Post No. 1,092 – Gnwmythr’s News Ed. No. 187

Information and Summary/Analysis:

Note: I am NOT a journalist, and make NO claims to objectivity or freedom from bias. Furthermore, I do not hold copyright to any of the articles I link to, nor do I claim authorship, except for those links to material I have written for this and my related blogs, and my commentary in these posts. (I try to make sure quotes are shown using quotation marks.)
The purpose of posting these news links is not only to inform; it is also to

   stimulate a connection to:
    - nonBPM units that need to be cleared, and
    - BPM units that need to be strengthened,
   so that you can do the clearing / strengthening that is required.

That only works if you don’t let yourself be overwhelmed by this, so take it in small chunks if you need to, but remember to actively clear and heal! … including yourself.
As part of that, note that there are key uncooperatives to be cleared (rescued): you should ONLY address those that are within your ability – if you get a sense (e.g., through meditation) or are told by your BPM Guides/Higher Self to back off, do so, and content yourself with clearing the smaller nonBPM units within your capability – which will weaken those uncooperatives. More importantly, there are many people doing this sort of work, and others are quite likely to be able to clear the uncooperatives concerned.
That is also one of the many reasons it is OK to take a break or cut back this work if you need – in fact, doing so will help you deal with the next point, which is …
… the energies we use and manifest in our daily lives contribute to the larger soup of energies that influence world events, so it pays to address those as well, to the extent that one can, or to at least stop oneself projecting them into the psychic soup.
The reminders / explanations about Sunday’s meditation-clearing are here;   see also here,   here,   here,   (here and also here and here are interesting),   here, here,   here,   and   this post reminds us to be patient and persistent, like a “speeding oak”.
There are some notes at the end of this post about other options for those who do not like this way of working.
Finally, one of the biggest concerns I have about spirituality in the world now is that the concept of agape type love has been perverted into both a quest for emotional warm fuzzies, and an excuse to avoid doing the hard work of improving oneself and all that one does. On that, it may help to consider the simplification that one cannot love perfectly until one has learned how to perfect. (And one of the concerns I have about those resisting change is that they are so shallow / superficial /stupid that they thing their actions have ONLY the meaning of their [limited] conscious intention … ) See also here and here.

The themes that come to mind for my work this week, after I review all this news, are:

(a)   based on my interpretation of information here and here with Saturn in Sagittarius contributing to finding an authentic balance (until 20^th December, 2017), Uranus in Aries contributing to fresh and possibly radical starts (until some date in the Year 2018), and Pluto in Capricorn contributing to a transformation of power and business (and careers) (until some date in the Year 2024), conditions are ripe for a change for the better in world politics;

(b)   there is an enormous need to clear nonBPM energy – the thought forms, unattached energy and scars of the collective unconscious created by millennia of violence, including spirit rescue, and healing the warped views, seemingly “inherent” biases, and other damage created. Also, remember that:
           1. the counter to fear is genuine  EQ and clear thinking, expressed through calm, de-escalating speech,
           2. where problems exist, advocating for BPM responses, and being as BPM as one can be, are constructive solutions,
           3. peace is powerful, but it is a process requiring patient, persistent and nuanced nurturing, and a blend of conventional spiritual work, clearing nonBPM units, and physical world activism;

(c)   viewing the overall emotional state of the world from an elemental point of view, this week we need:
           emotionally (astrally), the compassion of more BPM Water;
           mentally, the insight of more BPM Æther;
           a plot of the elemental influences on a causal/spiritual level follows, and shows a need for more BPM Æther;

(d)   the rune for this week’s work is Dagaz:

(e)   dealing with the 45^th President of the USA (aka the USA’s CEO) requires:
           1. eroding (i.e., slow, patient and persistent clearing of the little bits one can SAFELY cope with – remember, you are but one of many) the nonBPM influences feeding his arrogance and mind-set, and strengthening the USA’s CEO’s BPM Guides and giving them whatever BPM help they need to present a BPM alternative – for which my “changing the personality of oppressors” post is useful – with a view to promoting what would seem to be a change of heart,
           2. lifting the nonBPM influences from the shoulders of the USA’s CEO’s marginal supporters, allowing them to “come to their senses”, which may result in them feeling bewilderment/shame, and simultaneously strengthening the BPM influences around them (e.g., their BPM Guides) to counter them backsliding,
           3. to address the others, physical world activism (especially education) is required – e.g., this. As well as doing what one can there, help those who are doing this work (e.g., sending them “positive vibes”) and look for nonBPM blockages that can be cleared (e.g., setting up a BPM vortex above meetings to draw away external nonBPM influences/energies/units, so that the audience can listen as they are, without any obsession/possession);

