The American Constitution

[Robert Roaldi]

Always best to proceed in small steps. Try to gain control of your own streets first, then see if you find Greenland on a map.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

... see if you find Greenland on a map.

Fair point

[Alan Klein]

The inside joke when I was in the USAF in the 1960s was that if you screwed up they would transfer you to Thule Air Base in Greenland where there was a girl behind every tree.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Ooops! When lofty ideals meat fiscal sustainability

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/15/world/finland-health-care-intl/index.html?no-st=1566069188&fbclid=IwAR1qxBPRe5ODYpJhzXh606c6gp5yUk_le4sKBc9oSIXNZ37DEvbg6AGWkUA

"The 'dark side' of Finland's famous free health care"

... In March, the Finnish government resigned because it failed to get its health care reform through Parliament -- becoming the second government in a row to fail to do so... just after Juha Sipila's government resigned, the governor of the bank of Finland, Ollie Rehn, warned that reform remained urgent "from the point of view of fiscal sustainability."... To make Finland's health care system financially sustainable, one of the aims of the last government's reform proposal was to cut costs by centralizing services and introducing more private options.... Way back in 2013, the international Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development was already warning that Finland was lagging behind many other OECD countries in having high rates of unmet needs...

[Rob C]

Sure.

But I skipped a few steps. First, we will impose tariffs on Danish goods (btw, what goods? I know only of Bang & Olufsen and pastry). Then, if that doesn't work, crippling sanctions. And if that doesn't work, bombing into submission. I should know.

Good grief, Slobodan, you overlooked the best of them: Helena Christensen!

Had the B&O and, today, only the speakers remain, attached to the wall...

:-(

[jeremyrh]

Looks as if Andrew no longer is going to be with us -- at least for a while. Maybe forever.

That would be a shame. I enjoy his articles.

[rabanito]

That would be a shame. I enjoy his articles.

So do I

[stamper]

Looks as if Andrew no longer is going to be with us -- at least for a while. Maybe forever.

His detachment from the forum is well deserved?

[Jeremy Roussak]

Looks as if Andrew no longer is going to be with us -- at least for a while. Maybe forever.

I have suspended Molitor's ability to post to the forums, for reasons which are easily ascertainable. He is not prevented from writing for the site, if that is what Josh wants; I have no involvement in LuLa outside the forums.

Jeremy

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

That would be a shame. I enjoy his articles.

I say good riddance. Lousy photographer and a short-fuse jerk.

[Alan Klein]

Iranian tanker leaves Gibraltar.  Where do you think it's going?  What's happening to British tanker Iran seized?
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201908181076576556-iranian-tanker-grace-1-leaving-gibraltar-after-month-long-arrest-video/

[faberryman]

Iranian tanker leaves Gibraltar.  Where do you think it's going?  What's happening to British tanker Iran seized?
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201908181076576556-iranian-tanker-grace-1-leaving-gibraltar-after-month-long-arrest-video/

The Gibralter court refused to enforce the US seizure warrant. Probably a good thing since Iran would have retaliated.

[Alan Klein]

The Gibralter court refused to enforce the US seizure warrant. Probably a good thing since Iran would have retaliated.

Do you have any answers to my questions?
 Where do you think it's going?  What's happening to British tanker Iran seized?

[faberryman]

Do you have any answers to my questions?
 Where do you think it's going?  What's happening to British tanker Iran seized?

We will have to see where the Iranian tanker goes. Iran still has the U.K. tanker.

[Alan Klein]

Why did the British let Gibraltar release the tanker before the British was release.  Maybe they agree secretly

[Peter McLennan]

I say good riddance. Lousy photographer and a short-fuse jerk.

I thought we'd disavowed personal attacks?

[faberryman]

Why did the British let Gibraltar release the tanker before the British was release.  Maybe they agree secretly

If I were Iran, I would keep the UK tanker until the Iranian tanker gets where it is going.

[Alan Goldhammer]

I thought we'd disavowed personal attacks?

Only when they are punished by the moderator.  Some people constantly engage in ad hominems and seem to get away with it.

[Rob C]

Why did the British let Gibraltar release the tanker before the British was release.  Maybe they agree secretly

Maybe they wish they had never stopped it in the first place. If Gib finds no cause to hold on to it, then free it. There's no need to bring in and consider the opinion of every other desktop genius in Internetlandia.

Seems likely to me that the info was as flawed as that of the WOMD that brought about much of the mess that now haunts yet another part of the Middle East. It also seems to me that as long as those with the oil want to sell it to us who want to buy it, then let them get on with their lives as they see fit. Only when we attempt to impose our western ideology onto those places do we piss them off and bring about so much grief for ourselves, if not for the undertakers.

We do it our way, they theirs. Let it be; we don't have all the right answers for life.

[Alan Klein]

Maybe they wish they had never stopped it in the first place. If Gib finds no cause to hold on to it, then free it. There's no need to bring in and consider the opinion of every other desktop genius in Internetlandia.

Seems likely to me that the info was as flawed as that of the WOMD that brought about much of the mess that now haunts yet another part of the Middle East. It also seems to me that as long as those with the oil want to sell it to us who want to buy it, then let them get on with their lives as they see fit. Only when we attempt to impose our western ideology onto those places do we piss them off and bring about so much grief for ourselves, if not for the undertakers.

We do it our way, they theirs. Let it be; we don't have all the right answers for life.

But Iran is imposing its will on others.  So that's a two way street.  How long do you sit back without reacting?