Today commemorates the 50th
Anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill’s funeral
Winston Churchill is one of
England’s finest men, whose courage never wavered
He was a man of his time
Against all the odds of what
Great Britain had to endure
Never once did Winston
Churchill shirk from his responsibilities and his commitment to this great
country that he believed in
He was a spiritual man and he
knew from a very young age that he was in fact chosen to save Great Britain
His entire life was in
preparation for this task and his knowledge of army tactics and of historical
battles were his lessons
He knew instinctively what
was required of him to perform his greatest tasks
He had great foresight that
is indeed rare in a person unless they are chosen
Winston Churchill listened to
a Higher Intelligence, which guided him into making tactical decisions, which
proved beneficial many times
It is because of him that we
have the Human Rights Organisation for he laid down the foundations of how
people should be treated
He is loved throughout the
world
Although he saved Great
Britain, he is very much remembered in favour and respect by those in Europe,
whom he saved by his policies
He will always be remembered
as our greatest advisory and champion of the cause
Without him Hitler would have
won the war!
The people owe him a debt of
gratitude, which is so huge it cannot be measured only by the love of this
great man!
Sir Winston Churchill was a
man of destiny!
The Human Rights Watch
Organisation’s annual report says the rise in IS “did not emerge in a vacuum”
but as a result of regional abuses
Both Iraq and Syria’s
Governments have created the fertile ground for IS to emerge
The US is also responsible
for ignoring abuses given to the people by these Governments
Their main interests were of
military actions against IS in order to safeguard their own interests, which is
Oil
It is the Human Rights
violations that have played a major role in creating the majority of today’s
crisis
It is Governments which state
that their serious security threats must take precedence over Human Rights
Yet it is because of gross
mistreatment by Governments on their subjects that cause the unrest in the
first place
It is the people’s rights
which are ignored and unheard, which causes so much anger, dissent and friction
Governments quash any unrest
that might jeopardise their power and control
The more dictatorial approach
that Governments engage in against their own people the more aggrieved their
public will feel
Tyranny is brought about by
overload of grievances
It is not by harmony and
equality of the people, who feel they are being heard and their rights
addressed
Again Governments will reap
what they sow and that is why IS exists, they have created this evil by their
own hand
King Abdulla of Jordan is now
playing a very cagey game with IS
IS are no fools and
understand the implications that face Jordan, who are holding an Iraqi al-Qaeda
militant, who killed 60 people in Amman
The situation is already
strained between Jordan and IS and all will need to calm down before real
negotiation or progress can be found
Although Jordan is willing to
release their prisoner there are no guarantees that IS will honour its own
agreement…
…or safe passage of exchange
A Higher Authority is now
working behind the lines of negotiation to calm down all issues and bring about
constructive talks
All parties can begin to go
forwards
It is as much in their interest
for IS to succeed by getting back one of their so called soldiers as it is for
Jordan to also succeed
This is not about losing face
but about careful & strategic participation where many issues are met
before delivery of exchange is granted
All that is tense is now
beginning to change and where there will be a light at the end of the tunnel in
this dreadful situation
A judge in the southern
Spanish city of Granada has charged ten Roman Catholic priests and two Catholic
workers of child sex abuse
They are accused of abusing
four teenage boys between 2004 and 2007
The most serious offences
occurring in a house used by the priests
How can this Church purport
to be holy, above board and take the moral high ground telling their flock what
they can and can’t do?
Then they recruit depraved
people into the priesthood and sanctity of the church
Before men enter into the
priesthood their sexual bias needs to be investigated
For many will have already
abused before they enter
Checks have to be made in
professions that deal with children for this type of violence
It should be mandatory for
priests to go through the same checks
Of course it appears obvious
to anyone that the teachers of priests in these seminaries could well be
paedophiles in their own right
So in proliferation of their
own kind ensures a continuum of abuse from the very head down to the new priests
coming into the fold
All this goes unchallenged
and un-noticed causing a hotbed of damaged minds
How can the Catholic Church
be allowed to continue in this depraved policy?
Every aspect of the Catholic
Church has to be examined and those found guilty need to be defrocked and
removed from their positions
One of the abused victims, an
altar boy when he was young, wrote to Pope Francis about his abuse
The pontiff, who has pledged
zero tolerance on sex abuse, ordered the Church to investigate
The result was that several
arrests were made
The Archbishop and fellow
priests then went to Granada’s Cathedral prostrated themselves in front of the
altar
They asked for a pardon of
sexual abuse in the Church
It is only when they are
exposed do they cry like babies asking for forgiveness
Up till then they continued
with their murky world of deceit and cover up
What a disgrace to all that
Jesus Christ represented together with his teachings of honour and love
All this has gone so
radically wrong
The Catholic Church is
imploding and by their own disgraceful hand
Their hypocrisy should to be
tempered with humility and not with arrogance that we have all witnessed for
far too long
They owe it at least to all
those victims, whose lives have already been destroyed!