(f)   the major events this week are:   as attraction to violence continues to be inadequately addressed, the risks of mass atrocities in Burma, Kenya, Syria and Central African Republic;   ongoing violent conflicts and crises in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Mexico, Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Libya, Sudan (Darfur and South Kordofan), Yemen, Egypt (Sinai), Kurdistan, the Philippines, Ethiopia, Mali, Burma, DR Congo, Burundi, Kashmir, Baluchistan (Pakistan and Iran), India (Maoist and other insurgencies), the Maghreb (Africa), Ukraine, and elsewhere;   refugee and humanitarian crises, and the political madness of regimes with authoritarian leaders;

(g)   people continue to be human, by avoiding pain as much as they can, in the way that they consider easiest, rather than putting ethics first and thinking of the bigger picture. In most situations, that doesn’t result in great harm … in others, when people have power or influence, it does … The question then becomes: (a) how to minimise the harm, and (b) how to get them to grow and acknowledge/deal with their mistakes – which is, in many cases, probably not helped by aggression, even if that IS needed to handle the first part of that question;

(h)   systemic problems are more apparent;

(i)   adapting to change continues to be difficult;

(j)   glibness of thinking and carelessness in attitudes are on show this week;

(k)   empathy continues to be lacking in some powerful people;

(l)   denial continues to plague individuals and groups;

(m)   evidence is slowly being found to show the ineffectiveness – let alone the evil – of neoliberalism;

I also take this opportunity to emphasise that it is absolutely VITAL that this psychic / metaphysical / spiritual work be performed non-violently and as is for the Highest Spiritual Good – which is part of being BPM – on all levels and in all ways. Always remember (see here): Do you fight to change things, or to punish? See also here, here, here, here, here, and my comments about “authentic presence” in this post.

News and other matters from this past week follows:

   news items are presented in the following sections (there is overlap, and items may appear more than once):
    - Permanent and Thematically Arranged News,

    - Location Based News,

    - From a Range of Other Sites;

   opportunities/good news are shown in green;

   comments are shown in purple; and

   WARNING: some of these links may contain triggers around issues such as violence, sexual assault, discrimination, etc.

Permanent Issues and Thematically Arranged News:

• Permanent issue: may all actual and potential BPM Leaders be kept BPM safe, including keeping them undetectable to the nonBPM and keeping all their Significant Others inviolable against being used for indirect  psychic attack, and may they have all the BPM resources (including an assured income, given the power that nonBPM forces have in the structures of the material world), opportunities and assistance (including so-called “good luck”) for them to be BPM effective at influencing the world’s direction, development and unfoldment, all as is for the Highest Spiritual Good;
• Permanent issue: may all humans recognise, irrespective of the appearance of difference, the essential shared humanness of other people, the inherent resilience, the dynamic power, the strength of BPM collaboration, and the opportunities of having a diverse, inclusive and welcoming population, and may all people choose fairness, when such decisions are before them;
• Permanent issue: may all actual and potential BPM Violence Interrupters (and Interrupters of hate / fear / anger) of be kept BPM safe, and may they have all the BPM opportunities and assistance (so-called “good luck”) for them to be BPM effective at containing and stopping – along the lines of the Cure Violence model - the spread of violence (and hate / fear / anger), all as is for the Highest Spiritual Good;
• Permanent issue: may all humans choose to live modestly – to forgo outdoing others, or trying to have more than they need - for the sake of an easier, more manageable life, if they cannot do it for the sake of the planet;
• Permanent issue: may all humans be in better communication with the better parts of their nature – especially those who need that more than other, better people;
• Matters warranting particular attention:
     -   a critique of the damaging (to the LGBT communities) response by an actor - probably at the guidance of a crisis management mob - to sexual misconduct allegations - see also here;
     -   this week’s atrocity alert at R2P lists Burma, Kenya, Syria and Central African Republic;
• With regard to democracy (which can be measured [as can goodness], and requires  protection of minorities and the vulnerable – and remember Gandhi’s question about whether one is fighting to change things, or to punish, and note this list of 198 methods of nonviolent action), freedom and governance (e.g., here, here, here and here, and see also here):
  Note: I have a section specifically for the 45^th US President below
     -   analyses this week include:   an analysis of “one person” leadership regimes;   the problems in giving a robot citizenship, and support for algorithmic transparency;   the reasons that corruption should not be described as cancer;   a comparison of perceived and actual corruption in Europe;   a call to dump “zombie cold war policies” that have served working people badly;
     -   for other analyses see: here (artificial intelligence), South and Central America;
     -   of concern this week:   -   a call for the cessation of the collection of voter data, and opposition to US customs collecting social media data;   hackers used phishing to get into the US Democrat’s systems;   claims that Clinton had an additional agreement with her party that others didn’t;   the USA has withdrawn from an anti-corruption agreement;
     -   other concerning events have occurred or are developing in: handling of data, USA, development, Rwanda, Lebanon, Liberia;
     -   in the grey/mixed [good and bad aspects] or neutral area this week:   US Senators have challenged facebook for allowing Russian influence;
     -   other events in the grey or neutral area have occurred or are developing in: Argentina;
     -   good news this week has occurred in: Africa;
     -   and democracy/governance/political matters in my home nation this week:   the court decision on citizenship eligibility has reminded candidates to Read. The. Paperwork. (this is unlikely to result in any Ministerial decisions being overturned) – and has now claimed another – angry over misleading advice – MP, and caused debate over – a questionable claim – of inheriting citizenship through a stateless parent, which may lead to an audit;   the Productivity Commission has said that a carbon tax, not reduced company tax rates, is the best way to lift living standards;   questions about a Chinese-linked donation to the Australian neoliberal Party;   calls for a Federal level anti-corruption body, and for public servants to be banned from entering private financing jobs;   a call for better regulation of Ministerial advisors;
• With regard to the 45^th US President (who I consider seriously dangerous, even if his administration looks like a Schoolyard Squabble Squad – see here on practical, physical actions for US residents [and the principles are useful elsewhere]) this week:
  I deliberately avoid using the 45^th US President’s name for valid psychic reasons: however, to both simplify my typing and remind people that he is dangerous (actually, I consider him evil), I will use either “the USA’s CEO” or “Voldemort II” (or a combination – and the “II” is because the Harry Potter series had Voldemort I) or a variation thereof – in this section, at least - as an alias.
     -   concerns over a “broken” system of checks and balances in the USA;
     -   the 45^th US President’s campaign manager - and an associate - has been charged over offences before his involvement, as a third man admits to seeking 'dirt' on Clinton from Russians – who have targeted US racial divisions for decades, using some appalling lies, and may have influenced over 100 million US residents (see also here) - and lying to FBI;   an overview and opinion here;   a conservative opinion that the charges “allow” the 45^th US President to “continue” to portray himself as a victim;
