YouTube Censoring Putin for Disagreeing with Lenin


Armstrong Economics Blog/BigTech Re-Posted Jun 23, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

Putin did an interview where he revealed what he thought about Lenin’s entire Communist movement. He made it very clear that Lenin was NOT a statesman but just a Bolshevik Revolutionary. Putin also revealed his disagreement with the Great Reset, which is following the same mistake of Lenin. This interview has been removed by YouTube. The ONLY possible reason to remove it is that the West is following Marx, and Putin warned that was NOT the correct path for governments to follow. This action by YouTube implies that they are acting in the best interest of a totalitarian form of government and not what the United States enshrined in the Constitution.

They have removed people who talk about COVID or the vaccine. But this is far worse. This reveals that they are on board with a far more significant agenda — the destruction of all our freedom and a new world of totalitarianism. I would NEVER have thought their cancel agenda would go that far. But to remove the video of a head of state because he said Lenin was not a statesman is just unbelievable.

Brotherly Arguments


Armstrong Economics Blog/Civil Unrest Re-Posted Jun 23, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

COMMENT: Martin,

My brother is in town today, and instead of discussing religion (always colorful, as he is agnostic and I am evangelical), we were discussing politics.

He is fleeing San Francisco because of their covid lockdowns and is appalled that his liberal friends took the whole narrative hook, line, and sinker. He calls himself a libertarian, but the discussion that we were having was on inheritance tax.  He believes that someone ought to be able to enjoy making as much money as they want (he is single with no children) without any repercussions, but that when someone dies, that money should be redistributed (or is he put it repatriated), to the needy in society.

At that point, my head exploded.

I was so flustered it was difficult to keep up with his broken definitions.  He asked if I thought Society had a responsibility to care for the needy (he never defined “needy”).  I answered no, that it was up to us as individuals to see needs and answer them personally, or as members of a church, give to causes if we so desire.  For a “society” (government) to coerce funds from some to give to others is extortion and bribery for votes.  He accused me of walking a thin line and asked where is there room in my thinking for altruism?  I pointed out that my wife and I have adopted three needy little girls from drug-broken homes.  I asked why he doesn’t voluntarily exhibit altruism to the needs he see, and he said he could.  However, when I asked point blank where his altruism is right now, he was rather flustered and finally pointed to the taxes that he pays, which I pointed out to mostly into the politician’s pockets.

What I didn’t think of until later is this: what gives anyone the right to decide what is the most “needy need” for someone else’s funds (or what he would call “society’s funds”)?  We cannot redefine extortion and bribery (for votes) as altruism.

I am so disappointed if his being brainwashed by San Francisco (even thinking himself a libertarian), that I am having trouble thinking straight.

Do you have any other advice on how to approach his fractured line of thought, or should I just wait until tomorrow when he is gone to try to undue all the poison he feeds my mother (a recovering Democrat) tonight?

DB

REPLY: Not really. Perhaps someone dropped him on his head in the delivery room. Humanity began with simply forming a bond between two people. Then they had children, and for thousands of years, until the 1930s and dawn of socialism, the children took care of their parents in old age. That is still the case in most third world countries and Eastern Europe. The introduction of socialism broke the family bonds. The children no longer support their parents, as that is what pensions and Social Security provide. Socialism altered the entire family structure for thousands of years.

What is taking place is that governments can no longer keep kicking the can down the road. This entire economic system is based upon an illegal Ponzi Scheme, especially now when they have lowered interest rates below the minimum threshold of 8% that they need to break even. They now either have to admit that what they have been doing since World War II (i.e., borrowing with no intention of paying anything back), or they must collapse the system into a new totalitarian state because all the pension and social funds will collapse. They have clearly chosen the totalitarian path and are relying on people like your brother to suppress the rest of us into economic slaves for their benefit.

The Hatred of our Way of Life


Armstrong Economics Blog/Economics Re-Posted Jun 23, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

COMMENT: Hi Martin,

A fundamental aspect of capitalism is the protection of property rights.  It appears that a part of the Marxist’s plan of attack is to kick the legs out from under capitalism.  Hence, the defunding of police.  If there is no protection then there are effectively no property rights.

Eliminating police protection runs in parallel with using lockdowns to destroy small businesses.

Destroying businesses and creating an environment in which people with capital will not start new ones is an attempt to defeat capitalism and clear the way for a Marxist takeover.

The world is under attack.  This truly is a war.

The leftists can’t win elections honestly by promoting an evil ideology or the man-made global warming fraud.  They’ve gone to war using the fake pandemic as a Trojan horse to ride in on.

They’re fighting to stop the audits because they’re desperate to hold their ground.

