Post No. 1,257 – Gnwmythr’s News Ed. No. 245

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:

Notes:

(1) I am NOT a journalist (this blog was created for spiritual reasons, including a course), and make NO claims to objectivity or freedom from bias.
(2) 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. 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 March 2019), 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)   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 his mind-set, and strengthening that person’s BPM Guides and giving those BPM Guides 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 that person’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);

(d)   the major events this week are:
       (i)   as attraction to violence continues to be inadequately addressed and the search for humans rights abusers continues, the risks of mass atrocities in   Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yemen and Nigeria,
       (ii)   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;
      (iii) refugee and humanitarian crises;   -   the political madness of regimes with authoritarian leaders – and all who put or keep them there;   -   and, specific to this week,     fertility rates are declining;     calls for corporations’ version of capitalism – and other damaging terminology - to be rethought;     calls to end discrimination to end the waste of human talent;     the SDGs have been combined with nine planetary boundaries;     imperfect media coverage in some ways, but an exposé of the long term damage done to Iraq;     the stupidity (including the stupid expectations) of the West’s so-called “festive season”;     some promising and some incautious / dangerous thinking;     abusing laws as the thin end of the wedge to drive more elitist authoritarianism into society;     stupid selfishness;

(e)   may all people who are not in or of the elite avoid mental laziness so they can be BPM aware of manipulation and BPM resist same;

(f)   may the rich and powerful genuinely realise (i) they are NOT inherently better or different than others, (ii) that they cannot suppress others for forever, and (iii) there will, ultimately, be a holding to account, as is starting to happen with Iraq, and they will irredeemably lose reputation and standing if they deny, defer or defray same;

(g)   may complementary / balancing concepts be BPM brought together, as has happened with the SDGs and 9PBs;

(h)   may all people learn to BPM think for the long term, and the BPM ethical;

(i)   may all else that should BPM asked for be done;

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; those without news deleted each week):
   -   Permanent Issues and Thematically Arranged News:
          permanent issues;     particular attention;
          democracy, freedom, governance, and ethics;     the USA and POTUS45;
          violent extremism;     refugees and migrants;     human rights
           (including homophobia/transphobia, white supremacism, trafficking
          and children’s rights, sexism, religious rights, workers’ rights, animals’ rights,
          and privacy, differently abled and other rights);     war, violence and hate;
          peace;     spirituality and psychism;     natural and other catastrophes;
          modern lifestyle (including climate change and environment, technology
          and science, economic and financial, housing, health and medical);     media;
          education;     crime judicial and police;

   -   Location-based News:
         Africa;     South and Central America;
          mainland China, East and South East Asia, and the Pacific;     Europe;
          Ukraine;     Russia and Central Asia;     Afghanistan;     South Asia;
          West Asia and northern Africa;

   -   Other Sites;

