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Inflection Point for Free Fall Into Fascism
There comes a point of no return in the development of zeitgeist. The US has long since devolved into corporate state fascism. Eisenhower in 1961 warned the nation of this eventuality; Dr. MLK Jr. in 1967 prophesized that the nation … Continue reading
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A Sick and Dying America
All the war All the hate But a hymn to Thanatos and his servants. The corporatists Flourish in our Devotion to death. Who are we, But zombies Saluting the flag Of nullity? Why, why so hard to wake up? Why … Continue reading
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Connecting The Dots, and Redemption
Connecting the racist and imperial dots is perhaps the most difficult thing for America; it has a memory like a sieve. The settlement of America required the genocide of the Native American and the enslavement of the African American. American … Continue reading
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Israel is the tail that wags the rabid American dog
Israel is the tail that wags the rabid American dog; O my God, we have plunged into Jewish fascist fog. Where is the light, the love that renounces hate; O my God, where is the courage to change our fate? … Continue reading
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Insurrection On 1/6/2021 @ 12:15pm, Capitol Building
This is the chart for the moment Donald Trump, the president of the USA at the time, addressed a rally protesting the alleged fraudulent election of Joe Biden to the presidency, a crowd estimated at close to 200,000, with the … Continue reading
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Rahu And The American Cult of Exceptionalism
Rahu is the name for the north node of the Moon in Indian astrology. It signifies the astronomical point where the orbit of the Moon around the Earth going north crosses the ecliptic – the apparent path of the Sun … Continue reading
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Collapse of American Exceptionalism
The last twenty years in American history are among the most shameful, the most disgusting, in its entire history. And this is saying a lot, given the legacy of genocide and slavery. America has completely gone to the dark side; … Continue reading
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The USA Presidential Inauguration Chart of 2021
This event chart is for 1/20/2021 at 12:00 noon at Washington DC. I am using the Lahiri sidereal zodiac. This chart helps set the themes for national politics for the next four years. Joe Biden will be inaugurated according to … Continue reading
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The Great Jupiter/ Saturn Conjunction of December 21, 2020
Jupiter and Saturn have been close together for some months, visible in the evening sky as a pair of bright wandering stars. Both planets are now in early Capricorn of the Lahiri sidereal zodiac- not the tropical zodiac familiar to … Continue reading
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Collapse
Comparisons of the American empire to the Roman empire only go so far, but they don’t have to be exact to be striking and relevant. I refer to both empires in the past tense as an act of grammarly prescience. … Continue reading
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