Post No. 1,370 – Gnwmythr’s News Ed. No. 273

For the sake of my health, until I retire or change to an easier day job , I have cut back these posts.
I am catching up on some of the articles I missed the previous week in this post.

Information and Summary of News with Opinion / Advocacy / Analysis:

Notes:

(1) I am NOT an objective or free-from-bias journalist (this is a spiritual blog);
(2) I do NOT hold copyright to, nor claim authorship of, any of the articles I link to, except for links to material I have written for this and my related blogs, and my commentary in these posts.

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. Note that clearing (rescue) of uncooperatives should ONLY be 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 (many others are doing this work, including some who will be stronger), and content yourself with clearing the smaller nonBPM units within your capability – which will weaken stronger uncooperatives. It is OK to take a break or cut back this work if you need. Be mindful that the energies we use and manifest in our daily lives contribute to the larger soup of energies that influence world events, so address those as well (or keep them out of the psychic soup :) ).

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”, and there are notes at the end of this post about other options for those who do not like this way of working.

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 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, clear thinking, and calm, de-escalating speech;     (2) where problems exist, advocate for being BPM and BPM responses;     (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 th POTUS45 requires:     1. eroding POTUS45’s nonBPM influences and strengthening his 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 POTUS45’s marginal supporters to allow them to “come to their senses, and simultaneously strengthening their BPM influences;     3. physical world activism  – e.g., this, helping those who are doing this work including clearing nonBPM blockages;     and     4. ensuring opposition to POTUS45 is unified, cohesive and FOCUSED;

(d)   the major events this week are:
       (i)   as the search for humans rights abusers continues, further to the current map of genocides this week there are risks of mass atrocities in   Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria and Venezuela,
       (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,     the lessons not having been learned and the will to intervene lacking (mostly), genocides;     more bigotry in all possible forms, including violent and sadistic expressions and dehumanisation of “the other”;     perpetuation of cycles, some good, many bad;     continued, insecure grasping for power, and continued abuse, misuse and wrongful withholding of the exercise of same;     denial and wilful blindness;     the climate crisis – with some good actions and suggestions (PLANT MORE TREES!);     some acknowledgement of and holding to account for past evil and misdeeds, but enforcement is too often the problem;     indifference and lack of competence at being human;     limited perspectives and superficiality / undue simplification;     abandonment;     irresponsibility and couldn’t care less in the greed for profit;     “she’ll be right”-ism;

(e)   may all people commit to actively BPM preventing atrocities;

(f)   may all BPM recognise and treasure our shared humanity, and the intrinsic worth, value and joy of life;

(g)   may all people BPM commit fiercely to taking action on the climate crisis;

(h)   may all people be BPM cautious with power, and BPM determined to do BPM deeds only BPM deeds with said power;

(i)   may all people be BPM healed and helped to be competent, compassionate and sentient beings;

(j)   may all people be willing to be BPM honest and hold and be held to BPM account;

(k)   may all people be BPM balanced and sane;

(l)   MAY ALL PEOPLE RECOGNISE THE REALITY AND URGENCY OF ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CRISIS, AND CHOOSE TO DO SO;