As further sanctions towards
Russia are now being discussed, it is time that greater action militarily is
brought to bear
Moscow continues to give arms
and ammunition to the rebels in Ukraine hoping that Ukraine will finally fall
to Russian influence
The people of the Ukraine,
who feel Russian and so uphold this military offensive, will become tired and
fed up
What they thought was
salvation has instead been a complete reversal and demolition of their once
loved country is what is facing them
Russia is hell-bent on
pursuing its objective, which is to consume Ukraine for itself and therefore to
expand its own boarders
This will never happen and,
like Berlin in the Second World War, a wall of division will have to be erected
The west will be able to
flourish and grow and the eastern part of Ukraine will be run down and
dilapidated
All this is because the
people could not see how democracy and International investment could benefit
them
This will be a harsh lesson
in political dictatorship from Vladimir Putin to them all
Russia’s credit rating has
been reduced to junk status
Russia’s monetary-policy has
become more limited and its economic growth prospects are further weakened
Rising external pressures
increase on Russia due to sanctions, because of their invasion on Ukraine
Together with the lower oil
prices, which Russia is so dependent on, all now are taking its toll on this
country
Russia’s economy is expected
to contract by 4-5% this year
It will be the Russian people
who will be feeling the pinch
Although they are sympathetic
towards Putin, it won’t be long before his popularity wanes
Winters are always severe in
Russia and with basic goods now not available the country’s people will feel
the pinch even more
One has to learn that
military aggression on another country, where provocation is down to the
military might of Russia, cannot be accepted
Putin will see a downward
turn of events and where the fallout towards him will not be what he expected
He has trained all those
around him to follow his lead keeping him in power for all time
The Russian people have
enjoyed a good market both economically and commercially
Now they will be thrown
backwards again with less goods and economic safeguards that will be
unacceptable by them!
Dictators have no place in
this modern world and so eventually more and more will be seeing an end to
their reigns
The situation in Greece will
not deteriorate, as many in the Eurozone have predicted
The Euro itself is collapsing
and has been unstable for many years
Until proper procedure is put
in to re-sort it out properly, then the Eurozone can expect fluctuations and
trade deficits
While it is necessary for
Greece to meet up with the troika, the European Union, the IMF and the European
Central Bank…
…they need to consider that
while they are chastising Greece they need to get their own house in order
first
A new loan deal will be
appointed to keep Greece still in the Eurozone with concessions that are
manageable
The harsh austerity packaged
they enforced Greece to endure has almost crippled this country anyway
A new basic formula will need
to be realised
Greece is fully aware it
needs to pull in its belt, but at what cost?
If you demoralise a country
to the extremes, you will invoke anarchy and this will cause greater
catastrophes to occur
Should Greece leave the
Eurozone, do not think it can’t manage on its own
The people of Greece are more
resilient then one gives them credit for
Survival is what Greece is
all about, they have survived throughout the centuries and they will be able to
do it again
A greater united Greece will
occur and it is together that other help will come in
They will be able to trade
more competitively and find their own level once again
Europe will be more
devastated and harmed, as the Euro continues to be less resilient and more
problematical against the dollar and pound
There will be repercussions
with other countries, who might now also be thinking of leaving
The common currency is not
what it is cracked up to be
Because it was never sorted
out properly in the first place, so other countries are caught up in its
instability
The troika now have to think
carefully, as they need Greece to stabilise, having held them by the jugular
for too long
They need it to breathe
Otherwise they will suffer
the fallout by their drastic actions
Brussels and Germany do not
hold all the answers and it is high time they acknowledge this!
A NASA probe is to start
photographing the icy world of Pluto
The probe has travelled five
billion km in nine years to get to this dwarf planet
This shows Man’s achievements
not only in technology, but in the greater understanding of the Universe
expanding and growing
New stars and planets are
being formed and discovered and it shows that the Infinite is used to prove
matters beyond our wildest dreams
Man is an adventurer who sees
boundaries, which are there to be conquered, not to be contained
By studying the planets we
can begin to understand ourselves and our right to be within the planetary
makeup
The Intelligence is there for
us to discover and learn from it, to venture out where Man has not gone before
We can build bigger probes
and advance in our technology, which is also used to structure and understand
our own planet further
We must never lose sight of
Mankind’s achievements and from that we learn to change the world and become
better custodians of it
We owe it to ourselves and to
the generations that come after us
For we are not alone and all
that we have we owe to this Source of Intelligence, which steers us ever on!
Thailand fights to gain
stability in its political system and the military have formed the governing
status, be it only temporary
New Laws need to be put in
place to prevent future corruption taking place
The impeachment of Prime
Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has banned her from politics for five years due to
corruption and abuse of power
Criminal charges are in
progress relating to the rice scandal where she could face a ten year jail
sentence
Bangkok is sending out a
strong clear message that there will be no compromise for her and her family
This family will be removed
from politics
Her brother, Thaksin
Shinawatra, was forced into exile after corruption charges were also brought
against him
The Shinawatra dynasty are
favoured by the rural poor, whose votes are bought to ensure Shinawatra get
re-elected at all times
However they are hated by the
urban and middle class elite, who have accused them of corruption and abuse of
power
These facts have already been
proven
Corruption and greed are the
very cancer that kills a nation and must be removed by root and branch
Thailand deserves a better
form of governing and where the rule of law can finally bring about stability
and enhance this nation’s economy
Corruption around the world
is being highlighted and it has been the death knell for so many countries
Now the people are fighting
back and justice and right living with action is being enforced
With the right attitude, then
help in so many ways is given
King Abdullah, who died today
aged 90 of pneumonia, will be sadly missed
He was known as a cautious
reformer, often coming up against hard-line clerics
He faced resistance from
conservative factions, which hindered some of his efforts
This left many women
disappointed with the lack of progress towards greater independence –
especially their right to drive
Saudi Arabia quashed an
uprising by Al-Qaeda in his Kingdom, which was severely crushed, leaving the
