tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:59:38 +0000Astrological comments on America, on Washington DC, and on the politicians who infest them...with a gentle sprinkling of world eventshttp://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)Blogger1745125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-1973692497226590926Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:33:00 +00002009-07-16T20:53:10.789-07:00Tina Feyaudit the FedJupiter/Neptune = US natal Moonmore power for the FedAmy WinehouseDave LettermanJupiter/NeptuneHere is a list of names of the shadowy figures who don't want the Fed's veil raised, if you're interested in playing Peep-Eye with them.Schools are outed so leave your pet campus behind while you think of the magnitude of the booty and the future implications of such grand mega-power being placed in so few grasping hands.Then, if either of you speak astrologese, consider grandiose Jupiter/Neptunehttp://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/who-doesnt-want-feds-veil-lifted-list.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WoHEc8DC08mD-u9W4rUzbKih54M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WoHEc8DC08mD-u9W4rUzbKih54M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WoHEc8DC08mD-u9W4rUzbKih54M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WoHEc8DC08mD-u9W4rUzbKih54M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-1769268295752028235Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:00:00 +00002009-07-16T14:40:21.244-07:00America's Franklin chartmundane astrologypolitical astrologyFreemasonsUSA Gem rising natal chartSaturn to US NeptuneBen Franklinastro-politicsMoon sextile ChironChiron/PlutoThere is much to say on behalf of the 'Franklin' natal chart for America with 9 Gemini 17 rising along with Uranus, planet of disruption, rebellion, individualism, and independence. The archetype for Uranus is one of freedom issues and in Astrology having Uranus rising indicates an ability to cope and deal with whatever comes up. Plato's 'ideal form' - searching for the ideal - is part of our http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/usas-franklin-natal-chart-uranus-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/016zVh0B6o8j7lZ055x5Y_1Xo6I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/016zVh0B6o8j7lZ055x5Y_1Xo6I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/016zVh0B6o8j7lZ055x5Y_1Xo6I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/016zVh0B6o8j7lZ055x5Y_1Xo6I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-7402839282751241986Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:12:00 +00002009-07-15T09:16:56.087-07:00Cheney's Secret CIA Programmainstream mediaDick CheneyCheney's Secret CIA Program Worse Than Foreign Assassinations? By Digby There's something very fishy about the explanation being fed to the media.~:~'Being fed to the media'? And I thought it erred on the side of the media feeding it to the public.http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/cheneys-secret-cia-program-worse-than.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KtGQaDOUTz_6McF_km101LslUpc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KtGQaDOUTz_6McF_km101LslUpc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KtGQaDOUTz_6McF_km101LslUpc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KtGQaDOUTz_6McF_km101LslUpc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-657127392252202460Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:31:00 +00002009-07-15T18:52:51.103-07:00Marseillaise planetsastrologyBastille Day 1789 - 2009US Moon in AQAdam WeishauptDec 20 2009IlluminatihistoryFrench Revolution2009's Bastille Day has once again brought an annual round of chaos and violence to France with burning cars and street riots.A horoscope of the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 set for 5:30 pm lmt, the time the gates were thrown open by Governor de Launay and the mobs rushed in to liberate the fortress-prison, that symbol of royal tyranny, shows magician Hermes Rx rising with 17Sag39 onhttp://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/bastille-day-2009s-riots-in-france-dec.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)4 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Tmai32UAfF42YEmdcjvSs6fSZB8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Tmai32UAfF42YEmdcjvSs6fSZB8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Tmai32UAfF42YEmdcjvSs6fSZB8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Tmai32UAfF42YEmdcjvSs6fSZB8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-5512177117769049537Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:24:00 +00002009-07-14T07:59:28.340-07:00CIACheney and the CIACongress crowns Sun Myung Moon videoUS CongressCapitol Hillcold warStop The Presses! The CIA Lied By Emile Schepers The CIA was invented to spread lies, and to do a lot of other, worse things. It came into being after the end of the Second World War, when US foreign policy was revamped to fight the Cold War, it started out lying and has never stopped.Cheney, the CIA, and Congress: Now What?By Mcjoan Senators are shocked, shocked I say, to discover that Dick http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/lies-r-us-cia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Tb7YcoKFYAhKS6uprjV0mNrNbN0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Tb7YcoKFYAhKS6uprjV0mNrNbN0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Tb7YcoKFYAhKS6uprjV0mNrNbN0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Tb7YcoKFYAhKS6uprjV0mNrNbN0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-8981278274504032918Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:20:00 +00002009-07-13T16:05:38.204-07:00Saturn/Neptune Conjunction 1952-53President EisenhowerNWOSaturn-Neptune and secret governmentmilitary industrial complexJohn PilgerIlluminatiOn Nov 21, 1952, Saturn met Neptune, the planets whose combination indicate 'secret' (Neptune) 'government' (Saturn), at 22Lib47 which falls in the 10th house of Public Status and Career of America's natal chart (July 4, 1776; 5:10 pm lmt, Philadelphia, PA.)This began the current Saturn/Neptune cycle in which we experienced their opposition phase in 2007, the 'Full Moon' stage of the process http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/secret-government-saturn-meets-neptune.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3ueF7dSDnYMz2bJu5Ad9bXx20lE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3ueF7dSDnYMz2bJu5Ad9bXx20lE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3ueF7dSDnYMz2bJu5Ad9bXx20lE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3ueF7dSDnYMz2bJu5Ad9bXx20lE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-2589845601321436730Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:32:00 +00002009-07-13T13:51:52.326-07:00lies to warDavid Kelly not a suicideDr David KelleyIraq WarBush-Cheney administrationWMDNuclear weapons expert Dr. David Kelly did not kill himself just after his role was revealed concerning the UK's 'sexed up' intell designed to scam the British people into war with Iraq in spite of experts like Dr. Kelly saying there were no WMDs. (There weren't. Even a few neocons will admit it now that it's too late.)Thirteen UK doctors are now speaking out on behalf of an inquest...fine, if http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/nuke-expert-dr-david-kelley-was-not.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)5 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k-uZylKDtCbLVRRQJDvzP6H6wuc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k-uZylKDtCbLVRRQJDvzP6H6wuc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k-uZylKDtCbLVRRQJDvzP6H6wuc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k-uZylKDtCbLVRRQJDvzP6H6wuc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-5207753932573541529Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:39:00 +00002009-07-13T10:00:42.302-07:00R vs DWashington DCRepublican Offenders listA friend just sent me a website link with a list of Republican Offenders but I'm guessing that there must be a Democratic Offenders list around here somewhere!Do folks become crime syndicate types because they enter Politics? Or is the inclination, if not the experience, already lurking within their psyches - plus, they recognize a good deal when they see one?Update 7.13.09 1:00 pm edt: had to http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/republican-offenders-revealed-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uZTrqf5CnMk8M0Wm10h08L8XXs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uZTrqf5CnMk8M0Wm10h08L8XXs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uZTrqf5CnMk8M0Wm10h08L8XXs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uZTrqf5CnMk8M0Wm10h08L8XXs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-5726231495704529000Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:14:00 +00002009-07-13T07:36:40.158-07:00Hopimundane astrologyAstraeaSonia Sotomayor June 25 1954political astrologySonia Sotomayorasteroid PanSotomayor hearing for SCOTUS July 13 2009Capitol HillCSPAN video feedYes, today is the day that SCOTUS nominee Sonia Sotomayor makes her way to the Masonic Temple on Capitol Hill, affectionately known as 'our' Capitol Building, to begin the process of being vetted for the top bench of the nation.Questioning begins tomorrow, Tuesday, yet her statement today makes for an interesting combination of Sun in Cancer, Moon in Pisces, then Moon on to Aries Point at 10:39 http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/sotomayor-wise-latino-woman-on-capitol.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MzlXuEj9XmW0pEIAMbLJzN2-tRQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MzlXuEj9XmW0pEIAMbLJzN2-tRQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MzlXuEj9XmW0pEIAMbLJzN2-tRQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MzlXuEj9XmW0pEIAMbLJzN2-tRQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-1253183880346945403Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:06:00 +00002009-07-10T20:52:59.488-07:00Securities and Exhange CommissionBloomberg Newsfinancial news 7/11/09President ObamaGreat Conjunction of Jupiter/NeptunePumpin' up the SECThe SEC (which ostensibly stand for 'Securities and Exchange Commission') is being propagandized by President Obama as an entity that deserves more power in its punch and more inches in its reach. In a word, clout.Sensitive Feathers Must Be Protected from Ruffling That the SEC abused and/or neglected its power in recent years (and from the day it was hatched, for all I know) is http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/obama-wants-more-powerful-sec.