New!  (Feb 1, 2012)  The SOPA bill and its counterpart, PIPA were defeated last week after a major cry from the public, along with important assistance from Google and Wikipedia.  The bills were intended to protect the copyright law, but they were written so broadly that almost anyone could make an accusation and the website owner would be "convicted" and blocked from internet access.  Guilty unless proven innocent.  Certainly there will be another bill to replace them, but hopefully it will be written more clearly to allow room for innocence.   I am delighted that the public still has something to say that Congress will hear.  (Of course it took the assistance of mighty corporations....hmmmm.)

New!  (Jan. 25, 2012)
I am thrilled to note that there are finally people on the bandwagon to repeal the Citizens United ruling of the Supreme Court from two years ago.  It was clear from the beginning where that would lead.  I just hope they are able to accomplish this monumental task ASAP.  Otherwise the corporate bodies, otherwise thought of as people with 1st Amendment rights, can buy the election and thus the subsequent legislation.  For details, see below on the comment from 2-8-10 for the history behind this major constitutional threat.

(10-1-11)
"Class Wars" are in full swing in this country.  (See "Class Wars" below.)  There is considerable pressure to maintain non-violent positions and for that we can be grateful.  However, I am uncomfortable because we are only at the very beginning of the Class Wars.  The saga will continue through 2015, if not beyond.  Please note the paragraph below on the subject of revolutions.  The Powers that Be are becoming increasingly less related to the people and this is what ultimately causes violence.

(8-22-11)  Solar Storms:
We are approaching the peak in solar storms predicted in 2013.  The sun has an 11 year sunspot cycle which ranges from relatively quiet to fairly wild.  Now that it is 2011 the flares are becoming more frequent.  A flare is a burst of energy that lasts a few minutes.  Greater than flares are coronal mass ejections which are enormous explosions of gas and magnetic energy that require several hours and blow drastically beyond the normal corona.  According to NASA, at solar minimum we average one  coronal mass ejection per week.  At maximum (2013) there are likely 2-3 per day. 

Here are a few factoids about solar flares and CME's.  They emit radio waves, x-rays, and gamma rays.  The CME's can do tremendous damage to our planet's complicated systems of satellites, radios, GPS systems, phone networks  and power grids.  NASA is concentrating on how to predict these episodes and where they might reach our atmosphere.  The idea is that if they know where a flare will hit, they can essentially turn off the power grid temporarily so it won't be damaged.

For more info see:  http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/CMEs.shtml

In Oct. 2012,  Saturn moves into the sign of Scorpio through the end of 2014.  During the two years that it is in that territory, aspects indicate that there will be a mass movement of wealth toward the direction of the plutocrats in the world.   It is entirely possible that the IMF/UN suggestion of replacing the world reserve currency could happen  (See 10-1-10 below).    Or perhaps we will be forced to succumb to the Global Dollar that has been discussed in other places.  Either of these scenarios could create major rebellion of the have-nots, as I have described below in the section on "Class Wars".  Another probable outcome of this Saturn change is a largely Republican Congress and President to be elected in Nov. of 2012.

(Just in case you are not aware, what we call the Federal Reserve is merely a super-bank, owned and managed without real oversight by the huge money families in the world.  It is not entirely  an arm of the US government, as we the people are led to believe.  Most of the world's countries also have a "Central Bank" which operates independently of the government.  The same families are the controlling owners in most of these central banks worldwide and therefore of the world's monetary systems.)

(10-1-10) Removed numerous stories that have been noted during the year 2010.)

Revolutions and Class Wars  (3-9-11)

I had a fascination with history while in college in the 60’s.  In one class, a professor directed us to read an excellent book, first published in 1938.  The title was “The Anatomy of a Revolution”, written by Crane Brinton, a Harvard Professor.  It is a classic on the study of revolutions and I daresay many of my readers have studied it at one time or another. Brinton drew his conclusions from the development of the four major revolutions in the 1700’s.  It is time to examine this work in light of current events.  Astrologically the revolutionary time began 1 year ago and continues for another 4 years.  Here is what we will see:

The environment for a revolution starts with a ruling class that has taken all the resources and separated itself from the whole.  The people are cramped and subject to scarcity and overtaxation.  The intellectuals turn against the ruling class and evolve a philosophy of freedom.  Eventually the masses organize and begin to demand the heads of those in power.  The old regime falls and then there is a struggle for power among the winners.  Moderates invariably rule for a short time.  Meanwhile on the fringes the radicals are regrouping themselves and becoming thoroughly organized.  The new, moderate government  has to deal with the infrastructural relics of the old regime.   They necessarily become tainted because the political workings don’t change quickly enough to suit the masses.  Then comes what is known as the reign of terror generated by the radicals who can operate illegally to force the big changes.  Eventually someone emerges among the radicals as the new dictator of the common people with his/her own army.  Many of the pre-revolutionary patterns are restored and the people are left generally exhausted with the struggle.  Ultimately little is changed.

One might argue that a lot has changed since the 1700’s.  But multiple coups in Central and South America have yielded highly similar results.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/us/politics/25bopp.html?hp

2-8-10:  Removed H1N1 story.