Deep state, fake news and #metoo are being bandied about in the increasingly heated debate about what Jim Jordan, Republican congressman in Ohio knew about widespread sexual abuse by a team doctor when he was assistant wrestling coach at the university. First he flatly denied knowing anything, then he said he might have … Read more
Kylie Jenner, half-sister to the KKK phenomenon and daughter of Kris and Caitlyn Jenner, is reckoned at 20 years of age to have made nearly one billion dollars in three years running her cosmetic company. Trumping Mark Zuckerberg, who became a billionaire aged 23. She posts selfies with her cosmetics almost hourly to … Read more
Eclipses normally come in twos, a Solar and two weeks before or after a Lunar. This time we’re blessed or cursed with having two Solar Eclipses (New Moons) – July 13 at 21 degrees Cancer and August 11 at 19 degrees Leo; and a Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) on July 27th at 5 … Read more
After a Reality Show roll of drums, pause with bated breath, Brett Kavanaugh, was announced as the pick for the Supreme Court. Born 12 February 1965 in DC, he has impeccable legal credentials but is a staunch conservative and Roman Catholic, so will swing SCOTUS firmly to the right and raise fears about … Read more
‘When ambitious psychopaths get control democracy goes wrong’ – a thought from author Robert Harris, whose trilogy of novels about power and ambition in Ancient Rome has been dramatized for the stage. He said when he wrote it he had “absolutely no idea the parallels with Brexit and President Trump would be so … Read more
Angela Merkel has survived to fight on, reaching an agreement on an immigration deal that almost blew her fragile new coalition government apart. Her 4th term chart, 14 March 2018 12.02pm, is buoyed up by Jupiter so likely to slide through most hiccups and it didn’t show any indications of a cataclysmic meltdown … Read more
A landslide election victory in Mexico for the left-wing, anti-establishment Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Amlo) crushed the two main parties whom he had described as the “mafia of power”. He faces a mountain of problems with widespread corruption, drug and cartel violence, poverty and inequality – at least 48 candidates were murdered during … Read more
Whistleblower Edward Snowden has said unequivocally that the Russian government is “corrupt” in an interview with the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung. Russia gave him sanctuary in 2013 after he released classified NSA documents, which were he extradited to the USA would see him facing three charges under the Espionage Act, carrying a minimum … Read more
The black farce of Trump’s relations with the Kremlin roll on with a summit set for July 16th and Trump announcing that Putin has denied meddling in the 2016 elections. So that’s alright then. Didn’t happen. There’s nothing inherently wrong with aiming for a détente with Russia but Putin’s track record isn’t one … Read more
Melania has had a free pass up till now because of Trump’s appalling behaviour. But her fascist-slogan ‘I don’t care’ jacket worn in the most inappropriate circumstances is starting to swing opinion the other way. Her own chart is fairly hard and very money-oriented with Sun Saturn in Taurus, and Sun opposition Jupiter … Read more