Category Civil Society

Jul 8 2020

The Lessons of History


Will freedom survive?

Dr. Robert R. Owens image

Re-posted from the Canada Free Press By  —— Bio and Archives—July 6, 2020

Lincoln, Gettysburg

Empires rise and empires fall.  They usually don’t end with a bang.  They end with a whimper.

Revolts become revolutions when those sent by the authorities to put them down instead join the revolt.  Is that what we’re beginning to see as police and National Guard troops kneel in submission before BLM and ANTIFA?  Many who railed against those who kneeled for the playing of our national anthem now kneel before those who showed their contempt for America.  Are the reins of power about to slip from the limp hands of the descendants of the Minutemen, the Grand Army of the Republic, and all the heroes who won the wars and enforced the peace?  Are the cultural, financial, social, and political structures we’ve known all our lives about to be upended?

Many readily admit they agree with everything Trump is doing and has done.  They acknowledge his policies led to the greatest economy the world has ever known and prosperity like we haven’t experienced since we all liked Ike.  And yet many of these same people say they won’t vote for him again because they don’t like the tone of his tweets or the combative manner in which he returns fire to the daily verbal broadsides from the Democrats who identify as journalists.

As you watch the blue cities burn and the blue leaders bow,  ask yourself, “For whom the bell tolls?”  Is the answer inevitably, “It tolls for thee.”  And if it is, what then shall we do?  Sit on our hands, quarantined in our homes, wearing our masks, watching in disbelief as thugs take over the streets, as the police are disbanded, waiting for Biden, Pelosi, Schumer, Sanders, and the rest of the millionaire plutocrats to raise the red flag from the White House?

If our fleeting moment upon the world’s stage as uncivil as it is, has become a civil war this November we will arrive at Gettysburg.  A climatic moment that will decide in which direction the war will flow.  Looking ahead, knowing there will be many casualties physical, political, cultural, and societal it might be the perfect time to recall the words which frame the actual Battle of Gettysburg for all students of History:

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Will freedom survive?  Or will our Republic like the Romans before us morph into something completely different?  Instead of an empire we may become a dictatorship of the proletariat where those who dole out the equal shares paraphrase the haunting statement from George Orwell’s Animal Farm … “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”

If the blues sweep the board in November, we may all end up singing the blues.

Those who don’t learn the lessons of History are doomed to repeat the mistakes of History.  Those who do learn the lessons of History are unfortunately doomed to watch everyone else repeat the mistakes of History.

Hunkered in the bunker.  Waiting for the rain.

Keep the faith.  Keep the peace.  We shall overcome.

Jul 8 2020

The Manual for Tyrants to Take Over


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics

Re-Posted Jul 8, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Hello Martin

When will the madness stop!
I am Scottish and our first minister is mandating face masks in all shops from July 10th. Even though the virus peaked in April. Interesting that her advisor is an American professor at Edinburgh University who also co-authored a book with Chelsea Clinton. She (first minister) is also an ardent supporter of Hilary Clinton and Macron. God help us!
We are strong people but many people are so deeply asleep and believe the rhetoric being pumped out.
I am aware that you must be working all the hours you can but is there any way that you would produce reports on the fate of individual countries? Got a gut feeling that we are heading straight into a Marxist regime.
Cannot thank you enough for all you do and your blog every day. The world has to wake up soon and combat what these bastards have unleashed. (sorry for the swearing)
all the best to you
mw

ANSWER: I am doing my best and will try to put together reports on various countries. The markets are incredible forecasters on their own for they reflect both domestic and international capital flow movements. This is clearly a political coup, and of course, the press will not report that fact. Even the Economist came out and said Trump has only a 10% chance of winning. The polls are so distorted, as they were for 2016 and Brexit, but this time it is on steroids. This is really an all-out battle for our future that they are trying to construct in their own image. This is very much the same as the Marxist revolution of 1848 and 1917.

This is straight out of the historical manual on how to take over a government — divide the people so they beg for protection from the government. They will always divide the people into groups that can be determined by ethnicity, race, religion, or political philosophy which serve to divide the country making one group afraid of the other.

The FIRST thing you must do is divide and conquer by dividing the people into groups to oppose one another. Historically, you can use race, religion, or political philosophy (left v right).