   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 and their Significant Others be kept BPM safe, undetectable and inviolable against indirect  psychic attack, and may they have all the BPM resources (including an assured income), opportunities and assistance for them to be BPM effective, 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 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 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, and 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 (see also here, here, and here) :     the entirety of this blog and all other spiritual work and physical activism I and many others do;     “declining fertility rates around the world should be cause for celebration, not alarm, a leading expert has said, warning that the focus on boosting populations was outdated and potentially bad for women”;     a call for a social media company to rethink its version of capitalism;     “changing the gender bias in agriculture”;     “stemming [the] waste of human talent”;     a TED talk on combining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and “nine planetary boundaries” to develop FIVE POLICIES FOR THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLE TO SURVIVE;     a call “to reject the politically charged distinction between ‘lifters’ and ‘leaners’ ”;
     on other matters requiring particular attention:
     -   this week I found nothing in the news on the Rohingya;
     -   a long, powerful exposé of the vengefulness that has perverted “justice” and life in Iraq after the violent extremist crisis (caused by US mistakes) that led to hate perverting hearts and minds and may yet export more hate and revenge to the world – see also this critique of the article and its message (which is how I found the article);
     -   China’s brainwashing and surveillance now extends to children;
     -   largely owing to people choosing to get drunk, “between November and January, there is a 25 per cent increase in trauma presentations and 30 per cent of road fatalities for the year occur during this period”;     an attempted murder charge raises, in my opinion, the issue of expectations around the festive season exacerbating problems, including domestic violence;
     -   some outstanding young innovators;     a US innovator “wants to put chips in our brains. I'd prefer to stay human. . . . claims [the chips] will rescue humanity [from a “robotic, algorithm-dominated universe that lies just ahead, we will be restricted, if we survive at all, to a few protected zones, comparable to the steadily shrinking territories, little more than big cages, where the last chimpanzees and mountain gorillas eke out their existence”]. But without our biological flaws, we lose an essential part of who we are”;     an examination (from a US perspective) of legal aspects of “active cyber defence”;     in its twice yearly transparency report, a major tech company reported it “received 2,357 ‘device requests’ [“made for a range of reasons . . . subpoenas, court orders, warrants and wiretap orders”] from the Australian government and law enforcement in the first half of 2018, the third-highest rate of requests in the world”;     another moronic drone operator has had an impact – this time stopping aerial firefighting;
     -   a retrospective on the year 2018 CE;
       upcoming events (opportunities to do BPM clearing etc):   a call for the upcoming conference on the Buenos Aires Plan of Action in the Argentina in March, 2019 to boost south-south cooperation, and not only be a presentation of demands from the south to the north;
       this week’s atrocity alert at R2P lists   Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yemen and Nigeria;
• With regard to democracy (which can be measured [as can goodness],     requires  protection of minorities and the vulnerable   -   and are you fighting to change things [by 198 nonviolent methods], or to punish),     freedom,     governance (e.g., here, here, here, here, here)     and     ethics:
  Note: I have a section specifically for POTUS45 below
     analyses, research and commentary this week include:
     -   an examination of attempts by trolls (in political parties . . . ) to create generational discord;     as Egypt becomes the latest in a long line of governments banning symbol of protests elsewhere, “we find that the occurrence of a democracy protest in one country does not significantly increase the likelihood of protests in other countries” (hmm . . . I would have hoped democracy was contagious – and what about the Arab spring?);     a (jargon plagued) TED talk (by a former) on micro-managers;     a TEDx talk on the culture of abusing umpires/referees and bad sportspersonship, and the eluding of responsibility of man and the few who are trying to fix this invidious problem;     the human face of being an unemployed “couch surfer”;    an idealistic / unrealistic opinion that “the best way to scupper Putin and Trump [is to] scrap Brexit”;     “Born as a response to [POTUS45’s] aid cuts, SheDecides has blossomed into a vast movement, with women across the globe joining its rallying cry”;
     of concern internationally this week:
     -   the financial and development impacts of closer relations between China and the Gulf states;     a Guardian exclusive reports that a tech company “tried to gain influence and potentially shape lucrative government contracts”;     “why Muslim nations remain silent as China sends ethnic minorities to re-education camps” (China's economic and political clout, and reciprocity for China’s “non-intervention” . . . );
     of concern in my nation (Australia) this week:
     -   an exclusive by “The Age” reports that, following threats of resignations by commissioners and allegations of political interference by government, the Victorian Multicultural Commission will be reviewed;     a conservative politician spent more than half a million dollars on refurbishing his electorate office . . . ;     against a background of chaotic management of an on-partially off-on again evacuation of a new building in an Australian city after it developed cracks, and poor reporting (1 – 2 mm movement is normal – buildings move all the time in response to wind, temperature, etc: the movement would have been larger, if people felt it and felt concerned – and doors jamming is indicative of larger movement, and the published photos clearly show larger movement), the blame game has started as an urgent investigation gets underway and a well-informed opinion piece outlines the cost-cutting pressures in the construction industry and similar problems elsewhere and an article shows the human face of construction industry crises: sub-contractors;     a former conservative MP in Australia has identified dinosaur views, dating back to the  evil (in my opinion) John Howard, as the reason that party has so many problems with women;
     also of concern this week:
     -   other concerning events have occurred or are developing in:   Tunisia,   Somalia,   Sudan,   UK,   Italy;
     and democracy/governance/political matters in my home nation this week:
     on the Royal Commission into banks, and similar matters:
     -   a review states the Royal Commission showed that claims the financial planning industry’s problems were just “a few bad apples” was “a bald-faced lie”, and “the root cause was greed”;     a major bank “broke [the] law with calls to customers about rolling over superannuation”;
     on other matters:
     -   upcoming legal cases and other actions which may impact free speech;     this “festive season” has seen several people drown (see here, here, and here) – which is a problem in Australia, including for immigrants who do not understand the dangers that can be hidden in seemingly innocuous scenes and for all who are affected by alcohol;     the history of political insults in Australia (which I consider never does anything constructive);
• With regard to the USA and their schoolyard BULLYING, unpresidential, uncomprehending, delusional 45^th “President” (“POTUS45”) (see here on actions for US residents; the VP is at least as bad):
     -   the USA has gone into yet another of its periodic bouts of insanity called a (partial, in this instance) “shut down” – to the displeasure of some in POTUS45’s party (and voters are blaming POTUS45) in response to POTUS45’s anger over lack of funding for his wall (he has threatened to close the border if he doesn’t get funding). Compounding this, concerns about the USA being “on the edge of the economic precipice”, and POTUS45 possibly pushing it over are highlighted by the USA’s Treasury Secretary having “made plans to convene a group of officials known as the ‘Plunge Protection Team’ [as] US stocks have fallen sharply in recent weeks on concerns over slowing economic growth, with the S&P 500 index on pace for its biggest percentage decline in December since the Great Depression”;     a “we told you so” on POTUS45’s recklessness;
     -   after making a “secret” flight – tracked by aviation enthusiasts – to a combat zone, POTUS45 put special forces soldiers at risk by posting a photo without their faces being blurred, and showing where they currently are;     the “US envoy to anti-IS coalition . . . [has quit] over [POTUS45's] withdrawal from Syria”;
     -   against a background of the US Supreme Court blocking POTUS45’s plan to reject certain claims for asylum and the hypocrisy of the USA insisting on “the best” immigrants, a “former refugee from Somalia [has become] one of the first two Muslim women representatives” (although there have been Islamophobic responses);
     -   the US Defence Secretary’s “replacement [will] start two months early after [POTUS45’s] anger at [the] resignation letter”;
     -   “though some may be worried about a quid pro quo with Russia, the process by which sanctions were lifted actually tells a story of respect for the rule of law . . . here are legitimate reasons why the administration might want to lift sanctions”;
     -   in addition to governance concerns over a memo from the next US Attorney-General on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US Presidential election, this criticism of the legal aspects of the memo has been made;
