Category “A house divided can not Stand”

Nov 29 2025

An Essay on Moral Philosophy in Western Civilization, written in 2018


From the Introduction

The study of the behavior of humans, their ethics, and how they structure their society and their government is a field of study that goes back to the very roots of our recorded history. Originally it was called philosophy, then moral philosophy, then ethics, and now the subject is split into so many unrelated branches that the original purpose may well have been totally lost. Today I would say that there are five basic original sources for the study of human behavior. Although there are many sub classes and other beliefs, they can all be safely ignored as they don’t represent significant portions of the world’s present population.

1) Classical Greek
2) Indian
3) Asian: Chinese and Japanese
4) Islamic
5) Atheist (the only view that rejects God)

This paper will be focusing on the Classical Greek views and how the Classical Greek view transitioned into Contemporary Philosophy and the Progressive Atheist belief structure starting just before the change from the 19th century to the 20th century. This was, of course, when Marxism took hold of (pseudo) intellectual thought. Those two, Contemporary and Progressive Atheist, belief systems currently make up most of what we call Western Civilization. The first tree Chapters are very important and all else is derived from what is presented there. If you can not at minimum agree that my proposition is possible then there would be little advantage to read the rest of the book. Western Civilization is in a period that will either end it or transform it into something unknown; these these kinds transition rarely go without major conflicts. According to reliably sources I know we will be though this period by mid century. Below is an motif image I created representing the universe we live in, its explained in detail in chapter two of the book.

The link below will allow you to download the paper, if you want, and at no cost.

Essay on Moral Philosophy

Oct 8 2025

Episode 4832: MAGA Under Siege; Trump Pushing Back Against Globalism


Posted originally on Rumble on By Bannon’s War Room on: October, 07, 2025

Oct 8 2024

Can Kamala Take the Presidency Without an Election?


Posted originally on Oct 8, 2024 By Martin Armstrong 

2024 election

Let me begin with a shocking statement that people generally do not know. Read the Constitution and the Bill of Rights; you will not find any mention of a right to vote. Surprisingly, nowhere in the original text will you find any mention that U.S. citizens have a right to vote. All the ideas of having a right to vote in our pretend Democracy stems from amendments adopted following the U.S. Civil War and legislation passed during the civil rights movement of the 1960s. So, Constitutionally, this leaves even a grey area that the Democrats are trying to drive the election through, claiming there is nothing in the Constitution regarding any right to vote whatsoever. This has led to some suggesting that as President, Biden can issue an executive order allowing all RESIDENTS the right to vote.

I received a phone call asking my opinion:

“Could the election be positioned?”

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Actually, the election can be delayed/postponed but not postponed indefinitely. The ONLY hard deadline spelled out in the Constitution is the END of a president’s term and a vice president’s term on January 20th of the year following a general election. The deadline is restated in the 22nd Amendment. Keep in mind that FDR served more than two terms. That was the purpose of this Amendment.

The Constitution requires that a group of electors, commonly called the Electoral College, choose the next president without mentioning the people voting. If a majority of electors fails to agree on a winner, Congress picks the winner in continental elections held within Congress under the terms of the 12th Amendment. It was the election of 1824 when Andrew Jackson won the most popular votes but the election ended up in the House. The 12th Amendment only stated that the House selects the president by majority with no reference to a candidate who had the most popular or electoral votes should become president. Once again, we can see that the people’s choice does not really matter.

In 1824, the Federalist had collapsed. The Democratic-Republican Party had won six consecutive presidential elections and was the only national political party. It was the fact that this election was decided by Congress that resulted in the split of that party into the Democrats vs the Republicans (South vs North).

Let’s look at Article II, Section 2. It clearly states that “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors.” There is no mention of an individual right to vote anywhere in the original Constitution.

Then, Article II, Section 1 delegates the Electoral College deadlines to Congress: “The Congress may determine the Time of chusing [original spelling] the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.”

The Constitution’s 20th Amendment also requires the president and vice president to end their terms of office on January 20 at noon in the year following the general election.

“The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January,”

However, Congress controls by statute when electoral votes are counted at the states and at Congress. The statute read that “the electors of President and Vice President of each State shall meet and give their votes on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December next following their appointment at such place in each State as the legislature of such State shall direct.”

The states must send their electoral votes to Congress by late December. Suppose electoral votes are NOT received by the fourth Wednesday in December. In that case, the President of the Senate or the Archivist of the United States can use “the most expeditious method available” to get the votes sent to Congress. The electoral votes received by Congress are then counted in a joint session at 1 p.m. on January 6. If a presidential or vice presidential candidate does not receive a majority of the electoral votes, the House selects the next president, and the Senate selects the next vice president.

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Post-Civil War states used public elections to pick the winners of electoral votes in presidential elections. This is NOT A Constitutional REQUIREMENT! For EXAMPLE, Maine and Nebraska divide their electoral votes among districts. Therefore, we do NOT find any standardized requirement to empower people to vote. Each state legislature has a process for selecting the slate of electors that represents a candidate. The states and political parties previously worked together on the presidential primary process. But this year, the Democrats denied the people to have any right to vote for a possible alternative to Biden.

