Thoughts about Memorial Day May 28, 2012
by Jude Cowell
At NPR, Scott Simon’s Remembering a Hero on Memorial Day gives a gentle and touching tribute to Vietnam soldier Leslie Sabo, who gave his all for his country 42 years ago–my generation. Click for the text, plus, the audio of Mr. Simon’s report will be online around 12:00 pm et today and it’s worth a listen if you missed it this morning.
Thoughts about Memorial Day May 28, 2012
by Jude Cowell
At NPR, Scott Simon’s Remembering a Hero on Memorial Day gives a gentle and touching tribute to Vietnam soldier Leslie Sabo, who gave his all for his country 42 years ago–my generation. Click for the text, plus, the audio of Mr. Simon’s report will be online around 12:00 pm et today and it’s worth a listen if you missed it this morning.
"A corporation has no rights except those given it by law. It can exercise no power except that conferred upon it by the people through legislation, and the people should be as free to withhold as to give, public interest and not private advantage being the end in view."
-William Jennings Bryan in his address to the Ohio 1912 Constitutional Convention
May 10, 2012 was the 126th anniversary of
Those Rare Venus Transits 1639 – 2117
by Jude Cowell
Coming soon to a Cosmos near you is the Venus Transit of June 5 or 6, 2012 in mid-Gemini. The excellent publication History Today tells of astronomer and mathematician Jeremiah Horrocks, a Liverpudlian, who forecasted then observed for the first time a Venus Transit (aka, Occultation of the Sun) on November 24, 1639.
Note: to read the
June 2011 and June 2012: Lunar Eclipses in Sagittarius, sign of The Seeker
On June 15, 2011 there occurred a Lunar Eclipse @ 24Sag and on June 4, 2012 we’ll have another Lunar Eclipse, this time @ 14Sag13 which falls in 6th House when the horoscope is set for Washington DC. Spotlighted are any and all 6th H matters such as Military, Police and other types of Service, Work, Health, and our Daily
The following video presentation by Niall Ferguson is 4 hours long and covers the history of money, Financial Collapse 2007-2008, trust in paper money, and more. If you watch all of the video, you may ‘never get back’ your 4 hours but you will be better informed:
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My thanks to the excellent Forbidden Knowledge TV for alerting me to Mr. Ferguson’s enlightening presentation.
On the topic of who really runs America, on May 14, 2012 TruthDig published a not-to-be-missed article by Chris Hedges, Colonized by Corporations, which makes the point that it’s the declasse among us–the educated now left by the power elite with no position and few prospects–that the corporate class fears most. I provide the article link in case you missed it.
Here’s a brief excerpt from Mr.
Does the behavior of the members of the US Senate and House of Representatives ever make you wonder whose influence and on whose behalf they act under? Votes like this show their main influence cannot possibly be We the People:
Fabulous news! An older than dirt Mayan Calendar has been found in the deepest jungle and its moon cycles and other calculations do not support the hype over the alleged Mayan ‘prophecy’ of the end of the world occurring at Winter Solstice 2012, the Galactic Center Alignment we’ve all been waiting for. No seriously, we have.
And curiously (for astrologers!), one of the archaeologists involved in
Of Venus Transits and Unions with Feet of Iron and Clay
by Jude Cowell
When Venus transits or occults (like a little black speck) our solar system’s Sun, associations and alliances which aren’t quite normal or usual tend to be formed as has been noted since Venus Transits were recorded. Thirty-one years ago, on January 1, 1981, Greece joined the EU and Constantine Karamanlis stated that Greeks