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Author Archives: borderslynn
About-face: from hawks to paying protection money
UAE paid Iran billions of dollars to halt strikes: Report IRGC officials stayed at the UAE national security advisor’s guest house last week to cut a de-escalation deal. The UAE paid Iran billions of dollars in return for a halt to attacks … Continue reading
A perspective on cage fighters as staged for Trump celebration
Robert Reich on Substack, opinion, reproduced here:
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Tagged aggression, bluff, Brutality, cage fight, Donald Trump, donors, drawing blood, entertainment, Fall of the Roman Empire, fear, gladiator, identity crisis, macho, male inferiority, manosphere, masculinity, no rules, sponsors, symbolism, Trump income, Trump ticket sales, UFC, violence, White House
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No due process: use the “shoot now and forget about it” process
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/top-tren-de-aragua-leader-killed-in-us-military-strike-trump-announces/ar-AA25wbP5 Remember ‘due process’: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/international-relations/wife-of-cartel-leader-files-criminal-complaint-against-top-mexican-over-extradition-of-operatives-without-due-process/ar-AA1V6vYG
Central African Republic (close ally of Russia) accepts US deportees using legal loophole
Iranian woman among migrants deported from the US to the Central African Republic June 12, 2026, 5:14 AM ET By JEAN FERNAND KOENA and MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — An Iranian woman is among around … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Armenia, Central African Republic, costa rica, court intervention, deportation, El Salvador, Eswatini, Georgia, Iran, Jordan, legal loophole, mercenaries, Mexico, no due process, oppression, Panama, poverty, Russia, Rwanda, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Turkey, Uganda, US, Wagner
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9/11 attacks and consequences
It is an eye-opener for me to read the history behind Saudi Wahaabi influence, written so clearly by Wajeeh Lion, Substack, June 11, 2026. Here is an extract: The ideological penetration extended deeply into the Western hemisphere. Saudi charities aggressively … Continue reading
The pattern repeated
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/trump-has-predicted-an-iran-deal-38-times-since-march-prediction-markets-say-it-won-t-happen-soon/ar-AA25dHfp Example: https://borderslynn.com/2026/05/24/friday-trump-says-close-to-a-deal-monday-trump-says-war-back-on-oil-prices-drop-then-surge-another-pattern-for-money-making-amongst-friends/
Adderall drug and microdosing psychedelics
If you were there in the 1950s, you remember the drug culture growing: https://www.psychedelicarchive.com/1950s And today it seems as popular as ever, reaching the rich and powerful, but made available to those with mental issues they were born with, have … Continue reading
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Tagged addictive behaviour, decision makers, drug culture, heroine, history of pharma intervention, influencers, mental health issues, micro dosing, pharma industry, profits before responsibility, psychedelics, RFK, rich and powerful, stock market, tech bros, Wall Street, White House culture
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There are no winners in war, only losers
The UK Isle of Grain Terminal, storage for Supplies of LNG gas, was a long term National Grid energy security plan, set up in 2025: https://www.centrica.com/media-centre/news/2025/investment-in-grain-lng/ The UK partnered with US Bridgepoint Group. The UK began receiving LNG from Qatar, … Continue reading
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Tagged dependency, energy security, fossil fuels, fracking in US, investment, Isle of Grain, Liquid Natural Gas, Norway, Qatari LNG, UK
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How does it feel? To be on your own, like a great unknown……
Ukraine shouts at Putin whilst opening SPIEF, from 620 miles away…..here is an extract from Phillips P OBrien’s Substack: ……………. what made SPIEF really memorable this year was how the Ukrainians twice reached out while Putin was vulnerable. First, a … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltic Sea, International Economic Forum, Kronstadt, oil terminal, Putin, Russia, SPIEF, St. Petersburg, UAV assault, ukraine, Zelensky
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