Post No. 1,374 – Gnwmythr’s News Ed. No. 274

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)   the search for humans rights abusers continues - note the current map of genocides,
       (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,     continued action by everyday people and some companies on the climate crisis, but inaction, despair, a sense of being overwhelmed and head-in-the-sand attitudes elsewhere – and some appalling attempts to intimidate through attempted abuse of power;     head-in-the-sand attitudes to abuses of power elsewhere as well – particularly by those of a Newtonian worldview;     suppression of criticism and dissent in ways ranging from bureaucratic to violent, and including actions by police;     control and authoritarianism in many nations (some allegedly democratic) - and “newspeak” – as they try to suppress, repress or limit democracy;     some holding to account of human rights abusers;     staggering examples of decision makers being completely and utterly out of touch with reality;     as journalists and journalism continues to be attacked, calls also for better coverage;     egregious abuses by the misogynistic racist that US voters put in charge;

(e)   may all decision makers be properly and fully BPM informed, and BPM in touch with everyday people and life;

(f)   may people never shrink from knowing the truth;

(g)   may the flow of information be BPM accurate and properly sufficient;

(h)   may all people be aware of the consequences of their decisions, and only act to make the world a better place;

(i)   may all people be BPM guided to understand the subtleties of human motivation and action;

(j)   may all people who abuse, misuse or fail to use their power/influence be properly BPM held to account, and may those people be willing to be so held to account;

(k)   may all people have empathy and caring, and choose to be BPM kind;