     -   Voldemort II has driven the US Democratic Party further to the left;
     -   a Bill has been introduced to limit the US President’s ability to start wars;   a US court has blocked Voldemort II’s ban on trans people in the military;   a rebuttal of claims that the US “Civil War” was – in effect – “a mistake”;
     -   a critique of the US CEO’s East Asian policies;
     -   a disabled “undocumented immigrant” girl detailed during medical treatment has been released;
• With regard to violent extremism (VE) (aka, terrorism) (ALL people advocating hate or discrimination in response to violent extremism are actively doing the work of violent extremists. This will be countered, in part, by the sort of approach advocated by “Cure Violence”, and, in part, by addressing real and perceived disempowerment and acknowledging the variety in what provides genuine, BPM fulfilment as a counter to fanaticism as a source of meaning. I am deliberately avoiding the use of specific names of violent extremist groups as much as possible to reduce the publicity they get – I’m not a primary news source, and thus consider I can do so):
     -   violent extremist attacks/acts have occurred this week in USA,  and, according to this Wikipedia page, there have been 1 attack in Iraq, 2 attacks in Afghanistan, and 1 attacks in Syria (out of a total of 11);   and actions (Note: there are many others that don’t reach the media I read) have occurred this week against violent extremists in: the Philippines, Somalia;
     -   Heathrow Airport security information was found on a USB in the street (as random USBs have been used to spread viruses, who tried it to find what was on it?);   the 45^th US President has called for even harsher screening in response to the latest violent extremist attack (which ignores domestic violent extremism, time gaps and intervening measures, and is a typical reaction to utterly stupid security theatre – also, the programme he is objecting to was aimed at creating a mix of immigrants more like that already in the USA);
     -   an analysis suggesting it is time for the USA to step back from the “War on Terror”;
• With regard to refugees (noting the New York Declaration) and people seeking asylum:
     -   on the Rohingya crisis this week:
     -   an assessment that sanctions on Burma are likely to fail – again;  more naïve comments by Aung San Suu Kyi continue to destroy what is left of her credibility;
     -   other refugee-related matters  this week:
     -   more threats – including military - around the closure of Australia’s refugee gulag on Manus island as PNG and others point out Australia has responsibilities to the men (now digging for water as a result of the appalling conditions there, which includes removal of mental health medications), and the UN calls for Australian action – see also here;   the problems facing a relocated Syrian Kurd refugee in Europe;   refugees have increased job prospects the longer they stay in Australia;   a proposal for regional approaches to refugees;   Australia’s immigration minister has been described as a terrorist for being prepared to kill refugees for political reasons;   700 refugees have been saved in the Mediterranean, but 23 drowned - and fishermen are afraid of finding the bodies;
     -   other refugee-related matters have also occurred in: Morocco;
• With regard to human (and other) rights and discrimination (incidentally, I consider it vital to identify people who are bigots as they clearly have flaws in their powers of observation and thinking – shown by the fact that NOT all people act hatefully without education/lobbying/the restraint of laws):
     -   on Australia’s postal survey around Equal Marriage, and the homophobia/transphobia (including heteronormativity, cisgender-normativity and the suppression of the religious freedom of those religions that support Equal Marriage by neochristian supremacists) resulting from that, this:   a rebuttal of the “no” campaign’s latest nonsense (mind you, I consider that there should be LGBTIQ education to counter the neochristian lies);
     -   on homophobia/transphobia (including heteronormativity and cisgender-normativity) this week (and noting that trans kids are the same as cis kids of the trans kids’ true gender):   another decades late apology for destroying men’s’ lives through bigotry;
     -   on white supremacist and other forms of racism and indigenous matters generally this week:   some US thoughts around reparations for unearned advantage – similar to what we call “Pay the Rent”;   parallels between Indian casteism and US racism;   an indigenous group is fighting alcoholism;   young offenders from north Queensland may result in a new version of “stolen Generations”;   60 percent of black Americans say they or a family member have been stopped or treated unfairly by police because they are black - and 45 percent say similarly in relation to courts;   climbing Uluru has been banned, albeit from 2018;   a small Australian regional newspaper has run a white pride ad without even any editorial comment to distance themself from it;   more on why Australia rejecting an indigenous advisory body was wrong;   Australia’s history of slavery;   “the great Australian silence” (used to describe a “cult of forgetfulness”) includes the Australian Dictionary of Biography;   science has confirmed oral history of a (historical) massacre of indigenous Australians;   “the backlash against Black Lives Matter is just more evidence of injustice”;
     -   other white supremacy / racism problems have also occurred in: police;
