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As Japan Resumes Commercial Whaling I look at the Two Blue Whale Emojis

As Japan starts killing whales again under the guise of commercial whaling, I turn to the two whale emojis for a bit of comfort.

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Huawei, Google, National Security and Government Control

Today, Google announced that because of this ban, it would restrict is use of Android on Huawei. New designs of Huawei smartphones are set to lose access to some Google apps. Google said it was “complying with the order and reviewing the implications”. So are US tech companies now being “controlled” by the US Government?

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Donald Trump Tweets about Land Expropriation and Farm Murders

Land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers – that was the late night tweet from US President Donald Trump last night. So,  agitating Afriforum have had their racist voices heard in Washington. In a late night tweet, US President Donald Trump used South Africa as a piece of red […]

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Emerging Markets Stumble as Trump Stokes Trade Wars

Maybe all this recent turmoil in the emerging markets is because of an extradition of clerics issue between the USA and Turkey. We know that Turkish President Erdogan wants the exiled preacher Fetullah Gulen returned to Turkey because he believes that this 77 year old Muslim cleric tried to topple the Turkish government in July […]

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Family Separations: a US Government Key Policy Issue

It may look like the “Zero Tolerance” policy and the family separations on the Southern Border of the USA  are in response to a surge of immigrants, but this is not so. As a matter of policy, the US government is now separating families who seek asylum in the US by crossing the border illegally. […]

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