Finally Switzerland’s Competition
Commission is investigating manipulation of foreign exchange rates at several
British and Swiss banks
They are RBS, Barclays, UBS,
Credit Suisse, Zuercher Kantonal Bank, Julius Baer, JP Morgan and Citigroup
Evidence supports the banks
colluded to manipulate exchange rates in foreign currency trades
The regulator, which opened
up preliminary investigations last October, shows that the most important
exchange rates are affected
Authorities worldwide are
investigating these same foreign exchange traders
They colluded in setting key
exchange rates in the foreign exchange market. This resulted in huge profits
Traders from different
countries worked together to influence currency prices
They also failed to
accurately represent to their customers how they determined those prices
It has now been said by the
Financial Conduct Authority that currency manipulation was every bit as bad as
the Libor Scandal
Those banks who were involved
in the Libor Scandal have paid $6bn in fines, which is nothing to the profits
they already made
Fines are not enough. They
are not severe enough to act as a deterrent
It is now time for the law to
be introduced where these banks are brought before the courts
Criminal sentences are
required for all those who are responsible for this kind of activity
At this time it is all too
little too late
However these banks still
think they are above the law, which includes their traders who continue to
practice in this manner
More of these practices are
being exposed and so situations will have to change
The public will no longer put
up with what they see as carte blanche
by these operatives who flagrantly flaunt the law for huge profits
Brazilian security forces
have moved into a slum near Rio Airport as part of efforts to drive out drug
gangs
They need to do this before
this year’s football World Cup
The vast Mare favela is
considered to be one of the most dangerous drug-trafficking areas in the city
Authorities have been
carrying out a slum pacification programme aimed at making the city safer
It is also because of the
2016 Olympics, which is a concern for the Government
In this recent raid large
quantities of weapons were seized
The raid, which began before
dawn, with more than 1000 police and backed by soldiers and armoured vehicles
took up position in Mare
This shanty town, the
largest, is close to Rio’s International airport and home to 130,000 residents
The entire area was occupied
within 15minutes and large quantities of drugs and weapons were seized
What’s so tragic is that it
takes the World Cup & Olympic Games to bring the plight of drug gangs &
disgusting shanty towns to the attention
Whereby something is now
being sorted out, where before nothing had been done
It is high time that the
people of Brazil felt safe themselves against these drug and rival gangs
operating in their own country
The government needs to do
more, not just as a short term fix due to the World Cup and Olympic games
The people themselves
deserved more and should be getting more as their own right. That is what they
pay their taxes for!
There will be more
pacification programmes to sort out
Many shanty towns have been
allowed to establish themselves without the right amenities
The people will see
improvements, but they will need to carry on so that the Brazilian people can
finally benefit
This must not be allowed to
be a short stop wonder
Negotiators have worked
through the night in Yokohama to complete a review on a key report on the
impacts of Climate Change
A detailed 29 page summery is
detailing the effects of Climate Change on the planet over the next 100 years
Several hundred members of
the UN’s Climate Panel have been in deep deliberations since last Tuesday
The report is the first
assessment since 2007
This report is the second of
three analyses developed by international teams of researchers
The first part published last
September details the mechanics of Climate Change
Explaining the mechanics of
Climate Change rests unequivocally that humans are behind it
The new document details the
impacts and the vulnerabilities to the rising temperature that will face the
world
Two chapters are detailing
impacts on the oceans and human health and food security
The document focusses on
things that can be done to reduce the risks.
The impacts on Climate Change are “widespread and consequential”
With melting glaciers and
tree mortality, when just 1ºC+ is reached, causes extreme weather events, such
as with heat waves and flooding
Agriculture is affected in
severe drought conditions. Flood risks to people living in Asia are
particularly vulnerable
Human health is affected with
increase mortalities where heat waves occur
Oceans are becoming more
acidic, destroying the coral reefs
People who depend on fish for
their protein will have to look for other means as the fish will be fewer as a
result of acidity
All over the world, in every
continent, there are either impacts on agriculture, wildfires or floods
Sea levels rises and also a
lack of water, crop changes and melting ice will occur
All these have enormous
effects on the land and the sea
This report shows the areas
that are most at risk and what can be done about reducing those risks when
steps are taken
Climate Change shows a number
of the threats facing the people all over the world, both now and in the future
Once we begin to understand
the challenges we can start to manage the risks it becomes a tractable solution
We all must play our part in
bringing these changes in to save not only humans and animals, but our planet
as well!
As we all enter a phase of
dissatisfaction in our lives, we all must proceed to bring in the necessary
changes
Then we are able to restore
peace and balance
When a person has been harmed
or unjustly treated, it is our responsibility to voice our displeasure
To hide it often gives off
the wrong signals inviting that person or those beings to continue doing it
Unless we start to openly
discuss our feelings, how are we ever going to change the world into becoming a
better more balanced place?
Now, as the Universal
energies are all heightened, it is our personal duty to rid ourselves of
everything that is negative
Then we can enter a stage of
productivity and positive acclaim
We can no longer dillydally,
but need to act swiftly and decisively to effect change and to restore harmony
when it finally comes to us
There are many solutions to
many problems. All we need to do is to find out the right ones that suit
ourselves
Once that has been agreed,
then the action becomes a normality and everything is swiftly acquired
In seeking a better life, one
must get rid of the old and to strive forwards with gusto to get to another
Nothing is difficult once we
have thought out the solution
These solutions usually come
from the Higher Intelligence, who is waiting for us to access it
Then the request is received
and the appropriate answer is given
Many of us are stuck in our
lives purely because they cannot see a way out
By meditating on the problem,
the solutions will always present themselves with the motivation to get things
done
From there on, the way is
easy and help is always given and the rewards are accepted
Know we are all looked after
and nothing is by chance!