     -   on sexism this week (keeping in mind the overblown influence given to testosterone):   a criticism of how the US Congress handles sexual assaults;   a project is pushing back against internet search engine ideas of beauty;   a woman has been breaking the “code of silence” around domestic violence;   an attempt to silence a woman who was raped at a political party event has failed – see also here;   “when it came time for contestants at this year's Miss Peru pageant to give their waist, hip and bust sizes, more than 20 women instead recited facts about trafficking, femicide and harassment”;   the problem of misogyny and patriarchy during childbirth;   men also suffer sexual assault;
     -   other sexism matters have also occurred in: masculinity, a US news room, Burundi;
     -   on religious rights (including Islamophobia) this week:  
     -   other religious rights / Islamophobia matter have also occurred in: PNG;
     -   on workers’, children’s, privacy, and other forms of human (and other – e.g., animal) rights this week:   Victorian public housing tenants are being charged for damage they may not have caused, and "inept management" is causing public resources to be wasted;   an opinion that slavery is a bigger problem now than when it was abolished – see also here;   an explosion at an Indian power factory has killed over 20 people – and shown the utter disregard for privacy of many people, and the utter ineptness of emergency services at managing that;   a fight over wages;   a baby with incurable brain cancer shows the limited thinking of those anti-assisted dying people who think palliative care – good though it is - will cope with everything;   slavery matters have occurred in Qatar (claims workers will finally be respected), Indonesia (protecting those who work overseas), Brazil (weakening an existing good law – with concerns that could be politically motivated), France (youth refugees are at risk), a major chocolate products company (says implementing anti-slavery system will take time), the UK, and a question about ASEAN;   paying a decent wage to workers in supply chains would increase garment prices by 1%;   a major (Australian) bank’s “diversity dividend report” has been released;   an opinion that horse racing needs a social licence;   a challenge to stereotypes about dwarf women and beauty;
     -   other workers’, children’s, privacy, and other forms of human or other rights matters have also occurred in: Chechnya, privacy (data breach), Rwanda, internet companies;
• With regard to crime, judicial matters and policing:
     -   one woman who has sought to atone for her father’s sins (murder);   an appalling botch up of police investigation into rape report included abusing the survivor by forcing her to be an investigator and a poor decision not to prosecute – and resulted in a later rape not being reported;  an appalling case of child abuse - and one from India;   “a judge has condemned the "deliberate silence" of three men who "brutalised" another man during a violent 11-hour ordeal over a $1,900 rent debt”;   three police have been stood down while a violent arrest they committed is investigated;   a woman was being forced to marry tried to murder her marital would-be rapist, but killed 17 other people instead;   a description of an ocean-based anti-drug smuggling operation;   a call for compensation for child abuse to be without conditions;   strong criticism of one Australian states attempt at pre-emptive policing;
    -    other crime, judicial and policing matters have occurred in: Australia, Rwanda, Colombia (good news);
• With regard to press aka the media, and freedom of expression (keeping in mind that claims of presenting “both sides” of a debate can be WRONG if the other side is RUBBISH –as is the case on LGBTIQ issues: having an “equal say”, or a “right to respond” MUST be assessed in the context of what is happening overall in society – NOT solely in one limited incident. Also, funding is an issue … ):
     -   an exemplary journalists thoughts on good writing (one of his past articles gave insight into how Murdoch stuffed the UK media);   40 years at a media outlet in Indonesia;   unbalanced reporting at one media outlet is causing journalists to think about leaving;   concerns over the handling of sexual harassment allegations in a US news room;
• With regard to overcrowding and “modern” lifestyle issues (is YOUR smart phone free of conflict  minerals, environmental harm and child labour? [IT manufacturers are making some effort in on those – in response to activist pressure.] Do you suffer from FOMO or addiction or unthinking pro-technology bias? Are you having second thoughts about technology? Is your social media making you miserable or envious? Are you being duped by modern mantras? Are you “failing” at being well? Does your AI use ethics? Does your corporation misuse mindfulness as a distraction from working conditions? Are you afflicted by management  fads? Do you understand embedded emissions? Do you want a bigger, flashier home/car than people had 50 years ago – which means you are actively abusing the environment and society’s cohesion and contributing to the problem of financialisation? Are you accursed with the “new is always good” groupthink of the computer world? Do you abuse workers by insisting on busy-ness? Are you raising a Prince Boofhead? Keeping in mind that, although I am a Pagan now, but have been a Buddhist, maybe the lesson of Buddhism that one must first recognise that one causes much of one’s own suffering is applicable … ):
