The Rising Great Divide


Armstrong Economics Blog/Civil Unrest Re-Posted Oct 26, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

COMMENT: Marty,
Your last post rings so true. Which why I feel a bit hopeless about CA. Florida, with DeSantis leading is definitely heading in the right direction.

My step, father-in-law is a living example of what you talk about. He is overweight, diabetic, double vaxxed, masked, drives an electric hybrid car, and a staunch Democrat who voted for Biden. I sent him the link to the U.K. daily mail Hunter Biden expose saying that his vote brought that filth into the White House, and he just exploded about how Trump was racist, Trump this, Trump that…. it was never about whether Biden was any good.

He cared not in the least that small businesses, such as mine were shut down last year, or that my kids were kept out of school. He went out of his way to argue that masks prevented infection and the spread of covid. He encouraged people to get tested for covid, and got double vaxxed himself. He uses CNN as a source of “authority”.

And to think that his family fled communist China, and then to see him acting this way is just really mind boggling. You cannot argue with a 60+ year-old man, you just cannot no matter what evidence or counter-arguments you present.

Somehow the double vax did not kill him. I wonder if he will get his booster soon.

Thank you.
SH

REPLY: I had dinner with a friend who brought his son, who was recently married. His wife just completed her degree to be a teacher. All I said was, “Well, stay clear of California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. Their pension systems are crumbling.” She responded, “Oh you’re an anti-vaxer.” At no point in the conversation did we talk about politics or vaccines. It seems this vaccine is now defining those who see the loss of liberty compared with those eager to hand over all their rights to get people they disagree with. I think I have a right to live in a free country. They seem to disagree; I should not have any rights if I do not agree with their position. This is the evil of the left who will never live in peace. They have no idea what liberty even means.

Turning Your Hatred of Trump Against Yourself


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Oct 26, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Do you think Trump was a better president? He was a moron!

HJ

ANSWER: I really think you are too caught up in this idea that the president is actually in charge of the country. I have said from the outset, the 2020 election was NEVER about Trump v Biden. If you really think that Biden is in charge, I don’t know what to say. No matter what party you ever voted for, it is an agenda that rules, not the president. That was Trump’s problem. He thought being president meant you actually ran the country. The Deep State is in charge, and, make no mistake about it, they set the dark agenda.Video Player00:0001:12

Even Schumer admitted that no politicians will EVER criticize the intelligence community, for they have “six ways from Sunday” to get you. The country is NOT a corporation. The president is not in charge of it, and that is a known fact in Washington. They are allowed to play with social benefits. Beyond that, the Deep State will not tolerate interference. It would take the military to take down the Deep State. We have no right to vote them in or out, and no politician will ever do anything against them. It is in so many ways a dictatorship behind closed doors.

The Deep State was supposed to release all the papers on the JFK assassination during Trump’s term. They convinced him to grant them a delay until after the election because they KNEW he would lose. Now under Biden, they are using COVID as an excuse not to release them, and the talk is there will NEVER be a release because the real source was the Deep State — not Russia.

I have been against Biden not because of him personally nor because I thought Trump was a better man. My position has been BECAUSE Biden is only a puppet, and the BUILD BACK BETTER agenda is a global agenda headed by Klaus Schwab and his World Economic Forum. This is NOT a Republican v Democrat war. Biden has just implemented mandatory vaccines even for Americans who want to travel internationally. In Australia, Victoria is already telling people they will need regular booster shots to retain whatever limited privileges he is granting while converting emergency power to permanent legislation. That is coming everywhere worldwide.

This is We the People v a Foreign Enemy of State — The World Economic Forum. I am sure you will not believe me because you just hate Trump so much. Based upon your emails, you are just a fool who has been manipulated by this agenda. Trump stood in the way. He had to be removed. They had Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. To pull this off, Trump had to be removed.

In his Scranton speech, Biden said, “We will take, literally, millions of automobiles off the road. Off the road.” Gasoline is approaching $9 per gallon in California. Biden tried to track every transaction down to $600. Did you look at his bill trying to take 10% of everybody’s salary and force it as a loan to the government paying an annuity? That is what collapsed the city of Mainz during the 14th century and started the German hyperinflation following the December 1922 forced loan. Were any of these measures even raised during the election? Did you vote to surrender 10% of your salary and surrender your car?