Laws banning smoking in
public places have had a positive impact on child health, an international
study in the Lancet suggests
Researchers also found a 10%
reduction in premature births and severe childhood asthma within a year of
smoke-free laws being introduced
Laws that prohibit smoking in
public places, such as bars, restaurants and work places have already shown…
…that they protect adults
from the dangers of passive smoking
This research has gone into
2.5 million births and 250,000 hospital attendances for asthma attacks in
children
The study now provides clear evidence
that smoking bans have had considerable public health benefits for perinatal
and child health
There has also been a 5%
decline in children being born very small for their age
There are still many
countries yet to enforce smoke-free legislation
This research shows that
passive smoking causes thickening of children’s arteries
It can also increase the risk
of heart attacks and strokes in later life
It is the children who are
particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of second hand smoke
This is because their lungs
and immune systems are still developing
At present it is only 16% of
the world’s population who are covered by smoke-free laws
Scotland, where the ban was
first introduced in 2006, has shown that adult’s and children’s health have
improved
Where pregnant mothers smoke,
it has had a profound bearing on the foetal development
Babies are born smaller and
have underdeveloped lung capacity
It is in all our interests to
encourage the population of this world to remove smoking as a right to have
The long term effects on
health issues are not only on children who passively smoke, but on the adults
who do
Life did exist before smoking
and although it has been going on for centuries, we are all better educated now
If we are all to enjoy
healthy lives, then consideration to ban this substance from where it can harm
us is surely advisable?
The distress that comes when
one sees a child literally fighting for its breath is both distressing to the
child and the adults too
It is not only smoking where
we have to become more responsible, but where there’s pollution on other
levels, such as from cars and industry
Even smoke from cooking
stoves, where all the family breathe in these fumes, is also a major hazard
Now technology has developed
new stoves at little cost, these too will help massively in getting people
better
The more consciously aware we
all become the healthy and happier will be our race!
A man who has been on death
row for more than four decades has been granted a retrial by a Japanese court
Mr Hakamada, 78 years old,
was sentenced to death in 1968 for killing his boss and his boss’s wife and two
children
Hakamada confessed after 20
days of interrogation, which involved him being beaten, but once in court he
retracted his confession
Japanese police traditionally
rely on confessions to prosecute, which are obtained by force
Amnesty International said
Hakamada is the longest serving inmate on death row
There have been many
unanswered questions over recent DNA evidence
The court ruling came after
defence lawyers showed the DNA from blood stains found on the clothing…
…alleged to have been worn by
the killer did not match Hakamada
The judge has ordered his
release saying it is unjust to detain this man further. The evidence of his
innocence has become clear
Hakamada’s sister Hideko, who
is 81 years old, has fought bravely for a retrial for many years. She expresses
her thanks to all who helped
Human Rights groups have
cited long hours of interrogation, lack of access to lawyers and physical
mistreatment are the reasons…
…why suspects end up
confessing to crimes they did not commit
The shame has to fall on the
Japanese Police force, as their form of justice does not come up to scrutiny
Innocent people are given
jail sentences when the real killers still go free!
Until there is a superior
standard of policing, all the Japanese people are vulnerable to this kind of
abuse. What a justice system!
A man’s life has been
sacrificed and who knows how many more from this kind of sharp practice
What kind of compensation
does he get from the police not doing their jobs, but acting out of complete
thuggery?
He has lost his life and
liberty and shame should fall on those who acted wrongly. Perhaps their heads
should roll?
Seven million people died as
a result of air pollution in 2012, the World Health Organisation estimates
The extent of the damage to
Mankind due to air pollution is heart disease, respiratory problems and cancer
One death in eight is now
globally linked to air pollution. This makes it the largest single
environmental health risk
Nearly six million deaths are
in South East Asia and Western Pacific regions
These risks from air
pollution are now far greater than was previously thought or even understood, particularly
from heart and strokes
India has the worst air
pollution in the entire world beating China, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Respiratory infections and
deaths are the most common in children under five and also in the elderly
India’s cars are the most
polluting
India relies on coal and in
their brickmaking industries, which are situated in densely populated areas
Reducing air pollution will
save millions of lives
In China, where coal is used
extensively in their manufacturing industries, the people are suffering smog’s
on unprecedented levels
Coal carries toxic metals,
which are absorbed into the body
China has said it will take
them 20 years to clean up their air
Until then the people
continue to suffer with debilitating diseases
What was interesting during
the Olympic Games in Beijing was that all the factories were closed and traffic
was held down to a minimum
As a result Beijing enjoyed
30 days of clear air and saw blue skies
Once the Games were over the
pollution reverted to normal, which was unforgivable, with the population
having to wear face masks
We all owe it to the people
of the world to lobby Governments to do more to clean up the air we breathe
Where there are polluting
countries, the bad air is transferred by winds to neighbouring countries
These countries do their
responsible bit and yet are infected by those who do not
This by International Law
cannot be allowed and new policies to put pressure on high pollutant countries
must be addressed
This is necessary for the
welfare of the entire world
Remember it is not only
humans who are affected by this pollution
Animals, crops, land and the
seas are all being polluted and all need not to be at risk!
This affects us all!
As we gather our strength to
come to terms with what is happening around the world…
…we are mindful that
underneath a feeling of mistrust and arrogance, there lurks a consciousness not
always visibly seen
Many people are now starting
to take matters into their own hands
They are fed up with
politicians & their slow way of working, where people must wait a long time
before laws & statutes are made effective
The people of this world are
tired. They want change of a better life and they want it now!
