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Parque Quetzalcóatl Mexico Project In the year 2000 after building the project next door El Nido de Quetzalcóatl, the mexican architect Javier Senosiain together with his firm Arquitectura Orgánica started a new project in the outskirts of Mexico City. Originally the land was intended as a space for preservation however after some years the project expanded up to 20 hectares. After this expansion they decided to start an ecological park and a space for connection with nature through living landscaping combined with organic architecture.

Pretty much sums it up

In parts of central Australia, it has been one of the wettest years on record creating some amazing landscape images not seen for decades.

// BuBi express newswire Persian Golf// update Tuesday 18:21 GMT// President Duck of the United States revised his yesterday´s plans for a passage-fee through the Hormuz Straits. No fees any more. Instead he Donald shall establish phantastic investment agreements with all the Golf states. No details so far, sorry. If you ask me the United States shall soon collapse under all the greatest investments ever that so far have been signed. Unfortunately I do not see anybody investing anything apart from longterm agreements with the communist regimes Obama/Biden.

The excellent and outstanding foreign secretary Marco Rubio several weeks or days ago confirmed that nobody shall be authorised to charge any fees on sailing on public waterways. He was talking about the Iran threatening exactly this. I would love to ask him if he heard about Donald´s latest thinking but maybe he now regards the Hormus Straits as US territory. Samesame Greenland, Canada and Venezuela.

“We hereby award President Donald J. Trump this participation trophy for his enthusiastic involvement in the Iran War,” reads a plaque on the faux monument, which was installed in the wee hours near the MLK Memorial Bookstore. “While some concern themselves with military strategy, diplomacy, or measurable outcomes, President Trump demonstrated the courage to participate regardless of the final score.” “As recipient of this prestigious award, President Trump joins the ranks of children everywhere who receive recognition for simply showing up. We join you in celebrating this remarkable achievement.”

will they nuke MacDonalds if he dies from fat induced immobility?

I did see video of the Belgium team, in the locker room after their win over the USA, doing the trump dance and singing "YMCA" larf? larfing stock? yeppiday

Couls somebody ring Domald and explain this: The United States runs a trade surplus with Spain, exporting $39.2 billion and importing $35.3 billion for a $3.96 billion US surplus. The US is Spain’s fifth-biggest import supplier and sixth-biggest export market, exchanging primarily goods on the US side and services on the Spanish side.

That's brilliant. This will be the end of Infantino

Snippet from Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan's new book "Regime Change" We have always known that Trump is a narcissist. Haberman and Swan make clear the dimensions of his malady. During Trump’s hush-money trial in New York, he heard that a mentally ill man, “consumed by conspiracy theories,” had set himself on fire in a park nearby. “Do you think he did it for me?” Trump asked an aide. “Let’s tell people that he did it for me.” In an interview with the authors, Trump says that he was pleased to learn from an unnamed historian that, considering the reach of his arsenal and armed forces, he is far more powerful than Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, or Joseph Stalin. The historian in question, the authors discover, is Gary Player’s caddy.

Quote by a USA football fan 😀 "Isn't it wonderful how we united the world in hating us. We'll done Mr President"

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I think the New York games rate actually being held in New Jersey, the shit hole known as Newark. The claim is the dump will present the winner with the trophy at the final game. As much as I want the USA to win, or other favorite (UK, Spain OZ NZ etc…) *IF* a team from an “hostile nation” wins, please let it be Iran! Nothing would be better than seeing the dump have to hand them the trophy, shake their hands (if they will) and congratulate them…maybe giving him that final aneurism we all hope for…

Love the Borg especially Seven of Nine

Even though I like his work, lost a bit of respect for Ben Meiselas since he started charging for content. I like Brian Tyler Cohen's little dig at him in his promos.

Gentlemen, the most beautiful room ever created on earth. Includes two golden eagles and 2 model aircrafts maybe from Revell and personally glued together by the honorable President Donald. What we do not see here are Messieurs Rubio and Hegseth sitting on the sofas and executing their fulltime job of pretending to admire their master. What a comedy alltogether.

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The Dynasty Inn was another longtime favorite (also the one in Pattaya) where I last stayed there in December 2023, the place hasn’t changed a bit in all those years that I could tell. Always remember to request a room in the rear – NEVER the front facing the street where they will almost surely place you by default! On the other hand the Nana always had an included BIG breakfast that was great if you could get down there early enough to take advantage of it – 7am at the very latest! I missed it about half the time… I don’t think I’ve stayed at the Nana for maybe 20 years. Not likely that I will ever return, but if I do I would not stay or likely even visit the Nana area at all. Been there done that to excess long ago. Believe it or not the place hasn’t changed very much in the past 30 years, overall. Yes, there is a bigger sign at the plaza now along with Las Vegas class lighting and much needed roof, but more the same than different just more bells and whistles while the quality of the girls has slipped some since its heyday IMHO.

