There is happy news that
Prince Albert II and his South African wife Princess Charlene are expecting
their first child
It must come with enormous
relief to them. The camera does not lies
The pictures that have been
taken of Monaco’s reining Prince and Princess have shown great sadness in their
eyes
Even when they have been out
celebrating and on occasions where happiness was supposed to be the ingredient
there…
…the sadness was still there
in their eyes
As with all things in life
when one appears to have it all, it is often found that sadness and heartache are
at the root of many problems
They chose to hide it from
the general public, but the camera never lies and the eyes are the windows to
the soul and show up everything
We hope that this bundle of
joy brings to them the happiness they so much need
As with everything in life
where one can buy almost anything, babies are truly gifts from God and one is
so blessed to have them
Let us hope that this child
can restore balance to two people whose sadness appears deep indeed
Ladies from the Lib Dems, who
have claimed they were sexually harassed by Lib Dem strategist Lord Rennard…
…said he should be expelled
from the party
It now follows an apology in
which Lord Rennard, who denies sexual harassment, has however…
…expressed regret for
inadvertent intrusion on personal space
The Lib Dems want him back as
he is a good strategist and the party is failing badly now in the polls
The idea of his continuous
indecent behaviour towards ladies is of course secondary in all this. Politics
and votes matter, ladies do not!
All the abused ladies have
stated that Lord Rennard should be expelled from the party
His case is being considered
by the party. At present Lord Rennard is suspended from the House of Lords.
It is another headache for
Nick Clegg and will divide opinion, just when the party needs to unite if they
are to win back some support
If the party wants to make a
point that they are in fact decent and honourable, then they should expel Lord
Rennard
They must prove to the
general public that they stand for law and order and decency towards all people
Lord Rennard’s actions have
been going on for years and nothing was said about it
All turned a blind eye,
because of his power and influence within the party and because it suited them
He has the power to make a
person’s career or destroy it
Is this the type of person
the Lib Dems want in their party?
Is it now time that the Lib
Dems turned over a new leaf and brought in decent people to run for office?
We are also reminded of the
late Cyril Smith, who abused several boys in his own constituency of Rochdale
Nothing was done about it and
there was a complete cover up
Not forgetting the leader in
1970 by the name of Jeremy Thorpe, who had to resign due to sex scandals at
that time
It seems to be that the Lib
Dems are a Party of Misfits and should they be in power?
Are they a good
representative of the general public?
Should they not get their own
house in order first before they start thinking of being in power?
It is time that a complete
clean out of these Misfits was strongly taken into consideration…
…if they wish the general
public to have any faith in their ability to rule!
Yet another case of Man’s
inhumanity to women continuing around the world
A man has been sentenced to
four years in jail in Niger, which is the first ever conviction for slavery in
the country
The pressure group
Anti-Slavery International has said a 63 year old man was convicted of having
what is known as a ‘fifth wife’
Men in Niger are allowed four
wives under the local interpretation of Islamic law
With a ‘fifth wife’, no
marriage takes place and the women are treated solely as property
Niger officially banned
slavery in 2003, but anti-slavery organisations say thousands of people still
live in subjugation
Anti-Slavery International
says ‘fifth wives’ are often girls of slave decent sold to wealthy men
These men view the purchase
of young women as a sign of prestige
The women face a lifetime of
physical and psychological abuse and forced labour
This case has been brought to
the court by the Anti-Slavery’s partners in Niger
Anti-Slavery International
said it was incredible to achieve a conviction
It’s been 10 years since the
law against slavery was passed in Niger & they have worked since to bring
perpetrators of slavery to justice
This judgement will serve as
a catalyst for more prosecutions as they are bringing many other cases before
the courts
In a landmark case in 2008,
the West African regional body Ecowas, found Niger’s Government guilty of
failing to protect women from slavery
The Government was ordered to
pay compensation to the victim
These charities do
outstanding work against all the odds & will continue to succeed against
the horrors of slavery committed against women
The world over now must address
these issues and all who go against common decency for women
Where women are disrespected
and abused all will see that the law is catching up with their abusers
The rights for women will be
imposed until the message has got home
Men no longer have the right
to do as they please and women’s rights, to live in peace and without fear, are
equal to men’s
Women are no longer the
chattels of men and their families. They are equal under the law, both in God’s
Law and Mankind’s
At last the new Government in
India is beginning to show the people that their intentions for right behaviour
are being administered
There will be a special task
force to find the illicit money or ‘black money’ as it is called
It is cash that has not been
declared or taxed and is mostly deposited in foreign banks
According to some estimates
there is as much as $500bn deposited in overseas tax havens as black money
To stop this happening the
country’s central bank announced the withdrawal of all currency notes printed
prior to 2005 from circulation
A retired Supreme Court judge
MB Shah will lead this inquiry
Unearthing black money is an
important issue for the new Government
It’s been stated that illegal
funds were often sent to tax havens like Mauritius, Switzerland, Lichtenstein
& the British Virgin Islands
These illegal transfers of
money have played a large issue regarding the widening of inequality in India
The former Congress Party’s
Government had been on the back foot regarding black money and corruption
The Supreme Court has also
chided them for not doing enough to unearth this illicit money
Now, with the new Government,
matters are being taken in hand and it will bring a new lease of life for the
people of India
With corruption a way of
life, it is time that India’s Government started to bring in a fairer, more
just, society
The people are owed this at
least
All who have been found
wanting regarding black money will see their assets not only squeezed but
confiscated
Many will be on the run to
avoid prosecution, which will be the next step in this saga
No one is above the law and
that means politicians who favoured black money
They are responsible for
their own avoidance of tax from their own people
Their days are now numbered.