It is sad. But this is only going to end in civil unrest. They have no right to take the Constitution, tear up our rights, and transform them only into privileges that can then be taken away or eliminated at their discretion. Our liberty is something people fought for over centuries. You are willing to relinquish the blood of all those who died fighting for this cause of freedom. Rest assured, your hatred of Trump has been used against you, and you are so blind to your own rights that you are destroying the future of your own posterity.

Senator Josh Hawley Releases Email Showing Sketchy Biden Administration Guidelines for Afghan Refugee Evacuation


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on October 26, 2021 | Sundance | 95 Comments

This evening Senator Josh Hawley released an email (via Twitter) showing the evacuation guidelines given by the administration to the U.S. officials on the ground in Kabul Afghanistan.  The email details quoted instructions to Gregory A Floyd from someone in the administration speaking on behalf of Joe Biden.

As noted by Hawley: “This email was shared w/ me by an American official present in Afghanistan during the evacuation who was shocked by Administration’s failure to vet Afghans before they were evacuated. Email details orders from Joe Biden to fill up the planes – even without vetting:”

Team,

President Biden phoned Ambassador Wilson with the following directive about who to clear to board evacuation flights.

 “1. Anyone with a valid form of ID should be given permission to go on a plane if that person plausibly falls into the categories we will evacuate: U.S. citizens and LPRs plus their immediate families, LES plus their immediate families, those entitled to an SIV, and Afghans at risk.

2.  Families including women and children should be allowed through and held to fill out planes.

3.  Total inflow to the U.S. must exceed the number of seats available.  Err on the side of excess.”

This guidance provides clear discretion and direction to fill seats and to provide special consideration for women and children when we have seats. I expect that C17 flight volume will increase.

Thank you.

Greg

Moderna CEO States Likelihood for Booster Shots Every Year


Posted originally on the conservative tree house October 26, 2021 | Sundance | 465 Comments

Moderna Chairman Noubar Afeyan appeared on Fox Business News with Maria Bartiromo earlier today.  [Watch the first four minutes]  As Ms. Bartiromo gleefully congratulates Moderna and Mr. Afeyan for their incredible mRNA technology, the CEO notes there could be a ‘continued need for boosting’ every year.

Watch carefully how Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) member Maria Bartiromo introduces Mr. Noubar Afeyan to her audience at the beginning.

Wall Street very happy…. very happy indeed.

Once you get on the Ronacoaster….

FDA Panel Votes Unanimously to Approve 5 to 11-year-old Vaccinations: “We’re Never Going to Learn About How Safe This Vaccine Is Unless We Start Giving It, That’s Just The Way It Goes”…


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on October 26, 2021 | Sundance | 344 Comments

The FDA panel has voted 17 to 0 to approve the Pfizer vaccine for 5 to 11-year-olds.  One of the FDA Panelists, Dr. Ruben, outlined his support by saying “We’re never gonna learn about how safe the vaccine is until we start giving it. That’s the way it goes.” 

Another panelist noted that 700 young people under the age of 18 have died ‘with‘ COVID, or COVID related symptoms in the past two years.  With the full support of the FDA panel, the large scale rollout of the vaccine in young children will now head to the CDC for final approvals. 

WASHINGTON DC – Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted 17-0 with one abstention Tuesday to recommend Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine in children 5 to 11.

Members of the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee agreed that the benefits of vaccinating younger children appeared to outweigh the risks, but some members appeared troubled about voting to vaccinate a large population of younger children based on studies of a few thousand.

“It is reassuring to me that we are giving a lower dose,” said Dr. Paul Offit, a vaccine expert at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Pfizer has cut its vaccine to one-third of the adult dose for the children under 12.

“I am just worried that if we say yes, then the states are going to mandate administration of this vaccine for children to go to school and I do not agree with that,” said Dr. Cody Meissner, a professor of pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine. “I think that would be an error at this time.” (read more)

Virginia Politics Is a Very Narrow Ideological Segment Where Inside Clubs Play


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on October 26, 2021 | Sundance | 277 Comments

There is a great deal of political media time devoted to the Virginia gubernatorial election that takes place next week.  There is also a major disconnect in the analysis of Virginia politics and what takes place there, so it’s worth pausing and reminding everyone about its unique status.

When an event happens in New York City, the scale of media coverage is so disproportionate to the issue it has historically been laughable.  The media are centered in NYC, so the media focus on events in NYC as if the rest of the country cares.  We don’t.  A waterline break in a NYC subway station gets the scale of national media coverage as if Hoover dam collapsed; most Americans just roll their eyes.

