Spain Bans Combustion Engines by 2040 & All Old Cars by 2050


Armstrong Economics Blog/Climate Re-Posted May 14, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

The Spanish parliament has passed an energy transition law to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. “As of today, Spain has a climate law on the basis of which it can resolutely build a green, sustainable, just future with prosperity for all,” said Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Thursday’s parliamentary vote on Twitter. A central point of the law is a ban on the sale of vehicles with climate-damaging internal combustion engines from 2040.

Worse still, all combustion engine cars will be banned from even driving after2050. By 2023 at the latest, all Spanish cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants must set up zones in which the traffic of particularly climate-damaging vehicles are restricted.

Spain’s greenhouse gas emissions are to be reduced by at least 23% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. To this end, the share of renewable energies in the country’s total energy supply is to increase to 42% by 2030 and to at least 74% in electricity production. The climate law that has now been passed is intended to ensure that Spain does its part to make the European Union CO2-neutral by 2050. Madrid had already committed itself to the EU in January 2020 with the aim of a 23% greenhouse gas reduction by 2030.

Meanwhile, the entire EU has raised the requirement from a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of 40% by 2030, to 55%. However, the agreement has yet to be put into effect. For environmentalists, Spain’s new climate law doesn’t go far enough as they are demanding. Greenpeace has criticized this new law as “insufficient” for the fulfillment of the Paris Climate Protection Agreement. The Spanish Environment Minister Teresa Ribera spoke on Twitter of an “indispensable law to build on”. At the same time, she admitted that Spain should have passed such a law “ten years ago”.

Switzerland Cancels it Currency


Armstrong Economics Blog/Great Reset Re-Posted May 14, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

I previously warned that Trudeau had a law passed as of January 1st, 2021 he can cancel the currency of Canada. Little by little, those countries who have joined Schwab’s World Economic Forum’s view that paper money must be eliminated and we must have only digital currency so everything is taxed. Now Switzerland, which has been the hedge in Europe against the euro, has without notice canceled its entire run of currency they call the 8th series which includes the 1,00SF note which has been perhaps the #1 large note used in hoarding.

The notes are NO LONGER legal tender and they are giving everyone until October 30th, to deposit them or lose 100%. Of course, moving for a one-world government headed by the UN, canceling all currency, and COVID lockdowns for a virus that may have been manmade, and a death ratio of just 0.028%, all of this is just a conspiracy theory if you try to connect any dots whatsoever. Our role in society is to play the fool. Just shut up, social distance for everyone is a threat with some disease, and stay in your home and just be ruled. Read the fake news and watch fake TV programs that are the new cancel culture. And, btw, have no children. Drink and get drunk is preferable. Responsibility may soon become a crime.

Fish Do Not Know They are in Water – Evidenced By Leftist Response to CDC Dropping Mask Mandate


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on May 14, 2021 | Sundance | 251 Comments

Over the past two weeks the common sense questioning of the CDC finally became too much. A larger portion of the American electorate woke up to the overall fraud perpetrated by the political operatives in control of the CDC as an institution.  One significant moment was a New York Times article that cited studies showing no evidence, not a single case, of COVID infection came from casual outdoor contact(s).  The leftist audience that reads the NYT responded like a cow had just randomly licked them on the forehead. Yes, it is true that fish do not know they are in water

Soon after I read an article highlighting the view of people who bought into the fraud – now attempting to reconcile the complete and sudden 180º in narrative around masks.  At first I thought this was parody:

“There’s a glaring omission from this discussion about why people “can’t quit” pandemic behaviors: the mental and emotional toll of the last year. After what many have been through—death, grief, isolation, stress, anxiety, unemployment, trauma—people are going to have some feelings around transitioning back to a less cautious way of life.” (link)

Then I saw this segment from Rachael Maddow…. These folks really are unstable. WATCH:

John Spiropoulos Attends Orange County Rally Against Digital COVID Passports – YouTube Censors Video


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on May 14, 2021 | Sundance | 48 Comments

Friend of the Treehouse John Spiropoulos attended a freedom rally in Orange County, California, organized against the concept of COVID passports.  The rally included about 800 concerned patriots who see the effort of vaccination passports as an intrusion of privacy as well as a slippery slope of government demanding to see papers in order to engage in constitutional freedom.

