2012, Maya, and the Milky Way

A May Solar Eclipse, Winter Solstice 2012, and a Royal Star of Persia make 2012 eventfulby Jude CowellProbably the best info on Winter Solstice 2012 and the Mayan Long Count ‘prediction’ that’s giving many people the heebie geebies these days may be found at Neptune Cafe along with reading suggestions for those who wish to know more.Solar Eclipse May 20, 2012 conjunct AlcyoneAlso noted, if you’re

A Weird Week in Politics

PM David Cameron was last spotted eating a Cornish pasty two years ago.Ooo – the spin doctors have been getting themselves in a twist this week here in Blighty.I’ll explain briefly for my non-UK readers.First, Chancellor George Osborne cut the t…

That’s a good thing…

There are some days when out of the blue it just feels like it should.
You know, that whole milk of human kindness, mushy, dare I say it, happy sort of feeling. It hit me this morning walking around Circular Quay under the Harbour Bridge on my way to h…

Bush’s SOTU deja-vu 2002–2008 (Jon Stewart video)

For Old Time’s Sake…With the November 6, 2012 elections sneaking up on us we can’t be reminded too often of the Bush Years of terror, lies to war, unfunded mandates, little sacrifice among the majority of us (except for our over-extended military families), dumbing downer No Child Left Behind, huge tax cuts for the gold-laden power elite (Bush’s "base"), Financial Collapse 2008 and its result (

Transiting Venus in Gemini: Smart Choices

Venus moves into Gemini on April 3rd. Love gets lighter, brighter and chattier. Gemini is about options. It’s about communicating with as many people as possible in order to make a decision. The thing is, with Gemini the decision making … C…