In some cases, disputes about that process are settled by the courts, the most notable example being the Supreme Court’s ruling in Bush v. Gore in December 2000. To be clear, a state under its own laws could postpone the general election date that results in the selection of electors. At least 45 states have statutes that deal with election-day emergencies.

What remains clear is that only the states and Congress can delay that part of the election process. Some states allow the Governor to postpone an election during emergencies, and that could certainly be a domestic terrorist attack staged to accomplish that or the start of World War III, where neither the Constitution nor Congress provides any similar power to the President or other federal officials to change this date outside of Congress’s regular legislative process.

Congress also has the power to change the various statutes to alter the date for an election and the date electoral votes are to be received in Washington and counted in Congress. Such changes would require the consent of the House and the Senate and would be extraordinary since it would require the agreement of the majority in both houses. Congress could even delegate some of its electoral process powers to the Executive Branch in emergencies. That would allow Biden even to pull off an executive order. The fear is that Biden already has the executive power to allow aliens to vote.

All of this taken into account, there is no power to actually delay elections without a deadline. There is no such power to postpone elections indefinitely since the Constitution also requires that Members of the House of Representatives shall be chosen ‘every second year’ according to Article I, Section 2, and Senators to be chosen for terms of ‘six years’ under the 17th Amendment.

In the absence of a clear winner of the presidential election on January 20, the Constitution does allow the Speaker of the House to serve as Acting President. That would end up as a Republican. The 20th Amendment requires that the duly elected president and vice president MUST assume their positions at some point. However, Congress may elect a President and Vice President if they are unqualified to take those positions.

The Justice Department filed a suit against Alabama, claiming that the voter roll purge announcement took place 84 days before the November 5 election and violated the National Voter Registration Act. This could upend the election, and then a host of lawsuits involving alien voting will be challenged nationwide. That guarantees that the 2024 election will end up in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court would have to rule on whether aliens can vote in the U.S. elections.

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OK, we have looked at the various requirements and established that (1) you have no Constitutional Right to Vote, and (2) there is no uniform requirement that every state carries out some standardized election procedure. We also know that there are some ways that states could mess up and delay the federal election. There could even be a scenario where the election occurs in Congress without the Electoral College or the people.

VidHOWEVER, What if Biden resigns on January 19th and Kamal becomes President? The 22nd Amendment would apply if Kamala “acted” as president for over two years. If that would occur, then the Speaker of the House would not assume the acting role as President. All of this confusion is being created for the sole purpose of retaining the power of the Neocons. They do not care about the country, not about the people. This is only about their victory; to them, it is like a football game, and their team has to win.

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They cleverly used COVID and instigated the January 6th riot to prevent a count of state votes where a challenge was to be made before the entire Congress. The electoral votes received by Congress will be counted in a joint session at 1 p.m., and Pelosi declared an emergency rule to prevent any challenge to a state’s vote. Then she imposed COVID Rules restricting the maximum number of people on the floor to 53. Thus, Pelosi secured the presidency for Biden, and nobody understood what they did. They got away with it in 2020, and they will pull a fast one in 2024.

Sep 23 2024

Voting Minds Decided – Politico Admits No Movement in Presidential Polling Following Debate


Posted originally on the CTH on September 23, 2024 | Sundance

Everyone is just waiting to vote now; that’s the rub of it.  That’s the core and basic message that keeps repeating from inside the signal.  Everyone has made up their mind, there are no more undecideds; we are all just waiting to vote now. Everything else is just, well, noise.

[…] “surveys point to just a slight Harris bump, with national polls showing the Democrat’s lead has grown by about 1 percentage point since the day of the debate — even including national polls from NBC News and CBS News on Sunday giving Harris a mid-single-digit lead.”…  ~Politico

The 2016 and 2020 MSM narrative engineering polls were wrong by an average margin of 8 points.

According to the underlying data of most polls, affluent, college indoctrinated, white women between 30 and 50-years-old are the strongest Kamala Harris supporters.

I would strongly encourage all men married to this demographic to stop accepting emasculation, set down the purses, stop drinking nut milks and counteract Karen’s vote.  It’s ok, you don’t have to tell anyone.  Glance over to the power tools section and we’ll give you a ‘sup nod of support.

Sep 13 2024

Economic Security is National Security – Kamala Harris Does Not Understand This Concept


Posted originally on the CTH on September 12, 2024 | Sundance

Economic security is the foundation of national security.  When government takes action that destabilizes our economy, every element of national security is put at risk.  We are experiencing that problem right now as we suffer through Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ intentionally flawed energy policy that is diminishing the U.S. economy.

“It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institution and merely lukewarm defenders in those who gain by the new ones.”

~ Niccolo Machiavelli

Never has that Machiavelli quote been more apropos than when considering the MAGA movement and the rise of Donald Trump.

Thankfully, we are now in an era when the largest coalition of American voters have awakened to the reality that, to quote the former president: “Economic Security is National Security.”