Perhaps not surprisingly, Google banned the video within hours of upload from its YouTube platform {Story Here}.  It is quite alarming that a video documenting the rally itself would be deemed against the interests of the government and Big Tech.  However, John uploaded the video series to Rumble so that people could see the rally and support the effort.

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Part II, The Banned Video, below

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As you can see from the video itself, John Spiropoulos merely documented the rally and comments from the attendees.  Apparently that was too much for Big Tech to allow on the YouTube (Google) platform.   It would appear the need for Big Tech to control the public bearing witness to the opposition is important to them.

There are more of us than them; they just control the communication mechanisms.

…. “All your freedom expressions are belong to us”.

Anticipate Alinsky-styled Language “Insurrection Deniers” to be Main Element of Current Democrat Narrative


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on May 14, 2021 | Sundance | 229 Comments

Promoting the January 6th protest in Washington DC as a “domestic terrorist” event; and promoting the protest as an “armed insurrection” against the U.S. government; is the cornerstone of the Democrat’s 2022 election effort.   If we watch carefully now we will see an increased emphasis on attacking anyone who might downplay the Democrat narrative.

With their back against the wall on failing and catastrophic policy outcomes; with gas prices skyrocketing; and with the economy stalled due to inflation (ie. stagflation), the democrats are all-in with this “insurrection” narrative as a political tool to distract the voting population from merging crisis of bad policy.

If they do not control the politics of the national conversation the Democrats will be crushed in the 2022 mid-term election.  Ultimately their loss of control over the COVID narrative is what has led to the new CDC guidance about masks.  A false premise can only last as long as the reality can be ignored.  With more people awake to the fraud modifications need to be made.

The Democrats are counting on exploiting the false storyline around the Jan.6th protest.  They will work overdrive in the next few days to attack anyone who puts that narrative at risk.  Cue the example:

(The Hill) Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) on Friday began asking Democratic colleagues to sign on to a resolution to censure three House Republicans who tried this week to minimize the severity of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

In a letter to fellow House Democrats, Cicilline said that a resolution will be forthcoming to specifically censure Republican Reps. Andrew Clyde (Ga.), Jody Hice (Ga.) and Paul Gosar (Ariz.) for their remarks at a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Wednesday downplaying and making false claims about the violent attack on the Capitol.

“These three members dangerously mischaracterized what happened that day and showed more sympathy for the domestic terrorists than the Capitol Police officers who died during the attack,” Cicilline wrote. (read more)

If Republicans were smart they would take this challenge head-on, and start framing the January 6th populist protests as an overreach by an out-of-touch federal government, who view the citizens as dangerous.   However, few republicans have the strength of conviction to stand in front of the entire media complex and push back.

The Democrats are using Liz Cheney, a woman willing to be used for this purpose, to advance that extremist narrative.  Notice how when President Trump noted the “Big Lie” was the fraudulent 2020 election, the Democrats became even more enraged.  Their rage is an outcome of their fear.

Their DNC playbook is very simple: control the language, define the opposition before they define themselves, and keep your political enemy on their heels.  It is the Alinsky model.  However, if the GOP hit back with the same articulated intensity the Democrat narrative would collapse despite the media support.  Unfortunately, the weakness of the GOP is their unwillingness to fight.

Thankfully the Republicans have Donald Trump to lead…

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Arizona GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward Gives Extensive Interview on Maricopa Ballot Audit Status


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on May 14, 2021 | Sundance | 78 Comments

Ms Debbie Georgatos, the host of “America, Can We Talk?” conducted a detailed interview with Kelli Ward yesterday to find out the details of the Maricopa County ballot audit and the legal issues being faced. Georgatos was kind enough to provide us with the interview to share with the CTH audience. The following message is from Debbie Georgatos:

“Today I did a 45 minute in-person one-on-one interview with AZ GOP Chair Dr. Kelli Ward on my AmericaCanWeTalk show in Texas.

My Thursday show is normally for members only BUT the timeliness and importance of this interview on the topic of the election audit in Maricopa County compels me to share it with CTH. Please feel free to post in its entirety.”

WATCH BELOW:

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House Set To Introduce Bill Establishing Committee to Investigate January 6th Protests – Pelosi Organizes Politics of Commission to Assist Democrats 2022 Election


Posted originally on the conservative tree house May 14, 2021 | Sundance | 116 Comments

House Democrats have organized a bill [pdf here] that will create a commission to investigate the January 6th events in Washington DC.   The narrative is a 9/11-style commission to investigate the details, issues and circumstances of the January 6th “insurrection”; however, everyone with a lick of political common sense knows this commission will be used to further a Democrat narrative about ‘right-wing extremism’ in an effort to assist Democrats in the mid-term election.

