In Search of a Superhero


Armstrong Economics Blog/Opinion Re-Posted Feb 2, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrongh; I watched the Forecaster here on Television in Norway. I watched it again flying to the United States on the plane. You are the only person who has the experience of politics and has faced the club head-on. Why won’t you run for president in a new third party?

OG

ANSWER: I greatly appreciate your comments. But I have no desire to step into that arena. It takes so much energy. I have seen it first hand. I am far better off behind the curtain, and even that is hard now because people want to snoop behind the curtain as well.

I never enjoyed even managing employees, no less trying to tame Washington. I tried to help and could not penetrate the corruption (swamp). We need to find someone younger who has the energy. I will be glad to whisper in their ear. But my time has passed for that. It was never my ambition. We are going to need a young superhero — that’s just not me.

I am 70 and I am too tired to do something like that. I can’t imagine Biden doing this at 78. Ronald Reagan had the courage and the stamina. He was a great man.

They say history produces our leader of savior when we need it the most. Sometimes it has given us people like Lenin, Hitler, and others who had a dream constructed on hatred of their opposition. Let us pray our next superhero will not be a madman.

Are We in the Middle of Absolute Tyranny?


Armstrong Economics Blog/Tyranny Re-Posted Feb 2, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

COMMENT: Martin and team:
With Trudeau fully on board with the Great Reset, canceling the $CDN and going fully digital is just another step to fulfill his goal.  I must confess I don’t quite understand the full significance of this and I am not sure if this is going to be reported by the mainstream media here in Canada

Unfortunately, I am sorely disappointed with the reporting of the Canadian mainstream media’s coverage of the US election as they merely regurgitate the fake news in the US.  In my opinion, if you want better fake new propaganda there is CNN and if you want a better in-depth discussion of what is really going on then you have to go to Fox news in the US (CNN had tried to stop the cable companies from carrying Fox News).
I believe if Trudeau is allowed to stay in power in the upcoming spring election (he will call one and looks like he may have a good chance of getting re-elected) he will lead our country further down the path of destruction.  We will truly become the Venezuela of the great white north, blessed with an abundance of natural resources but getting poorer due to policies driven by political ideology.  Trudeau had only given token gesture with Biden’s cancellation of the pipeline.  I believe he is also destroying our parliamentary system by not allowing the opposition party to ask legitimate questions and have a meaningful debate in the house of commons ( that is why it has canceled the currency in secrecy).

Furthermore, as we are bombarded by COVID infection and death tolls every day, the mainstream media here in BC is pushing for a more severe lockdown citing Australia as the model for getting their citizen back to “normal” life. Many in the public are angry at those who do not fully comply and want the government to impose severe fines and jail time.  Of course, they also believe the vaccine will end the lockdown.    I wonder if they really know what it is like to live under a communist regime (as one of your readers had written about what is happening in Czechoslovakia).  I will try to write to talks show hosts in radio stations who will at least listen to different viewpoints without immediately being dismissed as spreading conspiracy lies.

I am sure many of your Canadian subscribers will be eagerly awaiting your report on Canada.  I also believe we are at a crossroads here.  If we do not speak up now we will be living for the rest of our lives like sheep.
Please keep up the good work and many thanks for the important messages you are writing in your blog.
CT

REPLY: The degree of manipulation of the public on such a grand scale calls into question whether these people are being outright bribed like those at LANCET. This is a very well organized global scheme. I find it astonishing that anyone who criticizes this agenda the mainstream press is calling a conspiracy theorist. Boris Johnson even admits this is “radical” reform. He was not elected to change the world economic system. Where do these people get off changing everything, while never bothering to tell people the extent of their real plans.

It reminds me of a prosecutor trying to discredit a witness against a banker. A prosecutor asks, When was the last time he beat his wife? He responds, “Never!” He calls his wife as a witness and she swears he never beat her. The prosecutor tells the jury she lied because she was afraid she would be beaten again. He is discredited as a witness with nothing more than words.

These people are deliberately trying to change the world. They could not scare the people with climate change so they used a virus and then perhaps bribed key politicians so they never would have to submit what they had in mind to a public vote. Is this outright tyranny? If it is not, then nothing is!

THE GOOD NEWS

They will still fail!

Jason Miller Discusses Next Week Impeachment Trial with David Asman


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on February 1, 2021 by Sundance

David Asman subs for Lou Dobbs and discusses next week’s impeachment trial with Jason Miller, Senior Advisor to President Trump.