Too many have suffered years
of intolerance, where politicians have behaved appallingly
Now, as more and more people
are rising up in their own way, they start to force the principles of change
New ideas are being realised
and where new terms and conditions are being voiced
No longer will the people do nothing
and stand by and watch their livelihoods being demolished in front of their
very eyes
A new breed of people is
emerging and evolving, where their brutally honest ways are turning events
around
They now have the upper hand
and say
Politicians have no choice
but to finally hear the voices of the people, who will no longer be denied
Start to see this global
revolution unleash its strength throughout the world
A growing consensus is being
formulated
People from all over the
world, whose ideology is self-preservation, peace and a coming together of
minds
It will stretch over all
social barriers, all languages and beliefs
Nothing will now stop this
growing movement
The Internet is coming alive
and the new pace for democratic change will no longer be denied
The world will start to see
this movement grow and be totally effective
No Governments will be able
to stand in their way. The force and the momentum are too powerful and too
diversified to be stopped
From every strata of life,
from the four corners of the globe, this mounting movement is strengthening and
increasing
This is not a war
It is an ideology that will
surpass any religious criteria or dogma
The ideology will have its
voice in the people and the global concept will be enormous
No military machine will be
able to stop it
For the voice of all the
people all over the world will speak with one voice
It will act as one beating
heart and drum out the rhythm of change
Watch out for this, all will
get involved, the people, the media, the Internet
It becomes unstoppable and
its strength is both tangible and real
This is history in the
making. All old regimes will no longer exist
It will be people power not
military arsenals, which will change the world
They will make it a safer and
more realistic framework from which Mankind can begin to live again
This movement is already
starting
As the Credit Crunch was
predicted three years by me before it happened, so this will also happen
See it evolve and where the
strength starts to belong to the people and not the politicians of this world
We are all in amazing times!
We are entering into a phase
of massive change in our world, where the fight of good and evil is fought on a
daily basis
Various parties are only
interested in their own agenda and feel nothing for the people who suffer
turmoil every day
Many throughout the world are
both physically and psychologically scarred
They feel nobody cares and
many are left to their own devices to try to live in a world of complete chaos
and unrest
The Middle East is a hotbed
of uncertainty and raw emotion, where the daily angst takes over
Just to survive and hope they
won’t get killed is a major challenge
There needs to be a complete
change of the mind-set, where countries start to deal with the injustices to
the many victims of this world
Their anger and hate are
fuelled on the back of revenge
Their human rights are not
being recognised and hope and salvation are but a far off dream
The people, although
suffering, have now reached an impasse where their lives are already worthless
and meaningless in their eyes
They see their Governments
are full of corruption and self-interest
It is these people who have
nothing to lose who are the most dangerous and will be the ones who are most to
be feared
Their meaningless lives mean
they have no life and to lose it means nothing to them anymore
All around them has been
destroyed
Any decency that they might
once have had has been wiped out by the horror of what has already befallen
them
It is this body of people who
will rise up and, like the French Revolution of 1789-1799, will determine the
outcome
There is a need now for
proper democracy, for citizenship and people’s undeniable rights
There is now a quest by the
people of this world to tear down the structure of the old ways
They need to bring in a new
structure, where the people are valued
Fear is no longer a daily
occurrence
The lives of the innocent are
protected against the oppressors and where legal justice on every aspect is
seen to be done
Those who will not abide by
these basic human rights will see their rule coming to its end
It will be the people who
have lost everything, who now will rise up and have their revenge
The world had better wake up
before it is too late
Man cannot be subjected to
oppression by those who feel they have almost a divine right to rule. This day
is coming!
An anti-austerity protest
attended by tens of thousands of people was held in Madrid
Demonstrators came from all
over Spain. Many had walked large distances to attend this protest
The people were protesting
over issues including unemployment, poverty and official corruption
The people were calling their
protest THE MARCH OF DIGNITY because
the protestors say their Government are stripping Spaniards of just that!
Cutbacks by the Government in
particular to health and education are causing Spain irreparable damage
Although Spain has come out
of recession, unemployment has soared with 6 million people out of work
They want a change in the
Government and it is hardly surprising as the Government is corrupt and has
embezzled Government money away
Even Spain’s Royal Family
have been involved in putting charity money into offshore accounts for their
own pleasure
The money should have gone to
fund sports programmes in Spain
There has to be justice for
the people and a new way of governing, where transparency is the norm
Unfortunately for the Spanish
people, the King of Spain has everybody in his pocket and what he says goes and
also controls
He holds the power, which
means the military and other ministries on every front
It is by his wish whether a
person is hired or fired and that will mean literally
It is up to the people yet
again to voice their displeasure and bring about a right to justice
Even the highest must fall if
justice is to be served
Can the Spanish people be
strong enough to go down that road?
Already the Royal Family has
come under fire and there is court action against the King’s son-in-law
His youngest daughter is also
involved in embarrassing Court procedures
The King has tried to protect
his daughter, but the Courts would have none of it
Many Spaniards have lost
their lives due to suicide, where all hope ran out for them
The economic situation
collapsed and there was no money to feed their families
All this while, the
Government and Spain’s Royals are living the life of Riley
It is high time that justice
was seen to be serving the people and not the establishment
They always win and continue
to suppress the people for their own ends
Pope Francis has launched a
stinging attack on the Mafia, warning gangsters that they will go to hell
unless they repent & stop doing evil
“Blood stained money and blood stained power, you can’t take it
with you in the next life. Repent,”
he said.
