Tag Archives: 22.46 year magnetic cycle

Oct 12 2019

Using Courts to End Fossil Fuels


Armstrong Economics Blog/Rule of Law

Re-Posted Oct 12, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

In Alaska, attorneys for 16 young Alaskans have sued over state climate change policy. They are trying to shut down fossil fuels and arguing their case before Alaska Supreme Court justices. They are claiming that state policy, which promotes fossil fuels, violates the constitutional right of young Alaskans to a safe climate. They are claiming that human-caused climate change will be catastrophic unless atmospheric carbon dioxide declines.

If they have a constitutional right to a safe climate, which has never been defined and they could never prove is human-induced, then I should have a right to be free from Marxists trying to shut down airplanes, cars, and the industrial revolution. That is a denial of my right to be free from their subjugation. They simply want to seize the economy and impose central control all over again. They are communists using climate change as their excuse.

 

Oct 10 2019

Cold & the Great Migration


Armstrong Economics Blog/Climate

Re-Posted Oct 10, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Marty, are you still in Asia because you wanted to miss this early snowstorm?

Pete

ANSWER: No, the crisis is Asia has capital in a state of concerned. Because of the problems in Hong Kong, there remain major concerns not just about the peg, but the future of Hong Kong. As I have said, we have 3 offices in Asia and clients on every side of this issue with questions.

I moved to Florida because (1) it was going to get much colder, (2) my lawyer told me to tell my family if I died in New Jersey, make sure my family dragged my body across the state border before they told anyone, and (3) my accountant made we swear in blood to get out of the state before it was too late.

As far as the cold is concerned, AccuWeather said this is definitely a “massive size and intensity of this snowstorm is unheard of for October…” I do not do well in cold and having to shovel my way out of a house. Civilization always expands with warm weather and contracts with cold.

As far as population migration is concerned, the #1 state people are fleeing from in New York. Also, Connecticut and Illinois are not far behind. According to recently released data from the US Census, about 38,000 more people left California than entered it in 2018. This is the second straight year that migration to the state was negative, and it’s a trend that is speeding up. Every year since 2014, net migration has fallen.

The interesting thing is as revenues decline in these state, they raise taxes and enforcement to make up the short-fall which in turn then send more people out. If a retail store sees a recession and sales decline, they run a sale to entice people to buy. The government is incapable of proper management. This is like a recession comes so the store doubles its prices to make up for the decline in prices. Dah

Oct 9 2019

Climate Change Will Add to Unemployment in Auto Industry


Armstrong Economics Blog/Economics

Re-Posted Oct 9, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

The internet reshaped the retail consumer world by eliminating many small stores and forcing big stores to close locations as online shopping exploded. Many small book stores and camera stores were particularly vulnerable. Now climate change is having a similar impact.

The strike with the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) and General Motors is not so much about pay raises. Instead, UAW members are deeply concerned that climate change and electric cars mean less employment. Most other automakers have come to the realization that the internal combustion engine will be replaced by electric vehicles. Exactly how fast, it is hard to say for it also depends on the political rhetoric to win an election.

Electric cars come with fewer parts, which means fewer people are needed for assembly and they are more prone to be produced by robots than combustion engines. Hence, the UAW is more concerned about losing jobs, not the pay increases

Oct 9 2019

Trump’s Polls Not Affected by Impeachment


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics

Re-Posted Oct 8, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

What is really driving the Democrats crazy is that they still refuse to comprehend why Trump was elected to begin with. He was an anti-career politician. Even the Republicans did not get it. This impeachment nonsense would stick ONLY if the people actually believed that Biden and Hillary were honest and Trump was wrong. But Biden’s son getting hired in Ukraine when Ukraine was seeking aid from the USA just does not look ethical regardless of the situation. Hillary’s emails and her brother getting a contract for a gold mine when he had nothing to do with mining just does not seem honest.

The general polls are showing that this latest scandal is just another trumped-up version of Russiagate against Trump. At the end of the day, they will need 2/3 of the Senate to remove Trump, which they will never get.

They have turned politics into a corrupt sewer and the stench is overwhelming the nation. There is just no return to a normal government that at least functions. From here into 2032, it will only get worse.

My concern is still what comes AFTER Trump! Our computer projected Trump as the winner long before the candidate was even selected. Our computer projected at the start of this 51.6-year wave (1985.65) that by 2016 the door would open for a possible third party candidate. That meant 2107.05 which was Wednesday, January 18, 2017. Trump was inaugurated on Saturday, January 21, 2017, 12:00 AM GMT+7. So we were close — off by 2.5 days for a forecast made 31.4 years prior ((1985.65 + 31.4) = 2017.05).

Even AOC overthrew a career Democrat they expected to be speaker of the House. She won for the very same reason as Trump — she was the anti-career politician. Those in Washington just do not comprehend that the people are fed up with all their lies and nonsense. This is BY NO MEANS a Republican v Democrat confrontation. We have moved beyond political parties but they do not wish to see it that way for it means having to accept responsibility for all their mismanagement.

