If you missed Rachel Maddow last night, do watch:
See also Dr. Phil and a Texas Oil Firm Go to Greenland With a Suspicious Agenda. Signs Point to Trump’s Imperialist Visions. by Nicole LaFond at Talking Points Memo.
A Texas-based oil company with ties to President Trump, called Greenland Energy, is reportedly readying resources to begin drilling in a remote area of Greenland even though it does not yet have permission to do so from the Greenland government and local officials. Locals living in the remote area of Greenland’s Nunap Qeqqa, or Jameson Land, have reported seeing drilling equipment being brought ashore and unloaded in the region in recent weeks and the Greenland government issued a “strong warning” against unauthorized actions in the area in a statement in late July.
The Texans are moving in their equipment as if they own the place. Greenland says they don’t have permission.
Raachel is sooo good with these kinds of stories. I remember before Covid listening to her describe the emerging Epstein story.
Rachael has uncovered a common tactic of oil companies. It operates on a catch 22 perversion, that they can do anything you can't stop them from doing. That, combined with the notion forgiveness is sometimes easier to get than permission and you get the picture. Why not give it a try.
So, the oil company did. It started moving in equipment and even feigned permission as I recall from Rachael's report. The natives responded quickly, and no validation of permission seemed to exist.
We will see what follows. When they do this trick with landowners in the states they often get away with it. Deep pockets and the right political contacts are sometimes overwhelming. Here they are up against international opposition with large resources. It might not work as well.
the notion forgiveness is sometimes easier to get than permission
"When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me."
– Emo Philips
But so far all there have been in drilling for oil in Greenland are dry holes. So…?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ianpalmer/2026/01/27/hard-facts-about-greenlands-resources-of-oil-and-rare-earths/
That is a different trick the oil companies use. Making money by drilling dry holes. It works well in the short term. It uses trade secrets of the Uber Con(job)Con(vict) wing of the republican party.
So many lambs to be fleeced. They seem to be onto the Crypto scam. The pillow market is saturated. Snake oil is hanging fairly strong thanks to the industry plant in D. C. Having a scam or two in reserve is SOP for the wing. Ponzi is their rallying cry you know.