Category U. S. Politics

Feb 21 2022

The Democracy Index


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Feb 21, 2022 by Martin Armstrong

The Economist publishes an annual Democracy Index to rank nations based on their Democratic freedoms. The annual survey of 167 nations gauges five measures of democracy — electoral process and pluralism, the functioning of government, political participation, democratic political culture, and civil liberties. As of 2021, the survey claimed that over one-third of the global population lived under authoritarian rule, with a mere 6.4% enjoying “full democracy.”

The survey notes that “pandemic restrictions damaged democratic freedoms in 2021,” but does not take into account the full scope of what is happening in these countries. The chart ranks democracies and categorizes them from least to most restrictive — “full democracies,” “flawed democracies,” “hybrid regimes,” and “authoritarian regimes.”

Full democracy rankings in 2021:

1.Norway9.75
2.New Zealand9.37
3.Finland9.27
4.Sweden9.26
5.Iceland9.18
6.Denmark9.09
7.Ireland9.00
8.Taiwan8.99
9.Australia8.90
Switzerland
11.Netherlands8.88
12.Canada8.87
13.Uruguay8.85
14.Luxembourg8.68
15.Germany8.67
16.South Korea8.16
17.Japan8.15
18.United Kingdom8.10
19.Mauritius8.08
20.Austria8.07
Costa Rica

It is unsurprising that the United States was listed as a “restricted democracy” at #26. However, I do not believe the survey is fairly ranking countries, especially those abiding by Klaus Schwab’s agenda to destroy democracy entirely to Build Back Better. Australia, number 9 on the list, is not a full democracy by any means and belongs in the authoritarian category. They built quarantine camps and held their own citizens’ hostage. As did second on the list, New Zealand, which I have warned has become a poster child for Schwab’s agenda. Germany imploded as Merkel sought to grab as much power as possible before leaving office, forbidding a portion of the population from participating in society. The UK’s Boris Johnson is a joke and only repealed restrictions when he was caught violating his own authority. Austria went to the extreme as well with their COVID restrictions, and even their head of state was forced to resign amid scandal. Canada is #12 on the list, previously ranking #5 in 2020, but Trudeau just employed the full extent of his powers as prime minister to freeze bank accounts and forbid anyone from protesting against his sole rulings.

How could any country that forcibly restricts its citizens’ movement and forces them to inject unknown substances into their bodies be deemed a “full democracy?” No one is allowed to speak out against their government or protest unless their protest aligns with the government’s agenda. Full democracies are extinct.

Feb 21 2022

Ron Klain Organizes a Stunning, Massive and Magnificent Biden-Putin Peace Summit Certain to Bring Nobel Peace Nomination


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on February 20, 2022 | Sundance | 304 Comments

To understand why there has been so much escalating rhetoric about Russia going to invade Ukraine at any moment, you must realize the intent. The motives of the crisis narrative are crystal clear.

Everything about the Russia invasion of Ukraine has to be increasingly imminent, horrible and loomingly catastrophic for the planet, so that when it doesn’t happen the glorious victory for Dear Leader Biden can be proclaimed and amplified from the mountaintops.

Russia has absolutely no plan to invade Ukraine and doesn’t even have a role in this theatrical production from the White House.

The way the game is played; and believe me, everything about this is a game; they must take the manufactured crisis to the brink of thermonuclear war, so that Joe Biden can save the world and be seen as this legendary diplomat.

In the annals of U.S. history there has never been such an important summit.  The nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize that Ron Klain wants in this mid-term election year is dependent on magnanimous and strategic Biden overcoming all geopolitical odds to save the world.

Everything is carefully planned and scripted with a ‘this’, then ‘that‘ approach toward sequencing.  Earlier today, the Sunday news talk shows were filled with pending invasion rhetoric.  Putin was mere moments away from a massive army entering Ukraine.

The smells of heavy diesel loomed in the valleys as the thundering sound of tank tracks approached ever closer.  Dark men with black weapons were beating drums and carrying the flag of Mother Russia, as millions were seen marching by U.S. spy satellites in the region.   The birds all fled as the sounds of the battle groups began converging on the Ukraine border.  “The Russians are coming; The Russians are coming” one lad shouted to the CNN crew as he whizzed by on his bicycle, trying to pedal fast while carrying a bag of sausages for his sullen and sickly grandparents in eastern Ukraine.

