Greenland to Graceland

 Is #Trump serious about purchasing Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark? In 1946, the USA flirted with paying #Denmark 100 million dollars for #Greenland .
#Graceland - 42 years since Elvis died on 8/16/77. Weekend long vigil is in full force.

Aug 17

 In 1946 William C. Trimble, assistant chief of the State Department’s division of northern European affairs, suggested that the United States offer $100 million in gold for the purchase of Greenland which would give the USA ″valuable bases from which to launch an air counteroffensive over the Arctic area in the event of attack.″.
 The U.S. Air Force maintains two bases in Greenland, Thule and Sondestrom.

August 24

Never thought #trump would have me wondering about #Shakespeare
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."

Sept 24

Maybe #trump can buy #adria ,  a continent the size of Greenland found underwater in the Mediterranean. Scrapings of the land mass's sedimentary pieces make up European mountain belts, including parts of the Alps, Greece and Turkey.

dec 21,2019

 Huawei Technologies lost to #Ericsson in a bid to supply 5G equipment to TELE Greenland A/S

feb 1, 2020

USA has a history of land deals with #Denmark.  The sinking of the Lusitania in 1915  spurred the USA into buying the Danish West Indies (currently US Virgin Islands) from Denmark in 1917. We feared Germany would annex Denmark during WW1 and make the West Indies a Naval Base.

april 2

  Greenland's capital #Nuuk banned the sale of alcohol  in a bid to reduce violence against children during the period of confinement over the spread of the COVID-19. Have they considered that some of those boozers will get angrier with their supply cut?  Or that there are many sober violent folks? The rise of the nanny statists rolls on.

april 24

 A US official in Washington said the aid package of millions to Greenland  was not "designed to pave the way to purchase Greenland". It's more likely about gaining access to Arctic resources and  countering Russia's military moves in the area. We have the Thule Air  base in Greenland.

may 20, 2020

 #CarstenHønge, a member Socialist People’s party, comment on US Aid projects in Greenland: “We must draw a line in the ice cap.”

May 21

  Graceland re-opens today with new Covid-19 safety measures including limiting

 attendance to 25% capacity. No word on "Rubbernecking" guidelines.

June 13, 2020

 A day after Trump signed a memorandum to acquire a polar security ice-breaking fleet by 2029, Pompeo announced the re-opening of a U.S. consulate in #Nuuk , the capital of Greenland.

The USA had a consulate in Nuuk from 1940 to 1953.

july 17, 2020

Citizens in Greenland are voting on whether to keep a statue of Hans-Egede, a Danish-Norwegian missionary, viewed by some as a  symbol of Danish colonialism. Last month red paint was daubed on the statue, with the word "decolonize". Egede  received royal backing, in what was then the united kingdom of Denmark-Norway, to explore Greenland

july 23, 2020

Greenland is included on both the UK and the Republic of Ireland's green lists, which means people can travel from/ to w/o the need to quarantine for two weeks There are no direct flights to Greenland from Belfast or Dublin.

The USA and UK didn't make the Rof I green list.

aug 24, 2020

I doubt if newly found letters that #MichaelJackson wrote in 1987 will  be  featured at Graceland. Here's a a tidbit from MJ: "I will rule as the King,' and added that Elvis is 'not King'. BTW, Graceland is open for business.

Sept 7

While reading an article on Rear Adm. Edward “Iceberg” Smith on  his time with the Greenland Patrol during his nearly 40 years (1910-1950) in the Coast Guard, that he attended classes on board the Revenue Cutter Itasca at Arundel Cove, Maryland in 1910. USCG operates a shipyard in  the Anne Arundel County part of Curtis Bay, which is south of Baltimore's Inner Harbor. I'm familiar with Curtis Bay but had never seen the area referred to as Arundel Cove.

oct 13

The burial of #georgekeough 's, lisa marie's son, was the first in Graceland in 40 years since Elvis’ grandmother died in 1980.  GK committed suicide using a gun in Calabasas, Calif.

Nov 19

I had no idea this was going on during a pandemic year. Hawaii's Ki'ilani Arruda was crowned Miss Teen USA 2020 during the pageant at Graceland. The contestants were mostly confined to the Graceland campus.

