Jan 21/22, 2011: Public Radio’s MarketPlace has an interesting interview you may wish to read or listen to which concerns the fact that it isn’t level of income alone which makes a person admit that he or she is "rich." It’s just as much a matter of perception: the perception of what it means to be rich that affects our ideas about wealth and taxes, and our self-images of where we are on the
Author: jude cowell
JP Morgan Profits Big from Food Stamps (video)
Giving ‘a finger in every pie’ new depth of meaning, JP Morgan is the largest processor of Food Stamps in America. What could possibly be wrong with this picture?Read more…~:~New Blog Feature in Sidebar: just under my Tweet feed, you’ll find ‘Freemason US Presidents and VPs’. If you’re unaware that some number of US presidents were followers of The Craft (or associated in some way with
Pluto opposes US natal Jupiter: Is America run from Beijing? video
The following presentation arrived in my Inbox last evening so I’m posting the 5-video series by Lindsey Williams in case you want to leave a comment or opinion about its topic and assertions:Transition to tyranny: America has been swallowed up by the globalists and will now be run from Beijing:Is it ironic that after America set up or propped up puppet governments all over the world, Washington
What is Democratic Socialism?
As I meandered around the Web this morning while watching the US-China PR mummery at the White House being shown on C-SPAN, I ran across Senator Bernie Sanders’ recent remarks on how Social Security benefits have nothing to do with the US deficit.Amen.Then I ran across a pdf that explains how Sen. Sanders labels himself: a Democratic Socialist.The whole warm-fuzzy political theater now on display
Washington DC iced in Today, Hu Jintao lands 1.18.11
It’s been years since I lived in the District of Columbia but if you do, you awoke today to major iced in conditions.Here in Georgia, we received a layer of crusty ice over several inches of snow last week, now it’s DC’s turn to slip’n’slide. Bridges are especially treacherous under these conditions yet I suppose President Hu Jintao, leader of the Communist Party in China, will be landing on US
Full Moon over DC 29Can27 Jan 19, 2011; Hu Jintao to Washington
When China’s President Hu Jintao arrives in Washington DC on Tuesday evening January 18, 2011, the Moon’s darkened phase will be under way with the Full Moon 29Can27 perfecting Wednesday Jan 19th at 4:21:20 pm est in Washington. The first Full Moon after a Solar Eclipse (1.4.11) is important as the culmination or fulfillment stage of seeds planted at the New Moon (prior eclipse.) Rising 19Can38
FDR quote on the Essence of Fascism
"The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism – ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. " -Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Message from the President of the United States
Did climate change help collapse the Roman Empire?
Having mixed feelings about the report that climate change may have had a part in the Fall of the Roman Empire, I’m posting this link to see if any of my astute readers have an opinion on the matter.Given today’s environmental concerns and debates, one must hold back from typing "history repeats"…oops! It broke through anyway.And if like me you’re interested in Science’s cloning of a woolly
Thom Hartmann on the ‘Party of No’ (video)
For nine minutes progressive broadcaster Thom Hartmann sums up the dynamics of the recent tragedy in Tucson and gives an historic overview of the conservative ‘Party of No’ beginning with President Obama’s uplifting message about our nation and that of Sarah Palin and her ilk.The Party of No has quite a laundry list of obstructionism to its credit (debit) and I shudder to think what this nation
SOTU Address Jan 25, 2011: Sun Aquarius-Moon Libra
It seems a bit early to locate the precise hour of President Obama’s State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress scheduled for the evening of January 25, 2011 or perhaps the time isn’t yet settled, but an early peek at two possible horoscopes for 8:00 pm est and 9:00 pm est on that evening in Washington DC shows Sun in Aquarius with a 29th-degree Moon in Libra in both charts.Moon