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Attilatheblond

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14. Is Elon at the root of Trump's psycological need to own Greenland?
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 11:14 AM
Jan 2026

Big Tech creates big heat, or am I misunderstanding recent news? Seems air exchange in a place like Greenland would be a cheaper way to keep things cool.

Also Big Tech thinks rules, regulations, zoning laws are for us pissant peasants, or am I misunderstanding current bribing systems? Big Tech certainly doesn't like us pissants looking into the methods they employ to manipulate hearts and minds. Seems easier to just have a big island where reporters can be held at bay.

Betting a lot of tech bros also do not like laws about employee protections (no pesky rules about visas for very bright people they want as indentured servants would be their wet dream), drug imports & use, or regulations protecting people from their encroaching into private data. Maybe the INCEL tech bros would like geographically imprisoned hot and cold running nubile victims?

Trump hates us talking about Epstein and his island, but it does keep us (rightfully) engaged. Maybe we should start snooping abound into the possibility our foreign policy might be hijacked into founding of Elon's Island?

Cut me some slack if this sounds a little far fetched, but I do some of my best prophecies before the coffee kicks in.

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And xAI is only 1 of 4 in the Memphis region. SheltieLover Jan 2026 #1
They can sign NDAs but they cannot stop a recall! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jan 2026 #2
who says they're 'iron clad'? mopinko Jan 2026 #9
The way it was reported in local news SheltieLover Jan 2026 #19
Let me guess . . . AverageOldGuy Jan 2026 #3
I feel confident.... SergeStorms Jan 2026 #7
Black communities SheltieLover Jan 2026 #20
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Anything to do with Muck IS a carnival Clouds Passing Jan 2026 #6
A carnival.... SergeStorms Jan 2026 #8
A nightmare funhouse with evil clowns carnival Clouds Passing Jan 2026 #11
An evil carnival SheltieLover Jan 2026 #21
So rich entitled addict doesn't operate his business by the same rules as the the competitors ChicagoTeamster Jan 2026 #10
The court will decide. Musk won't get the last word on this one. ancianita Jan 2026 #13
Ohh, not sure about that zorbasd Jan 2026 #29
As for "we" don't need to be doing this, the thing about corrupt oligarchs is that they know "we" can't stop them. BUT. ancianita Jan 2026 #12
So Apartheid AI polluted African American neighborhoods with their Data Centers? Who's surprised? ChicagoTeamster Jan 2026 #17
No one is surprised. That wasn't the point of my answer. My answer was meant to update what's being done about it ancianita Jan 2026 #18
I think it's more "nimby" than anything racist FakeNoose Jan 2026 #27
Is Elon at the root of Trump's psycological need to own Greenland? Attilatheblond Jan 2026 #14
Not at all farfetched. I've been posting about the tech bros wanting Greenland as one of the sites highplainsdem Jan 2026 #23
Been thinkin & sayin the extremely wealthy have no country. They are warlords. They are without laws/restraints Attilatheblond Jan 2026 #25
Entirely probable, because for both it's a win-win: no following the law on Epstein, no following the law on Greenland ancianita Jan 2026 #30
"They are typically for things like carnivals." Danascot Jan 2026 #15
"if you're rich, they let you" mike_c Jan 2026 #16
Boy, that's for sure. calimary Jan 2026 #22
K&R UTUSN Jan 2026 #26
Methane in the air is a bad idea. I get peeved when my neighbors burn mystery things downwind of me blue_jay Jan 2026 #28
just throw pebbles in the turbines. that will shut it down....... Flash953 Jan 2026 #31
Meanwhile, in a nondescript Government facility.... COL Mustard Jan 2026 #32
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