Iran Wins! Now Iceland Wants a war with US THE MOUSE THAT ROARD!!

To the tune of “That’s Amore” When you're a two dollar hoe, Being fucked by Trudeau, That's Melania When your visa's run out, So you show Trump your clout, That's Melania

Makes me proud to be English

Donald will be sad Village People founding member, lead singer Victor Willis dead at 74

The statute of limitations expired on four of the charges against him but police had until 2027 to prosecute the most serious charge — reckless driving causing death. Then, in 2020, the Office of Attorney-General (OAG) dropped all charges against him.

I actually worked with an ex IDF soldier who admitted they used Palestinian children for target practice and betting games

CUNTS UN inquiry accuses Israel of deliberately targeting and killing Palestinian children By Middle East correspondent Matthew Doran in Jerusalem The report says Israel's use of "large-yield bombs" was designed to cause "maximum casualties". (Rueters: Mahmoud Issa) In short: A new report by the UN's Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory accuses Israel of deliberately targeting and killing Palestinian children. The Israeli government is condemning the inquiry and rejecting its findings, labelling the report "deeply flawed" and full of "errors and distortions" designed to push a "politically driven anti-Israel narrative". The commission says the use of "large-yield bombs" that killed children "in such high numbers" indicated intentionality. A United Nations inquiry has accused Israel of deliberately targeting and killing Palestinian children in Gaza, including by shooting directly at "their vital organs" using drones and snipers. The report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel, has detailed instances of alleged crimes against Palestinian children since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023. It has accused Israeli forces of committing genocide, war crimes against children including wilful killing and intentionally targeting civilians, and crimes against humanity including aged-based persecution. "The Israeli government and security forces have deliberately carried out acts inflicting death and severe bodily and mental harm on hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children, irreparably destroying the sanctity of childhood, including family ties, identity, innocence, safety and future," the inquiry said. "The commission found that much of the harm suffered by Palestinian children was not incidental but intended to destroy the existence of the Palestinians in Gaza as a group." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied the report's claims. (Reuters: Ronen Zvulun) The Israeli government condemned the inquiry and rejected its findings, labelling the report "deeply flawed" and full of "errors and distortions" designed to push a "politically driven anti-Israel narrative". It further accused the inquiry of "ignoring Israeli victims" of the deadly October 7 attacks by Hamas where 1,200 people were killed and 250 were taken hostage. The commission said it had previously reported on the impact on Israeli children, but the Israeli government said it was nothing more than a passing reference to their experience. Commission says killings 'intentional' The commission said about 30 per cent of the Palestinians in Gaza killed between October 2023 and October 2025 were children — higher than previous conflicts in the strip. It also said the use of "large-yield bombs" was designed to cause "maximum casualties". Growing up in 'the most dangerous place in the world to be a child' There are a million children living in Gaza through the war between Israel and Hamas. "This indicates that such attacks, which killed children in such high numbers, were intentional," the report stated. "The commission concludes that children were intentionally targeted collectively because the Israeli security forces considered the civilian population as a whole to be associated with Hamas and other armed groups." It said it had "investigated and documented cases demonstrating a consistent pattern of children being deliberately targeted by the Israeli security forces in Gaza". One of the cases it referred to was the killing of a family of seven and two paramedics in January 2024. Among them was five-year-old Hind Rajab, whose name has become synonymous with the plight of children in the war-ravaged strip. Her body, along with the remains of the rest of her family, were recovered 12 days after they were attacked in Gaza City. The commission disputed the insistence of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) that it was nowhere near the scene of the attack, and accused soldiers of deliberately obstructing rescue attempts despite knowing that children were in the car. Hind Rajab was in a car with family members attempting to flee Gaza City but ended up in the path of Israeli tanks and fired upon. (AFP: family handout) In another case, the commission accused Israeli forces of using a sniper rifle to shoot a 15-year-old boy who had been waving a white cloth as his family tried to evacuate a building in Khan Younis in January 2024. The boy was shot three times, with the commission saying the last two shots "were likely meant to ensure that he was dead". His 20-year-old brother was also killed after rushing to his body. 