(m)   may all else that should BPM asked for, also 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 crisis 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 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 people     (a) recognise, irrespective of the appearance of difference, the essential shared humanness of other people, the strength of BPM collaboration, the benefits of diversity, and choose fairness and inclusivity;     (b) choose to live modestly;     (c) be in better communication with the better parts of their nature – especially those who need that;
• Matters warranting particular attention:
       this week on reversing the deliberate, well-funded, long-term strategy (from about the 70s – and the 90s) 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;
     on genocide, especially the Rohingya  genocide being committed by  historically  violently  expansionist  burma, and similar matters this week:
     -   a “Rwandan genocide survivor says [the Rohingya] persecution [is] a repeat of history”;     Rohingya refugees are battling monsoon landslides and floods;    “Bangladesh boosts efforts to stop trafficking of Rohingya”;     “Canada [has acknowledged] ‘colonial genocide’ ”;     “the dehumanisation campaign Syrians are facing is strikingly similar to the one that led to the genocide of Bosnians”;
     on other matters requiring particular attention:
     -   POTUS45 is continuing to block consensus in the G20 on tackling the climate crisis;     a 1.5°C global warming could reduce work by 2.2% and cost the global economy $2.4 trillion;     “Australia is responsible for 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions and could be contributing up to 17% by 2030 if pollution from its fossil fuel exports is factored in”;     “one climate crisis disaster happening every week . . . developing countries must prepare now for profound impact”;     MORE ON THE NEED TO PLANT TREES;     “for green cities to become mainstream, we need to learn from local success stories [especially Melbourne and Canberra] and scale up”;     Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has declared “that all Bangladesh's rivers had the legal status of living entities - a move aimed at protecting them from growing pollution and illegal dredging”, but people living traditional lifestyles fear eviction;     more on the impairment of cognitive function caused by air pollution;     Indonesia will return contaminated waste to my nation (we need to do better! . . . and maybe manage our own rubbish . . . );     an opinion (with considerable validity, in my view) that “developing countries should not be liable for emissions ‘accumulated throughout history’ ” from developed nations;     “Antarctica faces a tipping point where glacial melting [may] become irreversible even if global heating eases”;     “a group of US lawmakers . . . [is] proposing to declare the climate crisis an official emergency – a significant recognition of the threat taken after considerable pressure from environment groups”;     specific information on changes some cities are facing;
     -   the human face of helping youth outcasts reintegrate, rather than jailing them;     a Coronial Inquest into drug deaths at music festivals has been told “a young music fan ‘humiliated’ during a strip search at a music festival has told an inquest a police officer threatened to make the process ‘nice and slow’ unless she confessed to drug use” (so strip searches and hardline attitudes are killing) - see also this and this;
     -   as the health benefits of self-determination and the justice benefits of Indigenous involvement are made apparent, Australia’s first indigenous Minister for Indigenous Australians  promises “Indigenous constitutional recognition to be put to [a] referendum in next three years”, which will be a challenging task – see here, here, and here;
     -   the UN says “US silence on Khashoggi [is] ‘not an option’ “;    an examination of inconsistent security requirements in politics and media (I don’t favour screening politicians, as that would block people: a better move is to protect good press freedom) - see also this, from the USA, and this, this, and this on use and misuse of police access to metadata, and this, one the US ICE accessing a drivers licence data base, this comparison of Australia to North Korea, and this, on changing behaviour;
     -   the failure to address war crime sexual violence in Libya (which a growing water crisis) – including Australia’s flawed role (although DFAT is starting to get with it);     a call for sexual assault to be treated as a public health emergency, and prevent rather than punish;     the rabid transphobic hate and fear of the USA’s ICE nuts;     a sexist and/or misogynistic US candidate has banned a female journalist – allegedly out of “sensitivity” to his wife . . . (does he actually expect anyone who isn’t a dill to believe that?);
     -   a war criminal in DR Congo has been convicted;     “justice [is] out of reach for two in three” people in the world;     “the case for corruption criteria in EU global human rights sanctions”;     the “UN [has launched an {overdue}] investigation into the Philippines’ deadly drug war”;
     -   “the United Nations Security Council [has] passed a unanimous resolution to protect people with disabilities in armed conflict and ensure they have equal access to humanitarian assistance”;
     -   “the ‘collapse of compassion’, an inverse relationship that postulates as ‘the number of people in need of help increases, the degree of compassion people feel for them ironically tends to decrease’ ”;     a report into poverty show “there are vast inequalities across countries, and among the poorer segments of societies” – and “a quarter of Pacific islanders live below ‘basic needs poverty lines’ ”;
     -   “Jewish activists behind Never Again Action are in forefront of a civil disobedience campaign that deliberately uses Holocaust terminology to protest migrant detention centres”;     POTUS45 has said that “nationwide immigration arrests [will begin on Sunday”;
     -   after Da’esh’s collapse, there are still “187 territorial contenders within the borders of sixty-two sovereign states” – and ongoing threats;
     -   an opinion that “without reform, further violence is likely in Hong Kong” – which was started by police;     the controversial extradition bill has been “declared dead” – but NOT withdrawn . . . (so it can be fired up at a moment’s notice);     the excellent organisation behind the protests;
     -   “the wife of an Australian writer who’s been detained in Beijing since January has also been interrogated by Chinese officials and prevented from leaving the country”;
     -      -   POTUS45’s “administration has been labelled ‘inept’, insecure and incompetent in leaked emails from the UK ambassador” – following which tensions grew as POTUS45 showed the depth of his insecurities slagged off at all and sundry and will no long deal with the UK’s Ambassador (who is actually well regarded) - a reaction that was probably inevitable, and led to the Ambassador resigning, but didn’t move many Americans;
     -   as the US says it wants “an international military coalition to safeguard waters”, Iran appears to have (unsuccessfully) attempted to carry out its threat to pirate a British tanker. Meanwhile, hardliners in Iran appear to be gaining at the expense of the Iranian President, but may have may have underestimated the USA’s reluctance to fight and overestimated their control at home as they try find a way to save face, China is winning from the US strategy, and war would be a disaster all round – see also here;
     -   Libya has asked France how its weapons reached the rebel currently attacking Libya’s capital;
     -   as a social media platform is fined $5 billion for privacy breaches, the challenge of controlling “the power of the five American giants that now control the digital world” (and, incidentally, what I consider incompetence at being human in executives);     a new social media platform aims to bypass parents and directly access pre-teens;
     -   abusive work conditions in the modern economy – see also this, on matters such as errors due to loneliness;     instead of slagging off at workers (who are subsequently shown to be good), elites should ensure they boost the economy to avoid wasting human potential;     unpaid work in my home state is worth $205 billion – compared to an official GDP in 2016 of $374 billion . . . ;
     -   Norway’s successful focus on rehabilitation of criminals;
       this week’s atrocity alert at R2P lists   Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria and Venezuela;
• With regard to democracy (which can be measured [as can goodness],     requires  protection of minorities and the vulnerable),     freedom,     governance (e.g., here, here, here, here, here, here)     and     ethics:
     analyses, research and commentary this week include:
     -   an argument that the ALP is the rightful heir to liberalism;     an examination of the Russia-China relationship finds it is resilient but asymmetrical, with China having more power;     a description of the UK’s estimates procedures;     “there is no ‘right’ v ‘left’: it is [POTUS45] and the oligarchs against the rest”;     “ten rules for defence management reform” – which are applicable elsewhere;    “under certain circumstances, a military officer is obligated to disobey orders — even legal ones”;     the progressive left must build a mandate amongst voters;     an examination of Australia’s neoliberal government’s (low) willingness to pay for preventative health measures;     although Asian export factories complying with labour regulations have better production, non-compliant factories dominate the market;     “land reforms, whilst well-intended, misallocate land and labour across farms, thereby reducing . . . agricultural productivity”;     an examination of “diplomatic asylum”;     a comprehensive examination of lessons from this year’s dangerous tensions between India and Pakistan;     “experts say far-right movements are more likely to use violence to achieve their aims” than far-left;     a “strategic” review of cuts in a super department is being kept secret;
     of concern internationally this week:
     -   thanks to POTUS45 “the shared sense of purpose that formed the G20 has almost entirely dissipated”;     Australia has evidently assessed being detained and interrogated by an authoritarian and repressive regime as not “special circumstances”, and has rejected a request for consular help;     flaws with electronic voting machines;     attempts to pressure charities into political silence;
     on the US-China – and other - trade war this week:
     -   Viêt Nám is doing OK out of the USA-China trade war;
     of concern in my nation (Australia) this week:
     -   “billions of dollars in Commonwealth funds have been handed out to irrigators under a scheme designed to help the environment”;     continuing neoliberal brutality against social security;     ethical concerns about health insurance companies – which a Guardian Australia exclusive shows have been illegally rejecting claims - accessing fitness data;     a whistleblower on “lack of action against rogue doctors”;     “months after being given new powers, corporate watchdog ASIC is taking action against [a] payday lender . . ., which is accused of exploiting vulnerable Australians”;     as a “social justice advocate . . . [calls] on his fellow Christians to ‘calm down’ about their alleged persecution”, and LGBTI advocates point out that religious freedom must be matched by hate speech protection (I wonder if, given the legal specificity around hate speech, what is meant to be covered here is more “harmful speech” – speech that can cause damage to people, including triggering suicides?), less than half of Coalition voters support conservative MPs on religious discrimination, with “the public [appearing] to be [display] a degree of nuance sorely lacking” elsewhere;     “women are not just underrepresented in parliament, company boards and senior management – they are also missing from Australia’s international relations presence, an absence described as ‘detrimental to the national interest [which] hinders the achievement of our foreign policy objectives’ ”;     Australia did NOT consult with tech companies before drafting a recent encryption bill;     morons who don’t know about ageism are pushing again for a higher retirement age;     yet more online access problems for government services (I’m going back to cash);     growing inequality - partly because of these sods;     Australia’s business lobby has “mastered the art of dressing self interest up as national interest”;     “how lobbyists confected [an ABC] backlash – weeks before the show went to air”;     a Guardian Australia article reports an MP saying “cuts and outsourcing have impacted services to such an extent that pensioners are . . . being turned away from Centrelink offices by private security guards, instead of being helped”;     Australia’s neoliberal attorney general has claimed a religious freedoms bill will not be at LGBTI expense;
     other internationally concerning events this week have occurred or are developing in:   PNG,   Malaysia,   Crimea,   Australia,   Cambodia;
     with regard to cyber warfare and other cyber problems (including AI) this week:
     -   a statement of the obvious: the dangers of free wifi;
     in the grey/mixed [good and bad aspects] or neutral area this week:
