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About borderslynn

Retired, living in the Scottish Borders after living most of my life in cities in England. I can now indulge my interest in all aspects of living close to nature in a wild landscape. I live on what was once the Iapetus Ocean which took millions of years to travel from the Southern Hemisphere to here in the Northern Hemisphere. That set me thinking and questioning and seeking answers. In 1998 I co-wrote Millennium Countdown (US)/ A Business Guide to the Year 2000 (UK) see https://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780749427917

Robbing nations of tax due, using loopholes: Epstein/ Mandelson Panama links

Posted on July 14, 2026 by borderslynn

https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/01/31/mandelson-epstein-panama-tax-emails/ Here is one of the blogs I wrote re The Panama Papers: https://borderslynn.com/2025/08/18/9-years-after-panama-papers-offshore-holdings/ And where Epstein was, so follows Donald Trump: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-panama-canal-hotel-lawsuit-history-b2669911.html And Chris Unger writes on Substack:

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Alexandre Ventura Nogueira, billionaire wealth management, Ivana Trump, Ivanka Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, money laundering, Panama, Peter Mandelson, Rio de Janeiro, Russia, tax avoidance, tax loopholes, Trump family, Trump Ocean Club | Leave a comment

Toxic mist sent through sprinklers used for golf courses and parks

Posted on July 14, 2026 by borderslynn

https://futurism.com/health-medicine/meta-ai-data-center-pathogen-bacteria-water So irresponsible: Meta data center water discharges suspended after contaminating the city’s reclamation water supply with bacterium — system offline for months for cleaning, closed-loop cooling system purge spread rare metal-resistant bacteria in Cheyenne’s water system News By Luke James … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged bacterial waste, Cheyenne, datacenter, discharge, disregard for citizens health, environmental harm, human harm, loop system waste, toxic aerosol | Leave a comment

Joan Sebastian Guerrero : lived and worked in Maine – another traumatic, cold blooded murder by ICE agent

Posted on July 14, 2026 by borderslynn

A federal immigration officer murdered a motorist in Maine on Monday, the second time in a week that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have used deadly force and at least the ninth time since Trump began his immigration crackdown. … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 1920s-like purges, aggression, deportation, destroying America, detention, elitist dogma, ending freedom, human rights, ICE, ICE funding, immigrants, impunity, Joan Sebastian Guerrero, murder, no due process, white supremacy | Leave a comment

Lindsay Graham….to Israel

Posted on July 14, 2026 by borderslynn

The Steadfast Friend of Israel and the Two-State Paradox If there was one cause that defined Lindsey Graham’s foreign policy soul, it was Israel. He was, in the words of Prime Minister Netanyahu, “one of its greatest friends”. Graham made … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 2 state solution, Lindsay Graham, Palestinian land, pro Israel | Leave a comment

‘Certain’ citizens benefit from ‘Citizen’s United’ but these are the few, rather than the many

Posted on July 11, 2026 by borderslynn

It is 16 years since the Supreme Court ruling which enabled people like Elon Musk to coordinate his donations with the Trump campaign. Here are extracts from a Huffpost article from 2025: Super PACs and other outside groups allowed to … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged archive, Citizens United, conservative, Elon Musk, feminist, Justice Alito, Justice Roberts, Mitch McConnell, right wing, SCOTUS, Sherrill Redmon, Sophia Smith Collection, US campaign funds | Leave a comment

Illegal occupiers: Netanyahu is pushing Gazans into the sea

Posted on July 9, 2026 by borderslynn

Here is an excerpt from Jul 8, 2026 report: https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/satellite-images-gaza-yellow-line-9.7257822 See UNOCHA report, 3 July 2026, here are highlights: https://www.ochaopt.org/content/humanitarian-situation-report-3-july-2026

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Gaza, IDF, illegal occupation, shifting yellow line, killing children | Leave a comment

‘Masked man shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo after pursuing him’ – ICE agency tells their (predictable) version of events

Posted on July 9, 2026 by borderslynn

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/09/us/lorenzo-salgado-araujo-houston-ice-shooting 10 July further reports:

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged construction worker, Houston, ICE agents, immigrant, Mexican, narrative, protesters, self defense, Texas, work permit applicant | Leave a comment

An update on ICE actions against legal citizens

Posted on July 8, 2026 by borderslynn

From Robert Reich, Substack: Coverage: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-war-on-immigrants-is-ramping-back-up-and-flying-under-the-radar/ar-AA27iPuj

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 2000 per day, children, deportation, detention centers, endangerment, facial recognition, ICE, illegality, Louisiana, mass arrests, no due process, rapid activity, rate payer funded, staging centers, state wide, trauma, vital imm7grant workers | Leave a comment

West Bank: unchecked settler expansion and violence under cover of Iran war

Posted on July 8, 2026 by borderslynn

Extract from Wajeeh Lion analysis on Substack pertaining to the West Bank: Data compiled by the Israeli human rights organization Yesh Din reveals that the 2026 Iran War provided cover for a massive surge in extremist settler violence. In just … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged "revolution in settlement", aggression, intimidation, Israeli settlers, land grab, murder, olive grove destruction, Palestinian land, Smotrich, theft, UNOCHA, violence, West Bank | Leave a comment

From Russian Wagner to covert UAE: supporting murderous RSF activity in Sudan

Posted on July 7, 2026 by borderslynn

Just found this coverage of a recent report which I have reproduced here: https://sudannabaa.com/en/intelligence/nabaa-al-sudan-investigation-uae-created-front-airlines-to-supply-rsf-with-weapons/85499/?amp=1 About the origins of RSF: Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Darfur-based paramilitary group in Sudan. The RSF was established in 2013 by the government to fight Sudanese rebels. … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged arabs, bango, black Africans, Central African Republic, China, finite resources, genocide, human rights abuses, militia, natural resources, RSF, Russia, selling drugs, sudan, supplying weapons, training, UAE, USA | Leave a comment

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