However, because of the proximity to Washington DC, and because of where almost all the federal workers inside the DC system live, that same scale of skewed emphasis is also evident in Virginia when it comes to anything political.

Virginia politics is where the UniParty swamp creatures argue among themselves.  In Virginia the elites in the DNC club debate their high-brow outlooks with the elites in the RNC club.  Virginia is where the traditional DC political establishment of both clubs gather socially to pontificate about their importance in the world of everything political.

Is the whole state like this?  No.  However, the DC beltway is so influential and so populous the other parts of the state are essentially irrelevant to election outcomes.

As the U.S. federal government grew, so too did the swamp physically expand to make room for all the high-minded bureaucrats who run the machine.  Northern and Eastern Virginia were taken over and absorbed into the swamp, the rest of Virginia was cast into the role of Oliver asking for a bit more soup.

When Peter Strzok and Lisa Page were talking about smelly WalMart people, they were really just encapsulating the reality that exists in Virginia, elites -vs- proles, they were not lying; they just said the accepted quiet part out loud and a lot more people saw it, that’s all.

What passes for an acceptable Republican in Virginia is the Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney and John McCain brands.  There is almost no difference between an establishment Republican and an establishment Democrat in this region. They eat together, hang out together, party together and generally live their best swamp life together.   As a result, their election debates are usually on nuanced cultural issues.

In the widely covered current governors race, the difference between former governor Terry McAuliffe (Democrat) and first-time Republican candidate Glen Youngkin, is very small.   The clubs keep it that way; and no, they do not care about your opinion.  Anyone who challenges the internecine club system in Virginia will quickly see themselves removed, and the club(s) will modify the party rules to avoid any further encroachment.

Democrat Terry McAuliffe messed things up for his club when he said parents should not be able to influence what happens in their children’s schools.  Republican Glen Youngkin seized on that opportunity to enhance his club….. and as usual, that’s now the central focal point of the Virginia race.

Notice, neither candidate talks much about forced vaccines, workers losing their jobs over vaccines, vaccine passports, tax punishments, job losses or inflation, because the club leaders have instructed the club candidates to chew the fat on an educational and cultural issue they deem to carry national importance.  Additionally, notice how Youngkin will not talk positively about Donald Trump and has not wanted any support whatsoever from Trump because his consultants believe the MAGA mindset is too controversial for the electorate.

You may remember a similar scenario in 2014 when Tom Cotton was running for the Senate in Arkansas and the GOeP club (writ large) told Cotton to tone himself down to a light pastel in order to appeal to “moderate” and “women” voters.  Unlike Youngkin, Tom Cotton refused the consultant advice and went full wolverine against the democrat incumbent Mark Pryor.  Throughout the race club pollsters and DNC media said the Arkansas race was tight and Cotton would likely lose if he kept being aggressive and pro-constitution (a Tea Party theme) in his campaign.  On election night, Cotton won by 17 points.

This milquetoast approach to elections is where the terms “suburban women’s vote” or “suburban soccer moms” comes back into play, as both clubs debate which club has better parenting skills.  Meanwhile, the political consultants are paid to figure out which catch-phrase has the best cultural acceptance rate. Watching this level of political theater is almost as painful as being forced to watch CNN cover a blown water main in New York City, because inevitably we are going to hear the same tired narrative from the Republican pundit class…. “This has national implications.”  No, no it doesn’t.

Vote for Youngkin because at least you’ll have a fighting chance and he’s not a communist.  But don’t consider a state-wide race in Virginia, fraught with nuanced shades of purple, to be a referendum on how the nation feels as a whole.  In Virginia the grassroots divisions are bold, but the party club divisions are almost invisible.

The Virginia Governor’s race is akin to two lovers debating whether Mercedes or BMW will be their next SUV….

…..And that is exactly why RNC President Ronna McDaniel is willing leave the spa a little early, put down her white wine spritzer, walk away from the crustless triangle sandwich buffet and give everyone her opinion on what really matters to American voters.

FDA Panel Pretends They are Deliberating Vaccines for Kids 5 to 11 – However, The Exclusive Pfizer Packaging for Kids Already Distributed


Posted originally on the conservative tree house October 26, 2021 | Sundance | 393 Comments

Everything about vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 for COVID-19 is wrong, on every level. There is an infinitesimally small risk for children from the COVID-19 virus or any variant, and that risk only presents in children with preexisting comorbidity (ie. something else already wrong).