CBS David Martin and Margaret Brennan reported {link} the Russian generals were informing their troop commanders of the invasion plans.  CNN then broke into the news cycle quoting three sources {link} “saying that the US has intelligence indicating that orders have been sent to Russian commanders to proceed with an attack on Ukraine.”  Things looked really bad just before noon…

Everything within the game must be looming on the precipice of crisis in order for it to have maximum impact when it doesn’t happen.

However, it was always never going to happen, because it’s pretended.  It’s all a big performance, a ruse, built on a completely manufactured scenario they know will never happen… because the White House is making it up.

After a full day of doomsaying invasion talk, the White House exhausts themselves promoting a National Security Council meeting and then strategically releases the following picture to promote the importance:

Turning all the nameplates to face the cameras was a nice touch by Chief of Staff Ron Klain.  However, unfortunately the optics of the narrative engineering was as subtle as a brick through a window.  I would suggest that Klain call the publicity dept of the CCP central committee in Beijing for advice on subtlety.  The Chinese have years of propaganda experience using similar tactics with North Korea messaging.

I digress…

So, within the script… today, the end of the world is nigh and the White House defenders of the universal spirit of righteousness and morality, convene an emergency meeting to outline their magnanimous plan to save us.  At least that was the script through 4:00pm Eastern.

Allowing a few hours for the narrative to simmer, the White House then declares that French President Emmanuel Macron has brokered a meeting between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, putting the brink of the end of the world on hold:

(WHITE HOUSE) – As the President has repeatedly made clear, we are committed to pursuing diplomacy until the moment an invasion begins. Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Lavrov are scheduled to meet later this week in Europe, provided Russia does not proceed with military action.

President Biden accepted in principle a meeting with President Putin following that engagement, again, if an invasion hasn’t happened.  We are always ready for diplomacy.  We are also ready to impose swift and severe consequences should Russia instead choose war.  And currently, Russia appears to be continuing preparations for a full-scale assault on Ukraine very soon. (read more)

Yes, let the church bells ring from the mountains as Ronald Reagan’s 1986 Helsinki summit with Michael Gorbachev has now been eclipsed in strategic geopolitical importance.

France and the United States jointly announce that the brilliant and incredibly strategic Joe Biden, and the dastardly villain of all things villainous, Vladimir Putin, will meet and come to an incredibly intense agreement over the Ukraine invasion that Putin never planned.

Together both leaders will save the world from a war that Putin never intended to participate in.

WASHINGTON DC – U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have agreed to hold a bilateral summit, followed by a meeting with all relevant parties, on the security situation in Europe, after both leaders spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday, the Elysée said.

But the meeting “can only be held at the condition that Russia does not invade Ukraine,” the Elysée said in its readout of the calls.

Macron spoke with Putin twice on Sunday, the first time for an hour and 40 minutes and the second for an hour, as Western leaders attempt to de-escalate the crisis sparked by the deployment of more than 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine’s borders. Macron’s second call with Putin came after the French president spoke with Biden for around 15 minutes.

In its readout, the Elysée said Macron had proposed the summit between Biden and Putin, and then with all parties, “to discuss security and strategic stability in Europe,” with Biden and Putin having “both accepted the principle of such a summit.”

The summit would be prepared by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a meeting scheduled for this Thursday, February 24. The Elysée added Macron “will work with all stakeholders to prepare the content of these discussions.” (read more)

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With Dear Leader’s State of the Union speech less than two weeks away, the urgency of the meeting is important.

Yes, all of this…. every single part… all of it… is a complete manufactured fraud for domestic and international political consumption.

The U.S. intelligence community, White House, State Dept and media are all playing a role to give Joe Biden a win on the international stage, using a crisis that is entirely made up.

And Ron Klain is likely going to demand a Nobel Peace Prize for Joe Biden for all this effort.  Watch…

Feb 21 2022

Ron Klain’s Domestic Motive for Ukraine Crisis Surfaces – White House to Blame Economic Collapse, Gas Prices and Inflation on Manufactured Russia-Ukraine Conflict


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on February 20, 2022 | Sundance | 302 Comments

Within the book of instructions for the ideological Chicago crew (Alinsky peeps), there are chapters on how to create off-ramps to cloud their agenda. If they need a bigger cloud, they create a bigger crisis. The crisis then becomes the cover, the justification to explain the outcomes of their agenda.

