Post No. 1,170 – Gnwmythr’s News Ed. No. 219

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), more BPM Water;
      mentally, more BPM Air;
      a plot of the elemental influences on a causal/spiritual level follows, and shows a need for 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   Yemen, Libya and Syria, 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   expected consequences of evil deeds are evident;     some – flawed – acts of hope are evident;     some small-mindedness and petty resistance to improvements has occurred;   distraction continues to be used as a cover for incompetence;     people continue to use the Nazi “I am just following orders” line as cover for deeds that are causing distress and harm;     variations of gossip (including fake social media videos in India) continue to kill;     some people continue to be seen as being of less worth;     the glamour of the glitzy and new continues to pervade life;

(g)   guide the signs of hope in the BPM ways that are needed;

(h)   may all place the welfare of those in need ahead of their personal quests for power and/or their “orders”;

(i)   may all people see through attempts to obfuscate or distract;

(j)   may all abjure the evil that is rumour, innuendo and gossip;

(k)   may all people see and respect the essential humanity of all;

(l)   may all have a balanced perspective on the new and the old;

(m)   may the voices of those with BPM integrity e heard clearly, and favourably;

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 (if I have any this week);

   opportunities/good news (in my opinion) are shown in green;

   comments (by me) 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;     accepting the possibility of change for the better and accentuating and encouraging that, without naïveté;
     on the Rohingya crisis and genocide this week:
     -   at least three Rohingya have been killed by the monsoon;
     on other matters requiring particular attention:
     -   after former US President Clinton wrongly decided he had a better chance of achieving something lasting in West Asia than on the Korean peninsula (although see this), the USA’s 45^th President and North Korea’s leader have, under the auspices of China, had their summit, issued a statement using China’s and North Korea’s terms (the DPRK’s leader will visit the USA), but sanctions will remain (NY Times) in place until the regime's nukes are no longer a factor (and two and a half years is the expected timeline for “major disarmament”) and negotiations on key details are to continue immediately – this event also led to:   an opinion that this shows the USA is tired of world leadership,   a critique of what is left out,   a glib throwaway on human rights abuses,   scepticism on the basis of a possible resort motive (really???) and perceived parallels to the infamous Chamberlain-Hitler meeting in 1938 (I actually think that is stretching the plausible . . . ),   a warning over a USB powered fan in North Korea’s press kit,   a ridiculous media fuss is made over a psychological ploy playing on the DPRK's economic desires and the vanity – held in common with other despots, and some other leaders  - of the DPRK’s leader,   the important military exercises between the USA and the Republic of Korea (ROK, or South  Korea) will be suspended – with further concerns over the USA’s reference to them as “provocative”,   some in the ROK fear the summit may lead to forced reunification,   and an incredibly unwise and offensive salute by the USA’s 45^th President of a DPRK general;     . . . and in this week, a “backgrounder” on Russian and US threats to nuclear weapons control . . . ;
     -   a warning that, while he can’t fix the Russia’s economic problems, that nation’s President will continue to escalate his aggressive interference in other nations;
     -   the US administration - staggeringly - “took its war with the media to the next level . . . when federal authorities seized years of phone records from [a senior journalist] as part of a federal investigation into leaks of classified information”;
     -   the extreme powers of Australia’s Border Force in airports;
     -   yet another social video of a fake kidnapping in India has led to yet another mob murder of strangers (two men);
     -   following yet another murder of a young woman (and the vandalism of her memorial by some utter low lives), some short-sighted police predictably made an unwise comment about women protecting themselves, leading to a backlash from women who are tired of victim blaming, but also some support (including from the Premier, and the city’s Mayor);     with its notorious history of dismissing women’s problems as “hysteria”, the medical profession is still misdiagnosing heart disease in women (the leading cause of death for women, as well as men) – including not ordering obvious tests, failing to recognise that women don’t have the same symptoms, “mansplaining” of fundamentals to qualified and experienced doctors, and reduced rates of CPR following heart attacks;     the murder of a husband by his wife’s family, who disapproved of her choice “highlights the persistence of extremely regressive views about women and their right to autonomy. It affects men as well as women”;     one conservative male b*****d of a politician in the UK has blocked a law to make upskirting illegal;