An open fairer society can come about, as the people are demanding it by their
votes
The Congress Party had let
them down and so they are now out into the wilderness
They will have some hard
lessons to learn and not before time
The wives of two jailed
opposition mayors in Venezuela have won elections to replace them
The two women, whose husbands
were sentenced earlier over their failure to contain opposition protests, have
won a landslide
The Venezuela people have not
been able to receive basic commodities on which to live, because of their
Government’s incompetence
The people have had enough!
It is the Government who wish
to remain in power regardless of what the people need to survive
Talks to resolve the crisis
between Government and the opposition are currently stalled
The people are furious and in
anger have already taken to the streets. There 42 people have already died
The two wives received 73% of
the vote in the western city of San Cristobal and 88% in the central city of
San Diego
The wide margin of their win
over the governing PSUV party will be seen a boost to the opposition
These results have shown that
power and abuse have received big lessons
It is the people who will
speak, not the Government
Their policies have brought
extreme hardships to the Venezuelan people and therefore have no right anymore
to govern
It is only a matter of time
as the growing dissent begins to climax and a new Government is elected
Could it be that Pope Francis
is able to bring about a peaceful transition to the Palestine/Israeli dispute?
It is doubtful, but one
should never give up hope
It was to be President
Obama’s destiny to bring about this peaceful situation with its two-state
solution. He had not got the guts to do it
President Barack Obama has
failed his destiny!
The two-state solution is an
agenda that cannot be politically achieved anymore
It needs an independent
arbitrator who has no axe to grind with any allegiance to either side
He can state a solution that
must be implemented to bring about peace, where it is so badly needed
The current leaders have only
their self-interests at heart. They do not listen to the people, whose constant
suffering is now beyond words
Too much suffering has caused
a no hope situation, where the leaders of both sides have now lost the plot
They are not able to climb
down for fear of losing face, which is more important to them than anything
their people might say or do
Even the Jewish youth are now
so fed up with the constant lies their Prime Minister Netanyahu constantly
gives out
They are no longer proud of
their nation, but are filled with disgust
While the old guard remains,
so the existing policies continue and a stalemate solution carries on
Pope Francis is capable of
doing miracles, as he did on the steps of Saint Peter’s in Rome, when he ousted
out the demons from a young soul
This was a form of exorcism
which he performed and saved that soul from torment
Perhaps Pope Francis is now
guided again to oust out the demons that prevent a safe and peaceful solution
to the Palestine crisis?
We all live in hope once
more!
A US judge has lifted a
temporary order preventing military officials from force-feeding a prisoner on
hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay
One of the prisoners on
hunger strike, it is now known, will die if not fed
The lawyer for the detainee
has said force-feeding through a tube in the nose is illegal and abusive
It’s also extremely painful
with detainees being strapped down while a tube is forced into their noses in
order for food to be passed down
The judge, who has lifted the
ban temporarily, said she is left with an impossible choice
Either to continue with her
ban and risk the death of the detainee or allow for the force-feeding, which
gives great pain and suffering
The department has long held
the view that they will not allow the detainees in their charge to commit
suicide
Some of these detainees have
been held without trial for more than 11 years and they feel they will never go
home
The men are not starving
themselves to become martyrs, but because they are desperate
They are desperate to be free
of Guantanamo. They don’t see any alternative, but to leave in a coffin
Of the 166 detainees at
Guantanamo, over half – 86 – have already been cleared for release out of this
hellish camp
They are still there and it
is this fact that is helping to drive this hunger strike. For them there is no
hope any longer
President Obama in his
promise to the Nation when he became President, was to disband Guantanamo
Now, coming to the end of his
second term in office, the prison with its detainees is still there
If there is any compassion
then release those who have not committed any crimes
Put the others on trial were
evidence substantiates this necessity
There needs to be justice
here for all and that is not being served in any direction
What example to the world is
America giving regarding justice on this level?
As Mankind continues to make
progress against all the odds, many miracles are being performed
We all must begin to see the
greater picture, where people are striving for a better life
They alone must take personal
responsibilities for it
The more Mankind can begin to
look at himself and start to understand his hand in his own downfall…
…then and only then, will
situations begin to change
It is very easy for us all in
our comfortable chairs to criticise others for this and for that
What is needed is to say, “Did I have a hand in that misfortune?”
