STARCATS' NEWSMAKERS,


For July 2002

Newsmakers Archive:

January & early February, 2002 Marjan, King of Kabul and Yassar Arafat
January & early February, 2002 Ken Lay & Enron
Late February, 2002, 2-27-02 Full Moon & GAO Sues Cheney
March 1, 2002, Danielle Van Dam
March 2-3, 2002, Escalating Violence in Israel/Palestine
March 3, 2002, Monica Lewinsky's HBO Special
March 5, 2002, Operation Anaconda Updated March 21, 2002
March 9-10, 2002, Bush Wants Nukes!
Update: March 21, 2002 Warlords Undermine Afghanistan!
April 5, 2002 Powell Set for Mideast; Yasser Arafat; Ariel Sharon
April 13, 2002 Powell; Mideast; Yasser Arafat; Ariel Sharon Continued
May 2002 Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bush, Sharon & Colin Powell, Suicide Bombers
June 10, 2002 Jose Padilla, Elizabeth Smart, John Gotti, June 10 Solar Eclipse
June 26, 2002 Martha Stewart
July 4, 2002 USA & Bush's Solar Return

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July 15, 2002

And it comes to pass. . .

"July 15, 2002 | Beyond Bush's glowing approval rating The Gallup Organization has posted a survey of citizen opinion about Harken and Bush that doesn't bode well for the White House. While the new poll shows that Americans by a wide margin still consider terrorism the nation's most pressing problem, and that the president's approval ratings remain above 70 percent, there are signs that Bush's corporate connections and business past may cause him severe trouble." Joe Conason at Salon Magazine.


"NEW YORK ( CNN) - Comments on the economy by President Bush did absolutely nothing to buoy U.S. stock markets Monday afternoon, as shares were dragged down by concerns about the weak dollar and corporate malfeasance.

"At about 1:40 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 334.09 to 8,350.44. The Nasdaq composite index lost 32.10 to 1,341.34. And the Standard and Poor's 500 index fell 29.51 to 891.88. The selloff contributed the recent bearish trend that resulted in a more than 7 percent loss in the Dow last week."


Starcats' Op-Ed Editorial, July 15, 2003

"Mitch Daniels of the OMB Explains Why $165 Billion Deficit Is $59 Billion More Than Forecast in February"

The National Debt Clock, originally bankrolled by New York real estate developer Seymour Durst, is up and running again. The NDC, located on the corner of 42nd Street and 6th Avenue, went "dark" on September 7, 2000 (Durst's birthday), but less than two years later, America rues the loss of its $127 billion surplus.

According to Suzanne Malveaux, writing for CNN online (July 13, 2002), "The Bush administration attributes the country's financial woes in large part to the new costs associated with the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks -- homeland security and supporting the war on terror. But Friday, Daniels confirmed publicly what many administration officials worry about quietly: That the slumping economy is taking its toll on national revenues."

Malveaux means Mitch Daniels, head of the government's Office of Management & Budget, who blames our current economic woes on declines in the stock market. Daniels, former Senior Vice President of pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co., made no mention of how Merck, Enron or WorldCom might also have a role in our declining economy. He made no mention of Bush's reckless tax cut plan and his "K-Mart Blue Light Special" give-away to the poor in 2001. So far, the economic downturn, which has obliterated two-thirds of the projected 10-year budget surplus is the fault of anything and anyone other than the Bush Administration's gross mismanagement of the country's assets.

While both Bush and Cheney are under fire for Harken Energy and Halliburton Oil's "creative accounting" allegations, the only relief to date for the Americans who have lost mightily is an end to the rhetoric aimed at Generation X-ers -- dump some of your savings into the stock market instead of Social Security. Even Bush knows this would be like pounding sand down a rat hole. In the end, the safest savings plan may turn out to be your good old Posturepedic mattress.


Market Week at Stariq The Astrology of Finance.


July 12, 2002

Cheney Boiled in Oil


"July 10 — Read Starcats' Political Commentary on Bush/Harken Energy at Buzzflash!
"The Dog Ate My Homework!"