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HTZqyCIzGwHIoatUZRRIpf2diXI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HTZqyCIzGwHIoatUZRRIpf2diXI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HTZqyCIzGwHIoatUZRRIpf2diXI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HTZqyCIzGwHIoatUZRRIpf2diXI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-9000972445351597105Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:33:00 +00002009-07-10T15:52:57.451-07:00Solar Eclipse July 21 200911 South Series2009 EclipsesUS PlutoAmericaHere is my months-old article on the two Solar Eclipses of 2009 with a small update at the end, if you'd care to have a peek.One Eclipse season is passing from Jan 26, 2009 - what I've called, the New President Eclipse - but what could be a doozy is upcoming on the world's radar - in Washington DC, the 11 South Solar Eclipse occurs on July 21, 2009 at 10:34:32 pm '29 Cancer' opposing US Secondaryhttp://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/solar-eclipse-july-21-2009-triggers-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xFrNzaQHUDuWpBbCMRZ3AHmc7u0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xFrNzaQHUDuWpBbCMRZ3AHmc7u0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xFrNzaQHUDuWpBbCMRZ3AHmc7u0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xFrNzaQHUDuWpBbCMRZ3AHmc7u0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-1821657523868434301Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:25:00 +00002009-07-10T13:26:57.585-07:00Joe CassanoAIGUS economyVanity Fairsubprime loan fiascoFinancial Collapse 2008AIG FP, Joe Cassano, credit default swaps, subprime fiascoes - all are illuminated in The Man Who Crashed the World though perhaps you've read the tale in Vanity Fair already.http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/story-of-joe-cassano-and-aig.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aQnLZraHoAqfXu_N17L7RKFh5BE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aQnLZraHoAqfXu_N17L7RKFh5BE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aQnLZraHoAqfXu_N17L7RKFh5BE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aQnLZraHoAqfXu_N17L7RKFh5BE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-5140377349013857477Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:51:00 +00002009-07-08T05:57:48.755-07:00ISS100 Hours of AstronomyBlue Moon over IranProgress 33Solar Cycle 24NASASpace Weather News for July 8, 2009WHAT'S FOLLOWING THE ISS? Sky watchers are reporting a "mysterious satellite" following the International Space Station (ISS). It trails the ISS by about one minute, relatively faint, but definitely there. Mystery solved: The follower is Progress 33, a Russian supply ship. On July 12, it will come within meters of the space station to test a new automated http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/blue-moon-over-iran-and-progress-33.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iKwnUiJ0v_9NI4TEjjaZTWjI7uQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iKwnUiJ0v_9NI4TEjjaZTWjI7uQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iKwnUiJ0v_9NI4TEjjaZTWjI7uQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iKwnUiJ0v_9NI4TEjjaZTWjI7uQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-6406419250407205901Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:21:00 +00002009-07-07T19:59:24.633-07:002009 Solar and Lunar EclipsesPtolemyAquila the EagleMedvedevJuly 7 2009 Lunar EclipseNWOAltairSiriusPresident ObamaL'Aquila Italy G8 Summit 7/7/09sunburst symbolThere are many things we common folk might say about the current G8 Summit which began today in L'Aquila, Italy, such as: stop engineering a world economic crash, delete your one-world-government plans, get over your big selves, ixnay on the audfray, and much more.L'Aquila means 'the eagle' as you know, and the city's history of earthquakes has caused an airlift emergency plan for world leaders' http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/g8-summit-in-laquila-italy-7709.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x8pkDRnTCX7wSrsiBZAK8Dm8cJs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x8pkDRnTCX7wSrsiBZAK8Dm8cJs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x8pkDRnTCX7wSrsiBZAK8Dm8cJs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x8pkDRnTCX7wSrsiBZAK8Dm8cJs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-8552690439982863804Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:41:00 +00002009-07-06T07:44:54.265-07:00Lunar Ecl July 7 2009Obama to kiss Pope's ring July 10 2009President Obama aborad July 2009Jupiter-Neptune conjunctionPutinAstrology follows Obama and the Moon July 6 - 10 2009Today in Moscow, US President Barack Obama arrived to meet with Russian leaders President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vlaimir Putin.When a Mundane Astrology chart shows planets (which for our purposes includes 'the lights', Sun and Moon, for ease of expression) meeting together, something of the archetypal flavor of that planet (actor) is evoked and a journey may be described.In Pres. http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/astrology-follows-obama-and-moon-july-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)2 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4pJ_oeZqZEN9SEtASD41ow1qHcw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4pJ_oeZqZEN9SEtASD41ow1qHcw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4pJ_oeZqZEN9SEtASD41ow1qHcw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4pJ_oeZqZEN9SEtASD41ow1qHcw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-786079552793226382Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:11:00 +00002009-07-05T07:31:35.714-07:00bad poetryThe Saga of Alaska CatGov Sarah Palin resigns July 2009GOPerspolitical poemsPalin poemPalin-Letterman