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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(116,820 posts)
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 03:06 PM Dec 25

CNN Gave Us ALL The Middle Finger on Christmas Eve

Written by Ben Meiselas

CNN has lost its damn mind! No wonder its ratings are in the dumps.

Yesterday, I was sitting around the Christmas tree with my family when my nephew asked me about the Louisiana Purchase.

I thought it was an inquisitive question, so I asked why he brought it up.

He said CNN reported that if Donald Trump “takes over” Greenland, it would be the most significant acquisition of territory by the United States since the Louisiana Purchase.

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/cnn-gave-us-all-the-middle-finger

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CNN Gave Us ALL The Middle Finger on Christmas Eve (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 25 OP
tRump thinks he's putin NJCher Dec 25 #1
Putin on airs. Putin on the ritz. erronis Dec 25 #6
Are you sure it isn't: Putin on the fritz? :-) flor-de-jasmim Dec 26 #26
Exactly!! He is trying to emulate his Hero - who I am sure Marie Marie Dec 25 #9
Yup, putin and his other hero....Hitler....nt mitch96 Dec 25 #18
Land acquisition at the point of a gun and a few stealth bombers. magicarpet Dec 25 #2
and that prodigitalson Dec 25 #3
Back atchya fuckos Blue Owl Dec 25 #4
They are becoming Pravda 2.0. Nauseating. Dave Bowman Dec 25 #5
I've been calling them (all MSM) CorpoPravda or Plutocracy Pravda for years. hvn_nbr_2 Dec 25 #17
Greenland, Canada, Mexico and Panama are not gong to allow themselves to be taken over kimbutgar Dec 25 #7
The weird thing The Madcap Dec 25 #14
Base lease OrangeJoe Dec 25 #15
Not a good idea for those that use Ozempic bee_peaceful Dec 25 #8
Reicht wing talking points. onecaliberal Dec 25 #10
Turn them off. And tell them you're turning them off Scrivener7 Dec 25 #11
NATO will treat us like Russia. BidenRocks Dec 25 #12
Agreed. The Madcap Dec 25 #13
The original Nazis called it "lebenscraum", or living space. EarnestPutz Dec 25 #16
Technically, "Lebensraum" The Madcap Dec 26 #25
It was inadvertant as I had even looked it up first. Liked the wooly mammoth characterization, though. "Frozen..... EarnestPutz Dec 29 #30
I figured that The Madcap Dec 29 #31
Just the prospect of using that word fairly regularly in the next few years, is already painful. Welcome to the..... EarnestPutz Monday #33
Fun fact: US paid DENMARK $25,000,000 in 1912 for US Virgin Islands (current name). . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 25 #19
Prayer to any higher being that might give a shit. Rid us of this useless, sociopathic scum asap. Evolve Dammit Dec 25 #20
I do believe that the EU knows BidenRocks Dec 25 #21
I hope they remember! LymphocyteLover Dec 25 #23
it's fucking disgusting LymphocyteLover Dec 25 #22
CNN and MSNBC was just as subservient to W Bush 20+ years ago RandiFan1290 Dec 26 #24
Turn it off. Tell them you're turning it off and tell them why. Continuing to watch this Scrivener7 Dec 26 #27
whow--if this happens I am sure Trump will collect Another Patriot Award from the media!! riversedge Dec 26 #28
Even if this lunacy happened CanonRay Dec 26 #29
Seems to me that Canada would have a better claim of Greenland than the U.S. The Madcap Dec 29 #32

erronis

(17,288 posts)
6. Putin on airs. Putin on the ritz.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 04:17 PM
Dec 25

Soon to be putin six feet under (think that's a wedge shot.)