In the latest example, the White House is shifting blame for the collapsing economy, surging oil prices, massive gas price increases and overall U.S. inflation.

The manufactured crisis in Ukraine then takes on a geopolitical angle and a domestic angle.  The prior rate of inflation is now being blamed on Russia-Ukraine.

It is not coincidental that ABC (think George Stephanopolous) takes the lead in helping to push this narrative as a cover story for the problems in the economy that are specifically driven by U.S. energy policy (chasing Green New Deal objectives), environmental policy, regulatory policy and massive spending.  The politics are to blame for the inflation, so it is the deployment of politics used to create the cover.  WATCH:

The manufactured Russia-Ukraine crisis now becomes the cover story for why the U.S. economy is collapsing.  The pain being felt by middle class, blue-collar workers is now shifted to be an outcome of geopolitical events that are Vladimir Putin’s fault. It’s always someone else’s fault.

Do not underestimate how many people in the U.S. will buy into this nonsense, and keep in mind the Republican wing of the UniParty has a vested interest in allowing the narrative to embed in the psyche of voters.  Both wings of the DC vulture will help promote this fraud, just as both wings of the DC uniparty sold out our Main Street economy on behalf of their multinational benefactors.

The ruse of the European crisis around Russia-Ukraine also helps the manipulative ideologues in the World Economic Forum (WEF), World Bank (WB), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and central banking system create a deflection of the bigger economic crisis created by their COVID agenda and the Great Reset.

The influence agents and multinationals, those who direct the politicians on what policies to execute on a domestic and geopolitical scale, benefit from these obfuscations and false narratives.

The amount of money the multinationals have taken from the economy into their centralized (and sometimes personal) control is obscured by the deployment of these distractions.

Q    What should Americans be braced for?  What could they possibly be facing?  The President has already said Americans will be facing some economic fallout or some hardships.  Can you explain to Americans what exactly will they face if this happened?

KAMALA HARRIS: Sure.  As the President talked about in his speech, we are aware that, again, when America stands for her principles and all of the things that we hold dear, it requires sometimes for us to put ourselves out there in a way that maybe we will incur some cost.  And in this situation, that may relate to energy costs, for example.  But we are taking very specific and appropriate, I believe, steps to mitigate what that cost might be if it happens. (LINK)

The economic consequences from climate change policy were always considered the biggest hurdle.  The pain that would be felt by the working-class folks, would need to be managed.  This is the reason why false justifications for economic pain are collectively pushed by media.  The media do not need to be told what to do, they already know the larger goal is pretending not to know things.

As a result, the domestic political elites are managing the pitchforks by distracting voters about the cause.  If you do not buy into their obtuse justifications, well, you then become a target – ergo, a conspiracy theorist.

Climate change policy is a tool, a means to an end.

COVID-19 policy is a tool, a means to an end.

Behind all the layers of obfuscation you find all the individual roadmaps converge onto a single path that leads to centralized control.

Feb 21 2022

Kamala Harris Speaks Platitudes and Gibberish During Media Remarks Ending the Munich Conference About Ukraine


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on February 20, 2022 | Sundance | 257 Comments

Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg generally compete for best use of linguistic nothingness, today was no exception. At the conclusion of the Munich conference to discuss the manufactured situation in Ukraine, Harris talks to the media [Video HERE and Transcript HERE].  If you notice an unusual void of media sharing the brief presser, there’s a reason for that.

Harris again assembled her words into remarks that are not only absolute gibberish, but they also exemplify her lack of any qualification to be in office.  She really is an empty vessel filled with meaningless platitudes; stunningly so.

TRANSCRIPT – “We are looking at a moment that is a very decisive moment on one of the bases for the Munich Security Conference and certainly one of the founding reasons for NATO, which is European security and the connection and alliance between Europe and the United States. It was important in that, as you all know, this is a moment that is very dynamic.  If not every hour, certainly every day, there seem to be new moments of interest and also of intelligence.” ~ Kamala Harris

[Video HERE and Transcript HERE]

The team behind Biden are trying to rebrand Kamala Harris as a serious person, but her stupidity is so evident we cannot hear a word she is saying.