"WASHINGTON ( CNN) -- A new White House forecast projects a federal budget deficit of roughly $160 billion in the current fiscal year -- up from the $106 billion in red ink the Office of Management and Budget predicted in February, according to two administration officials. "

"NEW YORK ( CNN/Money) - A closely watched measure of U.S. consumer confidence shrank dramatically in July, according to published reports Friday, as non-stop news about corporate malfeasance, falling stock prices and a weak labor market put pressure on a pillar of economic strength."

Cheney/Bush Inauguration chart: progressed Neptune conjoined to USA's South Node in second house of "the peoples' money." And as I never tire of saying in my columns, Starcats' Capricorn Ingress 2000 told the tale.

Neptune: Oil, fraud, deception and scandal. Position in Cheney/Bush Inauguration chart: 10th house. "What the administration will be known for."


Judicial Watch Lawsuit Filed Against Cheney

"Suit Claims Fraud by Cheney, Oil Co.
Wed Jul 10, 4:43 PM ET
By SUSAN PARROTT, Associated Press Writer

DALLAS (AP) - A watchdog group sued Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) and Halliburton Co. on Wednesday, alleging fraudulent accounting practices at the oil services company he ran for five years.

The lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch accuses Halliburton of overstating revenues by $445 million from 1999 through the end of 2001. Cheney was chairman and chief executive of the company from 1995 to 2000.

"Halliburton overstated profits that many American citizens relied upon. That's fraudulent security practices and it resulted in those Americans suffering huge losses," said Larry Klayman, chairman and general counsel of Judicial Watch, a nonpartisan group based in Washington.

The lawsuit was announced in Miami and filed in federal court in Dallas.

Dick Cheney Natal & Progressed

Cheney Inauguration & Progressed Chart

Commentary

Progressing Cheney's Inauguration chart to June 10, 2002 (the day judicial watch filed suit against Cheney/Halliburton), note that Neptune in the 10th house of the Inauguration chart (indicator of a Vice President that will be the subject of scandal) is now progressed to 6 Aquarius -- conjunct the Declaration of Independence Chart's South Node in its second house of Money. T-Neptune made it to the South Node back in December 2000, at the Capricorn Ingress, a foreshadowing of all corporate malfeance and breaking scandal. The South Node position in the Declaration of Independence chart is related to "the people (Aquarius Moon equates to people) and their money (second house placement)." The USA's natal Moon at 27 Aquarius is taking a heavy hit from transiting Uranus and its own progressed Sun. This, along with the South Node position of progressed Neptune in the Inauguration chart, denotes great financial loss by the people. Neptune's transit through the USA's second house is significant of a "money leak."

Cheney (and Bush's) Inauguration Moon has progressed to 5 Capricorn, conjoined to T-Chiron. Chiron in Capricorn is "the wound to administrative justice." It is also associated with the rules that govern the laws of accounting. The failure of government agencies to carry out appropriate oversight (SEC, Department of Justice) will rebound doubly once Chiron (now retrograde) reaches direct motion and hits 14 Degrees Capricorn. At that juncture, Chiron meets the USA's Saturn in justice wielding Libra in the 10th house of the Declaration of Indpendence's natal chart. The USA's supreme value, "The rule of law," speaks of "equal justice for all." Since the USA's Libra placed Saturn is also the ruler of T-Chiron, does it mean that CEO's really go to jail? Or does it mean that the people "eat it," as they did under the Reagan/Bush administrations? Milken, Boesky, Keating, Gekko. By the time Keating was done raping Savings and Loans, the American people were forced to foot the bill. You can reacquaint yourself with the Keating Five S&L Scandal by reading this timeline article.

Hits to Cheney's Chart

T-Chiron and Inauguration Progressed Moon are conjoined to Cheney's natal 5th cusp: the house of "gambles," stock market, "luck." With Chiron on that cusp, and Saturn as the natural house ruler, we see that Cheney's luck has run out. T-Saturn currently at 22 Gemini in the Veep's natal 10th house (intercepted) is quincunx Cheney's natal 5th house Venus at 21 Capricorn. T-Saturn in Cheney's 10th house is "the fall from grace." (See, Starcats' Nixon & Watergate for "Saturn in the 10th. You might also enjoy reading up on the a href="http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/side/teapot.html"> Teapot Dome Scandal, another "oil" related USA big business scandal). Also, note that Saturn in Gemini (the sign associated with "disclosure") is currently conjoined to the USA's natal Mars in the 7th house of "litigation." Bush's progressed Uranus conjoins the same point, which led me to surmise at June 10th's Solar Eclipse (19 Gemini/Bush's natal Uranus) that Bush's political destiny would now be altered.