Marie Marie

(10,033 posts)
9. Exactly!! He is trying to emulate his Hero - who I am sure
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 04:31 PM
Dec 25

is whispering these types of messages into his bullet grazed ear during their late night phone dates.

kimbutgar

(23,683 posts)
7. Greenland, Canada, Mexico and Panama are not gong to allow themselves to be taken over
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 04:25 PM
Dec 25

And if the orange maggot attempts it he will start world war 3. And these countries will fight back. And I don’t think alot of those overweight idiot magas will be willing to fight and diein wars for the orange monsters ego. And just think of the disaster it would be under the Sec of Defense idiot Hegseth!!!!!!😂🤣

The Madcap

(678 posts)
14. The weird thing
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 05:28 PM
Dec 25

is that if Greenland were actually up for sale, Canada would be the natural best ownership candidate given its location adjacent to Greenland. That would make Canada even more important from a natural resource perspective. There's no way the U.S. has a legitimate claim to Greenland other than the fact that we have a military base there. Of course, if that were the main criterion, we would own much of the world, as we seem to have bases nearly everywhere.

OrangeJoe

(436 posts)
15. Base lease
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 05:34 PM
Dec 25

I’m waiting for Greenland or maybe it’s Denmark to cancel the US military base lease. I’d do it if I were them.

Scrivener7

(53,346 posts)
11. Turn them off. And tell them you're turning them off
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 05:16 PM
Dec 25

and tell them why you're doing it. And then don't turn them back on.

Here's their contact information:
https://democraticunderground.com/11744290

Continuing to watch that crap makes you complicit in what they're doing. Please don't support them.

BidenRocks

(965 posts)
12. NATO will treat us like Russia.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 05:24 PM
Dec 25

If we go full Nazi, we deserve to be attacked.

America is no longer peaceful or special.

The Madcap

(678 posts)
25. Technically, "Lebensraum"
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 01:02 PM
Dec 26

I see a hopefully inadvertent "c" in there.

In the case of the US, though, I don't see the need for additional space, as our population fits quite nicely already with room to spare. Greenland might be a good place to store T****'s and Eloon's vast egos, however. They could be frozen in the glaciers like an old woolly mammoth.

EarnestPutz

(2,703 posts)
30. It was inadvertant as I had even looked it up first. Liked the wooly mammoth characterization, though. "Frozen.....
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 02:50 PM
Dec 29

......for the ages, only to emerge in 10,000 years to the amazement of their discoverers".

The Madcap

(678 posts)
31. I figured that
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 03:14 PM
Dec 29

it was either a typo or a quick type. For the next four years, the following German word might work: Lebensschrei - Life cry or Life scream.

EarnestPutz

(2,703 posts)
33. Just the prospect of using that word fairly regularly in the next few years, is already painful. Welcome to the.....
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 05:47 PM
Monday

.....relatively benign insanity that is DU. You do write well and that can only improve the conversation.

BidenRocks

(965 posts)
21. I do believe that the EU knows
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 05:59 PM
Dec 25

Appeasement never works. Right Neville?
This needs to be nipped in the bud before we are no longer a united states.

Scrivener7

(53,346 posts)
27. Turn it off. Tell them you're turning it off and tell them why. Continuing to watch this
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 01:12 PM
Dec 26

absurd and dangerous crap makes you complicit with this absurd and dangerous crap.

Here's their contact information.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/11744290

riversedge

(73,507 posts)
28. whow--if this happens I am sure Trump will collect Another Patriot Award from the media!!
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 01:34 PM
Dec 26

Actually, I read that Hannity handed Trump the patriot 'award" !!



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He said CNN reported that if Donald Trump “takes over” Greenland, it would be the most significant acquisition of territory by the United States since the Louisiana Purchase.

CanonRay

(14,945 posts)
29. Even if this lunacy happened
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 01:35 PM
Dec 26

I would say the purchase of Alaska is much more significant than Greenland.

The Madcap

(678 posts)
32. Seems to me that Canada would have a better claim of Greenland than the U.S.
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 03:15 PM
Dec 29

given its proximity; however, I don't see Canada threatening Denmark (a fellow NATO country) about taking it over.

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