Raided lobby shop to get $8 mill in earmarks

Okay, we all need to squawk over this one.

The omnibus bill for the government's 2008 - 2009 budget season is hiding, at the least, a dirty little $8 million secret...make that was hiding.

How many omnibi does spendthrift Washington need? Are we-the-people to be left with nothing? Common-gooder that I am, the way I see it is this: the bandits of Washington, on Wall Street, and in CEO hide-aways and central banks are either for us or against us. But perhaps the response to that line in the sand goes without saying since 2008.

When Bush played president, the phrase was a fear-mongering tactic.

For us now, it's the life and lives of our nation or ___?___.

Why, even my old Aunt Granny Fanny is ready to lock 'em all up and throw away the key!

Comet Lulin and Saturn hooked-up and visible!

The Great Cosmic Coincidence of Feb 24, 2009


Space Weather News for Feb 23, 2009

COSMIC COINCIDENCE: What are the odds? On Tuesday, Feb 24, Saturn and Comet Lulin will converge in the constellation Leo only 2 degrees apart. At the same time, Comet Lulin will be making its closest approach to Earth--the comet at its best!-- while four of Saturn's moons transit the disk of the ringed planet in view of backyard telescopes.

Oh, and the Moon will be New, providing dark skies for anyone who wishes to see the show.The best time to look is around 1 am Tuesday morning (your local time) when the planet-comet combo ascend high in the southern sky.

To the unaided eye, Comet Lulin looks like a faint patch of gas floating next to golden Saturn. Point your backyard telescope at that patch and you will see a lovely green comet with a double tail.

Visit SpaceWeather.com for full coverage including photos, sky maps, and a live webcast.

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'Golden Saturn'!! With my four natal planets ruled by Saturn, I'm suitably behooved to hear the Old Man described so glowingly especially since he has a rather bad rap sheet.

And you know that in the tropical zodiac, which applies for most of us western astrologers, the Lulin-Saturn hook-up is occurring in Virgo, but be that as it may, I have hopes of nabbing a peek at them at 1:00 am est in the morning.

Most comets I've been able to view from my deck, so I figure no matter how cold it is, I can mosey out there and give it a go!

Possible arrest due in Chandra Levy murder case

If you've heard the news that police are on the verge of making an arrest in the Chandra Levy murder case, you may wish to check out Christopher Warnock's site because he did much excellent work on the case at the time and correctly predicted that Levy was dead before it known for certain, the location of her remains, and that strangulation was a possible cause of death.

Or if you'd like to take a look at the charts yourself, here are details:

Chandra Levy
Apr 14, 1977
1:46 pm est
Cleveland, OH

Last seen:
Apr 30, 2001
7:30 pm edt
Washington, DC

Last email sent:
May 1, 2001
10:45 am edt
Washington, DC

You may remember that Ms. Levy was an intern in Washington and involved with married congressman, Gary Condit, who was inundated with negative publicity, and subsequently lost his bid for re-election. Condit sued and won an out-of-court settlement from three tabloid newspapers for an undisclosed amount.

This sad case made a huge impression on me in 2001 and I also did much work with these charts which were 'lost' when my then-pc crashed and burned in 2003. So today I've placed them back in my files and will be most interested to see who, if anyone, police arrest for committing this heinous crime.

My best and warmest wishes go out to Ms. Levy's parents who deserve answers and closure concerning their daughter's too-soon demise.

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Update Oct 9, 2010: the Chandra Levy murder trial is scheduled at last to begin on October 18, 2010. Here's one opinion concerning the suspect's guilt or innocence. Will governmental cover-ups be revealed?

Henry Ford on the US monetary system

Here's a Quote Sandwich for you with Henry Ford and Dick Armey as the bread and spent-out US consumers as the filling:

"It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning."

Henry Ford (1863-1947) Founder of Ford Motor Company
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"The entire world economy rests on the consumer; if he ever stops spending money he doesn't have on things he doesn't need -- we're done for."

Bill Bonner - Editor of The Daily Reckoning - April 3, 2003
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"Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision."

Dick Armey - (1940- ) US Congressman, TX-R
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Above quotes compliments of the Information Clearing House Newsletter which could use a new subscriber like you!

Decapitation, Venus, and Fixed Star Algol

An excellent article, Decapitation and the Muslim World, by Nina Shen Rastogi, concerns the historical significance of the practice of beheading one's enemies.

Did you know that France guillotined its last criminal (hopefully it was a fair trial...?) in 1977?

And Christian Crusaders beheaded 10,000 Jews and Arabs in the Temple of Solomon during the capture of Jerusalem in 1099.

Now that's the sort of outrage that's difficult for anyone to forgive or forget - and thus the devouring spirit of revenge, the dark side of Venus, moves across the globe through the centuries.

