Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Greenland Compared to Newfoundland & Labrador
Greenland is vastly larger and more arctic than Newfoundland and Labrador, though both share rugged North Atlantic coasts, Norse history, and icebergs delivered by the cold Labrador Current. Size and GeographyGreenland: Covers roughly 2.16 million square kilometers, making it about 5.3 times larger than Newfoundland and Labrador. Most of it is covered by a massive inland ice sheet. Newfoundland and Labrador: Covers 405,212 square kilometers consisting of the rugged island of Newfoundland and the vast, forested and mountainous mainland of Labrador.
Population and StatusGreenland: An autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark with a small population of around 57,000 people, mostly Inuit.Newfoundland and Labrador: The easternmost Canadian province with a population of roughly 540,000 residents. Climate and NatureIce and Currents: Both regions are closely linked by the Labrador Current, which carries glacial icebergs carved from Greenland down past the coast of Labrador and into Newfoundland's "Iceberg Alley" every spring.
Environment: Greenland has a high-arctic, tundra-dominant climate with limited ice-free coastal fringes. Labrador shares a similar sub-arctic/arctic environment in the north (like the Torngat Mountains), while the island of Newfoundland features a milder maritime climate shaped by the Appalachian mountain chain.
History and CultureViking Roots: Both areas share early Norse exploration history, highlighted by Greenland's medieval Norse settlements and Canada's L'Anse aux Meadows on Newfoundland's northern tip—the first known European site in North America. Way of Life: Both feature deep coastal and fishing traditions, though Newfoundland and Labrador is fully integrated into Canadian infrastructure and road networks, whereas Greenland's remote coastal settlements are connected primarily by sea and air rather than highways.
PG
Newfoundland & Labrador Should Become America's 51st and 52nd States
PG has aquired www.newfoundisland.com to facillitate the accession of the Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador to become America's 51st and 52nd United States www.labradorland.ca and www.newfoundisland.com
Both Territories constituting 1 Canadian Province (NL - Newfoundland and Labrador) should be aquired for 1 Trillion USD with 500 Billion payable to the Treasury of each Provincial bank account in St. John's Newfoundland and Goose Bay Labrador.
Contact PG @ paymentguy@gmail.com to discuss further.
PG
America Needs Greenland For International Security
The United States has run out of space and needs 1. Greenland, 2. Iceland and 3. Newfoundland in order to
Greenland’s prime minister said Monday the autonomous island is not for sale after President-elect Trump said owning Greenland “is an absolute necessity” for the U.S.
“Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale,” Prime Minister Múte Egede said in a statement, according to reports from BBC and The Guardian.
“We must not lose our long struggle for freedom,” Egede added.
The statement came after Trump issued a statement Sunday announcing Ken Howery as his pick for ambassador to Denmark and floating the idea of owning Greenland.
Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark but is its own autonomous country.
“For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” Trump said in a Truth Social post.
President-elect Trump said Sunday evening on social media that the U.S. owning Greenland “is an absolute necessity,” in a statement announcing Ken Howery as his nominee to serve as ambassador to Denmark.
Howery, a tech investor who co-founded PayPal, was ambassador to Sweden in the previous Trump administration.
“For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” Trump said in the Truth Social post. On Monday, Greenland’s prime minister said the island isn’t up for purchase.
“Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom,” Múte Egede said in a statement, according to reports from BBC and The Guardian. In late 2019, Trump said that buying Greenland, which is owned by Denmark, was “strategically” interesting, triggering an angry response from Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. “Denmark essentially owns it. We’re very good allies with Denmark. We protect Denmark like we protect large portions of the world,” Trump said at the time.
“Strategically, it’s interesting, and we’d be interested, but we’ll talk to them a little bit. It’s not number one on the burner,” he added. Frederiksen called the idea “absurd,” telling reporters at the time, “Greenland is not Danish. Greenland is Greenlandic. I persistently hope that this is not something that is seriously meant.”