What is interesting is, as
Pope Francis carried on with the prayer vigil for the relatives of those killed
by the Mafia…
…the service continued with
the names of all those murdered, which were read out
There were 842 people at this
vigil and, although the Mafia have killed millions of people all over the
world, it was at least a start
Pope Francis further stated
that the life they lived now won’t give them any happiness
That is so true, for one
cannot receive happiness at the destruction of another – it is just not
possible
Something always goes wrong
and the price of obtaining with the one hand is always removed with the other
That is why they have to keep
controlling and getting more, as they win so they lose every time
There have been many brave
priests in Italy who have stood up to the Mafia and have died as a result
He also stated the wider
Church has been accused of not doing enough to confront the gangsters and this
is true
If the Church publicised
their abhorrent distain towards the Mafia in a more aggressive way and…
…got the people around them
to stand up, the Italian authorities would have a better chance of getting to
grips with this disease
At the end of the day it has
to be a collective fight against terror
It has plagued this country
for so long and has brought about its economic decline over decades
The Church has a moral
obligation to its flock, who have been intimidated for so long
The fact that priests are
being killed shows that the Mafia have no regard for the afterlife and all that
is brings
They simply do not believe it
Had they done so, they would
not be in this trade of extortion and depravation for their own ends
They think of nothing but
themselves, so to ask these criminals to repent is farcical
What is necessary is that the
Church should stand in solidarity with the common man and the politicians
Then the judiciary can bring
back justice to the people
Then Italy will be in a
position to recover both from the fear of being terrorised and economically by
the extortion that the Mafia brings
Children’s Services in
Coventry have been branded inadequate by Ofsted
Coventry City Council has
been criticised for its lacking in management and for not seeing vulnerable
children fast enough
Managers at the authority
will see at last a £5.6m cash boost. There will now be more social workers
employed
The little boy, Daniel Pelka
aged 4 from Coventry, died last March 2012 after being starved and abused by
his mother and her boyfriend
Daniel was pronounced dead
after suffering a cardiac arrest
Ofsted’s investigation in the
wake of his death stated the local Safeguarding Children’s Board was inadequate
The report also stated that
bosses did not tackle the weaknesses in social care fast enough
The report also shows social
workers in Coventry had such heavy caseloads they couldn’t do their job
properly
The leadership of management
in Children’s Services just wasn’t up to standard
It is now up to Ofsted to get
the situation up and running
Their report must bring in
the necessary changes at the highest level so that our children become safe
Many children go missing in
the city. They are not being picked up or interviewed afterwards to see what
has happened to them
As a nation, we have
unfortunately lost the close-knit communities that we once had, where
neighbours knew each other and took an interest
Children then were not so
vulnerable, as the care within the social community was always at hand
England has become such an
international and diverse society it can hinder integration
With this lack of
integration, isolation becomes normal
The people tend to stick to
themselves and their attitudes are not picked up by society
So when there are problems
they are often hidden away and this is where children become more vulnerable
They feel they cannot open up
and let people in and let them know what is actually happening to them
Also schools, doctors and the
police don’t liaise enough when they spot problems with very young children
Where there is obvious
neglect, no one seems to care to take on any form of responsibility
We, as a society, owe it to
our young children to protect them and to start to see the early signs of abuse
Many of us have a laissez faire attitude that it is always
somebody else’s problem and not ours
Still innocent children are
dying and it is shocking to think we still have not learnt from the previous
horrors
Our children deserve our love
and our steadfastness to protect them at all times – after all they are our
future
We have a responsibility to
them and to future generations!
South Africa’s top corruption
fighter has said President Zuma has benefited unduly from using state money to
improve his rural residence
The charges made to President
Zuma’s home, where he has installed a swimming pool and a cattle enclosure
costing the taxpayers $23m
Public Protector Ms Madonsela
accused Mr Zuma of unethical conduct and said he should repay the costs for the
unnecessary renovations
President Zuma’s home has
turned into a major political controversy in South Africa
He was booed at Nelson
Mandela’s memorial service
The amount of $23m totals
1,000 times that spent on FW de Klerk’s residence, who was South Africa’s last
apartheid-era president
Some of these measures can be
legitimately classified as unlawful and the acts involved constitute improper
conduct and maladministration
President Zuma has 14 days to
respond to Thuli Madonsela’s report before Parliament
President Zuma has up to now
successfully brushed aside previous scandals, but his home seems to have
touched a particular nerve
President Zuma’s failure to
act in protection of state resources constitutes a violation of executive
ethics code
This conduct is not allowed
with his office as a member of the Cabinet
This report comes just two
months before the governing African National Congress (ANC) faces national
elections
The ANC is not about to lose
power, but its popularity is shrinking
The people of South Africa
have to now look at who do they want to govern them
This is not about the colour
of a person’s skin, but who is the most honest and honourable person they wish
to be governed by
A person who will put the
interests of the people before themselves, as Nelson Mandela did, is a unique
icon in the history of this world
There are honest people in
South Africa, both black and white
It is now a wakeup call to
these people to stop thinking of a party which is corrupt…
…but of a party which is
honest and which has the best interests in all respects for the people
President Zuma’s legacy has
already been fraught with scandals
Now it is up to the
intelligence of the people to openly voice their displeasure and vote him out
The South African people
continue to be deprived of basic needs
Meanwhile their President
robs the very income that should go to providing them with much needed welfare,
which is criminal in itself
Wake up people and elect a
person on merit and not one of corruption!
The word of Man is seldom
true
There needs to be a re-introduction
of morality in a morally stricken world
All those who have suffered
injustices of any kind will see their just desserts given back to them, if not
in this lifetime then in the next
More is being done on a
Spiritual level to bring back justice to those who have suffered for so long
without retribution
Where there is no justice
there can be no hope and this is now being addressed right across the globe
Many more things are being
put right and opportunities for the people to start again are becoming possible
Where the impossible changes
dramatically and possible solutions on so many different levels are given
It is high time that Man was
recompensed for the misdeeds of others
Large institutions will now
have to pay compensation to all those whom they have injured
The churches will continue to
fall until they put their own house in order
Corruption on so many levels
is now being exposed from the individuals to the conglomerates that see
themselves above the law
The tide is now turning on so
many factors. No more can industries hide behind a will of terror. Their days
have come!