     -   a UK pub which “employs the homeless and those with disabilities, [and uses] food [that] is all plant-based” is seeking the title of “the world’s most ethical pub (need RSA, anti-DV, etc as well);
     good news this week includes:
     -   in my home state, “a First Nations-owned renewable energy project has been given the green light, with an agreement signed between traditional owners, community, and government”;     two US billionaires will “finance a new foreign-policy think tank . . . [promoting] an approach to the world based on diplomacy and restraint rather than threats, sanctions, and bombing”;
     -   other good news has occurred:   Kyrgyzstan;
     on development (in an “end poverty/thirst/hunger” sense):
     -   evidence shows that “international economic incentives can [help promote] reform on organised labour”;     “participation in drafting regulation appears to make firms more willing to see government as a legitimate regulatory authority” (I would be cautious about this . . . );     the Sustainable Development Report 2019 has been launched – key findings (several concerns, some suggestions; Denmark tops the list, and the Central African Republic is lowest) here;
     -   other development news has occurred:   Cambodia - Australia (good news story),   the water SDG;
     on such matters in my nation this week:
     -   from Royal Commissions:     graphic evidence of uncared for wounds in dementia patients (aged care);     bullying and other abuse of mothers at a Canberra hospital;     falling through the cracks in my home state’s mental health care system, and carers’ need for support;
     -   reasons to target lower unemployment;     China continues to hold a major role in Australia’s international trade;     a comparison of attitudes between Australia’s leaders and voters – see also here;     a suggestion for more plebiscites;     “fixing potholes and building more social housing could kick-start the economy”;     “the Australian Signals Directorate [has commissioned] an ANU academic to write its history”;
• With regard to the USA and POTUS45 (see here on actions for US residents, and note that the VP is at least as bad):
     -   anti-British (and others) bias in a US military analysis (the USA really has to fix this problem, or it will continue to stuff so many things up!);
     -   a criticism of US diplomacy with regard to its ability to adapt to war;
     -   a US court has ruled POTUS45 blocking people on Twitter violates their constitution;
     -   US foreign payment liabilities resulting from climate change and US policies;
     -   this week’s stupidity from POTUS45 includes:   this,   this;
• 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 by “Cure Violence“, BPM counter-narratives, and good, old fashioned police work (I don’t name groups to reduce their publicity):
     -   according to this Wikipedia page, in the last week there have been 4 attacks in Afghanistan,   and 3 attacks in Syria   (out of a total of 10, causing at least 193 deaths and 304 wounded);
• With regard to refugees (noting the New York Declaration), this allusion to MLK, and remembering Haiti, Ethiopia, Madagascar, DR Congo, and the Philippines), asylum seekers, and migrants:
     -   “Malta has allowed a group of 65 migrants rescued off Libya to disembark on its territory”;     support for some of the (few) refugees released from detention in the USA;     a (graphic, in places) reminder that EU policies and failures (they had visited a site near a weapons depot where dozens were killed beforehand, and KNEW the dangers) are locking refugees and asylum seekers in Libya, and thus exposing them to abuses and death;      the effects of the USA reducing its refugee intake – see also this, on the barbarity, and this, on the ongoing separation of children;     an asylum seeker has died in Australia’s detention system;
     -   other refugee-related matters have also occurred in:   Europe,   Italy,   Lebanon;
• With regard to other human (and other) rights and discrimination     (incidentally, NOT all people choose to discriminate so those that do aren’t thinking clearly):
     -   a reminder that the LGBTIQ+ communities have their own problems – including racism, biphobia, transphobia, misogyny, etc;
     -   opportunities to take action on human rights here, here, and, this week,   here;
     -   other human rights matters have also occurred in:   Crimea,   opera;
     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):
     -   a protest against the commercialisation of pride marches;     a billionaire has said “straight people have ‘a lot to learn from gay people’ ”;     a youth movement fighting for inclusivity in Brazil;
     -   other homophobic/transphobic matters have also occurred in:   Kazakhstan,   Botswana,   USA,   Brazil;
     on white supremacist and other forms of RACISM / CULTURAL DISCRIMINATION and Indigenous matters (including land rights) generally this week:
     -   after an alleged technical failure, a group of Indigenous students say “they were laughed off stage . . . while giving a NAIDOC dance performance [and] heard racist remarks”;     an indigenous heritage site in my home state;     “for some Indigenous elders, a treaty is less important than Australians knowing who the country's first people were . . . indigenous Australians have a long history of intertribal treaties, with more than 500 nations across the country traditionally observing protocols for each other's land”;     recovery of unpaid wages;
     -   other white supremacy / racism problems have also occurred in:   Brazil,   Australia,   management,   India;
     on TRAFFICKING, and CHILDREN’s and associated human rights this week (from Thomson Reuters Foundation and other sources):
     -   “India turns to slavery survivors to uncover hidden victims and offer help”;
     -   also on child abuse, including institutional, this week:   Nepal/UN,   catholic church,   USA,   South Sudan (good news),   USA;
     -   also on slavery / human trafficking this week:   Brazil,   Europol (good action),   UK,   USA,   UK (good news);
     on SEXISM this week (keeping in mind the overblown influence given to testosterone, and the potential value to women of using anger):
     -   boosting women in (US) national security by empowering girls to engage with the sector and its topics;     hundreds of Parisians have demonstrated against domestic violence;     a man cleared of rape charges is suing the newspaper that broke the story;
     -   on sexual harassment/misconduct/violence this week, see:   Nigeria,   Africa,   Indonesia,   Mexico,   Mexico;
     -   other sexism matters have also occurred in:   UK / BBC (progress),   USA,   India,   farming (good news),   USA,   an Australian state,   Tanzania,   Saudi Arabia,   USA,   sport;
     on WORKERS’ rights this week:
     -   a call for portable long service leave (available in my home state) to be rolled out nationally;     “stress and tiredness can trigger unhealthy habits and sabotage weight-loss efforts”;     “contract and casual mineworkers in [an Australian state] are fearful of ‘retribution’ if they complain about questionable safety practices”;
     -   other workers’ rights matters have also occurred in:   India;
     on ANIMALS’ rights this week:
     -   animals’ rights matters have also occurred in:   dog whispering,   South Korea;
     on PRIVACY, AGED, DIFFERENTLY ABLED, AND OTHER forms of human rights this week:
     -   a proposal in the USA to recognise “a common law obligation to protect the personal data that companies choose to collect”;
• With regard to war (noting that economic ties do NOT prevent war), violence and hate generally:
     -   recommendations for countering propaganda in warfare;     the Mayor of a New Zealand city which suffered a mass shooting has refused to memorise the name of the shooter;     more on why doctors are taking on the USA’s NRA and have gun violence dealt with as the health epidemic it is;     an examination of aspects of the notion of UN peacekeepers protecting civilians (as they always should have been doing, in my opinion  I haven’t properly read the report yet);
• With regard to spirituality,   personal growth,    and     psychism generally     (including empathy, revolutionary love, survival after death, good religion, UFOs (now “UAPs”), being single / asexual / off-grid / non-conformist / true to yourself):
     -   an analysis of how christianity moved past acceptance of slavery to abolition;     failures of psychism are real, but so is evidence;
• With regard to natural and other disasters:
     -   the monsoon in India has killed at least 30 people, and a bus crash killed 29;     an earthquake in the USA;     following the fatal crashes of two of its new line of planes, a US manufacturer has seen an order worth billions cancelled;     a storm in Greece has killed six people;     the UN has pledged ongoing support and praised the resilience of Mozambicans;     the US city of New Orleans is facing a test of its preparations since Tropical Cyclone Katrina killed nearly 2,000 people in 2005;     an earthquake in the Philippines has injured at least 25 people;     heavy rains in Nepal have killed 17 people;
• With regard to overcrowding and “modern“ lifestyle issues     (such as     smart phones’ environmental harm,   child labour,   conflict  minerals,   FOMO [which can be overcome],   addiction or unthinking pro-technology bias [new is NOT always good – see here],   AI ethics,   plane pollution,     and     work, busy-ness and lifestyles causing depression and burnout,   being duped by modern mantras,  management  fads and corporate misuse of mindfulness as a distraction,   “failing“ at being well,   life options,   financialisation of homes,   agroforestry,   raising Prince Boofheads and forcing everyone to have children,   the “Earth3” model [SDGs + 9PBs]):
     on climate crisis (our World War III?) and other environmental matters:
     -   while a G20 commitment to reduce plastic getting into the ocean is good, it doesn’t address the core problem;     in the previous week, temperatures in parts of southern France exceeded those in the USA’s Death Valley;     using native plants in urban areas to help native animals;     the need for more trees;     “the search for a cleaner, greener plastic”;     another record high of emissions from Australia;     the “Murray-Darling water plan walks a fine line between efficiency and the environment”;     an Australian state will ban “ghost (dumped) nets”;     gulls have been found to carry antibiotic resistant superbugs;     how to reduce construction and supermarket waste;
     -   other environmental matters have occurred in:   Alaska,   investment industry,    Cameroon (good news),   the ocean floor,   the Philippines,   Somalia,   Australia,   Australia,   Spain (good news),   Nigeria,   resilient cities;
     on technology and science matters:
     -   a mapping system has been wrongly identifying some neighbourhoods;    human cognitive biases in comparison to AI;
     -   other technology and science matters have occurred in:   farming (good news);
     on economic and financial matters, including consumer complaints:
     -   to join and joint account – or not;     an ethical stock exchange may launch soon;
     on affordable, sustainable and decent housing and homelessness matters    (politicians with “investment properties” have a conflict of interest):
     -   an inept comment by Australia’s homelessness minister;     Australia’s stupid building code PREVENTS better adaptation for climate change;     another apartment block in Sydney has had to be abandoned . . . ;     “we can’t afford not to invest in green affordable housing”;
     on health and medical:
     -   the need for better support on mental illness;     the need for more funding for a children’s help line;     misleading information in Australia from an international pharmaceutical company has led to addictions;     the need to spend on suicide prevention, not just research;
     -   other health and medical matters have occurred in:   breastfeeding;
• 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 … ):
     -   tips on spotting fake news;     two Russian news organisations “have been banned . . . from . . . a global conference on media freedom . . . because of their ‘active role in spreading disinformation ”;     a “now-defunct [media outlet] has been forced to apologise and pay compensation [over 90 people] over [a] phone hacking scandal”;
• With regard to education:
     -   concerns about the extent of bans on, effectively, helping students cheat;     a rental scam;
• With regard to crime, judicial matters and policing     (noting (1) an uncle of mine resigned when corruption was not comprehensively cleaned out of the police force he served in, I have high expectations of police, and I consider all violence, abuse of power and failure to understand the impacts of their actions [e.g., see here and here] undermines and weaken all police – who are under incredible pressure, and (2) all people charged are innocent until proven guilty):
     -   “police presence, random drug searches and drug detection dogs don’t deter drug use and may increase harms”;     a police officer has admitted assaulting a girl;     in one Australian state, “legal aid [is] at breaking point”, and problems getting adequately qualified doctors involved in rape cases;
    -      other crime, judicial and policing matters have occurred in:   Indonesia,   an Australian state,   South Africa.