T-Saturn now squares Cheney's natal Moon at 22 Pisces in his own 7th house of adversaries. I hope to get birth data for Larry Klayman of Judicial Watch, the prosecuting attorney in the case. You will recall that Klayman was instrumental in lawsuits against Clinton (some of which are still ongoing). At the very least, Klayman has proved he can be a nonpartisan prosecutor. Known as a Washington, DC "gadfly," there are positive ways in which Klayman can serve the public.

July 10's New Moon (18 Cancer) was an 11th house smack-down for Cheney. His part of fortune (21 Cancer), which confers good fortune through "family values" politics; and a tribal loyalty to "cronyism," now becomes "blowback." The New Moon hit his natal Chiron at 27 Cancer and is conjoined to Bush's natal Saturn lying in opposition to the USA's Pluto at 27 Capricorn! The aforementioned spells a disasterous outcome for the Cheney-Bush "Plutocracy." Here we see how both Bush (Harken Energy) and Cheney (Halliburton) face inquiry simultaneously.

Cheney's got a "fated" YOD formation in play, as well. Cheney's natal Chiron (wounds) and Neptune (of deceit) are quincunx his natal Mercury at 24 Aquarius in his 6th house of "daily dealings." By progression, Cheney's Neptune and Chiron are at 25 degrees of their signs making the YOD much, much tighter. The YOD "of fate" tightening by progression is another factor we saw spelling the downfall of Richard M. Nixon in 1973-1974.

Transiting Neptune is currently conjoined to Cheney's natal Sun which will be opposed by the Leo Moon on July 11. (The transiting Moon falls in Cheney's 12th house of secrets/self-undoing). T-Neptune is also moving through Bush's 7th house of adversaries and advisors. Cheney, called "the Shadow President," (Bush's 12th house alter-ego) may turn out to be what Spiro T. Agnew was to Richard M. Nixon. A Vice President who left office after being convicted for Income Tax Fraud. Agnew's resignation (and jail term) preceded Nixon's resignation from office. Because the GOP never seems to learn from the past, perhaps the "Saturn Return" of Watergate means another administration forced to resign (or fail at re-election) due to scandal.

Cheney's progressed Ascendant (relocated to Wash, DC) is 10 Scorpio: Neptune currently squares it! His progressed Ascendant also squares Bush's 7th house! Cheney becomes Bush's liability. The Veep's Progressed Midheaven at 18 Leo, which will be ignited by the transit to July 10-11's Leo Moon. This "divine right of kings" notion held by the Bush Administration cannot last, and this is the foreshadowing thereof. When transiting Pluto in Sagittarius reaches the "Leo" decanate early in 2003, the Bush Administration will be even deeper under fire as greater corruption will then be revealed. The Bush Administration's secrecy, silence, and arrogance will no longer work.

The Lawsuit

Court filing day found Moon (at 9:00 am) at 19 Cancer, or quincunx Inauguration Moon (19 Sag). On Jan 23, 2003, T-Pluto hits Inauguration Moon (Leo Decanate) and will quincunx "lawsuit filing" Moon. T-Saturn will be retrograde re-igniting its quincunx to Cheney's natal Venus and the square to his natal Moon. T-Neptune will, of course, remain in conjunction to his Sun and Bush's 7th house cusp.

And now for fun: Cheney's progressed Vesta at 14 Leo opposes the U.S. Constitution's Pluto. Cheney is "supposed" to keep the fires of the sacred trust (democracy) lit. He is sworn to protect that flame -- think of the flame on the statue of Liberty's torch. His natal Vesta is at 25 Leo in his 12th house (retro). It seems he hides the "light" under his own self-serving bushel. Bush-el? Pun? I just made the Vesta stuff up. Poetry?


GOP Natal Chart

Starcats, July 12, 2002.

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