You need not even be pro-Trump to see the incompetence in Washington. Instead of solving problems, the Democrats simply oppose whatever Trump does and seek to remove him. They are idiots for even if they regained the White House, the Republicans will do the same to them. Functioning government has ceased to exist. This is exactly what the computer projects into 2032.

From here on out into 2032, the government will get very aggressive because it knows it is losing control. I am very concerned for the government will attempt to seize control and tighten its grip.

Even if we look at the Pi Turning Point on the previous wave that began 1934.05 with Roosevelt confiscating gold, 31.4 years later was 1965.45, and again on Wednesday that week is when Vietnam started to become a warzone. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara announced in Washington that 22,000 additional American troops were being sent to South Vietnam. The additional deployment would raise the number of U.S. soldiers and officers in South Vietnam to 72,000. That would eventually grow to 9,087,000 military personnel who served on active duty during the Vietnam Era with the peak in troop strength reached 543,482 (April 30, 1968). A total of 58,202 were killed in action with 303,704 wounded.

The Pi target 1913.85 was November 26, 1913. The previous wave that began 1882.45 fell in the middle of the two major acts: the Income Tax passed on October 3, 1913, and the Federal Reserve Act passed on December 23, 1913.

These Pi targets have been rather important political-economic events. Even in Mexico, 1913 was the Mexican Revolution.

Oct 6 2019

Correction: We Should all be Dead in 2020 Because of Climate Change


Armstrong Economics Blog/Climate

Re-Posted Oct 5, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

COMMENT: Dear Marty,
in your blog today you write that politicians state we have allegedly only 12 years to live.
Please see this picture of the most read German yellow press paper „Bild“. They stated on front page of February 23rd, 2007: „Secret Climate Report: We have only 13 years left to save the earth!“
This comes due next year. If it were not about all the fear they are mongering I would call it ridiculous.
Kind regards,
MS from Germany

ANSWER: The number of forecasts they have made that NEVER come true are just amazing, and yet the press loves to project these people as infallible. They are absolutely stupid for they do not even realize that they are being manipulated as a tool to remove their own freedom.

These reports are always “secret” to not panic the public. But that is to hide the fact that they are really trying to make sure the truth does not surface.

This is like handing a person a loaded gun who has no idea what it is or what to do with it. They will be lucky if they do not kill themselves since they do not understand what it even does.

Oct 6 2019

Hong Kong & the Continuing Protests


Armstrong Economics Blog/HongKong

Re-Posted Oct 4, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

There is no question that the rioting in Hong Kong has been violent as protesters even set cars on fire. Business is very concerned for as this continues, it does threaten the shift of the financial hub to Singapore. We have clients on every side of this issue over here as we have three offices in Asia. So we have the concerns from all sides. There is a fear that if China is forced to send in troops that this may break the peg and result in financial business moving to Singapore. So the stakes are rather high over here.

Tony Tsang, the 18-year-old Hong Kong student protester who was shot in the chest by police at close range as he fought an officer with a metal pipe on Tuesday. He was charged with rioting. He faces a maximum 10-year sentence for assaulting a police officer. Police have urged the government to impose curfews as the violence continues to escalate. China has increased its troop strength on the border and the Hong Kong economy has been taking a nosedive.

The extradition bill that began the protests has been withdrawn. However, that is only one of their five demands. The protesters have also demanded an independent probe into the use of force by police; amnesty for arrested protesters; a halt to categorizing the protests as riots; and the implementation of universal suffrage.

The Hong Kong dollar peg will either break or be allowed to readjust and the two targets appear to be November and January. The ideal targets seem to be 789 and 797. This is when the risk will be at its greatest. Keep in mind that it could come prematurely in October or December. The key weeks ahead for turning points appear to be 10/07, 11/04, 11/18, and 12/02.

The View from Business

COMMENT: Marty, you’ve always been vigilant against biased news from FNF (Fake News Factories.) So I’m hopeful I’ll get an audience in you. In your recent blog “Hong Kong & Risks in Asia” (9/27) you’ve finally used the word “violent” to describe the rioting in my hometown.

As usual, you were the first to call it as it is, but then you hastened to add that the police threw tear gas, as if that had precipitated the violence! I must assume you’ve been fed the same fake news that we get here in the west, even though you’re currently in Asia.

The picture the FNFs painted of Hong Kong is a lonely cry for help. However, the flip side they don’t show is the destruction, business closures, loss of jobs, and fear for life and limb that the rioters have brought upon the silent majority. They’ve set fire to cars, homes, and MTR, shut down the airport, beat up tourists and the elderly, even stormed government offices and destroyed everything inside!

