Leon Elsjan of Wipper
@leoneow.bsky.social
History, war history, politics, Iran. News junk since '77.
Library: https://wiprmm.blogspot.com/2013/09/mijn-boekenlijst-over-militaire.html
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I am generally opposed to AI, but if you're going to use it, this is one of the better ways to do so. And if Americans have the right to bear arms, why shouldn't Greenlanders have the right to arm bears (and walruses)? youtu.be/hS0wFiWpU4U?...
Greenland Defense Front - The Hungry Giant (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by demonflyingfox
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I am generally opposed to AI, but if you're going to use it, this is one of the better ways to do so. And if Americans have the right to bear arms, why shouldn't Greenlanders have the right to arm bears (and walruses)? youtu.be/hS0wFiWpU4U?...
Careful now ICE, before you know we have Clint Eastwood talking to a chair again.*
The man was returned home because he's a US citizen without a criminal record.
ICE are complete morons.
*Yes, a Gran Torino/Rep. convention reference for those who didn't get it.
The man was returned home because he's a US citizen without a criminal record.
ICE are complete morons.
*Yes, a Gran Torino/Rep. convention reference for those who didn't get it.
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
January 19, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Careful now ICE, before you know we have Clint Eastwood talking to a chair again.*
The man was returned home because he's a US citizen without a criminal record.
ICE are complete morons.
*Yes, a Gran Torino/Rep. convention reference for those who didn't get it.
The man was returned home because he's a US citizen without a criminal record.
ICE are complete morons.
*Yes, a Gran Torino/Rep. convention reference for those who didn't get it.
It's time more of those right wingers start to understand you can be a nationalist/nativist om multiple levels: village/city, province/region, country... AND Europe.
Here is only at first paradoxical reaction I believe we will see more of - AfD member of the Bundestag Kay Gottschalk argues the US tariffs over Greendland call for more European sovereignty, a European military alliance, a German nuke and ends his video with the slogan "Long live Europe".
January 19, 2026 at 1:02 PM
It's time more of those right wingers start to understand you can be a nationalist/nativist om multiple levels: village/city, province/region, country... AND Europe.
In Dutch we say "Wie betaald, bepaald." The one who pays, decides. So yes, Germany has a lot of influence.
So why do you have so much influence? Leader of dead broke net-receiver-of-money-from-the-EU country?
So why do you have so much influence? Leader of dead broke net-receiver-of-money-from-the-EU country?
🇭🇺🇩🇪 Orbán: Today Europe is run by a German war troika.
President of the Commission is a German woman. The German Chancellor, obviously. And the leader of the largest faction in the European Parliament, the EPP, is also a German man.
These 3 people are the ones shaping Europe’s war policy today.
President of the Commission is a German woman. The German Chancellor, obviously. And the leader of the largest faction in the European Parliament, the EPP, is also a German man.
These 3 people are the ones shaping Europe’s war policy today.
January 19, 2026 at 11:54 AM
In Dutch we say "Wie betaald, bepaald." The one who pays, decides. So yes, Germany has a lot of influence.
So why do you have so much influence? Leader of dead broke net-receiver-of-money-from-the-EU country?
So why do you have so much influence? Leader of dead broke net-receiver-of-money-from-the-EU country?
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Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
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We should know by now not to respond to one of Trump’s weekend posts as a definitive statement of policy. The content is as outrageous as it is absurd. For that reason there will be strong pushback from markets, Congress, perhaps Supreme Court as well as European governments.
January 17, 2026 at 7:44 PM
We should know by now not to respond to one of Trump’s weekend posts as a definitive statement of policy. The content is as outrageous as it is absurd. For that reason there will be strong pushback from markets, Congress, perhaps Supreme Court as well as European governments.
Just make him TACO
January 17, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Just make him TACO
Well that's new. Good for them.
❗️🇪🇸Spain is ready to deploy troops to 🇺🇦Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping mission after the war ends — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
January 17, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Well that's new. Good for them.
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That last name...
That last name...
🇺🇸🇵🇸 The White House announced the creation of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, a transitional civilian body intended to oversee governance and reconstruction efforts in Gaza.
January 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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That last name...
That last name...
To be fair, Norwegian 1920 literature laureate Knud Hamsun gave his Nobel in 1943 to Joseph Goebbels. 😬
🇳🇴🏅🇺🇸 Norway reacted with disbelief to the news that Machado gave her award medal to Trump, - Bloomberg
“That’s completely unheard of,” Janne Haaland Matlary, professor and former politician. “It’s a total lack of respect for the award,” she said, calling the act “meaningless” and “pathetic.”
“That’s completely unheard of,” Janne Haaland Matlary, professor and former politician. “It’s a total lack of respect for the award,” she said, calling the act “meaningless” and “pathetic.”
January 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
To be fair, Norwegian 1920 literature laureate Knud Hamsun gave his Nobel in 1943 to Joseph Goebbels. 😬
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JRR, please forgive me
January 16, 2026 at 7:25 PM
JRR, please forgive me
They should have put strychnine in the guacamole.
January 16, 2026 at 5:13 PM
They should have put strychnine in the guacamole.
Dutch contingent to Greenland doubled. Two naval planners (operational and logistical)
Sound to me the Dutch Marine Corps are indeed planning to switch their annual Arctic training/exercise from Norway to Greenland. As I suggested earlier.
nos.nl/artikel/2598...
Sound to me the Dutch Marine Corps are indeed planning to switch their annual Arctic training/exercise from Norway to Greenland. As I suggested earlier.
nos.nl/artikel/2598...