• 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 as well as acknowledging the variety in what provides genuine, BPM fulfilment as a counter to fanaticism as a source of meaning, and good old fashioned police work.     Also, I don’t name groups in order to reduce their publicity):
     -   according to this Wikipedia page, there have been 4 attacks in Iraq, 7 attacks in Afghanistan,   and  2 attacks in Syria   (out of a total of 35);
• With regard to refugees (noting the New York Declaration), people seeking asylum and migrants:
     -   as a second refuge child is reported to have died in US custody, an exclusive by The Guardian reports that the “United Nations monitor who acts as global watchdog on the treatment of migrants [has called] for an in-depth independent investigation into what happened to [the] seven-year-old Guatemalan girl who died in the custody of the US government”;     in Australia’s Nauru gulag, an “asylum seeker with mental health problems [is] ‘rapidly deteriorating’ ”;     “Malta has airlifted a newborn and his mother from a Spanish migrant rescue ship and rejected accusations that it had refused food to more than 300 other migrants on board”;     in Nigeria “returnee migrants [refugees?] are telling their personal stories on radio as part of the IOM's Migrants as Messengers campaign against irregular migration” . . .  hmm;
     -   other refugee-related matters have also occurred in:   the English Channel;
• With regard to other human (and other) rights and discrimination     (incidentally, bigots clearly have flaws of observation and thinking – shown by the fact that NOT all people choose to discriminate [and there’s this]):
     -   in addition to opportunities below on child abuse and human trafficking, general opportunities to take action on human rights here, here;
     -   other human rights matters have also occurred in:   Indonesia,   Madagascar,   Iran,   Italy;
     on HOMOPHOBIA/TRANSPHOBIA     (including heteronormativity and cisgender-normativity and noting that trans kids are the same as cis kids of the trans kids’ true gender):
     -   one tech company has removed a homophobic app, another is expected to, and a third will look at it;
     on white supremacist and other forms of RACISM / CULTURAL DISCRIMINATION and Indigenous matters generally this week:
     -   “an [enquiry] has been ordered after a referee told a US high-school wrestler he would have to cut his dreadlocks or forfeit a match” – see also here;
     -   other white supremacy / racism problems have also occurred in:   Australia;
     on TRAFFICKING, and CHILDREN’s and associated human rights this week (from Thomson Reuters Foundation, Freedom United, and other sources):
     -   “a British national who was abducted by her father 32 years ago and taken to war-torn Yemen has fled to Egypt after efforts by her mother to get her back to the UK”;     the problem of sensationalised media reporting missing human trafficking that is “hiding in plain sight”;
     -   also on child abuse, including institutional, this week:   USA,   USA/ Israel,   Israel,   India;
     on SEXISM this week (keeping in mind the overblown influence given to testosterone, and the potential value to women of using anger):
     -   in one Australian territory, all “public servants . . . will be trained in spotting domestic violence, including little-understood controlling and coercive behaviours, how to respond to victims and where to find them help”;     “an Argentine radio host accused of misogynist diatribes has been ordered to host a feminist guest every week for five months as part of a deal with prosecutors” and he “must not interrupt his guests for 10 minutes, nor can he criticise them after they finish”;     a TEDx talk on the problem of forced – including child - marriage in the USA;     an warning that “ ‘strong is the new skinny’ isn't as empowering as it sounds” . . . ;
     -   on sexual harassment/misconduct/violence this week, see:   UAE,   here (remember that being charged does NOT mean guilty);
     -   other sexism matters have also occurred in:   Egypt,   Argentina;
     on RELIGIOUS rights this week:
     -   religious rights / Islamophobia matters have also occurred in:   China,   Egypt,   USA,   USA,   USA,;
     on WORKERS’ rights this week:
     -   a UK company providing “agency care workers has been fining staff who phone in sick [even after car crashes, or 24 hours’ notice] . . . raising concerns that frontline employees are being forced to turn up for shifts when they are not fit for work and risk spreading illnesses to vulnerable patients”;     a staggering admission by the ABC that it has underpaid at least one casual employee;
     on PRIVACY, AGED, DIFFERENTLY ABLED, AND OTHER forms of human (and other – e.g., ANIMAL) rights this week:
     -   “my wheelchair doesn’t bind me – it liberates me”;
• With regard to war (noting that economic ties do NOT prevent war), violence and hate generally:
     -   the paperwork generated by combatants (governments and rebels alike) has become a source of material for wide ranging research;     a sports fan “has died of his injuries after being knocked down by a van amid violence ahead of a match” in Europe;
• With regard to peace:
     -   events concerning peace have occurred or are developing in:   Japan;
• With regard to natural and other catastrophes:
     -   hundreds of people have been killed and injured in Indonesia by a tsunami which arrived without a warning earthquake “following an undersea landslide caused by a volcano” (a side of the volcanic island below water collapsed) – and more problems may come so people in the affected areas have been asked to stay 500 m away from the sea and flights have been diverted;     a volcano in Italy is erupting – low level, so far;
• With regard to overcrowding and “modern” lifestyle issues     (such as conflict  minerals,     environmental harm and child labour in smart phones,     FOMO [which can be overcome], addiction or unthinking pro-technology bias [new is NOT always good],     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,     life options,     AI ethics, corporate misuse of mindfulness as a distraction from working conditions,     embedded emissions,     plane pollution,     bigger, flashier homes/cars and financialisation,     the need for agroforestry,     insisting on busy-ness,     raising Prince Boofheads,     trying to force everyone to have children,     the “Earth3” model [SDGs + 9PBs]):
     on climate change (our World War III?) and other environmental matters:
     -   putting solar cells in functional objects (e.g., furniture, greenhouses);     communities in the USA that suffer higher pollution and their history of suffering at the hands of economic expediency;     “trees are made of human breath”;     a project to restore “Asia’s zebra” – the Asiatic wild ass;     a brief history of how a rainforest was saved from logging three decades ago;     50 Australian plant species face extinction within a decade;     “Christmas beetles are slowly disappearing, and we're not sure why”;     a poorly written article on recycling dog poo: (1) environmental impacts also include oxygen deprivation and eutrophication, (2) the warning of human risks should be earlier, and include a call to keep children away and use gloves, and (3) composting is rarely done well in homes – the temperature needs to be attained for long enough, and the compost heap remixed several times so ALL of it gets up to that temperature);     in northern Australia, “crocodiles released from traps by offenders posing greater risk to community”;     a “French tech company . . . has developed a . . . tracker that can be inserted into the horns of rhinos to help conservationists monitor and protect the endangered species”;
     -   other environmental matters have occurred in:   Italy,   India,   Malawi,   Italy,   Libya (good news);
     on technology and science matters:
     -   attempts to enable banter by a virtual assistant have gotten out of kilter;
     on economic and financial matters:
     -   “Australians lose more than $200 million a year by paying with cards [rather than] cash”;
     on health and medical:
     -   another initiative reduce the stigma of mental distress in farmers;     a call for people (unless they’re being treated for insomnia) to have ten to twenty minute naps;     “the head of the UN agency that provoked a massive outcry and some ridicule when it declared that bacon, red meat and glyphosate weedkiller caused cancer has defended its work, denying the announcements were mishandled and insisting on its independence”;
• 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 … ):
     -   “the German reporter . . . accused . . . of faking stories could now face embezzlement charges”;     “two Reuters journalists jailed while reporting on the Rohingya crisis in [burma] are set to appeal the decision . . . after spending more than a year in prison”;     a long read on an “Indian journalist [who has been] jailed for a year for [critical social media] posts”;     “a man and woman arrested then released over the [UK airport closure by a] drone . . . have been ill treated by an incautious media” and police, leaving them feeling violated and in need of medical care, although they may be able to get damages (this is where the tabloid trash – and the f wits who buy the trash - cause problems for respectable media);
• 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 I 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 article on the abusive use of strip searches, which are a form of sexual assault;     “when we put children in prison we condemn them to fail”;     from an article published some months ago: “American police forces were adopting some of the militarised tactics that [he] had seen give rise to insurgencies abroad. “We have to stop treating people like we’re in Fallujah,” he told me. “It doesn’t work. Just look what happened in Fallujah” ”;     the brother of a witness against Italy’s mafia has been murdered;     an Australian state’s police “investigate [a] video of officer appearing to tell [a] driver 'go back to China' during [a] traffic stop”;     more youth crime problems in my home city;     a massive drug bust;     private vigilante (“police”) forces in the USA are enforcing rich people’s perceptions of niceness;
    -      other crime, judicial and policing matters have occurred in:   UK,   India.

