Economist has views on the Fed and so do I

You know I really love it when economist Joseph Stiglitz talks corruption at the Federal Reserve in this recent interview.

Now I don't love it because corruption, avarice, and fraud are at the core of the lucre-driven creature or because I'm in cahoots with the breedy gastards, but because so much that needs saying about the financial realm seldom if ever gets said - thus it cannot be dealt with or improved upon except in very shortsighted fashion. So I appreciate the bits Mr. Stiglitz has said and hope he spills many more truths out of the Cosmic Urn of Knowledge.

It's just like in dysfunctional families: the things never spoken aloud are what do human beings the most damage. Well, we've been done.

Yet if you, lone reader, don't feel damaged by these global-minded, win-at-any-cost gangsters, I must then ask you: where's your sense of outrage? You know that organized crime is organized crime no matter the size of the culprits' bank balances so sneakily tucked out of sight from the tax man.

Hey, let's round 'em up and move 'em out! To the Big House, that is.

But we must be sure to Audit the Fed before closing it down - and preferrably "over the weekend" for a little poetic justice served as a side dish to go with a well-deserved legal entree.

Sibel Edmonds' The Traitors Among Us in March 2010 issue of Hustler

Now able to publicly name names, whistleblower Sibel Edmonds' expose 'The Traitors Among Us' has been published in the March 2010 issue of Hustler Magazine and you may read more about it @ The BradBlog if you wish.

Seems obvious to me as it was presciently so to our founders: America is in deepest trouble from those who've undermined her from within - even more so than from our enemies without. And when they go into cahoots with one another, well...here we are circa 2010.

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Sending a shout-out of thanks for this heads-up to my amazing friend Alex @ Modern Astrology.

SCADs: 9/11, Iran-Contra, Watergate, MLK assassination, etc

SCADs are 'State Crimes Against Democracy' and tend to be called 'conspiracy theories' by those in power who wish their backdoor dealings and collaborations to remain secret along with their culpability.

9/11, Iran-Contra, Watergate, various assassinations...the list of SCADs and suspected SCADs gets longer all the time and goes back to LBJ's and McNamara's Vietnam and before.

And you know what they say when you have thorny problems to root out: you must first identify demons in order to fight and vanquish them.

FDA list: Recalled Foods with Salmonella as of Feb 2010

Since the contaminated food additives are found in many many food products, here's the info set up by the FDA with a list of salmonella-laced snacks, dips, and such.

You may have seen the additive 'hydrolyzed vegetable protein' listed on labels as 'HVP' although it isn't always listed. Joy. Crapshoot. Thanks, FDA.

2012 and the Shift of the Ages

A resource just found: Shift of the Ages which is a site for promoting a film by that name but it could be interesting to follow when I, and you, have the time.

It's all about Time! (And so is Astrology.)

In popular culture Dec 21, 2012 has been made a boogieman date but is this a correct interpretation of the Mayan Calendar and its meaning?

Last evening I watched again PBS' Cracking the Maya Code, first aired in 2008, and have now discovered the website Shift of the Ages - and the transcript of Cracking the Maya Code!

Celebrate Pi Day on March 14, 2010!

Did you know there's a website with a definition of Pi (for the math-challenged among us) and other interesting Pi facts?

It isn't that anyone should need a reason to bake a pie at any moment in time - pies being my personal favorite - but surely celebrating Pi Day with a Pi Pie is as good a reason as can be found!

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My thanks go to Maya for the Pi Day heads-up.

NPR: Rangel stepping down from Chairmanship

NPR BREAKING NEWS: Rangel Stepping Down From Tax-Writing Chairmanship

Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel, facing an investigation by the House ethics committee, says he has decided to temporarily step down from his post as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.

Read more at NPR.

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Ship in process of being deserted by rats but this rat will stick around until the last of the cheese is served.

UPDATE 12:24 pm est: in the last two hours I've had a chance to look at the chart of today's reading in Congress of Rep Rangel's resignation letter which was read at 10:03 am est (C-SPAN) and have now posted some brief Astrology notes about it at Jude's Threshold, if you're interested.

A link to a fine explanation of the Chilean earthquake's effect on earth's wobble is included; shorter days are complimentary.