“Could I have prevented it and in what way?”
Once the problem has been
analysed, then the solutions become obvious and a way out is found
We must stop blaming
everybody else and start to bring in changes, where before there were none
When we are all able to
strive through life in the right and orderly way with deep respect for one
another…
…then matters for the
positive do actually change and we are all then in a better world
We are all dependent on one
another and so it is in our best interest to work as a united force
Not to harm or destroy, but
to build and construct in a better way, where all can gain and life becomes
liveable again
If we are to continue to
share this planet, then we must learn to respect and interact together
We are all given a great
chance from our Creator and so we must respect that calling and live in the
right way…
…with tolerance and
appreciation that we are all God’s chosen people and all have a right to live
in His Divine Love!
Yet again Russia & China
have vetoed the UN Security Council resolutions…
…that would refer the
conflict in Syria to the International Criminal Court
More than 60 countries have
supported the French-drafted text calling for investigations into war crimes
being committed by both sides
This veto would cover up all
crimes, where 160,000 people brutally killed and 9.5 million have been driven
out of their homes
Other members of the Security
Council also voted in favour to the draft resolution
This condemns the widespread
violation of human rights and international humanitarian law by Syrian
Government Forces
They have called for an ICC
investigation, drawing on the evidence already collected by the UN Human Rights
Council’s independent inquiry
The UN’s Deputy
Secretary-General has urged the Security Council to put an end to this long
nightmare
These vetoes are a disgrace
to the human race that a dictator can continually be backed up by other
countries to keep him in power
He continues to blow up his
own people so that he can stay in power
Until the countries of this
world start to stand up to these bully boys, who is ever safe in this world
How, as a human race, can we
idly stand by and allow these atrocities to continue
The UN Security Council is a
joke
What is the point of having
these people in office if they are unable to do anything about it?
There needs to come a time
when a majority clause is implemented to put an end to this deadlock
The UN Security Council
otherwise is not fit for purpose & should be disbanded by a Council, who
has teeth and humanitarian law behind it!
We collectively owe it to the
Syrian people to bring in justice for their loss & against those who
continue to perpetrate these atrocities
Somebody needs to take
control. Otherwise humanity is lost to us all!
A new slant on journalism as
an online newspaper is about to be born in Cuba
Cuba’s best known dissident
blogger, Yoani Sanchez, is launching her daily news about the communist-run
country
Its aim is to provide
essential information to Cubans
The paper will be produced in
Cuba and will not have a print version
The Cuban media, which
include the country’s three national newspapers, are all under strict state
control
President Raul Castro has
eased restrictions on dissidents in recent years
He has allowed opponents of
the Government, which includes Mrs Sanchez, to travel abroad
Mrs Sanchez wants to tell the
Cuban story from inside Cuba and to broaden the public’s outlook
She is keen to stress that
she will avoid any trouble with the authorities by remaining an online-only
publication
The Government is becoming
less anxious about their safety and wants to expand the world experience
This will be a good start
into allowing the Cuban people a greater form of expression
Healthy journalism, where the
Government can be criticized with useful powerful views, is to be welcomed
It is not seen as inflicting
wounds on a Government
Governments, who exclusively
rely on the yes voters and who encourage sycophants all the time, cannot
produce healthy Government policies
This is especially so when
there is no opposition
It only creates a climate of fear,
anger and rebellion
A strong Government can
always take healthy criticism and thrive
In time this online paper
might be able to pave the gentle way forward for this to happen?
More and more countries led
by Switzerland are to bring Syria before the International Criminal Court
To date 60 countries have
expressed support for the French proposal against the Syrian Government of
crimes against humanity & war crimes
Recently graphic photographs
of prisoners, who were tortured by the Syrian Government, have been smuggled
out by a defector
The abuse showed evidence of
beatings, strangulation and long-term starvation
United Nations Security
Council & the wider membership are now acting for justice &
accountability for victims of the conflict in Syria
Besides the systemic torture
of civilians, which is well-known, there are also the chemical attacks and the
use of barrel bombs
These are barrels, which are
packed with explosives
More than 150,000 people have
been killed and millions forced to flee their homes
In spite of any Russian and
Chinese vetoes, these crimes will be investigated
The impetus from the
international community starts to gather momentum
A new policy, where the veto
will no longer be applicable, is being mounted so that justice for the innocent
can finally be realised
Bashar al-Assad will have
nowhere on this earth to hide
His crimes and the blood of
his people are forever indelibly stained on his hands and his mind
There will be no resting
place for him. A single bullet will take him out and he will never know from
where it will come from
Fear he has none at this
time, but, as his time comes for him to pass from this world, he will be
stricken with much fear!
