This ‘just in’ to my inbox–if you care about our social safety net programs and know someone who depends on them, perhaps you’ll add your John Hancock, too:Dear Friend, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are in danger. But the biggest threat isn’t driven by economics, it’s driven by politics. Twelve members of Congress from the House and Senate have been newly empowered to force both
Tag: US economy
Labor Day 2011: National Prosperity must include Social Justice
Uranus and Pluto Tangle, Income Inequality a Major Weak Spot
by Jude Cowell
Economic Recovery? Well, recent articles here have concerned the societal pair of expansion v contraction, Jupiter and Saturn, but also the Uranus/Pluto Square (mid-1960s social issues and ills return for further development at frustration point in the cycle of Uranus and Pluto which met in Great Conjunction/s in
Rick Perry’s Confederate Constitution 1861, and Global Astrology peers ahead
Doth Candidate Perry Cite the Confederate Constitution of 1861? 9.2.11
by Jude Cowell
To refresh our jaded memories, here’s the text of the Preamble of the Constitution of the Confederate States, adopted March 11, 1861.
Preamble
We, the people of the Confederate States, each State acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government, establish
Julie Demboski on Jupiter Retro (8.30.11)
On Jupiter Retro, Personal and Transpersonal 8.30.11
What a treat! SO’W is privileged to host a teaser from Julie Demboski’s article concerning Jupiter’s current retrograde period and The Jolly One’s subsequent backtrack through early Taurus. The entire piece appears in Julie’s excellent Eclipse Newsletter (a modest subscription required) but here, for all SO’W readers, is a tantalizing excerpt
Keith Olbermann: "The Four Great Hypocrisies of the Debt Deal" (video link)
It’s times like these that I wish Current TV would allow embedding of their videos but if there’s a way to embed them, I haven’t discovered it yet.Instead, here’s a link to Keith Olbermann’s Four Hypocrisies of the Debt Deal commentary. The page includes, I believe, a link to the transcript, if you prefer.Plus, here’s a standing question for you from an author whose novels exposed the horrid
The YOD of a Senate Test Vote 7.31.11
"Code Red Day for Many on Wall Street" –David Gregory on MTP July 31, 2011by Jude CowellWell, it’s been "Code Red" for a majority of Americans for years now. And unless we hear otherwise, the US Senate is set to vote today at 1:00 pm edt on the Democratic version of a draconian spending cut bill that will allow a raising of the US debt ceiling, another act in the Political Default Theater on
A "Super Congress" will Kill the US Congress (video)
Planning now to write a post on the November 2011 Solar Eclipse which unfortunately for those of us who wish to see America continue as a sovereign nation, relates to the topic Mr. Jones discusses in this 8-minute video of his show.Plus, transit Neptune in very early Pisces will conjoin Congress’ natal Pluto (power) soon and is within orb now…more on that later for much of the current
US economy slowed, Congress keeps grandstanding
Now here’s an example of why a new poll shows the American public’s approval rate of the ‘work’ Congress is doing is down to 6%. Makes me wonder what that 6% sees that the rest of us don’t!NPR BREAKING NEWS: Economy Slowed Sharply In First Half Of 2011 The Commerce Department says the economy expanded only 1.3 percent in the April-June period — its weakest pace since the recession ended. High
Horoscope: EU Flag w July 28 2011 transits
Is Something Bizarre Going On in Washington DC?by Jude CowellYes, it is. And though it’s hot as Hades in Georgia lately, like you I am snowed under with news and propaganda concerning the purposefully manufactured debt-deal-crisis/default-threat now being waged for the cameras, microphones, and the public in Washington DC. Personally I am not impressed for in Politics, if it happens, it was meant
A "Super Congress"? Astrology of DC’s Debt Talks July 2011
An Astro-Peek @ Debts Talks July 22–July 26, 2011by Jude CowellOngoing in Washington DC with ‘no deal’ reached over the weekend, the so-called debt talks and the August 2 default brou-ha-ha (Mercury, planet of negotiations and contracts, retrogrades on August 2–not good!) may in part be a set-up in order to make the creation of a sneaky anti-constitutional Super Congress seem necessary.NPR has