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Demonstrators arrive on the National Mall in Washington, DC, for the 'Women's March on Washington' on January 21, 2017 (AFP Photo/Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS)

March for Science protesters hit the streets worldwide

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Thousands of people in Australia and New Zealand on Saturday kicked off the March for Science, the first of more than 500 marches around the globe in support of scienceThousands of people in Australia and New Zealand on Saturday kicked off the March for Science, the first of more than 500 marches around the globe in support of science

Bernie Sanders and the Movement Where the People Found Their Voice

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) -

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.

They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."
"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)
(Subjects: Who/What is Kryon ?, Egypt Uprising, Iran/Persia Uprising, Peace in Middle East without Israel actively involved, Muhammad, "Conceptual" Youth Revolution, "Conceptual" Managed Business, Internet, Social Media, News Media, Google, Bankers, Global Unity,..... etc.)


Hong Kong's grandpa protesters speak softly but carry a stick

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'Grandpa Wong' is a regular sight at Hong Kong's street battles (AFP Photo/VIVEK PRAKASH)
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A student holds a sign reading "Don't shoot, listen!!!" during a protest
on June 17, 2013 in Brasilia (AFP, Evaristo)

FIFA scandal engulfs Blatter and Platini

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FIFA President Sepp Blatter (L) shakes hands with UEFA president Michel Platini after being re-elected following a vote in Zurich on May 29, 2015 (AFP Photo/Michael Buholzer)
"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …

Wall Street's 'Fearless Girl' statue to stay until 2018

Wall Street's 'Fearless Girl' statue to stay until 2018
The " Fearless Girl " statue on Wall Street is seen by many as a defiant symbol of women's rights under the new administration of President Donald Trump (AFP Photo/ TIMOTHY A. CLARY)



“… The Fall of Many - Seen It Yet?

You are going to see more and more personal secrets being revealed about persons in high places of popularity or government. It will seem like an epidemic of non-integrity! But what is happening is exactly what we have been teaching. The new energy has light that will expose the darkness of things that are not commensurate with integrity. They have always been there, and they were kept from being seen by many who keep secrets in the dark. Seen the change yet?

In order to get to a more stable future, you will have to go through gyrations of dark and light. What this means is that the dark is going to be revealed and push back at you. It will eventually lose. We told you this. That's what you're here for is to help those around you who don't see an escape from the past. They didn't get their nuclear war, but everything else is going into the dumper anyway. … “

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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Banks brace for backlash as bonus season arrives

Annual pay round in investment banking sector likely to be the most politically explosive yet amid atmosphere of pay restraint in wider economy

guardian.co.uk, Jill Treanor, city editor, Wednesday 4 January 2012

Bank bonus season is about to begin in the City.
Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA

One of the most controversial annual bonus rounds ever is about to get under way in the City. The size of payouts at a time of rising unemployment and pay restraint in the wider economy will spark a fresh wave of protest about high pay in the financial industry, despite protestations from bankers that bonus pools are down markedly on 2010.

But announcements of more than 125,000 job cuts last year mean bankers will find it harder to use their traditional excuse that they need to pay out big bonuses to retain top talent.

Expectations are also mounting that even after the toll on jobs in 2011 – when the crisis in the eurozone conspired with regulatory changes to make investment banking less profitable – more bankers will lose their jobs this year as banks such as Royal Bank of Scotland dramatically scale back their size of the investment banking operations. French bank Société Générale began to restructure its investment bank on Wednesday, axing 880 jobs in Paris in a move that could signal losses are to come in the City.

Even within the financial industry itself, bonus season sparks anger. David Fleming, national officer of the Unite union, which represents high street banking workers, warns of the "disgust" at the multimillion-pound rewards handed out to City bankers. "Pay imbalances in the finance industry remain shockingly high," he said. "The bonuses at the tops of these institutions must be curbed. Instead of paying casino bonuses to investment bankers, these companies should stop cutting the staff working hard to serve their customers."

As it stands, 2011 was a difficult year for investment banks. Global investment banking fees sunk to their lowest level in three years, according to data published by Thomson Reuters on Wednesday. Yet banks face the tricky task of explaining that the proportion of revenue they are using for pay will be higher – because while revenue has fallen, they argue staff still need to be paid bonuses deferred from previous years.

Rob Harbron, the economist who compiles a twice-yearly forecast of job cuts and bonuses, warns that there will more pressure on City jobs this year. "If the eurozone crisis gets any worse, we could see downward revisions to our forecasts and a lot more job cuts in 2012," Harbron said. His latest forecasts for the Centre for Economics and Business Research are for £4.2bn of bonus payments in 2011 – roughly a third of the £11.6bn peak paid out just as the banking crisis took hold in 2008.

Reuters calculates that 125,000 jobs were earmarked for the axe last year, although the losses will be phased over the next few years.

Additionally, apart from the fall-off in business, bankers are also being told by regulators to curb bonus payments if they are not making enough profits to bolster their capital cushions.

The key test of the appetite for confrontation will take place in a fortnight when Wall Street firms such as JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs publish figures for 2011. Two years ago, Goldman attempted to demonstrate "restraint" – even though the average pay deal was more than £300,000 per employee – by cutting the amount of revenue allocated to pay from 48% to 35.8% while its 400 partners contributed $500m to its charitable foundation, Goldman Sachs Gives. Such a move was possible during 2009 because the bank's revenues had doubled, but this year may prove more tricky as the Thomson Reuters data shows that fees collected by Goldman fell by more 11%.

For UK banks, the pressure is on. Major investors represented by the Association of British Insurers have written to top bankers to tell them to"significantly" reduce their bonus pools.

The government is facing pressure to use its 83% holding in Royal Bank of Scotland and 40% stake in Lloyds Banking Group to put restrictions on bonuses. Vince Cable, the business secretary, is preparing to publish proposals on executive pay later this month.

UK Financial Investments, which controls the taxpayer stakes in the bailed-out banks, is expected to again demand that any bonuses of more than £2,000 is not paid in cash. RBS is thought to be preparing to pay out £500m in bonuses, half last year's levels.

But, this may not be enough to deflect public anger. Andrew Simms, fellow of the New Economics Foundation thinktank, points out that the protesters outside St Paul's Cathedral in the heart of the financial district illustrate the new depth of feeling that has erupted since the 2008 crisis. "This must be the most sensitive bonus round yet," said Simms.



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