WASHINGTON DC – […] The bill to establish the Jan. 6 commission could come to the floor “as soon as next week,” Pelosi announced Friday, noting that the panel is modeled after a bipartisan study of events leading up to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. That floor vote will likely be followed by the emergency funding bill, as Democrats hope to pass both before leaving for the Memorial Day recess. (more from Politico)

The narrative behind the Bill is constructed to frame the outcome as a ‘domestic terrorism event‘, setting the stage for Democrats to label any opposition to their agenda as “domestic extremists.”  This is a typical Alinsky maneuver.  The commission will be empowered to: “Issue subpoenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence relating to any matter which the Commission is empowered to investigate.”

The commission will also be permitted to use any/all aspects of the U.S. intelligence community to advance their investigation. “The Commission may secure directly from any Federal department or agency information, including any underlying information that may be in the possession of the intelligence community, that is necessary to enable it to carry out its purposes and functions under this Act.”  In other words, the House democrats will use their control to weaponize and shape the intelligence information for their political benefit.

Everyone can see what the real motive and intent of this commission really is.  It is simply a way for Democrats to exaggerate the details of the January 6th protest and cast their political opposition in the light of extremism.  Thus if you do not support democrats in the 2022 election you are an extremist.  The highly political FBI will be used as an institution to affirm this narrative construct.

Driving an extremist narrative has been the intent of the Democrats ever since they installed armed military and fencing around the Capitol.  The bill that carries the initiation of the 1/6 commission also funds a national guard presence and quick reaction force for the future.  This is all part of the continued objective to label political opposition as extremists.

Techno-Fog has a great article citing the expectations of the Commission as outlined in THE BILLSEE HERE

[…] We cannot stress strongly enough the danger of such powers. The House Democrats – those who have leaked false intelligence to the press and lied to the public about the Carter Page FISA applications – will have access, via their appointees, to raw intelligence data. Their history shows they will not use this information responsibly.

All this just proves that the Commission will be their instrument to inflict massive political harm on the Right. Remember Pelosi’s occupation of the Capitol? (read more)

Representative Elise Stefanik Elected by House GOP Conference 134-46 to Replace Liz Cheney as Conference Chairwoman


Posted originally on the conservative house on May 14, 2021 | Sundance | 270 Comments

There are some voices who are concerned about Elise Stefanik taking over as House GOP Conference Chairwoman.  Perhaps those concerns are founded, and each person obviously has a right to their opinion based on their perspective.  That said, perhaps the best course of action is to both enthusiastically support and simultaneously hold accountable; then watch to see if she holds true to the MAGA agenda.

President Trump had previously endorsed Elise Stefanik for the position and with that endorsement Mrs. Stefanik now carries the responsibility to advance and support the ‘America First’ agenda.   Today in her first remarks since being elected by a conference vote of 134-46 Representative Stefanik talked to the media.

Canada is being Controlled by the World Economic Forum


Armstrong Economics Blog/Canada Re-Posted May 14, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

It is common knowledge that Klaus Schwab and his World Economic Forum have been pushing this Great Reset, which includes implanting chips into everyone. I have said plenty of times that he is a really sick individual. Canada is fully on board with Schwab on the climate issue to end fossil fuels. I would not put it past Schwab and Gates to bribe Alberta’s political leaders to impose draconian COVID regulations that make no sense. I have been in meetings where there has been outright discussion about the world population being fewer than 500 million. Why anyone trusts people that bring up these subjects is beyond me. Instead of Hitler trying to eliminating all Jews, these people want to just reduce the population as a whole.

If anyone thinks for one second that this agenda is to help us to live longer and prosper, you should get copies of the outlawed “Grinch” and study it clearly. Perhaps it was banned because they are out to rob us of, not just Christmas, but our future. Despite the claims chips will not allow the government to track you, that is just a lie. They NEVER do anything for our benefit.

What astonishes me is the global reach of the bribery of political leaders. They have no idea of what they have signed up for, where like Judas, they are only counting how much money they are being handed to betray humanity.