The law is now changing
New legislation is now being
brought in so that corruption and mismanagement on so many levels are now being
tightly controlled
Stiffer penalties on
exploitative ways are coming into force
The world is changing and
Mankind will be heard
All dictators will see that
their time has come before the courts and before the people
Their exposures will be an
example to the world and to so many that all will have to pay a high price for
their dishonesty
US President Obama has told
Palestinian President Abbas to take risks for peace
Mr Obama has told reporters
in the White House that the search for the two state solution remains elusive
He hopes to see progress in
the coming weeks
The tragedy for Mr Obama is
that it is in his destiny to bring about peace to the Middle East
This includes Palestine and
Israel and up to now he has failed miserably
You can no longer leave it to
Israel and Palestine to decide this outcome
It has to be decided by the
international community and where the law of the land is determined
Then and only then will peace
become possible, where there will be a peacekeeping force to maintain the status quo
Where policies to determine
peace of the two individual states are enforced and abided by
It cannot be any more decided
by the US, who are in the control of Israel and will then only abide by their
direction
The US is the laughing stock
of the world because of it and there is no longer any respect where peace talks
are concerned
The Palestinian people no
longer believe it nor does the rest of the world
The West has put the
Palestinian situation in this mess and it is now up to the international
authorities to put it right
Israel’s Government do not
want peace
They want land and
settlements to expand their empire and bring all the Jews from all over the
world to live there
In the eyes of the Israeli
politicians, the Palestinians do not exist
They are a scourge on the horizon
for what Israel wants for themselves alone
With this kind of greedy
mentality, nothing constructive can ever be achieved
The massacre at Deir Yassin
in April 1948 by Israelis on innocent Palestinians…
…is one of the most
significant events in the 20th Century Palestinian and Israeli
history
400 Palestinian villages and
cities were destroyed and over 700,000 Palestinian inhabitants were expelled to
make room for Israeli Jews
This brutal ethnic cleansing
of a people from their own land is the most despicable action and the world
does nothing but looks on
There will be no peace in
Palestine! Until…
…an International force is
engaged in doing what is morally right in the face of Israeli aggression, which
is backed by the US
They all have blood on their
hands and they know it
Even the Israeli people can
now see the inhumane treatment that their Government poses on the Palestinian
people
They unfortunately are not
strong enough to overthrow their Government
However they must be made
accountable for their extreme actions over decades of unrest
What kind of a world are we
living in where one nation is so brutally subjected to the callous actions of
another?
We all sit by and wash our
hands of it
Has the world lost its moral
compass or are we so afraid to enter in and stand up for what is right,
honourable and decent?
As Vladimir Putin now stands
to become isolated, a new party politics will take over in Moscow to renounce
world isolation
They will be quick to
criticise other world dominating countries which have done the same thing
They were only acting
according to their rights as they saw them
Trade now to various
countries will fall away naturally, bringing Russia to a standoff point
Russia is dependent on the
world for many of its goods
Even their natural resources
cannot secure their future when there are other ways for countries to receive
fuel and gas
The squeeze is now on and it
will be the people of Russia who will feel the full force
The EU and the US will freeze
the assets of Russian businessmen and cause disruption by visa bans
The bulk of the pain will be
felt by the Russian citizens, who rely on the West and other countries for
various staple things
Russia’s economy is slowing
down with their growth almost NIL
Their infrastructure is
failing to meet the demands of its people and many have little to eat in the
rural areas
Life for most Russians is
tough
They will experience a
tougher life now that their politicians have unleashed a mayhem they cannot
really control
Vladimir Putin himself will
become isolated on the world stage and that is where he will feel his greatest
rebuff
He will no longer be taken
seriously or even trusted
Various trade elements he has
in the pipeline will now be shut off
Even though it will hurt the
world’s economy, it can withstand it on a greater footing than Russia
The dispersal of the deficit
can be absorbed throughout the various global systems and they will become
easier over time
Russia may have natural
resources, but if nobody wants to buy then they cannot function
Look at Iran and how their
economy has been stifled by sanctions
Iran had no choice but to
climb down from its mighty ego to allow trade sanctions to be lifted
Their choked economy has
started to find a trickle coming in, as deep sanctions are now being lifted
We are all linked together in
global trade
When a rogue partner decides
to act foolishly and without proper provocations, the consequences are always
felt
The people of the Crimea
might feel they have a victory on their hands, but they do not realise the
consequences of their actions
Now they will feel the burden
they have put on themselves for what was originally fear mongering by Moscow
If Russia is so marvellous,
why is it so many Russians want to come out?
Why do the rich elite not
live there, but prefer the lucrative West?
There their assets are secure
and their business dealings are not overlooked and curtailed at a moment’s
notice?
Big brother still operates in
Russia and freedom is something the people do not enjoy
For those who live in a
western democracy, freedom is taken for granted
One cannot comprehend what
Russians are subjected to each and every day
For peace to become possible
in this world it needs Mankind to start taking personal responsibility for
their actions
It needs to start with a
moral policy
Too many people are on the
breadline, breeding dissatisfaction and feelings of being let down
It is high time that Man was
given equal opportunities for advancement and where hard work is seen and
rewarded
Until the higher echelons of
society start to play their part in helping those less fortunate than
themselves, nothing will ever change
In all walks of life Mankind
needs help and reassurance that what they do is making a difference to their
life and the lives of others
Only then can systems improve
and situations are then turned around for the better
Too many of us neglect each
other and the tragedy that goes with it becomes an increasing spiral of upset
and regret
We all must have love at the
centre of our being and then situations start to manifest in a better more
organised way
We are all sensitive to hurt
and pain and so it is with our own actions. We cannot afford to give out these
negative energies
What we all need in order to
prosper is to recognise love as the only panacea for health and rejuvenation of
the spirit to carrying on
We all have the capacity to
love
What is more difficult for so
many is to actually show it and that makes a substantial difference to all one
meets
The head of Syria’s main
opposition alliance has said its international allies must now honour their
pledge to supply heavy weapons
Ahmed Jarba of the National
Coalition has confirmed that he was promised these weapons if the recent talks
in Geneva failed
It is now understood that the
Syrian Government has brought in Islamist extremists to provide further chaos
within the war
Mr Jarba has wowed to kick
these extremists out of Syria and has already succeeded in several provinces
The main enemy is the
Government who has ruled Syria for 50 years with a rod of fire & iron,
demolishing many towns and villages completely
When the revolution originally
kicked off there were no extremists or terrorists…
…only the Syrian people
looking for freedom after 50 years dictatorship
Diplomacy is no longer
relevant in this war
There needs to be a change in
the balance of power, which will bring the conflict to a deciding end
The Assad regime only know
one language, the language of force at all costs
He wants to bring his people
to submission as he has done and his father before him
Syrians are paying a high
price for freedom and they won’t allow this dictator to rule them again
whatever the price
The tide is now turning and
with the appropriate assistance there will be a solution which is long overdue
The Syrian people above all
else deserve this now!
