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Nov 3 2021

Rigging the Virginia Elections


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Nov 2, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

Reports are coming in that they are once again denying people the right to vote and it appears to be people who are Republican. This same scenario is playing out. They are claiming they were mailed an absentee ballot so they cannot vote despite the fact they say they never requested such a ballot. These scenes will only lead to violence and revolution. The polls are very shocking. Now over 70% of the American population say the country is headed in the wrong direction. Those in power think they can just bully people and will turn the police on them for they know what is best. They have no intention of allowing fair elections in 2022. I believe that is why our computer is projecting a Panic Cycle in politics.

Nov 3 2021

American Airlines Management Are Unqualified to Run a Public Corporation


Armstrong Economics Blog/Vaccine Re-Posted Nov 2, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

Now 2300 flights have been canceled because of their stupid Vaccine Mandate, Management should be sacked!

Nov 3 2021

CDC Recommends Vaccines for 5 to 11-year-olds, Jabs Start Tomorrow


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on November 2, 2021 | Sundance | 128 Comments

Center for Disease Control (CDC) Director Rochelle P. Walensky has given the authorization for vaccinations to begin in 5 to 11-year-olds starting tomorrow.  You can review the CDC press release HERE.   According to the CDC announcement, Walensky states: “We know millions of parents are eager to get their children vaccinated and with this decision, we now have recommended that about 28 million children receive a COVID-19 vaccine.”

Unfortunately, the CDC authorization now gives cover to various blue state democrats who will likely mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for public school children. However, despite the CDC position, it is worth noting the recent survey by NBC showing only 27% of parents would vaccinate their kids under 12:

… 64% of people with children under age 11 say they would not vaccinate their kids or would wait to see more data on long term consequences. Only 27% of respondents said they would immediately vaccinate their children with the untested COVID vaccine. (more)

It is very reasonable for parents to question the FDA approval and the political intents of the CDC in authorizing this vaccination for children 3 to 11.   The risk to children from the virus itself is virtually nonexistent.  However, despite the low risk the government is recommending, perhaps soon to be mandating, a little tested vaccine for a population that is not at any significant level of health risk.

If the Virginia election result teaches the Biden administration that protecting kids is important to parents on the issue of education…. they haven’t seen anything yet, when it comes to the response from parents to vaccinating kids with an untested vaccine. Madness.

Nov 3 2021

Multi-State Election Results and Open Discussion Thread – Virginia, New Jersey, New York and More


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on November 2, 2021 | Sundance | 1,265 Comments

The off-year elections take place in various states and municipalities today.  The Virginia and New Jersey governors races will be decided along with the New York City mayoral race and numerous other regional elections in FL, OH, MN, PA and MI.

Virginia will be the most watched race as polls close at 7:00pm ET.  Virginia passed a new law last year requiring counties to pre-process absentee ballots before the election, which should allow officials to report the result of the advance vote soon after the polls close.  However, if you see those previously processed absentee ballots ‘NOT REPORTED’ early that would indicate the vote counters holding back ballot harvest results until they figure out how many they need.

The media will use these early results, likely favorable to Terry McAuliffe, in order to set the tone according to party position and direction from the executive media suites.

♦ Virginia Dept of Elections – HERE

♦ New York Times Election HQ – HERE

♦ Politico Election Results – HERE

♦ CNN Election Results – HERE

Decision Desk HQ – Election Results – HERE

Nov 3 2021

White House Occupant Claims U.S. Wages are Growing Faster Than Inflation


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on November 2, 2021 | Sundance | 157 Comments

The gibbering and cognitively disconnected teleprompter reader who currently occupies the White House reads from a script today prepared for him by people who know he is disposable.

That is the most logical reason why Joe Biden could brazenly attempt to claim today that “wages have gone up faster than inflation.”  WATCH:

According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) in September alone inflation:

“increased 4.4 percent from one year ago. Energy prices increased 24.9 percent while food prices increased 4.1 percent. ” (link)

Meanwhile according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, wages increased 0.7% year over year.   Inflation is six times higher than wage growth.

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Nov 3 2021

Internal CDC emails Show Why They Changed the Definition of “Vaccines” and What it Means to be “Vaccinated”


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on November 2, 2021 | Sundance | 209 Comments

TechnoFog submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to see what was happening inside the CDC, as they discussed needing to change the definitions of “vaccine” and “vaccination” in order to get past the problematic issue of their supported products not actually providing immunity from the COVID-19 virus or any variant thereof.

Within the internal emails [SEE HERE], the officials within the health industry knew they had a problem because their push to vaccinate everyone would not generate any immunity from the virus itself.

Rather than deal with the problem of a non-effective vaccine, the officials discussed, modified and then eventually just changed the definition of what a vaccine is intended to do:

Excellent research by TechnoFog.

VIEW HERE

Nov 3 2021

Rumble Video Platform Moving Headquarters from Canada to Sarasota County, Florida


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on November 2, 2021 | Sundance | 105 Comments

The cleaving of Big Tech continues, only this time the move of company headquarters by the Rumble video hosting service appears to be a proactive move to avoid government intervention and regulations requiring platform providers to censor speech.  Rumble is moving from Toronto, Canada to Sarasota, Florida.

As noted by Glenn Greenwald, “Canada is actively creating laws to impose civil or even criminal liability on social media platforms that don’t censor enough,” as a result, any content platform provider could be subject to civil or criminal liability if they do not filter content based on ideological demands of the government.

