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Steve Bannon, Epstein and European right wing influencer

Who stands out for his endeavour to stimulate right wing sentiment to break democracy in Europe? https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/02/05/epstein-files-shed-light-on-steve-bannons-efforts-to-influence-european-politics/ Bannon and Farage: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/steve-bannon-boasted-about-farage-ties-exchange-epstein Bannon and AfD: https://de.euronews.com/2026/02/02/epstein-files-ex-trump-berater-afd-politiker

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Watching Chile Trade Agreements and impact of El Niño

Chile in final phase of negotiations to reach trade deal with US, Chilean official says By Fabian Cambero August 26, 2025 SANTIAGO, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Chile is in the final phase of negotiations with the office of the United States … Continue reading

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1906 – Iran

Worth a read, an extract from https://iranprism.com/first-try/ The Match The revolution that built a garden-parliament had begun with sugar. In December 1905, the price of sugar spiked across Tehran — a convergence of a bad harvest, trade disruption from the … Continue reading

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What have we lost?

Bob Bauer (on Substack) contemplates the loss of Robert Mueller:

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Vacation from world history

Some extracts from the Guardian coverage of Friedrich Merz speech at the Munich Security Conference: Patrick Wintour in Munich Fri 13 Feb 2026 The US acting alone has reached the limits of its power and may already have lost its role … Continue reading

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Let’s cut them off at the pass……

So now another Trump ally has bought Dominion: https://abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-voting-systems-sold-company-run-former-republican/story?id=126378259 Earlier in the year, The Republican plan to silence millions of voters Voting rights advocates are sounding the alarm after Trump and House Republicans roll out sweeping changes to how elections … Continue reading

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‘Cult’ure

Many years ago, one of my blogs was about a powerful Mesoamerican cult which elicited wonderful art and architecture, and it was a positive cult, revering Nature and humbled before it. See https://borderslynn.com/2019/02/10/the-cult-of-kukulkan-quetzalcoatl-and-the-feathered-pterosaur-reptiles/ Today we have followers of fashion, music … Continue reading

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Eugenics

Nazeem Ahmed presents the history of Eugenics because this debunked concept has arisen as a weaponized tool to threaten the majority of the world’s population. Even before the emergence of Nazism as a dominant political force in Germany, the United … Continue reading

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Poland: Lech Walesa letter to Trump

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

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America: Michael Moore Perspective

I thought Michael Moore’s recent Substack was interesting, and here present an extract: Michael Moore provides view of liberal America:

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