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Tag Archives: ukraine
Shadow Fleet on the run
Seizure of Shadow Fleet in the Atlantic: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/1/7/live-trump-says-venezuela-to-hand-over-up-to-50mn-barrels-of-oil-to-us Why? Why US seized Bella 1 and Sophia tankers and what it means for Venezuela The United States has seized two oil tankers, the Bella 1 and the Sophia, in the North … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Cuba, Darcy Rodriguez, demand, Iran, oil, power, Russia, sanction busting, sanctions, shadow tankers, Special Forces, supply, ukraine, United States, venezuela
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Venezuela under attack: there will be consequences
So, it has started. Jan 3, 2026. Venezuela covers an area of approximately 916,445 square kilometers (353,841 square miles), making it the 32nd largest country in the world. It is roughly 11 times smaller than the United States. Al Jazeera Wikipedia Venezuelans … Continue reading
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Tagged China, conflict, contradicting Trump, crime rates, criminals, Cuba, Delcy Rodriguez, economic strangulation, fossil fuels, geopolitical consequences, international anarchy, international law, Iran, Latin America, Maduro, Marco Rubio, maritime strategy, Mexico, military force, mobsters, regime change by US, ruling by military force, Russia, Stephen Miller, taiwan, troops on ground, Trump, ukraine, United Nations, US, venezuela, violence
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Thumbs down for PM2.5 air pollution
When fossil fuels choke us to death, as in the Indian capital city of Delhi, the truth speaks, even yells at us, to take action https://news.abplive.com/business/abp-live-deep-dive-delhi-air-pollution-toxic-smog-economy-tourism-industry-1819349 PM2.5 (from coal burning) is the main culprit: New Delhi: The capital’s deadly PM2.5 … Continue reading
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Tagged 1956, air pollution, China, choking fumes, clean air act, coal burning, coal mining, industrial pollution, London smog, lung disease, New Delhi, PM2.5, renewables, respiratory deaths, Russia, silicosis, smog, ukraine, USA
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Maritime Lifelines: ‘boxing in’ before winner takes all (and planet dies)
A few days ago, an uninhabited Venezuelan dock was hit by a CIA strike: CIA carries out first drone strike on Venezuelan soil in latest escalation of Trump admin’s attacks on ‘narco terrorists’ US targeted alleged drug traffickers in first-known … Continue reading
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Tagged aggression, Arctic melt, Black Sea, broligarchs, Caribbean, coastal, conflict, cuts to funding, Denmark, ethiopia, fossil fuels, fraud rumours, Gaza, Georgia, glacier, Greenland, IDF, indifference, indigenous peoples, innocents killed, israel, lifeline to land locked, maritime trade routes, Minnesota, murder, oligarchs, Palestinian land, Pituffik Space Base, poverty, power grabs, propaganda, real estate, Russia, Saudi Arabia coalition, scarce resources, Somalia, sovereignty, Sudan RSF, theft, ukraine, US, US military, US personnel, venezuela, war, war crimes, wealth, West Bank, Yemen port
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From Russia with Love
Ivanka Trump is good friends with Dasha Zhukova. Wendy Deng (then the wife of Rupert Murdoch) introduced them. the former wife of Rupert Murdoch, who had introduced Dasha Zhukova to Ivanka years earlier and whose social and investment networks tied … Continue reading
The ship has no captain, just thieves
Just read this about the present situation around Steve Witkoff’s deal making, by Susan Zakin, Journal of Plague Years, Substack: Steve Witkoff, the real estate developer who is the point man for Trump’s foreign policy, along with Kushner, is also … Continue reading
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Tagged 'aluminium wars', Arifs, billionaires, criminal networks, deal making, Donald Trump, Epstein, Kazakh-Turkish, Kazakhstan, Keith Kellogg, Marco Rubio, Oleg Deripaska, pressure on Zelensky, Putin's proposal, Russia, Steve Witkoff, Ternopil, ukraine, Viktor Kravchuk
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Deal maker, ball breaker
Trump suggests Ukraine may have to trade land for peace with Russia By Staff The Associated Press Posted October 19, 2025 5:44 pm https://globalnews.ca/news/11485009/trump-ukraine-potential-land-exchange-russia-peace/ Remember back in July of this year: On July 20, 2025, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard … Continue reading
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Tagged China, civilian suffering, conflict, Europe, five eyes, intelligence sharing, land grab, rewarding wrongdoers, Russia, Trump, ukraine, war, war playbook
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Alaska
From Christopher Armitage List of Actions of Trump administration since Jan 2025: See Christopher Armitage, Substack Trump and Putin chose to meet in Alaska, Aug 15th 2025 Looking up the history now as Trump sometimes made it sound like Putin … Continue reading
Ukraine ‘on the menu’ ?
From a Ukrainian viewpoint, Lev Parnas writes (on Substack); And I ask: Is a newly broken America on the Putin menu too?
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Tagged broken America. mob, conflict, corruption, Europe, fossil fuels, gangsterism, petro-funds, tariff- game, ukraine, war
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