  • a) Create laws that are unfair and favor one group over another which builds resentment
  • b) The protests will begin to complain about what becomes political correctness where everyone becomes offended by the slightest comment
  • c) The media constantly exposes this situation to ensure it remains on the front pages
  • d) This leads to the breakdown of society turning families against one another and breaking friendships

SECOND: The second phase is the groups begin to isolate themselves and mass protests typically follow.

  • a) this phase will typically unleash some violence which then only emboldens each group against each other.

THIRD: The groups will typically create their own safe zones which can often become city against city or region against region.

  • a) people will begin to arm themselves for protection against each other
  • b) the police are not viewed as trustworthy or stand down and as long as they support the government, they are seen as the enemy
  • c) this is typically when cleansing takes place – the elimination of members of the opposing group within their safe zone

FOURTH: When the people are sufficient at each others’ throats, this is when the tyrants come to the rescue with promises of peace but they imposed absolute rule. The people will surrender all liberty at this point to obtain security.

This is how every tyrant takes over an empire, nation, or city-state and the people will beg them for peace and calm.

This is why I have been saying my fear is what comes AFTER Trump — not Trump. Most people remain oblivious to the patterns and we can see already this play is in full motion. The last 8.6 years between 2024 and 2032 will be politically unstable.

I do believe if enough people understand this scheme, we can win. What is very clear coming from the computer remains that they will fail and their great dream of a new Marxist world order will implode.

Jul 8 2020

Michigan’s Trojan Horse to Open the Door for Judges to Order People Be Implanted with Tracking Chips


Armstrong Economics Blog/Uncategorized

Re-Posted Jul 8, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

I have a correction to make. Gretchen Esther Whitmer is a Democrat serving as the 49th governor of Michigan. When I first reported that she passed a bill prohibiting employers from implanting chips into their employees, it did seem a bit strange that a Democrat would actually protect the people against this hidden agenda of Bill Gates and crew. With the help of a reader, after obtaining the actual legislation, this appears to be a clever Trojan Horse.

Download Legislation: Michigan 2020-HIB-5672

It is true that Whitmer banned employers from implanting a tracking chip into employees. HOWEVER, she included an EXCEPTION!!!!!! If the employer gets a court order, then the employee must quit or accept being implanted by a chip to track them like a dog.

I will have to put my faith in Socrates. It taught me how it predicts war and how empires, nations, and city-states collapse. That is when the CIA came in and wanted me to build a version of Socrates for them. I declined, explaining it took me 17 years to build this system and I had better things to do. I offered to run any studies they wanted and that’s when it turned a bit nasty. I was told that they HAD TO OWN IT! I said no way.

While the press assumed the contempt was to turn over assets, they NEVER produced any list of assets to be turned over. Instead, what they demanded was the source code which they kept out of the court documents. Any lawyer will tell you that legally you cannot be held in contempt without an order that specifies you do this and you will be released. After 7 years without any such order, I was released ONLY because I got into the Supreme Court. I was fully prepared to die for my beliefs for that to me was a far better alternative to living in the hell these people take such pleasure in creating as an exercise of their raw power. The leftists cannot sleep at night worrying that someone is doing something they do not approve of. They reject the Constitution and do not believe that we have any right to be free to pursue their own happiness for themselves or their family. They cannot stand that you have something they do not materialistically.

Everything that appeared in the movie “The Forecaster” had to be confirmed as true by Llyods of London who insured the film against slander and libel. They cannot make movies without such insurance. Everything had to be documented right down to their off-the-record demand for the source code to Socrates.

So the bottom line is rather simple. I have learned that Socrates is able to forecast war for it is monitoring everything around the globe and it picks up subtle shifts and changes in the world economy. If someone is going to invade, they will move their capital and assets in advance so as not to lose themselves. I believe that Socrates has been picking up these subtle changes since the Repo Crisis began last August, which started the pressure for the collapse in the world Monetary System.

Granted, they may have been using our forecasts to pick the timing when to crash the market with the ECM starting January 18, 2020, to get the biggest bang for their bucks. But they have accelerated the Paradigm Shift in shares/equities, which they did not understand, and was their first big mistake. Indeed, 2015.75 was as forecast — the peak in government confidence which was followed by Brexit and the election of Donald Trump.