The number of Syrian children
in need has more than doubled in the past year to 5.5 million
The United Nations Children’s
Fund (UNICEF) has said this
Up to a million children are
living under siege in areas where the agency and other humanitarian
organisations cannot access
Children have lost lives,
limbs and every aspect of their childhood
The statistics, presented in
the UNICEF report ‘Under Siege’ show the devastating impact on children of this
3 year conflict, are daunting
The children have no
schooling and many become refugees abroad, which have now gone up from 260,000
Some 425,000 children are
under 5 years old, with many who have lost parents and siblings to the conflict
Children have been forced to
work early and young girls forced to marry for financial reasons
Boys of 12 years old have
been recruited in the fighting. All these children are in need of counselling
for the trauma
UNICEF’s report warns the
situation is likely to get worse
Until the UN and the
International Community start to intervene and bring concrete solutions to the
table…
…Bashar al-Assad will do
nothing to save his people
His power hungry criterion
has already brought this country to its knees, while the world looks on and
does nothing
The time for negotiations has
now passed
International authorities in
the wake of this continuous stalemate situation must take effective action
Those that have brought
crimes against their people must face the ICC in The Hague
How much blood must be
further spilled before legalised action against these killing forces is brought
to bear?
It is high time the UN had
teeth and moved to do something instead of prevaricating while innocent victims
continue to die
Is there no one in this world
other than humanitarian groups who have a conscience?
What are these
representatives doing? Getting fatter while the world’s people die around their
feet?
We come to an age now where
so many things are going wrong in so many institutions
We can no longer trust in
banks, big businesses, doctors, hospitals and Governments
Even the Church is corrupt
with money laundering and widespread abuse
Who can we trust these days?
It is necessary for the
people of this world to start looking for other alternatives…
…where there has been a
proven record of decency and justice
The Church can no longer take
the moral high ground they are no better than other institutions that are
corrupt and out of control
We have to start looking at
the Spiritual side of life where things are plainly right & wrong &
where Spiritual Law is always in operation
All that do wrong are dealt
with appropriately
We must look to the little
trader who tends to be honest otherwise they would soon go out of business
How can we best support them,
instead of always going to the supermarkets that strangle the growth of our
high street?
We need to bring in community
banks, where the locals are in charge collectively of helping their people and
local industry and amenities
We, as a people, need to
start taking responsibility for our own towns and villages
We must become where possible
self-sufficient of these big businesses that ripe off too many people all the
time
Even to have a local police
force again, which is run by the community and paid for by them, where
corruption is no longer acceptable
Everybody knows everybody and
so a tighter control is always overseen
We have allowed businesses on
so many levels to become too big and this is where the problems arise
Management at the very top
have lost sight of the people and only do what is best for them and their
greedy little ways
There needs to be a change in
thinking and to allow the people themselves to take charge
To bring in the necessary
expertise, which will be out there…
…where those individuals have
to be made accountable to the people before they can be fully accepted
Where proof of their
integrity is an ongoing thing and can never be taken for granted
Where there are no longer
jobs for life, but where individuals must constantly prove their competence
Their honesty will need to be
accepted in the community
People need to stop
sleepwalking and start to take responsibility for themselves and their
communities
All must club together to
form a collective of mutual strengths and experiences
They can become servants to
the community for the benefit of all, where community spirit is brought back
for the benefit of all
Farming, building, all can be
sorted out, even hospitals and doctors who care otherwise they will have no
place in that community
This will be the only way to
drive standards up and where peace of mind can come to both the individual and
the community
In order for all to thrive
and prosper
We all have been overrun and
overcharged by big businesses whose greedy ways have brought extensive
suffering to so many
There is no longer any
accountability, because they are in the back pocket of corrupt politicians and
other officials
Nothing is impossible if it
is applied in the right way and where there is a will to provide for the people
and not for the self alone!
Change is in your hands. Are you willing to take up the challenge?
Britain’s Kelly Gallagher is
an inspiration to us all
She is Britain’s first ever
Winter Paralympic gold medallist
She is visually impaired and
needs a guide in the form of Charlotte Evans, who instructs Kelly as she skis
Kelly has achieved a Super
Combined Slalom, a Giant Slalom, and a Super-G, Downhill
It was 90 seconds of bliss
after 4 years of very hard work every day to achieve this victory
Gallagher, now 28 years old,
started skiing for the first time when she was 17 and began working with Evans
in the late 2010
Since then the pair have won
silver and bronze medals in 2011 and 2013 World Championships as well as World
Cup honours
Kelly’s eyesight disability
is caused by a lacking of pigment in her body
That lets in too much light
into her eyes and affects her skin. A condition she was born with
For Kelly to be able to see
something to guide her on, her guide skier Charlotte Evans wears an orange
hi-vis jacket
This allows Kelly to see that
little dot and she just has to try to follow it as she skis behind Evans at
speed
Kelly thanks Charlotte for
getting her to the finishing line
She said, “We just threw ourselves at it and I prayed
for the strength to ski and to have fun”
Her prayers were answered
Well done to both Kelly and
Charlotte for their bravery, determination and much courage
Today is a day of joy and
laughter
If you start with this notion
within, as you awake to another morning of life, you are about to fulfil your
dream
Each and every one of us is
completely responsible for the life which we lead
We all are brought challenges
and opportunities. It is our choice and
our choice alone how we deal with them
There is simply nobody else
to blame for the way we go and the way we act through our period on this earth
plane of existence
To blame others for our
errors and mistakes is to hide ourselves from the truth, which is a big mistake
Unless we understand
ourselves and who and what we are, how can we adjust and improve our own
position and accomplishments in life?
No one deserves a free meal
ticket through life, although many ask for it and suffer the consequences
They are kept in their place
by the one who provides for them
Each & every person must
contribute to the whole & the Greater Good if they are to progress,
otherwise they are wasting their time here!