Zelenskyy knows the messenger from the U.S. is part of an act for domestic consumption, and yet the ramifications of the background conflict created by the United States in his nation are serious.  Additionally, Zelenskyy knows the U.S. wants him removed, which is the only way the State Department (and DC politicians’ writ large) can achieve a stronger influence operation over internal politics within Ukraine.  It really sucks to be Zelenskyy.

Eastern Ukrainians consider themselves Russian, they always have.  Eastern Ukraine likes Russia, relates to Russia and is not predisposed to like the western influences in the rest of the country.  Eastern Ukraine is to Russia what Puerto Rico is to the United States.

♦CONSIDER – Within Puerto Rico there are people who want to be authentic to their own territorial sovereignty, they want to get away from the United States.  At the same time, there are people in Puerto Rico who want and need the relationship with the United States to remain connected.  The business interests in Puerto Rico, and specifically the multinational investment groups in Puerto Rico, want the benefits of the U.S. treasury to remain in place.

About half of Puerto Rico wants to be independent, and about half of Puerto Rico wants to remain connected to the U.S.

In Ukraine, about half of the country wants to be independent (separatists), and they are what we would call “nationalists.”  They have no issue with Russia.  However, about half the country also wants to be connected to the ‘west’ in the sense and values of NATO and European perspectives. They are a blend of globalists, moderate leftists and independent thinkers.

As in Puerto Rico, the multinational corporations and business interests in Ukraine come down on the side of keeping Ukraine connected to Western Europe.  The U.S. State Dept is aligned with those multinational goals and globalist objectives.

♦ Into this mix of convoluted interests, a battle for influence is taking place.  Russia is portrayed as the enemy, because an honest conversation about the dynamics is never permitted by the globalist team members.  The last thing NATO wants is a public discussion about how their geopolitical aspirations and intents are created around the Western European support for globalism and the World Economic Forum.

The eastern Ukrainian separatists (looked favorable by Russia) are having small military battles with the western Ukrainian military (supported by Joe Biden, NATO).   It is in Biden and NATO’s interests to overemphasize the role of Russia and position the western media view as if Putin is about to invade.  This helps cloud the ongoing underlying internal battle and the influence operations carried out by the intelligence apparatus, the State Dept and the multinational benefactors.

Then there’s Zelenskyy….

♦ On one hand, Zelenskyy doesn’t want to be to Vladimir Putin what Kim Jong-un (N Korea) is to Chairman Xi Jinping (China).  However, on the other hand, Zelenskyy doesn’t want his country, Ukraine, to be a playground for geopolitical influence operations by the U.S., NATO, Western Europe and multinationals like the World Bank and World Economic Forum.

Right now, for his country, it sucks to be stuck in this position.  That aspect is made worse, because the Biden administration wants to remove Zelenskyy so they can have a person in charge of Ukraine that is more easily manipulated for their interests.   The Biden administration is using the threat of a Russian invasion to weaken Zelenskyy.

Zelenskyy knows Russia is not invading; he also knows there is a large faction of people in the eastern portion of his country who like Russia.  The people in the pro-Russia Eastern Ukraine region, those who do not like Russia and are in the minority, are physically moving back toward the Western side just in case.

The U.S. intelligence apparatus and propaganda machine (State Dept) is currently carrying out operations in Eastern Ukraine working both sides of the separatist movement as they seek to portray Russia as the influence agent.

Feb 20 2022

The Real Politics Behind Ukraine & Taiwan


Armsreong economics Blog/Great Reset Re-Posted Feb 20, 2022 by Martin Armstrong

We face a clear and present danger from various heads of state who are seeking to promote the cancel-culture to suppress any opposition to alter our future and that of our posterity. Schwab with his admiration for Lenin and his Young Global Leaders is pushing his communist ideas upon the world and that includes Trudeau. This means that the democratic principles and division of power of the 20th century have been completely undermined and replaced by the economic theories of Schwab for which he is openly very proud.

Schwab is proud that he not only controls Canada, but also New Zealand in addition to Europe. Both heads of those countries are also graduates of Schwab Young Global Leaders. Schwab brags about this accomplishment. He is not allowing the people to vote on his dream, he is indoctrinating heads of state to impose his agenda by sheer authoritarian force.

