Washington is filling up fast for Friday’s Inauguration with unprecedented numbers booked into hotels, with protesters as keen to be present as Trump supporters. At least 28 groups have been credentialed, compared to the five or six requests from groups usually received, and the Park Service is expecting more than 350,000. There will … Read more
Actress Uma Thurman – Pulp Fiction, Dangerous Liaisons, Kill Bill – is involved in a messy court custody wrangle over her daughter with French financier Arpad Busson. She was born 29 April 1970 1.51pm Boston, MA (astrotheme) – three days after Melania Trump – so has the same stubborn/enduring Sun Saturn in Taurus … Read more
Jeff Sessions is being grilled in his confirmation hearing for the post of Attorney General. He was denied a federal judgeship in 1986 after the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony that he made racist remarks. He’s now flatly denying he ever sympathised with the Klu Klux Klan. There’s no risk of him not … Read more
James Mattis, Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, is reportedly unhappy about selection for other positions in his arena being made without his input. Billionaire Wall Street businessman Vincent Viola had been named as the pick for secretary of the army. Viola’s high-frequency trading firm has a record of violating the rules of … Read more
Obamacare was signed into being at 11.56am 23 March 2010 in Washington, DC. It has a crisis-ridden Aries Sun Mercury in a Cardinal Grand Square in opposition Saturn square Pluto opposition Moon Ascendant – so was never going to have a smooth transition into everyday operations. What’s showing this year is tr Neptune conjunct … Read more
Twit-in-chief has been taking to the airwaves to sneer at North Korea’s claim to have a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the US. Experts believe N Korea hasn’t the technology to get most missiles off the ground never mind across 6,500 miles to the US. Not content with tramping Kim Jong Un … Read more
Megyn Kelly, the prime-time Fox News presenter, who clashed with Donald Trump during his campaign and was the highest profile of the women who alleged inappropriate behaviour by Roger Ailes (which he denies), is moving to daytime NBC. She said it was to allow her more time with her three children. It’s always … Read more
Haaretz, the Tel Aviv liberal newspaper is in no doubt where it stands over Netanyahu’s strop about the UN Resolution against the illegal settlements, and indeed about the resolution itself. ‘Netanyahu Is Dragging Israel Into the Abyss.’ ‘UN Resolution Is a Breath of Hope in Sea of Darkness and Despair. It’s … Read more
Relations between Israel and Egypt by all accounts have become closer since Al-Sisi took over as Egyptian president. The two countries have a shared determination to stamp on Hamas and other jihadist groups operating in the Sinai, bordering both countries, with increasing military, intelligence and diplomatic co-operation. Sisi is determined to keep the … Read more
The US goes into 2017 edgy with anticipation about what the Trump Presidency will bring. From this Thursday Dec 29th tr Saturn will oppose the USA Mars, followed in early January by tr Saturn square the USA Neptune until the 15th. That will be bad-tempered and feel like an aggravating setback with uncertainty … Read more