Opinions: Obama’s ‘end of combat ops in Iraq’ speech

It was quite a dizzying tightrope he walked and perhaps President Obama’s multi-messaged speech with two-directional, murky Pisces Rising concerning the ‘ending of combat operations in Iraq’ didn’t go over very well among his more discriminating listeners. Here’s an article round-up of opinions for you including mention of one of my favorite topics when it comes to the US government – Orwellian

Venus/Pluto Aspects

Transformational love. Intense artistic presence. Undermining love. Suffocating love. Depraved love. Controlling love. Attracted to controlling people. Attempting to control the people you love. Intense relationships. Intense artistic involvements. Transformation through artistic expression. Transformation through relationships. Buried treasure. Gold diggers. Hidden jewels. The depth of attraction. An intensely attractive person. Attracting situations that have the[Continue…]

Julio Iglesias and Miranda Rijnsburger: Moon Trine Venus

Hell has officially frozen over: the most famous bachelor in the world, Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, is officially off the market. (Stop crying. We said Julio, not Enrique.) This past week, Iglesias married Dutch model Miranda Rijnsburger in a private ceremony in Marbella, Spain. We’d be more surprised, but they’ve already been together for 20 […]

Daily Planets Saturday 4/9/10

Five Foot Nothing went and saw Vampires Suck at the movies this afternoon…I was supposed to see it with her, but she is a teenager (virtually) so dumped me in favour of her friends. Heavy and very resigned sigh. She said it was funny, but a bit o…

Cooking Under the Virgo Sun

In last weekends newspaper liftout was a story about Kiwi born Melbourne chef Ben Shewry collecting wild nettles by the side of a Melbourne laneway. Collecting wild things is something that forms the basis of this chefs’ produce supply. But then agai…

Just saying…

Another from the “just saying” file…what is it about Qantas & Mercury retrogrades? This story broke in the last couple of days & I posted this one during another recent retrograde period. Could be a coincidence? Just saying&#8…

Daily Planets Friday 3/9/10

Friday will bring the last burst of Gemini sociability. The Moon will still be in trine aspect to Venus and Neptune on Friday morning, so don’t rush through your day unless you absolutely have to- you will get more through being nice to people t…

‘Stuff Alan Simpson Says’ about Social Security

From Daily Kos comes an email with a link to Stuff Alan Simpson Says in an attempt to keep Social Security cuts from beggaring the Americans who depend on it. Those with higher incomes and exalted positions are apparently blinded from appreciating the 1935 SS program’s benefit to society as a whole which keeps Americans from having to live out of shopping bags on street corners (and goodness