Spy vs. Spy

Here is the face that the FBI wants us to believe is a threat to the security of The United States of America. A 28 year old party girl. It is laughable.

It is important to note that she and the other 10 Russians arrested (not indicted) were not charged with Espionage. They were charged with failure to disclose that they are agents of a foriegn government. Again Laughable. The law concerning failure to report as an agent of a foriegn government could by it's wording allow the FBI to charge many folks who are members of Synagogues or evangelical churches to be charged with being agents of the Israeli Government. For outspoken support of Israel and contacts with the Government of Israel. How many Evangelical Churchs organise trips to Israel with assistance of the Israeli government?

An undercover FBI Agent met with this 28 year old party girl gave her a passport to give to another FBI agent. She youthfully accepted the passport, then got nervous bought a cell phone and called family and friends in Russia who advised her to turn the passport into the local police which she did and was then arrested causing certain embarrasment to the FBI. Think about this you are a Mati Hari working for a foriegn government you get involved in what appears to be an entrapment operation? Are your case officers going to tell you to go to the local Police? This whole affair is freaking laughable.

Any information these party girls, real estate agents, and unemployed immigrants gave or possibly could have given to the Russian Government can more than easily be found on the internet...thus the lack of an "espionage charge".

I swear this has far more in common with Mad Magazine's "Spy vs. Spy" comic strip than a threat to the National Security of The United States of America. I agree with Putin who told a very silent Clinton, with a lifelong history of being outspoken: "Your Police are out of control"

The Cardinal, The Fixed and The Mutable of Tarot

Here is something I am very passionate about, the Tarot. You will see a pip wheel of the Minor Arcana that show the associations of the Minor Arcana Cards with the signs of the Zodiac. Each sign of the Zodiac is broken down to minor Arcana cards that rule the sign. For example Gemini is represented by the 8, 9 and 10 of swords. Libra is represented by the 2,3 and 4 of swords. Aquarius is represented by the 5, 6 and 7of swords.

Swords in the Tarot is Air, the astrological associations of Gemini is "Mutable Air", Libra is "Cardinal Air" and Aquarius is "Fixed Air". The three aspects of "Mutable" Cardinal" and "Fixed" are ruled by "Court Cards" in the Tarot.

All "Mutable" signs are ruled by Knights and mutable numbers are 8, 9 and 10 of each suit.

All "Cardinal" signs are ruled by Queens and cardinal numbers are 2, 3 and 4 of each suit.

All "Fixed" signs are ruled by Kings and fixed numbers are 5, 6 and 7 of each suit.

All the Mutables are 8, 9, and 10s Mutable signs are:
Gemini, Mutable Air, 8, 9 and 10 of Swords. Ruled by Knight of Swords.
Pisces, Mutable Water, 8, 9 and 10 of Cups ruled by Knight of Cups.
Sagittarius, Mutable Fire, 8, 9 and 10 of Wands Ruled by the knight of Wands
Virgo Mutable Earth, 8, 9 10 of Pentacles ruled by the Knight of Pentacles

The Cardinal are 2, 3, and 4s Cardinal signs are:
Libra Cardinal Air, 2, 3 and 4 of swords ruled by the Queen of Swords
Cancer Cardinal of Water, 2, 3 and 4 of Cups ruled by the queen of Cups
Aries Cardinal of Fire 2, 3 and 4 of Wands ruled by the Queen of Wands
Capricorn Cardinal of Earth, 2, 3 and 4 of Pentacles ruled by Queen of Pentacles

All the Fixed signs are 5, 6 and seven Fixed signs are
Aquarius fixed air, 5, 6 and 7 of swords ruled by King of Swords
Scorpio fixed Water, 5, 6 and 7 of Cups, ruled by King of Cups
Leo Fixed Fire, 5, 6 and 7 of Wands Ruled by King of Wands
Taurus Fixed Earth 5, 6 and 7 of Pentacles ruled by King of Pentacles.

Here is a good check to see the numerology of this. The number of "spiritual truth" is 9 as represented by the Hermit and the maxim of magic "Know thyself and know the world".

Cardinal numbers, 2, 3 and 4, 2+3+4=9
Fixed numbers 5, 6 and 7, 5+6+7=18, 1+8=9
Mutable numbers 8, 9 and 10, 8+9+10=27, 2+7=9

Examine the image above you will see it works. You will also see that the minor aces and royal pages are missing. Aces and Pages form what is known as the compass of Tarot. I'll get into that another time.

Oval Office Hyperbole

Tonight our President is going to address the nation from the Oval Office. In the time it takes him to make this speech, thousands of gallons of oil will be released into the Gulf of Mexico. When the speech is over pundits will begin to spin...oil will still be released.