Give yourself a chance each
morning by putting thoughts out into the universe that will make you stronger
& mentally in charge of your life
If you sow good thoughts, you
will reap a good harvest, but should you be negative you will be fighting an
uphill battle all day long
Your happiness is in your
hands and if you have the courage to direct it, so act honestly and ask
positively
Then you will make a
difference to your life and all those around you
A scheme to let people know
from the police if their partner has a history of domestic violence has been
brought in across England & Wales
The Domestic Violence
Disclosure Scheme known as Clare’s law is intended to provide information
It could protect someone from
being a victim of attack
This initiative was named
after 36 year old Clare Wood, who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend George
Appleton in 2009
Clare was strangled and set
on fire at her home
Unbeknown to her, Appleton
had a history of violence towards women
He had become known as the
Facebook Killer as he prowled the social network sites for partners
In the months before her
murder she had repeatedly contacted Greater Manchester Police saying that
Appleton had caused criminal damage
He had harassed her,
threatened to kill her and tried to rape her
Police watchdogs later
concluded Clare had been badly let down by the police
Yet another failing by the
police force, who have a lot to answer for!
Again nobody is answerable for
these failings. There is never any responsibility taken by the police
Appleton had a criminal
record of being jailed for three years in 2002 for harassing another woman
He had a six month sentence
for breaching a restraining order on yet another woman
Appleton later hanged himself
after Clare’s death in a derelict pub
This scheme has so far helped
over a hundred people with potentially life-saving information and it is hoped
it will help far more
Clare’s father has said that
had the scheme been put into place then, he believes his daughter would be
alive today
As with everything in life
there are lessons to be learned
What is clear here is that
people are either put into prison for these offences or get restraining orders
put into place
Yet the perpetrators are then
released, not having been put right psychologically, but are put back into
society with the same old problems
Nothing has actually changed
and it is only a matter of time before these deranged people find their next
vulnerable victim
They cannot stop themselves,
as with paedophiles their minds are sick, so they cannot adjust to a normal
life
All these perpetrators need
to be dealt with psychologically and kept under constant supervision
One could say that it is very
expensive. On the other hand, what price do you give a life that could be
saved?
Remembering that just because
a person has not died through their perpetrator does not mean their victims are
not scarred for life
They carry their life
sentence with them. Something the magistrates, courts and the law need to
consider more and more
We are already aware of
traumas felt by the victims of sexual and psychological abuse
They incur a life time’s
sentence and where does that hell end for them?
There needs to more done for
the victims of crime
Also the criminals themselves
need help, where their sick predatory minds play no part in civilised society
Either way it is high time
that the law moves to help both victim and perpetrator, where society is
secured from these sick people
Locking them up is not the
answer
Long-term help in a secure
psychiatric unit is, until they are deemed well enough to return to the fold
We owe it to society to keep
our vulnerable people safe - especially our children, but we continue to fail
them all
Clare’s memory lives on, but
have we learnt those lessons? I doubt it!
It will take the US 2 years
and billions of dollars to overcome the harm done by Edward Snowden’s
intelligence leaks
Since last year, news
organisations have published dozens of stories based on the leaked intelligence
documents
Many of the documents were
related to military capabilities and procedures
It is said it will cost
billions of dollars to overcome the loss of US security
Nothing however is said about
the countries that have been inflicted with these covert operations
They have had to bear the
suffering and harm that has been brought down on them
It is high time that the US
starts to think of their own implications
They are the dire consequences
of their exposed tactics on the lives of so many innocent people around the
world
Many have suffered extreme
hardship around the world, where the US have influenced and put in dictatorial
Governments
There is never any thought
for the people – only the strategy that is best for the US
The world no longer trusts
the West and it is hardly surprising
Where is the decency? Where
is the honour and where is the justice for so many wrongs that have been done
to so many people worldwide?
When a nation’s core values
align with their own hearts, they become non-negotiable
If this is the guiding
factor, then decisions can be made with the utmost integrity
To be seen by others as
trustworthy is one of the greatest gifts a nation can have
Then and only then can they
take the moral high ground and set an example to the rest of the world
This has not happened and so,
so many countries now no longer trust each other
It will be the decent people
of this world who have to show the example & where justice can make matters
right in the face of so many wrongs
Unfortunately for the human
race, our leaders do not hold up to the scrutiny of doing what is right, only
what is of self-interest
That has to change in order
for the human race to survive
US researchers have revealed
that a baby carrying the HIV virus, which leads to AIDS, may have been cured by
early treatment
Antiretroviral drugs were
given to a baby in California just four hours after its birth
The baby, now nine months
old, is said to be HIV negative
Another child in Mississippi,
who was HIV positive, is also in remission following early treatment, which was
given in 2013
There is now no trace of the
virus in the infant’s blood or tissues
The nine month old child is
still recovering
The three year old
Mississippi child stopped antiretroviral treatments two years ago and remains
fine
Both children were born to
mothers infected with the HIV virus, which weakens the body’s immune system
The immunodeficiency virus
has infected more than 34 million people worldwide
The breakthrough with these
two infants will now increase the impetus to treat early
Then other small innocent
children can have a life that is HIV free
The treatment needs to be
given to those countries in Africa, where the spread of HIV is rife
Here there seems no end to
this misery for so many who are infected in the family
There, through the birth of a
baby, the HIV is transferred from the infected mother
So then the cycle in the
family continues with so many children contacting this virus
There is the means to solve
this problem, but it needs active participation by the respected countries,
widespread information and advice
Education to the masses is
not enough
There needs to be more hands
on workers in this field of expertise together with Government participation
HIV/AIDS can be eradicated if
the pharmaceutical companies did more to oblige
There needs to be a moral
outlook here before profits, which tends to be the main criteria all the time
We are all in this world
together & it is high time that Mankind really starts to help one another
& not just leave it to the dedicated few
Italy says it will unblock 2m
euros in emergency funds to save the ancient city of Pompeii after flooding has
caused its walls to collapse
One has to ask, “What kept them?”
