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Jeff Bezos Opens His First Tuition-Free Preschool in Washington

Curious – why not just donate money to existing Head Start programs – why create something with his name on it? Could he be trying to buy a get out of cancelation free card?

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced that the first Bezos Academy would be open about 18 miles south of Seattle next month.

Germany declares regions in 11 European countries high coronavirus risk | New Europe

Source: Germany declares regions in 11 European countries high coronavirus risk | New Europe

The newly listed regions included major tourist destinations such as the French regions of Centre-Val de Loire, Brittany and Normandy, as well as the coastal region Lika-Senj in Croatia and the upland Primorsko-notranjska region in Slovenia.

The list also includes the Irish, Portuguese and Danish capitals, the Dutch province of Utrecht, Austria’s state of Vorarlberg, most of the Czech Republic, Gyor county in Western Hungary and Romania’s Covasna county.

Destrucción por la extracción de oro en la selva amazónica – “Cuando cortas los árboles asaltas los espíritus de nuestros antepasados. Cuando buscas minerales, atraviesas el corazón de la Tierra…”

Destruction due to the extraction of gold in the Amazon rainforest – “When you cut down the trees you assault the spirits of our ancestors. When you search for minerals, you go through the heart of the Earth … “

Barbara Crane Navarro

Foto: Destrucción por minas de oro en la selva amazónica.
“Mineros de oro destrozan el bosque” – dibujo en papel – Anaomi Yanomami

“Cuando cortas los árboles asaltas los espíritus de nuestros antepasados. Cuando buscas minerales, atraviesas el corazón de la Tierra. Y cuando viertes venenos en la tierra y en los ríos, químicos de la agricultura y mercurio de las minas de oro, debilitas los espíritus, las plantas, los animales y la tierra misma. Cuando debilitas la tierra así, comienza a morir. Si la tierra muere, si nuestra Tierra muere, ninguno de nosotros podrá vivir, y nosotros también moriremos.” – cacique Raoni Metuktire 

La fiebre del oro, COVID-19 y el genocidio Yanomami – actualizado


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Belarus: EU rejects Lukashenko inauguration as illegitimate | News | DW | 24.09.2020

Source: Belarus: EU rejects Lukashenko inauguration as illegitimate | News | DW | 24.09.2020

EU leaders said the bloc does not recognize the “falsified results” of the Belarusian election or Alexander Lukashenko’s swearing in as president. Meanwhile, authorities in Minsk said they arrested over 360 protesters.

QAnon’s Inexorable Spread Beyond the U.S.: The Most Dangerous Cult of Our Times – DER SPIEGEL

Source: QAnon’s Inexorable Spread Beyond the U.S.: The Most Dangerous Cult of Our Times – DER SPIEGEL

The bizarre, pro-Trump cult known as QAnon has been gaining followers in the United States for months. Now, the conspiracy theory has begun spreading to Germany. It’s followers believe that the coronavirus is a weapon of the elite in their quest to enslave the world.

Everything you have been through can inspire you to become stronger, kinder and more humble – it is all of value — joypassiondesire

You are not your mistakes, you are not held back by your past experiences and you are certainly not limited by other people’s views of you. Everything you have been through can inspire you to become stronger, kinder and more humble. It is all of value.

Everything you have been through can inspire you to become stronger, kinder and more humble – it is all of value — joypassiondesire

Boris Johnson offers British Army immunity for multiple War Crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan — The Free

@Writes_Sweeney23 Sep, 2020 17:47 at .rt.com/ photos added Boris Johnson wants to make British Armed Forces untouchable by offering them immunity for war crimes A controversial bill is passing through the House of Commons which will make it virtually impossible to prosecute soldiers but, at the same time, will strip away their own legal rights […]

Boris Johnson offers British Army immunity for multiple War Crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan — The Free

This pincer movement is utterly ruthless. On one hand, it tells the global community that Britain will judge its own conduct but will maintain a mindset that its troops are perennially upstanding. And on the other, it’s saying to the souls stationed on the frontline that they have a window to mention any injuries and, after that, they are on their own.

China has built 380 internment camps in Xinjiang, study finds

Construction has continued despite Beijing’s claim ‘re-education’ system is winding down

China has built nearly 400 internment camps in Xinjiang region, with construction on dozens continuing over the last two years, even as Chinese authorities said their “re-education” system was winding down, an Australian thinktank has found.

The network of camps in China’s far west, used to detain Uighurs and people from other Muslim minorities, include 14 that are still under construction, according to the latest satellite imaging obtained by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.

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