I believe that Socrates will be the only way to see the trend because this is beyond normal trading patterns we have seen even since the Great Depression. What lies ahead is dark and sinister. That does not mean they will win. What Gretchen Whitmer has done is a Trojan Horse and it is part of their grand plan. They know SOCIALISM is collapsing for they have reached the limit of perpetual borrowing with no intention of ever paying anything off. They are restricting the printing and coining money under the pretense of social distancing.

The Democrats are absolutely desperate to get rid of Trump for they believe they must take control of the entire government and impose their draconian agenda to seize assets, raise taxes to absurd levels, and oppress the people to prevent an uprising. These goals will unleash violence — not a panacea of unlimited power.

Jul 8 2020

Statues & Rewriting History & Ignorance


Armstrong Economics Blog/America’s Economic History

Re-Posted Jul 8, 2020 by Martin Armstrong
I find that the tearing down of statues has gone way too far. Tearing down Columbus because he discovered America, and that harmed the indigenous people, is really nuts. If that is how they really feel, then return their land to the Indians and go back to where their ancestors were from. Taking down Columbus’ statue but then enjoying the privilege of living here is insane. Then they removed a block where slaves stood and were sold. Why? That is like tearing down the Berlin Wall and pretending it never happened. I would think it supports history to show what slavery was about back then.

Then there is Thomas Jefferson who these people simply say was a slave owner and had children with a slave. The slaves were his wife’s from her former marriage after her first husband died. Some were skilled, but most were farmhands. If Jefferson released them all, they would have starved. Over 70% of the economy was agrarian. They would not have been able to find a job at Starbucks or something. It was a completely different world. There would be no employment.

It was Jefferson who actually began the entire immorality of slavery, which shows that these people do not know their history. There was a heated debate over Jefferson’s first draft of the Declaration of Independence and his phrase “all men are created equal” when there existed American slavery among many of the delegates. The Congress deleted nearly a fourth of Jefferson’s draft, which included a passage criticizing the slave trade. It was Jefferson who first brought to the surface the controversial “anti-slavery” passage. Jefferson had long been against slavery and argued in court for the abolition of a slave before he ever wrote the Declaration of Independence. It was Jefferson who first articulated the anti-slavery concept which would eventually lead to the Civil War.

Insofar as having children with a slave, this was after his wife died; the slave was mixed race and the offspring of his wife’s former husband. Jefferson freed them and they were skilled and did not work as farmhands.

There were ruthless slave owners and there were also moderate to benevolent masters. Jefferson was a man of the Enlightenment, but he also had to be practical in the world he lived in at the time.

Jul 8 2020

President Trump Participates in Dialogue on Safe School Reopening – 3:00pm Livestream


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree house on July 7, 2020 by 

President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump participate in a National Dialogue on Safely Reopening America’s Schools. Anticipated start time 3:00pm ET

White House – Today at 3:00 p.m., President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, several administration officials, and teachers, administrators, and students from around the country will participate in a roundtable discussion on the safe reopening of schools, with respect to the holistic health and learning needs of America’s students.

WH Livestream Link – Fox News Livestream – Alternate Livestream

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Jul 7 2020

GHISLAINE MAXWELL ARRESTED


Ghislaine Maxwell is a sociopath. Jeffrey Epstein was also a sociopath.

Sociopaths feel no guilt and don’t commit suicide. If Ghislaine commits suicide, we’ll all know it was murder—just like Epstein’s death was murder. Clearly there are elite forces that do not want her to spill the beans on their illegal sexual activities. She claimed she would not talk about Prince Andrew, so maybe she’s safe if she avoids implicating the royal family. We would like to see her bare it all.

Many questions remain, however. What was she doing in a secluded luxury home on 156 acres in New Hampshire? She could have stayed in France and avoided extradition. She purchased her hideaway for only $1 million, when clearly it is worth much more. Who sold it to her?

Bombshells should drop, but I wouldn’t be surprised if nothing is revealed. The powerful and connected (such as the Clintons) have a way of winning every time.

Ghislaine’s life is in danger and she should get things off her chest sooner than later.

—Ben Garrison

Jul 7 2020

Saving America From The Mob


The message is that we need to stand up for America and our values. We cannot be intimidated by the left any longer. If we do, this country that we cherish will be lost forever

Jeff Crouere image

Re-Posted from the Canada Free Press By  —— Bio and Archives—July 5, 2020

Saving America From The Mob

There is a mob destroying our country. They want to change our political and economic systems and move us toward a communist form of government. Part of their attack is to demonize our history and traditions and demolish our monuments and symbols.