     -   the growing number of healthy singles;
     -   ethical shopping – which dates back to 1790 – may come down to shopping less; (I am SO tempted to respond with “Duh – way to go Einstein”, but our education systems are failing too many people by not teaching them about the problem of materialism – aka consumerism);     nine key points from the first day of the Responsible Business – Europe conference (I haven’t read these properly yet, but at first glance most look good);
     -   a man has been given permission to sue an internet search engine for defamation over his image being connected to “crime bosses”;     a mobile phone company will change the default settings of its phones to stop hackers and others (including police) unlocking devices without proper legal authorisation;     the potential problems of artificial intelligence (including being refused health insurance - but when you ask why, the company simply blames its risk assessment algorithm, or the bank can’t tell you why a mortgage was refused, or, more seriously, if the police start arresting people on suspicion of planning a crime solely based on a predictive model informed by a data-crunching supercomputer);
     -   surprising research shows that nations that compete against each other in matches at the soccer world competition are apparently more likely to go to war (I’m not convinced, and the suggested “solution” of competing as regional blocs is interesting, but I’m not sure it addresses the problem);
       this week’s atrocity alert at R2P lists   Yemen, Libya and Syria;
• 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:
     -   as low wage growth threatens the economy, a questioning of claims that increased productivity is needed before wages growth;     the dangerous folly of using toxic language and “hard-right fantasies” in the context of Brexit;     an opinion that the USA’s dishonourable, autocratic, dangerous and misogynistic 45^th President has finally got one thing right by insisting that the North American Free Trade Agreement should have a sunset clause, which accords with Thomas Paine’s 1791 writing that “Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself, in all cases, as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave is the most ridiculous and insolent of all tyrannies”, and thus defends democracy;
     of concern this week:
     -   staggering revelations that a bankrupt tow truck company was given the confidential details of tens of thousands of citizens – which will now be put up for sale;     another female public figure – this time a political candidate – has shut down social media in response to trolls  see also this;     the USA’s Justice Department's “internal watchdog” has found that former FBI director James Comey made a “serious error of judgment” (his “description of his choice as being between 'two doors', one labelled 'speak' and one labelled 'conceal' was a false dichotomy. The two doors were actually labelled 'follow policy/practice' and 'depart from policy/practice”) in his “extraordinary” action of announcing shortly before the 2016 US presidential election he was reopening an investigation into candidate Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server, and that he was “insubordinate” but not politically biased nor did he try to influence the election (so he was a stupid know-it-all who gave his Voldemort II . . . and his bosses let that happen) - others were also criticised;     the gender double standard in the corporate world;     when surviving on a pension, “pride is a luxury I can no longer afford”;     an advisor to the USA’s 45^th President said there was a “special place in hell” for Canada’s Prime Minister as the G7 row was stepped up by the USA (with some truly infantile comments by Voldemort II), but then apologised . . . but a “defence” strategy was announced . . . ;     the biases of “own the lane” men who design and approve intrinsically unsafe bike lanes, rather than condescending stereotypes about women, are responsible for low numbers of women riding bikes;
     -   other concerning events have occurred or are developing in:   USA,   Iraq,   PNG,   Israel (shades of Poland’s revisionism);
     in the grey/mixed [good and bad aspects] or neutral area this week:
