Mike Pence is denouncing as “disgraceful and offensive” suggestions that he is financing-up to prep for the 2020 presidential election. Well he would say that, wouldn’t he, especially within spitting range of the Donald. Just to run over his political CV. On social and cultural issues, he is to the right of … Read more
Hillary Clinton is staying out of sight, no doubt writing or proof reading her book What Happened about her election debacle, due out in the fall; and according to reports considering becoming an ordained Methodist minister. Religion has evidently been a staple of her life from her childhood onwards. If her birth time of 8 … Read more
John Kasich, Ohio Republican Governor, former Congressman, Fox News TV host, investment banker, has not ruled out standing in the 2020 Presidential election, though he’s twice lost the GOP nomination in 2000 and 2016. He refused to back Trump in 2016 and has been described as a solid conservative with an independent streak. Born … Read more
Net neutrality – “the First Amendment of the Internet” – is under threat as the USA FCC (Federal Communications Commission) gears up to prioritize dollars over the little guy. (Now there’s a surprise under a Trump administration.) It could mean giving big cable companies leeway to charge extra fees, block, and censor … Read more
The whiff of corruption in high places is everywhere. In the Trump camp the Mueller investigation into their campaign’s possible collusion with Russia is escalating with a Grand Jury being called. Son Eric Trump is fending off suggestions that the costs of using a Trump golf course for a kids cancer charity-do diverted money into … Read more
An explosively argumentative and bombastic leader, with a family whose sense of arrogant entitlement has risen to imperial levels, fending off a truckload of legal problems. Sound familiar? Another Mars in Leo is living out a similar narrative to Trump. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has been skirting the edges of a corruption … Read more
Christopher Wray has been overwhelmingly confirmed to be the next FBI director, by a vote of 92 to 5 in the US Senate. He replaces James Comey, fired by Donald Trump over investigations into Russian interference in the presidential election. At his hearing Wray said “My loyalty is to the constitution and the … Read more
Ivanka Trump’s delight at serving ‘alongside’ new Chief of Staff, John Kelly, has been dented by the flood of criticism thrown her way for hubris, in putting her own lack of political experience on a par with his CV. Morning Joe’s Mika Brzezinski tweeted: “It’s time for Donald Trump’s family members … Read more
Jeanne Moreau, one of the legendary stars of the French cinema – Orson Welles called her “the greatest actress in the world” – has died. Best known for her role in Truffaut’s Jules et Jim, she had a prolific, award-laden career into her 80s, ultimately directing and writing as well. Born 23 January 1928 at 11.15am Paris, … Read more
Will the veil be lifted allowing us to see into an alternative reality? Or will we pulled further into the madness of an increasingly chaotic world? The Lunar Eclipse at 15 degrees Aquarius/Leo next Monday August 7th sits exactly on the Neptune/Pluto midpoint, which can offer sixth-sense awareness or manic instability. Dion … Read more