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Lamont Cranston

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Saturday, May 26, 2007 10:01 AM
Original article: When Democrats collapse

No Cojones

Why the hell did Carter wait until now to blast the GOP war -- no cojones -- why wasn't Carter making some sort of political statement back in 2003 and coalescing the opposition to Bush's foolishness -- no cojones

Friday, June 8, 2007 11:38 AM
Original article: Hillary Studies

Hillary Redux

The basic thing that has puzzled me about HDRC is that she was born in CHICAGO -- moved to Park Ridge when she was three.

In fact, she was born in the 48th Ward of Chicago ... I think on the west side of Winthrop just north of Hollywood where her bedroom was backed by the el tracks ...

She's been back to the ward to raise money -- but never never never done a photo op with any of the lady pols of the ward -- and there is mucho (mucha?) feminine representation of the area -- something about the Lake Michigan waters. #1 the Alderman -- Mary Ann Smith -- #2 the Congressional Rep -- Jan Schakowski --

When HDRC was selling her book at Women & Children First in the 48th Ward -- somehow she didn't have the political moxie to invite the Alderman and the Congresswoman ...

If one is running for the Democratic Nomination for President, the 48th Ward has GOT to be a bigger asset than Park Ridge, donchya think?

Some groovy great lakes legislation w/Rep Schakowski and other Congresspeople whose districts on on the GL shores would be an act of deep political/national strategy, donchya think?

I know where she's coming from -- but she apparently doesn't.

Monday, August 6, 2007 06:43 AM
Original article: Cheerful boos for Hillary

The Yearly Kos --

Chicago loves big parties -- the bloggers & the (corporate) rockers at lollapalooza put a little bit of toddle in the action.

I'm an astrologer in the 48th Ward ... with a hard core jones for politics ... considering doing a regular online blog with astro insights on the campaign.

Here's a little navigation to get you through eclipse season -- the next new moon (Aug 12) at 19 leo is right on Obama's Midheaven -- that's the career point in a horoscope -- watch him & his camp carefully for new starts -- maybe a new issue -- the Great Lakes infrastructure issue is looming large -- local Chicago investment is the BP dumping crap in Lake Michigan -- my alderman has declared a boycott of BP -- that's an issue with very long legs and should involve the energies of the Great Lake States -- 8 of them -- 6 are blue

The first eclipse full moon August 28 -- 4 vi/pisces -- now if Hillary is born 8 AM chicago -- this eclipse is right on her nadir and she won't take her natal ward -- the 48th -- i don't think she knows the alderman's name ...

The second eclipse is a solar -- and it is ugly it is on 9/11 2007, right across the zodiac from planet uranus which suggests a very explosive set of possibilities

Hold your fire and choices until you've assessed how these would be helmsmen of our nation navigate through the eclipse season.

Monday, August 20, 2007 08:34 AM

Hillary's a hypocrite

Fer gawdsake, the woman represents NYState including Niagara Falls which is a fairly clean energy source -- and she has not done anything that I or my friends can think of to improve the conditions in Western NY.

NY State borders 2 Great Lakes -- both connected by the thunderous Niagara (rhymes with Viagra) -- Erie & Ontario. This is a natural for a Great Lakes conservation issue that would tie together the 8 great lake states that are with notable exceptions -- Ohio & Indiana -- blue states, creating a platform ... but nada comes from the grandstanding junior senator.

Chicago (where this would be president was born) recently went through a head to head with British Petroleum that got permission from Indiana governor and EPA to piss in the common pool even more than they already do so ...

There's the issue that someone (Barack didn't pick it up either to run with it) ... no one GL state should have the authority to permit an entity within it to further poison this great American resource --

Well, Chicago's motto is I Will -- & starting w/my alderman who initiated a BP boycott on up -- kind of sort of forced BP to reconsider this new toxicity

Where the hell was Hillary?

Monday, August 20, 2007 12:20 PM
Original article: Cupid's science

Ring - Index Finger

Among chiromancers -- a long ring (Apollo) finger implies the artist, if longer than the Saturn (middle) finger -- a gambler, risk taker -- the long index (jupiter) finger is the director -- sort of an ego/talent dichotomy

and the 4 temperament types go back to -- well I think the platonic types were improperly cited ... the humors & the 4 elements to be sure

astrologically speaking -- if his mars is in aspect to her venus, ergo erotic chemistry --

if A's mercury aspects B's mercury -- damn, we CAN talk --

This anthropology major prefers metaphysics to academic pseudo science

Sunday, September 2, 2007 09:03 AM

I'm struggling on too many fronts -- religion, fertility, parenting philosophy, even employment.

Given the scale & depth of your existential problems, I believe they are a manifestation of deep incompatibility on many levels between you and your husband.

There's a Latin maxim which I love: Ad amicus ad aras -- Friends until the altar, meaning friends until we are divided by principle ... religious, philosophical -- your values are no way compatible -- so it is these which are symptomatic and manifest physically by inability to conceive. -- the megillah if you will, a many headed hydra effects of the same cause -- basic incompatibility

Monday, October 15, 2007 07:23 PM
Original article: How Hillary could tank

Damn right she'll tank -- next summer after she's got the nomination sewed up

There's a full moon eclipse on slickwillie's birthday next year. I've got a long time bet with some other astrologers that HRC's MC (sorry 'bout the jargon) is 25 Leo, the degree of Bill's Sun -- meaning, if I'm right about this, some sort of Billcentric embarrassment (too much $ from the wrong sources, some of which is a poison pawn? falls into the viagra triangle and is caught with pants down again?) astrologically threatens to crumble her campaign like a cheap lawn chair ... she'd better have a really charismatic v-p

on the other --

Draft Gore

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