Location based News:

• With regard to Africa, the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (and other sources) has:
      on Africa generally, and multi-African nations:
     -   “some women are challenging traditions and navigating male-dominated property market in hope that, one day, they will have security that comes with owning a place of their own”;
     -   corruption is increasing;
     -   the leaders of Rwanda and Uganda will meet in Angola to discuss tensions;
     on specific African nations:
     -   Cameroon is using free goats to counter violent extremist inducements;
     -   a measles vaccination programme in the DR Congo province suffering an outbreak of Ebola;    “a homeless refugee-activist’s relentless fight for justice in DRC”;
     -   the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia wants a referendum on independence;
     -   corruption in Kenya;
     -   over 200,000 people have been driven away from their homes by violent “militia” in Mali;
     -   Nigeria has joined Africa’s free trade agreement;     extortion by police;
     -   “in Somalia, the climate emergency is already here. The world cannot ignore it”;
     -   “a South African who won the chance to be the first black African in space has died in a motorbike accident before turning his dream into reality.”;
     -   “a South Sudanese civil society body has appealed to country’s authorities to lift restrictions on all online media outlets operating in the young nation”;
     -   Sudan’s ruling military junta (no power sharing deal yet) claims it has defeated a military coup attempt . . . ;     the BBC’s Africa Eye has performed an outstanding analysis of mobile phone footage from the Janjaweed massacre of protestors in June (warning: disturbing images);
     -   “Burundian refugees in Tanzania [have been] ‘threatened with forced repatriation’ ”;
• With regard to South and Central America:
     -   “millions of Brazilians pushed back against the homophobic policies of right-wing President . . . at the first Pride parade since his election”;
     -   Mexico is stepping up its actions against people smuggling, including using a truck-sized X ray;
• 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):
     -   “youth engagement in Southeast Asian elections”;
     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 violently occupied nation of Tibet:
     -   an assessment that “China will likely find the political gain [from its Belt and Road Initiative] is quite mixed”;     an examination of China’s views and actions around “trust”;
     -   a warning that “North Korea will maintain its nuclear arsenal for the next two decades and the United States' insistence on its rapid disarmament is an ‘unrealistic goal’ ”;
     -   the USA has approved a major arms deal to Taiwan despite Chinese ire;     recent events in Hong Kong have only served to push Taiwan further away from China;
     elsewhere in Asia:
     -   “Indonesia's Supreme Court has jailed a woman who . . . [reported her employer for . . . sexual harassment, . . . turning victims of sexual abuse into criminals”;
     -   Malaysia’s supposedly temporary Prime Minister is looking permanent . . . ;     the sale of Australian cattle station is causing a political backlash in Malaysia;
     -   the Philippine’s (misogynistic [wannabe  rapist], self-proclaimed murderer)  president  Marcos-Lite “faces [an] impeachment threat over [his] fishing deal with China”;
     and in the Pacific:
     -   PNG’s democracy depends on having more women in politics;     “high-powered weapons and an insufficient police force have emboldened tribal violence in Papua New Guinea's Highlands, . . . in the wake of a brutal massacre”;
• With regard to Europe and the European Union (EU) (which need to step up, as the USA steps down):
     -   snap elections in Greece have led to a landslide to the centre-right opposition;
     -   “a week after [a Spanish city’s] rightwing council began rolling back the city’s low emissions zone, a judge has ruled that the traffic restrictions must be maintained”;
     -   in a boost to democratic transparency, the UK’s “authoritative guide to Parliament’s procedures and practice” has gone online;     the “UK [will] put climate crisis and environment at the heart of overseas aid” – and has pledged to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria;     Northern Ireland has finally aligned with the rest of the UK by approving same-sex marriage and access to abortion;
• With regard to the (forgotten or ignored and underreported) conflicts in Ukraine, particularly in the east:
     -   “a people-centered approach to conflict resolution in Ukraine . . . Giving up a military stance in favour of more humanistic and humanitarian approaches is not a sign of weakness; it requires strength and faith. It is, in fact, a way for an increasingly pro-European Ukraine to embrace European values, promote fundamental freedoms, and break with the Soviet past”;     “how Russia tries to silence Crimean Tatars”;
• With regard to the conflict in  sexist Afghanistan (noting that Afghanistan was once a peaceful and modern society, even allowing women in miniskirts, before the Russian invasion – see here):
     -   a bunch of misogynist violent extremist men and a bunch “influential” Afghani men have agreed a “roadmap to peace” – an informal pledge on both sides to end civilian casualties (one day after the violent extremists murdered 14 people and wounded many children with a car bomb – which was in response to government violence), a vague and meaningless reference to women living in “an Islamic framework” (gravely concerning given one side’s misogyny), and hopes for future talks (on hold as the misogynist violent extremist men won’t talk to “the Afghan government until the US announces a timetable for the withdrawal”);     the British Museum will return artefacts looted during the Afghan war;
• With regard to South Asia (aka the Indian sub-continent), The Hindu and other sources have:
     on India:
     -   the driest June in five years in India has led to fears for crops;     “biofortified staples may hold the key to [fixing] India’s rural malnutrition”;     “in recent years, Hindu lynch mobs have turned [a God’s] name into a murder cry”;     a call for water saving in Chennai;     a factory fire;     a “Hindu man’s [social media] post mourning the death of his Muslim foster mother [has gone] viral”;
     on Pakistan:
     -   drought is displacing farmers in Pakistan;     “a senior Pakistani judge accused of convicting the jailed former Prime Minister . . . in a corruption case ‘under pressure’ has been removed from his office”;     preparations for floods from a burst glacial lake;
     elsewhere in South Asia:
     -   the one million Bangladeshis working overseas face problems including abuse;
     -   “as rains falter, water harvesting quenches Nepal's thirst for irrigation”;
• 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:
     -   the ongoing quagmire of trying to elect a government in Israel;     the threats from the USA-Iran quagmire include Israel;     rockets fired from Gaza;     Israeli “troops mistakenly killed [a Palestinian organisation] member who was preventing border breach”;     6,000 Palestinian protestors on the border;     a police officer who killed an Ethiopian is in hiding and claiming the killing wasn’t racist (some of the family comments aren’t helping his case – killing someone for stealing a phone?!) – and this shows there are problems with police internal investigations
     on the  conflict and the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis in Yemen:
     -   an examination of the basis and status of EU exports of arms to Saudi Arabia;
     on Syria (where the Assad Dictatorship has lost all pretence of legitimacy, and partition is needed):
     -   some Syrian refugees have returned, but only some will stay (owing to war damage of homes);     a “Russian-led assault in Syria [has left] over 500 civilians dead”;     condemnation of ongoing airstrikes on medical centres and workers;
     elsewhere in the region:
     -   the first shipment of Russian air defence missiles have arrived in Turkey, leading to US consideration of actions and pre-emptive Turkish protests.

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 (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 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 healers on Saturdays. 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.