As we live through the economic mess of a Biden administration hell bent on eroding the middle class, there are numerous pundits contemplating 2024 and the shift President Trump represents; consider this group the lukewarm defenders Machiavelli noted.

At the same time professional Republicans, Democrats, the DC coalition (writ large) and corporate media are apoplectic about increasing groups of voters now supporting President Donald Trump.  This group consists of those affluent Wall Street agents and politicians set on retaining the profits derived from decades of institutional objectives.

Institutional Democrats hate Trump, and institutional Republicans are lukewarm, at best, in defending Trump.  Both wings of the DC UniParty fear Trump.  Extreme efforts at control are always a reaction to fear.  I make my case not on supposition, but on empirical reference points that most should understand.

Everything is about the economics of the thing.

If you accept that at its core, the phrase “economic security is national security” is true – meaning the lives of the American citizen, person, worker, individual or family are best when their economic position is secure – then any potential leader for our nation must be able to initiate policies that directly touch the economics of a person’s life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  As a result, economic security and economic policy must be the fulcrum of their platform.

Look around and ask yourself this question: “What separates Donald J. Trump from field of republican candidates in every election since 2016?”   An honest top-line answer would be immigration (border control), and his views on American economic policy.

In essence, what sets Donald Trump apart from all other candidates is his view on the U.S. economy, and that was the driving factor behind ‘Make America Great Again’, MAGA.

Now, look at every other candidate for political office. Is there another person in your political memory who comes forward from the place where economic security is national security?

Put aside all other issues and shiny things that may change from moment to moment as the political winds swirl and settle and ask yourself that question.  Who can deliver economic prosperity, if not the central person who lives, eats, sleeps and thinks about U.S. economic security from every angle at every second of every hour of every day.  That’s Donald J. Trump.

President Trump knows the extremely consequential sequence of BIG things that lead to a structurally strong American economic foundation.

We don’t have to guess at whether Trump can deliver on that policy sequence, we have reference points.

♦ Donald Trump knew that independent U.S. energy policy was a condition for a strong U.S. economy. In 2016 he also knew there would be negative consequences to allies and partners if the U.S. energy policy was independent.

Candidate and President Trump knew that OPEC nations in general would be negatively impacted, and he knew that Saudi Arabia specifically would be weakened geopolitically.   That is why the very first foreign trip by Donald Trump was to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States that make up the majority of OPEC.

Look at what President Trump did on that trip.

First, he assured Saudi Arabia that the United States would stand with the Gulf Cooperation Council and Mid-East nations as it pertained to their security.  Trump knew making the largest energy consuming nation independent from foreign oil would be adverse to the economic stability of the Mid-East, and as an outcome, could open a door to destabilization from extremist or ideological groups therein.

Take away top-line economic revenue from Saudi et al, and the leaders of those oil economies have a more difficult time remaining stable and controlling unrest and extremism.  Generations of Arab citizens know nothing other than the trickle down benefits of oil exports.  President Trump knew this, and he approached our need for energy independence by first assuring the Arab states of his commitment to their stability and safety.

President Trump delivered to those states a list of approved arms and defense agreements during that trip.  In essence, what he was doing was putting the promise of security into actual delivery of tools to retain that security.  Actions speak louder than words.  President Trump also promised to work diligently on peace in the region; a real substantive and genuine peace that would provide security in the big picture.

Over the course of the next few years, Trump delivered on that set of promises with the Abraham Accords.   Yes, economic security as national security applies to our allies as well as ourselves.  Again, actions speak louder than words.

With the U.S. energy independence program in place, President Trump then moved in sequence to the next big thing.

♦ Donald Trump moved to face the challenge of China.   A major shift in U.S. policy that is likely considered the biggest geopolitical shift in the last 75 years.  Trump strategically began with Trade Authority 302 national security Steel and Aluminum tariffs at 25% and 10% not only toward China but targeted globally.

The entire multinational system was stunned at the bold step with tariffs.   But remember, before Trump went to Saudi Arabia, he held a meeting with Chairman Xi Jinping in Mar-a-Lago.  The global trade world was shocked by the tariff announcement, but I’ll bet you a doughnut Chairman Xi was not.

That February 2017 meeting, only one month after his inauguration, was President Trump graciously informing Chairman Xi, in the polite manner that respectful business people do, that a new era in the U.S-China relationship was about to begin.  New trade agreements, new terms and conditions were to be expected in the future.  The tariff announcement hit Wall Street hard, but not Beijing – who knew it was likely.

U.S. financial pundits proclaimed the sky was surely falling.  These tariffs would cause prices to skyrocket, the global order of all things around trade was under attack by Trump.  They waxed and shouted about supply chains being complicated and intertwined amid the modern manufacturing era that was too complex for President Trump to understand with such a heavy handed tariff hammer.

Do you remember all of that doomsday punditry?

Do you remember how cars were going to cost thousands more, and beer kegs would forever be lost because the orange man had just triggered steel and aluminum tariffs?

