[ExI] My prediction

[John Clark]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 9:35 AM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

*> Greenland would have some advantages if a deal can be worked out with
> Denmark.  If US money could flow in there,*
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*Huh? There is already a deal! If a US company wants to invest in some
project in Greenland they are perfectly free to do so, and both Denmark and
Greenland would be delighted if they did. And if the US military wants to
establish more military bases in Greenland they are perfectly free to do
that too with no objection from NATO ally Denmark. There is absolutely no
need for the US to rule Greenland! The people of Denmark don't want that
and neither do the people who live in Greenland. *

*> it would be a great place to set up data centers. *
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*Iceland might be a good place to set up data centers because electricity
is cheap thanks to geothermal power that is available there, that's why
several bitcoin mining factories are already there. But Greenland would be
a lousy place for a data center because unlike Iceland it has no geothermal
energy so electricity is very expensive in Greenland, and there are very
few high-capacity optical communication lines to that country. But if some
company wants to build a data center in Greenland anyway there's nothing
stopping them, they can start building one today. However nobody is doing
so because they aren't crazy.  I can't say the same thing about the current
President of the United States.*

*Spike, if Joe Biden had won the 2024 election and his Alzheimer's disease
had gotten much MUCH worse and he started threatening military force unless
loyal NATO ally Denmark gave Greenland to the US, would you still be
defending such a bazaar ultimatum with vigor? I have my doubts. *


> *>  **I don’t know if that whole thing is an intentional distraction,
> like the Alcatraz business.  What I heard but don’t know if it is true: a
> suggestion to reopen Alcatraz as a prison was an intentional distraction
> used to test AI: protest groups sent mail to the White House, responses
> were generated by AI, printed and mailed, with little or no human oversight
> or intervention.  There was never any real intention of reopening Alcatraz
> as a prison.  Sounds plausible I suppose. *
>

*Good heavens! With all your years of experience with finding excuses for
Mr. I Lowered Drug Prices by 1600 Percent, I would've thought you could do
better than that. Convoluted explanations using dubious logic is not
necessary, I postulate that the reason the man seems to be stupid is quite
simple, he really is stupid.*


*John K Clark*








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