Schwab has even influenced Australia. We can see that the most authoritarian regimes oppressing individual rights are all connected to Schwab. This is a serious threat to the future of civilization. Schwab has succeeded in convincing people to join his agenda always paying this as fairness and equality for all.

In the United States, he has infiltrated the White House to the point that Biden even named his bill – Bill Back Better Act which was a slogan launched by the World Economic Forum. Pete Buttigieg is Biden’s director of transportation who is also a Schwab authoritarian graduate of his Young Global Leaders. Buttigieg has proposed to install nationwide speeding cameras and then the fines will be as they are in Europe, based upon your income.

Curiously, we have the World Health Organization claiming that 3,400 people die in traffic crashes every day, which amounts to around 1.25 million deaths globally each year. The head of the WHO is not a doctor and was recommended by Schwab for the position. The solution is huge fines. linked to salary. Finland adopted the system calculated on the offender’s daily disposable income – generally their daily salary divided by two. The more a driver is over the speed limit, the greater the number of day fines they will receive. In 2002, Anssi Vanjoki, a former Nokia director, was ordered to pay a fine of 116,000 euros ($103,600) after being caught driving 75km/h in a 50km/h zone on his motorbike. When I lived in Switzerland, the cameras in Zurich would send you a fine for even 1k over the limit.

As I have explained, the view that Communism would have worked had they had the entire world. Schwab has succeeded in capturing Europe and he has also the Vatican in his grasp for Pope Francis is a Communist at heart who was influenced by Archbishop Hélder Pessoa Câmara (1909–1999) of the Brazilian Catholic Church, who was a self-proclaimed Marxist. Because South America has been inherently socialist and the Catholic Church there has followed the Catacomb Pact, his dream of installing Marxist upon the entire world he believes is now possible. Schwab invited Câmara to peak at Davos and he has admitted he was influenced by his theory which was part of the Catacomb Pact. Schwab has thus also enlisted Pope Francis who is also preaching his Great Reset – not salvation of the soul.

Now George Soros, whose son is also a Young Global Leader indoctrinated by Schwab, has released a video preaching the overthrow of the leadership of China to also join Schwab’s Great Reset. Indeed, this latest video is really bashing Xi Jinping who stands in the way of Schwab as was the case of Trump and also Putin. Thus, Soros tries to make it sound that his Open Society calls for the overthrow of Xi Jinping after a brief introduction to try to make it sound that he stands for human rights. We cannot judge Soros by his words – only by his deeds.

Soros has pointed out, probably relying on our model that 2022 is a Panic Cycle Year in politics, that this is an opportunity for China to overthrow Xi Jinping who is also up for a political new term here in 2022. Soros is pretending that he stands for his Open Society and against authoritarian regimes yet at the same time he has been trying to destabilize the United States by funding the racial separation and supporting the movement of defunding the police. We have witnessed robbing trains of packages from Amazon, UPS, and FedEx in addition to closing stores because of organized shoplifting that has become a gang operation both in California and New York City. Three guys stole $385,000 and simply walked out the door. This is INCONSISTENT with Soros’ own pretended concern for society about individual rights.

Soros ONLY supports leftist agendas. He has been against all Republicans or any conservative ideas whatsoever. Back in 2003/2004 he argued that “election transcend[ed] party loyalties” as he tried to support only Democrats and convince Republicans to vote for the Clintons. Soros’ Open Society is only advanced by the left and not by the Republican Party. He opposed all Republicans – not just Trump. In fact, Soros portrayed Bush as a supremacist who put the United States first, as did Trump. Soroas wrote:

“The supremacist ideology of the Bush Administration stands in opposition to the principles of an open society, which recognize that people have different views and that nobody is in possession of the ultimate truth.”

Clearly, this was just political rhetoric for if the Republicans did not possess the “ultimate truth” then why do Democrats or his Open Society? Soros also made the statement that applies to himself: “President Bush has shown that he is incapable of recognizing his mistakes.” He even went further stating that Bush was “deceiving himself and deliberately deceiving the public.” I supposed Biden and Clinton never deceived the public. To say that about Bush merely raises the question of whether he is accusing Bush of what he himself is doing? The very same dogma was resurrected about Trump.