Another crime against
humanity has been foiled. A US cyber-thief, who stole credit cards, has been
jailed for 20 years
Initially sentenced to seven
years in jail, he was found guilty of breaking US racketeering laws and so his
sentence has been increased
A fine of $20m has been
ordered
The man in question is Camez,
who is a member of a vast criminal organisation that facilitated rampant cyber
fraud throughout the world
The US Department of Justice
has stated that the jail sentence is the longest ever handed out to a computer
criminal
Camez and his co-conspirators
used stolen payments cards and identities
They carried out the card
crime that caused about $50m in losses for many different card firms
David Ray Camez, with 39
other people, has been charged
Of those 21 are also expected
to face 20 years in jail for racketeering after pleading guilty
The misery that these
racketeers inflict on innocent people is something they will never comprehend
as their minds do not work like that
Greed is all that drives them
in their sick world
Unfortunately, with their
mental attitude, they cannot be reformed
Once out, they will peddle
their destructive ways again
It is almost as if it is in
their DNA, which is frightening for the rest of us in this world
The Higher Intelligence will
keep bringing them down until they are finally broken by their own hand
UK drugs company AstraZeneca
has rejected an improved final takeover offer from the US drugs giant Pfizer
If the AstraZeneca
shareholders succumb to the money, as being their prime objective to allow
Pfizer to dominate and take over…
…then they will lose hands
down. All that they will gain with the one hand, they will lose with the other
Pfizer’s prime objective is
profits for them & power over anything decent that AstraZeneca is already
doing & more importantly achieving
It is high time that
shareholders started to take personal responsibility for their company
AstraZeneca has fought on
blood, sweat and tears to survive and to grow to the great company we now have
today
With Pfizer in the driving
seat, all that good will and achievement will be lost along with certain high
profiled jobs
AstraZeneca is a great and
forward thinking company and to be just brushed aside, as if it is nothing but
a fledgling, is an utter disgrace
AstraZeneca is a leading
brand in vital research
One has to think of the
Greater Good and not allow Pfizer to demolish a structure that has taken years
to build up
In England we will regret it
and so will the shareholders in the long run
Shares might rise, but will
ultimately plummet as confidence in their ability to achieve and stride
forwards automatically erodes
Listen to the board members’
advice and understand how they value their company and where their protective
influence should be noted
This company is too valuable
to be destroyed and that is exactly what will happen when Pfizer gets their
hands on it
Be warned and be guided
Money must take second place
to the good will and ground-breaking research that AstraZeneca will always
bring to the table
Ukraine battles to keep
control of its regions
There will be a severe battle
before negotiations on a different level can be achieved
The country is now heading
towards anarchy with both sides vying up the opposition
Both think they are right and
will be able to overthrow the other
Both will be greatly
mistaken, as the new found factions will not be able to work
Even with Russian activists
trying to stir up trouble for the opposition forces, there will be no
concluding solutions
Russia, which is under
enormous financial pressure, will have to back down
How it backs down will be by
a series of agreements which will suit nobody
However it will allow for a
breathing space to occur before a greater long-term solution is found
All the Ukrainian people, and
it doesn’t matter which side of the fence they are on, will regret the eventual
split up of their country
Nothing will benefit any of
them and this will only be seen in time
People must accept that they
have differences of opinions, yet have a common nationality
This should be preserved for
all prosperity and a richer more vibrant nation can be formed for the good of
all
A foiled plan of action has
stopped production of liquid cocaine bound for the US and Europe from Argentina
Eight people have been
suspected of sending two tonnes of the drug mixed with insulating oil inside
large transformers to Mexico
The Argentine Security
Minister has said this is the second seizure of liquid cocaine this year. This
type of trafficking is on the rise
A team of investigators, who
have been on the gang’s trail since 2012, found the drugs
The drugs have a street value
of £24m. From Mexico the drugs would be smuggled into the US and Europe
The authorities seized
computers, weapons and cash
What is important is that the
investigating judge in charge of this case was not afraid to show courage
A Mexican chemist was
arrested in Buenos Aires and other members of the gang were policemen
They procured enough cocaine
in other South American countries
No matter how hard these
criminals continue to behave, something always happens to disrupt their cargo
It is instigated by the
Higher Intelligence that sees all
The fight against drugs is
one that the authorities cannot win over all, but it does not mean one should
stop trying
It is Man’s weakness that
will always be exploited and continue to be that way until Mankind starts to
take control of his life
There has been an amazing act
by a Californian cat that saved a boy from a dog attack
This was caught on video and
the cat will be invited to throw the first pitch at a baseball game
Tara, the cat, will appear in
a minor league team Bakersfield Blaze, whereby they will devise a trick to make
the cat throw the first pitch
Tara has become a YouTube
sensation after saving a four year old boy from being attacked by a neighbour’s
dog
The family’s CCTV video shows
the dog biting and dragging the boy in the driveway in Bakersfield
The cat then pounced on the
dog and chased the dog away
The child, who needed
stitches after the attack, praised his cat and said, “She’s a hero.”