     -   Australia’s Foreign Minister has dropped a few “truth bombs” –that the USA-DPRK summit was surreal, the USA might “give away too much”, and Australia’s aid budget needs to be increased;
     good news this week includes:
     -   thousands of women have turned cities in the UK into rivers of green, white and violet to mark 100 years since the first women won the right to vote there;
     on development (in an “end poverty/thirst/hunger” sense – and being mindful of “intimate activism”):
     -   a new vertical farming system is being exported – but only the rich can afford it;     “a group of top Democrats are demanding the [US] administration present a plan to Congress to address growing poverty in the United States, following an excoriating report by the United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty”;
     and democracy/governance/political matters in my home nation this week:
     -   a controversial conservative politician who notoriously attacked Equal Marriage while having an affair, now denies his call for privacy laws (in response to criticism of his affair) is hypocritical after his opposition to safe zones around abortion clinic;     in a week when a two-year-long investigation has uncovered numerous concerns - and threats to army witnesses - about the conduct of Australian special forces in Afghanistan (see also here), including several incidents of possible unlawful killings, understandable outrage over a nazi flag having been flown on an Australian army vehicle 11 years ago – which the army appears to have dealt with adequately, given the apparent lack of a recurrence, but secretively . . . ;     Australia may ease the English language requirements for migrants down to conversational level, rather than the current required University level;     as Australia blocks a Chinese company from a phone network deal in response to intelligence concerns, and diverts aid money into an international undersea internet cable that the company was interested in, the Labor and Greens parties have backed a list of demands from the charities and not-for-profit sector on controversial electoral reforms and the foreign influence transparency scheme – see also this warning, the Senate report (which I have not read yet), and the advisory notes (which I also have not yet read – 404 pages);     women have shared their too often overlooked stories on migrating to Australia, and a reminder that Chinese settlers have been here for 200 years;     concerns over an apparent shortage of engineers;
     -   other events relating to my home nation have occurred or are developing in:   ride sharing services;
• 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):
     -   on US border policies this week, see here and here on the abuse of children – with some in the US administration invoking the neochristian bible, which is disputed by Christian priests, and is – in my opinion – wrong on the basis that it ignores international law, and a former CIA head comparing the policy to Nazi Germany and the US First Lady saying she hated the policy;     the USA’s patriarchal Attorney-General has taken the USA back to the dark ages by ruling that domestic and gang violence can no longer be considered by judges as grounds for asylum, in a ruling that will affect many refugees;     the MYTH of the criminal immigrant;
     -   as more tariffs on Chinese goods are announced, an opinion that the USA’s autocratic and self-admittedly dishonest 45^th President actually wants a trade war;     more name calling at and from Voldemort II;     “a cruder imitation” of Voldemort II has won an election;
     -   as one of his non-profits “persistently illegal conduct” leads to legal action against him and three of his kids, more on the greed of the USA’s 45^th President and his” associates”;     the former election campaign chairperson of the USA’s 45^th President has been jailed after being charged with “witness tampering”;
• 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, there have been 1 attack in Iraq and 5 attacks in Afghanistan (out of a total of 12), including   France,   India;     prevention has or may have occurred in   Germany,   Israel;
• With regard to refugees (noting the New York Declaration) and people seeking asylum:
     -   now France is following the US line and abusing children as young as 12 by putting them in cells without food or water, cutting the soles off their shoes and stealing sim cards from their mobile phones, before illegally sending them back to Italy;     in a shadow of the notorious “Voyage of the Damned” on the MS St Louis, a ship of refugees turned away by Malta and Italy has been accepted by Spain;
     -   other refugee-related matters have also occurred in:   USA;
• 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]):