     -   on climate change and other environmental matters this week:   GHGs are now the highest they’ve been in 3 million years;   a local food “revolution” in one small town;   indoor plants can help mental health;   another mid-sea/ocean pile of floating plastic garbage (I have to wonder if this one is related to the recent series of Tropical Cyclones [aka Hurricanes] – see also here);   confirmation that climate change is damaging health;   legal action has forced suspension of logging of old growth forest in my home state for at least a month;   more evidence of the harm done by plastic in water;   a call for urgent water reform in an Australian state;   a hive to protect native stingless bees from heatwaves;   concerns after a Council admits recyclable plastics are dumped to China;   another article pointing out that Australia is amongst the worst nations in the world on biodiversity;   the reasons that hydrofluorocarbons – which replaced ozone destroying chemicals – are now being banned;   Queensland will not fund the Adani coal mine;   a US report says climate change is “likely” human caused (to some extent what caused this is of less importance than taking action);
     -   other environmental matters have occurred in: corporations;
     -   on technology and science matters this week:   an antimicrobial agent found on feral foxes may help preserve fruit and vegetables;   a rebuttal of pro-Artificial Intelligence bias;   instead of bringing people together, some social media use is aimed at creating division;   a system is being developed to try to stop revenge porn;   a pervert is using a drone to stalk women;   another major privacy breach through inept handling of data;   an opinion on what governments “should be doing about artificial intelligence”;   internet companies will now support measures that seek to prevent online sex trafficking – which they originally opposed … ;
     -   other technology and science matters have occurred in: Germany;
     -   on economic and financial matters this week:   a call to cope with changing employment trends by boosting education;   a US woman is aiming to boost the proportion of owner-workers for ethical reasons;   a big boss has recommended not doing too much overtime to climb the corporate ladder;   “corporations’ ambitious pro-climate proposals are systematically degraded by criticism from shareholders, media, governments, other corporations and managers”;   a questioning of the economics of privately run prisons (which I consider unacceptable on ethical grounds);
     -   on affordable housing and homelessness matters this week:   more predictions of dropping house prices;   my home state’s first earthship;   an architect’s – overblown, expensive, and hoity toity - take on tiny houses – which shows that size does not matter;
     -   other affordable housing and homelessness matters have occurred in: criminal assault;
     -   on health and medical this week:   the continuation of a mobile dental service to the outback;   perinatal mental health issues;   after more than 500 deaths, reconsideration of the type of flu vaccines;   my home state will now have a trial supervised injecting room, after key politicians responded to evidence and changed their position (which was praised on radio), whilst other MPs sound like they are conflating issues and adopting inappropriate targets;   distinct and possibly detectable brain activity may be an indicator of suicidation;   you don’t need a ****** gym to get the benefits of exercise!;   palliative care for children;   bribery may be affecting the decisions of some fertility doctors;
     -   on other matters in the category this week:   using storytelling to challenge stereotypes about the Northern Territory;   another half-right, half baked idea: getting rid of car parking – with absolutely no acknowledgement of the problems of public transport and other transport alternatives for the elderly, disabled, or “different”;   a former air raid shelter in London has been converted to an underground farm;
• With regard to education:
     -   debate over how to improve teaching;   a petting zoo to help Uni students deal with exam stress;   a critique of clumsy and, at times, bullying/excessive attempts at activism at a University;
• With regard to war, violence and hate generally:
     -   a reprint of lessons for the USA from Australia on gun control, and the rapid loss of public attention after a mass shooting;
• With regard to natural and other catastrophes:
     -   allegations that people who died in Puerto Rica as a result of Tropical Cyclone (aka Hurricane) Maria are being cremated without being counted in the official death toll;   humanitarian crisis in Congo;
• With regard to peace and/or spirituality generally (including survival after death, and good religion), development (in an “end poverty/thirst/hunger” sense) and the occasional nice story (are you crippled by the fear of being single or asexual or off-grid or in any other way a rebel / innovator / non-conformist / true to yourself, or believe in management  fads and fashions? Do you distract yourself and fill your time to avoid finding real meaning? If so, you have a spiritual problem, and a need to constructively remedy that):
     a call to share stories of depression;   some thoughts on perception;   thoughts on managing competing geasa;   a warning to avoid the saviour mentality;   “why good men need to reclaim masculinity from the toxic cliché of power and aggression”;   another article on social impact investing;   choosing the wrong performance targets will make development efforts ineffective;   the Nobel Foundation will no longer invest with nuclear weapons manufacturers;   an argument that developing nations need to start with what they have, where they are at (there is a point to this in relation to development, but human rights are not contrary to that: this is not a case of one or the other, your growth will be better if you don’t jail creative people, for instance).