The dog is now in quarantine
and is expected to be put down
The innate instinct of
animals to protect their owners is legendary and their love and devotion can be
overwhelming
We often do not understand
the instinctive behaviour of our pets and the strong bond that occurs where
love on both sides is demonstrated
As with all good things that
are meant and right, happy endings do happen
Three friends in New York bought
a second-hand couch and in it they found $40,000 and an envelope marked with
the owner’s name and address
They managed to track the
owner down and returned the cash
The couch was bought in a
charity shop for $20 and the cash was found in various envelopes
The original owner stated
that her daughter has sold the couch while she was in hospital for surgery and
was unaware what was inside
The three friends were
unanimous in their thinking that the money had to be returned to its owner
Finding her name on the
envelope they agreed to find her. They said it was not their money and they didn’t
earn it
The old lady rewarded the
three flatmates with a $1000
The old lady said she stashed
the money in the couch over a number of years
She said that her husband had
given her the money each week to put aside before he died of his heart
condition
This was her life savings.
She also stated that her darling husband was looking down on her and this was
supposed to happen
There are honest people still
in this world of ours
It only goes to warm our
hearts that people do care and all our lives are richer for it
Many people feel
disenfranchised by their own Governments
They feel it is more jobs for
the boys & many decent people who have their hearts set on representing the
people never seem to get a look in
Working in politics is never
easy and it is very much a question of who you know who can help you to get in
What should be asked is, “Who is the right person to take on the job
in the first place?”
Until government officials
start to engage more with the general public you will continue to have this
divide of mistrust and frustration
There needs to be more
effective governing and more people elected from the lower social strata
Then they can make effective
criticism. This way the cries of the people are heard
Many of the elite in politics
have no concept what it is like to be on the poverty line
Never in a decade will they
know the effect both physically and mentally to the body and the very soul of
these people
If they did, they truly would
be humbled and would try more substantially to reduce the suffering to so many
It is only when we suffer
that can we actually relate to those who suffer daily and where for many there
is no hope or relief
Politicians now need to look
at their jobs and not consider it as a cushy number
They must realise that people
have emotions and fears that are real
They do not fit a pattern or
a statistic and are not just a number
They are people and all are
different and should be treated with compassion and respect
Politicians should reflect
all parts of society and not just a chosen few, if they want to have successful
governing the world over
Thousands of unidentified
remains from the 9/11 attack have been returned to ‘Ground Zero’ in a solemn
ceremony
The 11th September
2001 attacks killed almost 3,000 people in New York, the Washington DC area and
Pennsylvania
The remains consist of 7,930
fragments of human tissue that could not be identified by forensic teams
All were placed in metallic
boxes and covered in the American flag. Then they were taken in convoy to the
site of the attacks in Manhattan
Uniformed firemen and police
placed the boxes in a dedicated facility located underneath the Memorial Museum
The repository, which is 65
feet underground, will remain under the control of the Office of the New York
Medical Examiner
Only family members and
forensics teams will be allowed direct access
It is believed that this will
allow for further identification attempts to be carried out in future as
forensic science continues to advance
Some of the families are not
happy suggesting that their loved one’s remains would be better in a beautiful
and respectful memorial
They suggest that the
basement of a museum is not suitable
It is understandable that the
authorities would like to safeguard these remains
They must not allow them to
be exposed to vandalism, which is likely
Of the 2,753, who died at the
World Trade Centre, 1,115 have still not been identified
On the site of the destroyed
twin towers, a new skyscraper has been built called the ‘One World Trade
Centre’
It is now the tallest
building in the western hemisphere
The memorial plaque that also
stands on the site of this tragedy is for all those who lost their lives
This includes the many
services that came to the rescue of those stricken souls
They also gave up their lives
to help so many, so others may live
Everybody who was involved in
that tragedy is remembered
It is because we speak their
names and cherish them, they touched our hearts in so many ways
It is because of this that
they will remain forever in our hearts and in our memories
Time can never dilute our
love for all those who lost their lives on that day
Their courage lives on in the
lives of those still living that is their true epitaph. Love never dies!
A corruption trial in Munich
with a German banker and Bernie Ecclestone is taking place
The German banker alleges
that he was bribed by Ecclestone to secure the sale of a stake in the F1
business to a company he favoured
Ecclestone admits paying the
banker this sum of money, but states he was blackmailed by the banker into
doing it
The banker is currently
serving eight and half years in prison for receiving this payment. He in effect
has nothing more to lose
Ecclestone, who has pleaded
not guilty, would face a maximum prison sentence of ten years if found guilty
It is alleged that the banker
threatened to reveal false details about Ecclestone’s tax affairs, which are
suspect anyway
Persecutors say Ecclestone
has never been able to give firm details to back up his statement
They also state that by
securing the sale of the stake in F1 to a company of Ecclestone’s choice…
…he was then able to access its
commercial rights, broadcast payments and sponsorship deals, which run into
billions
HMRC have been trying to
obtain taxes from Ecclestone over a none year period of investigation and had
to settle for a paltry sum
He has everything sewn up
with his wife and a trust that has been formed. He is a most slippery eel
For the courts to finally get
a man, who believes he is above the law, will be a triumph for both the law and
justice!