According to a book from The New York Times’s Peter Baker and The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser, the president-elect suggested to aides of his during his first term that the U.S. could trade Puerto Rico for Greenland. Trump also made waves abroad over the weekend with his posts and comments about the Panama Canal. On Saturday, Trump expressed frustration with fees charged for the use of the Panama Canal via Truth Social, asserting that he would stipulate that oversight of the canal return to the U.S. when he comes back into the White House if that is not changed.
“The fees being charged by Panama are ridiculous, especially knowing the extraordinary generosity that has been bestowed to Panama by the U.S.,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “This complete ‘rip-off’ of our Country will immediately stop.” The following day, at an event for conservative group Turning Point USA, Trump said the canal “was given to Panama and to the people of Panama, but it has provisions, you gotta treat us fairly and they haven’t treated us fairly,”
“If the principles, both moral and legal, of this magnanimous gesture of giving are not followed, then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States of America in full, quickly and without question,” he added.
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino fired back at Trump in a video statement Sunday.
“As president, I want to express clearly that every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjacent zone belongs to Panama, and will continue to do so,” Mulino said. “The sovereignty and independence of our country are not negotiable.”
PG propoes that Newfoundland join America as its 51st State and become The 51st State of "New Found Island" www.newfoundisland.com
Email PG @ paymentguy@gmail.com to discuss further. Stay tuned.
PG
Trump Wants Iceland
Iceland’s government called in the U.S. ambassador on Monday after President Trump posted a map showing the Nordic nation blanketed by the American flag.
Trump, who has previously pushed to take over Greenland and Canada, posted an image to Truth Social of the American flag stretching across North America, Greenland, Iceland, Central America and the Caribbean, with the map labeled “United States of America.”
Trump did not offer an explanation for the post.
Icelandic Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir summoned U.S. Ambassador to Iceland Billy Long over the image, according to Icelandic public broadcaster RUV.
The Foreign Ministry told the outlet that officials made clear to Long, a former Missouri lawmaker and IRS commissioner who became ambassador in May, that Trump’s post was “completely inappropriate.”
Long himself had previously apologized for joking about Iceland becoming the 52nd U.S. state with himself as governor, which had caused widespread outrage from Icelandic citizens and prompted a petition to prevent his ambassadorship.
At a press conference Tuesday, Gunnarsdóttir said the message was “absurd” and insulting to Icelanders, as well as citizens of Greenland and Canada.
“There is nothing funny or normal about making fun of the sovereignty of states,” she said. “If this is supposed to be a joke, then it is a bad joke.”
While Trump has not formally pushed to take over Iceland in the past, Trump’s interest in acquiring Greenland, a semiautonomous territory, from Denmark has led to escalating tensions. Its leaders have said repeatedly that the island is not for sale and does not want to become part of the U.S.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen reiterated that position Monday while visiting Greenland’s capital city of Nuuk, saying its government and its residents have repeatedly made clear that they have no interest in being acquired.
“The Greenlandic government and the Greenlandic people have said again and again that they do not want to be American,” she told Danish news agency Ritzau. “I hope no one is in any doubt about that, either in the United States or the rest of the world.”
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China Flash Flooding (Proves There Is No God)
(Or at least not a benevolent God if there is one...) Death toll appraooches 7,000 across 3 countries (China, Nepal, Tibet);
"Rescuers in Nepal are racing to reach thousands of people missing in areas near the China border after catastrophic floods as search operations enter their 12th day. The flooding that authorities say was likely caused by a glacial collapse last month has killed at least 1,384 people and left more than 5,500 missing, among them about 800 foreigners, across the two countries. In Nepal, rescuers have retrieved 1,341 bodies and are searching for about 4,996 people, the national disaster agency said on Sunday. In Tibet, the death toll has risen to 43, with 519 people missing, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported. Four people have been found alive since Friday, three of them in tunnels at hydropower facilities, where the government initially said about 100 people could be alive. Nepal’s Energy Minister Biraj Bhakta Shrestha said teams at flooded hydropower tunnels were facing multiple challenges."