DOJ Investigating Elon Musk For Not Hiring Foreign Applicant


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on February 1, 2021 by Sundance

For those of us familiar with the legal term “Disparate Impact” this report today will make sense.  However, if you don’t know that it is unlawful to hire an “ineligible” applicant, the DOJ action seems ridiculous, which it is.

[CTH Reference HERE and HERE]

Under legal interpretation rules of “Disparate Impact” it is unlawful not to hire illegal aliens. If a company uses eligible (legal) work authorization status as a requirement on employment applications (when making hiring decisions), and if the use of legal work eligibility is used as a qualifier, and the eligibility (qualification) standards disqualify a protected class (nationality, ethnicity) at a disparate rate, then it is unlawful not to hire illegal aliens.

Read the emboldened paragraph below carefully.

WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating SpaceX over whether the company discriminates against non-U.S. citizens in its hiring practices and said Elon Musk’s company is stonewalling a subpoena for information, court documents revealed Thursday.

The DOJ’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section received a complaint of employment discrimination from a non-U.S. citizen claiming that the company discriminated against him based on his citizenship status.

“The charge alleges that on or about March 10, 2020, during the Charging Party’s interview for the position of Technology Strategy Associate, SpaceX made inquiries about his citizenship status and ultimately failed to hire him for the position because he is not a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident,” DOJ attorney Lisa Sandoval wrote in a court document filed Thursday. The document was a request for a judge to order SpaceX to comply with an administrative subpoena for documents related to how the company hires. (more)

This may or may not be a disparate impact case. Ultimately, that is what the DOJ is once again seeking to discover.

Unsurprisingly, Mitch McConnell Backs Liz Cheney


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on February 1, 2021 by Sundance

The DeceptiCon crew will always cover for each-other.  They won’t fight the leftist onslaught, but if patriotic and conservative Americans ever point out the duplicity of a Decepticon member…. THAT will bring out the GOPe defense.

For historic reference a person only needs to remember what the DeceptiCon crew did amid the rise of the Tea Party.  They hated the Tea Party, and they hate MAGA; it’s the Same/Same.

“Liz Cheney is a leader with deep convictions and the courage to act on them,” McConnell said. “She is an important leader in our party and in our nation. I am grateful for her service and look forward to continuing to work with her on the crucial issues facing our nation.”   (read more)

This isn’t hard.  75+ million Americans voted to support President Donald J Trump.  More people supported President Trump than any Republican in history…. Enough with this nonsense, is simply enough!  We The People are not the problem, they are.

Support those patriotic and high-information voters, or don’t.  The DeceptiCon crew doesn’t. It’s time for them to leave.  Done-is-Done.

Ted Cruz Accuses President Trump of Being Reckless and Irresponsible


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on February 1, 2021 by Sundance

The age old axiom: ‘Never Trust a Never Trumper‘ hits the mark once again.

Senator Ted Cruz:  “President Trump’s rhetoric, I think, went way too far over the line. I think it was both reckless and irresponsible because he said repeatedly—and he said over and over again—he won by a landslide; there was massive fraud; it was all stolen everywhere. That evidence, the campaign did not prove that in any court, and to make a determination about an election it has to be based on the evidence, and so simply saying the result you want, that’s not responsible and you’ve never heard me use language like that. What I’ve said is voter fraud is real, and we need to examine the evidence, and look at the actual facts; and in particular, what is the evidence of how much voter fraud occurred, and did it occur in sufficient quantities and in sufficient states to alter the outcome of the election. That would have been the mandate of the election commission; to assess.” (read more – with video)

Bush Era Republicans Vow to Leave the Party While Electorate Support President Trump


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on February 1, 2021 by Sundance

It should come as no surprise that Bush-era Republicans are frustrated with the middle class “America First” crowd that supports President Trump and the MAGA movement. The cocktail party GOPe have always looked down their noses at the base of supporters; now they report -via Reuters- that they will abandon the Republican party.

(Reuters) – Dozens of Republicans in former President George W. Bush’s administration are leaving the party, dismayed by a failure of many elected Republicans to disown Donald Trump after his false claims of election fraud sparked a deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol last month.

These officials, some who served in the highest echelons of the Bush administration, said they had hoped that a Trump defeat would lead party leaders to move on from the former president and denounce his baseless claims that the November presidential election was stolen.

But with most Republican lawmakers sticking to Trump, these officials say they no longer recognize the party they served. Some have ended their membership, others are letting it lapse while a few are newly registered as independents, according to a dozen former Bush officials who spoke with Reuters.  (read more)

Burmese Military Take Control Declaring One-Year Emergency and Voting Fraud


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on February 1, 2021 by Sundance

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are photographed with Aung San Suu Kyi and her staff at her residence in Rangoon, Burma, Nov. 19, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

The military in Burma have constitutional control over the system of government.  In a precarious move following the November elections, the Burmese military have now reportedly detained the government officials and stated the election was rigged.

