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Mar 8 2022

Kyiv Airport Destoryed


Armstrong Economics Blog/War Re-Posted Mar 7, 2022 by Martin Armstrong

he Kyiv Airport was destroyed to prevent the West from flying in military equipment. This is the same strategy as singing ships from America to Britain with military arms in World War I. There are a lot of Ukrainians who are not supporting Zelensky. He ran promising to make peace with Russia and he was elected like Trump because he was not a politician. The resentment coming from some Ukrainians is that feel that Zelensky is now a puppet to promote war. All he had to do was agree to a ceasefire, yield Donbas which the US has been covertly supporting the civil war, and save Ukraine as a nation. But the refusal to yield Donbas was against the wishes of the West.

The danger here is that the people of Ukraine flip and see that they have been merely a pawn in a proxy war between the West and Russia. This can only get worse for there is no great peacemaker today. I do not like what our computer is forecasting, but I suppose we are just headed into a war that will escalate and will be not something we just watch on TV safe and sound from the real events as if this were another action movie.

Mar 8 2022

Colonel Douglas Macgregor Provides Updated Perspective on Ukraine Status


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on March 7, 2022

Col Douglas Macgregor is about the only person who has given an honest account of what is happening on the ground in Ukraine that actually makes sense with the known set of facts. Almost all other analysis of the Russia-Ukraine conflict is fraught with NATO wishes and rainbow analysis to make things seem like Ukraine can win as an insurgent force.

A very pragmatic Macgregor notes the situation boils down to what kind of a nation state Vladimir Putin wants intact when his military operations are over. It’s a good review of the current state of affairs. {Direct Rumble Link} WATCH:

Mar 8 2022

Tucker Carlson Outlines the DC Effort to Create a War Against Russia


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on March 7, 2022 | Sundance

During his lengthy opening monologue tonight, Fox News host Tucker Carlson outlines the increased DC effort around Ukraine as we have witnessed in the past several days.

Using tape from the past several years of DC politicians, Tucker outlines how the DC system was continually trying to position the U.S. against Russia for a direct conflict.  Why were they doing this?  WATCH:

Mar 8 2022

The Little Red Lyin’ Twit Says Biden Will Try To Reduce Impact of Rising Oil Prices, but Won’t Unleash U.S. Energy Resources


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on March 7, 2022

White House Press Secretary Jennifer Psaki said today the Biden administration will try to reduce the impact of rising oil prices for American consumers but will not do anything to allow increased production of U.S. energy resources.

Oh, and it’s all Vladimir Putin’s fault, WATCH:

I’ll keep repeating it, because many people just don’t understand the unique nature of our North American position.  Energy resources are nation specific.  Ireland, the U.K, Europe, or Australia, do not have abundant oil and natural gas deposits like the U.S. does.  ANWAR has more oil than Saudi Arabia.

A U.S. president can and does control the price of gasoline.  What can a U.S. President and administration specifically do?  We have abundant U.S. energy resources.  Quite literally the strongest in the entire world.

  • Permit the use of preexisting approved leases in ANWAR (Alaska) to put more volume into the Alaskan oil pipeline that is severely underutilized.
  • Finish the Dakota access pipeline.
  • Re-approve the preexisting energy leases in New Mexico, Arizona, NE Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
  • Retract the stoppage of the Keystone pipeline to permit efficient oil transport shipments from Canada.
  • Stop blocking the expansion of coastal oil refineries in Texas, Louisiana and Alabama (regulatory issue), as well as Northwest, Northeast and Southeast Seaboard.
  • Continue to develop natural gas as a clean burning fuel.
  • Drive Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as an export.

.Unfortunately, this would mean reversing the entire energy policy of the current administration.  The existing energy inflation and high prices of oil, natural gas and gasoline are a direct and intentional part of Joe Biden’s policy.  That policy is driven by the leftist demand for a “green new deal.”

None of the actions above require any approval from OPEC.  Strategically, the ‘all of the above’ approach enhances U.S. national security and diminishes the influence of Russia, China and Iran.  Within six months of the above, gasoline will plummet.