remnants to go underground
He contested Al-Qaeda’s
militant interpretation of Islam who tried to justify their terrorist’s acts
He ordered textbooks to be
purged of their most extreme language and sent 900 imams to be re-educated
He chastised senior clerics
for not speaking out more forcibly against the jihadists
King Abdullah invested
heavily in massive infrastructure projects saying that the oil won’t last
forever
His $130 billion building
plan was to create 500,000 units for low income housing for his people
He bolstered government
employees’ salaries & set up a Facebook page where citizens were invited to
present their grievances directly to him
It is not known how many
actually reached him
He worked to oppress his
adversaries like Bashar al-Assad and the Muslim Brotherhood
Last year he led the Arab
nation in a US led coalition to eradicate ISIS in Iraq and Syria
He has been praised for his
role in sponsoring the Arab Peace initiative with attempts to solve the
conflict with Palestine and Israel
As King, he had the title of
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques of Islam’s holiest sites, Mecca and Medina
King Abdullah was the first
Saudi to meet the Pope in 2007
He allowed women to work as
supermarket cashiers and appointed a woman as a deputy minister
He had built a $12.5 billion
research university, where women and men now study together
His greatest legacy will be
his scholarship programme that sends tens of thousands of men and women to
study abroad
They study at Western
universities and colleges and they will be the future of Saudi Arabia
As a young man, he was sent
to live as a Bedouin tribesman, where he became plain speaking
He refused to be called
majesty and discouraged hand kissing by commoners
He shocked 7,000 prince and
princesses by cutting their allowances
He trained his children to
walk barefoot, rise two hours before dawn and to eat but little and to ride
horses bare backed
When he was the young
Abdullah, he once neglected to offer his seat to a guest and his father sent
him to prison for three days
He suggested to an American
counterterrorism official that electronic chips be implanted into Guantanamo
detainees
King Abdullah said it worked
on horses and falcons, to which the American replied “Horses don’t have good lawyers”
King Abdullah will be missed
by many throughout this world, but nowhere more than by his loving family
Yemen’s embattled President
has reached a peace deal with the Shia Houthi tribes occupying key points in
the capital Sanaa
President Hadi’s office has
had to make major concessions
The Houthi tribesmen will now
play a bigger political role, which will amend the constitution as it stands
now
The Houthi rebellion in
northern Yemen has been the largest war in the Arab world aside from the Iraqi
War
It has proven to be a drain
on Yemen in material and human resources as well a central Government
pre-occupation over the past five years
This war between the
Government and Houthi clans started in 2004
It was a power struggle between
Government and the local clans
The Houthis have been
marginalised for years and enough was enough
The Yemeni Government needs
to invest in the reconstruction & legitimatizes Houthi tribes as political
actors in this reconciliation process
President Ali Abdullah Saleh
ruled Yemen as a dictator for 20 years
He was replaced by Mr Hadi,
who was supposed to lead a transitional Government towards democratic elections
This did not satisfy the
Houthis, because they had no representation in this transitional Government
Therefore it was no different
to the old regime and could not be trusted
It is the failures of Yemen’s
Government, which is responsible for this long running conflict
The Yemeni Government is
weak, corrupt and ineffective
They have no choice but to
meet the demands of a people, who have been of no count in their eyes
Spiritual Law says, “What you sow, so shall ye reap”
They have sown injustice and
so righteousness now takes over
The outrageous prices charged
by the pharmaceutical industry have gone through the roof
Medecins Sans Frontieres have
warned that many countries are struggling to fully immunise children
There has been a 68-fold
increase in prices since 2001-2014
The charity has revealed that
western countries get a better deal than the poorer countries, which do not!
The prices have become
prohibitively high and MSF have been questioning the sustainability of this
immunisation programmes
Just because you come from a
poor country does not make the people second class citizens
Therefore their rights to
live have been seriously compromised
The World Health Organisation
needs to put pressure on pharmaceutical companies to reduce costs for these
struggling countries
They are trying to insure a
health programme for their citizens and are being unscrupulously hindered by
outrageous prices
A survey has shown that the
amount of vaccines offered has doubled since 2001, but the price for them has
increased even more
In 2001 a vaccine costs $0.67
Now it has gone up to $4.59
per child, because of many more diseases that need to be treated
Therefore the vaccination
programme has increased
There should be a
proportionate rise in these costs, but not at the risk of unaffordability
This will lead to these
programmes being abandoned
It is high time that
pharmaceutical giants were brought down with their lack of compassion and
overbearing greed
It is time now for smaller
independent pharmaceutical companies to emerge to release the stranglehold of
these giants
Thus making vaccinations
programmes more affordable
This has already been started
in India and it is now hoped that other agencies can evolve to help those in
this world
In the end it is humanity’s
needs that must be addressed
We are all in this together
and exploitation of the sick and vulnerable is not something we should be proud
of
We all get sick at some time
in our lives and we hope that we will be rescued and not abandoned because of
greed!
Good Roman Catholics do not need to breed like rabbits,
Pope Francis has said
He also stated that they
should practice ‘responsible parenting’ instead
Pope Francis was literally
moved while out in the Philippines, where he met former street children whose
parents had abandoned them
This was due to the fact they
were unable to feed and care for them
He stated that some people
thought that to be good Catholics we should breed like rabbits
No, came his reply, Parenthood is about being responsible
The Church allows many ways
for families to have as many children as they wished and no more
He further added that no
outside institution should impose its views on families
This statement by him is
unprecedented in the teachings of the Catholic Church
In defence of the Catholic
Church, which has always stated when dealing with contraception…
…that the individual must
search their own conscience first before undertaking that necessary decision,
which affects them
That is why so many Irish
Catholics went over the border to England to obtain contraceptive devices
To them it was between their
conscience and their Maker and nobody else
At the end of the day,
education is required and where ignorance continues then it can be devastating
for all the family
On the Charlie Hebdo
situation, Pope Francis stated, You
cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others…
…You cannot make fun with the faith of others. There is a limit
Again it is all about respect
and responsibility, which are the criteria that we all must live up to!