Did any of that happen?  No. Of course it didn’t.

Actually, the opposite was true, and no one could even fathom it.  Communist China first responded by subsidizing all of their industries targeted by the tariffs with free energy and raw materials, etc.  China triggered an immediate reaction to lower their own prices to offset tariffs.  Beijing did not want the heavy industries and factories to start back up again in the U.S, so they reacted with measures to negate the tariff impact.

China’s economy started to feel the pressure and panda was not happy.  Eventually, as the tariffs expanded beyond Steel and Aluminum to other specific segments and categories, China devalued their currency to lower costs even further for U.S. importers.  The net result was something no one could have imagined.

With lower prices, and increased dollar strength, we began importing all Chinese products at cheaper rates than before the tariffs were triggered.  Yes, we began importing deflation.  No one saw that coming…. but Trump did.

While all that initial U.S-China trade shock was taking place, Donald Trump took his next foreign trip to… wait for it…. Southeast Asia.

Just like in the example of the trip to Saudi Arabia, economically minded Trump told partners and leaders in the export producing countries of Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and ASEAN nations to prepare for additional business and new trade agreements with the U.S., as factories inside China might start to decouple.

Look at how they responded, they did exactly what Trump said would be in their best interests.

To seriously gather the focus of this SE Asia group, President Trump started direct talks with North Korea and Chairman Kim Jong-un for peace and regional stability.

It is easy to forget just how stunning this was at the time, but generations of people in Asia were jaw-agape at the U.S. President confronting China, engaging with North Korea, and opening his arms to new trade deals with ASEAN partners.

On the world stage of geopolitics and global trade, any one of these moves would be a monumental legacy initiative all by itself.  But together, simultaneously, you can see how the entire continent physically stopped midstride and stood staring at this, this man, this American President, who was just about to step across the Demilitarized Zone in North Korea and shake hands with Chairman Kim…. and, wait for it…. they are smiling.

√ Energy security triggered and friends in Mid-East supported.

√ Mid-East peace initiatives triggered.

√ A return of heavy industry and manufacturing security triggered.

√ A confrontation of Chinese economic influence triggered.

√ Stability between South Korea and North Korea, triggered.

√ New trade deals and economic partnerships with Japan and South Korea, triggered.

And then, as if that was not enough… just as multinational investment groups started realizing they needed to change their outlooks and drop the decades’ long view of the U.S. as a “service driven economy”… just as they realized they needed to start investing domestically inside the United States for their own growth and financial security… as if all that wasn’t enough… President Trump kicks off an entirely new trade deal and renegotiated standard for all North American trade via NAFTA.

We don’t have to guess at whether Donald Trump can put together a program to ensure Economic Security is National Security.

We don’t have to guess at whether Donald Trump can deliver on economic policy.

We don’t have guess if Trump’s policy platform, proposals and initiatives would be successful.  We have the experience of it.  We have the results of it.  We have felt the success of it.

We also don’t need to guess at who is the best candidate to lead Making America Great Again, we already know who that is.

There is no other politician who could possibly achieve what Donald John Trump has achieved, or who could even fathom contemplating how to achieve a quarter of what President Trump previously achieved.

Look at the sum total of it.  There’s so much more that could be outlined to what Donald Trump achieved and/or could yet still achieve, it’s not even a close question.

And that my friends is exactly why Donald Trump is under relentless attack from both wings of the UniParty in DC.

It is clear the Wall Street multinationals and World Economic Forum corporations are trying to position Harris as an alternative to another Trump term.  Look carefully at the current advocates for Harris and you will note every one of those voices are attached to big government spending, military contractors, favorable Wall Street politics and multinational corporate advocacy.

Look at what Donald J. Trump was able to achieve while he was under constant political attack.  Just imagine what Trump 2.0 could deliver.

The DC beneficiaries of corporatism are absolutely petrified of President Trump’s economic security.

There are trillions at stake…

Sep 11 2024

When Empires Divide


Posted originally on Sep 11, 2024 by Martin Armstrong

I have been asked how the United States will divide. Will there be a civil war, like in the latest Alex Garland movie, Civil War, or will it be peaceful, like the fall of Russia? The country is so polarized it is hard to see it not separating. Dunkin Donuts decided they don’t want to advertise on Rumble because they say “the right-wing culture of the site is too polarizing.” If you are not LEFT, then I guess, you are not welcome to get a coffee and a donut at their stores. Comments like that are polarizing.

History repeats because human nature has never changed throughout the centuries. Garland’s movie did not seek to provide WHY the Civil War took place, just that states sought to secede as they did during the 1860s. Then, it was really over religious beliefs that were opposed to slavery and hung on the words of Jefferson that all men are created equal.

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Throughout history, whenever governments seek to concentrate power into a federal-type state, this will inevitably lead to civil war. Every government with centralized control, like the USA and now the EU and Britain, will always attempt to impose a single doctrine on the entire community. The English Civil War was over religion – protestant vs. Catholic- a revolution against centralized control from the Vatican. The Roman Republic was formed in 509 BC against centralized control by a monarch, and within about 6 months, Athens overthrew its tyrants, giving birth to Democracy.