Location based News:

• With regard to Africa, the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (and other sources) has:
     -   “10 Burkina Faso Police Officers [have been] killed in [an] ambush”;
     -   “a Burundian court has acquitted three civil rights activists who had been handed 10-year jail terms [in] a rare victory for rights activists”;
     -   “24 patients fled an Ebola treatment centre in [DRC] when it came under attack by protesters” (UN peacekeepers pushed the protestors away, the patients are all safe and have returned or are in contact);     “regional blocs . . . have denounced the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo against civilians and the United Nations Observation Mission”;     “the European Union [has] lashed out at DR Congo’s decision to expel its ambassador, calling the move ‘completely unjustified’, just three days before crucial elections”;     the DRC’s President has contradicted DRC health officials and blamed Ebola for a restriction of voters;
     -   “Eritrea has partially closed two border crossings with Ethiopia that opened this year after the former East African rivals made peace and restored relations”;
     -   Madagascar’s President has objected to losing the election . . . ;
     -   overfishing in Malawi;
     -   “hundreds of Moroccans have attended a vigil . . . for two Scandinavian tourists . . . murdered [by violent extremists]”;
     -   “French judges have dropped a long-running investigation into the shooting down of a plane carrying the former Rwandan president” in 1994, which was the excuse (“trigger”) for the genocide;
     -   “Senegal's Museum of Black Civilisations [has asked] the West to return stolen treasures”;
     -   a political intervention may escalate unrest in south western Somalia;     “sand dams which retain water above and below sand bars, is improving access to water supplies for people in Somalia as the country continues to weather periods of damaging drought”;
     -   “fresh anti-government  protests [with a disputed death toll from a ‘disproportionate’ response– some have now been dispersed with only tear gas, others with stun grenades] have erupted in Sudan as doctors said they would go on strike to increase pressure on [the] President” – who is rapidly losing support as professionals call for more protests and opposition leaders are arrested;
• With regard to South and Central America:
     -   “women in Argentina are . . . [speaking] out against gender violence”;
     -   Colombia has killed a FARC dissident who had rejected the peace treaty to continue being violent and murdered three Ecuadorians;
• 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     (and noting the risks of atrocities in North Korea and burma):
     on increasingly totalitarian mainland China, and also 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 “prominent Chinese human rights lawyer . . . [is] on trial in closed court years after [his] arrest”;     China is trying to increase its birth rate to address its aging population problem;     “Christmas is celebrated as a shopping festival across most of China . . . but a growing emphasis on traditional culture . . . and the systematic suppression of religion” has led to “at least four Chinese cities and one county” banning Christmas decorations this year;     “China's former deputy intelligence chief has been sentenced to life in prison for corruption” (how real are the charges – or are they political? Was the trial a show trial? Corruption is an issue, but China’s credibility is so lacking it is not possible to assume this was a step towards managing that problem);     a protest by uni students;
     -   other events concerning China have occurred or are developing in:   Muslim nations;
     -    improved  infrastructure (road and railway) connections between north and South Korea are proceeding – with the USA’s acquiescence;
     -   in a symbolic gesture, a US Federal judge “has ordered . . . North Korea to pay more than $US500 million in a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of” an American college student who died after being arrested and abused by North Korea;
     -   “thousands of Taiwanese people, taking a page from France's yellow vest movement, have protested . . . for the third time in a week to demand lower taxes and the fair handling of tax disputes” (is personal survival an issue – is that why taxes are seen as too high? Is this the cost of defence against mainland China [also an issue for Israel]? Or are the Taiwanese getting good value for their taxes – roads, schools, hospitals, etc? The comment about higher wages in China is significant – was that genuine, or made by an agent of mainland China?);
     elsewhere in Asia:
     -   the Indonesian military has dismissed claims it used white phosphorus grenades in West Papua;
     -   “Japan’s emperor has marked his last birthday before his abdication next year by calling for his country’s younger generations to be taught accurately about the horrors of war and expressing relief that his reign has been a peaceful one for Japan”;     “Japan [will] restart commercial whaling”;
     -   “Thailand has approved marijuana for medical use and research, the first legalisation of the drug in a region with some of the world's strictest drug laws” (this is a step towards effective harm minimisation, rather than the imposition of authoritarian/reactionary will);     after “four years of oppressive and undemocratic rule by a military junta”, Thailand’s often delayed elections may finally happen . . .  ;
• With regard to Europe and the European Union (EU) (which need to step up, as the USA steps down):
     -   deaths associated with France’s extremely violent gilets jaunes cost of living protests now include a car driver;     “ignorance about the Holocaust and revisionism” in France;
