Lauren's Lair: Here be dragons...

[Sephirah]

I truly believe a lot of this has to do with the Mercator projection of the world map, which makes Greenland look 5 times larger than it actually is. Plus, it's near the US and seemingly vacant.

Things like history and international relations don't mean anything to him.

I mean I kind of get that. Britain literally went to war over the Falklands Islands, Which was off the coast of Argentina. But.. like... if the people don't want to be part of the US, just leave them alone. I don't care how many rare earth minerals (not oil), is in this place. Just go be mad about cats, or windmills, or whatever. Leave the world alone.

[Emma1017]

Not sure about politics on this site but I wanted to respond:

Lauren, sadly, US presidents get elected based on domestic policies, never international ones.  Trump played the American voters perfectly.  He never shared his Venezuela, NATO, or Greenland policies before the elections.  He promised that the Ukrainian War would be over in one day.  He focused on the illegal immigrants, transgender athletes, and blaming "Sleepy Joe" for everything, who should never have run for reelection.

He is a used car salesman, and he is running our country.  JD Vance is just a "mini-me" in better health.

Given his soft handling of Putin, I wonder if Putin shared some photos that the KGB has of Trump with underaged girls on Epstein's island.

Sadly, we are all seated at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party.

I take solace that half the country didn't vote for him, and I hope that the upcoming elections will begin to correct this tragic mistake.

[Pema]

I take solace that half the country didn't vote for him, and I hope that the upcoming elections will begin to correct this tragic mistake.

If we account for the eligible voters who didn't vote, 66% didn't vote for him. It's the 36% who didn't vote who could bring about a change.

[Lori Dee ✅]

If we account for the eligible voters who didn't vote, 66% didn't vote for him. It's the 36% who didn't vote who could bring about a change.

"Decisions are made by those who show up."

[Dances With Trees]

You are so right, Lori and Pema!
We need to show up.
But the ballot box is not an end, it is a means.

[Sephirah]

Yeah I kind of agree with Emma. Politics can be highly divisive and polarizing. I probably should not have posted what I did. The whole veteran recall thing in the UK kind of freaked me out, though. That's all I will say on the matter. Other than to say our PM, Starmer... most people in the UK voted for his party in a massive landslide... and he still turned out to be a bit, well, Orwellian. I'd be surprised if there are any websites left in 5 years than UK people can have access to.

That and even the people who did vote for Trump probably didn't see all this in their future.

You really only decide which lunatic you give the keys to the asylum to, as the saying goes, then deal with their own brand of insanity for a few years. I kind of think the best people who should be in politics are the ones who don't want to be. That's all I will say about that.

[Emma1017]

"...even the people who did vote for Trump probably didn't see all this in their future."

Lauren, I am already getting words of remorse for the Trump supporters I know.  They are very quiet and no longer strident.  I don't the TRUMP flags as much anymore either.

On a more pleasant note, we're having a blizzard in NYC and I have plenty of hot chocolate and marshmallows! Yay!