Tag: US economy

Ben Franklin on "a prime cause of the Revolution"

"The refusal of King George III to allow the Colonies to operate an honest money system which freed the ordinary man from the clutches of the money manipulators was probably the prime cause of the Revolution."

Benjamin Franklin

And with the early establishment of an English financial system of banks in America, Thomas Jefferson thought that Alexander Hamilton "cooked the books."

So other

Astrologer Says Double-Dip Recession in 2013 Unlikely

2013 Can Bring Financial Gains If Washington Plays Our Cards Right

by Jude Cowell

But will they? Well, the current stay of banker planet Jupiter in Airy Gemini will end in 2013 when the generous Jolly One enters Moon-ruled Cancer in June. As you know, Cancer is the sign of Business Savvy and Home Matters such as Real Estate and Jupiter is happily exalted there. Plus, America’s natal Venus,

9.13.12 The Fed announces under Thor’s Hammer

A horosocope set for September 13, 2012 at 2:15 pm edt (the Fed’s usual announcement hour after meetings) in Washington DC shows a planetary pattern called ‘Thor’s Hammer’ or ‘Fist of God’ involving the difficult, ongoing Uranus-Pluto square aimed at the Moon 21Leo23 in 8th house of Shared Resources and Transformation. Since the Moon signifies The People in Mundane Astrology and this Moon

Quantitative Easing Explained (video) w Jupiter-Neptune

The Fed’s ‘Quantitative Easing’ of Inflationary Jupiter-Neptune

by Jude Cowell w Video by Omid Malekan

If you’ve visited SO’W before you know this dissenting American blogger has done quite a bit of grousing over Fed actions and its shady beginnings, and no less so now. Even just yesterday I blogged about the planetary imprint or signature which seals its meanings and themes into the Obama

RNC 8.29.12 Paul Ryan to speak tonight

And Yet They Go On Speaking Without Saying Anything…

by Jude Cowell

Let me be the nostalgic one this time…my Dad (b. 1908) had a favorite joke after watching political speeches on TV…What’s he sayin’? He ain’t sayin’…which for me sums up the narrow scope of the Mitt Romney 2012 campaign for president and the hidden cards Mitt is keeping guarded so close to his vest.

Therefore, there

Krugman’s The Great Abdication (1931 v 2012)

Historical Eclipses, 1930s v 2012, the Fed, and the EU Debt Crisis

by Jude Cowell

If you’ve read economist Paul Krugman’s NYT op-ed of June 24, The Great Abdication, you know that he likens the current financial crisis in Europe and how its creditor nations have chosen to come to the aid of Spain with the actions taken to similar events of 1931.

The Fed in the US and the Central Bank of

Roubini and Ferguson: Europe "On the Brink" (w EU Flag horoscope)

The Perils of Ignoring History: This Time, Europe Really Is on the Brink

By Niall Ferguson and Nouriel Roubini

As the euro crisis escalates, Berlin should remember how the banking crisis of
1931 contributed to the breakdown of democracy across Europe. Action is urgently
needed to stop history from repeating itself.

~:~

As the social-economic crisis of austerity measures in the EU ruins

We Meet Again: Sen Bernie Sanders w Fed’s Ben Bernanke (video 6.7.12)

On June 7, 2012, my favorite senator, Vermont’s Bernie Sanders, lightly yet pointedly grilled Fedhead Ben Bernanke and their exchange included cooperation on foxes such as JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon guarding the US henhouse and banks too big for America’s own good. Well, I truly hope improvement for the American people comes from Senator Sanders’ proposed legislation yet I have my doubts:

One

Astro-Update on Pres Obama’s economy speech 6.8.12

Update June 8, 2012 2:00 pm edt: my previous post this morning as President Obama began speaking at or about 10:15 am edt on the US economy mentions Mr. Obama’s natal Neptune (8Sco36 in n 9th H) at the IC (Foundation; Basis) of the horoscope and thus of his speech. I wondered aloud if truth (not usually the province of Neptune) would be told but didn’t know then that John McCain had made related