Even if we look at the ancient world as it developed, agriculture was wealth. The expansion of agriculture as villas produced more than they needed personally meant grain became money, and this influx of wealth meant that a class distinction emerged with the original leaders were often called Gamoroi, “land owners” – who found themselves competing as a new class of nouveaux riches which could afford the private armies of soldiers (hoplite) with armor (panoply). Throughout the Greek world, the economics of agriculture led to the same consequences that stoked political tensions. From around 800 BC, we find that the way to gain wealth was land, and this no doubt inspired Greeks to seek land and resources, much like the expansion of settlers in America and the constant push westward.

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The Athenian historian Thucydides informs us that the first Greeks to settle on Sicily were from Chalcis on Euboea. In 734 BC, they founded Naxos on a peninsula near the Etna. In the following year, the famous city of Syracuse was founded by the Corinthian Archias. The political changes in Greece eventually led to the rise of colonization, especially during the 8th to 7th century BC. The move toward Greek colonies was essentially this same splitting of societies and the political tensions over centralized control. The Greek colonies were aristocratic in nature and developed based on the desire of the wealthy Greek agricultural nobility to maintain their way of life in an age of political change. Sicily was colonized by the Greeks, and cities like Syracuse and Naxos fit this pattern, which was spawned by political change.

The real issue with the American Civil War was that the slaves were the workforce for the South. Slavery was different from serfdom. In the former, you were property that could be sold separately, whereas, under serfdom, you were attached to the land and transferred with the land to a new owner.  Abolishing slavery may have sounded ethical, but there was a huge problem. About 70% of the civil workforce was in agriculture. Freeing the slaves was not what it would be today, where they could just go get a job at Starbucks. This was the pre-Industrial Revolution. Even by 1900, agriculture still represented 41% of the workforce. This is why many blacks remained where they were and were paid wages. There was no panorama of job opportunities pre-Industrial Revolution.

The South feared it would lose its workforce by freeing the slaves, thereby destroying its economy. The solution was obvious. Instead of demanding freedom that was perceived as all their labor would have fled, had someone with an understanding of economics merely looked at this with a dispassionate eye, it was clear that the slaves could have been granted their freedom and transitioned to a wage-based employment system. The slave owners who were cruel would have lost their employees. The lack of employment outside of agriculture would have ensured their labor force did not simply all migrate.

Today, we face this same problem of a dictatorial decree from a central federal government that risks creating a civil war over different issues. Those who attain power always seek to hold on to that power at all costs. Thus, the Concentration of political power into a federalized government historically leads to tyranny as those in power seek to expand their power and enact endless
legislation that only accelerates the cycle of Revolution. Federalized governments should be confined to relations between national states. Local governments should retain exclusive jurisdiction over domestic policies that impact culture. This was the success of Rome.

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Historically, centralized authority will always attempt to impose one rule upon the whole, irrespective of religion or custom. Zelensky has sought to impose dictatorial rule over the Donbas, outlawing the Russian language, outlawing Orthodox religion, and even dictating that Russians in Ukraine are not allowed to celebrate Orthodox Christmas and must adopt the Western tradition of December 25th. On August 25th, 2024, Pope Francis criticized Zelensk’s decision to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Zelensky is an outright evil man who is deliberately trying to create World War III. Orthodox Christianity dates back to the time of Constantine during the 4th century AD. The Great Schism of 1054 is the break of communion between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Zelensky’s hatred of Russians is leading the world into World War III intentionally. He hopes to destroy Russia with American mercenary troops.

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Zelensky is a modern-day example of why there should be no federalized power over any state’s domestic economy and culture. What Zelensky has done is so outrageous he should be dragged from power screaming as the Romans would often do. When Elagabalus (218-222AD) became emperor, he departed for Rome, taking with him the famous black stone (meteorite) that was claimed to have come from the heavens, so they built a temple to it in Emes, Syria. Elagabalus attempted to force the Romans to worship this stone.

JULIA SOAEMIAS AE Moesai with Elagabalus

His reign was notorious for religious fanaticism, cruelty, bloodshed, and excesses of every description, and there was general satisfaction when, on March 6th, 222, Elagabalus and his mother, Julia Soaemias, were murdered in the praetorian camp. Their bodies were dragged through the streets of Rome and thrown into the Tiber. There are many lessons from history that there are some things you should not do. The only way for Ukrainians to save their country is to get rid of Zelensky by revolution since he has suspended all elections during the war. He has made himself the ruthless dictator he claims Putin is all along.

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In 312 AD, two rival Roman generals fought for power in Rome. Constantine, whom Christians gave the title the Great, emerged victorious and built a new imperial metropolis in the economically more profitable East. This became Constantinople, which today is Istanbul. There has always been a question of authenticity regarding Constantine’s Christianity. This gold medallion portrays Constantine with the sun god Sol.