Biden & the COVID Fraud


Armstrong Economics Blog/Great Reset Re-Posted May 14, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

COMMENT #1: Marty,

To show how absurd the vaccine policy of the US really has become, we are now told vaccinated travelers can go to certain European countries soon reopening provided they have received both vaccines. Yet, on return to the US, they are still required by US government policy to get PCR tested and show negative as a condition to reentry.

So, what is the point of getting the vaccine if your own government doesn’t recognize its effectiveness as a remedy against catching or passing the virus to others?

Travel companies that require the vaccine to travel can’t explain the inconsistency, but simply repeat the policy as though it can be reconciled. This shows US policy is more about optics, more about following CDC and WHO, more about lining the pocket of big pharma. If the US govt doesn’t trust its citizens who already got the vaccine, then what is the point of the campaign?

This is about dividing the population into MOST FAVORED and Least favored, the US version of apartheid.

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COMMENT #2: Good evening to you Mr. Armstrong
You have been posting a lot every day this week and I thank you for that. You are fabulous! You have more to say than any news outlet here in Toronto, and you always deliver intelligent well-researched articles 👏👏👏. Today’s articles on the Middle East were very, very in line with how I personally feel about the situation in that part of the world. This is why I decided to write to you as I always find that your opinions are very much like mine. It is an agreeable affinity that I find I have with you.

Lastly, I want to share with you that here in Ontario they have extended the lockdown until June 2nd.  Some people are saying that we have had the longest lockdowns in North America. I can not confirm that, but one thing I can definitely confirm is that this situation here is very demoralizing for people here. Summer is around the corner and people want to enjoy it and not be under house arrest. What this country has become is disgraceful. The only ones not complaining are the civil servants with their endless paid vacation. Schools are not opened and there is not even a timeline for when they will reopen. Well, enough said, I do not want to bother you with all this. You are busy enough with the wonderful and priceless service you do for humanity.

Take care, my dear Armstrong!

COMMENT #3: This is getting scary with vaccinating children because they may be able to spread it but they also say getting vaccinated just means you won’t get seriously sick but you can still get it. There is no truth at all in any of this.

REPLY: I have a friend whose grandparents have been locked down and they have deteriorated and are on their deathbed because they have been locked down. I saw it with my mother. The hospital would not release her and kept wanting to test more and more keeping her in bed which weakened her. The hospital killed my mother all for money. You cannot allow the elderly to be locked down. Once they stop moving and walking, they lose all strength. What is going on is sheer criminal. Now Fauci says that finally vaccinated Americans don’t need masks outside. Yet Fauci from the outset said masks did not work because all the studies have shown that they were “useless” as the Washington Post, America’s #1 Communist Newspaper these days, reported.

Fauci changed his entire agenda when he was let behind the curtain and has not only been bought & paid for by Bill Gates, but he has appeared in videos for Klaus Schwab claiming equality is the #1 problem and we need the Great Reset to strip the wealth from the Irish and hand it to who? Just the selected few?

John Hopkins, supported by Bloomberg and Gates, which lacks any independence whatsoever, admits that getting vaccinates does not prevent you from getting COVID. So, Biden is just showing he knows absolutely nothing. He is claiming that vaccinating teenagers will prevent them from getting it a spreading COVID. This conflicts with the very qualification they put on these vaccines. Hopkins writes:

“An effective vaccine will protect someone who receives it by lowering the chance of getting COVID-19 if the person encounters the coronavirus. More important is whether the vaccine prevents serious illness, hospitalization and death.  At this time, all three vaccines are highly efficacious at preventing serious illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19.  Widespread vaccination means the coronavirus will not infect as many people. This will limit spread through communities and will restrict the virus’s opportunity to continue to mutate into new variants.”

Even the #1 Communist TV Station admits that fully vaccinated people are still getting COVID and several hundred have still died.

We already know that Fauci has no respect for human rights or our Constitutional rights. What these people are doing is outrageous. There is one thing about the masses being sheep. Those in power know all too well that there are two ways to fool the people. One is to make them believe what isn’t true, but then the other is to ensure they refuse to believe what is true by calling all opposition just a conspiracy theory.

I am so happy I am not 18. I do not want to live in the world these people are trying to create. They are deliberately leading society toward war to reduce the population and now they realize that to accomplish their Great Reset, they must turn society to ash. That is how they succeeded in installing Marxist post-World War II.