Post No. 1,158 – Gnwmythr’s News Ed. No. 214

For the sake of my health, until I retire or change to an easier day job , I have cut back these posts.

Information and Summary of News with Opinion / Advocacy / 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 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:   -   (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) and mentally, the perspective and empathy of more BPM Æther and Water;
      a plot of the elemental influences on a causal/spiritual level follows, and shows a need for the stability of more BPM Earth;

(d)   I’ve created a bindrune for this week’s work, which is:

(e)   dealing with the 45^th President of the USA 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 to promote 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. physical world activism (especially education) – 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 Nigeria, Burundi and South Sudan, and ongoing violent conflicts and crises in Syria, Afghanistan, Mexico, Iraq, Burma, Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Libya, Sudan (Darfur and South Kordofan), Yemen, Egypt (Sinai), Kurdistan, the Philippines, Ethiopia, Mali, DR Congo, Burundi, Kashmir, Baluchistan (Pakistan and Iran), India (Maoist and other insurgencies), the Maghreb (Africa), Ukraine, and elsewhere;   -   refugee and humanitarian crises;   -   the political madness of regimes with authoritarian leaders;   -   and   guilt/embarrassment driven reactions and subterfuges;     rage responses to challenges to abusive misuse of power and/or broadening of consciousness/awareness;     limited awareness on timing and broader implications;     dismissiveness;     unrealistic expectations;     seeking comfort in inappropriate, wrong and evil ideologies;     allowing or causing others to be overwhelmed and thus unable to plan ahead/respond/retroactively review matters effectively;     commercialism continues to spread its tentacles through areas of life it should not, and become a classic case of the tail wagging the dog;     hypersensitivity;     hyperpatriotism;     toxic and hyper-masculinity;     creating political castles to protect one’s own ideological comfort zone;     on a positive note, there has been some accountability;     mental attitudes that one should base decisions only on what one has personally experience, rather than learning of others experiences from books etc, or that anything new needs to tediously justified before one will adapt one’s world view;

(g)   humility;

(h)   patience;

(i)   humility;

(j)   a commitment ethics based on empathy;

(k)   humility;