The more damage done by
letting these precious buildings deteriorate the more expensive restoration is
required
The EU had already made
substantial funds available for the care and restoration of the site
It has been designated a
World Heritage site by UNESCO and UN Cultural Organisation
The Italian media is blaming
the Government’s slow actions and mismanagement and bureaucratic delays
Pompeii’s degradation has
been a source of constant embarrassment for the Italian authorities and quite
rightly so
Every year 2.5m tourists
visit Pompeii
Despite the money they
generate there, there have been allegations that the site has been neglected
and underfunded
Unfortunately, as with so
many things in Italy, there is little pride in their heritage
So many of their famous
buildings have been taken for granted
When people begin to really
care and cherish their heritage more, then situations can change
There must be education in
the appreciation of our world historical buildings
In Egypt, everything there is
cherished and preserved for all of humanity to see and admire a world that is
so removed from today
They respect their buildings
and they are well guarded and preserved, because they care
As the situation in the
Ukraine takes another twist in events, the people will start to rally around
the new present Government
New involved laws will be
introduced, which will allow for a permanent structure for all the people of
the Ukraine to deal with
It will allow for certain laws,
where minorities can feel safe and secure
A stabilising economy can be
drafted to allow for a pickup of the dire economic situation
It will favour the whole
country, which would include the Crimea
If the Crimea does not wish
to abide by this new legislation they will find that life for them will not be
so easy under Russian domination
Promises given by Russia to
the Crimea will not be forthcoming and so it will sink into a new economic low
The new financial package is
for the whole country, not just for parts of it
It is up to the Crimea to
realise that they would ultimately be better off under this structure
Nobody wants war and this
sabre rattling is not being helpful to the Ukrainian people who wish to live in
peace
What has to be acknowledged
is that the last President was corrupt and his policies have landed this
country into an economic freefall
It now has to be salvaged so
that the Ukraine can begin again with better more robust policies, which can
save this nation
War will destroy
All who had good intentions
to bring back this country from the brink of bankruptcy will have had their
chances curtailed
See the Ukrainian Government
bring in strong reassurances that it can manage to return this country to full
functioning
However it must be given the
chance to do so
Expert financial advice is
already on the table and so a reverse structure, which will promote growth,
will be there
Where there is strength, then
Russia has no business interfering, where there is weakness, then panic arises
and Russia will step in
It must be the Ukrainian
Government that must open up the dialogue with all nations
Be advised and the people
should respect this interim time to allow for these necessary changes to occur
See a better more lasting
approach come in and where the people of this great nation can begin to breathe
again
The historical drama ‘12 Years a Slave’ has won the best
picture Oscar at the Academy Awards
Steve McQueen, the British
director of this motion picture, has dedicated the Oscar to all the people who
have endured slavery
It was based on a true story,
where a free black man Solomon Northup was kidnapped and sold into slavery in
Louisiana
Slavery is still very much
with us in the 21st Century, where people are used as slave labour
This was very much evidential
in Bangladesh recently where poor working conditions for garment workers were
getting below the minimum wage
Bangladesh receives billions
of dollars in revenue from these products and keeps their workers in
substandard conditions
Their factories often go up
in flames and many have died and been injured without compensation
Nothing is being done to
alleviate their state of suffering
Globally girls are sold into
slavery and into the sex trade after being kidnapped
They are taken to different
countries and drugged up against their will
They fear for their lives and
are subjected to bad treatment. Young boys also are subjected to these ordeals
of prostitution
The world must start to
condemn these acts with proper lawful intent
Otherwise nothing will ever
change and Man’s cruelty and exploitation to Man will remain
A Senior UN official has now
broken ranks with his organisation & called for full compensation for
victims of a cholera epidemic in Haiti
Gustova Gallon is the UN’s
top human rights officer in Haiti and has said those found responsible must be
punished
The UN has so far rejected
compensation claims
Evidence has shown that UN
peacekeepers introduced cholera to Haiti in 2010
This outbreak has taken more
than 8,300 lives and has infected hundreds of thousands
The evidence had shown that
leaking sewage pipes at a UN base caused the disease
It was found on the boots of
the peacekeepers and later transferred to Haiti when they came over
This disease was not there before
the UN introduced it
The organisation says it has
legal immunity from any lawsuits filed for Haitian victims
Even though they may have
legal immunity, it does not make it morally right
Mr Gallon is now trying to
get around this question and to finally put a stop to this epidemic, which is
still affecting so many
To pay full compensation for
those suffering this experience has to be legally and morally right
These people have suffered
enough and it is the job of the UN to take the moral high ground and to be an
example to the rest of the world
By taking the right action,
they pave the way for others to be made accountable for their actions
This is especially so when
there is no fault on the victims’ side
At the end of the day Man
must do what is right and honourable to show by example when a deed has gone so
tragically wrong
As Russia raises the ante
against the Ukraine, it will end up in a stalemate of differences
Russia cannot afford to
overplay its hand, as they risk many reprisals the world over
Not only from the UN, the EU
and US, but other countries with which they do business
Russia cannot afford a
backlash, which would happen with immediate effect. All are poised now to see what the Ukraine
will do
What is extremely important
is that the Ukraine’s interim government must show strength and determination
Where necessary they must put
their army on the streets to show protection for their own people
There can be no bluffing
There must be an absolute
show of strength not only for their own people, but for those from whom they
wish financial backing
Ukraine can no longer be held
to ransom, as was the case with Russia and their now ousted out President
Yanukovych
They need concrete deals,
whereby they can bring their country out of recession and into profit again
When the determination is
there then the right deal is always found
Then the Eastern Ukraine will
need to fall inline if they wish to be a part of the new positive regime
Eastern Ukraine needs to look
at the benefits that East Germany now enjoys since the fall of the Berlin Wall
Or do they wish to be in the
same situation as East Germany was before the fall of the wall? Only the
ignorant would say, “Yes!”