     -   “Italian farmers wage war on protected grey wolves”;     “while Italian agriculture is in a leading position in terms of organic farming, sustainable agriculture and being at the forefront of biodiversity conservation; water scarcity, illegal workers and the role of women and combined ageing of its workforce remain pressing concerns”;
     -   “pharmaceutical organisations working with [the UK government] to maintain medicine supplies in the event of a no-deal Brexit have signed 26 ‘gagging orders’ that bar them from revealing information to the public”;     an examination suggests the UK’s opposition leader is not anti-Semitic;
• With regard to the (forgotten or ignored and underreported) conflicts in Ukraine, particularly in the east:
     -   “Ukraine [has celebrated a] Nazi collaborator, [and banned a] book critical of pogroms leader”;
• With regard to Russia,     Russian influenced nations     and     eastern Europe,     Central Asia,     and responses to same (see also elsewhere):
     Russia:
     -   Russia claims to have tested a Mach 20 intercontinental hypersonic glide vehicle (if true, could this destabilise the international arms situation?);
• 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 “many potential candidates had been unable to meet registration requirements and extreme weather meant their teams could not organise for” the original date, “next year's presidential election in Afghanistan has been postponed by three months”;
• With regard to South Asia (aka the Indian sub-continent), The Hindu and other sources have:
     on India:
     -   “pollution in Delhi has reached its worst level this year in the past two days, prompting authorities to rate conditions as ‘severe to emergency’, which indicates the potential for a public health crisis”;     investigations into a police officer’s murder have led to one arrest so far;     a move towards affordable healthcare;     an operation to rescue 15 miners trapped in an illegal mine has expanded;     India’s attempted trans bill is flawed;
     on Pakistan:
     -   a “former Pakistani Prime Minister . . . has been sent back to jail after a fresh corruption conviction”;
     elsewhere in South Asia:
     -   elections are being held in Bangladesh;
• With regard to West Asia (aka “the Middle East”) and Northern Africa, the Middle East Eye, the Times of Israel, and other sources have:
     on Israel and Palestine:
     -   as a corruption scandal grows and threats are made against Israel’s Attorney-General over his pursuit of justice, Israel has brought elections forward to April, 2019;     the oppression of Bethlehem and Palestine;     see here and here on Israeli-Brazilian relations;     more work to block violent extremists’ tunnels;     “are Israeli media too soft on the country’s popular [90% trust, as compared to 31% trust in government] military?”;     a major bank has divested from an Israeli defence company;     condemnation of plans for 2,000 more illegal settlement homes;     the grief and anger of a missing Israeli soldier;     “Israel turned away a record 19,000 visitors in 2018 . . . [most] due to fear they would work illegally, a handful were blocked for supporting BDS”;
     -   on other violent incidents this week, see:   here;
     -   other events concerning Israel/Judaism and/or Palestine have occurred or are developing in:   UK,   France,   USA,   USA,   Qatar;
     on the  conflict and the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis in Yemen:
     -   UN truce monitors have arrived in Hodeidah;
     on Syria (where the Assad Dictatorship has lost all pretence of legitimacy, and partition is needed):
     -   an article on Syria’s constitutional committee;     now that the USA is withdrawing, Turkey will invade parts of Syria to kill formerly US allied Kurds – and the Assad regime is pre-invading those areas to allegedly “stop Turkey” . . . yeah, right- see also this, and this call to not leave a void;     Russia has criticised a recent airstrike by Israel, but the USA is supportive;     recovery in one Syrian city;     Bahrain and the UAE are acting to restore relations with the Assad regime;
     elsewhere in the region:
     -   “Egyptian authorities have [“released” to home detention] a prominent activist who had criticised the government and spoken out over sexual harassment after more than seven months of detention”;     discrimination against a Coptic christian sporting group;
     -   “a British-Iranian academic who was arrested and detained in Iran on security charges has returned to the UK” (others remain in jail);
     -   “in the wake of more than four years of intense conflict in Iraq to dislodge [violent extremists], the rehabilitation of the health system and improvements to lifesaving medical services . . . remains a top priority”;
     -   a recent violent extremist “attack on [the] foreign ministry, [was] an attack on all Libyans”, according to the UN – see also here and here;     protecting turtles;
     -   “Saudi Arabia’s King . . . has ordered a wide-ranging overhaul of top government posts, including a new foreign minister, after the international fallout from the killing of the Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi” – and a space agency will also be created;
     -   in Tunisia “protests spread after journalist sets himself on fire . . . as anger grows at . . . unfulfilled pledges of 2011”;
     -   the UAE family who sent armed men aboard a vessel to assault crew and abduct their (princess) daughter who was trying to flee are now trying to claim she is OK . . .  - and “the former UN high commissioner for human rights, has come under fire for claiming” that the princess is “in the loving care of her family” (I’d also like to know why no-one is thinking of the crew that was assaulted by Saudi agents?).

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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 [see Psychic Weather Report]. 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.