For the sake of my health, until I retire or change to an easier day job , I have cut back these posts.
I am catching up on some of the articles I missed the previous week in this post.

Information and Summary of News with Opinion / Advocacy / Analysis:

Notes:
(1) I am NOT an objective or free-from-bias journalist (this is a spiritual blog);
(2) I do NOT hold copyright to, nor claim authorship of, any of the articles I link to, except for links to material I have written for this and my related blogs, and my commentary in these posts.

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. Note that clearing (rescue) of uncooperatives should ONLY be 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 (many others are doing this work, including some who will be stronger), and content yourself with clearing the smaller nonBPM units within your capability – which will weaken stronger uncooperatives. It is OK to take a break or cut back this work if you need. Be mindful that the energies we use and manifest in our daily lives contribute to the larger soup of energies that influence world events, so address those as well (or keep them out of the psychic soup :) ).

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”, and there are notes at the end of this post about other options for those who do not like this way of working.

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 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, clear thinking, and calm, de-escalating speech;     (2) where problems exist, advocate for being BPM and BPM responses;     (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 th POTUS45 requires:     1. eroding POTUS45’s nonBPM influences and strengthening his 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 POTUS45’s marginal supporters to allow them to “come to their senses, and simultaneously strengthening their BPM influences;     3. physical world activism  – e.g., this, helping those who are doing this work including clearing nonBPM blockages;     and     4. ensuring opposition to POTUS45 is unified, cohesive and FOCUSED;

   (d)   the major events this week are:
          (i)   as the search for humans rights abusers continues, further to the current map of genocides this week there are risks of mass atrocities in   Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria and Venezuela,
          (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,     the lessons not having been learned and the will to intervene lacking (mostly), genocides;     more bigotry in all possible forms, including violent and sadistic expressions and dehumanisation of “the other”;     perpetuation of cycles, some good, many bad;     continued, insecure grasping for power, and continued abuse, misuse and wrongful withholding of the exercise of same;     denial and wilful blindness;     the climate crisis – with some good actions and suggestions (PLANT MORE TREES!);     some acknowledgement of and holding to account for past evil and misdeeds, but enforcement is too often the problem;     indifference and lack of competence at being human;     limited perspectives and superficiality / undue simplification;     abandonment;     irresponsibility and couldn’t care less in the greed for profit;     “she’ll be right”-ism;

   (e)   may all people commit to actively BPM preventing atrocities;

   (f)   may all BPM recognise and treasure our shared humanity, and the intrinsic worth, value and joy of life;

   (g)   may all people BPM commit fiercely to taking action on the climate crisis;

   (h)   may all people be BPM cautious with power, and BPM determined to do BPM deeds only BPM deeds with said power;

   (i)   may all people be BPM healed and helped to be competent, compassionate and sentient beings;

   (j)   may all people be willing to be BPM honest and hold and be held to BPM account;

   (k)   may all people be BPM balanced and sane;

   (l)   MAY ALL PEOPLE RECOGNISE THE REALITY AND URGENCY OF ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CRISIS, AND CHOOSE TO DO SO;

   (m)   may all else that should BPM asked for, also 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 crisis 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 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 people     (a) recognise, irrespective of the appearance of difference, the essential shared humanness of other people, the strength of BPM collaboration, the benefits of diversity, and choose fairness and inclusivity;     (b) choose to live modestly;     (c) be in better communication with the better parts of their nature – especially those who need that;

Matters warranting particular attention:
     this week on reversing the deliberate, well-funded, long-term strategy (from about the 70s – and the 90s) 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;
   on genocide, especially the Rohingya  genocide being committed by  historically  violently  expansionist  burma, and similar matters this week:
   -   a “Rwandan genocide survivor says [the Rohingya] persecution [is] a repeat of history”;     Rohingya refugees are battling monsoon landslides and floods;    “Bangladesh boosts efforts to stop trafficking of Rohingya”;     “Canada [has acknowledged] ‘colonial genocide’ ”;     “the dehumanisation campaign Syrians are facing is strikingly similar to the one that led to the genocide of Bosnians”;
   on other matters requiring particular attention:
   -   POTUS45 is continuing to block consensus in the G20 on tackling the climate crisis;     a 1.5°C global warming could reduce work by 2.2% and cost the global economy $2.4 trillion;     “Australia is responsible for 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions and could be contributing up to 17% by 2030 if pollution from its fossil fuel exports is factored in”;     “one climate crisis disaster happening every week . . . developing countries must prepare now for profound impact”;     MORE ON THE NEED TO PLANT TREES;     “for green cities to become mainstream, we need to learn from local success stories [especially Melbourne and Canberra] and scale up”;     Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has declared “that all Bangladesh's rivers had the legal status of living entities - a move aimed at protecting them from growing pollution and illegal dredging”, but people living traditional lifestyles fear eviction;     more on the impairment of cognitive function caused by air pollution;     Indonesia will return contaminated waste to my nation (we need to do better! . . . and maybe manage our own rubbish . . . );     an opinion (with considerable validity, in my view) that “developing countries should not be liable for emissions ‘accumulated throughout history’ ” from developed nations;     “Antarctica faces a tipping point where glacial melting [may] become irreversible even if global heating eases”;     “a group of US lawmakers . . . [is] proposing to declare the climate crisis an official emergency – a significant recognition of the threat taken after considerable pressure from environment groups”;     specific information on changes some cities are facing;
   -   the human face of helping youth outcasts reintegrate, rather than jailing them;     a Coronial Inquest into drug deaths at music festivals has been told “a young music fan ‘humiliated’ during a strip search at a music festival has told an inquest a police officer threatened to make the process ‘nice and slow’ unless she confessed to drug use” (so strip searches and hardline attitudes are killing) - see also this and this;
   -   as the health benefits of self-determination and the justice benefits of Indigenous involvement are made apparent, Australia’s first indigenous Minister for Indigenous Australians  promises “Indigenous constitutional recognition to be put to [a] referendum in next three years”, which will be a challenging task – see here, here, and here;
   -   the UN says “US silence on Khashoggi [is] ‘not an option’ “;    an examination of inconsistent security requirements in politics and media (I don’t favour screening politicians, as that would block people: a better move is to protect good press freedom) - see also this, from the USA, and this, this, and this on use and misuse of police access to metadata, and this, one the US ICE accessing a drivers licence data base, this comparison of Australia to North Korea, and this, on changing behaviour;
   -   the failure to address war crime sexual violence in Libya (which a growing water crisis) – including Australia’s flawed role (although DFAT is starting to get with it);     a call for sexual assault to be treated as a public health emergency, and prevent rather than punish;     the rabid transphobic hate and fear of the USA’s ICE nuts;     a sexist and/or misogynistic US candidate has banned a female journalist – allegedly out of “sensitivity” to his wife . . . (does he actually expect anyone who isn’t a dill to believe that?);
   -   a war criminal in DR Congo has been convicted;     “justice [is] out of reach for two in three” people in the world;     “the case for corruption criteria in EU global human rights sanctions”;     the “UN [has launched an {overdue}] investigation into the Philippines’ deadly drug war”;
   -   “the United Nations Security Council [has] passed a unanimous resolution to protect people with disabilities in armed conflict and ensure they have equal access to humanitarian assistance”;
   -   “the ‘collapse of compassion’, an inverse relationship that postulates as ‘the number of people in need of help increases, the degree of compassion people feel for them ironically tends to decrease’ ”;     a report into poverty show “there are vast inequalities across countries, and among the poorer segments of societies” – and “a quarter of Pacific islanders live below ‘basic needs poverty lines’ ”;
   -   “Jewish activists behind Never Again Action are in forefront of a civil disobedience campaign that deliberately uses Holocaust terminology to protest migrant detention centres”;     POTUS45 has said that “nationwide immigration arrests [will begin on Sunday”;
   -   after Da’esh’s collapse, there are still “187 territorial contenders within the borders of sixty-two sovereign states” – and ongoing threats;
   -   an opinion that “without reform, further violence is likely in Hong Kong” – which was started by police;     the controversial extradition bill has been “declared dead” – but NOT withdrawn . . . (so it can be fired up at a moment’s notice);     the excellent organisation behind the protests;
   -   “the wife of an Australian writer who’s been detained in Beijing since January has also been interrogated by Chinese officials and prevented from leaving the country”;
   -      -   POTUS45’s “administration has been labelled ‘inept’, insecure and incompetent in leaked emails from the UK ambassador” – following which tensions grew as POTUS45 showed the depth of his insecurities slagged off at all and sundry and will no long deal with the UK’s Ambassador (who is actually well regarded) - a reaction that was probably inevitable, and led to the Ambassador resigning, but didn’t move many Americans;
   -   as the US says it wants “an international military coalition to safeguard waters”, Iran appears to have (unsuccessfully) attempted to carry out its threat to pirate a British tanker. Meanwhile, hardliners in Iran appear to be gaining at the expense of the Iranian President, but may have may have underestimated the USA’s reluctance to fight and overestimated their control at home as they try find a way to save face, China is winning from the US strategy, and war would be a disaster all round – see also here;
   -   Libya has asked France how its weapons reached the rebel currently attacking Libya’s capital;
   -   as a social media platform is fined $5 billion for privacy breaches, the challenge of controlling “the power of the five American giants that now control the digital world” (and, incidentally, what I consider incompetence at being human in executives);     a new social media platform aims to bypass parents and directly access pre-teens;
   -   abusive work conditions in the modern economy – see also this, on matters such as errors due to loneliness;     instead of slagging off at workers (who are subsequently shown to be good), elites should ensure they boost the economy to avoid wasting human potential;     unpaid work in my home state is worth $205 billion – compared to an official GDP in 2016 of $374 billion . . . ;
   -   Norway’s successful focus on rehabilitation of criminals;
     this week’s atrocity alert at R2P lists   Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria and Venezuela;