Vision Cross Constantine Melvian Bridge

Constantine defeated Maxentius in the Battle of Milvian Bridge. Despite the biased historical accounts, the Battle of Milvian Bridge was less of a battle between Christianity and paganism as it was a battle for power and control. While Maxentius may have been a pagan, he did not persecute the Christians and, in fact, built the first Christian church in Rome. As for Constantine I himself, he would prove to be a man who rarely kept his word and often displayed ruthless tactics to gain sole domination of the Roman Empire.

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The claimed vision of a cross in the sky was only a tactic because the majority of Maxentius’ troops were Christians. Because Constantine declared Christianity the state religion, he was exalted in history. However, he did not bother to get Baptized until he was on his deathbed. Constantine’s new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine the Great, after whom it was named, and dedicated on May 11th, 330AD. His mother, Helena, was a devout Christian – but not her son.

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His son, Constantine II, then became a main instigator in what has become known as the “palace massacre,” during which most family members born of his step-grandmother Theodora were murdered. Few were spared, and those were only due to their extremely young age, particularly the future Emperor Julian II. It was Julian II who rejected Christianity, for he saw it did not prevent Constantine II from slaughtering his family all for power.

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The Roman Empire split in two. Theodosius I (379-395AD) was the last emperor to rule the entire Empire. In 390 AD, Theodosius was excommunicated from the church for massacring 7,000 citizens in Thessalonica for civil disorder. He was ordered to do public penance, which he completed. In 391 AD, Theodosius forced Christianity, and all pagan temples were closed throughout the Empire.

Æ Exagium Solidi Weight 20mm 3.57 grams Theodosius I Arcadius Honorius

Upon the death of Theodosius I, the empire was split between his two sons, with Arcadius taking the East and Honorius taking the West. On November 18th, 401AD, Honorius moved the capital from Rome to the Milan area in the city of Ravenna.

From the founding of Constantinople in 330AD, the rule of one emperor established by Constantine ended in just about two Pi Cycles with the death of Theodosius, and the Empire divided once again. Rome itself ceased to be the capital of the West in 401AD, and that conformed to a 72-year Revolutionary Cycle.

Sep 11 2024

Kamala Wins the Debate


Posted originally on Sep 10, 2024 by Martin Armstrong

Trump Kamala Debate

It was a lively debate, to say the least, and Kamala came off much better than even I expected. There was no rambling with nonsensical explanations reflecting that whoever prepared her did a fantastic job. Yet, Kamala’s plan is for a $6,000 tax credit for a newborn family, $25,000 to buy a home, and $50,000 credit to start a business. All they are are tax credits. If you don’t make that much, there is no credit. Even to start a small businss 50k is not enough. It would be best to have at least 250k to start any basic business. If you have that much, then the paradox is you are the hated rich.

I found Trump to be too rattled, but Kamala was well prepared. She taunted Trump, and he took the bait. She came off as someone who could be president in the eyes of the average voter. I would expect her to be now claimed to be the frontrunner. Trump never brought up the taxation of unrealized gains, which would create the biggest crash in American History.

2024 Presidential Election by Popular Vote

Two of our six models, based entirely on economics, show a 51% victory for Kamala. While four models show a Trump victory, two are also at just 51%. Therefore, this reflects a tight race. However, what is shocking is that two of the six models point to a possible Trump victory at 61% and 59%.

2000 Presidential Popular Vote

The 2020 election came in at 51.3% for Biden and 46.8% for Trump. It is hard to believe those numbers were correct when Biden beat Obama in the swing states. Nevertheless, the two models were a dead heat, and three showed a Biden victory, with one showing a victory for Trump.  Compared to the 2024 model, there we have four for Trump and only two for Kamala.

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As I have said, knowing what is at stake for the Neocons and the prospect of war in the future, I have said that I would have expected the Neocons to try to assassinate Trump, and he escaped by just turning his head at the right moment. The paradox here is that a Trump victory would make no sense when he and RFK are anti-war. This implied to me either they assassinated Trump or started World War III before the election or by January to trap Trump into war.

Just looking at the performance of this debate, you have to say that Kamala won, and she came off as authoritative for the first time. She was prepared significantly, and this was the first time I would say she could play the role of President for the Neocons. I can now see why they handed it to her.

A victory for Kamala appears to be set to unleash a two-year correction in the stock market.

Sep 11 2024

Ukraine Ordered by US Neocons to Provoke WWIII Before Election


Posted originally on Sep 10, 2024 by Martin Armstrong

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We have a MAJOR problem with Ukraine. This is NOT about defending their territory or fake democracy when Zelensky has suspended any election to maintain his dictatorship as long as there is a raging war. Ukraine has invaded Russia, and last night, Zelensky launched scores of attack drones, even targeting Moscow. If China invaded the US and landed in California and was 500 miles into the state and was launching missiles then at Washington, DC, would we do nothing?

