CDC Using PCR Tests for Genomic Sequencing


Armstrong Economics Blog/Disease Re-Posted Feb 25, 2022 by Martin Armstrong

The CDC posted a “fun fact” on Twitter on February 16 that actually incriminated the agency for misusing personal data. Almost everyone has taken some form of a COVID test by this stage in the staged pandemic. It is safe to assume most thought the nose swabs would be destroyed. But no, the CDC will be using your personal DNA for genomic sequencing.

The CDC posted the video below to show a version of what they are doing with your private information. Consent was not provided to the CDC to use personal information in this manner. This should be illegal. Where was the data sent and processed? Why did the agency fail to be transparent about its plan to study our personal DNA?

Majority of US Democrats Approve of Trudeau Freezing Bank Accounts


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Feb 24, 2022 by Martin Armstrong

If it happened there, it could happen anywhere. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has waged war against his own people, freezing their accounts, throwing them in jail, confiscating their pets, silencing journalists, and labeling everyone who dares to disagree with him a domestic terrorist. He will stop at nothing to stifle free speech from anyone with an opposing view.

People said that they were surprised these actions could occur in Canada, but they could occur anywhere as there is a collective thought process among liberals who dream of handing their freedoms over to a dictator with a nice smile. A new poll by Trafalgar Group and Convention of States Action show that 65% of Democrats approve of Trudeau’s actions.

Around 87% of Republicans disapproved of the authoritarian response to the protestors. Of those who did not identify as Republican or Democrat, 74% disapproved. This is a huge contrast to the 17% disapproval rate among Democrat voters. There is hope for the next generation as 100% of people between 25 and 34 years of age disapproved of the blatant tyranny.

If Democrats could have frozen the bank accounts of the January 6 protestors, they would have, but they turned a blind eye to the destructive Black Lives Matter protests as it supported their beliefs and social agenda. Only 17% of Democrats polled stated that they disapproved of what is happening in Canada. Do the majority of Democrats who approve of these gutless tactics understand that the day will come when the government will turn on them too?

“First They Came” by Pastor Martin Niemöller

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me

80% of Car Buyers Now Pay Above MSRP


Armstrong Economics Blog/Inflation Re-Posted Feb 24, 2022 by Martin Armstrong

Owning a car is quickly becoming a luxury as prices soar. The auto parts and chip shortage paired with the supply chain crisis has caused demand to surpass available vehicles. Check out the Kelley Blue Book pricing for a vehicle and then compare it with a dealer’s pricing. The differences are astounding. CNN reported that 80% of new car buyers paid over the manufacturer’s suggested retail price last month.

Last year at this time, only 2% of buyers paid above asking. Gone are the days when a buyer could negotiate for a car. Car dealerships have seen cars sell within days of going on the lot. In fact, a friend of mine was browsing for cars not long ago. She went back to the same dealership less than two weeks later, and they had a completely different inventory of available cars.

The average car price is now $45,717, representing a $6,000 (15%) increase from January 2021 and a $7,500 increase from the first month of 2020. Numerous automakers have scaled back production due to supply shortages, and industry experts expect the trend of paying above asking to continue for the remainder of the year.

Used car prices are also soaring, which could be a bit of good news for those who need to upgrade. Dealerships often make more money on financing than on the vehicle itself. You do not need to finance through a car dealership and can shop around with different lenders for the best price. Dealerships also typically tend to offer lower prices for trade-in vehicles than what you would receive in an independent sale. Expect the trend of overpriced vehicles to continue until inventories stabilize.

New Interview – The New World Order Desperate as Plan Falls Apart


Armstrong Economics Blog/Armstrong in the Media Re-Posted Feb 24, 2022 by Martin Armstrong

Click here to watch Martin Armstrong’s latest interview with Greg Hunter of USA Watchdog.

A message from Mr. Hunter:

Legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong thinks the New World Order’s so-called “Great Reset” plan for humanity is falling apart, and the globalists are becoming increasingly “desperate.” Armstrong explains, “They are basically desperate at this stage. I don’t think they anticipate the amount of resistance that they are getting. It’s not just with the truckers in Canada, but this is starting everywhere. There has been an awful lot of resistance consistently that the press does not cover in virtually every city throughout Europe. . . . . They never step out and talk to the people because we are too stupid to actually have an opinion. They know better. This is what Klause Schwab (top globalist at the World Economic Forum) does. He is far more sophisticated than people realize. He has methodically gone out and created his young global leaders. He is basically sticking people in government positions that are loyal to him. Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau is one of them. . . . They think communism is a step up, and the last time this was attempted, it led to the death of 200 million people. This is absurd. . . . You are not allowed to think freely. That’s what communism really is. . . . You don’t realize this whole thing we are going through right now is the same thing. This is cancel culture. Someone said something I don’t like, and that was 20 years ago, so cancel them. This is exactly what took place in communism. You are destroying the right to speak freely.”

The so-called “Great Reset” is all about control and tyranny. Armstrong says, “Just look at Canada. Trudeau is one of Klaus Schwab’s young global leaders. The worst countries have leaders that have graduated from his school. Make everybody comply, and if they don’t, crush them to the ground.”