(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;     protests calling for increased taxation rather than a cut back in education;
     on genocide, especially the Rohingya  genocide being committed by  historically  violently  expansionist  burma, and similar matters this week:
     -   appallingly, “Bangladesh [is preparing] to move Rohingya to [an] island at risk of floods and cyclones” - despite widely held concerns, and current desperation already driving Rohingya to people smugglers;     the Dutch government bears 10% of the responsibility for the murder of Muslims it handed over to Serbs in Bosnia in 1995 – which may be a massive international precedent;     the ICJ could play a role in punishing those responsible for the genocide against the Rohingya;
     on other matters requiring particular attention:
     -   export of solar power in some form from Australia is inevitable (despite the limited thinking of the neoliberal government), and “rather than pushing prices up, each extra gigawatt of dispatched wind generation cuts the wholesale electricity price by about A$11 per megawatt hour at the time of generation, while each extra gigawatt of utility-scale solar cuts it A$14 per megawatt hour”;     e-waste from Western nations is turning parts of South East nations into dumping grounds, with fears of pollution from illegal recycling facilities;     in a staggering revelation, a controversial coal mining company – who are being prosecuted “for allegedly providing false and misleading information” - “demanded the names of all federal agency scientists reviewing its contentious groundwater plans” -see also here;     the extent of the crisis in Antarctica has been illustrated by an “absurd” proposal;     “the federal agency that manages the Great Barrier Reef has made an unprecedented call for urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, warning only the ‘strongest and fastest possible action’ will reduce the risks to the natural wonder”;     an Australian proposal to “require all states and territories to spend a portion of their procurement budgets on recycled materials for public projects”;     more than 28,000 species are at risk;     private land purchases are being used to restore prairie in the USA – despite the objection of interfering busybodies;
     -   a statement of the obvious: “a harm reduction campaigner and a criminologist [have] told a NSW coroner . . . the experience of being ordered to undress in front of police and accused of concealing drugs could cause long-lasting mental effects . . . regardless of whether the people were concealing drugs or not”, and “the trauma experienced in police strip searches is akin to that suffered during sexual assaults” - and police have abused this power in the past;
     -   in a chilling development, Australian Federal Police have been revealed to have accessed a journalist’s private travel details and sought investigative journalist’s finger and palm prints – and the outgoing head is either utterly clueless about signalling or disingenuous and has claimed there was no intimidation . . . – and yet “children and young adults who go to protests are the most likely Australians to have their phones tracked and monitored by police”;     “one of Africa’s bastions of press freedom [Burkina Faso] is attempting to enact harsh legislation that threatens journalists reporting on an unfolding security crisis”;     in response to a law suit, the USA has backed away from a proposal to track journalists;
     -   “parents brought to Australia on a new reunion visa can be deported if they fail to tell the Government they changed their email addresses, user name or online profile”;      blatant, persistent  racism from POTUS45 (who LIED when he claimed the women were anti-Semitic [and Israel will allow two of them in, despite their support for BDS]) - see also this caution, but this criticism (from a conservative) and POTUS45’s “silence in [the] face of racist chants [is] echoed by our own political leaders’ lack of words”;     “Amnesty International [has called] for  [the]closure of [a US] migrant child detention centre”;
     -   more on the spreading and violent protests here, and here, confirmation of police abuses and excesses here, and on China’s propaganda here;
     -   as Australia expresses deep concern about China’s “treatment” (including detention camps blocking consular assistance) of Uighur people (the “stain of the century”, according to the USA), two fashion companies investigate abuse of Uighurs in their supply chains, and “two Australian universities are reviewing funding and research approval procedures due to concerns over links to technology that is being used to carry out mass human rights abuses by the Chinese Government” (this led to a call for universities to “wake up to the risks of researchers linked to China’s military”), “Saudi Arabia, Russia and 35 other states” have supported this repression of a minority;
     -   the UK “is launching a fresh bid to stop the Iran nuclear deal unravelling and ease tensions in the Gulf”, but two of its tankers has been seized by Iran (see also here, here, and here), where conservative, hardline elements are growing more powerful in response to the international pressure, and a US warship has shot down an Iranian drone which flew too close (this is significant in this case given the circumstances, but all warships will defend themselves) - and a leak claims  POTUS45’s“decision to pull out of a landmark nuclear deal with Iran was done so to spite his predecessor, Barack Obama”;
     -   “abuse of female politicians is rife online - and much of it is being directed by established far-right groups and figures”;     “sexual assault still plagues Australia's defence forces and 'boys will be boys' doesn't help”;     the Me Too movement appears to have reduced sexual harassment in US workplaces;    “impostor syndrome is a response to a world that doesn’t believe in women”;
     -   “multinational corporations are increasingly encroaching on the functions of sovereign states” (which dates back past the abhorrent change from citizen to customer);     “the belief that America is exceptional is based on the old colonial misconception that power bestows moral superiority”;
     -   utterly out-of-touch, ideologically-driven morons are claiming it is up to workers to change jobs to get pay rises (there is no bloody way people with mortgages and families are going to do that in the current market of uncertainty!);
     -   “what Western civilisation owes to Islamic cultures”;
     -   the rebel attacking Libya’s capital may be doing so because he is losing the war elsewhere;
     -   a report calls for improved coverage of civilian casualties by media with specific recommendations;