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, may we all exercise our human characteristics of reason, self discipline and improvement to overcome the often evil flaw of seeking social status;
• 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:
       this week on reversing the deliberate, well-funded, long-term strategy (from about the 70s) to make self-interest seem normal and a commitment to fairness (such as former US President Franklin D Roosevelt’s Four  Freedoms) an aberration:     the entirety of this blog and all other spiritual work and physical activism I and many others do;     avoid what I refer to as “the Paul Principle”: an adjunct to the Peter Principle (of promoting people just past their limits of effectiveness), the “Paul principle” is, when people are still within their capabilities, overloading them (e.g., in the name of the so-called “Lean” management fad for trying to justify being understaffed) until they become as ineffective as if they had been promoted in accordance with the Peter principle” – this may require you to politely but assertively stand up to your boss;
     on the Rohingya crisis and genocide this week:
     -   China is resisting a push for investigation of the Rohingya genocide (is China worried this will lead to their own abuses of Tibetans, Uighurs, etc being investigated?);
     on other matters requiring particular attention:
     -   an Indian girl was raped again and then burned alive after her rape was reported . . . followed by yet another rape and murder in India . . . and a third within one week!;
     -   the history of US-North Korean talks;    a reminder that North Korea’s last nuclear test was powerful enough to shift the mountain it was held under by three and a half metres;    calls for others detained by North Korea to also be released;     praise for the Japan-China-South Korea summit aimed at denuclearising the Korean Peninsula;    the US-North Korean leaders will meet in Singapore, in June;     verification would be difficult;     the USA has sanctioned groups from Iran. Egypt and Syria for arms trading with North Korea;
     -   the USA has, despite warnings and threats from Iran, pulled out of the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran, creating risks around the world (perhaps including of war with Iran) and a flare up of fighting between Israel and Iran in Syria – see also here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and an opinion that this is aimed at regime change;     the IAEA’s chief inspector has resigned - without explanation . . . ;     Germany will help its firm to keep working in Iran;     after an approach from Israel, Russia will now not sell advanced anti-aircraft missiles to Syria;     “a prominent Iranian-American supporter of the Iran nuclear deal says he was warned by US intelligence during the presidential transition that his communications would be targeted . . . in a bid to discredit him”;
     -   the end of the Atlantic alliance at the hands of a US President who views allies as a burden;
     -   whilst paying tribute to the victims of World War Part Two, neo-nazism has been (accurately, in my opinion) described as a spreading cancer;
     -   the US Embassy in Israel is preparing to move, leading to protests;     growing pressure on Palestine to give up to US threats and intimidation;
     -   net neutrality will be rolled back on 11^th June;
     -   fifteen protestors in the USA who were beaten by Turkish thugs are suing Turkey and the thugs (good: I hope they win – they would appear to have good evidence, but the key will probably be how far diplomatic immunity goes);
     -   the UN “will launch a screening system to prevent former employees guilty of sexual misconduct from finding new jobs with its agencies or other charities” (let’s see if it works better than past efforts . . . ;
       this week’s atrocity alert at R2P lists Nigeria, Burundi and South Sudan;
• 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, governance (e.g., here, here, here and here, and see also here) and ethics:
  Note: I have a section specifically for the 45^th US President below
     analyses, research and commentary this week include:
     -   US company tax cuts have restored bonuses and share buy-backs and benefit the rich, but have not done much to promoted investment or wages, and company tax cuts here, where a dividend imputation scheme is in place, are of questionable benefit - especially as Treasury modelling was flawed;     a radical suggestion for payment to the young and increased taxes on pensioners for inter-generational fairness;   a rebuttal of the conspiracy nut “concept” of a “Deep State” – which is not the same as Eisenhower’s “military-industrial complex”;     the combined approaches needed to get people out of unemployment;
     -   for other analyses see: Israel;
     of concern this week:
     -   an idiotic local Council in Australia has misinterpreted the Australian Government’s policy on Taiwan to justify painting over two Taiwanese flags painted by children as part of a celebration of (alleged?) cultural diversity;     “newly declassified documents have revealed that Australia appeared driven by a desire for oil and gas rights when it was deciding to legitimise the Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste” (I’m not surprised, as I have long suspected as much);     the only submission of the 52 made on the Australian neoliberal government’s enquiry into drug testing welfare recipients that supported the proposal was its own;     an MP has quit before he could be expelled for years of lying;     a chorus of secular groups is opposing the Australian neoliberal government’s decision to extend the neochristian school chaplains program;