While millions of Americans love the country and revere our traditions, the radicals hate America and want to radically transform our nation. They plan on accomplishing their mission by eroding trust in law enforcement and targeting police departments for annihilation across the country.

Unprecedented assault on our country

In the last six weeks, the American people have seen an unprecedented assault on our country. After the tragic killing of George Floyd, mobs descended on cities coast-to-coast to burn, loot and destroy.

While plenty of innocent business owners and citizens were attacked, police officers were targeted the most. Americans witnessed countless images of police officers being physically assaulted. They were also ridiculed, maligned, and insulted with accusations of unprovoked violence and racism directed at African Americans.

Despite statistics showing the vast majority of police encounters are peaceful and the number of unarmed African Americans killed by police is very low, left wing agitators succeeded in convincing Minneapolis to disband their police department and New York City into removing $1 billion in police funding.

Of course, these actions will lead to chaos and a massive increase in crime. In just six weeks, violence has increased in many cities throughout the nation. This is the result of police officers either resigning, taking sick days, or showing less interest in challenging the criminal element.

It is an exceedingly difficult time for anyone to be a police officer today. Police recruitment has become extremely challenging in an environment where violence toward police is increasing and police are not supported by weak politicians following the orders from the mob.

It is not only police that activists are trying to destroy. In the past six weeks, movies have been removed, police shows have been cancelled, even cartoons have been adjusted. In addition, countless monuments have been toppled, flags have been changed, amusement rides have been altered, product packages are undergoing a politically correct overhaul. Other products are changing their supposedly offensive names, all to satisfy the mob.

This “cancel culture” is so toxic that innocent people are being fired just because they support President Trump or love the country

This “cancel culture” is so toxic that innocent people are being fired just because they support President Trump or love the country. If you believe in “All Lives Matter,” which includes black Americans, you might lose your job in the oppressive environment that exists today.

The left is on a roll with no pushback from Republicans who are now joining in the fray to advocate anti-police measures and bills to remove Columbus Day from our list of national holidays. Other than President Trump, there is no leader from the Republican Party who has stepped forward to say enough of the madness.

With everything we hold dear under assault and no response from Republicans, I decided to act along with my radio co-host Mimi Owens. We host He Said, She Said every Monday afternoon at 5 p.m. on WGSO 990-AM radio in New Orleans. We saw too many good people afraid to stand up for their country, the greatest nation in the world.

To bolster the “silent majority,” we hosted a Save America Rally across from the Governor’s Mansion in Baton Rouge on Independence Day. Incredibly, 300 patriots joined us outnumbering the Antifa protesters by a 60-1 margin. More patriots from around the country need to follow this example and step forward to challenge the radical left.

While we have flaws and tragic mistakes in our past, there is much more to celebrate about our country, our history, our traditions, and our symbols. America has made tremendous progress toward racial equality and it remains the best country on earth for all people, regardless of race, to succeed.

Sadly, this success will not happen if the mob is able to destroy our capitalist economic system. So, we must fight to protect this system which has allowed more people to escape poverty than any other system in the history of the world.

There is nothing wrong with being proud to be an American

We also must fight to protect our symbols like the American Flag and our traditions like the National Anthem. It is the right thing to do to stand up for the National Anthem and salute the American Flag. Kneeling should be reserved for God and for church.

This season, fans can expect plenty of kneeling in the NFL, which will play the “black national anthem” before the National Anthem during the first week of the season. To show their support, the NBA will include social justice messages on their jerseys.

There is nothing wrong with being proud to be an American. Mimi and I are proud of our country, yet many left-wing agitators have targeted us because of our pro-American views. Because we decided to host the rally, we were subjected to a barrage of hate from the left-wing mob. We received email and text threats, harassing phone calls and mail, and have been the subject of nasty posts online.

One of the leaders of Black Lives Matter, Shaun King, posted a TV interview with us on his social media site. This exposure provoked thousands of hateful messages from people making unfair and false charges about us.

A producer at another radio station in New Orleans called us racists and white supremacists for holding the rally. He encouraged his supporters on a Black Lives Matter site to sabotage our radio show with hateful calls.

Regardless of attempts on the left to demonize us, our rally was a major success. We welcomed all who love America and are positive about both our history and our future. It was a grand celebration of America with flag waving, great music, and inspiring speakers, including several African American leaders in our community.