The people of the world need
to unite against the extremists forces found to infiltrate and cause havoc to
millions of people worldwide
The disease can either be
ideological or greed in the way of drugs and narcotics
Too much goes unnoticed &
this is a massive wake up call to all nations to be more vigilant & to stem
the flow of radical & violent means
We cannot afford any longer
to sleepwalk through life
There must be measures where
the law is brought to book on so many misdeeds and misappropriate actions
Until a proper body is set-up
and is given the necessary teeth to combat these crimes then, like a cancer, we
will all be consumed
The Mafia in Italy and the US
have had a frightening run for their money causing havoc, death and destruction
to human life
They infiltrate the very
establishment and although there are some successes nothing really stems the
flow of this disease
We are only still dealing
with the very tip of the iceberg
Where corruption lies at the
very heart of Government and industry, so Mankind continues to suffer
It is now time for greater
action to be taken by all nations to bring about policies where law and order
is at the very heart of justice
This needs to be seen to be
working
Radicalism in many ways fuels
violence and has a total disregard for the human populace
Rape, killings and
destruction now becomes the evil that faces us all!
It is now time for
Governments to come together, upholding the law and bring an end to this
Universal suffering
A force of the highest people
in the world will have to come together to address these issues
No longer can countries
interfere, because it does not suit their friends and…
…they feel they must protect
them in spite of the atrocities they give out
All Governments must now
become accountable to the people
The security forces in Paris
knew of these Islamic extremists, yet did nothing
The crime was committed and
they, the forces, apprehended them – too late, the carnage had already happened
It is now no longer
acceptable where needless lives are lost due to massive incompetence by
respective Governments
If leaders are not up to the
job then they must be moved aside by those who will uphold the law
They must bring in the
necessary safety measures to eradicate the very stench of brutality and
violence that these criminals bring!
Until nations unite
throughout the world, the evil of crime continues to choke up all societies and
maims the lives of people forever
We, as the human race, are
not doing enough and so crime continues to grow and becomes unstoppable
All Governments have the
blood of people on their hands and it is high time that personal responsibility
is now taken!
Pope Francis completes his
tour of the Philippines with an outdoor Mass for millions in the rain of the
capital Manila
Pope Francis dedicated the service
partly to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the country in 2013
Crowds sang and cheered as
the Pope stopped at various points to greet worshipers
The Philippines has over 80
million Catholics and many remain in poverty
The Pope listened to several
children speaking about their experiences of growing up on the streets
One child, 12 years old,
asked why God allowed it to happen, the Pope was visibly moved
His reply was that, “Only when we are able to cry are we able to
come close to responding to your question”
He added that the world
needed to learn how to cry where there is a need
Those on the margins cry,
those who have fallen cry
But those who are living life
that is more or less without need, we don’t know how to cry!
Typhoon Haiyan affected 14.5
million people with around one million are still homeless
It is down to the Catholic
Church to help their people and to start providing out of their own coffers,
for shelter, food and education
The Master Jesus never said
build temples with gold and have vast amounts of wealth in land, property,
paintings and other assets while…
…the people go hungry and are
devastated
Jesus stated that his church
would teach and provide for the sick, the suffering and the homeless
It is the Church’s
responsibility not to keep acquiring wealth, but to distribute it to where it
is most needed
The Catholic Church and other
churches around the world are not doing what Jesus and his disciples preached
that they should do
The Filipino people, as with
other predominately Catholic countries, are suffering grave hardship…
…while the Church gets richer
they get poorer
The words of that 12 year old
child to Pope Francis about why did God allow her to be on the streets is not
God’s fault
It is Man’s inhumane and
dispassionate nature towards her
It is Man and the Catholic
Church which has let her down and Pope Francis knows it and yet does nothing!
It is high time that the
Catholic Church actually did what Jesus & his disciples preached & that
is to provide for those who are in need
Not to continue to lavish in
luxury with all their amenities to hand. After all, they never have to go
without, therefore need never cry!
The International Criminal
Court has begun considering whether to investigate war crimes in the occupied
Palestinian territories
The ICC said it has now
opened a preliminary examination into the situation in Palestine
This is the automatic step
being taken by the Court upon referral
Palestinians have asked the
ICC to investigate Israeli “crimes” since June 2014
The fifty day conflict, which
resulted in a far-outweighed death toll and destruction by Israel on
Palestinians, was witnessed by the world
Israel took a sledge hammer
to crack a nut
The UN themselves were
witnesses to the brutal onslaught by Israeli heavy artillery on Gaza
Many UN hospitals and
buildings, including schools, were blown up when Israel knew of the
coordinates, which were repeatedly given
Innocent civilians, as well
as UN staff, were killed in this conflict
Tens of thousands of homes in
Gaza were destroyed
The fact that the world
looked on, in horror at that day to day slaughter, where nobody intervened to
stop it
Even the US criticised the
Israeli measure, but stood back conveniently and did nothing
Justice has to be seen to be
done by the world for these forsaken people of Palestine and Gaza
Unless the ICC does something
drastic and stands up for justice, then there is no hope for any people in the
world
Goliath certainly has then
slayed David!
It’s the total injustice to
the people that continues to fuel resentment and anger throughout the world and
especially towards the West
We hypocrites cannot have one
rule for one and another rule for the East
Peace must be restored in
this world and it must be seen to be done with the Palestinians and Israelis
first!
New travel and trade rules
between the US and Cuba are to take effect today
US citizens can now visit
Cuba using their credit cards and buying merchandise without restrictions
Americans can now take home
$100 in alcohol and tobacco and the ban on Cuban cigars is over!