Monday, September 7, 2026
Brtish Pensioner Scammed Out of Pension In Thailand
A retired British pensioner has revealed how he was left destitute in Thailand after falling victim to a romance scam. Former UN flight operator Simon Charles Hill, 68, from Luton, retired to Bangkok 11 years ago, and lived comfortably on his state pension.
But after splitting from his Thai wife, the Brit expat ended up living alone - before being targeted online by ruthless cyber predators posing as a besotted American woman called Emily Smith.
Having apparently believed the story, Mr Hill started transferring his pension - around £500 a month - as soon as it reached his bank account. He then drained his own savings before running out of cash. Months after the scam began, Mr Hill was kicked out of his apartment having found he was no longer able to pay his rent. He said he was also unable to buy food and was eventually found sleeping in a hotel lobby by concerned locals.
PS Pg has lived in Thailand and knows how easy money goes there ... especially if you are an older white guy who likes drinking lol
Me & Brad
Friedrich Nietzsche’s Overman (Übermensch)
Friedrich Nietzsche’s concept of self-overcoming (Selbstüberwindung) is the continuous, active process of mastering, transforming, and transcending one's own lower impulses, current limitations, and established values. Core Principles of Self-Overcoming;
The Will to Power as Growth: Nietzsche argued that all life desires to grow and expand, and true growth happens only by meeting and overcoming resistance. Life itself, as he wrote in Thus Spoke Zarathustra, is "that which must always overcome itself".
The Overman (Übermensch): Humanity, to Nietzsche, is a bridge stretched between the animal and a higher state of being. The Overman is the ideal figure who successfully overcomes conventional herd morality, breaks free from nihilism, and crafts authentic, life-affirming values.
Embracing Struggle: Suffering and obstacles are not mistakes or evils to be erased; they are the exact material required for greatness. As noted in discussions on Eternalised, avoiding difficulty to make life comfortable creates a superficial and false existence.
Transvaluing Values: Overcoming requires looking past rigid, traditional ideas of "good and evil" to take responsibility for your own psychological and ethical evolution.
The Übermensch (often translated as "Overman" or "Superman") is a philosophical ideal introduced by Friedrich Nietzsche in his 1883 book Thus Spoke Zarathustra to describe a future human who creates their own personal values and fully embraces earthly life. Core Ideas of the ÜbermenschCreating New Values: Nietzsche declared the "death of God," meaning traditional religious and absolute moral systems lost their power. The Overman does not follow the crowd. They build their own healthy, life-affirming rules. Self-Overcoming: The Overman constantly challenges themselves. They do not try to conquer other people. Instead, they master their own inner weaknesses and fears.
Loving Reality: This person says a complete "yes" to life. They love the physical world instead of wishing for an imaginary heaven or afterlife.
The Opposite: The Last Man - Nietzsche contrasted the Overman with what he called the Last Man. The Last Man is the exact opposite of the Overman. This person wants only comfort, safety, and easy entertainment.They avoid big risks, deep thinking, and hard personal growth.Nietzsche worried that society might settle for this weak, boring way of living.
Is DJ Trump an "Overman"?
PG
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Sunday, September 6, 2026
Life-Change and Starting-Over @ 54.5
In my exerience @ age 54.5 years changing my Life and starting over involves;
1. Reflection & Contemplation
Before making changes, you must understand where you’re starting from. Personally, I know from experience it can be difficult to sit with your thoughts. It’s easy to let your mind wander. Plus our brains are really good at putting up defenses. For me it involves bothe reflection and contemplation;
Reflection is an active, analytical process of thinking about past experiences or specific concepts, whereas contemplation is a receptive, quiet state of being present with reality without active analysis. Differences Process: Reflection uses logic, reason, and active mental effort to examine memories, decisions, or ideas. Contemplation lets go of active thinking and mental processing to rest in quiet awareness. Focus: Reflection usually looks backward at events or parses specific information to learn and plan. Contemplation exists in the present moment, observing reality or the divine without judgment or labels. Reflection aims to gain cognitive understanding, solve problems, or draw lessons. Contemplation aims for transcendent inner peace, direct experience, or un-mediated connection with existence. How They Work Together; These two states are complementary tools for an inner journey. Reflection helps sort out the facts and understand concepts on a logical level, while contemplation helps you absorb that truth deeply into your consciousness. Some spiritual and philosophical traditions view Contemplation and Reflection as a progression: you use active reflection to process details, which then prepares the mind to enter a quiet, contemplative state. Make sure you carve out the time and space for reflection. Sit down and examine yourself and your life. What do you notice? You might consider doing some journaling or blogging to help capture your thoughts.