Regards,

FA

REPLY: They are doing everything possible to defeat our way of life. This reminds me of the emperor Maximinus I (235-238AD) who effectively declared all wealth in the country belonged to the state. He paid bribes to anyone who turned in another for hiding their wealth. Of course, the IRS already does exactly the same as Maximinus. They will pay you a portion of someone’s wealth if you report something where they are hiding their wealth someplace.

Once Maximinus wiped out small businesses in this manner, it led to the collapse in confidence in the economy, and from there on out commerce declined because businesses did not restart. This is the very same pattern despite the fact they do not call themselves EMPERORS – at least in public.

In this case, one Pi Cycle marked the bottom in the economy of Rome 237 to 268 = 31 years. It should take about 8.6 years to see the further economic decline from the start of this assault in 2019 using COVID. This will bring us to 2027 which is a major target on many of our models around the world. We are looking at a coordinated period of rising civil unrest which should accelerate post-2024 on an international level centered in Europe and North America – (Just look at the NYC election for Mayor).

This is simply caused by the collapse of confidence in government where 50% of the people question everything from the election results to the origin of COVID and the draconian lockdowns. The contemporary writers were at a loss to explain his actions. They put forth the claim that Maximinus was really a barbarian who hated the Roman way of life. He never entered Rome itself. Eventually, his own troops beheaded him and sent his head to the Senate.

Even over 4,000 people in Massachusetts have tested positive for COVID after being vaccinated. So why are only vaccinated people allowed into mass gatherings when it does not prevent the disease? Springsteen on Broadway announced that they will only allow people to attend who have been vaccinated ONLY with FDA-approved Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Johnson & Johnson. People vaccinated with AstraZeneca in Canada or Europe are not allowed to attend Broadway. Whenever I went to a Broadway play, the vast majority were tourists and most of them were from Europe. Guess I will not go to Broadway again. The lunatics are now in charge of the Big Asylum – no longer the Big Apple – worse initials have always been just BS.

People are starting to realize that the government has lied to them about everything. They are now event saying there are UFOs for the first time implying they have lied even about that for 75 years or more. Even on that topic, people conclude that there are really aliens visiting with UFOs, or these are UAPs which are entirely homegrown products of revolutionary and clandestine technological advances. Either way, the government is not telling the truth. Once trust in government fails, that is how and when nations fall and are buried in a common grave no matter what form they have professed.

Will Biden’s Tax Proposals and Pelosi’s new tax fairness committee to which she appointed only extreme lefts including AOC be the Maximinus event? Whose’ head will be put on a plate this time?

Loudon County Virginia School Board Meeting Erupts in Chaos, Parents Confront Board and Board Shuts Down Discussion


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on June 22, 2021 | Sundance | 223 Comments

Parents and residents of Loudon County, Virginia, confronted the administration of the School Board today and things quickly escalated. As parents spoke out against Critical Race Theory the board voted to stop public comment.  After the board shut down public comments the Board Superintendent then declared the meeting was an unlawful assembly and had the Sheriff’s department begin making arrests.

Part of the meeting is below including the comments from Richard Black a former state senator.

The conservative parents and residents refused to be silenced, so the Superintendent called the meeting an ‘unlawful assembly’, the next video shows confrontation between parents and the Sheriff’s department.   The police were put in a bad spot by the School Board decision.

Senate Republicans Block Advancement of Democrat Federal Election Takeover Bill, Schumer Vows to Keep Trying


Posted Originally on the conservative tree house on June 22, 2021 | Sundance | 48 Comments

In a party-line vote the Senate did not get enough votes to advance cloture of the federal election takeover bill.  The senate voted 50-50 to advance the bill; however, 60 votes are needed to invoke cloture and continue.  Effectively, the republican senators have blocked the advancement of the bill using the filibuster.  Even for BlackRock republicans the ramifications of this bill were too toxic and too well known.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is now left with a decision of whether to change the rules of the Senate and eliminate the filibuster.  The severe left-wing of the Democrat party want Schumer to eliminate the filibuster and make simple majority legislation the rule of the Senate.  The pressure on Schumer will now intensify as the the federal takeover of election bill will be used as an example for their position.

WASHINGTON DC – Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ sweeping elections and ethics reform bill on Tuesday, renewing calls from progressives to nix the legislative filibuster.

In a 50-50 vote, the Senate failed to move forward on the legislation, a top priority for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The path forward is now murky at best on an issue that Democrats say they need to resolve before the 2022 midterms.

Following the vote, Schumer vowed that Democrats would explore “every last one of our options” and pledged that the issue would come up for debate again in the Senate.

“Democrats are going to keep going all summer, all fall, as long as it takes,” Schumer said. “This concerns the very core of our democracy. So we will not let it go. We will not let it die. This voter suppression cannot stand. And we are going to work tirelessly to see that it does not stand.”