Earlier this week Cuba had
released 53 political prisoners agreed as a historic deal
Plans are now being drafted
to help promote political and economic freedom for the people of Cuba
But nobody should
underestimate Cuban’s leader Raul Castro, who still holds an iron grip and will
not be pushed over by any American scheme
So a softly approach will be
the best way forwards
The US can certainly provide
more resources to empower the Cuban population so they can become less
dependent on the state run economy
Trade and mutual respect for
the Government and its people will see the people benefit in so many ways
Mobile phones and the
Internet together with the software will be a great way forwards for them all
Trade and not war is the
greatest ally that any country can offer its neighbours and throughout the
world
This could easily happen in
Palestine where the barriers come down
A peacekeeping force helps to
bring in the necessary commerce & trade to collectively help an
impoverished nation become established again
All it takes is the will to
do it and not all the rhetoric to maintain the status quo of apartheid
The UN Refugee Agency has
urged the International community to help alleviate the desperate living
conditions of the Syrian refugees
The Syrian refugees, who are
hit by freezing winter temperatures and electricity shortages, have all the
misery that goes with a civil war
President Bashar al-Assad is
responsible for his people and it is up to the International communities to put
pressure on him
He must step down and an
interim Government must be put in place, so that Syrians can return to their
homeland
Bashar al-Assad’s money must
be frozen and used in the care and reconstruction of his people
Where Russia and China have
equally supported the al-Assad regime, they have collectively put a stop to
negotiations
They must equally take
responsibility and act financially and constructively for the Syrian refugees
Responsibility where war is
concerned has to be a priority and International Law has to be enforced in
these cases
It is no longer a viable
proposition for the rest of the world…
…especially Jordan and
Lebanon, who are already stretched to the limits and really cannot take any
more
While the UN Refugee Agency
tries to put more pressure on the International communities to provide more…
…that pressure should be
focussed on Russia and China
Refugee camps should be
erected in their countries as their part in the financing of this civil war
and…
… for their involvement in
not putting pressure on Assad to sort out a solution
Their involvement allows for the
continuation of this war, so they must now bear the consequences of their own
actions
They must alleviate the
sufferings that they have actively contributed to
International pressure needs
to be applied to them to act for all Syrians suffering under dire conditions
It is time a new phase of
International Law is brought in where wars are concerned
All those who get involved
must be mindful that their actions will be brought to bear on them!
The International Law is a
joke if it does not have the teeth to bring warmongering factions to justice
As the River Ganges becomes
more polluted, 100 bodies were found washed up from the river
Reports show that bodies of
people were dumped in the river or buried close to the banks of the river
Many families could not
afford to cremate them
Many Indians believe the
Ganges to be holy and so it is used as a cremation site
The dead were given water
burials or buried close to the river bank, because Hindus do not cremate unwed
girls and boys
Today the river is the 6th
most polluted river in the world. All initiatives to clean this sacred river
have failed so far
The main causes for the
pollution are human waste, where the people bathe and do their laundry and
publicly defecate
Another pollutant is the
Industrial Waste of 400 tanneries, which use chemicals that have toxic
compounds
There are also the distilleries
and slaughter houses and hospitals all dumping untreated waste
The religious events bring in
over 70 million people, who bathe over several weeks to cleanse themselves of
their sins
It has been proven that more
people who live alongside the river banks have cancerous conditions than
anywhere else in the country
It has taken extreme action
by certain people who have put their lives on the line…
…to bring to the attention
the severity of this ongoing problem
In 2011, a Hindu seer fasted
to his death protesting against the illegal mining, which resulted in pollution
of the river
Following on from his death,
an Ashram leader also fasted and finally the Government released an order
banning illegal mining
An eminent environmentalist
has also fasted for 107 days protesting for a cleaner Ganges
As a result, a National River
Ganges Basin Authority (NRGBA) meeting has occurred obtaining US$520M
There will be sewer networks,
sewage treatment plants, electric cremations and community toilets together
with developed river fronts
It takes power and courage of
a few individuals to draw world attention to serious issues, which ultimately
will make a difference
The world continues to praise
these exceptional people, whose lives are secondary when it comes to benefitting
the Greater Good
God Bless them all!
Outrage has taken place in
India, after a minister in Goa said the State Government was planning to set up
centres to ‘cure’ homosexuals
It was the sports minister Mr
Tawadkar, who said treatment would be offered to lesbians, gays, and bisexuals
to make them normal
India’s deep conservative
narrow thinking views have made homosexuality a taboo and regard same-sex
relationships as illegitimate
Mr Tawadkar’s comments
endorse that conservative view, thinking that by putting homosexuals into
clinics…
…like alcoholics they can be
changed or cured
Ramesh Tawadkar’s comments
show up his gross ignorance
Many have taken to social
networking sites to criticise his shocking statements
The tragedy of Mr Tawadkar’s
ignorance is he does not know what is normal…
…what makes a homosexual what
they are and so is the same of heterosexuals?
What is normal to one is
equally as normal to another
The brain, which produces more
female hormones, will make that person into a lesbian at birth
The same is for homosexuals,
whose predominant male hormones in the brain, produces homosexuality
The heterosexual has equal
amounts of female and male hormones in the brain making that person a
heterosexual
Until we are born none of us
can know which way our brains have been formed with the hormones to bring about
our desire of sexual preference
People will only know when
they become consciously able to differentiate between which sex they have a
bias towards
So no amount of centres can
cure them from how they were biologically produced to alter their brains
composition
Because there are more
heterosexuals in this world, does not make them normal?
If the world had more
lesbians and homosexuals than heterosexuals, they would in their eyes be normal
and the minority would not be
This is ridiculous!
If the majority of people in
this world had blue eyes…
…would those who had brown or
green eyes pluck out those eyes, so that they feel part of the majority – of
course not!