Canada and the EU are both working on laws that will define acceptable speech and the various platform hosts who give a place for online content will be held accountable.  The goal of the left-wing ideology is to censor speech they view as against their interests (ex: COVID vaccination etc).  Not accidentally, this same framework to stop speech has now moved to the U.S. congress as ideological activists are creating the background for U.S. regulations.  That’s the motive behind Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen {Go Deep} who has testified and advocated for controls over speech in the U.S. and U.K (link).

This regulatory push to make tech platform providers like Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and now alternative venues like Rumble, Telegram, Locals, Substack, etc subject to regulations, civil and criminal punishments by bureaucratic government panels, is actually the reason why CEO Mark Zuckerberg changed the company structure of Facebook.

The creation of “Meta” as the parent company of Facebook was fundamentally a risk management strategy, limiting liability, more than anything else.

Just like the example of the Exxon Valdez oil spill changing the corporate structure for oil companies, limiting liability by removing Exxon tanker ships from the larger parent company, and using leased contracts under subsidiary names, so too does Facebook limit their liabilities by isolating each platform division away from the company’s top line revenue.

Big Tech was/is colluding with  their government allies and censoring content on their platforms based on ideology.  However, with various alternatives now surfacing as a result of a massive purge by Big Tech, the need for government intervention to continue the censorship has become paramount.  Canada and the EU are both working on regulations to fulfill this objective.  The owners of Rumble are smart to make a proactive move away from those regulations.

(Herald-Tribune)  Toronto-based video platform Rumble, which is popular among conservative viewers, will establish its U.S. headquarters on Longboat Key.

The platform provides video creators a way to host, manage, distribute and create feeds and monetize their content, according to Rumble’s website. Rumble has signed a lease for a property on Longboat Key, according to a press release announcing the move.

A representative of the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County said at a County Commission meeting last week that a Canadian company was coming to Longboat Key, but the EDC did not reveal the name of the company until now.

“Moving to Longboat Key is a win-win for Rumble and the Sarasota community,” Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski said in the press release. “Sarasota County is growing rapidly, and we are excited to be part of the growth. We plan to fill 20-25 new positions in Florida immediately for our U.S. headquarters, with many more planned for the future. This move positions us to continue providing a platform to content creators without the threats from big tech monopolies. We are excited to invest in Florida in the coming years while we continue to grow Rumble.” (read more)

In the background of all internet communication, this discussion has been happening for years.  CTH has been active inside this conversation since our own deplatforming from WP/Automattic in 2020.

Creating communication systems, including the myriad of website systems, that are not subject to the ideological whims of internet tech companies is not an easy accomplishment.  However, it is getting better as more systems and platform providers are quickly coming online.  Oddly enough, there is a strong army of people who create the tech systems, the actual coders and design architects, who are independent and do not agree with the totalitarian outlooks of the Big Tech conglomerate.

Starting from a decade long deficit, the “Rebel Alliance” has made great strides in creating systems and tech infrastructure to remove the tentacles of Big Tech.

Servers and internet systems are now rapidly organizing to host content providers without fear of removal; however, there is still a long way to go.

Nov 2 2021

Even the Left is Questioning Natural Immunity


Armstrong Economics Blog/Vaccine Re-Posted Nov 2, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

Notoriously left Bill Maher is wondering why America denies the impact of natural immunity. “If [a firefighter] is willing to go into a burning building and says, ‘I’m just not that afraid of COVID and I don’t want to take the shot’ — that should be enough,” Caitlin Flanagan commented, defending her position that people who save lives should not be fired. “How do people from one party get such a bad idea, where did that come from?” Maher asks after reviewing the rates of hospitalization for the unvaccinated. Some Democrats are beginning to dissent from the Biden, Gates, and Schwab agenda. We saw how the party handled the recent spending bill, and the far-left is beginning to separate from the moderates.

Nov 2 2021

Carl Sagan’s Wisdom


Armstrong Economics Blog/Behavioral Economics Re-Posted Nov 2, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

Nov 2 2021

For The First Time Ever New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is asked a Tough Question About Her Vaccine Position, She Melted on Camera


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on November 2, 2021 | Sundance | 58 Comments

New Zealand’s smiley faced Fascist Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is the female messiah to the global progressive movement. Everything about her is carefully controlled and scripted for public display; including her positions on COVID-19 mitigation, her insane lockdowns, geographic bubble dictates and her over-the-top vaccine mandate push.

Any journalist/’churnalist’ who does not stay inside the government approved guidelines for COVID questioning is removed from their job. In every extreme manner you would consider, the New Zealand government under the Ardern regime control everything the public is permitted to hear.

Today, Ardern traveled to the guarded proximity border between Auckland and Northland where she was justifying her quarantine enforcement zones. The guarded checkpoints are in place to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus, or so she claims. Ardern has never been publicly challenged to reconcile her continued claims that the vaccine will stop people from getting the COVID-19 virus, because the government controls who is permitted to ask questions.

Today, what I believe to be a pharmacist, attended one of her frequent press conferences and challenged her for the first time to explain her position. The man asking the questions cited the reality and scientific outcomes in the U.K. and Israel that show the vaccine does nothing to stop the spread of the virus or any variant. This was the very first time Prime Minister Ardern faced a question that was not from a controlled and approved media script.  WATCH WHAT HAPPENS (video at 10:00 prompted):

A visibly shaken Prime Minister Ardern could not handle being asked to reconcile her continued claims about vaccine efficacy against the reality that the vaccine does nothing to stop the spread of the virus.  She had to shut down the conversation, and the questioner was promptly the target of the government control agents.