     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 government has “removed an anachronistic quirk of state law that forced married transgender people to divorce to if they sought legal recognition of their gender”;     same sex soapies in Thailand;     “if someone sincerely believes your marriage isn’t really a marriage and thinks what you’re doing is a terrible sin, do you really want him baking your wedding cake?”;
     on white supremacist and other forms of RACISM / CULTURAL DISCRIMINATION and Indigenous matters generally this week:
     -   one US city has elected its first-ever female black mayor at a time when African-Americans are becoming increasingly scarce in that city;     the complex richness of Aboriginal culture - which cannot be reduced to a single word (“Dreamtime”);     staggering revelations - from the diary of his 1920s trip to Asia – that Einstein was racist;     a regional Australian city’s tourism video has been withdrawn in response to complaints it “whitewashed” Indigenous culture;    the Myall Creek Memorial has become a symbol of reconciliation as descendants of the massacre’s victims and perpetrators (the stockmen who murdered the dozens of Indigenous men, women and children were hung) gather;    a call for Indigenous treaties to address sovereignty;
     -   other white supremacy / racism problems have also occurred in:   an Australian university;
     on TRAFFICKING, and CHILDREN’s and associated human rights this week:
     -   as the government accepts a further 104 of the remaining 122 recommendations  made by the royal  commission, Australia’s Prime Minister has pledged to deliver a national apology to the survivors, victims and families of institutional child sexual abuse;     strong calls for an Aboriginal child and family commissioner in one Australian state following a scathing report into its child protection system is kept secret for 18 months - see also here;     Australia’s redress scheme will not include survivors of physical abuse, and is “out of touch” with regional survivors;     male sex slavery in Thailand;     a filmmaker has told the story of a domestic slave in Hungary – and helped her to escape;     a call for strong follow up on Libyan human trafficking sanctions;
     -   also on child abuse, particularly neochristian and other institutional, this week:   here and here,   conflicts and climate change;
     -   also on slavery / human trafficking this week:   soccer world championship suppliers,   Venezuela / Colombia,   Sudan,   USA (silencing victims) - see also here;   Nigeria (rescue);
     -   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,   here,   and here,   and,   this week,   child marriage in Niger,   Mauritania,   a pledge,   Indian domestic slavery;
     on SEXISM this week (keeping in mind the overblown influence given to testosterone):
     -   a comedian has spoken publicly about his alleged indecent assault by a host;  a GP has been “charged with sexual assault after allegedly recording an intimate physical examination of [at least one] female patient”;
     -   on sexual harassment/misconduct/violence this week, see:   here,   here,   here,   here;
     -   other sexism matters have also occurred in:   the corporate world,   bike lane design,   USA,   Morocco,   Sudan;
     on RELIGIOUS rights this week:
     -   Australia’s neoliberal-introduced “school chaplains program” is being challenged in court on the basis of being discriminatory as it requires “pastoral care workers to be connected to organised religion” – i.e., neochristianity;
     on WORKERS’ rights this week:
     -   the neochristian Catholic church’s “still  quite  misogynistic but promising” Pope has said that wages threat is a “sin that reaps eternal punishment”;     a new movement (“Now Australia”) is aiming to clean up toxic workplaces - see also here;     an online food delivery company is facing legal action over alleged underpayment of staff;
     on PRIVACY, AGED, DIFFERENTLY ABLED, AND OTHER forms of human (and other – e.g., ANIMAL) rights this week:
     -   the need to train nurses on what to do if elder abuse is suspected;
     -   opportunities to take action here;
• With regard to spirituality and/or psychism generally (including revolutionary love, survival after death, and good religion), and the occasional nice story (and to get people to constructively remedy: fear of being single / asexual / off-grid or a rebel / innovator / non-conformist / true to yourself, belief in management  fads and fashions, distracting themself aka filling their time, and accept extraterrestrial UFOs):
     -   stereotypes and biases in US neochristian’s perception of what Deity looks like;     a high school baseball match has seen an amazing display of sportspersonship;
• With regard to natural and other catastrophes:
     -   a boat capsize in Indonesia has killed 13 people;
• 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:
     -   a suggestion that decommissioned oil rigs should be kept as artificial reefs . . . ;     “the rate of Antarctic melting has nearly tripled in the past five years”;     research (including tracer studies) has identified the four rivers that most pollute the Great Barrier Reef by reducing water quality (silt from land clearing, and nutrient from agricultural runoff stimulating algal growth) – up to 450 km away from their point of discharge;     Australia’s neoliberal government is trying to stop bureaucrats testifying to the Murray-Darling royal commission, but there are plenty of others determined to have their say – see also this whistleblower’s warning of “environmental vandalism”;     the neochristian Catholic church’s “still  quite  misogynistic but promising” Pope met with fossil fuel executives and deftly laid bare – “in very practical and very canny terms” - the hypocrisy that dominates much of the climate debate;     humans are causing more mammalian species to become nocturnal;     an independent scientific committee on wind turbines established by the neoliberal government in 2015 “failed to hold [even] one face-to-face meeting last year and failed to have its research accepted by peer-reviewed journals”;     a controversial bike rental scheme in my home city that was associated with the bikes becoming litter is gone;     a taste aversion scheme to protect Australian native species against the cane toad introduced pest is being developed;     well over a hundred wedge-tailed eagles (a protected species) have been found dead after a “clearly intentional” mass killing on a farm (after an interview with the head of a local farmer’s federation, several farmers indicated they would leave the group. This struggle has gone on for decades – when I was a kid, eagles were being blamed for killing lambs and others were saying “no, they’re scavengers. In this instance, the eagles may have moved to this farm because of a drought elsewhere);     another (somewhat limited) look at “seasteading” (the environmental and exclusion problems are valid, but the issue of seaworthiness has been dismissed too glibly);
     on economic and financial matters this week:
     -   Australia’s chief government energy policy adviser has warned that electricity comparator websites lack transparency, and possibly inflate power prices;     Australia’s unemployment rate has fallen to a six-month low, but the new jobs are overwhelmingly part-time;
     on affordable, sustainable and decent housing and homelessness matters this week (why are politicians with “investment properties” not admitting a conflict of interest and staying out of housing affordability debates?):
     -   although Australia’s housing market is cooling, the affordability crisis isn’t over;     a ten year old boy has come up with an idea to help rough sleepers in one Australian city;     the post-World War part Two  small homes movement;
     on health and medical this week:
     -   “a retired judge has backed calls for more drug rehabilitation centres in the bush, warning addicts in regional areas are too often thrown behind bars”;     the need to make mental health care more affordable (with an excellent description of the actual costs);     a possible end to the “long, rancorous debate over breast v bottle” with a humane new guideline saying women who bottle feed should be supported;     fake meat with real flavour is good for all of us (so long as the real flavour is that of meat – which is the point that vegans etc so often shoot themselves in the foot on, by dissing those who want meat to taste like meat);     “vaping” is not as good claimed, with some “e-juices” containing nicotine; 
• 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 … ):
     -   right wing extremist threats against journalists;
     -   other media / freedom of expression matters have occurred in:   Kashmir,   USA (major problem),   Israel (shades of Poland’s revisionism);
• With regard to education:
     -   a school’s toilets are so “disgusting” that young kids “hold on” all day rather than use them;     the “all or nothing” war between phonics and whole language is finally inching towards a realisation that both have a role to play;
     -   other education matters have occurred in:   Africa;
• 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):
     -   another example of excessive force and serious misconduct by police;     a vigilante who killed the wrong teenager has been jailed for manslaughter;     “a jogger caught on camera trashing a homeless man’s belongings in [a US city’s] park has been arrested and charged with robbery”;     the evidence shows that electronic surveillance works with sex offenders, so my home state’s latest “tough on crime” proposal of electronic surveillance of “high risk” young offenders may not work;
    -      other crime,   judicial and policing matters have occurred in:   Afghanistan.