     -   other concerning events have occurred or are developing in: France, Australia, Pakistan, an Australian power company, Canada, ILO, Brexit campaign, the mining industry;
     good news this week includes:
     -   US political candidates can use campaign funds for childcare;   one US state has approved a measure against gerrymandering;
     -   other good news has occurred: Africa, Malawi;
     on development (in an “end poverty/thirst/hunger” sense – and being mindful of “intimate activism”):
     -   Australia’s aid is at its lowest ever level as a proportion of the budget (0.23% of GNP), and from that will also be spending on a communications infrastructure project;     clean water and decent toilets could save 700,000 children each year;
     and democracy/governance/political matters in my home nation this week:
     on the Royal Commission into banks, and similar matters:
     -   questions over whether banks are an ethical investment;     a protest vote by shareholders of a financial institution;
     on other matters:
     -   a detailed assessment of how Australia’s ultra-conservative, right wing Home Minister’s power grabs may yet be his undoing;     on Australia’s budget and opposition budget - and see also this opinion that Australia’s “budget reflects a shift towards a more uneasy, less confident and more defensive view of the world”;     another warning that the neoliberal government’s plan to dock people’s welfare if they repeatedly fail to pay fines is a “brutal” measure that will drive those on the lowest incomes into homelessness;     more MPs are out over dual citizenship;     to crackdown on tax evasion and the ILLEGAL economy, Australia’s budget limits cash payments for purchase goods and services to $10,000;     Australia will reverse a decision that would have made it harder migrant’s parents move to Australia;
• With regard to the USA and their 45^th President (who is dangerous – see here on actions for US residents [and the useful principles]) of the Unexceptional States of America (which has some … “unique” characteristics that don’t exist elsewhere in the world) generally this week (I avoid using the 45^th US President’s name for psychic reasons – I may use either “the USA’s CEO” or “Voldemort II” as an alias; also, the US Vice-President needs to be worked on – and typically takes about three times as much effort to clear of negativity):
     -   the attempts of the election team of the USA’s 45^th President to find dirt on his predecessor has been compared to “the worst excesses of Johnson and Nixon”;     the 45^th US President's personal lawyer is reported to have received a payment of $500,000 from a firm tied to a Russian oligarch;
     -   a fierce rebuttal of Voldemort II’s suggestion of cutting off critical journalists;
     -   a Senator who was a (tortured) former prisoner of war has concluded that the CIA Director nominee’s “refusal to acknowledge torture’s immorality is disqualifying. I believe the Senate should exercise its duty of advice and consent and reject this nomination” (it could also give a green light to other nations that want to torture) – and a soul-mate for the appalling Joe McCarthy may have emerged . . . (a US White House official mocked Senator McCain after this, saying “he’s dying anyway”!);     an opinion that former US President Obama’s failure to hold torturers to account led to this person being nominated;
     -   an analysis which compares Voldemort II’s trade policies to a game of chicken . . . ;
     -   US border force – which is using a different pseudoscience test to that used by Australia to keep children in adult prison - has tried to justify its separation of refugee families on the fallacious basis that those crossing borders are criminals comparable to thieves (this comparison is, in my view, possibly defamatory – and is separate to any issues of any right to cross borders; it also raises questions about inhuman treatment);
     -   at least one Russian has been courting conservatives in the USA since 2009;
• 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 “Cure Violence”, 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 don’t name groups to reduce their publicity):
     -   according to this Wikipedia page (which does not appear to be up to date this week), there have been 3 attacks in Afghanistan (out of a total of 9);     and actions (Note: there are many others that don’t reach the media I read) have occurred this week against violent extremists in: Australia;
     -   Australia’s Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security has called for ASIO's controversial power to detain people for up to a week to be scrapped;     seventy prominent clerics from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia have issued a fatwa “decrying suicide attacks as anti-Islam” – see also here;     “Britain has issued an unprecedented apology for its role in the “appalling” treatment of a Libyan dissident and his wife, who were victims of a rendition operation”;
• With regard to refugees (noting the New York Declaration) and people seeking asylum:
     -   “Italy’s collaboration with Libya to stop migrants reaching Europe is facing a legal challenge over allegations that it has led to grave human rights violations . . . including torture and slavery”;     Australia's refugee deal with the USA has been labelled “a farce” after the USA rejected all Iranian and Somali asylum seekers – which was followed by Australia’s notorious Home Affairs Minister ignoring the FACT of New Zealand’s offer to claim no other nation would take refugees from Australia’s gulags;     an Iranian woman in Australia’s Nauru refugee gulag has attempted suicide after her application for resettlement in the USA was rejected;     Malaysian police have intercepted a “tanker” carrying Sri Lankans believed to be bound for Australia and New Zealand;     as the number of refugees crossing from the US continues to rise, the Canadian government has sharpened its tone towards asylum seekers;