With regard to democracy (which can be measured [as can goodness],     requires  protection of minorities and the vulnerable),     freedom,     governance (e.g., here, here, here, here, here, here)     and     ethics:
   analyses, research and commentary this week include:
   -   an argument that the ALP is the rightful heir to liberalism;     an examination of the Russia-China relationship finds it is resilient but asymmetrical, with China having more power;     a description of the UK’s estimates procedures;     “there is no ‘right’ v ‘left’: it is [POTUS45] and the oligarchs against the rest”;     “ten rules for defence management reform” – which are applicable elsewhere;    “under certain circumstances, a military officer is obligated to disobey orders — even legal ones”;     the progressive left must build a mandate amongst voters;     an examination of Australia’s neoliberal government’s (low) willingness to pay for preventative health measures;     although Asian export factories complying with labour regulations have better production, non-compliant factories dominate the market;     “land reforms, whilst well-intended, misallocate land and labour across farms, thereby reducing . . . agricultural productivity”;     an examination of “diplomatic asylum”;     a comprehensive examination of lessons from this year’s dangerous tensions between India and Pakistan;     “experts say far-right movements are more likely to use violence to achieve their aims” than far-left;     a “strategic” review of cuts in a super department is being kept secret;
   of concern internationally this week:
   -   thanks to POTUS45 “the shared sense of purpose that formed the G20 has almost entirely dissipated”;     Australia has evidently assessed being detained and interrogated by an authoritarian and repressive regime as not “special circumstances”, and has rejected a request for consular help;     flaws with electronic voting machines;     attempts to pressure charities into political silence;
   on the US-China – and other - trade war this week:
   -   Viêt Nám is doing OK out of the USA-China trade war;
   of concern in my nation (Australia) this week:
   -   “billions of dollars in Commonwealth funds have been handed out to irrigators under a scheme designed to help the environment”;     continuing neoliberal brutality against social security;     ethical concerns about health insurance companies – which a Guardian Australia exclusive shows have been illegally rejecting claims - accessing fitness data;     a whistleblower on “lack of action against rogue doctors”;     “months after being given new powers, corporate watchdog ASIC is taking action against [a] payday lender . . ., which is accused of exploiting vulnerable Australians”;     as a “social justice advocate . . . [calls] on his fellow Christians to ‘calm down’ about their alleged persecution”, and LGBTI advocates point out that religious freedom must be matched by hate speech protection (I wonder if, given the legal specificity around hate speech, what is meant to be covered here is more “harmful speech” – speech that can cause damage to people, including triggering suicides?), less than half of Coalition voters support conservative MPs on religious discrimination, with “the public [appearing] to be [display] a degree of nuance sorely lacking” elsewhere;     “women are not just underrepresented in parliament, company boards and senior management – they are also missing from Australia’s international relations presence, an absence described as ‘detrimental to the national interest [which] hinders the achievement of our foreign policy objectives’ ”;     Australia did NOT consult with tech companies before drafting a recent encryption bill;     morons who don’t know about ageism are pushing again for a higher retirement age;     yet more online access problems for government services (I’m going back to cash);     growing inequality - partly because of these sods;     Australia’s business lobby has “mastered the art of dressing self interest up as national interest”;     “how lobbyists confected [an ABC] backlash – weeks before the show went to air”;     a Guardian Australia article reports an MP saying “cuts and outsourcing have impacted services to such an extent that pensioners are . . . being turned away from Centrelink offices by private security guards, instead of being helped”;     Australia’s neoliberal attorney general has claimed a religious freedoms bill will not be at LGBTI expense;
   other internationally concerning events this week have occurred or are developing in:   PNG,   Malaysia,   Crimea,   Australia,   Cambodia;
   with regard to cyber warfare and other cyber problems (including AI) this week:
   -   a statement of the obvious: the dangers of free wifi;
   in the grey/mixed [good and bad aspects] or neutral area this week:
   -   a UK pub which “employs the homeless and those with disabilities, [and uses] food [that] is all plant-based” is seeking the title of “the world’s most ethical pub (need RSA, anti-DV, etc as well);
   good news this week includes:
   -   in my home state, “a First Nations-owned renewable energy project has been given the green light, with an agreement signed between traditional owners, community, and government”;     two US billionaires will “finance a new foreign-policy think tank . . . [promoting] an approach to the world based on diplomacy and restraint rather than threats, sanctions, and bombing”;
   -   other good news has occurred:   Kyrgyzstan;
   on development (in an “end poverty/thirst/hunger” sense):
   -   evidence shows that “international economic incentives can [help promote] reform on organised labour”;     “participation in drafting regulation appears to make firms more willing to see government as a legitimate regulatory authority” (I would be cautious about this . . . );     the Sustainable Development Report 2019 has been launched – key findings (several concerns, some suggestions; Denmark tops the list, and the Central African Republic is lowest) here;
   -   other development news has occurred:   Cambodia - Australia (good news story),   the water SDG;
   on such matters in my nation this week:
   -   from Royal Commissions:     graphic evidence of uncared for wounds in dementia patients (aged care);     bullying and other abuse of mothers at a Canberra hospital;     falling through the cracks in my home state’s mental health care system, and carers’ need for support;
   -   reasons to target lower unemployment;     China continues to hold a major role in Australia’s international trade;     a comparison of attitudes between Australia’s leaders and voters – see also here;     a suggestion for more plebiscites;     “fixing potholes and building more social housing could kick-start the economy”;     “the Australian Signals Directorate [has commissioned] an ANU academic to write its history”;

With regard to the USA and POTUS45 (see here on actions for US residents, and note that the VP is at least as bad):
   -   anti-British (and others) bias in a US military analysis (the USA really has to fix this problem, or it will continue to stuff so many things up!);
   -   a criticism of US diplomacy with regard to its ability to adapt to war;
   -   a US court has ruled POTUS45 blocking people on Twitter violates their constitution;
   -   US foreign payment liabilities resulting from climate change and US policies;
   -   this week’s stupidity from POTUS45 includes:   this,   this;