Republicans, however, remain vehemently opposed, arguing that the bill — which Democrats designated S. 1 to signify its importance — would amount to nothing more than the federalization of the U.S. election system. That means that Democrats would need to change Senate rules in order to pass the legislation. (read more)

If you want to get a gauge for the sentiment of the nation, check out the comments at the C-SPAN YouTube link.

With Marching Orders From Obama The Senate Prepares to Ram Through The Federal Takeover of Elections


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on June 22, 2021 | Sundance | 342 Comments

Earlier today President Obama pulled the progressive tribes together and told them to support West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin’s manipulative deflection/amendment.  Manchin is trying to defend himself against West Virginia backlash by clouding the intent of Democrats to forever takeover federal and state elections.   Democrats want to codify permanent “mail-in ballots” into federal law to ensure they can duplicate the 2020 election outcome forever.

Using professional political parseltongue “Manchin said Tuesday afternoon that he would vote with the rest of the Democratic caucus to advance the bill. “I’ve found common ground with my Democratic colleagues on a new version of the bill that ensures our elections are fair, accessible and secure,” Manchin said in a statement.”

The Democrats now have enough votes to begin advancing SB1, the full takeover of U.S. elections with Democrats in control over every rule and process.  However, the Republican wing of the UniParty cannot give Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer 10 votes to overcome the filibuster without the GOP base knowing their intent.  So McConnell has vowed to filibuster the bill.

Progressive leftists will want Chuck Schumer to get rid of the filibuster and use a simple majority vote in the Senate to pass the “Take Away The Right to Vote” legislation.  However, if the Democrats fail in cheating on a massive scale in 2022, they could lose the Senate and House, and SB1 could be reversed and leave Biden to stand alone vetoing the bill to undo the election takeover.

It’s a calculating game of political scheme and fraud, where the DC elites (both parties) are trying to determine their odds of pulling off the plan while simultaneously keeping the American electorate from seeing what they are doing.   Pelosi has the military defenses around the Capitol prepared to keep back any revolting peasants; but that security only works if the politicians don’t leave DC.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid famously sequestered the Senate in December of 2009 to block any senator from returning to his/her state where they would face the fury of their electorate and likely recant support for Obamacare.  Unfortunately, Senate Majority Chuck Schumer doesn’t have the benefit of the calendar to jail the senators from leaving DC, and simultaneously tensions at home in every state are unseasonably hot.

[Via Politico] […] –  Proponents of the bill argue that it’s a necessary response to recent state laws from GOP legislatures that restrict access to the ballot, where were introduced in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Democrats’ legislation would lead to significant changes in how elections are conducted across the country, including provisions to mandate in-person early voting in all states, require that states offer no-excuse absentee voting and institute automatic and same-day voter registration. It would also require that most states establish independent redistricting commissions.

The bill as written also contains sweeping campaign finance and ethics updates, like a public financing system for congressional races, which have often taken a back seat to the elections portions of the law.

The bill remains a potent motivating factor among much of the Democratic base.  (more)

EPIC Bucks County Pennsylvania Resident and Taxpayer Confronts The School Board


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on June 22, 2021 | Sundance | 190 Comments

Simon Campbell, a resident of the Pennsbury School District in Bucks County Pennsylvania confronts the school board in an epic confrontation of their brutal censorship.  Not only does Mr. Campbell bring the righteous indignation, he also brings the citations, documents and receipts; including the board’s own internal communication.

Campbell later uploaded this speech to his YouTube channel with citations to all of the documents he reviewed [SEE HERE].  Mr. Campbell is well versed in the subject matter at hand, well prepared for the confrontation, and rather eloquent in his argument.  ENJOY:  [Prompted to 01:51]

♦ Pennsbury’s Director of Equity, Diversity & Education, Dr. Cherissa Gibson, in an email dated March 20, 2021 at 2:20pm to Superintendent Gretzula and School Board President Toy-Dragoni, released under the Right-to-Know-Law, is seen promoting a government agenda of censoring public comment with which she disagrees. {Source}

♦ Pennsbury School Board President, Christine Toy-Dragoni, gleefully tells the public she will go along with the censorship agenda of Dr. Gibson {Source}

President Trump Replaces Jason Miller with Liz Harrington as Spokesperson


Posted originally on the conservative tree house June 22, 2021 | Sundance | 83 Comments

Last week President Trump announced ‘sketchy’ Jason Miller would be removed from his role as spokesperson and replaced with Liz Harrington. According to the press release: “Harrington is the former national spokesperson for the Republican National Committee” [replaced Kayleigh McEnany], “editor-in-chief of Warroom.org” [Steve Bannon], and “senior writer for the Washington Free Beacon” [Paul Singer].

Donald J. Trump is pleased to announce Liz Harrington, a strong Republican conservative voice for America and who has represented conservative policies so well over the years, as our new spokesperson for Save America and Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America. Liz will be taking the place of Jason Miller, who will be leaving to enter the private sector. “I greatly thank Jason for his service—he is outstanding!” said President Donald J. Trump. (more)

Ducks meet row.