2. Examining your value system
This is a big one. It’s likely that your values have shifted over time. If you’re changing and evolving as a human and your responsibilities or circumstances have changed, your values often do, too.
It isn’t that you have a wholesale change in all of your values, but the relative importance often changes and some do get left behind in favor of different values that reflect your current age, stage, and circumstances. Your work might no longer match your values. So if you’ve hit a crossroads in life, it’s important to take a step back to examine what’s important to you.
What are your core values?
What values come to life in your day-to-day?
What values are important that are missing from your life? Do you want to change your values? What family values have an impact on you as a person?
If you are single, do you even need to live in a "Family" context or is being single sufficcient?
If people have repeatedly let you down and disappointed you, being single may in fact be the optimal way to live for you personally.
You might even consider making a personal vision statement.
3. Revisit and rewrite your goals
Just because you have written a goal doesn’t mean you have to remain committed to it if it no longer serves the direction you want to go. It’s natural that goals shift and change. In fact, you might not have clearly thought about the personal goals you’d like to set for yourself. Take a minute to revisit your goals.
They don’t have to be lofty goals, either. I have a monthly ritual. At the start of each month, I write down 5-10 SAGs, or "Small Achievable Goals", on a piece of paper.
Think about ways you can do the same for your goals in life. What are the small building blocks that can help you reach your big goals? How have your goals changed over the years? Try to keep your goals measurable so you can reward yourself for your progress.
4. Generate the courage to commit to change
Committing to making a change is no easy feat. It takes courage, bravery, and self-awareness. It also takes a level of intentionality.
Once you know your values, your goals, and where you’re starting from, it’s time to map out your next move. In a lot of ways, this step is more about a mindset and perspective shift than anything. Rather than “starting over,” think of it as starting fresh. You get to shape your new life. Positive self-talk and encouragement can be good tools here.
5. Make your next moves
Let’s say you’re ready to start over in life. You’ve taken all the steps and are ready to use your growth mindset to make a move. You’ve decided how you’ll hone in on your life’s purpose or simply bring more joy to your daily life.
Now, it’s time to put it into action, but start small. Let’s say your ready to quit your job. Maybe you want to shift industries or start dating again. Maybe you wants to move across the country since you can work remotely anyway. Or maybe you want to travel. Map out your move. It doesn’t have to be drastic. Even the smallest changes can start compounding into the bigger changes that’ll help you start over in life.
6. Keep checking in on yourself
Like any new path in life, it’s going to come with its up and downs. Progress isn’t linear. And if you’re at a point in your life where you’re looking to start over, you know that life isn’t a straight path to self-actualization.
Keep checking in on yourself and the various areas of your life that are shifting. If you fail, it’s OK. You can always get back up and try again. And when you win, make sure you’re celebrating those new skills or life changes you’re embracing. Practice self-care and self-compassion. Be kind and gentle with yourself. You’re valuable and you’re human. You’re going to make mistakes along the way and learn new lessons. It’s about how you learn from your failures that can help shape your future.
5 signs it could be time to change your life
Feeling like it might be time for a change in your life? These 5 signs may indicate it's time to restart and embark on a new journey:
1. Restless reflection: If you find yourself frequently pondering your life's direction, questioning your choices, or feeling a sense of restlessness, it might be a sign that change is on the horizon.