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Putin is the ONLY adult among world leaders who fully understands the ramifications of what NATO and the American Neocons are doing – trying to provoke a response where Putin attacks anything in NATO so they can pretend he is the aggressor to launch World War III. This was staged to influence the debate tonight on ABC, a Neocon mouthpiece. Trump and RFK are anti-war, and we may see Kamala or ABC use questions to resurrect that Trump is a Putin Puppet because he is against World War III, as is RFK. If they use this attack tonight, you know this was a set-up. The Democrats are flooding the emails with requests for endless donations.

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Can you imagine China invading California and Washington doing nothing? There would be a call to impeach the president immediately. This is my concern. Despite all the propaganda by the Western press that is choreographed by the Neocons, with many quoting as their source, the ISW (Institute for the Study of War), which the Neocon Victoria Nuland’s sister-in-law runs, Putin is NOT a warmonger. If he is overthrown, trust me, it will be by someone far less restrained.

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Today, the Neocons follow the same playbook used by FDR. Congress would not issue a Declaration of War to enter WWII in Europe. FDR did whatever he could to force the Japanese to attack, which was the justification for entering World War II. We are following the same playbook. Because it came out that the US had already broken the Japanese code, they knew about the coming attack. There was a Senate Investigation into this manipulation of Congress.   There was even a leak to the press that the Japanese might attack Pearl Harbor on November 30th, before the attack of December 7th, 1941.

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I fear that unless Putin uses a tactical nuclear weapon inside Russia to eradicate the invading Ukrainian force, we may see a coup where he is overthrown. The ONLY way to wake up the West is to demonstrate that he will use a nuke for NATO, and the American Neocons say he is bluffing. That is the only way to get the West to question our leaders.

These Neocons and NATO say that Russia is weak to support the idea that Ukraine has invaded Russia, and they are weak so that NATO can take Russia in just three days. This is why Adam Kinzinger and Cheney’s daughter are pushing Republicans for Kamala because she is the stooge of the Neocons, just like Biden. These people cannot sleep at night if there is world peace. They are the warmongers, and it is like I punch you in the face and call it self-defense because I know you want to hit me first.

Russia’s version of Neocons would respond if they overthrow Putin, for they also want World War III. Every country has its LEFT and RIGHT. The same is true in China. If these Neocons seize power worldwide in all three superpowers, we are in for a very bad time. Then, the nukes will be flying.

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Zelensky is an actor. He has destroyed Ukraine and boasts that he will get trillions to rebuild Ukraine and line his pockets. Of course, our computer warns that Ukraine will not exist as a nation after 2027. He hates Russians and wants to destroy the country completely. The mister in Estonia has come out and had the audacity to say that Russia is too big and should be carved up, and the West will rape the assets of Russia, which was the goal of Napoleon and Hitler.

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There has never been a war that has EVER ended as expected. I believe it has been declassified that the plan to invade Iraq was assumed they would conclude in a few weeks and then move to invade Iran. They never were able to subdue Iraq as quickly as they predicted. This nonsense that Russia is weak will be the downfall of the West. They took JFK out because he, too, was anti-war.

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Our computer has been targeting the week of September 9th for months. It was the strongest target for the month in Russia. When you look at Ukraine, we enter a Panic Cycle next week, and a two-week trend unfolds. Europe and the US appear to get more serious at the end of the month. Don’t forget: It was the assassination of the heir to the throne there in Sareavo that launched World War I.

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Aug 31 2024

Your Comments


Posted originally on Aug 31, 2024 By Martin Armstrong 

Family Feud Dispute

COMMENT #1: Your article on families dividing is foretold in the Bible. In Mathew 10 it states:

“children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.”

REPLY #1: Well, I suppose that more or less confirms the discord unfolding as we head into 2032.

Funding Wars

COMMENT #2: All wars require funding.

When Athens lost the Lavrio silver mines they melted the silver offerings at the temple of Athena in Acropoli. When this was finished they minted gold coins from what little they had. Finally they lost the war to Sparta.
Alexander was strained for gold until he conquered Susa and was able to continue the expedition.
When the Roman legions were left unpaid they revolted. They were promised loot and land from conquests and when no more new lands they were given Italian, till no more.
Byzantium at its decline needed mercenary armies who naturally demanded plenty of money.
They were bankrupt couldn’t afford them and lost.

What is different now?

Ukraine,judging by its bond rates, is virtually bankrupt.
Empty coffers,diminishing tax income and huge military expenses.

The already pledged collateral in the form of precious land and recourses is rapidly changing hands and the lenders are panicking.
If Odessa is lost their fate is sealed for ever.

The gullible who are sleeping in their armchairs being fed propaganda believe the war is about democracy and human rights when in reality it is nothing like that.

Those are the same geniuses who believed two years ago that Russia did not have enough ammunition or that it would fall apart by the Draconian sanctions imposed by western powers .

Let them then loan their own money to zelenski.
They ,for sure,will make happy the war machine profiteers.

As for the mothers losing their sons
who cares.

Worse is happening in Gaza.
They call it necessary casualties.

