On the Murder of Trayvon Martin, Teenaged Skittles Purchaser
by Jude Cowell
Update: evening of July 13, 2013, George Zimmerman is rewarded with a "not guilty" verdict; meanwhile the teen packing a pkg of Skittles remains dead.
Original post begins here:
Perhaps you can tell by this post’s subtitle that imho, being stalked on a rainy evening by a man with a gun is a good enough reason to turn
Friday June 28, 2013: June 28, 1914 and, Meanwhile, Back in Texas
by Jude Cowell
On this day, June 28th, in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated, an event used to precipitate World War I. Many people know that particular world conflagration as "The War to End All Wars" though their faith in such overblown campaign rhetoric (by Woodrow Wilson who secretly
A Few Astro-Notes on NSA Leaker Edward Snowden and Saturn
by Jude Cowell
The Wikipedia page on Edward Snowden contains a measure of general biographical information about the fellow who leaked NSA intelligence to the media.
Born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina on June 21, 1983, Mr. Snowden, age 29, is being sought with all the force of America’s global tracking abilities with help from
Under the Sun, Over the Moon: Eric Holder’s Personality
by Jude Cowell
If you’re curious, Attorney General Eric Holder’s Wiki page tells much of his personal and professional history such as his appointment to the DC Superior Court by Ronald Reagan in 1988, his work during the Clinton administration, and his brief service under George W. Bush.
Of course nowadays, his term as Attorney General
On TV yesterday I watched a goodly portion of Darrel Issa’s witch-hunting Benghazi hearing. So far my favorite news report on the hearing is Jon Stewart’s coverage which you see here and my favorite part of that is Mr. Stewart pointing out how Republicans and their news buddies have been working so hard to make the tragic September 11, 2012 attack/s on our embassy seem hugely worse and more
An Astrological Investigation of Senator Ted Cruz
by Jude Cowell
In August 2012, NPR called Ted Cruz a Rising GOP Star (click for text or audio) but his star may be twinkling a bit off-and-on these days, a condition which is quite appropriate for a man born with Saturn Rx in stubborn Taurus opposite Mars, Venus, and Jupiter in Scorpio!
(Mars-Saturn combinations can give off-again-on-again
April 8, 2013 UK PM Margaret Thatcher Passes Away Peacefully
by Jude Cowell
Since former Prime Minister of Britain Margaret Thatcher passed away today I want to make note of the event on Stars Over Washington though a complete analysis of her natal horoscope has been published elsewhere many times over. You may wish to view her natal horoscope along with that of Meryl Streep who played her
From the following video I discover from former congressman Dennis Kucinich that he was redistricted out of the US Congress by Democrats in the Ohio state legislature–his fellow party members! Guess a politician asking ‘too many’ questions and expecting truthful answers becomes inconvenient after all these years…
Holding Bush accountable, our Orwellian State, and other pertinent topics
Mary Jo White for SEC: a Few Astro-Notes on the Lady
by Jude Cowell
Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi says the Choice of Mary Jo White to Head SEC Puts Fox in Charge of Henhouse.
Known for signal achievements, you may remember her as prosecutor in the trial of the first World Trade Center Bombing attack of 1993.
Born on December 27, 1947 in Kansas City, Missouri, Mary Jo White’s Sun-Moon blend
An Ode to Dick Nixon
Former President Richard Nixon marred much of the years I spent in Washington DC moons ago when it was my favorite city of residence. Perhaps it still is in spite of how subsequent political and financial crooks and varmints have clouded its much-touted promise. Anyway, the following Ode occurred to me unbidden on this, the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Tricky’s