2. Values in flux: As we grow and evolve, so do our values. If you sense a misalignment between your current lifestyle and your core values, it could signal the need for a recalibration.
3. Stagnant Goals: Goals are meant to be dynamic, mirroring our ever-changing aspirations. If your goals feel stagnant or no longer resonate with your vision for the future, it might be time to reassess and rewrite them.
4. Courageous Contemplation: Contemplating change takes courage. If you're mustering the bravery to confront the need for change, you're already on the path toward transformation.
5. Craving Action: Feeling a strong urge to take action, whether it's quitting a job, relocating, or pursuing a new passion, signifies readiness for change.
6. Social Support: Recognizing the importance of a support system, whether it's friends, family, or professional guidance, indicates a willingness to navigate the journey of change with assistance. But some people are solo-actors and chart their own Life-course, like me.
Remember, change is a process, not an event. By recognizing these signs and taking deliberate steps towards transformation, you're paving the way for a brighter, more fulfilling future.
13 questions to ask when starting over in life
In pursuit of purpose, clarity, and passion in our lives, there are questions we need to ask ourselves. Here are 13 questions you can ask when starting over in life:
1. How do you describe your mental fitness? Is it harming or hurting your quality of life?
2. When you think about your overall well-being, what are you proud of? What do you want to change?
3. When’s the last time you were outside of your comfort zone?
4. When was the last time you felt proud of yourself and why?
5. What will happen if you continue to live your life as is? What would happen if you don’t make a change?
6. What would happen if you stayed in your job? What if you stayed unemployed or self-employed?
7. What would happen if you chose to switch careers or quit your job?
8. What are your strengths? Are you using them in your day-to-day life?
9. What don’t you like about your life right now?
10. What’s within your locus of control?
11. What would you do if you only have 1 year left to live?
12. How would your life be different if you invested in yourself?
13. Are you a priority in your life? If not, why not?
PG
Countdown
It will take 5 years, 5 months, and 5 days until PG turns 60.
A person born on February 11, 1972 reaches their 60th on February 11, 2032 exactly 1,984 days away.
PG
Saturday, September 5, 2026
"Overcoming" Is Life's Purpose
The purpose of life as "overcoming" means that human growth, meaning, and fulfillment come directly from facing and conquering challenges, adversity, and our own inner limitations.
Why Overcoming Creates PurposeBuilding Resilience: Struggling against heavy burdens or setbacks forces us to develop inner strength and mental toughness.Transforming Failure: Mistakes and roadblocks act as teachers, showing us where to grow rather than just signaling an end.Achieving Depth: Easy paths rarely leave a lasting impact; solving difficult problems gives our existence a sense of achievement and deep value.
How to Live Purposefully Through Overcoming
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1. Embrace Adversity: Instead of running from hardship, view obstacles as the exact training ground needed for personal growth.
2. Reframing Self-Talk: Change negative thoughts like "I cannot do this" into statements of capability, or seek help when needed.
3. Align with Values: Connect your daily actions to what truly matters to you so you have a steady anchor when hard times hit.
PG
How to Really Grow Up
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up
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What does it really mean to be a grown up in today’s world? We assume that once we “get it together” with the right job, marry the right person, have children, and buy a home, all is settled and well. But adulthood presents varying levels of growth, and is rarely the respite of stability we expected. Turbulent emotional shifts can take place anywhere between the age of thirty-five and seventy when we question the choices we’ve made, realize our limitations, and feel stuck— commonly known as the “midlife crisis.” Jungian psycho-analyst James Hollis believes it is only in the second half of life that we can truly come to know who we are and thus create a life that has meaning. In Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life, Hollis explores the ways we can grow and evolve to fully become ourselves when the traditional roles of adulthood aren’t quite working for us, revealing a new way of uncovering and embracing our authentic selves. Offering wisdom to anyone facing a career that no longer seems fulfilling, a long-term relationship that has shifted, or family transitions that raise issues of aging and mortality, Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life provides a reassuring message and a crucial bridge across this critical passage of adult development.
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