• With regard to other human (and other) rights and discrimination (incidentally, I consider it vital to identify people who are bigots, as they clearly have flaws of observation and thinking – shown by the fact that NOT all people choose to discriminate unless they have been educated otherwise [and there’s this]):
     -   some of the nuances around cultural appropriation;
     -   opportunities to take action here;
     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):
     -   an Australian state has apologised for 'profoundly cruel' anti-gay laws, and is seeking to expunge convictions for consensual sex;     a successful human rights claim against it, Canada’s largest province has issued its first non-binary birth certificate;     more bigotry from a sports celebrity neochristian nut, but, on the other hand, also see this;
     -   other homophobic/transphobic (and heteronormativity / cisgender-normativity) matters have also occurred in: China;
     on white supremacist and other forms of RACISM / CULTURAL DISCRIMINATION and Indigenous matters generally this week:
     -   “how white women use strategic tears to avoid accountability”;     lawyers for former sports player are threatening to expose a “culture of silence and hush money” after their client allegedly suffered years of racial abuse, sexual taunting, bullying and mistreatment;     varied action against a new white supremacist group trying to establish itself in the UK;     land rights vs. food brands;    a racist police database in the UK;     a history of government quests for treaties with Australia’s indigenous people;     the 2017 review of Closing the Gap;     Indigenous views on culturally safe healthcare;
     -   other white supremacy / racism problems have also occurred in: Mexico;
     on TRAFFICKING, and CHILDREN’s and associated human rights this week:
     -   a proposal to make lying about one’s age to kids online a crime;     foster kids were placed with a 'cruel' carer despite ten investigations into her suitability;     an assessment that an appalling sexual assault on a young child was foreseeable;     decades after an ex-detective was forced out of the police for genuinely investigating a child abuser, he has received compensation;     the vulnerability of low skilled workers;     one fifth of homeless youth are the victims of trafficking;    child labour in electric cars;     the USA has cracked a major Mexican sex trafficking ring;
     -   also on child abuse, particularly neochristian and other institutional, this week: Uganda (good news), Uganda, Sudan;
     -   also on slavery / human trafficking this week: the wind energy industry, Central and South America, UK (denial of access to justice for victims), Australia, India, UK;
     -   opportunities to take action here, here (which I found difficult – eyesight’s not so good these days, and there’s only so much zoom), here (great links to useful information), here (perhaps not so useful for casual, infrequent shoppers like me), here (tremendous to see others acknowledged – and I stunned how many organisations are close by, here, here (if you are inclined towards creativity), here (includes donation request for those who can), here, here, here, here, (more to come);
     on SEXISM this week (keeping in mind the overblown influence given to testosterone):
     -   my home state has been told to focus on long term changes on domestic violence;     the now estranged wife of an alleged sexual abuser/rapist was “humiliated” by the unfolding events;    the UN should stop viewing sexual harassment and sexual assault as separate matters;     “the first evidence-based study of acquired brain injury and family violence in Australia”;     misogyny against a female mayoral candidate in Tunisia;
     -   on sexual harassment/misconduct/violence this week, see: here, here, here, here, here, here;
     -   other sexism matters have also occurred in: a sports club, Zambia, Malawi;
     on RELIGIOUS rights this week:
     -   a neoliberal party member will be expelled for vilifying a religion . . . now to get rid of the religious person for vicious transphobia;
     on WORKERS’ rights this week:
     -   a company which underpaid young and overseas workers has been fined over $300,000;
     on PRIVACY, AGED, AND OTHER forms of human (and other – e.g., ANIMAL) rights this week:
     -   a campaign fighting disablism on social media platform under the hashtag “#hotpersoninawheelchair”;     the beneficial effects of the new General Data Protection Regulation on online privacy;
     on ANIMALS’ rights this week:
     -   “the Australian Veterinary Association has recommended an end to live sheep exports to [West Asia] between May and October, saying that there is no way to eliminate the risk of sheep dying from or suffering heat stress during those months” . . . of course, we could just stop, belatedly recognising that New Zealand’s refusal to start was best of all . . . ;
• With regard to war, violence and hate generally:
     -   “armed uprisings are nearly three times as likely to elicit state violence . . . [than] predominantly nonviolent movements do”;     a call for more support for UN peacekeepers (noting their problems with sexual harassment and assault) in response to “complex and deadly new threats”;     the appalling economic and social costs of gun violence – see also here;     a mass murder by guns has occurred in my nation;     “one of the largest gun-makers in the USA, will track and report on gun violence involving its products, after its shareholders backed a proposal that the company's board had recommended not adopting”;     the US gun advocacy group has named a notorious figure who sold weapons to Iran to get funds for vicious rebels in Nicaragua as its president;
     -   other war, violence or hate related matters have occurred or are developing in: USA / France / UK, Nicaragua;
• With regard to peace:
     -   SIPRI’s fifth annual Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development;
• With regard to natural and other catastrophes:
     -   earthquakes as the volcanic eruption in Hawaii continues, with a warning it could become severe (including toxic gas);     floods in Turkey and Australia;
     -   other events concerning disasters have occurred or are developing in: DR Congo (Ebola);
• With regard to overcrowding and “modern” lifestyle issues (such as conflict  minerals, environmental harm and child labour in smart phone , FOMO [which can be overcome] and addiction or unthinking pro-technology bias, second thoughts, social media making people miserable or envious, work and lifestyles causing depression, being duped by modern mantras and  management  fads, “failing” at being well or failing to consider life options, AI ethics, corporate misuse of mindfulness as a distraction from working conditions, embedded emissions, plane pollution, bigger, flashier homes/cars– which means actively abusing the environment and society’s cohesion and contributing to financialisation, the need for agroforestry, the accursed “new is always good” groupthink of the computer world, abuse of workers by insisting on busy-ness, raising Prince Boofheads):
     on climate change and other environmental matters this week:
     -   questions about plastic used to wrap food;     questions about marine life and shipping impacts for a new ocean clean up system;     a disagreement over fees puts collection of recyclables in one Australian state at risk;     “US government researchers have uncovered evidence that some popular weed-killing products … are potentially more toxic to human cells than their active ingredient is by itself”;     the UN FAO has published guidelines aimed at sustaining forest benefits for future generations;     evidence suggesting that global warming has exacerbated storms;     Europe is considering options for its plastic (including recovery of oil);     agroecology and its changing mindsets – but that may be rolling back in Central and South America;     a call for climate change insurance to match the needs of poor farmers;
     -   other environmental matters have occurred in: Viêt Nám, Somalia (good news);
     on technology and science matters this week:
     -   lack of connectivity in rural and regional areas;     “social media platforms are using the same techniques as gambling firms to create psychological dependencies and ingrain their products in the lives of their users”;
     on economic and financial matters this week:
     -   superannuation funds will be banned from charging exit fees in budget measures, including fee cap, designed to protect the retirement savings of young people;
     on health and medical this week:
     -   a rebuttal of food safety myths;     the WHO has been urged to act on the “ancient” HTLV-1 virus;     “there has been a drastic rise in the number of young people seeking help for mental health issues at . . . emergency departments, with many families unaware their children are suffering until they experience physical symptoms”;     a “world-first” call has been made for exercise to be prescribed to all cancer patients”;     a warning that mental health patient’s lives are at risk after NDIS funding is redirected;
• With regard to press aka the media, and freedom of expression (claims of presenting “both sides” of a debate can be WRONG if the other side is RUBBISH –as is the case on LGBTIQ issues. Also, media can be unprofessional, but funding is an issue … ):
     -   media / freedom of expression matters have occurred in: USA, Cambodia, Egypt;
• With regard to education:
     -   a statement of the bleedin’ obvious from the USA: “how unequal school funding punishes poor kids”;
• With regard to crime, judicial matters and policing (noting that an uncle of mine resigned when corruption was not comprehensively cleaned out of the police force he served in, I also have high expectations of police [to match their powers], and consider all violence, abuse of power and failure to understand the impacts of their actions [e.g., see here and here] by police – who are under incredible pressure –is, nevertheless, undermining and weakening all police and what they are trying to achieve):
     -   following a high profile case, sexual consent laws will be changed in one Australian state;     another alleged police brutality incident is under investigation in one Australian state, as is a case where police deliberately ran a man down in another;     stunning examples of jury misbehaviour;     slowly increasing multiculturalism in my home state’s police;     the journey of a former death penalty advocate who witnessed 300 executions;     supporters of a leading catholic figure facing sexual abuse charges are being asked to contribute to his legal fund – which received a mixed response from the legal fraternity;     a US police has been filmed choking a black man – who retaliated after a choke hold was put on him;     a Chinese language international phone scam;
    -      other crime, judicial and policing matters have occurred in: Australia, Afghanistan, UK, India.

