Donald Trump – speaking the unspeakable

Donald Trump continues to trumpet off tune and continues to rise in the polls (whatever they are worth since they’ve been continually wrong everywhere over the recent past). Even the Republican Party is wincing about his ban-all-Muslims from entering USA speech. He doesn’t have a particularly horrific chart but does have a loudmouth Mars in … Read more

Film Tariffs – yearning for the good old days

Hollywood has passed its glory days having lost ground in the past two decades in a global battle with countries like Britain, Australia,  Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, Hungary and Morocco which attract filmmakers with tax incentives. Other countries also have lower labour costs.  The British Film Institute said spending on film and high-end TV production … Read more

The Great Gatsby – echoing today’s immorality

The ‘great American novel’ Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is celebrating its 100 anniversary this week. His take on the excesses of the Neptune in Leo Roaring Twenties has become for many a definitive statement on unaccountable elites today. “They were careless people . . . they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money … Read more

White House fireworks – all heat, no light ++ who has paid most for Ukraine

Is there method in the madness?  Or was the Zelensky fiasco in the White House a rapid pull back after a hard word from Putin pointing out that a US/Ukraine mineral deal (lighting up Trump’s greed) would effectively rule out any future Kremlin attacks and incursions?     Trump, the disruptor, is obvious but whether … Read more

Argentina’s reboot under Milei – will it last?

     Javier Milei has begun wrenching opening Argentina’s protectionist economy, slashing tariffs in a bid to beat down high prices. Argentines are ordering from Amazon for the first time. On December 22, the government stopped charging a blanket tax of 7.5 per cent on all imported goods. The changes put Argentina on the opposite course … Read more

Mars in Leo – Gregg Wallace, Haigh, Albanese, Cher ++ Frank Auerbach

Mars in Leo gives drive, will-power, dramatic flair and creativity, leadership ability, self-confidence, a competitive nature which can tilt over into egotism and an over bearing streak with a tendency to dominate others. Not surprisingly it fills the ranks of those seeking attention in politics and showbusiness – Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, Hillary Clinton, Kamala … Read more

Narcissism – it is never my fault ++ Sam Vaknin

Boris Johnson, Philip Scofield, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, Prince Harry – once shining stars in their respective spheres now brought low by their staggering lack of self-awareness and tendency to handout blame to others rather than ‘fess up to any missteps on their part.     Astrology though illuminating in its own terms about characteristics … Read more