Greenland is not “full of white people”. The vast majority, a bit below 90% last time I checked, are Inuit or mixed. The Norse settlements in Greenland died out in the 1400s. 

The idea is not completely bonkers, at least from a U.S. standpoint. We bought Alaska from the Russians, after all. But the WSJ article rather clumsily (but predictably) overlooks the fact that it’s really not up to us.

There’s an argument to make in a future competitive (and melting) Arctic that this could benefit US national security. I don’t buy that for a second as his motivation, but you could make the argument without sounding like an idiot.

Part of the reason people, who can afford it, fly private jets is that they can do any damn thing they want— include take their dog, the sitter, the nanny, the chef and the butler along.

This is dog, am good.

Literally the country whose strategic interests are best aligned with ours is Iran but nobody wants to talk about it 

These are made by AI, yes? Or some kind of program. Because I don’t think humans talk this way.

“But I realized it was my fault for the problems I was dealing with, and not Amazon’s.”

Aside from that statement sound like it came out of the mouth of the greasiest glad-hander that has ever existed, it just doesn’t sound…

Vinegar has replaced most cleaning chemicals in my house. I even used a vinegar and baking soda combo to unclog my bathroom sink instead of using draino recently!

They can’t understand globalization.

Very nice.

I’ve loved MOST of the F&F movies but every now and again it tickles me to be like, “Remember when this was about guys who drove Honda’s and stole DVD players?” 

I never could stand NDT, and it offends me that he’s considered the heir to the throne of Carl Sagan. Sagan was a constant advocate for science and was personable and empathetic. In contrast, Tyson is a pedant that thinks he’s the science pope.

Tyson is the Big Bang Theory of scientists. It’s “science” for people who know nothing about science. 

Are you being a stupid troll on purpose? Because you're acting like a stupid troll. Or you sit alone at home in the quiet dark and honestly believe what you're saying. Either way you get to be wrong, which is fun. 

It might shock you to learn that other people live different lives than you.

People will still go to the spot. They have the GPS coordinates. I don’t think the bus is the only draw.

Crossing a creek that’s knee deep and running quickly is a significant challenge, for those unfamiliar. It’s way stronger than you would expect and it has a way of grabbing at your feet and splashing up, exerting even more force. Waist deep, without being clipped in with a helmet sounds insane to me.

The Czech ones are really outstanding.

True pilsners are quite far from being the Wonder Bread of beers.