Location based News:

• With regard to Africa, the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (and other sources) has:
      on Africa generally:
     -   “trade and employment laws which give women greater access to the economy across East Africa, can pave the way for more inclusive development and prosperity”;
     -   an annual governance forum;     using evidence in activism and governance;
     on specific African nations:
     -   an Ebola outbreak has been declared in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo;
     -   an assessment of Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister, and the possible impact of the USA;
     -   a dam burst in Kenya has destroyed hundreds of homes and killed more than a dozen people, increasing deaths from heavy rains to over 150;     compensation for Kenyan fisherfolk who lost their traditional fishing rights to a new port;
     -   despite an ICC  arrest warrant (which compels arrest, and prohibits shelter or refuge), a Libyan war crimes suspect (LNA Major Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf Al-Werfalli, accused of murdering 33 people on the basis of, in part social media evidence) remains at large and could have committed further murders;
     -   the history of Madagascar’s political crisis;
     -   “a long-running conflict between cattle herders and farmers in central Nigeria is increasingly assuming a religious dimension”;
     -   a “lack of adequate housing is one of the most toxic legacies of the apartheid regime that governed South Africa for nearly 50 years” with concerns over the enforcement of evictions;     as inequality worsens, attempts are made to get state companies back on track;
     -   South Sudan has sacked the head of the Central Bank, begged the US not to cut aid, and said the former Vice President can only return if he has no soldiers with him;
     -   although the situation is calm, “‘durable solutions’ [are] needed for durable peace in [Sudan’s] Darfur”;     a child bride will be killed for defending herself against rape by her so-called husband;
     -   Tanzania has evicted Maasai to allow tourism;
     -   Zambia's leading university has apologised for telling female students not to visit its library “half-naked” because it would distract men - it now claims it would not “tolerate old discredited misogynist views”;
     -   a call for abortion reform to address teenage deaths in Zimbabwe;
• With regard to South and Central America:
     -   350 victims of trafficking have been rescued;
     -   17 years after Argentina defaulted on its debts and 12 years since it severed ties, Argentina will talk to the International Monetary Fund about a financing deal to “strengthen growth: and help avoid crises of the past”;
     -   better use of water in Brazil’s semi-arid northeast;
     -   the Colombian army killed thousands more civilians than previously reported in a “false positives” scandal designed to gain more military aid;     calls for a US body to protect Colombian activists;
     -   security and prejudice on Mexico’s southern border, with recommendations for managing those problems – which also originate in the USA;
     -   an analysis of the violent protests and responses in Nicaragua;
• 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):
     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:
     -   “American marines will soon embed on Australia's largest warship for a tour of Pacific island nations, as concerns grow among western allies over Beijing's rising influence in the region”;     a major Chinese television network has been banned from broadcasting Eurovision after it censored support for LGBT people;     millennials are rejecting China’s 12-hour, six-day-a-week working schedule;   a Chinese tycoon has been jailed for defrauding investors;     the USA has described China’s attempts to blackmail 36 international companies into denying the independence of Taiwan as “Orwellian nonsense” (good!);     “a top Chinese official once seen as a potential successor to [the Chinese president] has been sentenced to life in prison for taking more than $26 million in bribes”;
     -   other events concerning China have occurred or are developing in: PNG;
     -   Chinese buyers are stockpiling cheap coal inside North Korea in the hope sanctions will ease;
     -   China has threatened Taiwan;
     -   other events concerning Taiwan have occurred or are developing in: Australia, China/USA;
     elsewhere in Asia:
     -   Cambodia's last independent newspaper was sold to a Malaysian spin doctor, leading to the CEO and five staff quitting;
     -   what is often called “chicken church” is actually more accurately “Dove Place of Prayer”, and was an Indonesian man’s dream of peace and tolerance;
     -   Malaysia has voted in a new ruling party for the first time in its six decades of independence – albeit under a now 92 year old (former) Prime Minister, who has announced that the King will pardon the opposition leader the former Prime Minister jailed, so that the opposition leader can become the new Prime Minister – see also here;
     -   drought is forcing Mongolia’s nomads into polluted cities;
     -   the Philippines has made the ban on domestic workers in Kuwait (because of worker abuse) permanent;
     -   the need to listen to women in the Vietnamese energy debate;
     and in the Pacific:
     -   a Chinese businessman has been charged with bribery in Papua New Guinea;
• With regard to Europe and the European Union (EU) (which need to step up, as the USA steps down):
     -   anger in France and the UK after the USA’s 45^th President – stupidly - suggests looser gun laws could have helped prevent the deadly Paris attacks in 2015 and a wave of London knife crime;
     -   tens of thousands of demonstrators have protested against the stream of economic reforms being brought in by France’s President;
     -   Germany’s declining relationship with Russia – for which there are plenty of reasons, and debate about how to handle those reasons;
     -   contrary to Poland’s revisionist law, “according to new research done in Poland, two-thirds of the local Jews who hid in the country from the Nazis lost their lives due to the actions of their non-Jewish neighbours”;
• 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, Central Asia, and responses (see also elsewhere):
     Russia:
     -   over a thousand Russians have been arrested during anti-government protests;     a political analyst interviewed – and described as a “Moscow-based political analyst”- on ABC radio about the weekend protests against Russia’s president is “a mouthpiece for the Kremlin”, according to Russia experts;     an assessment of Russia's hybrid warfare;   Russia’s splintered, discordant foreign policy under its newly re-“elected” President;
     -   other events concerning Russia have occurred or are developing in: Australia;
     in Central Asia:
     -   the challenges, including political reconciliation, facing Armenia under its new, more socially conscious government;
• 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):
     -   an Afghan government air attack killed and wounded at least 107 boys and men attending a religious ceremony last month;    “violence at voter registration sites [is an] ‘assault on democracy’ ”;     violent extremists have killed dozens of police;
• With regard to South Asia (aka the Indian sub-continent), The Hindu and other sources have:
     on India:
     -   police will “get tough” with rumour mongers in a state that has suffered a spate of lynchings – see also here;     bike ambulances for a tribal people;     India’s Supreme Court has ordered that sexual harassment probe panels be established in courts within two months – see also this;     a campaign against mosquito borne disease;
     on Pakistan:
     -   Pakistan's Interior Minister has been wounded in suspected assassination attempt;
     elsewhere in South Asia:
     -   a phone app against child marriage in Bangladesh;
     -   despite border disputes, trafficking, and the 2015 crisis, growing connections between Nepal and India;
     -   Sri Lanka’s army is fighting back against reports of human rights abuses . . . ;
• With regard to West Asia (aka “the Middle East”) and Northern Africa, the Middle East Eye, the Times of Israel, and other sources have:
     -   a leaked Belgian intelligence report states that a Saudi-financed mosque is promoting anti-Semitism;
     on Israel and Palestine:
     -   a war of word to match the physical violence on the Gaza-Israel border;     Israel has ordered a representative of Human Rights Watch to leave;     the impact of the violence on Gazan children, as Gazan hospitals reach the point of collapse;     a Tel Aviv Professor’s critique of the decline of democracy in Israel;     more protests;
     -   violent incidents this week include: this, a second arson attack by illegal Israeli settlers against a Palestinian family, a car attack;
     -   other events concerning Israel/Judaism and/or Palestine have occurred or are developing in: USA;
     on Syria (where the Assad Dictatorship has lost all pretence of legitimacy, and partition is needed):
     -   a Syrian journalist has said that the USA, Russia, Iran and Turkey helped to destroy Syria so now they must help fix it;
     elsewhere in the region:
     -   a pain killer addiction is sweeping through Egypt in response to the despair of everyday survival;     Egypt is building a new capital city;     an activist has been detained for criticising the government;
     -   an utterly stupid pseudo-violent extremist stunt by a filmmaker in an Iranian shopping centre;
     -   an assessment of Iraq’s post-Da’esh elections, which might result in a shift towards Iran . . . but there is also a growing relationship with Saudi Arabia;     a sandstorm in Iraq has highlighted the effects of climate change;     anger against corruption;
     -   the “more of the same” outcomes from Lebanon’s “democracy building” elections;
     -   the brave editor of a “tiny” Turkish Cypriot newspaper is continuing to challenge Turkey’s president;     Turkey must lift the State of Emergency for any elections to have credibility;     the UK has sold billions of dollars’ worth of weapons to Turkey since the coup.

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(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 “CE 5  ET contact” movement started by Dr Steven M Greer, which is the one which appears to me to most capitalise on the teachings of “The Nine”,     the “Network of Light”  meditations;     the 1 Million Meditators movement,     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.

(I 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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