feudMo RoccaSarah Palin was discussed this morning on TV by Karl Rove and others yet the Bad Poetry muse alit and The Saga of Alaska Cat was written in spite of all their fine punditry.Can rhyming sagas be brief like thwarted political careers? I think so, especially if they're self-thwarted...meanwhile, back on Earth, pundit Mo Rocca cautions, "Your opinion on the Palin-Letterman feud won't land you a job http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/saga-of-alaska-cat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0h4QmsMIIh8MebhvwY5_QTY1yCE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0h4QmsMIIh8MebhvwY5_QTY1yCE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0h4QmsMIIh8MebhvwY5_QTY1yCE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0h4QmsMIIh8MebhvwY5_QTY1yCE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-1473065032220782713Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:40:00 +00002009-07-04T11:57:23.347-07:00Independence Day 2009Palin resignation videoGov Sarah Palin resigns July 2009Alex D'AtriaFed indictment vs PalinPalin and fraud chargesModern AstrologyIt's Independence Day and I'm headed out the door but want to post this link sent me by my friend Alex D'Atria at Modern Astrology (see Astrology links in sidebar) on the story as we know it so far concerning possible federal indictment charges for Palin's squirrely use of Alaska's funds.Deceptive, fraud-inducing Neptune to her natal Sun and Mars: boundaries have (apparently) been crossed and thehttp://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/is-coming-fed-indictment-why-palin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)5 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6XRDN5ouJXyDaiYQ8kgQZPDwJBw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6XRDN5ouJXyDaiYQ8kgQZPDwJBw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6XRDN5ouJXyDaiYQ8kgQZPDwJBw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6XRDN5ouJXyDaiYQ8kgQZPDwJBw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-4601917253447883797Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:20:00 +00002009-07-03T16:53:49.725-07:00perpetual debtperpetual warChalmers JohnsonUS imperialismAlexis de TocquevilleAmerica's War EconomyThe Secret Sorrows of Empire by Chalmers Johnson is one of my go-to books for inside info on the roots of US imperialism, and July 3, 2009 has brought a report from Mr. Johnson on the escalating costs of new US military bases the number of which is being increased, not decreased, by this Democratic president.To settle up, state governments in the US are sending out IOUs, many July 4th fireworks http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/chalmers-johnson-us-military-bases.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xNCA3wIEVGG9bFuJdhQAoDclAGc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xNCA3wIEVGG9bFuJdhQAoDclAGc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xNCA3wIEVGG9bFuJdhQAoDclAGc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xNCA3wIEVGG9bFuJdhQAoDclAGc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-7393653740913761020Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:04:00 +00002009-07-03T15:21:58.555-07:00Palin's resignation videoGov Sarah Palin resigns July 2009Sarah Palin Oh yes, today's rambling announcement by Alaska Governor Sarah Palin that she is resigning from her governor's post July 26 and won't run for a second term in 2010 had to be published here so I can be fascinated by it at will. And if my courage holds, I'll be getting all the way through watching it any time now - cringe cringe.And no, I don't blame David Letterman jokes as some are speculating http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/surrealism-of-sarah-palin-video-7309.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)5 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XvUB_vrr0ZAzoY-Vnt4iqdP0X6I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XvUB_vrr0ZAzoY-Vnt4iqdP0X6I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XvUB_vrr0ZAzoY-Vnt4iqdP0X6I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XvUB_vrr0ZAzoY-Vnt4iqdP0X6I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-963289800843360375Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:18:00 +00002009-07-03T08:53:55.217-07:00Letters to the PresidentIndependence Day 2009Georgiarepresentative governmentWashington DCR v DTom ForemanCapitol Hill Here's another in the series of Tom Foreman's Letters to the President, a timely one with a Fourth of July flavor. It concerns independence in the District of Columbia and the Republican v Democrat paradox that makes independence elusive to obtain if not impossible.Of course, from way down here, it seems all about grasping and retaining power no matter the cost as this mindset on Capitol Hill http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/independence-day-2009-in-washington-dc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_FHA8y5iIvaqrM3Ol26zlQv8toA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_FHA8y5iIvaqrM3Ol26zlQv8toA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_FHA8y5iIvaqrM3Ol26zlQv8toA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_FHA8y5iIvaqrM3Ol26zlQv8toA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-5141397425843075121Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:13:00 +00002009-07-02T16:44:58.587-07:00bubble and collapseGoldman-SachsBarack ObamaTimothy GeithnerOval OfficeNYSE. US economyObama econo-teamPhil Murphyambassador