Monthly Archives: August 2025

Climate change, sea levels rising, countries sinking

In past blogs I have written about land which sank beneath the oceans after the Ice Age melt began over 10,000 years ago. Now the world knows the Arctic and Antarctic ice caps are melting and sea levels are rising … Continue reading

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Will North Korea denuclearize?

Just consider, today President Trump hosted South Korean President (since June 4, 2025,  Lee Jae Myung, has become president after protesters forced  Yoon Suk Yeol, out after he was impeached). President Trump was confident he could persuade North Korean leader, … Continue reading

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Always watch the supply chain for rare earth magnets, the pulse of vital industries globally

China dictates access to vital rare earth magnets. Here is a reproduced piece about this year’s issues with supply to vital industries:

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The Epstein saga: the denial of public interest to give voice to victims

Let us never forget the courageous Virginia Giuffre: NEW YORK (AP) — A posthumous and “unsparing” memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, will be published this fall, publishing house Alfred A. Knopf said Sunday. … Continue reading

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Lest we Forget

I am reproducing this page of names of those who died trying to let the world know of the horror suffered in Palestine. Journalists killed at Nasser Hospital August 25, 2025 Reuters news agency said its cameraman, Husam al-Masri, was … Continue reading

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Mexico, Venezuela, Canada and US warships – and oil

Today I learned Mexico and Canada have devised new trade routes: Canada and Mexico are developing a trade route called the “Northern Corridor” to bypass U.S. tariffs, enhancing their economic ties and reducing reliance on the U.S. market. This corridor … Continue reading

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Datacenters, bitcoin mining energy use:  hits availability of electricity and raises costs steeply

Paul Krugman writes today on Substack: Placing tech companies in Pentagon: On June 13, 2025, the Army will officially swear in four tech leaders. Det. 201 is an effort to recruit senior tech executives to serve part-time in the Army Reserve … Continue reading

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Stablecoin and Criminal Activity: who will win the Monopoly?

I am reproducing this article from Cointelegraph Back in 2022: How Ukraine embraced cryptocurrencies in response to war Young techno-natives help Zelensky’s government raise over $100mn in crypto donations Kyiv this week launched an Aid for Ukraine website, which accepts … Continue reading

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The End Game? End for whom?

Last night, Russia bombarded Ukraine. Each night, since so called Peace Talks, Russia exceeds the intensity. Lev Parnas reports: No outcry from the Trump administration, and in Gaza, the same silence as the IDF move into Gaza City, where exhausted … Continue reading

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Lawfare

I just found out about an Atlantic article, written in May of this year, by the great Judge Luttig, about the first 100 days of the Trump administration. I am reproducing it here:

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