     -   more than 800 million people are now at risk of food shortages – yet it could cost as little as $5 billion to fix the problem in Africa;
     -   the UN has called out Saudi Arabia and UAE for not paying their Yemen aid pledges;
• 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:
     -   the stupidity of some “team building” exercises;     changes to diplomacy in response to leaks;     “the development of a de facto alliance between Moscow and Beijing . . . , could mark the return of the ‘old-fashioned’ great power alliances between equals”;     a tool for soft power;     “competition for the world’s best and brightest will intensify as global population growth slows”;
     of concern internationally this week:
     -   growing tensions between Australia and New Zealand over deportation of criminals;     poor people in Cambodia have been displaced for development;     “if multiracial democracy cannot be defended in [the USA], it will not be defended elsewhere” (I actually dispute that: other nations are multiracial, and defend being so – the article is very US biased);
     on the US-China – and other - trade war this week:
     -   an examination of US-China relations;
     of concern in my nation (Australia) this week:
     -   low and declining water supplies are becoming critical in parts of Australia;     “Australia's military has warned of a possible influx of climate refugees and an increased potential for conflict because of the effects of climate change”;     pressure on Australia’s neoliberal deputy Prime Minister over his possible climate scepticism now includes a conservative outback Council who have declared a climate crisis;     “private health care [is] facing [a] ‘death spiral’ if young, healthy users abandon insurance” (so shift from private insurance to a fully public – the current system’s just causing muddling);     in my home state, “fears a . . . plan to boost diversity in local council ranks will instead reduce the chances of women and minor parties being elected into local government”;     “young people ‘rot away’ in aged care, three years after NDIS launched”;     another moment of arrogant, patronising stupidity by an out-of-touch neoliberal government minister (its social security for the nation, not welfare for the allegedly undeserving) - while another controversial, conservative former minister has called for an increase to unemployment social security, but with more for regional areas (which, as someone who has lived in regional areas, I consider has some merit), and the main opposition is urged to “show some guts” on the issue. The same controversial, conservative MP has also apologised “for calling Indigenous voice a third chamber of parliament” - even as other senior neoliberals continue the old diatribe (these changes of position are significant – there are no elections around, so they’re not politically motivated [I still probably disagree with him on much, but his change on these two issues should be acknowledged and some credit given);     a millionaire “says he doesn't want [the] $500,000 in franking credits [a major point of contention in the last election] he received”;     following national condemnation, “all children held in the maximum security police watch house in [a northern Australian city] have now been [belatedly] removed and placed into youth detention centres”;     “Australia’s “restrictive” migration policies may be driving modern forms of slavery”;     flood victims have now been targeted by a deliberate reversal of previous policy, leading to a notorious robodebt program in the area;     the “Australian defence department gave [a] contract to US business blacklisted for bribery”;     Australian households have been shut out of measures to reduce electricity prices (for the neoliberals’ mates);     after two years of denials, belated admissions, and bare faced assertions unsupported by evidence, the Australian Department of Defence has been “ordered to hand over documents on [the] $50 [billion] submarine deal with French” within 28 days;     access to social security for victims of domestic violence is – stupidly - tied to their abuser’s assets;     another possible rort, and concern about nepotism in my home state;     the appalling need for those on social security to depend on charity for food;
     other internationally concerning events this week have occurred or are developing in:   Puerto Rica;
     with regard to cyber warfare and other cyber problems (including AI and cyber-crime) this week:
     -   events related to cyber warfare have occurred or are developing in:   Belgium;
     on development (in an “end poverty/thirst/hunger” sense):
     -   the world is “off track” for the SDGs on hunger, food security and nutrition, and all the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific;     a review of the use of taxation to fund the SDGs;
     on such matters in my nation this week:
     -   from Royal Commissions, including follow up:     the inadequacy of mental health care to regional people (including travel to appointments);     “Aboriginal mental health services [are] ‘lagging behind’ ”;    “LGBTQI people [are] under-reporting mental illness due to ‘distrust and fear’ ”;
       “financially stretched aged care can lead to ‘premature death’ ”;     appalling meals in aged care;     the “aged care royal commission hears of grandfather sick of sitting in his own faeces”;     “an independent review is urging the overhaul of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, slamming it for a poor culture and variable leadership”;     many more young people have nearly died at music festivals than is realised;
     -   partial relief for pensioners on the deeming rate;     an Australian territory’s “Labor–Greens government has put in place progressive, bold policies – and is winning”;     economic criticism of the neoliberal government;     my home state is reviewing how the last election was conducted;     an obscure law has cost a dual citizen MP . . . ;
• With regard to the USA and spiteful POTUS45 (see here on actions for US residents, and note that the VP is at least as bad):
     -   (undocumented) “Immigrants across America are living in fear of deportation and separation from their families”;     there was an increase in early births amongst Hispanic women in the USA after the election of POTUS45;
     -   one US state will defy POTUS45’s ban and fund abortion clinics;
     -   an examination of confusion around “collection” in US intelligence agencies – see also this;
     -   “disappearing transparency in US arms sales”;
     -   POTUS45 has been warned “against misappropriating funding authorized only for humanitarian use”;