Dec 27, 2020

I'm reading a concise history of Finland and re-learning how active the Danes were as colonists, particularly close to home. They battled against and worked with the Swedes for a few centuries to control the area that later became Finland.

March 9, 2021

Maybe this is why Trump wanted the USA to buy Greenland? It has abundant mineral deposits including Tungsten, Titanium, Uranium, Nickel, and Aluminum.

March 10, 2021

Norway has suspended the sale of Bergen Engines, a Norwegian engine maker owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings, to a Russian-controlled company while it assesses the security implications for the country’s navy and the civilian sector. Bergen Engines’ has ongoing commercial relations with Norway’s navy.

April 7, 2021

The left-wing Inuit Ataqatigiit, which opposes a mining project in the south of Greenland, secured 37% of votes and may try to shut down the Kvanefjeld mine, which has the potential to become a significant producer of rare earths, a group of 17 elements used to manufacture electronics and weapons.

April 28, 2021

 Elvis Presley’s Graceland will be lit in red, white and blue for All-American 4th of July Weekend 2021. Will there be a re-enactment of Nixon giving Presley an honorary Narc badge? Just kidding!!

Aug 22, 2021

It's amazing how long this story has stayed around: USA Secretary of State Blinken confirmed that it's “correct” that the USA no longer wants to buy Greenland during a press conference alongside Danish foreign minister Jeppe Kofod, Greenland’s premier Mute Egede, and its foreign minister Pele Broberg.

Nov 5, 2021

Employees at Jimmy’s Bar found the missing Elvis bust Thursday night sitting on a porch outside the West Peoria, Illinois saloon, after requests were made to return it with no questions asked.  The bar owner's niece bought the bust about 15 years ago at a garage sale for $20, and it became the bar's  mascot.

  dec 3, 2021

 North Pole, the northernmost spot on earth, is giant sheet of thick ice in the Arctic, near Greenland (Denmark) and Nunavut (Canada). How did we get the notion that Santa Claus lives there? One possibility is from a Thomas Nast cartoon with images of Santa that were captioned ‘Santa Claussville, N.P.’

Feb 6, 2022

 The Four Chaplains Memorial of York County, PA honors the memory of four York area clergymen: George Fox, a Methodist minister from Lewistown, Alexander Goode, a Jewish rabbi, John Washington, a Catholic priest, and Clark Poling, a reformed church minister, who died on Feb. 3,1943 when the S.S. Dorchester was hit and sunk by the Germans during WW2. The ship was transporting American. troops from New York to Greenland. Only 230 of the 902 people on board lived. 

June 2, 2022

Jokes about how Greenlanders drink heavily prevail in Denmark. I wonder what the Danes say about the Irish.

June 14, 2022

 Denmark and Canada will divide the small, uninhabited island in the Arctic known as Hans Island, situated at equal distance between Greenland and Canada's Ellesmere Island.

They've engaged in a mostly good-natured squabble over the island, since 1971, and it has become a tradition for visitors to leave a bottle of either Canadian whisky or Danish schnapps for their rivals to find on their next visit.

Aug 17, 2022

I got a few chuckles watching Elvis in GI Blues last night. Juliet Prowse was stunning and wore some cool outfits.

Nov 8, 2022

 199 of 200 projects to find economic ore, raw materials for batteries, etc, in Greenland fail

Dec 5, 2022

An Arctic sub-sea data cable, which will run from the Nordics to Japan via Greenland, Canada, and Alaska, received its first investment. It will cut delays in data transmission between Frankfurt and Tokyo by around 30%.

July 11, 2023

Canada Jetlines plans to expand charter flights to Greenland. Is there a demand?

August 16, 2023

Elvis died on 8/16/77.  "Kentucky Rain" remains by fave tune by him.

March 4, 2024

A group of women from Greenland, a semi-sovereign territory of Denmark, is seeking compensation from Denmark in court over an involuntary birth control campaign launched in the 1960s.

In 2022 Danish broadcaster DR reported records showed that, between 1966 and 1970, 4,500 intrauterine devices were fitted into women and girls as young as 13, without their consent.