Tag Archives: america

Datacenters and the end of the World Order

Bill Spindle writes on Substack: And in the US energy bills are rising rapidly as the cost of energy increases due to many factors, but a major pull is the drawdown from datacenters: Energy bills in the U.S. have been … Continue reading

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Hideous repetitive patterns

I am reproducing Jenn Budd’s Substack ‘Borderland Talk’  which appeared 10th January 2026: In addition to the above, I thought I would look for a link to the situation of the Southern Border Patrol under Obama, I found this: The … Continue reading

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Authoritarian innovation

Ruth Ben-Ghiat has contributed an essay on Substack, here is an extract: DOGE may seem like a failure, if we take on good faith Elon Musk’s claim that its agenda was greater government efficiency and savings. The architects of DOGE … Continue reading

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Shadow Fleet Expansion: sanction busting

Putin and Venezuela’s Maduro sign strategic partnership agreement in Moscow By Reuters May 7, 2025 5:50 PM GMT+1Updated May 7, 2025 https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/putin-maduro-sign-strategic-partnership-agreement-2025-05-07/ Global energy markets are deeply interconnected, and oil remains the lifeblood of modern economies. However, when geopolitical tensions lead … Continue reading

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Retribution by Frivolity

Appeals court upholds $1M penalty against Trump in lawsuit against Hillary Clinton The judges ruled that the president’s arguments “were indeed frivolous.” The ruling is the latest rejection of President Donald Trump’s legal crusade against his perceived adversaries. | Alex … Continue reading

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Intending to suck out the soul of Ukraine, yet Ukrainians resist despite betrayals

Looking back to Putin taking Crimea: Ukraine war: ten years after Putin annexed Crimea, Russia’s grip on the peninsula looks shaky Published: March 15, 2024 3.01pm GMT  Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham ……….This does not mean, however, that Russia is in any … Continue reading

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A man is known by the company he keeps

Snapshot of World Liberty Financial: Stephen Katte Sep 03, 2025 World Liberty burns 47M tokens in bid to pump price as slide continues World Liberty Financial has turned to burning tokens in an attempt to stem a price drawdown its … Continue reading

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Who is laughing all the way to the bank?

Christopher Armitage has compiled a list of actions the Trump administration has taken and I am sharing it from Michael D. Sellars Substack.

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Letter from America

From Lev Parnas, Substack And another view on current events by Heather Cox Richardson: From Heather Cox Richardson, Political Historian:September 6, 2025 (Saturday) “Today the social media account of President Donald J. Trump posted an AI-generated image of Trump as … Continue reading

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Being born after World War Two: friends and foes

On February 9, 1942 crowds gathered at New York City’s pier 88 to witness a spectacle. The largest ocean liner in the world was on fire. Fire fighting efforts successfully contained the fire after five and a half hours of effort, … Continue reading

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