One of the more closely related SO’W posts to Thom’s topic is from October 2022 concerning a cosmic time link via two Solar Eclipses, both in the 6 South Saros Series: The GOP Wants Confederacy 1861 Back where you’ll see the 1860 6 South manifestation heralding the Civil War era, and its repetition in October 2022 @2Scorpio. Both eclipses reveal materialism through Venus, but the 1860 Mars,
Tag: democracy in America
Democracy For Who? Do The Poor Have A Say? – Thom Hartmann (plus Ceres!)
Here’s a June 16, 2020 clip from Thom Hartmann concerning a timely societal topic which contains within it many thorny and related issues:
~:~In Mundane Astrology I tend to use asteroid Ceres as a marker for democracy, aka, Democracy. However, these days, America’s fabled streak of Plutocracy has grown wider than ever and we find that on July 4, 1776 our Ceres Rx @8Pisces41 conjoined the 1776
Is There Any Difference Between Mob Rule & Democracy? – Thom Hartmann
In a segment posted March 27, 202O, here’s progressive broadcaster, activist, and author Thom Hartmann:
Astro-Note: I don’t know about you, dear reader, but in Political Astrology I use asteroid Ceres as a symbol for democracy which tends to nurture and serve the people’s needs. And where is Ceres as I type at 12:06 pm edt? At 21AQ53 and approaching America’s Aquarian Moon (We the People!) of
DC Horoscope: 1st Public Impeachment Inquiry
Image: A speculative ’10:00 am’ Horoscope for the 1st Public Impeachment Inquiry into Donald Trump scheduled for November 13, 2019, probably opening at 10:00 am est Capitol Building Washington DC. US diplomat to Ukraine William Taylor is expected to present a damning case against Donald Trump–and note that personal name asteroid Taylor @22Lib53 sits atop the Midheaven (‘MC’), the Goal Point of
DC Horoscope: 1st Public Impeachment Inquiry
Image: A speculative ’10:00 am’ Horoscope for the 1st Public Impeachment Inquiry into Donald Trump scheduled for November 13, 2019, probably opening at 10:00 am est Capitol Building Washington DC. US diplomat to Ukraine William Taylor is expected to present a damning case against Donald Trump–and note that personal name asteroid Taylor @22Lib53 sits atop the Midheaven (‘MC’), the Goal Point of
Will Democracy Survive Billionaires? clip – Thom Hartmann
June 12, 2019: Commentary by the well-informed broadcaster and author Thom Hartmann:
Will Democracy Survive Billionaires? clip – Thom Hartmann
June 12, 2019: Commentary by the well-informed broadcaster and author Thom Hartmann:
“Americans are hungry..” for Government that Works for Every Citizen
"Americans are hungry, indeed starving, for candidates who will take action to ensure that government works for every citizen, not just those who are able to write big checks to candidates, parties, and political action groups." — Miles Rapoport, Common Cause
The above excerpt is from Facing $5 Billion Campaign, Hunger for a ’21st Century Democracy Agenda’.
Pathethic, isn’t it? That the
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Washington DC Statehood (HBO)
In case you missed it: last night’s commentary on Washington DC’s lack of representation in Congress by John Oliver is a must-see!
#WashingtonDC #DistrictofColumbia #USCongress #democracy #JohnOliver
Thomas Jefferson on Newspapers and Despots
“The most effectual engines for [pacifying a nation] are the public papers…[A despotic] government always [keeps] a kind of standing army of newswriters who, without any regard to truth or to what should be like truth, [invent] and put into the papers whatever might serve the ministers. This suffices with the mass of the people who have no means of distinguishing the false from the true