Try that on the White House and watch them drop you like flies! If MY police is faulted for “excessive force” in protecting us the same way, then the only thing “excessive” is the taxes I paid the government. To be sure, most Hong Kong residents would welcome universal suffrage, but we denounce terrorism and wish to restore peace and order. However, with the biased media fanning the fire, I can see civil war within the city of Hong Kong by your 2020 ECM turning point.

In summary, may I point out that in the past 3 to 4 decades, Hong Kong has prospered incredibly with the rise of China, and did so without even a semblance of democracy, under the Brits or under China. But what we did have was peace and order. We really like to have that back now. So if the world honestly wants Hong Kong to have something it deserves but isn’t getting, please stop fanning the fire. Hot heads (on both sides) need time to cool.

 

REPLY: I am NOT suggesting that the police acted first with tear gas. That was a response to the riots.

Oct 4 2019

Epic Agitprop: “We Must Start Eating the Babies”…


Re-Posted from The Conservative tree house on October 3, 2019 by 

Folks, if you did not live and fight in the era of Andrew you might not see the master-level agitprop on display here.  This is epic and so well done.

The most well constructed agitprop is when you take the opposition message, infiltrate the constituency, and then advance the message to its logical conclusion.   If done effectively the audience will support the messenger while having no clue what is happening. WATCH:

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The Oscar worthy agitprop, delivered only by the best in the art form, leave all sides of the political spectrum wondering ‘is this real?’  This young lady has delivered.  Well done.

(Clueless)…. wait, what?

Oct 3 2019

Prof. Tim Ball provides a comprehensive overview of the eugenic origins of CO2 alarmism


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In this video, Prof. Tim Ball shows not only why the “science” behind the CO2 scare is completely false, he shows how the fascists and eugenicists have created this scare very consciously in order to choke modern civilisation and development. Unless countries like India understand the origin of this ideology (which is purely fascist, being both socialist and eugenic), they will be easily sucked in by the shameful propaganda and lies of the alarmists. The full video at: https://archive.org/details/TimBallTh… See a report on Tim Ball’s legal victory against Michael Mann: Why Did Michael Mann Lose his Global Warming Lawsuit? (https://greatclimatedebate.com/why-di…)
Oct 3 2019

The True Cost of Wind | Ryan M. Yonk


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Applauded by many governments around the world as one of the cleanest initiatives for the generation of energy, the wind industry is also one of the most expensive and heavily subsidized, compared with other power generation alternatives. Ryan M. Yonk, Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, presents interesting and little-known facts, which demystify wind power’s efficiency, cost, and benefits for the environment. CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO: 00:00 Opening 00:10 History of Energy Policy 00:40 The True Cost of Wind 03:45 Federal Policies on Energy Subsidies 10:05 Federal Wind-Related Initiatives 12:05 Production Tax Credit 15:53 Cost of the Wind after Federal Policies 17:25 State Policies: Renewable Portfolio Standards 22:26 Total Costs 24:58 Social and Environmental Costs 27:38 Policy Implications 29:35 Closing
Oct 3 2019

We Have Only 12 Years to Live – Are they using the ECM?


Armstrong Economics Blog/Climate

Re-Posted Oct 3, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Do you think AOC and her cohorts are using your ECM for their 12-year forecast? Add 12 years to 2020 and you come to 2032!

PH

ANSWER: You know, I never looked at that. Interesting perspective. We have a lot of problems, but climate change that is caused by humans is not on the list. It is curious that the entire socialistic system will collapse by then and the unfunded liabilities and pension fund failures will be at $400 trillion. Perhaps they are using our date but using climate to raise the taxes. I don’t deny that those in politics are well aware of our model. I get calls about it from that sector around the world. However, it could be just a strange coincidence. Why so soon 12 years? Climate would not alter the earth to such an extent even if natural in just 12 years.

They want to raise taxes dramatically and seize control of the economy, but nowhere is there a plan to actually alter the climate. They claim that punishing us drastically will change the climate while they get a huge mountain of cash.

Nevertheless, some 500 climate scientists have submitted a declaration ahead of the UN climate summit in New York stating bluntly that THERE IS NO CLIMATE EMERGENCY. It is really just unbelievable how this NON-ISSUE has been beaten to a giant climate crisis, and unless we all pay a huge amount of new taxes we will all die in 12 years. They even claim that ALL scientists are “UNANIMOUS” on this issue. Well, here is a declaration that shows they are NOT all unanimous on this issue.

ecd-press-briefing no climate emergency

In truth, this is just a covert socialist effort to seize control of the economy. What I cannot grasp is either the press is sublimely STUPID, or they are all for surrendering both wealth and liberty.

Personally, lets just party, not pay taxes, and enjoy life with the few remaining years we have left (lol). Of course, if either Bernie of Elizabeth Warren gets power, I think it is time to leave and head to Asia where they believe in cycles and have rejected this climate change scare tactics. So the West returns to horse and buggies and Asia becomes the new financial capital of the world. Hm!