Soros became even more explicit about the Republican Party when he said that the “Republican Party has been captured by a bunch of extremists”. So, here again, it can be said that the Republican Party doesn’t seem to fit Soros’s very own Open-Society blueprint.

The Chinese political reform of 1982 made it very clear that leadership should not be for life:

‘[T]he system of lifetime rule for the main positions of state leadership is a relic of feudalist society, and makes it easy to form a cult of personality. It does not benefit the promotion of democracy, and will lead to the emergence of undesirable phenomena such as conservatism, stagnation and cronyism.’

To achieve the goal of global domination of Schwab’s economic theories, he needs to remove both Putin and Xi Jinping as was accomplished with Trump. Soros has taken the position against Xi to be reappointed even for another term. All of this is to create a sweeping political where Schwab’s economic theories of communism eliminate any right of the people to vote on their own future as he cleverly has accomplished in the EU.

Our Computer has dubbed 2022 as a Panic Cycle in politics. I realize that not just all the intelligence agencies tune in to our forecasts, but I have gone head-to-head against Soros many times in the markets. Besides the November US mid-term elections that are vital to stop this infiltration of the United States by Schwab’s agenda 2030, we also have elections that are critical in Australia and France. Add to this the end of the term for Xi Jinping. This is a global battle and it is to the death. They need to overthrow Xi Jinping and they are using Ukraine to try to do the same to Putin.

The entire nonsense of Ukraine is really about shutting down Nord Stream to stop the flow of gas from Russia to Germany and to accomplish that they needed to install the Climate Change supporting government in Germany which they achieved. The German election was devasting for Europe in addition to Germany.

They have now even positioned Jeniffer Morgan, head of Greenpeace, as Secretary of State in Germany. Ukraine is just a pawn in this Greek Tragedy. They are praying for Putin to invade Ukraine so they can end NORD STREAM which is why the West has abandoned Ukraine. This is the attack upon Russi if a desperate attempt to overthrow Putin. This is the real agenda for 2022 and it is why our computer has been projecting 2022 as a Panic Cycle in Politics.

May God have mercy upon civilization.

Feb 20 2022

The Pantomime Continues – Kamala Harris Meets With Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Munich and Delivers Cringeworthy Remarks – Zelenskyy Proclaims Someone is Lying


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on February 19, 2022 | sundance | 320 Comments

The fiasco of U.S manipulation in Ukraine continues as the Biden administration dispatch Kamala Harris to play the role of a grown-up at the Munich conference.  She failed.

You will see, in the first video below, how positively cringeworthy the effort was from Harris as she tries to present herself as a serious person within a high stakes geopolitical pantomime.

The baseline remains the same, and at the end of the meeting between Harris and Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president delivered remarks to call the bluff of Joe Biden (video also below).  The words “someone is lying” lead off his speech.

President Zelenskyy emphasized the geopolitical farce when he said to the world if the United States, and as an extension NATO, is so certain that Russia is about to invade and destroy Ukraine sovereignty, then why are they waiting to trigger deterrent sanctions?

Underneath the true answer to that question is the crux of the issue.  All of these events within Ukraine are being manipulated by the U.S. State Department and the U.S. intelligence apparatus, just as the events of 2014 in Ukraine were done before.   First, watch the meeting between Harris and Zelenskyy:

President Zelenskyy has to pretend the words from Harris are accurate, while simultaneously knowing she is a totally clueless pawn, a tool of the people behind Biden who sent her specifically in an effort to improve the way she is viewed by U.S. voters.   The team behind Biden are trying to rebrand Kamala Harris as a serious person, but her stupidity is so evident we cannot hear a word she is saying.

So, Zelenskyy knows the messenger from the U.S. is part of an act for domestic consumption, and yet the ramifications of the background conflict created by the United States in his nation are serious.  Additionally, Zelenskyy knows the U.S. wants him removed, which is the only way the State Department (and DC politicians’ writ large) can achieve a stronger influence operation over internal politics within Ukraine.  It really sucks to be Zelenskyy.

The events unfolding inside Ukraine are being manipulated by the United States intelligence community and U.S. State Department.  The presumed conflict surrounding the always near Russian invasion is a total pretense.