Rolf Harris has been found
guilty of grooming a friend of his daughter from the age of thirteen
The entertainer denies twelve
counts of indecently assaulting her and three other girls from 1968-86
One girl turned to alcohol to
cope with the abuse
The prosecution has told the
court, “Harris is a ‘Jekyll and Hyde’
character whose reputation had made him untouchable”
His other victims were aged
between seven or eight and nineteen, twelve counts were carried out on the
victim of his daughter’s friend
Harris states. “I knew I did wrong but we are all fallible
and oh how did I delude myself?”
All the victims are in a very
bad way
The prosecutor, Sasha Wass,
states that his fame meant no one suspected or challenged his behaviour
He has a tendency to touch up
females as if he was entitled to
Harris was too famous, too
powerful and his reputation made him untouchable
It is high time that the
media especially, wake up to this appalling behaviour by their powerful
celebrity personalities
A greater scrutiny needs to
be adopted and there requires greater legislation and protection for victims
Help is needed for the
victims to come forwards against their abusers, who can at last face the full
impact of the law
In 2005, Rolf Harris painted
a portrait of the Queen
Should this portrait be given
any kind of accolade by a predatory paedophile, I don’t think so?
German Nazi-era art hoarder
Cornelius Gurlitt, who died on Tuesday, has made the Bern Art Museum in
Switzerland his ‘sole heir’
He is the son of Adolf
Hitler’s art dealer and he had amassed a collection worth up to a billion euros
The museum said the news had
struck ‘like a bolt from the blue’, as they had no relationship with Mr Gurlitt
The art collection has been the
subject of a long legal dispute over the works that may have been taken
illegally by the Nazis
The Bern Art Museum said it
was delighted at the news that they had become the unrestricted and unfettered
sole heir
Mr Gurlitt’s father
Hildebrand Gurlitt was ordered to deal in works of art that had been seized
from the Jews
He also dealt with art that
had been removed from German museums
The priceless collection had
been confiscated by the Bavarian authorities from the son’s apartment in 2012
The Bern Art Museum now gets
ownership of the collection through the lawyers of Cornelius Gurlitt
They indicate that the
paintings shown to be looted should return to present day heirs of the victims
– an arrangement that still stands
There will be no argument
over the works of art acquired by Mr Gurlitt’s father before the Nazi’s came to
power, so they can go to Bern
For those paintings which are
in dispute, the authorities give potential claimants a year to come forward
This will at last be justice
for those who legally owned these works of art and who can now rightfully claim
them
It will also allow for the
rest of the art collection to be viewed again and appreciated by the public in
a very prestigious art museum
Justice sometimes takes time
to come in
What may at times seem like
an eternity and all appears lost, then turns around and the right thing is done
Justice on so many levels is
now finally being dealt with by the Higher Intelligence and where at last peace
of mind is received
Rising levels of CO2 around
the world will significantly impact on the nutrient content of crops around the
world
Experiments show levels of
zinc, iron and protein are likely to be reduced by up to 10% in wheat and rice
by 2050
This would have serious
health implications for billions of people, especially in the developing world
Now an international team has
put together a global analysis based on experiments in Japan, Australia and the
US
They’ve grown 41 different
varieties of grains & legumes in open fields with levels of carbon dioxide
expected in the middle of this century
The trials have found that
the reduction of iron, zinc and protein in rice and wheat will have major
health implications
A third of the global
populations are already suffering from iron and zinc shortages
This leads to some 63 million
life years being lost annually
It is known that 2bn people
already get 70% of their iron and zinc from these grains and legumes
So with crops reducing in
nutrients, this will make for alarming deficiencies
What the scientists are now
looking at is a breeding programme to produce rice that becomes less sensitive
to CO2
The impact of carbon on
nutrient levels is another blow to global food production
Due to the rising
temperatures globally, crop yields are already suffering
This means that the
production of maize, wheat and rice will go down over the course of this century
We owe it to our children and
their children after them. Global
warming needs to be our first priority
We must save people – not
only now, but in the future
We can no longer place our
heads in the sand and ignore it
Starvation will replace wars
as the single most destructive force to hit humanity!