Madness or stupidity?
History will show.
If we are still alive…

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REPLY #2: The historical success of tyranny always hinges on the support of the military. The number one lesson governments have learned is that you use troops who are not from the same region. When Yeltsin stood on the tank in Moscow and told the troops not to fire on their own people, they stood down, and the coup collapsed. They did not learn the historical less of the Nika Revolt of January 13th, 532AD.

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According to the historian Procopius, around 30,000 people were killed. The Emperor was going to flee, and his wife told him there was a non-Greek legion outside Constantinople. They were called in to put down the revolt. Since they were not of that region, they hated the pompous Greeks. It was their opportunity to kill them.

BEWARE of these migrants. They are trying to fill the military with those who will relish the opportunity to kill citizens and get the spoils. They know what they are doing, and this is right out of the playbook on how to put down insurrections. It is also why they say Pelosi was reluctant to bring in the National Guard on January 6th because many feared they would have been armed Trump supporters.

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COMMENT #3:  We just lost the first Class A action ever – against the Swiss government in causa Corona measures, in front of an obviously corrupt Swiss Supreme Court.
Anyway was worth a trial..

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The Federal Supreme Court has dismissed the lawsuit brought by around 10,000 people against the Swiss Confederation due to allegedly unlawful, freedom-restricting measures taken by the Federal Council in connection with the corona pandemic. The plaintiffs had demanded symbolic compensation of one franc each. The written justification for the decision made in the main hearing on Thursday, August 29, 2024 will follow at a later date.

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REPLY: The Supreme Court of Switzerland dismissed a class action suit against the government for restricting their freedom during COVID. No government will take responsibility for their actions. As Thrasymachus said 2500 years ago, justice is only the self-interest of those in power. Now, the World Health Organization wants to call another pandemic to push the agenda of a one-world government. They assume they will get away with it again.

Aug 30 2024

RFK Jr States 57% of His Supporters Were Pulling Votes from President Trump – Video Recorded 8/23/24


Posted originally on the CTH on August 29, 2024 | Sundance 


RFK Jr did a solid interview with Dr. Phil that deserves some attention for a few reasons.  The interview is about a week old and took place immediately following RFK’s announcement to exit.

First, BIG SMILE.  Considering the timing, logistical coordination and location analysis of both Trump and RFK Jr’s interview with Dr Phil, CTH can now assert with assurance the rollout of the Kennedy dropout, transition, MAGA endorsement and subsequent public information therein, was in the works for a long time before it became public.

The Trump campaign had this RFK Jr MAGA entry in the works as part of the post DNC-Chicago strategy. Dr Phil was/is a planned and agreed participant in the rollout.  The construct and the timeline also align with Corey Lewandowski rejoining the Trump campaign as a senior advisor shortly before the MAGA “unity” merge.

The fact that we can now see this as a long-planned and intentionally organized rollout operation is a good thing, a very good thing.  That reality mitigates, but doesn’t eliminate, the IC influence concern.

Additionally, many within our community of CTH Treepers travel the deep weeds of political research, and our collective commentary is read by a wide swath of well-known political analysts and media pundits.  The answers given by RFK Jr during the Dr Phil interview provide solid affirmation for positions we eventually took in prior discussions.

Second, within this specific segment, RFK Jr is talking about his decision to exit the race.  Kennedy admits from the inception of his campaign he has always pulled more votes from Donald Trump (57%) than he did from the Democrat nominee (Biden or Harris).   This is a point that was debated on these pages for quite some time; we can now put the argument away.

In the 2024 election, RFK Jr’s presence hurt President Trump more than Biden/Harris.  This is just a datapoint: From the outset Kennedy always knew he was hurting Trump and assisting Biden/Harris through his candidacy.  This is not to present anything controversial about his recent decision to exit and endorse Trump, nor is the highlight intended to diminish RFK Jr., this reality is simply just a datapoint to consider.  RFK Jr always knew he was hurting President Trump more than helping Joe Biden (or Kamala).

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Third, if you have followed the Trump campaign and family closely, you will note the MAGA issue of chronic childhood disease; as it relates to the issue “Make America Healthy Again” being at the forefront of President Donald Trump’s thinking as a policy initiative; comes from one place, Melania Trump.  President Donald Trump did not have an epiphany on an issue close to the heart of RFK Jr., Melania Trump has been quietly focused on the issues around childhood illnesses and environmental impacts for a long time. With the First Lady as the strong counsellor of record that truly matters, it makes sense for a positive, personal influence.

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If you have time to watch the full interview below, it is well worth the investment. IF you need to shorten it, the first 10 minutes hold the majority of the points that matter. Remember, this interview was one of the first done in the aftermath of RFK Jr suspending his campaign [8/23/24].

The only negative to this interview is the fact that it took place before RFK Jr told Tucker Carlson that President Trump was “reprehensible.”

However, I can somewhat understand how a prideful person like RFK Jr would psychologically be in that mindset, given the inbound hatred Kennedy encountered during the timeframe before the Carlson interview.  Indeed, the “reprehensible” comment should be considered a projection statement, a shout into the storm per se’, said more in exasperation and frustration than spite.

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