Category Archives: anthropocene

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Follow the Oil Pipelines

Posted on March 24, 2025 by borderslynn

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germans have never achieved parity with West German wealth generation. Disgruntled East Germans have raised the profile of right wing AfD political beliefs. Initially, the AfD distanced itself from far-right parties in … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged AfD, climate change, dependency, fossil fuels, gas, germany, negotiations, oil, pipelines, power, refineries for sale, right wing, Russia, ukraine, war machine | Leave a comment

Chekov’s Gun

Posted on March 24, 2025 by borderslynn

Another great book I’m reading, which helps me stay sane amongst the lies and false statements flying around social media, is Bob Woodward ‘s book, ‘War’. At the stirrings of the Ukrainian invasion, Woodward reported in his book: “Chekhov’s gun” … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 21st century, autocrats, Biden, Democrats, expansionism, lawful, lawless, NATO, Putin, Russia, Trump, ukraine, US, world leaders | Leave a comment

1980s, Dresden, East Germany, Nato

Posted on March 19, 2025 by borderslynn

Because of the seeming alignment of the new administration (regime?) of the United States with Russia, I am reading books which help me try to understand how this dramatic situation has evolved. After the war, the US employed German scientists … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 1980s, aircraft, assets, corporate influence, criminal networks, Dresden, East vs West, easy money, espionage, German scientists immigration, germany, israel, KGB, money laundering, NATO, New York, oligarchs, operation Paper Clip, organised crime, Palestine, political influence, Putin, Reagan, rockets, Russian Mafia in America, sanction busting, Soviet Jewish emigres, Star Wars technology, Stasi, technology race, Ukraine war, United Nations, WWII | Leave a comment

Bereaved Families for Peace

Posted on March 18, 2025 by borderslynn

I watched today Robi express her anxiety now Gaza has been bombed once more with hundreds, especially children, slaughtered. She had hoped the ceasefire would continue, hostages released and the ‘day after’ leading to a sovereign Palestinian State side by … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged bombing, ceasefire, children, Gaza, Israelis, mothers, Palestinians, protecting rights to exist, slaughter, South Africa | Leave a comment

The Right to Peaceful Protest: against those who abuse human rights

Posted on March 13, 2025 by borderslynn

I am reproducing this piece by Robert Reich. I fear what happened in Nazi Germany and more recently in the Arab Spring may be about to happen in the United States. Who would ever have thought this could become a … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged abuses, American constitution, authoritarian, cruelty, debate, dictatorship, free speech, human rights, occupiers, points of view, Robert Reich, subjugation, unfair imprisonment, universities | Leave a comment

The long game

Posted on March 11, 2025 by borderslynn

Craig Unger begins his book, ‘American Kompromat’ with the initial targeting of Donald Trump as a Russian asset. I am copying in some extracts from the first pages of the book. Many readers will have read the book a few … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 1970s, 1980s, america, Berlin Wall, KGB, Kompromat, mafia, national security, Soviet assets, Soviet Jewish emigres, thugs, Trojan Horse | Leave a comment

Apartheid: Zulus – Gazans

Posted on March 11, 2025 by borderslynn

What do Gazans and Zulus have in common? Under apartheid, Zulus were confined to KwaZulu-Natal and denied South African citizenship from 1981 to 1994. Today, about 10-12 million Zulus live in KwaZulu, preserving their language, customs, and identity amid South … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged acts against humanity, Amnesty, apartheid, death, Gaza, health, HIV, KwaZulu-Natal, Palestinians, Pepfa, poverty, South Africa, USAID | Leave a comment

Poland: Lech Walesa letter to Trump

Posted on March 6, 2025 by borderslynn

March 3, 2025 – text of letter: Your Excellency, Mr. President, We watched the report of your conversation with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, with fear and distaste. We find it insulting that you expect Ukraine to show respect … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged all for one, betrayal, defense, democracy, Europe, history, insult, lech walesa letter, memories, NATO, one for all, oval office, pain, Poland, protection of sovereign state, Russian aggression, sovereignty, victimisation, Zelensky | Leave a comment

Since Isabella of Spain, the Inquisition, Opus Dei expanded extremist Catholicism

Posted on March 5, 2025 by borderslynn

I wrote a few blogs about the 15th century Iberian Peninsula back in 2017, such as: https://borderslynn.com/2017/06/13/forceful-woman And, in reading the piece below, I have learned those extremist Catholic beliefs have never been extinguished. The Opus Dei cult has evolved … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 1928, belief systems, cult, Curtis Yarvin, democracy v autocracy, extreme Catholicism, extreme conservatism, foreign policy, Franco, global religion, inquisition, Opus Dei, Rome, Russia, secretive, spain, US | Leave a comment

Keeping tabs on where the money went (Ukraine)

Posted on February 26, 2025 by borderslynn

https://www.ifw-kiel.de/ You can’t make it up! Also see Statista, chart of percentage of Gross National Product by country: https://www.statista.com/ Weapons of war have been designed and manufactured by the US since Eisenhower, after WW2. But he warned, in his final … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 1948, allies, balance if power, cost of war, Eisenhower, enemies, Europe, israel, military industrial complex, percentage of GDP, quid pro quo, Russia, sovereign country, tracking costs, transactions, ukraine, USA, weapons supplied | Leave a comment

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