Location based News:

• With regard to the conflict in Afghanistan (noting that Afghanistan was once a peaceful and modern society, even allowing women in miniskirts, before the Russian invasion – see here):
     -   the ICC wants to investigate war crimes in Afghanistan;   some social media will be blocked;
• With regard to Africa, the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (and other sources) has:
     -   ethical leaders in Africa;
     -   in its latest piece of lunacy, Burundi has banned women from playing traditional drums;
     -   a humanitarian crisis in Congo;
     -   continuing abuses in Eritrea (“Africa’s North Korea”);
     -   38% of voters – allegedly 98% of the turn out – have voted for Kenya’s current, controversial President;
     -   a smaller stabilising force will be sent to Lesotho;
     -   Nigeria is trying to stop the “cattle wars”;
     -   Rwanda has threatened family members as part of a cover up of killings;
     -   air strikes against violent extremists in Somalia;
     -   Nelson Mandela's posthumously published  memoir "Dare Not Linger” is reported to give inner insights into his – reluctant – presidency (I’ve added that to my to-read list);   social media show enormous anger in South Africa;  diaspora Jewish leaders are angry with Israel;
     -   the plague outbreak in Madagascar appears to be easing;
• With regard to China (may her growing middle class bring a love of peace and freedom), East and South East Asia and the Pacific (noting the risks of atrocities in North Korea and Burma):
     -   China and South Korea have resumed political ties;
     -   on China, Hong Kong, the DPRK (North Korea) and South Korea (which need to accept their partition – for now – and sign a peace treaty), Taiwan, and the free but invaded and occupied nation of Tibet:
     -   an assessment that China will have a more aggressive (my term) foreign policy;   investigations have shown some of that nation’s “rogue” donations – which now exceed the USA;
     -   South Korea is concerned that another North Korean underground nuclear test could cause the site to collapse and leak radiation;
     -   in a further repudiation of the agreement for Hong Kong’s return, China has extended its “national anthem disrespect” law there;
     -   and in the Pacific:   more murders in PNG on allegations of sorcery/witchcraft;   an assessment of the troubled state of democracy in East Timor;
• With regard to Europe and the European Union (EU):
     -   storms have killed five people in Europe;
     -   social media companies can be fined as much as 50 million euros if they fail to delete comments and posts that are deemed to violate German law;
     -   a call for unity in Spain;   new local elections in Catalonia may include the ousted leader who declared independence – although a warrant has been issued for his arrest;
• With regard to (the conflict and other matters in) Iraq and Kurdistan (noting that Iraq was once a peaceful and prosperous society, before the UK / USA / CIA backed revolution – see here, and that it needs an emphasis on a secular society and citizenship – but also here, although based in Syria and here):
     -   Kurdistan’s leader has stepped down after the disastrous referendum - and here, on arrogance and other problems;   “the plight of the ever-persecuted Yazidis remains as dire – and as invisible – as ever”;   Iraq’s foreign relations;
     -   and the Iraq Body Count project reports 54 people violently killed in the last week;
• With regard to the Libyan civil war:
     -   four foreign engineers have been kidnapped;   a Libyan group is refusing to extradite the brother of a violent extremist to the UK;
• With regard to Russia (which is currently supporting an – in my opinion, based on R2P principles - illegitimate regime in Syria), Russian influenced nations and eastern Europe, and responses (see also the section on Europe):
     -   the fight to free Chechnya’s slaves;   Kazakhstan - aka Qazaqstan - is starting to change its alphabet, possibly to distance itself from Russia;   Russia is seizing the reins of diplomacy as the USA loses influence in West Asia;
• With regard to South and Central America:
     -   ways to reduce corruption and improve governance in South and Central America;
     -   Argentina has arrested a former Vice President on corruption charges;
     -   Colombia has signed a $300m deal with the UN to fight cocaine production;
     -   three leading Venezuelan opposition parties will boycott upcoming municipal elections, one will take part;   Venezuela has been warned over lack of transparency;
• With regard to South Asia (aka the Indian sub-continent), The Hindu and other sources have:
     -   on India:
     -   a child rape left a ten year old pregnant;   monsoonal rain;   a stampede has killed 3;   a call for continued independence of the judiciary;   an Indian city has its first woman Mayor;
     -   on Pakistan:
     -   more sexist abuse in Pakistan;   the family of a suspected militant has been released;
• With regard to Sudan and South  Sudan:
     -   accusations that Sudan is a source of weapons in the South Sudanese civil war;
     -   the struggle to survive is undermining governance in South Sudan;
• With regard to the conflict in Syria, where Assad’s regime has, in my opinion, lost all claims to legitimacy, and it is time to consider partition (see here, here, here and here):
     -   Dictator Assad is planning to reignite the conflict by attacking Kurds;   Idlib has become a killing zone for civilians;   the US-led coalition has admitted killing civilians, but has not offered compensation;   a US official may have met with the Assad Regime;   Israel will take military action to protect the Druze in Syria (but has stopped Druze going there from Israel) – the Assad Dictatorship has made allegations of strikes;   the US has denied Russian claims of blocking aid (while neither is good, Russia has more to answer for, and thus has lower credibility, in my view);
• With regard to Turkey:
     -   the US-Turkey relationship is becoming increasingly untenable;   a marriage law has undermined Turkey’s secular foundation and facilitated child abuse;
• With regard to the conflicts in Ukraine, particularly in the east:
     -   another attack in Ukraine on a Chechen who Russia has injured him and killed his wife – and follows a recent vehicle bombing that killed two people and wounded three, including a member of a populist opposition party;
• With regard to West Asia (aka “the Middle East”) and North Africa, the Middle East Eye and other sources have:
     -   on Israel and Palestine:   Roger Waters is continuing to support Palestine;   Israel is going to push Palestinians out of Jerusalem;   an Arab Israeli family is being threatened and attacked by their neighbours;   medical abuse of yeshiva students who want a smartphone;
     -   elsewhere in the region:
     -   Iran says it doesn’t need to increase its missiles’ ranges;   Israel says Iran’s hacking ability has increased;   fighting on Iran’s Azerbaijan border has killed 8;   Iran has celebrated the anniversary of the 1979 attack on the US Embassy in Tehran;
     -   an assessment of Lebanon’s uncertain political state of being;
     -   Morocco’s crackdown on dissent is driving people to flee to Europe;
     -   Saudi Arabia is closing in on the 20^th Century - it will next year allow women to publicly watch sport, but an oil company says dinosaurs (i.e., conservative  older Saudis) may block reform.