Time Warp Through the Rabbithole with Frederic Chopin

Whew! Just completed installation of new pc equipment after a wobbly crash last Wednesday evening (Feb 24) so I'm barrelling online to say, Still here, and so is Stars Over Washington!

And since the Art collaboration I've been working on these last weeks is in high gear now (and having been off the *interweb for a week so I completed new drawings for the '1st Annual International Astrology Blogathon March 19 - 21, 2010'), I must thither me yonder with little delay.

Therefore, it is with some measure of poised aplomb attained quite naturally through my complete reliance on the insights and analysing skills of one Julie Demboski that I highly recommend to you her interesting observances concerning the cosmic symphony playing over our heads this very Tuesday, March 2, 2010.

Well, it's good to be back @ SO'W...especially with so many of our infesting politicians running for cover! Skiddaddle, fraudulent crooks and varmints!

To be cont'd...

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Fryderyck Chopin born March 1, 1810; 6:00 pm Zelazowa Wola, Poland:

Sorry my pc problems caused me to miss the 200th anniversary of Frederic Chopin's birthday yesterday (although a few conflicting dates exist) but this morning I happily caught Performance Today and heard a wonderful pianist playing Chopin on Chopin's piano in the house where Chopin was born. That was really something and was made more astounding for this reluctant astrologer (or perhaps for any other) because it provided a living link through music...from 1810 to 2010. Pouf! 200 years!

Now, 200 years = 200 degrees ('a day for a year' as in Scripture) so 200 degrees is equivalent to 20 Libra on the circle of the zodiac. (Each sign contains 30 degr and 200 contains 6 signs (6 x 30 = 180; Aries - Virgo) = 180 degr, plus 20 degr more = 20 Libra.)

So here's a peek at the Sabian Symbol for '20Lib' to see if its word picture might pertain to something that could please Frederic Chopin. Plus, you'll find '21Lib' (201 degr) mentioned in Chopin's bio at AstroDataBank. I did not read the bio before typing in the '200 degr = 20Lib' above but of course, one degree dissolves into the next like seconds on a clock face morphing into the next minute, and 60 minutes melting into an hour. Right?

'20Lib' = "A Jewish Rabbi" and '21Lib' = "A Crowd Upon a Beach."

For more info, I shall quote from Adriano Carelli's The 360 Degrees of the Zodiac which gives a Symbol for '20Lib' (but not for '21Lib')...

'20Lib' = "Around an altar, on which the fire of sacrifice is blazing, the priests lay the sacred meal."

"An outstanding personality, innerly filled with light and warmth. There is a sincere religious spirit, exclusive of hypocrisy but not of earthly pleasures, prominent among which is enjoyment of good food. The other (chart) factors have to show whether this pious strain is likelier to inspire an ascetic or a sensuous mystic. In either case, the native may enter the clergy or, as a layman, lead an apostle's life.

Either in a cloister or in the world, the natives' ecclesiastical or worldly career stands under good auspices and even may prove very fortunate indeed, if backed by other indications of luck." (8th house Jupiter in Aries - jc.) "The support of highly placed people and the sympathy of learned persons will bring forth the native's otherwise unmistakable gifts, and his presence will appear indispensable to others."

Sad that composer-pianist Fryderyck Chopin died age 39, on Oct 17, 1849 of tuberculosis after settling in Paris (Sept 1831) and charmingly becoming part of an elite circle of social creatures with whom he arranged to teach music to their offspring, and entertain ritzy revelers during intimate candlelight suppers and other diverting amusements.

Which Symbol do I think more applies? Probably "A Jewish Rabbi" which may of course be considered to describe an archetypal image of a pope or priest. During his final lying-in, Chopin received the viaticum from Abbey Alexander Jelowick on Oct 14, 1849, passing away 4 days later. Plus, a rabbi is a teacher, and the maestro taught music lessons, as noted.

Upon Chopin's request, his heart was removed and placed in an urn and masoned behind a wall of the Church of the Holy Cross, Warsaw, an act meant to deliver a particular message into the Great Beyond, I think. It seems to me to be a 'time capsule of the heart' that goes along with the brilliant musical time capsule I experienced on the radio this very morning!

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*the wordism interweb is freely credited to TV's Craig Ferguson.

No 'George Sand' has been mentioned or injured during the typing of this post.