 Location based News:

• With regard to Africa, the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (and other sources) has:
      on Africa generally:
     -   a call for pregnant girls and adolescent mothers to be supported so they can access education;
     on specific African nations:
     -   more on the Anglophone-Francophone violence in Cameron;
     -   an examination of what the acquittal of war charges and release of a former Vice President could mean for the DR Congo;
     -   landlocked Ethiopia wants to launch a navy . . . ;
     -   forces in the east of Libya are trying to re-capture oil fields;
     -   the appointment of a new government has not ended the political crisis in Madagascar;
     -   extraordinarily mediaeval sexism in a sporting event in Morocco;
     -   cattle thieves have killed at least ten people in Nigeria;
     -   “a lack of political will from Sudanese authorities to criminalise FGM is hindering the efforts of survivors desperate to ban the practice”;
     -   efforts to reconcile the two warring factions in South Sudan are continuing;    South Sudan has denied officials are investigating claims of illegal wealth in Kenya;
     -   Guinea and Ghana are working to bring peace to Togo;
• With regard to South and Central America:
     -   partially underground, drought-proof greenhouses in Bolivia;
     -   the possibility of political change at Mexico’s next elections;
     -   a brawl in a nightclub in Venezuela led to a tear gas grenade being set off and a stampede that killed at least 17 people;
• With regard to mainland 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 mainland 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:
     -   a Chinese ride-sharing company – which drove the world’s best known service out of China – has moved into Mexico, and will now move into Australia;
     -   other events concerning China have occurred or are developing in:   Viêt Nám;
     -   Hong Kong has ignored its “mini-constitution” and angry protests about erosion of the city’s autonomy to allow mainland China joint control over a new rail terminus;
     elsewhere in Asia:
     -   China has warned its citizens in Viêt Nám to be careful after protests about a government plan to create new economic zones for foreign investment that has fuelled anti-Chinese sentiment;
     and in the Pacific:
     -   supporters of a losing politician in PNG have stopped and burned a plane (the passengers and crew were allowed off, an no injuries were reported), leading to a state of emergency;     the archaeological site known as “the Venice of the Pacific” is at risk;
• With regard to Europe and the European Union (EU) (which need to step up, as the USA steps down):
     -   a conference on security in the Baltic has opened;
     -   Macedonia agreed to become the Republic of Northern Macedonia after a 27-year dispute with Greece, but Macedonia’s President blocked the deal . . . and Greece’s Prime Minister had to survive a no confidence motion;
     -   in the UK, more than half of the Opposition MPs have defied party discipline in frustration at attempts to “fudge away” party differences over Brexit and attempts to minimise Brexit’s economic impacts vs. sticking to what was voted for;
• 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:
     -   the racism in an event which is providing “sportswashing” of Russia’s abuses;
• 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):
     -   as a car bomb kills 26 people, elsewhere in Afghanistan some soldiers and violent extremists have celebrated an “unprecedented” ceasefire . . . which was ended by a suicide bomb that killed 19;
• With regard to South Asia (aka the Indian sub-continent), The Hindu and other sources have:
     on India:
     -   a leading Kashmiri journalist has been shot dead;     the dust storms are continuing;     “urgent reforms are needed to deal with the acute water stress [“parched or polluted”] in most of India”;
     elsewhere in South Asia:
     -   the Seychelles has cancelled an agreement for an Indian naval base;
     -   “a court in Sri Lanka has [jailed] a hardline Buddhist monk . . . for threatening the wife of a missing cartoonist”;
• With regard to West Asia (aka “the Middle East”) and Northern Africa, the Middle East Eye, the Times of Israel, and other sources have:
     -   Israel has reiterated to Russia that Iran must leave Syria;
     on Israel and Palestine:
     -   protests in Gaza against the Palestinian Authority;     an opinion that Bedouin are being subjected to ethnic cleansing;     as reports emerge that Israeli military officials are pushing back against calls to target Palestinians launching incendiary kites and balloons from the Gaza Strip on the basis that such could lead to war, a report from the UN Secretary-General has criticised both Israel and a Palestinian group for inciting and inflaming violent protests and responses on the Israel-Gaza border, and says both are on the verge of war;     the USA has criticised Israel for ingratitude in following up the controversial relocation of the US Embassy to Jerusalem by demanding US recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Golan;     the USA’s Ambassador to Israel blocked a compulsory review of the Israeli defence forces’ human rights’ record, claiming the IDF “does not engage in gross violations of human rights” . . . ;     criticism of a PR campaign to counter BDS;     Israel may remove the power to declare war from the Prime Minister and Defence Minister;     in a move reminiscent of Poland’s revisionism, Israel has banned any “negative” filming of the army – despite opposition from the Attorney-General;     Israeli police have been injured fighting hundreds of right wing Israeli youth as they enforced an Israeli court order to demolish ten illegal buildings;
     -   violent incidents this week include:   agricultural losses (animal cruelty?);
     on the conflict in Yemen:
     -   Saudi-backed forces have commenced an assault on a rebel-held port city - but there are calls to keep the port open, as it is crucial to food aid;     Saudi Arabia says it has intercepted another rebel ballistic missile;
     on Syria (where the Assad Dictatorship has lost all pretence of legitimacy, and partition is needed):
     -   a rebel group’s attempt to enforce modesty is being resisted;
     elsewhere in the region:
     -   a fire has destroyed a warehouse where ballot papers were being stored ahead of an election recount . . . see this opinion that the chances of a non-sectarian, nationalist government emerging are fading;     Turkey has claimed it has killed 35 members of the banned PKK in Iraq (how does it know they weren’t Kurdish militia?);
     -   an opinion that the Jordanian economic crisis which was ended by Kuwait and Qatar showed a leadership vacuum in Saudi Arabia;
     -   “the jailed presidential candidate for Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition made his first television appearance in over a year and a half . . . ahead of next week's elections”.

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 “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.

I apologise for publishing these posts twice, but Blogger keeps changing my formatting.