Brown and green eyes are
beautiful and that is how our Creator has made us in love
So with respect and
understanding of our Creator’s purpose, we must accept all of us in this world,
as God’s loving creations
India with its many
prejudices has a long way to go
They may have the nuclear
bomb, but human rights are way off their spectrum of understanding others in
this world
Everything comes, in its time
It is only now that South
Korea’s President Park is prepared to hold talks with North Korea’s leader Kim
Jong-un without any pre-conditions
The idea is to open up the
path to peaceful unification
The two leaders have only met
twice in 2000 and 2007 since the Korean War divided the peninsula
The time between South and
North Korea has been more convivial just recently
It would be in North Korea’s
interest to bring the two sections together
For years now Korean families
have been cut off from each other in the North/South divide
Both have suffered, but more
so North Korea, which has been cut off by world sanctions
Its only true ally is China,
who treats North Korea as a belligerent child that flares up when it can’t get
its own way
As Kim Jong-un becomes more
mature and begins to see more sense, he will realise he has more to gain then
to keep losing
His people need outside help
and trade brings in a balance to an already weak economy
There are many deficiencies
within this country and there is a need to bring in the necessities that the
North Korean people badly need
Mass starvation to these
people is the main factor
South Korea is in a position
of strength with its US military exercises being held regularly across the
border
Kim Jong-un needs to flex his
military might with his continuing nuclear testing
Even China gets edgy here as
it is right on their doorstep
A foolhardy leader is a
dangerous one, not only to his people but to the world in general
A nuclear disaster would
annihilate his people
Strong action by Beijing to
curb his irrational behaviour is often given behind closed doors
At least the first step in
announcing a possible high-level summit on reunification of the two Koreas is a
step in the right direction
One must always be vigilant
though, as one is dancing with a porcupine and one could so easily get pricked
in a dance!
The crisis threat of ISIL and
other faction groups will not go away
They are mobilising
themselves to become more active than before, both in the Middle East and in
Europe
Small factions or cells will
also open up in the US
All must be vigilant and all
must protect their neighbours and see that they are secure
The situation in Europe will
also escalate
It will bring down various
platforms, like the media where there is a strong bias against Muslims and
their theology
The main suffers here will be
the Muslim people themselves
They have already suffered
extensively at the hand of their fellow fanatical Muslims
The West needs to understand
that they cannot beat this ideology in the way that they are trying to today
There needs to be a united
consensus where all must try to live together
Ethnic groups cannot be
marginalised. Integration needs to come in far more
They wish to be a part of
society where their views are heard and where a society support system is in
place
Many ethnic minority groups
feel cut off and neglected by their host nation, which fuels resentment and
anger
It is up to Governments to
bring about reform where integration does not mean subjugation…
…but a freedom to interact
and where acceptancy is high on the agenda
By isolating various groups,
who remain in poverty and are grossly neglected by the State and society,
frustration is fuelled
They see that nobody cares
for them and why should they even be there?
Sadly many French people only
want France for themselves
They see foreigners as
invaders of their rights to live without fear or favour
It is up to Governments to
bring about peace and a sense of wellbeing, where integration is a necessary
requirement
This will alleviate the
build-up of frustration, where it explodes out of hand
Tolerance and respect for all
people of all creeds is required if a nation wants unity and collaboration from
its citizens
Rules must be put in place
where one has the right to speak, but not the right to degrade a person as
worthless or lesser in their eyes
These same rules must apply
for all!
A nation cannot expect to
have freedom of speech while at the same time ignoring and isolating sections
of society
They are already struggling
because the State has neglected and abandoned them
One cannot have ones cake and
eat it. Fairness and compassion, even love must enter in
Governments must take care of
their flock and not just the chosen few who can keep them in power?
One gets far more from ones citizens
where respect is given and voiced, rather than by constant hardship, abuse and
neglect!
France and Europe needs to
learn from this horrendous episode and to realise they had a hand in creating
this outcome!
The Irish Government has set
up a public inquiry into mother and baby homes
It will investigate how
society failed the women and children placed in homes, especially in the period
of 1922-1998
The inquiry has been formed,
on revelations about a mass grave at a Catholic Church-run mother and baby home
in County Galway
The Irish Minister for
Children has set up a three-year inquiry
James Reilly has stated how
the State failed to come to terms with the reality of their past
These homes were mainly
Church-run institutions, which unmarried women and teenage girls were sent to
give birth
Many of these girls and women
were ostracised by their families and communities for becoming pregnant outside
marriage
The double standards held at
that time when the female is always the one to blame and bear the burden, while
the man gets off scot-free
It is time to realise that no
man can be forced to have sex with a female against his will, he simply cannot
perform the act
So blame needs to be
apportioned in these cases and highlighted
Never forgetting that women
get pregnant where rape is a factor and so it was never their fault in the
first place
The State now has a duty to
help heal these poor women who have suffered tragically
There has been a systematic
failure by the State and society as a whole
The Catholic Church has its
indoctrination of disallowing contraception
This is for the procurement
of masses of babies to become the future Catholics of today
The mass grave in Tuan in
County Galway was discovered 40 years ago and was ignored
It was only when historian
Catherine Corless uncovered new details about the extent of the burials…
…and the high death rate
among those children that anything has been done about it
Shame must be brought on
society and the various Governments and institutions for their systemic
ignoring of this problem
The Tuam home was run by
Catholic nuns of the Bon Secours Sisters for 36 years
It was one of many where
pregnant women were sent to have their babies
Some 35,000 unmarried women
were subjected to this horrendous treatment
Instead of being able to give
birth to a child where there is love and consideration to their plight, they
faced hostility and shame!