BP, months prior to this disaster informed their shareholders that they had tapped into one of the largest oil reservoirs found to date. They bragged about how they had to quickly move tankers to off load the oil found and that the well produced in such heavy measures that tankers were required to relieve pressure. This well that is leaking has a potential to pollute the entire Atlantic. Mark my words, it is June 2010, by August it will be around the horn of Florida and as far North as the Carolina costs. It will still be gushing 2 years from now....5 years from now...10 years from now! Oval office spin is not going to change that. This well can gush for a generation.

Once it gets into the gulf stream of the eastern seaboard it will effect rainfall. Rain will become percentage slick. Imagine a drive on Interstate 95 in heavy rain? Imagine rain on crops? Imagine a major Hurricane cutting through the Gulf?

Obama lost me when he sat next to Haley Barber and encouraged tourists to come to the Gulf Coast. He is the President of the United States, he KNOWS what a disaster this is...yet he sits next to a fat ass status quo politician taking a "c'mon down" approach?

This oil spill has been out of control for months, it will be out of control for years....possibly decades. We need honesty, not spin. We need the President to be honest, and encourage Gulf Coast residents to consider moving.

There are things in life that you just can't make up!

So there is this 6 story high Jesus in Monroe Ohio. Some call it the "Touch Down Jesus" because of the way his arms are raised. Some call it the drowning Jesus for the same reason.

He is 65 feet high and 40 feet wide, made of (no shit) styrofoam over a steel frame. On June 14th (when the Moon was void of course between Cancer and Leo) this giant Jesus was struck by lightening and burned completely. I am forced to ponder both the astrological and environmental impact of this. I am not sure if Bubba and Earlene living in the trailer a half mile away when tonnage of styrofoam was burning want to have kids anytime soon.

I remember years ago when I was courting my third of fourth wife (they were both from Ohio and I constantly get them confused) I use to drive I-75 and saw this huge Jesus that caused me to think of the song: "Plastic Jesus", it was like that song placed in your head that takes hours to get rid of;

"I don't care if it rains or freezes,
long as I got my plastic Jesus
riding on the dashboard of my car
through all kinds of trials and tribulations
we're gonna travel every nation
me and my plastic Jesus will go far

and I don't care
if it is dark and scary
long as I have my Magnetic Mary
sitting on the dashboard of my car
cause she won't slip
yeah she won't slide
you know her ass is magnetised
sitting on the dashboard of my car

And when things
are cold and clammy
I got me the whole damn Holy Family
sitting on the dashboard of my car..."

This giant coffee cup statue sat as an advertisement for an evangelical mega-church. I bet Sunday Services there will for many months be overwhelmed by the odor of such a fire.

Who says Divinity lacks a sense of humor?

Keep an eye on Texas

Yeah, something big is fixin to happen in the Lone Star State...

Obama worth a second vote?

http://www.whitehouse.gov/deepwater-bp-oil-spill/

I voted for Obama. That vote makes me feel like a red headed step child.

Ok it is like more than time to call it. It is a fact! Hillary was right at the 3 am wake up call Obama would suck. Well this is it! The 3 am wake up call that lasts to destruction....not a good guy to answer. Obama does indeed suck!

He fucked us on "don't ask don't tell", he fucked us on health care with the public option, he fucked us on withdrawal from Afghanistan. Now he is fucking us on the enviroment. I think it is beyond time those of us who believed in change said to him: "FUCK YOU!

He is not what I voted for! No brand can sell him.

A Poem Thrown Out.

Stones, Guitars and Getting Old.
A Poem, at last for just me.

I recently cut a stone.
Experienced the grind of sanding
The smell associated with the lie
Stones are cut, they ain’t.
They are glorified sanded
Worn to desire.
No brilliant chisel
No saw to measurement
Stones are cut by a course wheel and time.
The very definition of disappointment.
Soaked in water as done
Looking for errors…

I got a guitar this year for my birthday
A hellava gift to a man who owns 76 guitars.
This one was special, handmade in a garage
Stopping me with a living room look
By a dying Sedao Yari
One of 50 offered to the universe
One I have chased for more than half my life
My wife wanted to send me a message
That she watches my desires from the shadows
And loves me to an expensive point.
where only wood leads to a decent sound
And even purfling must be organic….

Which leads me to age, and glances in the mirror
An understanding that experiences become stories told
Even the scary ones, fade and yellow with time.
Danger felt and lived with long enough becomes doodling
Gray scratches no one cares about…

Stones cut to remember youthful talent
Guitars bought to confirm the purpose of presence
Poems to educate age….In my survival?

I suppose that is all I can quietly hope for.

-A.D. Fischer