Tag Archives: US

It’s all Chinese to me

I have to say London is always open for business: https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-to-approve-massive-china-embassy-london/ Dec 2nd, 2025 Update: Starmer delays decision to approve Embassy: https://news.sky.com/story/government-delays-chinese-super-embassy-decision-again-13478365 And seems so is the United States of America: xAI to deploy Telsa Megapacks at Colossus II supercomputing … Continue reading

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Heads will start to roll

No 1: Larry Summers whose ‘wingman’, he said in an email, was Epstein. (2013 to 2019). Larry Summers had a connection with Jeffrey Epstein that spanned several years, including meetings and communications even after Epstein’s 2008 guilty plea for soliciting … Continue reading

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Trying to get my head round the Japan deal

I have read many articles from English speaking news outlets, but the only one which fits the situation for me is this one, which I am reposting, from Just Security: And https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/trump-takaichi-agree-rare-earth-critical-minerals-supply-2025-10-28/

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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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Who owns us?

Larry Ellson, 3 years older than me, seems to own my private data. Guess no-one bothered to ask me if I approved of that, but then, maybe to them, I am just a number: Cash-strapped NHS trusts hand former PM … Continue reading

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Words are powerful

The following is an extract from ‘The Friends of Israel’ and it is particularly important that anyone reading the book understands the semantics used, so as to be clear about the future use of descriptions such as ‘Israel lobby’. Those … Continue reading

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Chekov’s Gun

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

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Since Isabella of Spain, the Inquisition, Opus Dei expanded extremist Catholicism

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

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Ultimate Sin

So now I’m reading ‘Burn Book’, by Kara Fisher. As I was passionate about computers in education back in 1981, this book has great resonance for me. Kara Fisher began as a journalist, intrigued by the young start-ups in Silicon … Continue reading

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Building in Resilience to Climate Catastrophe

After wildfires destroyed homes across California, innovative, but expensive, intensely fire-resistant homes have been designed. Some are already in place in the still sparsely rehomed community of Paradise. These are modular, pre clad built homes and 12 month round produce … Continue reading

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