You know, judging from the shitty fucking movies he did way back then, I can hardly see anyone claiming his horoscope was brilliant. I think she was talking shit for the fame and fortune personally.
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I think that 'do is called the âAnn Landersâ and is a prerequisite in the advice/astrology racket. Itâs meant to convey sincerity, although my reaction has always been somewhere between amusement and horror, depending on my mood.
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No. Different times and places would make a difference. Not that any of it is aught but fantastic, but itâs more complicated than you suggest.
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From the full-article linked:
Members of the Federation of American Scientists, including five Nobel laureates, railed at the idea that government decisions might have been informed by âfantasy.â Carl Sagan later wrote in âThe Demon-Haunted Worldâ: âSome portion of the decision-making that influences the future of our civilization is plainly in the hands of charlatans.â
Sagan, prescient as always, unknowingly, but accurately, describes todayâs contemporary (R) party-- 30 years hence.
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And these are the Republican Gods and heroes. My Dad read a biography of Reagan way back when and Nancy was not exactly a pristine woman per the book. Now we find out that she believed in hocus pocus and lived her life, marriage and the Presidency of the US by it.
Reaganomics I guarantee wasnât all Reaganâs idea, he was just the frontman. Ronald wasnât really running the nation either, that was his front woman.
Republican hero, national disgrace.
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At least astrology is based on a theory and observation. Holier than thous never try to verify anything. For them you are either with them or against them.
Bet she could have gotten a lot more money out of Nancy.
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I doubt she saw the end coming, since the stars didnât deign to tell her those eyebrows were tragic.
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During World War 2, astrologers were used by the U.S., the Nazis and Great Britain.
Fleecing stupid people seems to be de rigeur on the right, viz. Fox News, Regnery Publishing, &c.
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Hey, a near-demented former actor convinced the entire Village and most of the media that he was a great man. Iâm thinking that this astrology jazz must work.
The alternative is too horrible to contemplate.
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Whoâs money was she paid with? Was that discussed? I hope she and Nancy (when her pact with Satan ends) have a swell time in Hell ⌠with Ronnie of course.
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Just say No!
(and run like hell)
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Fiscal Conservatives. Government spending is bad, except when it is spent on them.
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Waiting for the references to US and UK use of astrologers . . . waiting, waiting . . .
Quigley was a Vassar grad, and I was at Vassar when this was revealed. The joke was "If you want to become First Lady, go to Smith (as Nancy Reagan did), but if you want to control the fate of the free world, go to Vassar. "
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The mystery is, and remains: who ran the country during the âReaganâ years?
The dining room shades are at half staff at 666 St. Cloud Drive.
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Is it just me or does she look a lot like the ghost of Margaret Thatcher wearing a mood ring? And what mood is it when your ring turns green? Just curious.
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Or, to put it another way, she was the leader of the free world and only got paid $36,000/year.
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Now I know where trickle-down economics started.
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