Tag Archives: Russia

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

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

Captagon

Posted on January 14, 2025 by borderslynn

After Assad fled, one news item stayed in my head. A warehouse filled to the ceiling with the drug, Captagon. The comment was that this was the favourite drug of Jihadists. So today I found out more, reading this link: … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Assad, brain damage, Brutality, butchery, cannabis, captagon, drug fuelled barbarism, drug money laundering industry, drugs, Hamas, human killing machines, India, ISIS, israel, jihadists, ketamine, Lebanon, Maronites, massacres, Nigeria, opioids, Palestinian refugees, Phalanges, Pharma, religious factions, RSF, Russia, Sahel, sudan, Syria, UK, ukraine, Wagner, war crimes, West Africa, youth addiction | Leave a comment

The Human Meteorite

Posted on November 18, 2023 by borderslynn

Back in 2010, this article about Sudan explained the different viewpoints of nomadic herders and Arab farmers, their belief systems about land use brought them into conflict. Of the five mass extinctions we described in Chapter 2, probably the most … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africans, Anthropocene theory, arabs, climate change, conflict, Darfur, diamonds, drought, egypt, elites, farmers, fertile land, fresh water, genocide, human harm, human sabotage, impact of human activity, Iran, mining, nomads, proxy wars, Russia, UAE, ukraine, Wagner, war crimes | Leave a comment

Nuclear Reactors: emerging countries

Posted on August 13, 2023 by borderslynn

Guess who is helping fund and provide the construction design and build for countries with no previous experience? State-owned nuclear companies in Russia and China have taken the lead in offering nuclear power plants to emerging countries, usually with finance … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged China, emerging countries, expansion or creation of electric grid, expertise, full package provided, naivete, nuclear reactors built, Russia, skills | Leave a comment

Uranium Conversion and Enrichment

Posted on August 13, 2023 by borderslynn

Russia leads the world in this industrial expertise. See: https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-o-s/russia-nuclear-power.aspx And an explanation of the process: https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment.aspx And the consequences for suddenly creating a demand for uranium and the fuel rods for reactors: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/energy/2023/08/03/niger-coup-the-long-arm-of-russia-and-the-politics-of-uranium/23879d0e-31b5-11ee-85dd-5c3c97d6acda_story.html

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, conflict, conversion and enrichment of uranium, Europe, industrial expertise dominance, Niger, Russia, supply and demand | Leave a comment

Wheat production impacted by warmer winters

Posted on September 26, 2022 by borderslynn

The United States Department of Agriculture has advised farmers that plant hardiness zones must shift 100 miles north. They expect this shift will become 300 miles by 2050. The areas which are left behind will become unable to grow wheat … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged climate change, declining wheat production, famine, global wheat growers, latitude between 30 and 60 degrees north, Russia, ukraine, warmer winters, wheat futures, Wheat origins | Leave a comment

Covid 19 as many countries fight wildfires

Posted on September 8, 2020 by borderslynn

As we continue to see the virus take its toll, watching the awful numbers at https://worldometer.pro, there is a background of other disasters for human to grapple with at the same time, such as the earth heating to unbelievable temperatures. … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, agriculture, angola, Arctic, australia, climate change, co2 emissions, covid 19, mediterranean, Russia, South America, the americas, unprecedented, wildfires | Leave a comment

Salt, Sulphates and Survival: Living things

Posted on November 14, 2018 by borderslynn

Salt (sodium chloride or halite), for details of the chemistry of Salt see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(chemistry), has been the focus of human interest for thousands of years. It has been much sought after and traded since humans first realised its value. But … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged China, Lake Onega, marine life, origins of life, osmoregulator, oxygen, Russia, salination, salt, salt contamination, sulphates | Leave a comment

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