The social security system in Greenland includes:

    Public pensions for retirees and disabled individuals
    Unemployment benefits for those who qualify
    Healthcare coverage under a publicly funded system
    Family and child benefits, including parental leave and childcare support

Though benefits aren't as generous as in Denmark, they are still more secure than many U.S. states.

Greenland: Public pension system ensures a basic income for seniors, regardless of work history.  In the U.S. Social Security provides a pension based on work history.  Benefits depend on how much one has paid in.  There is universal access to pensions in Greenland, but In the U.S., people receive little or no Social Security if they haven't paid in.

Greenland: Parental leave policies exist, though not as generous as Denmark, child benefits are available.  In the U.S. there is no guaranteed paid parental leave, it depends on employer policy.  Any paid parental leave is better than the U.S.'s lack of guaranteed leave.

Greenland: Free education, including university options in Denmark.  In the U.S. only public school is free.  College is expensive, and student debt is common.  Greenland education comes without a massive debt burden.

But as they must have the COVID brain damage in Greenland like everywhere else, they must be standing in line to bend the knee to Trump.


The Greenlanders 4 Trump theme song.

How many hotels are there in Greenland?  They should refuse to book them any rooms.  Or they could refuse them entry at customs.  Although maybe having anti-Trump demonstrations everywhere they go would make for better newz footage.

It's pretty clear the only way Trump gets Greenland is by some kind of military maneuver and unilateral annexation.  The question is whether he is unhinged enough to do that?  Them if he did how would CONgress react, and would the Generals follow the order?

Denmark should station at least one military unit to protect the Greenland goobermint offices.  Force a firefight if an invasion happens.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/24/greenland-trump-00246587

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Quote from: K-Dog on Mar 23, 2025, 06:32 PM

But if you have the money to flee Trump, do you really have to worry about him??  I jest.  But as a member of fight club.  If I left I might miss an opportunity to serve if I left.

Well, given my physical limitations I'm not of much use out on the street so my fighting has to be done with words, which I can write from anywhere.  The pen is mightier than the sword, or updated for the 21st century, the keyboard is mightier than the Kalishnikov! 

Quote* Trump announces sale of $5 million citizenship 'Gold Card' to pay down national deficit.

Does this mean we will be able to sell our citizenship and skip out?  $5 million and I'll find somewhere to go.

Problem there is finding a buyer.  Do you think anyone with $5M would want to spend it on an FSoA citizenship?  You can get a New Zealand citizenship for I recall reading $500K.  Frankly I bet Trumpolini is even killing tourism here from the rich Europeans.  Many countries are issuing warnings against travel to the FSoA now.  You could arrive in JFK and get deported immediately to a prison in El Salvador.

If I could just trade passports with somebody, I'd trade my FSoA Passport for a NZ  or Irish one.

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But if you have the money to flee Trump, do you really have to worry about him??  I jest.  But as a member of fight club.  If I left I might miss an opportunity to serve if I left.

                    Is not an option.


* Trump announces sale of $5 million citizenship 'Gold Card' to pay down national deficit.

Does this mean we will be able to sell our citizenship and skip out?  $5 million and I'll find somewhere to go.

Coming soon to a theater near you.

My vote for the Trump Fascist Resistance Anthem.

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If I wasn't a cripple, I'd definitely be looking for a new country to park my ass while I chronicle the Collapse of Industrial Civilization.   Ireland would be a top contender also, the EU part not the Brit part.  Anybody else fantasizing about GTFO of Dodge?  Where would you go?

Other top choices for me would be New Zealand and Finland.

Flight of the Trumpugees: The wealthy Americans fleeing the US for Europe

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/03/17/flight-of-the-trumpugees-the-wealthy-americans-fleeing-the-us-for-europe/

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'This is not a dictatorship': Portland protesters push back harder against Trump, federal agents'

That was a headline on July 22 2020.  Since then Trumps ability to drive America into civil war has much improved.  It will not be long.

Destiny awaits

Respectable numbers, but not enough to make El Trumpo nervous.  He'll need another order of magnitude before it's big enough to get some pushback.  What will be interesting is when his Trumpness tries to use some obscure law or excuse to make the gatherings "illegal".

He's also likely to encourage his MAGAotts to show up at these demonstrations as agents provocateur to turn them into riots, and/or try to link Bernie and AOC to Hamas and call them a threat to National Security if/when the movement takes off.

However, at least there is a start to a resistance movement.

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/thousands-attend-bernie-sanders-aoc-rally-denver-push-progressive-change/

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Quote from: RE on Mar 22, 2025, 03:28 AM2 weeks was lenient.  That one violated the CoC at least half a dozen times.

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Yes it was lenient.  But the message has been moved into our new detention room topic.  The two weeks might turn into three if a new troll shows up to take his place.  Like what happened the last time TDoS decided to spend some time in the cooler.

It didn't take long for the Crisis Creation Team to walk back the SS Shutdown threat.  Probably every Repugnant CONgress Critter shit the bed when they read that one.  Switchboard at the White House must have lit up like a Christmas Tree.

Of course, this was only the opening salvo.  I'm sure there will be more to come.

Judge slams Social Security chief for agency shutdown 'threats' after ruling barring DOGE access

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