'Gaza is full of terrorists' The commission also listed comments from Israeli politicians, likening Palestinian children to terrorists as indicative of a broader cultural concern. A United Nations inquiry has accused Israel of deliberately targeting and killing Palestinian children in Gaza. It quoted member of the Knesset (MK) and deputy speaker Nissim Vaturi saying "Gaza is full of terrorists and every child born there is already a terrorist, from the moment of his birth" in January 2025. Remarks from another MK, Merav Ben-Ari, were also listed. "Children in Gaza brought [their own killing] on themselves," the report quoted her as saying just over a week after Hamas's deadly attacks on Israel started the war in Gaza. Children in Gaza are dying from hypothermia Mohammed died from hypothermia while in his mother's arms after a cold night in Gaza. His family are one of hundreds of thousands of Gazans enduring harsh winter conditions in flimsy tents across the enclave. The commission said attacks on medical facilities in Gaza, including where children and newborns were receiving treatment, added further evidence to its case. Beyond that, the commission said Israeli settler violence against Palestinian children in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, both under Israeli occupation, had also surged during the period it investigated. "Israeli military operations, arrests and detention, checkpoints, raids, settler violence, and constant surveillance have terrorised children and created a pervasive sense of hopelessness among children," the report concluded. "Israeli policies have produced a constant situation of diffused, ambient terror, that does not require constant bombing to remain effective. "Mental harm has become intergenerational, producing a distinctive 'occupied psyche' in which the freedom to play, imagine, hope, and develop an identity has been eroded." 'False and distorted narrative' In response, the Israeli government published an 18-page document picking apart the commission's findings and labelling them as "factually unsubstantiated" and lacking "any legal authority." "In its effort to manufacture a false and distorted narrative that Israel acts with the intent or policy of deliberately harming Palestinian children, the commission consistently disregards the well-documented efforts taken by Israel to alleviate civilian harm and to facilitate humanitarian aid," the response said. "It likewise ignores Hamas's deliberate strategy of exploiting the presence of civilians and of commandeering humanitarian aid for military purposes, and its direct responsibility for the resulting harm inflicted upon the civilian population in Gaza. "These deficiencies recur throughout the report and ultimately reflect more on its authors than on Israel." It accused the commission of trying to paint Israel as the "ultimate villain", and said many of the examples it referred to as evidence of alleged Israeli crimes were based on allegations and unsubstantiated testimony from people on the ground. The report says Israeli policies are fostering "intergenerational" mental harm among Palestinian children. (ABC News) Israel also accused the commission of glossing over the conduct of Hamas in terrorising the population in Gaza. "Hamas has systematically recruited and exploited Palestinian children as fighters, messengers, tunnel workers, and human shields — including for intelligence-gathering, the planting of explosive devices on roads, and direct attacks on Israeli forces," the response said. "This is not a peripheral issue in a report about children — it is central to it." It highlighted the plight of the Bibas family, 9-month-old Kfir and his 4-year-old brother Ariel, who were taken hostage along with the parents on October 7, 2023. Their father, Yarden, was the only member of the family to return to Israel alive. Israel has accused Hamas of murdering the children, while Hamas has said they were killed in an Israeli air strike which hit the place they were being held in Gaza. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-24/un-report-israel-accused-of-targeting-killing-children/106834452