to GermanyLest you think an important post in the Obama administration might have to do without a Goldman-Sachs alumni, former Goldman banker Phil Murphy is soon to be welcomed by Germany as the new US ambassador.You can go back to your nap now, a Goldman-Sachs rep is in the house. Again. In fact, if it's true what I've been reading that every bubble and collapse since the 1920s has been gamed if not http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/former-goldman-sachs-banker-new-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EwxksRmOkUUwoPTUekUuIoW5qQw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EwxksRmOkUUwoPTUekUuIoW5qQw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EwxksRmOkUUwoPTUekUuIoW5qQw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EwxksRmOkUUwoPTUekUuIoW5qQw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-2648380811325482836Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:21:00 +00002009-07-01T19:19:28.316-07:00financial collapseAmerica's 233rd birthday 2009US economyAl FrankenSenator Chris DoddCapitol HillFort KnoxAnd How the American People Can Save Big Money in WashingtonWhen the mortgage and sub-prime fiascoes began to hit the country in 2007 and into 2008, everyone agreed that reform would be on the menu and the sooner the better. The financial collapse which the housing market crash led to with its resulting unemployment, retail slumps, and slowdowns in all sectors of the economy and the life of the http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/washingtons-mortgage-reform-fizzles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)3 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/d6uwoFsIwcw0-0yq4nULzmJ8Xos/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/d6uwoFsIwcw0-0yq4nULzmJ8Xos/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/d6uwoFsIwcw0-0yq4nULzmJ8Xos/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/d6uwoFsIwcw0-0yq4nULzmJ8Xos/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-1633591800011523460Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:52:00 +00002009-07-01T15:04:52.104-07:00the White HouseWhite LodgeHelen ThomasRobert GibbsObama administrationBarack Obama2008 campaignTeam ObamaNPRopen governmentWednesday Aternoon Update: found this on Helen Thomas, the repected White House reporter, who voiced her opinion on the White House's set-up questions and 'call-aheads' to alert reporters they'll be asking a question at an Obama presser, or in today's case, at a 'townhall meeting.'You'll remember Bush's fear of Ms. Thomas who was put in the back row during the Bush-Cheney administration's http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/07/creeping-round-white-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)2 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eHPTlbsUsvKWRz3jIbHXGGUEWAY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eHPTlbsUsvKWRz3jIbHXGGUEWAY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eHPTlbsUsvKWRz3jIbHXGGUEWAY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eHPTlbsUsvKWRz3jIbHXGGUEWAY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-6367998986106630797Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:35:00 +00002009-06-30T17:42:28.013-07:00Ronald Reaganmundane astrologyI knew it was You ReaganFinancial Collapse 2008econo-crisisJake GarnReagan signs Garn-St Germain Act 1982Paul Krugmanastro-politicsThe Washington Independent is asking Who Will investigate the Causes of the Financial Crisis? and apparently Congress is mulling over setting up a congressional committee to investigate after all.But the list of possible names for the panel has a few huge clunkers on the Republican side in particular, most notably former senator from Utah Jake Garn, the same financial deregulator who sponsored http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/06/will-financial-collapse-be-probed-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)2 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5BC0pP-II5CdcIHOjs26-WoR0bE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5BC0pP-II5CdcIHOjs26-WoR0bE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5BC0pP-II5CdcIHOjs26-WoR0bE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5BC0pP-II5CdcIHOjs26-WoR0bE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17910744.post-2249382104861686466Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:31:00 +00002009-06-29T19:24:36.798-07:00Op-Ed NewsOctober Surprise Task ForceLee Hamilton the GOP's go-to guyIran-ContraBush-Reagan administrationRobert Parryinvestigating Bush-CheneyCIA Director Leon PanettaIf you've so far managed to miss reading Robert Parry's recent Who to Trust on a Truth Commission? report, please find a few minutes to remedy your condition forthwith.Pour yourself a cup of tea or pop open a bottle of whatever you like to pop open - this account details the Bush Sr-Reagan law-breakings from the 1980s and into the 90s with Iran, October Surprises, and Lee Hamilton as the GOP's http://starsoverwashington.blogspot.com/2009/06/lee-hamilton-gops-go-to-guy-october.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jude cowell)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zp_x-8YSyUI28jrc1oJzE-FIRUY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zp_x-8YSyUI28jrc1oJzE-FIRUY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zp_x-8YSyUI28jrc1oJzE-FIRUY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zp_x-8YSyUI28jrc1oJzE-FIRUY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>