Eastern Ukrainians consider themselves Russian, they always have.  Eastern Ukraine likes Russia, relates to Russia and is not predisposed to like the western influences in the rest of the country.  Eastern Ukraine is to Russia what Puerto Rico is to the United States.

♦CONSIDER – Within Puerto Rico there are people who want to be authentic to their own territorial sovereignty, they want to get away from the United States.  At the same time, there are people in Puerto Rico who want and need the relationship with the United States to remain connected.  The business interests in Puerto Rico, and specifically the multinational investment groups in Puerto Rico, want the benefits of the U.S. treasury to remain in place.

About half of Puerto Rico wants to be independent, and about half of Puerto Rico wants to remain connected to the U.S.

In Ukraine, about half of the country wants to be independent (separatists), and they are what we would call “nationalists.”  They have no issue with Russia.  However, about half the country also wants to be connected to the ‘west’ in the sense and values of NATO and European perspectives. They are a blend of globalists, moderate leftists and independent thinkers.

As in Puerto Rico, the multinational corporations and business interests in Ukraine come down on the side of keeping Ukraine connected to western Europe.  The U.S. State Dept is aligned with those multinational goals and globalist objectives.

♦ Into this mix of convoluted interests, a battle for influence is taking place.  Russia is portrayed as the enemy, because an honest conversation about the dynamics is never permitted by the globalist team members.  The last thing NATO wants is a public discussion about how their geopolitical aspirations and intents are created around the western European support for globalism and the World Economic Forum.

The eastern Ukrainian separatists (looked favorable by Russia) are having small military battles with the western Ukrainian military (supported by Joe Biden, NATO).   It is in Biden and NATO’s interests to overemphasize the role of Russia and position the western media view as if Putin is about to invade.  This helps cloud the ongoing underlying internal battle and the influence operations carried out by the intelligence apparatus, the State Dept and the multinational benefactors.

Then there’s Zelenskyy….

♦ On one hand, Zelenskyy doesn’t want to be to Vladimir Putin what Kim Jong-un (N Korea) is to Chairman Xi Jinping (China).  However, on the other hand, Zelenskyy doesn’t want his country Ukraine to be a playground for geopolitical influence operations by the U.S., NATO, Western Europe and multinationals like the World Bank and World Economic Forum.

Right now, for his country, it sucks to be stuck in this position.  That aspect is made worse, because the Biden administration wants to remove Zelenskyy so they can have a person in charge of Ukraine that is more easily manipulated for their interests.   The Biden administration is using the threat of a Russian invasion to weaken Zelenskyy.

Zelenskyy knows Russia is not invading; he also knows there is a large faction of people in the eastern portion of his country who like Russia.  The people in the pro-Russia Eastern Ukraine region, those who do not like Russia and are in the minority, are physically moving back toward the Western side just in case.

The U.S. intelligence apparatus and propaganda machine (State Dept) is currently carrying out operations in Eastern Ukraine working both sides of the separatist movement as they seek to portray Russia as the influence agent.

[Consider if a large portion of Texas wanted to finally get rid of the leftist lunacy and  secede from the United States.  The Biden administration then blames Mexico and shouts that Mexico is about to invade Texas as cover for their support of that portion of the Texas Democrats who want to remain in the U.S.]

After the unavoidable pretense of a meeting with clueless pawn Kamala Harris, President Zelenskyy spoke to the Munich conference and called the bluff of NATO and specifically Joe Biden.  However, he has to do it carefully… yet, he is frustrated…  “Someone is lying!”  WATCH:

Feb 19 2022

Woke Activists Infiltrating Government Positions


Armstrong Economics Blog/Ethics Re-Posted Feb 19, 2022 by Martin Armstrong

Morals and values have been discarded in Biden’s America. Biden’s latest hire Sam Brinton will join the Department of Energy’s (DOE) nuclear power office as the second-in-command of nuclear waste issues. Brinton earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Kansas State and completed a dual master’s program at MIT. “[B]y day I work to save lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) youth from suicide, and by night I work to save the world from nuclear waste-related environmental disaster,” Briton told reporters.

While his preventative measures to combat LGBTQ youth suicide are admirable, is this person (identifies as they/them) really the best candidate for the job, or did Biden install Brinton as part of his woke agenda? Love is love, and his sexual preference has no impact on his job performance to any degree. But, you see, Brinton has a dark not-so-secret life that should lead many to question his mental health and morals.

