The Day the Humour Died

Posted on May 10, 2019 by cdsmiller17

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Freddie Starr (1943-2019)

This great comic was found dead today in his apartment in Spain. The world of comedy will never see his like again.

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Water, Water Everywhere…

Posted on May 10, 2019 by cdsmiller17
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Courtesy of the National Post

Bracebridge Declares a State of Emergency

This spring, the water levels of Muskoka, the Ottawa River and New Brunswick’s Saint John River have exceeded all previous records. Sand bags have been used as dams and water barriers, with the Canadian Army helping out. But, unfortunately, not every effort has been successful, because the water has still managed to flood many homes and businesses. In fact, one cottage in Bracebridge was ripped off its foundations.

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I wonder if this is how it must have felt for the people of Noah’s time. Time for an Ark?

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Does Anybody Hear?

Posted on May 9, 2019 by cdsmiller17

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If a Tree Falls

When this song came out, my second wife was the local president of Friends of the Earth (FoE) in Torquay, so it had a more ecological edge for our family.

Of course, that’s exactly what Bruce Cockburn was trying to get across to the world. But, as in all things, if the mainstream media (MSM) ignores the story, no one will seemingly care. Imagine if this same attitude had existed for the Camp Fire. Would you care?

Rain forest
Mist and mystery
Teeming green
Green brain facing labotomy
Climate control centre for the world
Ancient cord of coexistence
Hacked by parasitic greedhead scam
From Sarawak to Amazonas
Costa Rica to mangy B.C. hills
Cortege rhythm of falling timber.

What kind of currency grows in these new deserts,
These brand new flood plains?

If a tree falls in the forest does anybody hear?
If a tree falls in the forest does anybody hear?
Anybody hear the forest fall?

Cut and move on
Cut and move on
Take out trees
Take out wildlife at a rate of species every single day
Take out people who’ve lived with this for 100,000 years
Inject a billion burgers worth of beef
Grain eaters, methane dispensers.

Through thinning ozone,
Waves fall on wrinkled earth
Gravity, light, ancient refuse of stars,
Speak of a drowning
But this, this is something other.
Busy monster eats dark holes in the spirit world
Where wild things have to go
To disappear
Forever

If a tree falls in the forest does anybody hear?
If a tree falls in the forest does anybody hear?
Anybody hear the forest fall?

If a tree falls in the forest does anybody hear?
If a tree falls in the forest does anybody hear?
Anybody hear the forest fall?

(If a tree falls in the forest)
(If a tree falls in the forest)

 

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It Only Takes a Spark to Light a Fire

Posted on May 9, 2019 by cdsmiller17

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The Camp Fire (November 2018)

On the PBS program NOVA last night, the so-called “Camp Fire” was reviewed from first spark to final results, a time space of 17 days. Even though this was exactly six months ago, it still made for some uncomfortable viewing.

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The advance of the fire looks like a fractal of the flame

Paradise Lost

Like the epic poem by Milton, this fire went on and on, destroying a huge area of forest, along with property and possessions of the people living there. A large number of them died there, too. It was a fire of Biblical proportions.

The Chart

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The blame for the fire was placed on the wind blowing down a power line. That is a possibility, but it seems more likely that lightning struck a tree. However, I wasn’t there, so I’ll let their scenario stand. But the chart shows three inconjuncts, and they make for a more instantaneous and complete explanation.

Moon Inconjunct Uranus

With this aspect you must learn to control sudden outbursts of emotion that occur at difficult times when you least expect it. Your relationship with your mother [Earth] may be rather unstable. You may secretly resent her. Probably you don’t feel that you can express this consciously, but it could come out when you are angry or upset.

Jupiter Inconjunct Uranus

You will always need freedom, but you will also discover that what you do with your life will have meaning only if it means something to others. This is not an artificial rule but a truth that you will discover within yourself. When you do, you may become heavily involved in some social movement that advocates unusual ideas or ways of thinking.