     -   POTUS45 “and his press secretary were directly involved in discussions that led to an illegal hush-money payment . . . during the 2016 election campaign” - raising the possibility (no charges yet, note) that the press secretary lied to the FBI;
• 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):
     -   the family of a victim of a violent extremist attack want the families of perpetrators punished if they don’t report them (this is the sort of matter that can only be assessed on a case by case basis);
• 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:
     -   scapegoating of refugees in Hungary;     “metering” of refugees in the US/Mexico border;
     -   other refugee-related matters have also occurred in:   Australia,   USA,   USA,   Mexico;
• 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):
     -   more homophobia and misogyny in sport;     “why we stand up for human rights”;
     -   opportunities to take action on human rights here, here, and, this week,   here;
     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 spate of trans murders in Honduras;
     -   other homophobic/transphobic matters have also occurred in:   Indian schools,   Serbia,   UK;
     on white supremacist and other forms of RACISM / CULTURAL DISCRIMINATION and Indigenous matters (including land rights) generally this week:
     -   “Indigenous astronomy is believed to have preceded that of ancient Greece and Egypt by millennia”, and included the discovery of variable stars;     as Australia’s backward neoliberal government “debates an Indigenous Voice, state and territories are pressing ahead”;     other indigenous sites that could earn World Heritage status;     an “Aboriginal woman [has won a] battle to keep [her] baby after six court appearances”;     a documentary about the staggering racism endured by an indigenous sports star has left one of the guilty parties “heartbroken” about his role, and urging others to watch the doco;
     on TRAFFICKING, and CHILDREN’s and associated human rights this week (from Thomson Reuters Foundation and other sources):
     -   “to end slavery, free 10,000 people a day for a decade”;     despite denials, a US form has been linked to slavery in China;
     -   also on child abuse, including institutional, this week:   Chile (good news);
     -   also on slavery / human trafficking this week:   Bangladesh,   UK,   India (good news),   Australia;
     on SEXISM this week (keeping in mind the overblown influence given to testosterone, and the potential value to women of using anger):
     -   the long history of gender violence;     an airliner using 21^st century planes wants to impose 18^th century morals on its passengers;     violent men need to get helped more quickly;     a settlement in a defamation case by a former MP for alleged sexist abuse by a media outlet may be near;     an article on more women who played key roles in the Apollo space programme;     “women need to learn to say ‘what’s best for the family isn’t necessarily best for me’ ”;
     -   on sexual harassment/misconduct/violence this week, see:   Sweden (good news),   India;
     on WORKERS’ rights this week:
     -   workers’ rights matters have also occurred in:   Australia;
     on PRIVACY, AGED, DIFFERENTLY ABLED, AND OTHER forms of human rights this week:
     -   the discrimination of Internet systems against differently abled people;     because of the paperwork, help with reading and writing aids people get help from the NDIS (where is the justice for people with reading problems?);
     -   other privacy differently abled and other forms of human or other rights matters have also occurred in:   social media;
• With regard to peace:
     -   the UN’s Youth Envoy has told the Security Council that “young people care about peace”;     stronger partnerships are needed to help post-conflict nations transition to a sustainable peace (which could take three generations);
• With regard to natural and other disasters:
     -   millions have been displaced – and more than 100 killed - by floods in South Asia – see also here;     a building collapse in India has killed at least 10 people and trapped dozens;     a man whose family died in one of the two crashes of a new series of jet airliners has accused the manufacturer of gross disrespect;     the DR Congo’s Ebola epidemic has been declared an international emergency;     earthquakes in Indonesia have killed at least 2 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:
     -   a café is using bartering to reduce food waste;     a manta ray sought help from divers for hooks stuck near one of its eye;     “most big companies fail to report [their] role in deforestation”;     last month was the hottest June on record;
     -   other environmental matters have occurred in:   UK,   Switzerland,   mass tourism;
     on economic and financial matters, including consumer complaints:
     -   the “hyperactive hive-mind” of modern work;     “evidence from Uganda suggests that vocational training is more effective in tackling youth unemployment than apprenticeships”;
     on affordable, sustainable and decent housing and homelessness matters    (politicians with “investment properties” have a conflict of interest):
     -   small steps in my home state towards fixing the flammable cladding problem – which is showing other problems, and has also led to national action (and another apartment block has been abandoned);     provision of public housing in Australia has shifted from the government to non-profits, leading to under-supply and insecurity;     anti-homeless abuses in some cities;
     on health and medical:
     -   a reminder that diabetes can occur - without warning - to active people as well;     the benefits of music for dementia sufferers and hospital patients;     “with recent confirmation that periods have no health benefit, an increasing number of women are using contraception to stop them altogether”;
• 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):
     -   a major drug bust (found inside a second hand excavator);     a fairly major drug criminal has been sentenced to jail;     “police [have arrested] 21 suspected mafia members in Canada and Italy”;     a teenager has been sentenced for four years jail for a riot while in youth detention (there is a lot missing from this story: some kids are bad, just as some adults are [scarred by previous lives, for example]: was this that, or an abusive regime in the centre – which has been caught out for abuse previously? Their threats against another detainee were clearly a serious problem);     an arson attack by a man who thought the targeted studio had stolen from him has killed 25 people;     POTUS45 may interfere with an investigation by Sweden to a possible crime by a US citizen on its territory;
    -      other crime, judicial and policing matters have occurred in:   Pakistan.

