Cosmic Forecast, Jan. 3-9

by MojoPo

There will be no weekly Planet Power forecast for Jan. 3. Instead, we're pleased to bring you our annual look at what lies ahead for you in the year ahead. Please check out the 2013 Preview at  MOJOPOPlanetPower.com.

Cosmic Forecast, Dec. 27-Jan. 2

by MojoPo

It’s a Full Moon weekend! Happy Full Moon in Cancer (before dawn on Friday the 28th), in opposition to Pluto, which is conjunct the Sun. Have a Happy New Year’s, and let’s see what 2013 has to offer thee. Peace and love shall conquer all. There are no mistakes, if you do what you do for the experience. “Are you experienced?” From the “Voodoo Child,” musical mystic and black master of the white Stratocaster, Jimi Hendrix. 
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j CAPRICORN (12.22-1.20)  WOW! Wasn’t that quick? Wham, bam, thank you Ma’am! In and out like a cub scout. You know what I’m talkin’ ’bout! Happy New Year’s early, Squirrely/Shirley! Mars entered your sign around mid-November, settin’ you up…

The Bullets No One Talks About

by Michael Braunstein

In the wake of current events that have shaken this time of year usually filled with joy and cheer, we ask how to stem the rising tide of mass violence. Restricting access to extreme armament is one topic. Corralling people targeted as “mentally ill” and forcing treatment on them is another. That response is particularly chilling in view of the role those very psychiatric drugs play in violence.

Drugs that go by names like Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Ritalin, Xanax, Luvox and others are connected to violent side effects. Warnings on many psychiatric drugs say they may cause things like suicidal thoughts, homicidal inclinations, hallucinations, mayhem, aggression and other violent acts, in short, the very things they are supposed…

Grounded by a Broken Heart

by Jason Krivanek

It was supposed to be one of the biggest nights of young Josh Jones’ life. Creighton’s senior guard was playing the best ball of his Bluejay career, and he was pumped to be returning to the Bob Devaney Center floor for one last game.

After all, this was the court where he became a legend. This was the place where some of his fondest memories had been made, where he and his Omaha Central teammates won 3 consecutive state championships with Jones leading the way.

But Creighton had lost both games played in Lincoln so far during Jones’ Bluejay career, and he hadn’t had much impact on the outcome. He couldn’t stand the thought of closing out…

Cosmic Forecast, Dec. 20-26

by MojoPo

All right! Happy Solstice on December 21st! Happy Mayan Long Count Calendar New Year’s; 5,125 years. Let’s see if we can start a new one… We’ve done it before. It’s the perfect time to study the Mayan wisdom. Philosophically, we are the modern Maya. Some (such as Augustus Le Plungeon) believe that the Egyptians were a tribe of Maya (sharing such concepts as the divinity of their god-kings, pyramids, and cocaine —which has been found in the mummies of pharaohs, even though coca only grew in South America). Moses, the avatar of the Arian Age, was privy, as an adopted member of the Egyptian aristocracy, to the high holy Egyptian occult knowledge, and brought that knowledge to the traditions…

Ten Ways to a Healthy 2013

by Michael Braunstein

The New Year looms. Multitudes will be resolving change. Resolutions always seem to center around self-improvement and healthier lifestyle choices. We hear all the standards but these aren’t the everyday list.

Eat real food. Sounds simple but if you shop a normal grocery, you’ll see most of the “food” there is processed, heavily. You’ll have to keep your wits to choose real food. That includes meat, dairy and fish that was produced using highly suspect methods that adulterates it. The task of eating real food now includes avoiding GMOs. They are pervasive. And eating real food is a joy. There is a positive impact on health when we eat nutritious food. It does a body good. Education is…

Would You Eat Insecticide?

by Michael Braunstein

On August 24, 2003, seven year-old Kayla Yvonne Allen died face down in her own vomit. She had been poisoned with Atroban, an insecticide used on farms. In 1957, Nikolai Khokhlov, a former KGB assassin, was poisoned with insecticide. Saddam Hussein was inclined to use the slower-acting insecticide Thallium to secretly dispatch dissidents. A macabre reality was that his doses took time to kill. His enemies were often able to emigrate before succumbing. Insecticides are effective killers and easy to find. Unfortunately, they are becoming far too easy to find in our food.

Pest Control 101. Bt toxin kills insects. It’s named for the bacteria it comes from, Bacillus thuringiensis. Bacteria often create toxins. That’s how and why…