Pluto Inconjunct Midheaven

Your parents and teachers should be very straightforward with you, because if you feel that people are not being honest with you, you will not be honest with them. You are quite capable of acting behind people’s backs if you consider it necessary or if you feel that you never get your own way.

Another problem that can arise if you are not treated properly is that you may withdraw into yourself and become very secretive, as though you have something to hide even when you don’t. This can make people distrust you.

Conclusion

As we have seen with other charts, when Uranus is involved, it provides the spark that lights the fire.

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The Other “Royal” Baby

Posted on May 8, 2019 by cdsmiller17

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Gene Attell Fischer

Because of the timing of his birth (slightly ahead of the 7th in line to the British throne), he will share some of the same aspects of the new Earl of Sussex.

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He could also be a soldier, but there’s an extra inconjunct in his chart. Hollywood, eh?

Sun Inconjunct Midheaven

While you are young, you will find it difficult to decide what to do with your life. The demands of the world may sometimes be hard to handle, because they don’t seem to take advantage of your natural abilities and instincts. Also, much of your time will be taken up with learning routine skills that do not seem at first to have much connection with reality. But don’t try to rush your life. Even if you can’t see why you should learn a skill, try it anyway. Later on, its purpose may become clear. Also you tend to rush through your tasks, because you are impatient to get to something else, but in that way you don’t learn anything very thoroughly. Or you may try to live entirely for what you think is most pleasurable at the moment rather than for your long-range goals. Certainly you have a right to be young and happy, but don’t overdo it; the lessons you do not learn well now will create problems when you try to pursue a future course of action.

This aspect can mean some tension with one of your parents, although it is not likely to be serious or destructive. In fact it may play a very positive role later on by forcing you to confront certain issues that you would otherwise have ignored. However, while you are young, you may resent this parent quite a bit. Do not take this too seriously, unless some other area of your chart indicates a more negative relationship. (Planets in Youth by Robert Hand)

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Tilting at Environmental Windmills

Posted on May 8, 2019 by cdsmiller17

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How Americans See Us

Posted on May 8, 2019 by cdsmiller17

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The New 7th in Line to the British Throne

Posted on May 8, 2019 by cdsmiller17
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Courtesy of the Daily Mail

Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor

This young Earl is the first royal with mixed (American) blood in recent history. Here’s his chart, based on the rumoured birth in London, not Frogmore Cottage in the Windsor Castle grounds.

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So, only one inconjunct, but it’s a doozy.

Mars Inconjunct Pluto

You have a strong will and always want to have your own way. But very often it seems as if tremendous forces are working to prevent you from getting what you want. If you have this problem, it is because of the way you go about trying to achieve your ends. If you put too much force into your desire to get something, you may unknowingly alienate people because your aggressive manner shows that you will let nothing stop you from getting what you want. Even if that isn’t the way you really feel about it, you should recognize that your forcefulness creates this impression.

On the other hand, this aspect sometimes means that you are the victim of such energies in someone else, that you always seem to attract forceful persons who give you a hard time. Either they never let you have your own way, or they may be rather brutal, physically and psychologically. Learn to recognize such persons in advance and avoid them. Also think about why you are attracted to them, since in fact you may be quite fascinated by their forcefulness.

At certain times in your life, when there are great changes taking place within you and in your environment, you will have to work very hard to make your affairs turn out right. There is nothing to be done at those times except do the work that must be done. Fortunately you have plenty of energy and enough endurance to pull through anything that you will encounter in life. You are basically tough and persistent. These changes are an integral part of your growth, and even if everything seems to go wrong they are necessary to your full development. (Planets in Youth by Robert Hand)

Conclusion

And you heard/read it here first: this new royal is a soldier…just like dear old dad.

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Nero, Reincarnated?

Posted on May 7, 2019 by cdsmiller17

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Sometimes, the truth slips through…

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Vancouver Christmas Lights 1984

Posted on May 7, 2019 by cdsmiller17
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Eaton’s Centre

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