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Category Archives: anthropocene
Loves to fire top brass
Hegseth says ‘la,la,la…I can’t hear you’…. https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/hegseth-removes-four-officers-from-military-promotion-list-report/ar-AA1ZxAVe And generals: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/hegseth-ousts-top-army-general/ar-AA201Otg
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Tagged firings, Gen. Randy George, officers, Pentagon, Pete Hegseth
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Datacenters hit in Middle East (sold as safe and secure)
Iran succeeds in targeting datacenters: https://www.networkworld.com/article/4153994/amazon-middle-east-datacenter-suffers-second-drone-hit-as-iran-steps-up-attacks.html UAE denies reports of attack: https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/oracle-office-in-dubai-hit-in-iran-strikes-what-uae-said/ar-AA202BzB Cost of Oracle Datacenter: Oracle’s data center services cost $30 billion per year for OpenAI’s needs, as reported in July 2025. This includes building and operating massive facilities … Continue reading
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Tagged AWS, Bahrain, datacenters, Dubai, Iran, Larry Ellison, Oracle, United Arab Emirates, US-Israeli war on Iran
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US Military cannot hide from Iranian strikes
1st April, 2026 For whom the bell tolls…….. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/irgc-claims-37-us-officers-dead-in-uae-strike/ar-AA1ZVdDe In Kuwait: Iranian drone hits US Chinook helicopter at Kuwait base, aircraft damagedNews DeskLast Updated: 04 Apr 2026, 11:04 am IST2 min Share An Iranian … Read more at: https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/iranian-drone-strike-us-chinook-kuwait-m6wg2dsc Bahrain, … Continue reading
Who would buy American weapons?
After F15 was shot down over Iran, so far one pilot has been recovered, the other is being sought. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm29zmpdj3vt How much does the A-10 Warthog cost? According to Military Machine, The A-10 Thunderbolt II costs about $18.8 million per … Continue reading
Russian shadow fleet using Starlink
Russia blocks loophole for Apple payments: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/russian-iphone-users-lose-apple-id-payments-as-kremlin-escalates-vpn-crackdown/ar-AA1ZUOpk
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Tagged Apple payments, avoiding sanctions, Elon Musk, gas, Maksut Shadayev, oil, revenues, Russian shadow fleet, Starlink, ukraine
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The Red Cross in Lebanon, update 2nd April 2026
The Lebanese Red Cross is the largest humanitarian organization in Lebanon, with approximately 7,000 members/volunteers and 200 staff personnel. It operates over 250 ambulances and 46 first-aid centers across the country. Wikipedia redcross.org.lb I received this email update: I’m writing with another … Continue reading
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Tagged children, death, destruction, displacement, Hezbollah, hospitals, IDF, Israeli attacks on health workers, Latani River, Lebanon, medics, occupation, suffering
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Stablecoin could cause the next financial crash
Definition: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/stablecoin.asp Who owns Tether? https://thecoinomist.com/personalities/giancarlo-devasini-tethers-owner-richer-than-piero-ferrari/ Audit due: Tether, the World’s Biggest Stablecoin, Is Finally Getting Its First Full Audit After more than a decade of accusations, the company claims it will submit to a legitimate review of its finances. … Continue reading
Extremists at war
Shane Yirak observations on Substack
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Tagged China, GCC, Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, international trade, Iran, IRGC, Japan, kill box, Lebanon, LNG, middle east, negotiating safe passage of tankers, oil, Persian Gulf, red sea, Russia, Strait of Hormuz, US-Israel war
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Ballroom (and Bunker)
We guessed it all along. Just updating the 1941 bunker ‘concealed by a ballroom’……….. Donald Trump says military wanted a White House ballroom ‘more than anybody’: ‘It was supposed to be secret’ Story by Joseph Konig • 3d https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-says-military-wanted-a-white-house-ballroom-more-than-anybody-it-was-supposed-to-be-secret/ar-AA1ZtWo5 And then,on … Continue reading
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Tagged 1941, ballroom, bunker, Judge block, Trump the Builder, update, White House
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“Your hands are full of blood”: Pope after Pete Hegseth comments
Pope seems to rebuke Trump in remarks about leaders with ‘hands full of blood’ Pontiff’s unusually pointed comments come after Pete Hegseth’s prayer for violence against enemies ‘who deserve no mercy’ Rory CarrollSun 29 Mar 2026 15.30 BSTShare Pope Leo has … Continue reading
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Tagged illegal war, Israel-US war in Iran, Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, Pontiff, Pope Leo, prayers for violence, troops to Iran
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