Tag Archives: USA

Africa: Blood and Rare Earths

Posted on December 5, 2025 by borderslynn

The ‘Peace Accord’: https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/12/signing-of-the-washington-accords-for-peace-and-prosperity-between-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-rwanda Summary: The conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the M23 rebel group involves ongoing fighting primarily in the eastern regions, particularly North Kivu, where M23 has captured significant territories, including the city of … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, conflict, deals, DRC, ecological harm, genocide, Great Lakes, Gulf States, human displacement, human misery, land grabs, mining, neodymium, Peace Accord, pristine land, rare earths, Rwanda, trade, Trump administration, USA, war | Leave a comment

“Is he correct?”

Posted on October 1, 2025 by borderslynn

I read this today: In Boston today, Judge William G. Young answered an anonymous correspondent who trolled the judge on June 19 by writing a postcard that said: “TRUMP HAS PARDONS AND TANKS…. WHAT DO YOU HAVE?” Young reproduced the … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged American character, authoritarian, cruelty, degradation, democratic, deportations, fairness, humanity, illegality, Judges, moral values, the disappeared, US constitution, USA | Leave a comment

Internet Shutdown. Is this a precursor….?

Posted on October 1, 2025 by borderslynn

The Taliban in Afghanistan have shutdown the Internet on which those who had connectivity were dependent. 30 September 2025 Economic Development Lifesaving relief efforts to help remote Afghan communities devastated by last month’s deadly earthquake have already been hit by the … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, al Qaida, Bagram, bin Laden, ethic minorities, internet threat, muslim, neighbours, Pakistan, religious ties, Saudi Arabia, security, shia, sunni, Taliban, ul Haq, USA | Leave a comment

Killing a country

Posted on August 8, 2025 by borderslynn

I read this recently on a Substack: The night before I read this, I had been watching the excellent TV series, Babylon Berlin: Colognian commissioner Gereon Rath moves to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged brown shirts, cruelty, detention, exploitation, fear mongering, gangs, inequality, mobs, no due process, poverty, thugs, USA | Leave a comment

Iran’s dream of democracy once oil was discovered

Posted on June 27, 2025 by borderslynn

This was the ceremonial and spiritual capital of a vast empire, built by Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes, titans whose names still echo through history. Giant statues of winged bulls guard the Gate of All Nations, through which princes from vassal … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC), Democrats, diplomacy v use of force, dominance, early oil exploration, geopolitics, greed, Iran, Iraq, middle east, October Surprise, oil rich, Persia, politics, power, Republicans, USA, wealth | Leave a comment

If it’s digital, it’s hackable

Posted on April 12, 2025 by borderslynn

President Bukele had high hopes for Bitcoin in 2022. El Salvador became the first country in the world to use bitcoin as legal tender, after it was adopted as such by the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador in 2021.[1] It has been promoted by Nayib Bukele, the president of … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged concealment, conman, criminal activity, cryptocurrency, cyber security, dollars for bitcoin, fraud, gangsterism, hacks, illegal means, Lazarus Group, money laundering, North Korea, real money in exchange for toy money, theft, USA | 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

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

America: Michael Moore Perspective

Posted on July 23, 2024 by borderslynn

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

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged abortion, america, Biden, climate change, democracy, diversity, education, elections, equality, Gaza, gun ownership, Harris, health, israel, Jews, liberal, Michael Moore, Palestinians, USA, voters | Leave a comment

Covid-19-driven need

Posted on August 22, 2020 by borderslynn

“With few exceptions, the richer the wealthy become, the more selfish they behave, from severely diminished contributions to charities to the failure to exert leadership to reverse the breakdown of society. Take all the failures of the election machinery from … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged coronavirus, covid 19, elections, elite, military expenditure, military industrial complex, pandemic, poverty, USA, wealth | Leave a comment

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