Survivors of Myanmar’s Landmine Blasts Struggle With Severed Limbs and Shattered Lives The pain from their injuries hasn’t gone away. Meanwhile, they face challenges in earning a livelihood. June 17, 2026 Sofayatullah from Kung Taung village in Buthidaung township in Myanmar’s Rakhine State had earned a reputation for ferrying the maximum number of boat passengers every day. He also sold firewood occasionally for extra income. All that changed on December 19, 2023, when he placed a pile of firewood at a spot near his village where a landmine planted by the Myanmar military’s Infantry Battalion 551 exploded. “I remember hearing a deafening sound before falling unconscious. Then I realized that my left ankle was severed,” he recalled. Sofayatullah was taken to Buthidaung hospital by his father and other residents of the village, where another portion of his leg below the knee was amputated due to splinters. He continues to work as a boatman but no longer sells firewood. Credit: Rajeev Bhattacharyya When Win Khin regained consciousness at a hospital in Sittwe she thought she was dead. “I could not see anything. Then I understood that I was blind,” she recalled. Win Khin, a community leader from the village of Lay Hla at Paletwa in Myanmar’s Chin State, is a mother of two children. On January 30, 2024, when she had gone to gather firewood in the forest, she stepped on a landmine. She was unconscious, her right leg already severed, when her relatives took her on a long journey by road and river to the Sittwe hospital. There she underwent a series of operations for the removal of splinters from her nose, face, neck, and hips. She cannot walk now and moves in a wheelchair. Credit: Rajiv Bhattacharyya Maung Aung Hlaing was living with his wife and three children at an IDP camp in Buthidaung’s Shwebo village in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. On August 3, 2024, while returning home with seven other people after gathering vegetables on a hill, he stepped on a landmine. The blast immediately severed his left leg. His friends carried him to Buthidaung hospital, where splinters were removed from his chest, stomach, and right leg. He is currently employed as a daily wage worker to chop vegetables at a restaurant near the IDP camp where he stays. Credit: Rajeev Bhattacharyya Mohammad Taker is a resident of Kung Taung village in Buthidaung township of Myanmar’s Rakhine State, who earned his livelihood as a supplier at construction sites. On February 9, 2024, three months before the township witnessed an intense battle between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army, Mohammad Taker was returning home after gathering bamboo when his machete touched a spot on the ground. A landmine went off, and the blast severed his left ankle immediately. His parents admitted him to Buthidaung hospital, where another chunk of his left leg was amputated below the knee due to splinters. “I have opened a small shop to earn a livelihood as I can no longer supply items to construction sites,” Taker said. His artificial leg was procured at a “high cost” and with great difficulty six months ago. Credit: Rajeev Bhattacharyya Teenagers Maung Tun Naing (left) and Maung Tun Sein are friends from Thi Ho Aye village in Buthidaung township of Myanmar’s Rakhine State. On April 27, 2025, they went deep into the hills to gather bamboo shoots when disaster struck. On their way home, they placed a basket filled with bamboo shoots on the ground. That triggered a blast. While Maung Tun Sein’s right ankle was severed on the spot, Maung Tun Naing’s right leg was bleeding profusely; it was amputated the following day at Buthidaung hospital. “Our lives have been shattered,” Maung Tun Naing said, adding that they are “confused” about their “future course of action.” Another person in the group sustained injuries from splinters in both hands. Credit: Rajeev Bhattacharyya “I cannot sleep at night and my health has deteriorated,” Jaw Lar said. He writhes in pain, but he cannot afford to get himself treated in a hospital. His right ankle was left dangling from his leg after he stepped on a landmine about 4 km from his residence at Maungdaw town in Myanmar’s Rakhine State on October 18, 2025. He was carried to Maungdaw hospital by some people who saw him lying in a paddy field. At the hospital, his right leg was amputated and splinters were removed from his hip and stomach. He can no longer earn his livelihood as a daily wager and is currently unemployed. He stays with his parents and siblings. Credit: Rajeev Bhattacharyya Oo Htun Hlaing hails from Naw Rone Taung village in Maungdaw township. A former education officer under the military regime, he began ferrying passengers in a vehicle for a livelihood after the Arakan Army occupied the township. On November 27, 2024, he had gone to the jungle near his village to gather firewood when he stepped on a landmine. He regained consciousness 12 hours later in Maungdaw hospital. “I realized that my legs and three fingers on my right hand were gone,” Oo Htun Hlaing recalled. He is unemployed but exploring all options to find a job. He stays with his parents, wife, and son. Credit: Rajeev Bhattacharyya Nabi Hasan is a resident of Nayapara village in Buthidaung township of Myanmar’s Rakhine State. He stepped on a landmine planted by the Myanmar military outside his village on December 2, 2019, when the Arakan Army had stepped up operations to take over the township. He was unconscious for two days in Buthidaung hospital, where his parents admitted him. When he regained consciousness, he had lost his left eye, and his left leg had been amputated and splinters removed from his face, hands and left leg. “I have difficulty in walking, and my vision gets blurred at night,” he said. He lives with his parents and five siblings. Credit: Rajeev Bhattacharyya U Than used to sell firewood at San Koo Htaung village in Buthidaung township of Myanmar’s Rakhine State, which was burned down in 2018 by the Myanmar military as its residents were suspected of being sympathizers of the Arakan Army. On November 19, 2024, U Than stepped on a landmine while herding cattle near the village. His severely injured left leg was amputated in Buthidaung hospital the next day. “My activities have been severely curtailed. But I try to