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Brutal Austerity: the contagious global dysfunction

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brutal austerity and market contagion. Both of these dysfunctions remain deeply embedded in the global economics of 2015. Latest: February 2016: Austerity politics in Ireland set to upset the power base February 2016 : Brutal Austerity in New Zealand The southern city of Christchurch has suffered over 15,000 earthquakes since the initial M7.1 in September 2010 and the people of the region are still suffering greatly. Feb 21 Hundreds protest in Christchurch, New Zealand on the eve of the 5 year anniversary of the powerful, destructive 2011 earthquake that upended the lives of so many. Seemingly unending delays in resolving insurance claims with the government's quake commission are a symptom of not only a broken system, but also an underlying ideology that gives little value to human suffering when compared with dollar driven agendas. Feb 17 In a broader context of widespread cuts across the heath sector in New Zealand, including mental health support, hundre

May 2015 -planet earth astrology

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May 4 Full Moon is a Taurus-Scorpio event with Jupiter in Leo at exact right angle to the Sun and the Moon -all three at 13 degrees in fixed signs Taurus is the physical, material plane of nature, objects and money .  Scorpio is the metaphysical dimension, the energy level of reality known well to physicists and psychics alike even if from different viewpoints Always the Taurus-Scorpio challenge is to come to terms with both aspects of reality - the world of the 5 senses and the world of the supersenses, extrasensory perception. The contemporary world has veered way too much into the indulgences of the physical senses, but the transitory nature of sensory objects generates perpetual emptiness - "I can't get no satisfaction" is the voice of the hedonist, never managing to sustain the pleasures of sensations and objects -especially the folly of greed. Taurus is an accumulating sign- hence the risk of greed - eating, buying, possessing.  Scorpio is about power tha