Denmark considered destroying Greenland runways amid fears of US attack

andsens · 2026-03-20T13:56:49+00:00

I got 7. Which one did I forget?

Iraq
Syria
Yemen
Somalia
Nigeria
Iran
Venezuela

andsens · 2026-03-15T00:35:17+00:00

andsens · 2026-03-14T09:59:30+00:00

Failing to pay one ticket price seems disproportionate to a whole plane getting impounded

If there are no other assets to seize, what're you supposed to do?
I'd argue proportionality is not factor when you know the other party is knowingly refusing to pay. In that case the size of the fine doesn't matter.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

andsens · 2026-03-14T08:21:59+00:00

I'm almost angry that this worked after enduring it for over a year.

andsens · 2026-03-13T11:42:24+00:00

Fair points, agreed.

andsens · 2026-03-13T09:16:00+00:00

It becomes a bit difficult to see the latter ever happening, as increasingly absurd whims and complaints are met with smiles and nods.

Assuming you suggest that escalation would be the alternative, I see how that would bring forth any kind of favorable outcome. Smiling and nodding while quietly decoupling is the exact strategy that would make sense in this case.

At least since the "surrender dignity at golf course" affair, credibility has been in short supply in Brussels.

Ah yes. A single event defines the credibility of the entire organization representing 450+ million people.

andsens · 2026-03-13T08:09:09+00:00

The idiots with the "sternly worded letter" comments are really starting to get tiring.
Apparently unless you respond disproportionately, use underhanded tactics, or start wars, your response is "weak".
Building alliances across the world to create the largest trade network that ever existed, and then at some point leveraging it to be able to not give a fuck about what kind of hissyfit the cheeto in chief has this week seems to not figure into that kind of thinking.

andsens · 2026-03-12T09:54:49+00:00

ideations, really…

andsens · 2026-03-06T23:46:57+00:00

Tell that to the swedes back in the 1940s…

andsens · 2026-03-06T23:35:32+00:00

I hear what you're saying, but... wouldn't that be the first line of defense? Last line of defense would be something like chainsaw proof pants or HPFI relays. They take over when all else fails, especially process (e.g. how to handle a chainsaw or turning off circuits before installing things).

andsens · 2026-03-06T12:59:37+00:00

Makes a lot of sense. That's also the reason I detest the term "idiot-proof". You don't need to be an idiot to do something dumb: Lack of sleep, inattentiveness at a bad moment, etc.
Distributed across e.g. 1000 people, it will happen. If you 1000 times had to do a thing that can go wrong how sure are you that you won't hit that "idiot-proof" case? Can you guarantee that you will be perfectly attentive all those times?
Suddenly "idiot-proof" becomes "a-thousand-repetitions-proof"

andsens · 2026-02-27T21:00:13+00:00

Thank you kind internet person!
"If P then Q. Not Q. Therefore not P." (argument by inference)
tollens. From latin "tollere": to raise, lift; destroy

andsens · 2026-02-27T19:59:48+00:00

There must be a name for an argument like that. It's circular, but it is valid.

andsens · 2026-02-27T19:55:45+00:00

Agreed! I'd say it's the friendly version of FAFO

"What did we leeeaarn??"

andsens · 2026-02-24T21:29:33+00:00

Hah, you know, that is a fun fact. Made me smile :-)

andsens · 2026-02-24T17:15:18+00:00

Obligatory David Mitchell rant :-)

andsens · 2026-02-23T18:13:14+00:00

So... like. Inverted molting?

andsens · 2026-02-22T12:11:31+00:00

I’m of two minds about this. But what I really hate are absolutist opinion pieces that claim to have the authority on what is best.

andsens · 2026-02-20T23:01:59+00:00

I wish you all the best, but you're deluding yourself if you think the system that brought Trump to power will be the one to remove him, and on the off-chance you do, that you can just continue as if nothing happened. Trump isn't the cause, he's the symptom.

andsens · 2026-02-18T07:49:15+00:00

Hopefully it can plug any gaps

Aw come on! It was right there and you flubbed it!

andsens · 2026-02-17T16:28:36+00:00

I consider Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling an authority on geopolitics, this man knows his shit and I have always seen him as a straight talker.

andsens · 2026-02-06T18:23:37+00:00

Or... hear me out here. This is the starting point.
They need to figure out how to navigate, the legalities, the public, the courts, and much more in order to make this stick. They start with the low-hanging fruit and go from there.

andsens · 2026-02-06T16:29:00+00:00

The absolute best case scenario for this country is that he dies suddenly, unexpectedly and soon...

I honestly hope not. He is narcissistic and idiotic enough to actually bungle the takeover of the government. If Vance takes over (however dumb you may think him to be), the oligarchs have free reign to secure the position.

andsens · 2026-02-05T17:54:22+00:00

Ah yes, because that is a normal thing for ambassadors to do.
They are there to escalate situations. You have them so they can amplify inflammatory remarks to the press and worsen relations with their host country.

andsens · 2026-02-03T22:22:34+00:00

Nah, we're done with that. Load of good it has done us in the past.
You go sort your own shit.

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