The only good news is, according to Armstrong and his “Socrates” computer analysis, this is “not going to work out well for the globalists pushing communism.” Armstrong says, “With Karl Marx, at the time, people owned nothing. Schwab is saying, ‘You will own nothing and you will be happy.’ This is absurd because what you are doing is creating a fake image. Schwab is saying I am going to relieve you of all your debt. . . . That is a front because the government has gone to the point of no return. What you have to understand here is it is really the government that has to default. What I have said is, look, governments are going to have to default because this is no longer sustainable.”

Armstrong predicted last year, “The financial system has come to an end.”

Armstrong says you can expect much higher inflation and much higher interest rates by the end of 2022.

Armstrong also talks in detail about the following subjects: Russia, Ukraine, the push for war, a cycle of mass human die-off just getting started, along with gold, silver, and what the common man needs to stock up on and a lot more. (There is much more in the 1 hour and 8-minute interview.)

REPORT: Biden Expected to Announce Supreme Court Nominee Friday


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on February 25, 2022 | Sundance | 12 Comments

Several DC-centric media people are indicating that Joe Biden is scheduled to announce his replacement for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on Friday.  The timing would make sense as the nominee would attend next Tuesday’s state of the union speech.

Additionally, as to the timing and likelihood of selection, Mr. Objectib Ebidense weighed in yesterday [SEE HERE] with his recommendation, which not coincidentally lines up with our March 2021 prediction of why the people behind Obama told Biden to pick Garland as Attorney General.

Mr. Objectib Ebidense giving the nod means the AME network has been informed and Democrat James Clyburn together with Barack Obama has positioned the nominee exactly as we would expect.  Everything now is just a matter of execution of the plan from years past.

[The Map Was Laid Out in March 2021]

Everything going all the way back to specifically selected Garland for AG was done with this plan in mind.

There is a possibility it might not be KBJ.  However, with Mr. Objectib Ebidense in the picture yesterday, the alignment of Clyburn and the AME network, along with KBJ being the Obama favorite AND KBJ’s brother-in-law being former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s brother (which gives her the nod from the Senate DeceptiCon class), the likelihood of the nominee not being KBJ diminishes.

There’s also the 10-year anniversary of Trayvon Martin for the cherry on the narrative cake.

If the beltway insiders are correct, we should know today.

CDC Expected to Drop Mask Guidance That Nobody Pays Attention To


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on February 24, 2022 | Sundance | 303 Comments

According to the Associated Press, the CDC is likely to strongly loosen their mask guidance tomorrow, dropping the recommendation that masks should be worn indoors.   That said, I’m not sure how many places even have a mask wearing policy any longer.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter, meaning most Americans will no longer be advised to wear masks in indoor public settings.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday will announce a change to the metrics it uses to determine whether to recommend face coverings, shifting from looking at COVID-19 case counts to a more holistic view of risk from the coronavirus to a community. Under current guidelines, masks are recommended for people residing in communities of substantial or high transmission — roughly 95% of U.S. counties, according to the latest data. (read more)

Is anyone wearing masks where you are?

White House Defines Strategic Success Against Russia As the Value of Their Story, Who Is More Attractive to the World


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on February 24, 2022 | Sundance | 562 Comments

THIS video from the White House briefing today, you absolutely must watch to gain a fulsome understanding of how the modern political left views the world of geopolitical contests in 2022.

Deputy National Security Advisor and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, Daleep Singh, was presented at the podium today to explain the strategic policy of the Biden administration toward Russia.

Singh’s remarks outlining the view of the ‘west’ toward defeating Russia are eloquent yet batshit crazy in their ideological context.  Daleep Singh sounds like the senior head of a Google Human Resources operation telling the department heads how they need to convey their feelings in order to hire the talent for continued growth in the industry.  This is a direct quote:

…”Ultimately, the goal of our sanctions is to make this a strategic failure for Russia; and let’s define a little bit of what that means. Strategic success in the 21st century is not about a physical land grab of territory; that’s what Putin has done.  In this century, strategic power is increasingly measured and exercised by economic strength, by technological sophistication and your story – who you are, what your values are; can you attract ideas and talent and goodwill? And on each of those measures, this will be a failure for Russia.”

WATCH (14:31, prompted):

Deputy National Security Advisor Daleep Singh boils down geopolitical power to a cultural issue of social likeability.

Let this sink in.

Realize that what he is saying is the strategy leading our foreign policy.

Even if what he was saying is reasonable, and it’s not, I’m thinking strong Russians with hot chicks, nice cars, fast boats and a culture of polite strength, loyalty and fierce protection are winning the “story” side of the argument.

In essence, he is saying the quiet part out loud…. which explains why Obama, Clinton and now Biden are using social media to advance geopolitical strategies.

Pop icons are used as influencers and ambassadors. Hollywood is the quintessential State Department.  What Singh is saying is really the true way the modern political left view politics in general, but they rarely say this stuff so openly.