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 by “Cure Violence“, BPM counter-narratives, and good, old fashioned police work (I don’t name groups to reduce their publicity):
   -   according to this Wikipedia page, in the last week there have been 4 attacks in Afghanistan,   and 3 attacks in Syria   (out of a total of 10, causing at least 193 deaths and 304 wounded);

With regard to refugees (noting the New York Declaration), this allusion to MLK, and remembering Haiti, Ethiopia, Madagascar, DR Congo, and the Philippines), asylum seekers, and migrants:
   -   “Malta has allowed a group of 65 migrants rescued off Libya to disembark on its territory”;     support for some of the (few) refugees released from detention in the USA;     a (graphic, in places) reminder that EU policies and failures (they had visited a site near a weapons depot where dozens were killed beforehand, and KNEW the dangers) are locking refugees and asylum seekers in Libya, and thus exposing them to abuses and death;      the effects of the USA reducing its refugee intake – see also this, on the barbarity, and this, on the ongoing separation of children;     an asylum seeker has died in Australia’s detention system;
   -   other refugee-related matters have also occurred in:   Europe,   Italy,   Lebanon;

With regard to other human (and other) rights and discrimination     (incidentally, NOT all people choose to discriminate so those that do aren’t thinking clearly):
   -   a reminder that the LGBTIQ+ communities have their own problems – including racism, biphobia, transphobia, misogyny, etc;
   -   opportunities to take action on human rights here, here, and, this week,   here;
   -   other human rights matters have also occurred in:   Crimea,   opera;
   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):
   -   a protest against the commercialisation of pride marches;     a billionaire has said “straight people have ‘a lot to learn from gay people’ ”;     a youth movement fighting for inclusivity in Brazil;
   -   other homophobic/transphobic matters have also occurred in:   Kazakhstan,   Botswana,   USA,   Brazil;
   on white supremacist and other forms of RACISM / CULTURAL DISCRIMINATION and Indigenous matters (including land rights) generally this week:
   -   after an alleged technical failure, a group of Indigenous students say “they were laughed off stage . . . while giving a NAIDOC dance performance [and] heard racist remarks”;     an indigenous heritage site in my home state;     “for some Indigenous elders, a treaty is less important than Australians knowing who the country's first people were . . . indigenous Australians have a long history of intertribal treaties, with more than 500 nations across the country traditionally observing protocols for each other's land”;     recovery of unpaid wages;
   -   other white supremacy / racism problems have also occurred in:   Brazil,   Australia,   management,   India;
   on TRAFFICKING, and CHILDREN’s and associated human rights this week (from Thomson Reuters Foundation and other sources):
   -   “India turns to slavery survivors to uncover hidden victims and offer help”;
   -   also on child abuse, including institutional, this week:   Nepal/UN,   catholic church,   USA,   South Sudan (good news),   USA;
   -   also on slavery / human trafficking this week:   Brazil,   Europol (good action),   UK,   USA,   UK (good news);
   on SEXISM this week (keeping in mind the overblown influence given to testosterone, and the potential value to women of using anger):
   -   boosting women in (US) national security by empowering girls to engage with the sector and its topics;     hundreds of Parisians have demonstrated against domestic violence;     a man cleared of rape charges is suing the newspaper that broke the story;
   -   on sexual harassment/misconduct/violence this week, see:   Nigeria,   Africa,   Indonesia,   Mexico,   Mexico;
   -   other sexism matters have also occurred in:   UK / BBC (progress),   USA,   India,   farming (good news),   USA,   an Australian state,   Tanzania,   Saudi Arabia,   USA,   sport;
   on WORKERS’ rights this week:
   -   a call for portable long service leave (available in my home state) to be rolled out nationally;     “stress and tiredness can trigger unhealthy habits and sabotage weight-loss efforts”;     “contract and casual mineworkers in [an Australian state] are fearful of ‘retribution’ if they complain about questionable safety practices”;
   -   other workers’ rights matters have also occurred in:   India;
   on ANIMALS’ rights this week:
   -   animals’ rights matters have also occurred in:   dog whispering,   South Korea;
   on PRIVACY, AGED, DIFFERENTLY ABLED, AND OTHER forms of human rights this week:
   -   a proposal in the USA to recognise “a common law obligation to protect the personal data that companies choose to collect”;

With regard to war (noting that economic ties do NOT prevent war), violence and hate generally:
   -   recommendations for countering propaganda in warfare;     the Mayor of a New Zealand city which suffered a mass shooting has refused to memorise the name of the shooter;     more on why doctors are taking on the USA’s NRA and have gun violence dealt with as the health epidemic it is;     an examination of aspects of the notion of UN peacekeepers protecting civilians (as they always should have been doing, in my opinion  I haven’t properly read the report yet);

With regard to spirituality,   personal growth,    and     psychism generally     (including empathy, revolutionary love, survival after death, good religion, UFOs (now “UAPs”), being single / asexual / off-grid / non-conformist / true to yourself):
   -   an analysis of how christianity moved past acceptance of slavery to abolition;     failures of psychism are real, but so is evidence;

With regard to natural and other disasters:
   -   the monsoon in India has killed at least 30 people, and a bus crash killed 29;     an earthquake in the USA;     following the fatal crashes of two of its new line of planes, a US manufacturer has seen an order worth billions cancelled;     a storm in Greece has killed six people;     the UN has pledged ongoing support and praised the resilience of Mozambicans;     the US city of New Orleans is facing a test of its preparations since Tropical Cyclone Katrina killed nearly 2,000 people in 2005;     an earthquake in the Philippines has injured at least 25 people;     heavy rains in Nepal have killed 17 people;

With regard to overcrowding and “modern“ lifestyle issues     (such as     smart phones’ environmental harm,   child labour,   conflict  minerals,   FOMO [which can be overcome],   addiction or unthinking pro-technology bias [new is NOT always good – see here],   AI ethics,   plane pollution,     and     work, busy-ness and lifestyles causing depression and burnout,   being duped by modern mantras,  management  fads and corporate misuse of mindfulness as a distraction,   “failing“ at being well,   life options,   financialisation of homes,   agroforestry,   raising Prince Boofheads and forcing everyone to have children,   the “Earth3” model [SDGs + 9PBs]):
   on climate crisis (our World War III?) and other environmental matters:
   -   while a G20 commitment to reduce plastic getting into the ocean is good, it doesn’t address the core problem;     in the previous week, temperatures in parts of southern France exceeded those in the USA’s Death Valley;     using native plants in urban areas to help native animals;     the need for more trees;     “the search for a cleaner, greener plastic”;     another record high of emissions from Australia;     the “Murray-Darling water plan walks a fine line between efficiency and the environment”;     an Australian state will ban “ghost (dumped) nets”;     gulls have been found to carry antibiotic resistant superbugs;     how to reduce construction and supermarket waste;
   -   other environmental matters have occurred in:   Alaska,   investment industry,    Cameroon (good news),   the ocean floor,   the Philippines,   Somalia,   Australia,   Australia,   Spain (good news),   Nigeria,   resilient cities;
   on technology and science matters:
   -   a mapping system has been wrongly identifying some neighbourhoods;    human cognitive biases in comparison to AI;
   -   other technology and science matters have occurred in:   farming (good news);
   on economic and financial matters, including consumer complaints:
   -   to join and joint account – or not;     an ethical stock exchange may launch soon;
   on affordable, sustainable and decent housing and homelessness matters    (politicians with “investment properties” have a conflict of interest):
   -   an inept comment by Australia’s homelessness minister;     Australia’s stupid building code PREVENTS better adaptation for climate change;     another apartment block in Sydney has had to be abandoned . . . ;     “we can’t afford not to invest in green affordable housing”;
   on health and medical:
   -   the need for better support on mental illness;     the need for more funding for a children’s help line;     misleading information in Australia from an international pharmaceutical company has led to addictions;     the need to spend on suicide prevention, not just research;
   -   other health and medical matters have occurred in:   breastfeeding;

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 … ):
   -   tips on spotting fake news;     two Russian news organisations “have been banned . . . from . . . a global conference on media freedom . . . because of their ‘active role in spreading disinformation ”;     a “now-defunct [media outlet] has been forced to apologise and pay compensation [over 90 people] over [a] phone hacking scandal”;

With regard to education:
   -   concerns about the extent of bans on, effectively, helping students cheat;     a rental scam;

With regard to crime, judicial matters and policing     (noting (1) an uncle of mine resigned when corruption was not comprehensively cleaned out of the police force he served in, I have high expectations of police, and I consider all violence, abuse of power and failure to understand the impacts of their actions [e.g., see here and here] undermines and weaken all police – who are under incredible pressure, and (2) all people charged are innocent until proven guilty):
   -   “police presence, random drug searches and drug detection dogs don’t deter drug use and may increase harms”;     a police officer has admitted assaulting a girl;     in one Australian state, “legal aid [is] at breaking point”, and problems getting adequately qualified doctors involved in rape cases;
  -      other crime, judicial and policing matters have occurred in:   Indonesia,   an Australian state,   South Africa.