To see justice being done is
a wonderful thing
At last the corrupt Prime
Minister of Thailand has been ruled that she abused her position of power
The courts have ruled that
she must now step down
The Constitutional Court
ruled that Ms Yingluck acted illegally when she transferred her national
security head
The court has also ruled that
some of her cabinet ministers involved in the transfer must also step down
The Prime Minister’s status
has ended. She can no longer stay in her position acting as caretaker Prime
Minister
These corrupt Governments
think they are untouchable
They think they can get away
with impunity with regards to their actions of governing
Like Al Capone, the American
gangster, who thought he could get away forever with his horrendous crimes
against humanity and the state
It is always the simple
little things that bring an egotistical person down
Matters which they feel are
irrelevant in the scheme of how they work and survive
With Al Capone it was tax
evasion and not the smuggling and other illegal activities that finally ended
his reign
He was found guilty and
incarcerated in 1931
As for Thailand, it will
leave them temporarily in a political vacuum
But even this will be filled
with better people, who have their people primarily at heart
The people are not so stupid
any longer. They have all had to learn from bitter experience that corruption
will bring their country down
The future of Thailand’s
Prime Minister now hangs in the balance
Senators have filed
complaints on allegations of abuse of power
Ms Yingluck could be removed
from office and banned from politics for five years if found guilty
The people are after an
unelected ‘People’s Council’, which they feel will allow for stability in the
governing in Thailand
They want a land where
corrupt politicians do not get a look in anymore
The Prime Minister is also
facing several legal challenges
Earlier this year, a
different court ruled that she had improperly transferred her National Security
Chief. She openly criticised him
He has since been reinstated.
A court is to decide whether he had been unconstitutionally transferred
The people of Thailand are
very concerned that their democracy has been corrupted by money
Voters are bought and paid
for so that their politicians can remain in power while the country continues
to go downhill
Corruption is a worldwide
epidemic, where those in power seek to control and hold onto what is always
right for them
As with all corruption, it is
the man in the street that has to suffer
Goodness and decency are no
longer a fact of life
The majority of people no
longer believe they can be saved or that there are actually decent people out
there who care
The tide of complacency, where
the corrupt have gotten away with it for decades, is now turning
By their very controlling
schemes, they have successfully brought many countries to their knees
The public now are fighting
back
They are pleading that
decency is a part of normal life and where doing the right thing is what life
is all about
Corruption on every level is
now being challenged and more and more courts are springing up to deal with
this global crisis
Many are no longer getting
away with it and the Superior Intelligence is now turning the tide
Decent, honest, people are
now taking over the world and bringing in justice where before there was none!
The extraordinary courage of
Elena Baltacha, who has died of liver cancer aged 30, will remain with her
fellow compatriots for a lifetime
Elena, who has been battling
with liver cancer since the age of 19, had gone on to win 11 singles titles
She also made the third round
of Wimbledon in 2002 and was part of Great Britain’s Fed Cup team for 11 years
There have been many moving
tributes made to Elena from her team mates and other tennis legends
One theme seems to be
consistent throughout and they are ‘Sweet
dreams Bally’ or ‘Rest in Peace’
It is so sad that the outside
world is so naïve with what happens to an individual soul once they depart this
world
Hardly anybody in the western
world takes it upon themselves to actually find out
It is so sad, as they are
never able to come to terms with grief as they should be able to do
Elena Baltacha is not
sleeping nor is she resting in peace. This lady is alive well and functioning
and will continue to grow and survive
She is in the next dimension,
which is called the Spirit World and not Heaven, as so many people who do not
know chose to call it
Nor is she sleeping six feet underground
This amazing woman lives on
and will continue to thrive in the next dimension for all eternity
There she will show her great
strengths of personal kindness and inspirational spirit
All of which will be further
utilised for the benefit of others who are alongside her
Her earthly demonstrations of
courage and conviction will enhance others to continue their fight against this
disease
Of that there is no doubt
Her exhaustive determination
is no longer required on this earth plane. She has already done more than was
expected of her
Now finally released of the
earthly constraints, she is able to focus on other matters
More importantly, she will be
able to give strength and guidance from the Spiritual Realms, where she now
resides
She is able to help others on
earth to combat their own fears and weaknesses
She comes in from a position
of strength and knowledge and is no longer limited by the heavy earthly
conditions
She is both free and
liberated. She is in the best place that is now right for her to enjoy
Her darling husband will be
reunited with her when it is his time to pass
Meanwhile through his
grieving state he will need to learn to understand that his beautiful wife is
alive and happy, but far from resting!
She is not dead!