Mar 8 2022

The Media’s Insidious Effort to Shift Economic Blame From White House to Russia Continues


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on March 7, 2022 | Sundance

The propaganda effort by western media, specifically but not exclusively U.S. media, to shift blame for massive economic damage from Joe Biden to Russia is reaching a stunning level of coordinated intent.

The cognitive dissonance (fancy words for telling lies under the cloud of economic analysis) is not only happening in the U.S; a similar level of blame-shifting is happening in Europe, Australia, Canada and most western media outlets.

The global economic contraction, which was specifically and intentionally created by the collective ‘Build Back Better‘ promoters, is now being blamed on Russia; and, quite frankly, the motive behind the corporate media shifting the blame is because the underlying ideology (western policy) was/is supported by the leftist media tribe.

Throughout 2021, it is well documented how government COVID policies of lockdowns, economic consequences and insane spending, created the baseline problem behind inflation.  Simultaneously, the western approach toward energy development and the “opportunity” the EU and U.S. sought to exploit within the BBB agenda to radically transform energy use, was simply pouring super-volatile fuel on an already burning fire.

In 2021, gasoline prices increased 60 to 80 percent.  Food prices jumped 15 to 40 percent, with some sectors even higher.  By the time the EU central bankers and U.S. Federal reserve finally admitted inflation was no longer “transitory,” we were facing next harvest fertilizer prices that tripled in price from 2020, and oil prices that had doubled in the span of 12 months.

None of this had anything whatsoever to do with Russia’s plans for Ukraine.   Every part of the economic problem was created by government policy.

The western working class are in an abusive relationship with western government.

Reckless spending during an intentionally blocked economy, combined with radically changed energy and monetary policy, created this storm of economic consequence.  At no point in this scenario was the outcome not in the control of government.

These consequences were specifically caused by ideological decisions made by people who are never affected by them.  However, in a sick, twisted and Machiavellian effort to avoid the pitchforks now heading in their direction, these government leaders and their media stenographers are trying desperately to pin the blame on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

This example from Axios today is a case study in blame shifting:

Economic forecasters are starting to plug the effects of the Ukraine war into their models. It doesn’t look good, especially for Europe.

Why it matters: Much of the world is set to experience weaker growth and higher inflation than seemed likely mere weeks ago. And that’s assuming some of the more dire possibilities that further escalation of the conflict could bring don’t materialize.

The big picture: Soaring energy prices are the most direct channel through which the world economy stands to be battered by the conflict. But rising prices for other commodities will also fuel inflation and could disrupt supply lines.

  • These forecasts were made last week before a new surge in oil futures overnight Sunday into Monday that will only intensify these pressures.
  • Moreover, geopolitical risk has tightened financial conditions, which could constrain investment — though that effect is modest so far.

By the numbers: Economists at JPMorgan said Friday they expect the world economy to grow 0.8 percentage points slower in 2022 than they did on Feb. 18. (read more)

Everything is obtuse crap.

However, in our discussions we do not need to pretend.  Preparations require a brutal acceptance of the landscape that is in front of us, not some clouded avoidance that will only make us victims to our lack of acceptance.

In May and June of 2021, the entire economic machine shifted.  That was when the final cash dump into the economy became visible. Everything since then is a direct outcome of that inflection point.  It has been eight months of economic smoke and mirrors.

Inflation in the last half of 2021 was driven by spending decisions in the first half of 2021.   That oil in the machinery has dried up.  As we watched the reserve tanks emptying, CTH was warning -repeatedly- to prepare.  Now, things are about to seize.  We will see even more inflation as massive increases in fuel will drive up the costs of everything again.

It’s not an issue of whether a recession is possible, likely or probable.  As we noted last year, the recession would have naturally taken place in the third and fourth quarter. It was clear that overall consumer demand was artificially propped up by govt subsidy.  Government intervention stopped the natural demand contraction from surfacing.

Now, with even higher oil prices leading to $7/gal gasoline, there will be no way to avoid seeing the pain of an economic recession under much steeper terms than before.    None of this is accidental.  All of this is by design.

Massive increases in energy and gasoline costs are a feature of their plan, not a flaw.

Joe Biden always was the disposable political tool within this insidious scheme.