Location based News:

With regard to Africa, the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (and other sources) has:
    on Africa generally, and multi-African nations:
   -   “some women are challenging traditions and navigating male-dominated property market in hope that, one day, they will have security that comes with owning a place of their own”;
   -   corruption is increasing;
   -   the leaders of Rwanda and Uganda will meet in Angola to discuss tensions;
   on specific African nations:
   -   Cameroon is using free goats to counter violent extremist inducements;
   -   a measles vaccination programme in the DR Congo province suffering an outbreak of Ebola;    “a homeless refugee-activist’s relentless fight for justice in DRC”;
   -   the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia wants a referendum on independence;
   -   corruption in Kenya;
   -   over 200,000 people have been driven away from their homes by violent “militia” in Mali;
   -   Nigeria has joined Africa’s free trade agreement;     extortion by police;
   -   “in Somalia, the climate emergency is already here. The world cannot ignore it”;
   -   “a South African who won the chance to be the first black African in space has died in a motorbike accident before turning his dream into reality.”;
   -   “a South Sudanese civil society body has appealed to country’s authorities to lift restrictions on all online media outlets operating in the young nation”;
   -   Sudan’s ruling military junta (no power sharing deal yet) claims it has defeated a military coup attempt . . . ;     the BBC’s Africa Eye has performed an outstanding analysis of mobile phone footage from the Janjaweed massacre of protestors in June (warning: disturbing images);
   -   “Burundian refugees in Tanzania [have been] ‘threatened with forced repatriation’ ”;

With regard to South and Central America:
   -   “millions of Brazilians pushed back against the homophobic policies of right-wing President . . . at the first Pride parade since his election”;
   -   Mexico is stepping up its actions against people smuggling, including using a truck-sized X ray;

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):
   -   “youth engagement in Southeast Asian elections”;
   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 violently occupied nation of Tibet:
   -   an assessment that “China will likely find the political gain [from its Belt and Road Initiative] is quite mixed”;     an examination of China’s views and actions around “trust”;
   -   a warning that “North Korea will maintain its nuclear arsenal for the next two decades and the United States' insistence on its rapid disarmament is an ‘unrealistic goal’ ”;
   -   the USA has approved a major arms deal to Taiwan despite Chinese ire;     recent events in Hong Kong have only served to push Taiwan further away from China;
   elsewhere in Asia:
   -   “Indonesia's Supreme Court has jailed a woman who . . . [reported her employer for . . . sexual harassment, . . . turning victims of sexual abuse into criminals”;
   -   Malaysia’s supposedly temporary Prime Minister is looking permanent . . . ;     the sale of Australian cattle station is causing a political backlash in Malaysia;
   -   the Philippine’s (misogynistic [wannabe  rapist], self-proclaimed murderer)  president  Marcos-Lite “faces [an] impeachment threat over [his] fishing deal with China”;
   and in the Pacific:
   -   PNG’s democracy depends on having more women in politics;     “high-powered weapons and an insufficient police force have emboldened tribal violence in Papua New Guinea's Highlands, . . . in the wake of a brutal massacre”;

With regard to Europe and the European Union (EU) (which need to step up, as the USA steps down):
   -   snap elections in Greece have led to a landslide to the centre-right opposition;
   -   “a week after [a Spanish city’s] rightwing council began rolling back the city’s low emissions zone, a judge has ruled that the traffic restrictions must be maintained”;
   -   in a boost to democratic transparency, the UK’s “authoritative guide to Parliament’s procedures and practice” has gone online;     the “UK [will] put climate crisis and environment at the heart of overseas aid” – and has pledged to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria;     Northern Ireland has finally aligned with the rest of the UK by approving same-sex marriage and access to abortion;

With regard to the (forgotten or ignored and underreported) conflicts in Ukraine, particularly in the east:
   -   “a people-centered approach to conflict resolution in Ukraine . . . Giving up a military stance in favour of more humanistic and humanitarian approaches is not a sign of weakness; it requires strength and faith. It is, in fact, a way for an increasingly pro-European Ukraine to embrace European values, promote fundamental freedoms, and break with the Soviet past”;     “how Russia tries to silence Crimean Tatars”;

With regard to the conflict in  sexist Afghanistan (noting that Afghanistan was once a peaceful and modern society, even allowing women in miniskirts, before the Russian invasion – see here):
   -   a bunch of misogynist violent extremist men and a bunch “influential” Afghani men have agreed a “roadmap to peace” – an informal pledge on both sides to end civilian casualties (one day after the violent extremists murdered 14 people and wounded many children with a car bomb – which was in response to government violence), a vague and meaningless reference to women living in “an Islamic framework” (gravely concerning given one side’s misogyny), and hopes for future talks (on hold as the misogynist violent extremist men won’t talk to “the Afghan government until the US announces a timetable for the withdrawal”);     the British Museum will return artefacts looted during the Afghan war;

With regard to South Asia (aka the Indian sub-continent), The Hindu and other sources have:
   on India:
   -   the driest June in five years in India has led to fears for crops;     “biofortified staples may hold the key to [fixing] India’s rural malnutrition”;     “in recent years, Hindu lynch mobs have turned [a God’s] name into a murder cry”;     a call for water saving in Chennai;     a factory fire;     a “Hindu man’s [social media] post mourning the death of his Muslim foster mother [has gone] viral”;
   on Pakistan:
   -   drought is displacing farmers in Pakistan;     “a senior Pakistani judge accused of convicting the jailed former Prime Minister . . . in a corruption case ‘under pressure’ has been removed from his office”;     preparations for floods from a burst glacial lake;
   elsewhere in South Asia:
   -   the one million Bangladeshis working overseas face problems including abuse;
   -   “as rains falter, water harvesting quenches Nepal's thirst for irrigation”;

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:
   -   the ongoing quagmire of trying to elect a government in Israel;     the threats from the USA-Iran quagmire include Israel;     rockets fired from Gaza;     Israeli “troops mistakenly killed [a Palestinian organisation] member who was preventing border breach”;     6,000 Palestinian protestors on the border;     a police officer who killed an Ethiopian is in hiding and claiming the killing wasn’t racist (some of the family comments aren’t helping his case – killing someone for stealing a phone?!) – and this shows there are problems with police internal investigations
   on the  conflict and the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis in Yemen:
   -   an examination of the basis and status of EU exports of arms to Saudi Arabia;
   on Syria (where the Assad Dictatorship has lost all pretence of legitimacy, and partition is needed):
   -   some Syrian refugees have returned, but only some will stay (owing to war damage of homes);     a “Russian-led assault in Syria [has left] over 500 civilians dead”;     condemnation of ongoing airstrikes on medical centres and workers;
   elsewhere in the region:
   -   the first shipment of Russian air defence missiles have arrived in Turkey, leading to US consideration of actions and pre-emptive Turkish protests.

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 (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 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 healers on Saturdays. Anyone who wishes to be protector has a role every day. At all times, on all levels and in ways, BOTH must ALWAYS be BPM in the way they perform such roles.)

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

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