Thankfully it is the work of
the crusading historian combined with media reports that has brought this to
light
This has forced the Irish
people to be confronted by this truth
The inquiry team have agreed
to take on this enormous job, which spans some 75 years of practices into
mother and baby homes
It is high time that Ireland
comes to terms with its past
It must begin to put into
place reforms and education so that this never happens again
Thailand’s ex-Prime Minister
Yingluck Shinawatra has appeared at the National Assembly in Bangkok where she
is facing impeachment
Her crimes are that she was
involved in a controversial rice subsidy, which has cost the country billions
of dollars
If she is found guilty she
could be banned from political activity for five years
Ms Yingluck was removed from
office for abuse of power in May
During that time the army
seized control saying it needed to restore order after many days of civilian
clashes
The controversial rice policy
guaranteed Thai rice farmers a much higher price than one would get on the
global market
The rice is now too expensive
and open for corruption
The commission has already
charged one minister and is investigating others
The rice purchase scheme was
launched in 2011
Instead of boosting farmer’s
income the rice now stands in stock piles, which the Government cannot sell
The National Anti-Corruption
Commission is looking into Ms Yingluck’s role in this scheme and investigating
her for possible negligence
Others, who were also
involved in this scheme, knew of the many losses, but did nothing to stop it!
Ms Yingluck has targeted
farmers as they were her most ardent supporters
New elections are supposed to
be called next month
However they are already
proving to be contentious with opposition parties vowing to boycott the polls
The people want an unelected
People’s Council to reform the electoral system
They fear that there will be
a return of the Shinawatra family to power
Again corruption and power is
at the very heart of Government and, where they feel they can get away with it,
they will
It is right that the people
stand up for their rights and what they believe in, so that justice is being
seen to be done
A better more robust form of
Government can emerge from this power crazy Shinawatra family
Thailand will emerge the
stronger for it, as new rules and regulations will be imposed for the good of
all the people
People the world over must
start taking responsibility for their actions
Newspapers, the media in
general, must start to look at how they behave
We, as a society, cannot
think we can continue down this road of irreverent behaviour and expect to get
away with it!
Too often on television,
comedians act with impunity poking fun at whatever they feel can get them a
cheap laugh
Never do they think of the
consequences of their actions
In the past, people who are
disabled were considered fair game for ridicule by comedians, often making them
out as brainless
They never thought of the
misery they incurred to those victims, who were in no position to defend
themselves
Now a heinous crime has been
committed in Paris of the killing of several of the staff of the satirical
magazine Charlie Hebdo
Never did those journalists
ever consider the consequences of their actions
Making fun of all religions
and the Government in a society that remains tolerant is easy and they can get
away with it
That does not make their
actions right, it simply allows them to publish without being challenged for
their gutter practice
Respect for the individual
and institutions are way off their radar
Now the unforgiveable has
happened
Those who feel they have been
offended and that the magazine has gone too far in its deliberation…
…then the force needed to
silence them was way too severe
Yet it sometimes takes this
kind of severe action to stop people in their tracks and make them think!
Does one publish something
that is actually funny without denigrating somebody?
Does one act irresponsibly
and think it doesn’t really matter?
How far can systematic abuse
continue without being stopped or even censured?
The freedom of the press must
be defended at all costs, but even this institution must abide by certain rules
before it gets out of hand
The time for reflection has
to now come in where we must all take responsibility for our actions
We must decide how far one
will go with regards to bringing disrespect onto others?
The price for ignoring this
basic rule has been a severe one indeed!
Charlie Hebdo, the Paris
satirical magazine, has been attacked
Twelve people have been
killed, two are police officers and ten are fighting for their lives
Two masked men with automatic
weapons entered the magazine’s office and fired indiscriminately
The magazine’s
editor-in-chief and three cartoonists were killed
This magazine was firebombed
recently and the editor had his life threatened
The magazine published
caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed
While the magazine depicts
free speech, it has been heavily criticised for its denigration of all
religions
For them, it is always open
season for the criticism of all religions
More recently they have
chosen to criticise and publish obscene caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed
Charlie Hebdo is accused of
publicly provoking discrimination, hatred or violence of ethnic, racial or
religious kinds
We all appreciate the fabric
of free speech and the many sufferings imposed on journalists for doing their
jobs…
…especially those who are
imprisoned now, the Al-Jazeera journalists, who are unlawfully detained for
reporting the truth
It has to be said that some
publications can go too far and step over the line
This I feel has been the case
with Charlie Hebdo
There comes a time in
journalism where respect and sensitivity should be voiced
Senseless cartoons, which
incite explosive reactions, should be avoided and again respect encouraged
This magazine went too far
There are limits to
provocation and now this provocation has escalated and the price of one’s life
is too high for idiotic sensationalism!