Islam's symbol of the Crescent Moon and a Star intrigues me yet it actually pre-dates Islam. The most I've found on it so far is that the Star may represent Venus which often appears shortly after sunset along with the thin Crescent Moon which marks the first day of the month in the Islamic Calendar.

This makes sense, yet the association of neck and throat with the sign Taurus has me considering the meaning of the malevolent Fixed Star, Algol, which signifies intense female passion and rage.

As you know, the shadow side of the sign Taurus includes intolerance which Muslims, Christians, Jews, and others have deep trouble containing to the world's detriment.

Algol, according to Bernadette Brady, signifies female kundalini energy, and a consuming passion that devours with anger and outrage with an unconscious compulsion to take revenge. (Brady's Fixed Stars.)

Plus, the waxing Crescent phase of the Moon is the 'crisis in action' stage.

Even in the Old Testament, we find one mention of a beheading when David slew Goliath with a stone, then cut off his head. I assume the extra violence was symbolic, especially with Algol being the brightest star in the Gorgon's head (Ptolemy.)

Here are the keywords for Algol (Beta Perseus; 26Tau10) from Brady's book mentioned above:

to lose one's head; decapitation; damage to throat and neck; sickness; violence; criminality; murder; horror.

And Diana Rosenberg noticed that Algol is active in charts of harmful fires.

Also known as Caput Algol, this binary star appears to 'blink' every 2.86 days for about 10 hours: Algol is at its worst influence when dark.

Its partner 'star', actually a cluster in Perseus, is Capulus (cap = head) which is the male intense passion of ruthlessness, savagery, and rash anger. Male kundalini energy!

Nice couple, eh?

So although I can find no online reference to Algol as the star with the Crescent Moon which is found on various Muslim countries' flags, it's difficult for me to ignore the connection between Taurus (throat/neck) and decapitation which implicates Algol as that star.

Or perhaps it is 'only' Venus as the star in the Islamic symbol of Crescent Moon and Star - Venus, who becomes vicious and takes ruthless revenge when scorned.

After all, on 9/11/01 it was transit Venus 18Leo24 triggering the Eclipse degree of Nostradamus' 'King of Terror Eclipse' of Aug 11, 1999...plus, Venus is implicated as the heavy in the Mayan Calendar puzzle of Dec 21, 2012.

Any thoughts one way or the other?

Employers use recession to justify layoffs

Now this is what I've been saying about corporations and smaller companies hiding behind the recession to do their dirty work - and mucking up our economy worse than it has to be (on purpose, I say):

Organize!

Many Employers Are Just Using the Recession to Stick it to Workers

By Dave Lindorff

Whatever the truth is about where this economy is heading, one thing is clear: employers are taking every opportunity to slash employment and, if they are unionized, to hammer unions for pay cuts, even when there is no justificaton for these actions.

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Woo yeah:


Give Us Back Our F****** Money

By DontPanicOnline

- Warning - This Video Report Contains Strong Language.

Foreclosed and forgotten?

10,000 Americans Going Into Foreclosure Every Day: It's Time to Treat America's Homeowners as Well as We've Been Treating Wall Street's Bankers

By Arianna Huffington

Why hasn't the foreclosure crisis gotten the attention it deserves?

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Personally I'd say the greed and corruption of Wall Street bankers and crooked politicians have run the economic system into a hole. But Arianna says it much better.

And this is good news: 'Sir' Allen Stanford has been located in the Fredericksburg, VA area, says NPR at 5:00 pm est.

New Moon in Pisces 2.24.09

If you'd like to check out the chart of Feb 24, 2009's New Moon 6Pis35, please do so.

You'll find midpoint pictures and a few pertinent asteroids mentioned; plus, Uranian planet Cupido is Rx in Libra and rising in the chart which I have set for the Capitol Building, Washington DC.

Now here's the Sabian Symbol of Feb 24's New Moon - I'm rounding up to '7Pisces' and using Dane Rudhyar's An Astrological Mandala:

"Illumined by a shaft of light, a large cross lies on rocks surrounded by sea mist."

"Keynote: The spiritual blessing which strengthens individuals who, happen what may, stand uncompromisingly for their own truth."

Hopefully, with the dire conditions in our nation and the world today, the Rudhyar estate will pardon me for quoting the rest because we could all use its wisdom now, imho:

Men who do not depend upon collective values, traditions, or support but seek at any cost to be true to their individual self and destiny almost inevitably face some kind of crucifixion.

They are sustained only by the power within them, to which light above answers. The symbol tells us: 'Be true to thine own self, and in the midst of the outer confusion displayed by those surrounding you, you will realize what you really are as an individual--a son of God.'

Happen what may, everyone!