Vance hightails it out of Greenland after three hours without ever leaving the military base : usa

[-] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 50 points 2 days ago

Great use of all that her fuel and person-hours

[-] pupbiru@aussie.zone 17 points 2 days ago

someone should really be trying to sort out fraudulent and wasteful spending

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 38 points 2 days ago

[-] Hugin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I never though I would miss that turd.

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Good on you, Greenland. I hope some day my compatriots in the US can learn a few things from this.

Some day, maybe we can get more then 2/3rds of our country to participate in voting.

[-] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 days ago

would've been extremely funny if his plane crashed into the ocean on its way back

[-] WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Along for the debacle were Energy Secretary chris wright and senator mike lee, the Utah douchebag who specializes in helping trump sell fracking and oil drilling rights at national parks.

I’m sure they’re not interested in raping Greenland, though.

[-] CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago

It all seems like they're trying to set it up so the US can say "we tried doing it the easy way", as if that justifies their expansionism.

[+] Lemmist@lemm.ee 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

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[-] davel@lemmy.ml 51 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I think he was supposed to leave the military base, but the locals would have none of it.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

If I were flown to some remote base I’d have so much fun. I’d ask people about things and be super curious about it. Especially if it’s cold because I love it cold.

I’d talk to everybody and see what interesting ways they adapted to the cold. Like, do they store frozen food outside? How do they defend against polar bears?

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 7 points 2 days ago

Ahh but you see, you'd be there because you were interested in the place, not because you were trying to do some strategy game LARP where you paint your country's colour on the biggest part of the map you can get

I would guess that the polar bears are a good reason not to store food outside. I did actually find a short podcast about freezers in Greenlandic homes from the Ilulisat Icefjord Centre — apparently most homes actually have several indoor freezers to make sure there's enough space to store things for a long time

[-] alykanas@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 days ago

lol who the fuck is he waving to ?

[-] tonyn@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago

He's waving goodbye to the uncomfortable moment in his life to go back to his echo chamber

[-] BaconIsAVeg@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

He's probably confusing the ramp agent for a fan.

[-] easydnesto@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

My wife is giving me looks as I sit here laughing at this.

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