As parents, grandparents and family members watching the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) closely on this issue, there is another alarming aspect to the influence of Big Pharma and politics in the vaccination debate.

As noted in this AP article about the FDA presumably deliberating today whether to approve the Pfizer vaccine for kids aged 5 to 11, note this tell-tale sign showing this ‘deliberation’ itself is a ruse:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine may be getting closer as government advisers on Tuesday began deliberating whether there’s enough evidence that the shots are safe and effective for 5- to 11-year-olds.

[…] States are getting ready to roll out shots for little arms — in special orange-capped vials to distinguish them from adult vaccine — as soon as the government gives the OK.  (read more)

The pharmaceutical industry has already secured the special packaging, modified the kiddie materials, shipped the specialized doses, and done everything to stage the kids vaccine in the supply chain – BEFORE the FDA has approved the vaccine.    This level of proactive expense by Pfizer tells us the FDA deliberation is a complete farce.  Pfizer knows the vaccine approval is a foregone conclusion.

What we are talking about here is another level of evil entirely.

Obviously the political operatives within the FDA and CDC will approve the vaccine for kids, BigRx is paying them big money to push it.

It will not be long before schools will require it and parents will be forced to decide between homeschooling their kids or giving them an untested medical procedure they do not need.  Everything about this is nuts, and infuriating.

Yes, private schools for unvaccinated kids are likely to eventually surface; but the premise behind the entire system creating the need for them is abject fraud.

Resistance is Building – Let’s Go Brandon


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Oct 26, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

The number one song on iTunes, beating even Adele, was “Let’s go Brandon,” which was banned by YouTube because it is the new saying “F__k Joe Biden.” What has emerged around the country is resistance that has NEVER before been seen in America. The new anti-Biden “Let’s Go Brandon” song by rapper Bryson Gray was censored by both YouTube and Instagram because it is against Biden. Social media is so anti-democratic you would think they are desperately trying to convert the United States into the new hybrid version of the Soviet Union. Freedom of speech has truly vanished. I am writing about this BECAUSE the song made #1 on iTunes.

Not only did this rap song against Biden reach #1 on iTunes, but two anti-Biden songs appeared in the top five. It seems like being banned from YouTube and Instagram is becoming badges of honor. For those who are unaware of “Let’s Go Brandon,” the slogan became a meme that began during a NASCAR race. The people were chanting “F— Joe Biden,” but the NBC reporter Kelli Stavast claimed they were saying “Let’s Go Brandon” for the winner of the race, Brandon Brown. This just shows that the media is so anti-American, I certainly do not want to be caught working for the media in any capacity when civil unrest erupts in 2022.

Another version of “Let’s Go Brandon” by rapper Loza Alexander hit #1 on iTunes’ hip-hop chart. It seems that people will listen BECAUSE of the censorship. Are the people at YouTube doing more than painting a target on their foreheads as anti-American, but actually encouraging people to search out these songs? Gray’s version of “Let’s Go Brandon” was taken down by YouTube, claiming it was removed for “medical misinformation.” YouTube first banned the lyric video, and then the music video of the song, according to Fox News. Other versions are starting to appear from country music as well. When I went shopping, there were three separate people wearing “Let’s Go Brandon” t-shirts. This seems to be a fad that may become even more dominant the more they try to suppress it.

War & Money


Armstrong Economics Blog/War Re-Posted Oct 26, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

History repeats all the time. With digital currencies, the next war may not be counterfeiting the paper currency of an opponent. This time, they will have to hack the banks and wipe out people’s savings to economically undermine their economy. This means that every bank will become a target to hackers, whereas traditionally in war you simply attack the currency of the sovereign.

There was such a shortage of coinage during the American Civil War that private companies devised postage currency, encasing a postage stamp in a lessor metal that was typically not suited for war and turned that into advertising. Here we see the very same practice that emerged in France following World War I when coins were once again in short supply.

Even going back to the Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens we see that Athens itself debased its coinage and silver-plated bronze coins using the techniques of counterfeiters.

Lydia, located in modern-day Turkey, is where coins were invented. The war with Cyrus the Great of Persia, who defeated Lydia, compelled the first debasement in recorded history because of war. The gold stater was reduced in weight from 10.75 grams to 8.08 grams.

Biden New Norm


Armstrong Economics Blog/Humor Re- Posted Oct 26, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

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