Location based News:

• With regard to Africa, the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (and other sources) has:
      on Africa generally, and multi-African nations:
     -   a call for talks between Somalia and Somaliland;
     -   nations bordering Lake Chad have restated their commitment to security;
     on specific African nations:
     -   “Cameroon’s second largest employer [has said] says it has been paralysed by the separatist conflict”;
     -   a call to depoliticise Ethiopia’s Office of the Attorney-General;
     -   “a Nigerian imam, who saved 262 Christians from killer herdsman by hiding them in his mosque and home, has been honoured by the US government”;
     -   a “Sierra Leone school [has defied a] state ban on pregnant girls in class”;
     -   Somalia fears a new wave of violent extremist attacks;     concerns about so-called “gatekeepers” taking aid from internally displaced Somalis;
     -   testimony of South Africa’s former President before a corruption enquiry may embarrass the current President;
     -   South Sudan has been accused of a crackdown on protestors;
     -   “Sudan's ruling military and the pro-democracy movement have [agreed to] a power-sharing deal meant to end the country's deadlock and lead the nation to democracy” . . . or maybe not . . .  – see also here;     “Sudan [has been] urged to ensure justice for raped women protesters”;
     -   280,000 Zimbabweans are trying to get passports;
• With regard to South and Central America:
      on South and Central America generally:
     -   the vile abuses committed by neochristian priests in South America;
     on specific South and Central American nations:
     -   “Bolivia [has declared stopping] gender killings a national priority”;
     -   “a discreet diplomatic effort by Norway now offers the best prospect for finding a peaceful negotiated settlement” in Venezuela;     “a young musician who was jailed six weeks ago after taking to social media to vent her frustration” has been released – but the UN has said “said Venezuela is using arbitrary detentions to stifle free expression”;
• 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):
     -   “Indonesia, ASEAN and the return of the Indo-Pacific strategy”;
     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:
     -   China is ensuring Chinese language teachers toe the political line;     Australia “is ‘deeply disappointed’ that [an] Australian writer . . . has been transferred to criminal detention in China, saying he should be released if he is being held ‘for his political views’ “ (good to see a former line being taken);
     -   other events concerning China have occurred or are developing in:   Australia;
     -   how North Korea circumvents sanctions;     malnutrition and disease are rising in North Korea;
     elsewhere in Asia:
     -   the Philippine’s misogynistic [wannabe  rapist], human rights abusing) president  Marcos-Lite has signed a “law penalising sexual harassment many accuse him of committing”;
     -   “Japanese women are running for parliament in record numbers, but face many obstacles”;
• With regard to the (forgotten or ignored and underreported) conflicts in Ukraine, particularly in the east:
     -   the ongoing struggles to survive in eastern Ukraine (“Europe’s only active war”);     Russia appears to have backed off plans to annex parts of eastern Ukraine, opening possibilities for negotiating with Russia’s proxies;     elections are imminent;
• 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):
     -   why women don’t trust the misogynistic violent extremists who claim they will “protect” women;
• With regard to South Asia (aka the Indian sub-continent), The Hindu and other sources have:
     -   “a fence along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border . . ., is splintering families while failing to halt the flow of smugglers and terrorists”;
     on India:
     -   another lynching in India;     nine people have been murdered over a land dispute;     women in the police will finally get kit that fits;     an Indian state is working towards more happiness;      a call for a register of citizens in an Indian state to focus on inclusion;     600 million people are affected by drought;
     on Pakistan:
     -   “Pakistan [has arrested] the alleged mastermind of [the] Mumbai terror attacks” . . . again;     sabotage of a polio vaccination programme;     concerns that Pakistan is “on the brink of civil dictatorship”;
     elsewhere in South Asia:
     -   Chagossians have, through Mauritius, scored “a Pyrrhic Victory” in relation to the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia;
• 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:
     -   “UN officials urge Israel against toppling Palestinian homes”;
     -   other events concerning Israel / Judaism / anti-Semitism and/or Palestine have occurred or are developing in:   Argentina;
     on the  conflict and the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis in Yemen:
     -   some consider the war in Yemen is nearing an end;
     on Syria (where the Assad Dictatorship has lost all pretence of legitimacy, and partition is needed):
     -   “after 80 days of intensifying attacks, many on health facilities, ‘the carnage must stop’ in northwest Syria”;
     elsewhere in the region:
     -   “Saudi Arabia’s King [has] approved hosting US forces . . . to boost regional security and stability” (I thought they already did?).

Other News:

• abattoir owners are letting vegans farewell animals before slaughter.

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.