accomplish as many household chores as possible every day,” U Than said. He has opened a shop at his residence to sell vegetables. Credit: Rajeev Bhattacharyya Mohammad Rizuan is a resident of Maungdaw city in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. On January 10, 2024, he accompanied a group of friends to gather firewood in a nearby jungle when he stepped on a landmine. His left leg was immediately severed. His friend, who was severely injured in the same incident, died in the hospital. Mohammad Rizuan continues to earn a livelihood by repairing generators and electrical equipment, although he is unable to work for more than 4 hours every day. “My body aches occasionally and that has reduced my capacity for work,” he said. Credit: Rajeev Bhattacharyya San Wong May is a resident of Mombra town in Rakhine State. On March 19, 2024, while gathering vegetables and firewood in Kyin Tung Hill, she stepped on a landmine. The hill was occupied by the Myanmar military for many years and was vacated a week before the Arakan Army conquered the town early in March that year. San Wong May’s left ankle, which was bleeding profusely after the blast, was amputated a day later in Mombra hospital. Another operation was done to remove splinters from her right shoulder and stomach. “I suffered from acute depression for over a year and my activities have been severely curtailed after the incident,” said San Wong May, who lives with her husband, two children, and mother-in-law. Credit: Rajeev Bhattacharyya An affluent farmer with 7 acres of land in Kyauk Tan Chay, Sittwe Township, Maung Kyaw Than decided to relocate from his village due to atrocities committed by the Myanmar military. He planned to join his wife, son and other residents of the village at an IDP camp in Ponnagyun township. But fate had other plans for him. While escaping the village, he stepped on a landmine near the bank of a stream. His left leg was almost severed and his chest was hit by multiple splinters. Two fishermen carried him to Sittwe hospital, where his left leg was amputated and splinters removed. It was only three months later that he embarked on the journey again to join his family at an IDP camp in Ponnagyun township. He is occasionally employed in a rice mill near the IDP camp. “I recovered very fast, but there are not very many jobs for me in and around the IDP camp. It is now a struggle to survive every day,” he explained. Credit: Rajeev Bhattacharyya Noor Hobi is a resident of Kung Taung village in Buthidaung township. He earned his livelihood from the scrap metal business and by selling teakwood. On May 10, 2024, amid the war between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army, he and two others ventured into a forest where he stepped on a landmine. His left ankle was cleaved immediately. Another part of his left leg that was hit by splinters was amputated. He does not sell teakwood anymore. “I can no longer work very hard. There are often periods of acute scarcity in my house,” said Noor Hobi, who lives with his wife and three children. Credit: Rajeev Bhattacharyya Maung Phyu Daung had gone to gather firewood when he came tumbling down a small hill on April 27, 2024, after an ear-splitting explosion. The Myanmar military had an outpost on top of the hill, which they had vacated a month earlier. When Maung Phyu Daung opened his eyes, he found his left ankle was missing. His right leg was bleeding severely. Subsequently, a portion of his left leg was amputated and splinters were removed from his hands and right leg. Previously a daily wager, who lived with his wife and parents on the outskirts of Mombra town in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, Maung Phyu Daung is currently unemployed and exploring options to earn a livelihood. Another person from his village died on the same hill a month later under the same circumstances. “The military had very cordial ties with us. We never imagined they would plant landmines,” Maung Phyu Daung said. The area has now become a no-go zone for local residents. Credit: Rajeev Bhattacharyya Kyaw Kyaw Than often wakes up at night writhing in pain as some splinters from a landmine blast are still embedded in his body. He lacks the resources to undergo treatment in a hospital. His encounter with a landmine happened on February 20, 2024, when he was herding cattle at a spot about half a mile from his village of Tha Pray Taung in Buthidaung township of Myanmar’s Rakhine State. His right leg was amputated in the hospital, where he remained for treatment for over a month. He sold off the cattle and other items to purchase an artificial leg from India. “I am unable to stand for more than five minutes. I am hoping to get treated at the earliest,” said Kyaw Kyaw Than. He now stays at a monastery near Buthidaung town. More people are being killed or maimed by antipersonnel landmines in Myanmar than in any other country in the world. There were as many as 2,029 casualties in the country in 2025, almost double the number reported the previous year. Myanmar’s military has been using antipersonnel landmines for several decades. A new trend since the military coup of February 2021 is that such mines are being used by non-state armed groups of the resistance as well, Landmine Monitor has noted. The impact of antipersonnel landmines and unexploded ordnance has been particularly severe on Myanmar’s children. According to UNICEF, over 20 percent of the 1,052 verified civilian casualties from such incidents in 2023 were children. This was a significant rise from 2022, when just 390 incidents were recorded. Between January 29 and March 4, The Diplomat interviewed 16 survivors of landmines in Myanmar’s Chin State and Rakhine State, who shared the circumstances under which they stepped on antipersonnel landmines, how they survived and how their injuries have changed their lives forever. The landmines that claimed lives or inflicted injuries were usually planted by the Myanmar military around their bases and outposts to deter advancing resistance groups. But the regime troops also mined jungles, paddy fields, and villages as they withdrew from areas to avoid being captured or killed. In 2025, Rakhine State reported the second-highest number of landmine casualties (117) among all states and regions in Myanmar.