The Yazidi religious minority
community in Iraq have stated that 3,500 of their women and girls are being
held by Islamic State
Many of them are being used
as sex slaves. A few have escaped telling others about their harrowing ordeals
The Islamic State had blocked
off their escape routes in their town of Sinjar where they separated the women
from the girls
They were then forced into
pick-up trucks and taken to Mosul
When the women refused to go
they were hit and dragged into cars. In one area 200 women and girls were taken
to slave markets
Their only way out as they
can see it is suicide, which many of them tried
There needs to be more
protection for this defenceless group of people
The International community
must set precedence against this kind of barbaric treatment
The Yazidis are a peaceful
people, who go about their business and contribute to Iraq’s economy
There needs to be a
peacekeeping force under UN dictate to secure protection for this group and
against the atrocities of the Islamic State
The Islamic State will fall
but it will happen from within
They will find they cannot
hold land to secure the caliphate they so much have longed to have
The sustainability long-term
is just not there, no matter how much funds they have and how many men they
engage
They cannot hold the course
of action, as the wind of change is now forcing many of their fighters away
from strategic positions
The world is now starting to
close in and they will find they have no longer the manpower to expedite their
policies
Pope Francis continues on his
reform of the Catholic Church
He has named 20 more new cardinals,
which include churchmen from Tonga, Ethiopia and Myanmar
Fifteen of these new
appointees are under the age of 80, making them eligible to enter enclave to
elect the Pope’s successor
Appointing cardinals from all
over the world shows how he is reaching out to those poorer countries
These new cardinals will be
in a better position to help the poor and so cardinals from Haiti and Burkina
Faso are appointed
Pope Francis has stated that
the Catholic Church must strip itself of all vanity, arrogance and pride
This same example should be
taken up with the Church of England, which also indulges itself in too much
pomp and ceremony
It loses sight of what is
important regarding the poor and homeless and its job to facilitate help in
this direction
The Master Jesus and his
disciples had nothing and owned nothing
Their ministry was to heal,
attend to the sick and suffering of both mind and spirit and to educate in the
ways of being spiritual
They had no need for pomp and
ceremony. Jesus advocated the simple life and by his teachings and example, so
he was recognised
The wealth of the Church is
staggering, but it remains an icon of what it used to be and not what it is
supposed to be
The example they give does
not bode well in today’s modern world, where suffering is rife
The Church’s influence and
healing is nowhere to be seen
It is no wonder that modern
man has lost faith in the Church and its business, but seeks his God within the
parameters of his own mind
Many Churches are now
restaurants and other outlets, the people who are dis-satisfied will always
vote with their feet
This is how it shall continue
to be until reform from the highest level is being seen to be done
It takes but the top man to
have the guts to change matters & with the guidance of the Almighty that is
given to them it can’t be difficult!
India is again in the
headlines for kidnapping and repeated rape on a Japanese student by organised
gangs
The Japanese student was
picked up by a gang member, who spoke fluent Japanese pretending to be a local
guide
The student was taken to a
beach resort where she was sexually assaulted and robbed of all her money
She was taken to another
resort and handed over to another gang, who held her captive for several weeks
and continued to assault her
Fortunately she escaped her
captives and made her way to Calcutta where she made a formal complaint via the
Japanese consulate
The continued rapes by
organised gangs, who run with impunity, are reaching ridiculous levels
The authorities are too slow
to act and the laws imposed by the Government as a deterrent are shambolic.
They do not work
Until harsher laws, or even
executions, are forcibly imposed there will be no safeguards for any women, who
are preyed upon by these thugs
What safety measures do the
Government impose towards women?
The law has to be more robust
and enforcement seen by everybody
It must show that there
cannot be any acceptance of this behaviour in today’s society
There has been enough
publicity and outrage by Indians and the International community, when will
something properly be done?
Miracles happen all the time!
A seven-year old US girl
walked to a home in the US state of Kentucky after a plane that she was in
crashed
The plane was later found
with four bodies inside; two of them were of her father and mother
Air traffic controllers lost
contact with the Piper PA-34 aircraft after the pilot reported engine problems
About 30 minutes after the
plane lost contact, a resident of Lyon County called the police
He told them that a girl had
walked to his home to report the crash
The little girl, standing
barefooted, was also bleeding quite badly. She said the plane was upside down
She asked if she could she
stay there? After cleaning her up, the man called the police
This little girl came out of
the wreckage herself and found the closest residence
It’s a miracle she survived
Those who understand the
Afterlife will know it was not her time to pass, even though it was the time of
the others
They would not have suffered,
as their spiritual bodies would have come out of their physical bodies before
the point of contact
The young girl is now in
hospital receiving treatment for her non-life threatening injuries
When she becomes older, she
will remember how helping Spiritual hands assisted in her survival and brought
her to safety
Brazilian President Dilma
Rousseff has been sworn in for a second term
In her inaugural speech she
vowed she would lift millions out to poverty
She faces problems ranging
from a stagnating economy to the major corruption scandal now hitting Brazil’s
oil giant Petrobras
This she is involved in and
it will be interesting to see how she worms her way out of it. It won’t be easy
President Rousseff states
that there is no evidence that Petrobras senior management were involved in
this scandal
With only a narrow victory in
these elections she faces a country very much divided
Having already announced a
controversial cabinet of which she has distributed posts to please the
coalition parties…
…instead of making
appointments which are based on expertise
Until a hard line is taken
she will lose the confidence of this already divided country
She really has to come clean
in many of her country’s policies if she is to go forwards at all
This lady stands on a knife
edge and it is only by coming clean that she can be in a position to go
forwards
As China has done, one has to
root out the cancer of corruption from within and then with a leaner government
new policies will come
The signing of the papers to
join the International Criminal Court by the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas
will cause quite a rumpus
Especially in US and Israeli
circles
The world now needs to see
justice being done for the Palestinian people and for their right to live in
peace and prosperity
The ICC should not hold up
membership status but welcome it
Therefore providing a
platform for criminals to be tried and for justice to be seen to be done
There should not be any
outside pressure exerted as it makes a complete mockery of the law
The US and Israel can no
longer be allowed to get away with their stalling tactics, changing the game
plan to suit themselves all the time
This is not justice, but a
mockery of it
What point is the law when
those who abuse it constantly get away with it, as nobody has the guts to stand
up to these aggressors?
The Arab world is now closing
ranks and the world will see that they will no longer tolerate aggressive
unjust behaviour
Their unification will send a
sharp message to both the US and Israel
During this happy time of the
New Year’s celebrations…
…may we extend our warmest
congratulations on the marriage of Jenson Button to his lovely lady Jessica
Michibata
This New Year will be an
interesting turnabout for Jenson Button and his future will be controversial
but extremely interesting
He will be able to pull off
some amazing feats of driving and where further respect on a higher level will
be given
This young man is not finished.
He is just warming to the task in hand!