The message is that we need to stand up for America and our values. We cannot be intimidated by the left any longer. If we do, this country that we cherish will be lost forever.

Jul 7 2020

American-hating-liberals are on the march


We have much work to do. Our freedoms are at stake. Our Nation can only become again the Home of the Free, because of You – the Brave. So Help Me God

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Re-Posted from the Canada Free Press By  —— Bio and Archives—July 5, 2020

American-hating-liberals are on the march

We are being systemically deceived by many of our governors, mayors and Democrat leaders from inside the country and many organizations such as the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) as outside forces are funding, staging and creating the platform for our demise.

The Democrats are now the sworn domestic enemy of America. In their quest for ultimate power over the American people, Democrats (and a number of Republicans, as well) have joined forces with outside institutions, governments (China, Russia and Iran to name a few) and International Corporations (Comcast, McDonalds, Microsoft and many others) where their divisive pursuit of power no longer has boundaries.

They will burn, pillage, rape, kill and destroy anyone who gets in their way

They will burn, pillage, rape, kill and destroy anyone who gets in their way. Their polls are lies. Joe Biden is a fool, and we all know it. Their words are lies. They have educated our children in their lies. Democrats all have planted their black Antifa flag of hate into the American soil and are prepared to do battle against all people who love and will defend her.

The oligarchs of power,  namely the Rockefeller, Carnegie and Ford Foundations, and lest we forget,  George Soros’ Open Society, who encompass the New World Order forces, with their billions of dollars of funding, have all come together at the WEF with a new more powerful blueprint for world dominance known as the Great Reset.

Their radical plot of, “Never let a good crisis go to waste. “ has gone into overdrive, as WEF Chairman Klaus Schwab recommends that the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, the mandates and lockdowns along with their well-organized race riots have now presented an opportunity to do a series of things, a new agenda towards post-pandemic renaissance for social justice, such as social and economic transformations (along with the UN 17 sustainable goals) that were unthinkable and/or virtually impossible just a few short months ago. Their plan now is to control the global supply chain by leveraging the block-chain of goods and services. Their goals are not simply a monetary reset, which we have read much about, no theirs is totalitarian, a complete and total takeover of our entire lives.

We have all seen President Trump pointing his finger at us saying, “In reality they’re not after me, they’re after you. I’m just in the way.” And, therefore, President Donald Trump, standing in the breach, is the main focus of their hate-filled-hearts. Remember, that hate is defined as the absence of God, where some say that we are currently in a war of good vs. evil. But, it was Joseph Conrad who cautioned us, “The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.”

At every opportunity we find American-hating-liberals attacking conservatives as if pushing us further and further into a civil war. Please know that if the liberals truly wanted peace, there would be peace. But, conversely, know that if American-loving-conservatives truly wanted war, there would no longer be any liberals.

Our freedoms are at stake

As a former NYPD Officer, I offer this challenge: If you feel that you are being treated unjustly by the police, it is recommended that you make every attempt to stop breaking the law, which would undoubtedly become a positive reinforcement. The ball is in your court if you want to live in a nation of laws with equality of justice for all.

Let the anti-American NFL foolball players further divide us with their black anthem or take a knee in disrespect to our Flag, our Nation and the Warriors of every race, creed, and color, who fought together giving them the right, wrongheaded as their contempt for our Flag and culture may be. Our country can only come back together as one nation wherein We The People make a serious effort to STOP! And, to realize and agree that there are only two kinds of people in our world: good people and bad people. Ethnicity Does Not Matter!

Please join me as I too take a knee in reverent prayer to Jesus Christ our Savior, as we come together to pray, first for forgiveness, and then for our country, for our President Donald Trump: Please Lord keep him safe, for our Marines, our fighting men and women, for our Police Officers, Firemen and First Responders.

As a US Marine I stated, “I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic…So help me God!” Please keep in mind that there are literally millions of other men and women who have also taken an Oath to defend the United States of America. In the course of our history, few have been given the honor of defending our Nation in her gravest hour of need. This is that time. WEF is their black swan. We have much work to do. Our freedoms are at stake. Our Nation can only become again the Home of the Free, because of You – the Brave. So Help Me God. Amen.

Jul 7 2020

Now Or Never: Yorktown Campaign of 1781


Jul 7 2020

George Washington Reads The Declaration of Independence