port at Pasni, on the Arabian Sea, just over 100 kilometres from the China-funded port at Gwadar and about half as far again from Iran and India’s joint Chabahar port.

"If the United States decides to back the project, this could become South Asia’s most geopolitically charged shoreline."

As an amateur with an interest in history the tale of La Rochelle seems appropriate.

"The establishment of La Rochelle as a harbour was a consequence of the victory of Duke Guillaume X of Aquitaine over Isambert de Châtelaillon in 1130, and the subsequent destruction of his harbour of Châtelaillon.In 1137, Guillaume X to all intents and purposes made La Rochelle a free port and gave it the right to identify as a commune.

"Fifty years later Eleanor of Aquitaine upheld the communal charter promulgated by her father. For the first time in France, a city mayor was appointed for La Rochelle, Guillaume de Montmirail. Guillaume was assisted in his responsibilities by 24 municipal magistrates, and 75 nobles who had jurisdiction over the inhabitants."

For 500 years La Rochelle was the most important port on the Atlantic - up until 1625.

La Rochelle - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

So Trump now gets to be pissy at Denmark on two fronts. He said he wants the Canal back in US hands; although that was about 15 distraction noodles ago.