Niet één, maar twee Nederlandse militairen naar Groenland
Gisteren maakte het kabinet bekend dat één Nederlandse officier zou gaan helpen bij de voorbereiding op een NAVO-oefening.
nos.nl
January 16, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Dutch contingent to Greenland doubled. Two naval planners (operational and logistical)
Sound to me the Dutch Marine Corps are indeed planning to switch their annual Arctic training/exercise from Norway to Greenland. As I suggested earlier.
nos.nl/artikel/2598...
Sound to me the Dutch Marine Corps are indeed planning to switch their annual Arctic training/exercise from Norway to Greenland. As I suggested earlier.
nos.nl/artikel/2598...
Europeans laughing at the 'real police training' part.
MS NOW: Why haven't you gotten a dozen Dem senators & NYC cops, flown to Minneapolis & said to the guys wearing masks 'We've brought people who know how to operate'
SCHUMER: You're right. We need police officers to tell ICE, 'You don't know what the hell you're doing. You need real police training'
SCHUMER: You're right. We need police officers to tell ICE, 'You don't know what the hell you're doing. You need real police training'
January 16, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Europeans laughing at the 'real police training' part.
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If Greenland is now deemed eligible for the EU's Article 42/7 mutual defence clause by Brussels then so is Curacao
January 16, 2026 at 6:47 AM
If Greenland is now deemed eligible for the EU's Article 42/7 mutual defence clause by Brussels then so is Curacao
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For the first time a Russian shadow fleet tanker was barred entry to the Baltic Sea.
The crude oil tanker "Tavian" (1095337) was denied entry to German territorial waters and was forced to turn around. The tanker is now near the coast of Norway and heading for the White Sea.
The crude oil tanker "Tavian" (1095337) was denied entry to German territorial waters and was forced to turn around. The tanker is now near the coast of Norway and heading for the White Sea.
January 15, 2026 at 9:24 PM
For the first time a Russian shadow fleet tanker was barred entry to the Baltic Sea.
The crude oil tanker "Tavian" (1095337) was denied entry to German territorial waters and was forced to turn around. The tanker is now near the coast of Norway and heading for the White Sea.
The crude oil tanker "Tavian" (1095337) was denied entry to German territorial waters and was forced to turn around. The tanker is now near the coast of Norway and heading for the White Sea.
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Leonardo DiCaprio has stopped using Wikipedia.
Wikipedia is 25 today.
January 15, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Leonardo DiCaprio has stopped using Wikipedia.
Sure, I've been saying from the start there won't be any midterms. Not when the Trumpies think they are going to lose.
Q: Why does Trump keep talking about canceling the election?
LEAVITT: He's speaking facetiously
LEAVITT: He's speaking facetiously
January 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Sure, I've been saying from the start there won't be any midterms. Not when the Trumpies think they are going to lose.
Yeah, but ICE are just a bunch of cosplayers in Walmart tactical gear, not 'brave men in uniform'.
Q: Does this administration believe that reporters have a right to publish classified information under certain circumstances?
LEAVITT: It's a basic tenet of journalistic integrity not to publish information that could directly endanger the brave men and women who serve this country in uniform
LEAVITT: It's a basic tenet of journalistic integrity not to publish information that could directly endanger the brave men and women who serve this country in uniform
January 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Yeah, but ICE are just a bunch of cosplayers in Walmart tactical gear, not 'brave men in uniform'.
American couple living in the Netherlands rating Dutch haute cuisine and Belgian snackbar food. 🙃
We Rated Dutch and Belgian Snack Bar Food 😛
YouTube video by buncharted
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January 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
American couple living in the Netherlands rating Dutch haute cuisine and Belgian snackbar food. 🙃
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That indeed is what is happening across Europe. Not fast enough, maybe. But it is happening.
And things are moving forward as we speak, we are becoming more independent from Usa. It's good to understand we do not live on stand still, concrete action is done all the time.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:51 PM
That indeed is what is happening across Europe. Not fast enough, maybe. But it is happening.
Waiting for the first MiG-29 to be shot down by friendly fire.
🇮🇷 The Iranian Air Defense Command has been ordered to immediately open fire on any aircraft entering the country's airspace without prior identification, — Tasnim News Agency reported, citing sources connected to the IRGC.
January 14, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Waiting for the first MiG-29 to be shot down by friendly fire.
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RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
![You’ve got super fans pausing and zooming in on individuals frames of your documentary. One allegedly shows one of the Duffers with a ChatGPT tab open on their computer. In your presence, what did they use ChatGPT for?
I mean, are we even sure they had ChatGPT open?
I’m personally not, but the internet seems sure.
Well, there’s a lot of chatter where [social media users] are like, “We don’t really know, but we’re assuming.” But to me it’s like, doesn’t everybody have it open, to just do quick research?
I do.
How can you possibly write a storyline with 19 characters and use ChatGPT, I don’t even understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7t2urmt3i33jl6tjgiolio6g/bafkreidw2tmcr2ayq74oqmjm5pn2tdox6hlxnpqevhuqqj6oa7nsslx3oi@jpeg)
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
So far Quartermasters to Greenland from:
-Denmark
-Sweden
-Norway
-Germany
-France
(-Canada?
-Netherlands?)
-Denmark
-Sweden
-Norway
-Germany
-France
(-Canada?
-Netherlands?)
January 14, 2026 at 8:49 PM
So far Quartermasters to Greenland from:
-Denmark
-Sweden
-Norway
-Germany
-France
(-Canada?
-Netherlands?)
-Denmark
-Sweden
-Norway
-Germany
-France
(-Canada?
-Netherlands?)
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Deutschland schickt Soldaten nach Grönland
Deutschland plant erste Soldatenentsendung nach Grönland.
m.bild.de
January 14, 2026 at 6:49 PM