Mar 7 2022

Government of Poland Outlines U.S. State Dept Secretary Anthony Blinken as a Liar


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on March 6, 2022 | Sundance

During three separate interviews today, U.S Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told media that Poland was sending fighter planes to Ukraine, and the U.S. was in negotiations with Poland to replace them.  The same assertion was made by U.S. Senator Marco Rubio.

However, the official Twitter account of the chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland calls those reports “fake news”:

(Source)

It’s bad enough when the media is spreading fake news, now we have the U.S. Secretary of State doing it.

That said, the original statements by Secretary Blinken didn’t pass the smell test.  Now it looks like Tony Blinken was trying to provoke Poland to be the spark that ignited the NATO war against Russia.   Stunning.   This is a pretty big deal, but watch the media drop the issue as if it never happened. 

Mar 7 2022

Sunday Talks, Marco Rubio Makes the Case for NATO War Against Russia


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on March 6, 2022 | Sundance 

Senator Marco Rubio (U-DC) was installed as vice-chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) to assist covering up the SSCI involvement in the intelligence community targeting of Donald Trump.  Rubio replaced Richard Burr, who was working closely with Mark Warner.

During his appearance with the State Department’s unofficial spokesperson, CNN’s Jake Tapper, Senator Rubio outlined the case against Vladimir Putin noting that Ukraine is a legacy move by the Russian president.   In the background of Rubio stating the U.S. needs to stop buying oil from Russia, the Biden administration has entered discussions with Venezuela for replacement oil so they can create the better optic and stop purchasing from Vladimir Putin.

Think about the ridiculousness of the situation as it now presents.  Only a few short years ago (January 2019), Marco Rubio was one of the main characters who led a ‘whole of government‘ effort to remove Venezuela leader Nicolas Maduro on behalf of his Latino constituents in Florida. Now that the focus has shifted to Russia, Rubio wants to remove Vladimir Putin, by purchasing oil from Nicolas Maduro.  Yup, there’s U.S. foreign policy in a nutshell.

Another worthwhile note, in an earlier segment Jake Tapper called for U.S. sanctions against the Russian DUMA, essentially Russian congress.  Tapper wants the U.S. government to start targeting Russian politicians, freezing assets and confiscating their wealth.  He just says this as if it’s just an ordinary evolution of “the process.”

It would be interesting to see Jake Tapper’s position if China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, India, Brazil or South Africa started to confiscate the wealth, property and interests of U.S. politicians and/or citizen billionaires of the United States because the U.S. invaded Iraq under false pretenses.

Mar 7 2022

Sunday Talks, Secretary Blinken Says Poland Has Green Light To Send Fighter Jets to Ukraine, U.S. Will Replace


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on March 6, 2022 | Sundance 

Appearing on Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken states Poland has the “green light” from the U.S. and NATO to provide fighter planes to the Ukraine military.

Secretary Blinken notes the U.S. will “backfill” Poland (terms ongoing), which means the U.S. is willing to replace each of the Polish planes with U.S. fighter jet replacements.  Obviously, the industrial military complex would approve of this plan; however, who pays and what authorities of this arms deal with Poland apply?

Setting aside the pilots of Poland that would need training and accepting there could be some long-term maintenance issues for equipment they may not be equipped to maintain, the nationalist political ideology of Poland is not in alignment with Obama/Biden.  Will the U.S. government seek to change the social system in Poland as an outcome of a weakened Polish arsenal?  You betcha.  WATCH:

Bottom line, the U.S. and NATO are getting more involved.   The U.S. State Dept, the rogue construct within the Fourth Branch of Government, is trying to turn World War Reddit/Tik Tok into a hot war of NATO against Russia, despite their protestations to the contrary.

The DoS would be perfectly happy if Ukraine became a long-term insurgency campaign with Russia.  Volodymyr Zelenskyy should be careful, because his position as a useful martyr is becoming more evident.  It will not be Russian hit-squads targeting Zelenskyy, it will be CIA operatives. Wait for it….

CBS continued the propaganda push after the Blinken interview with David Martin engineering the narrative surrounding Russian troop movements inside Ukraine.   Martin doesn’t know what the Russian military is doing, he’s giving the official U.S. line which supports the campaign for, as Tony Blinken put it, “hearts and minds.”