Other News:

• one of the “thalidomide babies” has become a motivational speaker;
• as a lifelong sailor, these two women appear to have been stupid, not lucky: their mast was upright, which means they could either climb it and fix the problem or make a jury rig (a standard part of training kids in my sailing club back in the 70s was to tow them off the beach 100m with the bits of the rig lying in the boat, and get them to sail back in), and why didn’t they set off their EPIRB? They've done enormous damage to sailing – were they lying?

General Comments/Information

(Dear Reader, please remember, I expect you to think when reading this blog, and I reserve the right to occasionally sneak in something to test that)

Many others are very capably doing this type of work – for instance, the Lucis Trust's Triangles network (which has been running for many decades),   the Correllian Tradition's 'Spiritual War for Peace' (see also here, here, and here), the Hope, Peace, Love and Prosperity Spell (also from the Correllian Tradition, in around 2007 or 2008),   the Healing Minute started by the late, great Harry Edwards (running for decades);   the “Network of Light”  meditations;   and   also see here, here and here – even commercial organisations (for instance, see here), online groups (e.g. here and here – which I do not know the quality of) and even an app.    Thus, if you don't like what I am suggesting here, but want to be of service, there are many other opportunities for you – including secular opportunities: e.g., see here, here and here.   Again, activism in the physical world is also required - see here, here and here, here, and, of course, here.

(Please note that I now specifically have a role for (absent) healers on Saturdays, as explained in the Psychic Weather Report posts. Anyone who wishes to be protector has a role every day :). At all times, on all levels and in ways, BOTH must ALWAYS be BPM in the way they perform such roles.)

If I am ever late getting my Psychic Weather Report up any week, there is a default plan.

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