Deputy Brinton identifies as a “pup handler,” meaning.. oh boy… well you can click on the link for the full description. Brinton does not hide his world and has advocated for his lifestyle very openly. In an effort to promote inclusion and diversity, Biden has gone too far. In the time of woke culture, anyone questioning Brinton will be deemed a transphobic “normie” who is filled with hate. His colleagues will be deemed transphobic as well if they question his actions even if they are unrelated to his specific life choices. If you search his name, more information comes up about his sexual preference than anything relating to America’s nuclear waste issues. Sam Brinton has every intention of using his new position to promote this perverted lifestyle.

The agenda to dismantle the American nuclear family and make taboo acts seem normal is in full swing. I’d prefer not to dig down the rabbit hole of this person’s specific lifestyle preference, but I question his mental health and Biden’s mental health for placing him in charge of our country’s nuclear waste problem. This is truly disturbing all around.

Feb 19 2022

Ukraine & the Separatist Movement


Armstrong Economics Blog/Civil Unrest Re-Posted Feb 18, 2022 by Martin Armstrong

The American press tends to suggest that it is all about Putin and his troops on the border. There is also a separatist movement in Ukrain where the ethnic Russian East wants independence from Ukraine. This has been ignored and it is why Putin has said that he will defend Russian people no matter where they live. This is not simply about Putin invading and the people are just pawns. There are rebel factions that are defending themselves against Kyiv.

I have stated from the outset, that Ukraine should have been split based upon the stark difference in language. I highly recommend watching the film Mr. Jones for it reveals a critical backdrop to this and why there is a deep conflict between East and West. Ukraine cannot survive intact for it is suppressing the ethnic Russians in the East all because of inherent hatred that runs very deep extending back to Stalin. For Kyiv to hold on to territory simply because that was a line drawn under Communism puts the lives of Ukrainians at risk all for a game of territory that died out during the 19th century.

The smart thing to do is to come to the rescue of Russian rebels fighting for their independence rather than invading and the people think that there is nothing but Ukrainians there. Putin would be justified to enter if shooting begins between the Ukrainian troops and those of the Russian rebels.

Feb 19 2022

With Possibility of Protests Looming, Joe Biden Extends U.S. COVID-19 National Security Declaration to Retain Additional Power


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on February 18, 2022 | Sundance | 204 Comments

Joe Biden informed Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi that he intends to extend the federal National Emergency declaration beyond its termination date in March. [STATUTE HERE]

By statute the State of a National Emergency expires one year after initial declaration. That meant the COVID National Emergency declaration was scheduled to end March 1st.  However, the statute allows the extension if the executive office informs the legislative branch within the 90-day window prior to expiration.

Biden informed Nancy Pelosi today of his intent to extend the National Emergency.  Both the House and Senate will now have to schedule a vote to support the extension [SEE HERE]:

WHITE HOUSE – Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. 

In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency declared in Proclamation 9994 of March 13, 2020, beginning March 1, 2020, concerning the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, is to continue in effect beyond March 1, 2022.

There remains a need to continue this national emergency.  The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause significant risk to the public health and safety of the Nation.  More than 900,000 people in this Nation have perished from the disease, and it is essential to continue to combat and respond to COVID-19 with the full capacity and capability of the Federal Government.

Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Proclamation 9994 concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. (read)

Subchapter III – “When the President declares a national emergency, no powers or authorities made available by statute for use in the event of an emergency shall be exercised unless and until the President specifies the provisions of law under which he proposes that he, or other officers will act. Such specification may be made either in the declaration of a national emergency, or by one or more contemporaneous or subsequent Executive orders published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.”

“Listen fat, if you think I’m going to give up this power over you, think again”…

Feb 19 2022

Joe Biden Presser, Says He Is Convinced Vladimir Putin Has Decided to Send Russians to Invade Ukraine Per U.S. Intelligence


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on February 18, 2022 | Sundance | 141 Comments

Joe Biden has been convinced by U.S. intelligence that Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a decision to invade Ukraine.  Now, if he could just get U.S. intelligence to convince Putin of the same premise, then things would be better – or something. WATCH (42 seconds):