Tag Archives: revolution

Would You Believe that It Used to be Called “BackRub”?

Posted on September 4, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Google Founded (September 4, 1998) (As in, you rub my back and I’ll rub yours?) The name Google is a misspelling of Googol, the number 1 followed by 100 zeros, which was picked to signify that the search engine was intended … Continue reading →

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Remember: What’s in Your Wallet; Das Kapital One?

Posted on May 1, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Karl Marx (May 5, 1818 – March 12, 1883) I know, I know, it’s a very silly joke, but it shows us in one saying how contradictory Marx’ beliefs were. There are five inconjuncts, with two forming a Yod pointing … Continue reading →

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The Last Time This Alignment Happened in Taurus

Posted on April 12, 2024 by cdsmiller17

German Spy Codes Began to be Decoded (May 8, 1941) Don’t take my word for it, here’s what On This Day wrote for the next day: Enigma Code Broken May 9 British intelligence at Bletchley Park breaks German spy codes after capturing Enigma … Continue reading →

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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Rules the World

Posted on September 17, 2023 by cdsmiller17

International Women’s Day Protests (March 8, 1917) Watching a documentary program on PBS last night, I learned that the true Russian Revolution actually began on February 23rd [O.S.] of 1917, and not in October. The Russian women in Saint Petersburg … Continue reading →

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Where Goes One, Go All (paraphrased)

Posted on July 2, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Alexander Lukashenko (August 30, 1954) Up until this past week, the world saw this man as merely Putin’s puppet. Now, a new sense of awareness is coming. Alexander Lukashenko has risen to the challenge and seemingly pulled off the impossible: … Continue reading →

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The Last Time Pluto was in Aquarius:

Posted on February 23, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Uranus was Discovered (March 13, 1781) Next month, Pluto moves into the first degrees of Aquarius, before reverting to Capricorn in June. My friend, Ellie Adams, wonders what that may foretell for our future. In the years 1778 to 1798, … Continue reading →

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Meet the Man the Chinese Called “Chairman”

Posted on October 27, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976) With the recent (and unprecedented) third term of Xi Jinping, I thought it might be beneficial to look at Mao Zedong‘s life and death. Here was a man who knew how … Continue reading →

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When the Word was Made Manifest in Europe

Posted on February 23, 2022 by cdsmiller17

The Gutenberg Bible (February 23, 1455) On this day in 1455… Most scholars agree that the Gutenberg Bible was published on this date in Mainz, Germany. My daily calendar Interesting chart, is it not? Those oppositions say so much. But … Continue reading →

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Is “Freedom” the New Slavery?

Posted on September 18, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Rebellion and Revolution After reading 1984 yesterday, I realized that I neglected one of the Newspeak/doublethink phrases: Freedom is Slavery Then, today, I read the following from a Phineas Quimby article: The difference between rebellions and revolutions is this. Revolution … Continue reading →

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A Meme Caught My Eye and “Fired My Imagination”

Posted on August 29, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Two’s Day (Tuesday, February 22, 2022) The lining up of calendar date digits usually leaves me cold, mainly because there is no year ‘dot’, so whatever comes of looking at the symmetry of the numbers is a nonsense. But this … Continue reading →

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