In combination with the shift in personnel President Trump is returning to the campaign trail with a rally in Wellington, Ohio, on Saturday June 26th [7:00pm EDT] at the Lorain County Fairgrounds.  The purpose of the rally is to support Max Miller who is running a primary challenge against GOP incumbent Rep. Anthony Gonzalez; a DeceptiCon target for MAGA removal. Gonzalez voted in favor of impeachment and in favor of Pelosi’s January 6 Commission.

President Trump will also be traveling to the Texas border region on Wednesday June 30th, “my visit will hopefully shine a spotlight on these crimes against our Nation—and show the incredible people of ICE and Border Patrol that they have our unshakeable support.” {link}

DOWN UNDER & the Great Reset


Armstrong Economics Blog/Gov’t Incompetence Re-Posted Jun 22, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Re, the distorted job market.
We currently run a short term accommodation business in NSW, Australia. For about 3 years we have been trying to hire housekeepers. What we slowly learned was what you mentioned in your blog. We would get at least 40 applications for the one position. Then I would break it down to the top 5. I would close the job ad. Then none would answer the phone. A local guy told me that all they have to do is apply to show it to the unemployment agency to keep their benefits. The long term effect will be devastating. We have decided to stop expanding our business purely because we can’t find workers willing to do at a minimum 15 hours per week. It’s a joke.
How does Australia fit into this whole climate change/great reset when we are so heavily dependant on commodities exports?
L, NSW

ANSWER: This is why the government is simply incompetent. The people who write these laws know absolutely nothing. I was in our London office, and I was asked to urgently fly over to a major client in Germany, a public corporation. They had wanted to reduce their workforce by 20% and needed permission from the government to do so. They agreed and at the last minute, they said it was not “fair” that the company pick and choose. They had to make the offer with 100,00DM to give up your job willingly. All the best people took the money and ran because they knew they could get a job elsewhere. The company was left with the very people they wanted to fire.

When I got to the board meeting, the accountant firm advised tapping into their pension fund on the spot, and then most of the board resigned. The chairman told me he had to leave because the company would go bankrupt and he did not want that on his resume.

I lost my health insurance under Obamacare which was Blue Cross. They said it did not comply because it did not have maternity leave and coverage for children. I said I was not married. Obamacare imposed maternity leave on everyone, regardless of age or marital status. When they sent me new cards, they included cards for children I did not have under 26. When I called them, they said I was not “paying anything extra,” for it was included, and the price doubled.

Here we have absolute stupidity. The unemployed keep getting money, pretending they are looking for jobs by simply making a phone call and never showing up. Then you walk around and see signs everywhere — “HELP WANTED!”

The fate of Australia is in the hands of incompetent bureaucrats. These people really think they can flip the world economy GREEN in two years or less and think this will all be a walk in the park. Commodity prices will rise because of incompetence and the attempt by the government to reduce the supply of anything they deem a threat to the world economy.

Schwab’s World Economic Forum has sold this Great Reset:

  1.  Digital currency will eliminate crime & tax avoidance
  2.  New Modern Monetary Theory means they can create money without debt or inflation
  3. Create millions of GREEN jobs without mentioning they will lose 10 times as many elsewhere
  4. Guaranteed Basic Income to keep the permanently unemployed home watching censored TV

World Health Organization Now Says Children Should Not Be Vaccinated, Also Reports of J&J Vaccine Recalled


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on June 21, 2021 | Sundance | 192 Comments

CTH has received anecdotal and unconfirmed reports the Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccine has been pulled from the market.  Three independent reports, from 3 different retail pharmacies, have highlighted instructions to send back the J&J vaccine.  If we find out more about this we will let you know ASAP.

Per earlier reporting from media, there was supposed to be an emergency FDA/CDC/NIH meeting this Friday about substantial reports of vaccine side-effects.  Perhaps the J&J recall (not yet publicized) is related; unknown.  In the interim, The World Health Organization (WHO) is now recommending that children SHOULD NOT get the vaccine: {LINK}

WHO – […] Children should not be vaccinated for the moment. There is not yet enough evidence on the use of vaccines against COVID-19 in children to make recommendations for children to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Children and adolescents tend to have milder disease compared to adults. However, children should continue to have the recommended childhood vaccines. (link)

That’s a pretty profound change in direction from the WHO with little publicity about it.  Something seemingly sketchy appears to be going on in the background.

How can colleges and schools require a COVID vaccine when the WHO is now recommending against it?

Suspicious cat remains, well, suspicious…

… and we note the earlier warning:  “As soon as corporate media starts giving credit for the vaccine to President Donald Trump, *THAT* is the exact moment when you will know the narrative will switch to “dangerous vaccinations”. .  Watch for it.”