Tag Archives: UK

The dark side of the plate

Posted on April 9, 2025 by borderslynn

Chronic illness is caused by over consumption of: Alcohol Tobacco Salt Sugar Ultra processed foods And the health system is overwhelmed by the consequences. Yet there are huge industries involved who have powerful lobbyists. Government must not be contaminated by … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged addiction, alcohol, corporate lobbying, food industry, Government, salt, Sugar, tobacco, UK, ultra processed foods | 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

Globalization Casualties

Posted on August 3, 2024 by borderslynn

I’m reading ‘Paper Soldiers: How weaponization of the dollar changed the world’ by Saleha Mohsin. I am most grateful to the author, for it has taken me until now to learn the history behind what led to Globalization being caused … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 2008 financial crisis, authoritarian control, banks, capitalism, China, corporates, developing nations, dollar, economy, england, free trade, globalization, high risk, industrialization, manufacturing, mining, open borders, poverty, Scottish Borders, strong dollar, toxic loans, Treasury, UK, USA, wealth | Leave a comment

No new fossil fuels and address loss and damage

Posted on February 26, 2023 by borderslynn

Botswana is about to welcome a Canadian company into a famously pristine region. What have they been allowed to do? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/20/new-oilfield-in-african-wilderness-threatens-lives-of-130000-elephants There are honorary consuls in Toronto and Ontario, and there are negative associations now emerging from ICIJ of countries … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, botswana, Canada, Congo, corruption, criminal activity, ecological crime, energy crisis, france, history, honorary consuls, icij, industry, oil exploration, OPL 245, plunder, spying, theft, trusts, UK, ukraine, Virunga, wilderness | Leave a comment