Jerrold Post, a psychological profiler for the CIA, whose expertise about the mental illness of foreign leaders made him much in demand in the White House, has died. Latterly he published “Dangerous Charisma” on Trump defying the APA’s ‘Goldwater Rule’ about publishing analytical critiques of individuals without their consent. Born 8 February 1934 in … Read more
Sydney Powell, the former prosecutor and now attorney who has been out-Trumping Trump in wild claims of election fraud is still on the rampage spouting QAnon and other crazed theories despite having been officially cut loose by the White House. She’s now unnerving even Republicans like Newt Gingrich with her request for voters to abstain … Read more
The Jupiter Saturn conjunction in Aquarius, exact on the solstice this December is significant for several reasons. As an astronomical event it will be rare. Despite these two planets coming together in a conjunction every 20 years, they will be closer visually than at any time in several centuries. Such astronomical alignments aren’t always … Read more
Rudy Giuliani appears to be causing chaos even in Republican circles with his all-guns-blazing attack on the legitimacy of the election result. His ill-judged news conference in the parking lot of a Philadelphia landscaping business adjacent to an adult bookstore and a crematorium let fly with a conspiracy-filled rant that scared off many lawyers who … Read more
Brian Cox, the veteran Shakespearean actor who won a Golden Globe for his performance as the Murdoch-type media patriarch Logan Roy in the HBO TV drama series Succession was born one day before Peter Sutcliffe and two weeks before Donald Trump. Born 1 June 1946 2.15 pm Dundee, Scotland, he grew up in poverty … Read more
The Georgia run-off elections on January 5th that could determine control of the Senate are falling foul of squabbles within the local republicans about whether there has been fraud or not. The fear is that kicking up a rumpus may deter Republican supporters coming out to vote if they swallow the Trump line about wholesale … Read more
Rupert Murdoch is not only earning the ire of the Trump camp because of Fox news USA calling Arizona first for the opposing team, he’s also in the crosshairs of an Australian petition with a record 500,000 signatures complaining about Murdoch media dominance. News Corp Australia controls 70% of local newspaper circulation. Among … Read more
America Decides:- 1. Joe Biden. 2. Trump. 3. Incredibly drawn out, messy, inconclusive, lawyer-ridden process, probably including violence. (Thanks to Christian Adams cartoon, Evening Standard.) Memo for astro-election watchers: never ever get distracted by polls. They are invariably off. Following on from the previous November 1 post below and earlier thoughts on the Supreme Court, … Read more
The astro-signposts to look out for in what is undoubtedly going to be an acutely muddled and aggravated few weeks after the USA election. Even if Trump loses by a landslide he’s still got almost three months of the graveyard shift to cause havoc. If it is a closer result in key states, he’ll flail … Read more
Joe Biden’s errant son Hunter continues to be the focus of right-wing attacks with a dodgy New York Post piece, disclaimed even by its own reporters, about an alleged laptop containing incriminating files – and complaints that the media are avoiding covering the story for partisan reasons. A recent Republican Senate report found that Hunter … Read more