All those who knew her on
this earth will cherish her as a wonderful competitor, friend, wife and
daughter
Know she is with you always
and is but a thought away
She will never forget you, so
keep her in your hearts and she also will never be forgotten
The Elena Baltacha Academy in
Ipswich will be an inspiration to so many. She continues to be a living legend
An Al-Jazeera journalist has
been given the Press Freedom Prize as his trial resumes in Egypt
Mohamed Fahmy was been given
the Press Freedom award, before the seventh session of his trial on Saturday
The Canadian Committee of
World Press Freedom said it had awarded this prize to Fahmy, a Canadian
Egyptian
He is also the Cairo Bureau
Chief for Al-Jazeera English
He is recognised for his
battle for free speech since being detained last December
In a handwritten letter,
which was smuggled out of prison, Fahmy thanked the judges for this award
He has donated his prize
money worth £1,100 to the family of an Egyptian journalist
This man was shot dead in
unexplained circumstances at a protest last month
All the journalists, which
further includes Baher Mohamed, Peter Greste and Abdullah Eishamy, say the
charges against them are absurd
The prosecution’s evidence
does not appear to include any evidence of abetting terrorism or fabricated
footage
Instead, what it does contain
are video pictures of trotting horses, sheep farms and interviews
These interviews are with
figures on all sides of Egypt’s political spectrum
All of which is normal work
by most foreign journalists in Cairo
The Egyptian judiciary is
showing the world how not to behave where justice does not exist, but
tyrannical practice does
Egypt is being looked at by
the world as a failed state where the Rule of Law is a complete farce
Innocent people are put in
jail just because they can be and not because it is right to do so!
Egypt is ruled by fear and
its people suffer daily from the aggression of the army
This was something the people
tried to overrule with democratic elections
As always the army refuses to
relinquish its right to rule and so they undermine all the Rules of Law which
do not serve their purpose
If they think they have
gained by their brutal methods they are sadly mistaken
A Higher Power than theirs
will see that justice will be served to the Egyptian people!
The beauty of life surrounds
us all the time when we make the time to enjoy it and to appreciate the
goodness of nature in all its finery
For many, spring is the
greatest time of the year when all of nature is buzzing with activity
From the winter slumber, new
life is created and everything becomes fast acting and positive
New life in the animal world
is both exciting and enchanting
The newly born animals and
birds give us so much pleasure and make us realise that life really is worth
living
For those who live in the
country, this time of the year is especially beautiful and we praise God’s
handiwork all around us
We are truly blessed in so
many ways
The various abundance of
colours and scent that come from the blooms of plants, make us feel good
Life is really worth living
after all and we shouldn’t take anything for granted
All life is precious and we
need to stop and take time to see what is so glorious around us
Take in all that God has
created for our pleasure as we cohabit with nature and work together to help
create a better world
Many of us rush around each
day to see how much we can fit in in a given time and wonder why we feel so
exhausted and unwell
We often hear the words ‘I am shattered’ or ‘I’m so exhausted, I don’t know what to do
with myself.’
We must now start to realise
that although the world works at such a fast pace we don’t necessarily need to
meet those demands all the time
We can actually give
ourselves permission to take a step back and rest, so that our bodies can catch
up with our minds
If we let it, life can
consume us and we find we are only on the treadmill of life and not living life
as we should
It is high time we started
being good to ourselves and started to understand we are not robotic
That time out is essential to
recharge our batteries, so that we are able to achieve again on other days
All of us need that mental
break, so the physical is able to catch up and heal where necessary
We owe it to ourselves to
love ourselves and to know we are all worth it – for tomorrow is another day
Cherish what you do, but
never lose sight of rest and recuperation
It is a vital cog to our
survival if we are to continue achieving in our own life
Actor George Clooney has
ended his role as a United Nations ‘Messenger of Peace’ after six years of
extensive work
Over this period of time he
has used his position to help raise awareness of conflicts in countries like
Sudan and the DRC
Equally he has been very
active in raising attention to the crisis in Darfur, Western Sudan, which had
suffered Civil War in 2003
Also there was a massive
famine that claimed 2 million deaths
George Clooney helped to
raise awareness and finances to assist these poverty stricken people
Clooney did so especially
where the Government was in disarray and the people had absolutely nothing
As well as his UN role, he
joined his fellow actors including Matt Damon and Brad Pitt to form the charity
‘Not On Our Watch’
It aims to bring global
attention to international crises and give a voice to their victims
Clooney has close ties to a
campaign group ‘The Enough Project’ and has helped found the ‘Satellite
Sentinel Project’
This uses spy satellites to
track human rights abuses and atrocities in Sudan
The UN says its ‘Messengers
of Peace’ are high profiled people, who raise awareness of the organisation’s
work around the world
The competing demands on
their time from their professional and advocacy lives make it difficult
However these high profiled individuals
do carry out a formal UN role
Now that George Clooney is
going independent, it allows him to pursue other personal advocacy projects and
activities
In the case with Brad Pitt,
it was his finances that were able to help build necessary homes in New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina had
devastated the town leaving many homeless
His charity, ‘Make It Right
Foundation’ a non-profit organisation, was responsible for constructing 100
homes in New Orleans
As an individual using his
own money, Brad Pitt did more and took more interest than the Bush Government
of the day
Other high profiled
‘Messengers of Peace’ include actors Michael Douglas and Charlize Theron with
musicians Lang Lang and Stevie Wonder
This world needs more
prominent people like them, who have a heart and who care about the people of
this world
They are driven by a will to
do what is right for this world and are able to bypass many aspects of red tape
They are in charge and hold
that position, so that good works can continue under their stewardship
God Bless them all!