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Burma’s military has taken control of the country under a one-year state of emergency and reports say State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and other government leaders have been detained.

[…] In November elections, Suu Kyi’s party captured 396 out of 476 seats in the combined lower and upper houses of Parliament. The state Union Election Commission has confirmed that result.

But the military since shortly after the elections has claimed there were millions of irregularities in voter lists in 314 townships that could have let voters cast multiple ballots or commit other “voting malpractice.”  (read more)

The White House responded in defense of the government; which, given the ideology of the Previous Obama administration toward Aung San Suu Kyi, is not a surprise:

The United States is alarmed by reports that the Burmese military has taken steps to undermine the country’s democratic transition, including the arrest of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian officials in Burma. President Biden has been briefed by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. We continue to affirm our strong support for Burma’s democratic institutions and, in coordination with our regional partners, urge the military and all other parties to adhere to democratic norms and the rule of law, and to release those detained today. The United States opposes any attempt to alter the outcome of recent elections or impede Myanmar’s democratic transition, and will take action against those responsible if these steps are not reversed. We are monitoring the situation closely and stand with the people of Burma, who have already endured so much in their quest for democracy and peace.  ~ White House

Have Twitter & Facebook Crossed the Line?


Armstrong Economics Blog/Rule of Law Re- Posted Feb 1, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

Both Twitter and Facebook really should be shut down for what they have done is cleverly transforming themselves from a “platform” into a media organization. All the media from New York Times to ABC News and CNN can be sued for putting out false information that damages a person. Under Section 230, an internet platform is exempt because it was not intended to be liable for what others are posting. However, once they crossed the line into the moderation of content removing things they politically disagreed with, they are no longer a “platform” but have become a media outlet and as such, they should be subject to lawsuits.

What Facebook and Twitter have done to the internet is a crime and they should be shut down. They can reorganize as media companies, but they have abused their very purpose and they have violated that fiduciary duty they owed to the shareholders. Indeed, an enterprising attorney should file a major class-action lawsuit against them for using the capital of shareholders for personal political gain. They did not raise money with the object to censor what everyone says. Therefore, they have altered the purpose of their companies and raised money falsely.

Because of their political corruption, they have destroyed the freedom of the internet and what Section 230 was intended to protect. While they shut down Parler claiming they did not moderate their content and thus allowed people to organize for the Capital riots, such organization is also then the job of the government to monitor – not for Parler to moderate. A public forum is a place where people can freely talk. Once you cross the line into moderation, then you are a media company. Hence Fox can have only conservatives and CNN can have only socialist. That is the freedom of the press, but that freedom is not without immunity.

What Facebook and Twitter have done has undermined the entire internet. Any regulation coming down the line MUST draw the line between moderation and free speech. Section 230 should apply and continue provided there is no moderation. If we see just the real of Section 230, then we can start filing lawsuits against Wikipedia which is also highly subject to propaganda.

Reddit Crowd Boasting too Much?


Armstrong Economics Blog/Basic Concepts Re-Posted Feb 1, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

A number of people have commented that somehow the people on Reddit are taking our forecasts and touting them when to buy as in silver now. It appears that way for  I have been warning for months that the gold/silver ratio will collapse and that silver would gain over gold. The danger that whoever is really behind this Reddit forum is will more likely bring the SEC down on free speech because you cannot tell people to buy stuff and then have a position in the same thing you are touting without full disclosure. That can be 20 years in prison and as long as you are not a New Yorker, you do go to prison.

The ratio made a new historical high exceed that of World War II when silver was cheaper than even nickel 1942 to 1945. It was used to replace the 5 cents “nickel” coins during the war. We put out our forecasts recommending silver over gold and that has been a good trade. However, these people behind Reddit are making it appear that if people follow them they can beat Wall Street.

All they have been doing is picking the trade that is in motion. They are NOT capable of manipulating a market insofar as turning a bear market into a bull market any more than Wall Street can. If the Wall Street crowd was all-powerful, then they would not blow themselves up and run to the government for bailouts. What they have been doing is accelerating the move but the timing remains the same. Only the volatility rises.

A word to the wise! You will lose everything if you think these people are never wrong and can beat Wall Street. Taking out billboard signs bragging about GameStop is not going to prevent a crash.