Joe Biden Holds a Press Conference Declaring “No one expected the sanctions to prevent anything from happening”


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on February 24, 2022 | Sundance | 435 Comments

Earlier today the installed current occupant of the White House delivered remarks and held a brief press conference to discuss the latest Russian entrance into Ukraine.  Simultaneously, the White House also released their latest sanctions on Russia [SEE HERE]

For well over a month Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, the White House and State Department have promoted the assembly of “harsh sanctions” as the deterrent that would keep Russia out of Ukraine.  However, when Biden was questioned by the media about the ineffectiveness of sanctions he declared, “no one expected the sanctions to prevent anything from happening.”  WATCH (prompted):

[Transcript Available Here]

Russia knows from watching Biden execute his domestic energy and regulatory policy, that Joe Biden has no intention to do anything that would support U.S. energy development.  As a consequence, Putin knows the U.S. will remain dependent on OPEC where Russia is a member.

Additionally, Europe writ large, and Germany specifically, are dependent on Russia’s oil and natural gas.  Underneath all of the saber rattling from the U.S. and NATO allies this truth remains Putin’s biggest weapon.  In essence, Putin is leveraging the western ‘global climate change’ and energy initiatives as a weapon to do whatever he wants to do, while knowing his adversaries have no options.

As the proverbial ‘west’ chases the Build Back Better climate change agenda, it becomes a structural weakness that Vladimir Putin knows he can exploit.

Putin Goes All-in Beyond Eastern Ukraine, Tactically Appearing to Advance for All Ukraine


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on February 24, 2022 | Sundance | 1,028 Comments

First, I did not anticipate Russia going beyond their allied region in Eastern Ukraine. I was wrong.  It appears Vladimir Putin is going for the whole enchilada as reports indicate his military operations are positioned to capture all of Ukraine, specifically the western Ukraine areas under control of the U.S. State Department.

Second, with all the prior Ukraine issues serving as a reference, it is important to remember that every media outlet in the U.S. machinery of information is untrustworthy.

U.S. intelligence manipulated information, some call misinformation and disinformation, is rampant as the U.S. has specific motives for everything that takes place in Ukraine.

In many ways Ukraine is a vassal state of U.S. leftist politics.

Ukraine has been a satellite operation for the U.S. State Department for approximately 15 to 20 years.  The U.S. has held control over Ukraine, and manipulated every political outcome inside Ukraine, for well over a decade.  This reality is the source of Vladimir Putin’s angst toward the west for the same amount of time, and it’s the same reason why the EU, specifically Germany, is tenuous in any collaborative response.

The EU, writ large (including NATO), are less interested in Ukraine, because they know Ukraine is the U.S. playground in Europe.  This truism explains why we see a conflict when it comes to responses and sanctions from the U.S. compared to the European NATO allies.

The outcome is along the line of NATO countries telling us, Ukraine is our playground, the issues are our creation, therefore when it comes to responsive action – you do you and we will look out for ourselves, but we in the EU have to live with the reality of the outcome, so our interests will likely diverge from yours depending on what Putin intends.

Vladimir Putin seeking to take the entire country of Ukraine back under his control – highlights, at least to me, that when Joe Biden took office, the scale of U.S. manipulation and influence went back to maximum levels.  This is in contrast to four years of President Trump not manipulating Ukraine or trying to use Ukraine as a vassal for U.S. foreign policy interests. Obviously, this puts the DC and Deep State (CIA and State Dept) attack on Trump, using Ukraine, into a specific context.

While there is no justification for President Putin to take all of Ukraine, an independent nation under Russian control, the Occam’s Razor geopolitical explanation would indicate Putin just reached a point where enough was enough.  Taking all of Ukraine away from U.S. control puts a stop to our using the Russian border state for our own interests.

Again, the scale and scope of Putin’s commitment here shows a particular radically strong motive to cut out what he sees as the U.S. cancer completely. This is the aspect I did not anticipate.  I expected Putin to throw a strong brush back pitch against the U.S. and retake control over eastern Ukraine, where he is appreciated.  I did not expect Putin to throw multiple fast balls directly at the head of team U.S.A.

Now, we get to the part where information warfare begins.  The same U.S. media who support the deepest part of the DC deep state, will be spinning the U.S. State Department position exclusively and with a massive amount of manipulation.  We cannot trust the CNN, WaPo, NYT version of events, because they are in alignment with the globalist intents of the Dept of State.

Inside the dynamic is another layer of ideology around climate change and energy.  The same U.S. interests who will clutch their pearls over the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, will not step up to increase energy development within the U.S. that could offset Russian influence in Europe.

It is difficult to blame Germany for not supporting the Biden demands of sanctions against Russia (SWIFT, Nordstream II, etc.), because energy dependent Germany can see the hypocrisy in the U.S. position toward energy development.

Stuck in the middle of this are the Ukraine people.   The manipulative U.S. State Dept has held control over Ukraine politics for so long, most of the Ukraine people suffer Stockholm syndrome toward us.  I doubt most of the western Ukrainian people can see how the U.S. involvement in their political affairs has put their country into this vulnerable position, in the same way most of the American people do not see the manipulation in the U.S. 2020 election.

In the big picture, China and Iran support Russia and are allies with Russia.  Collectively China, Iran and Russia will have increased direct involvement as their alliance will now confront the U.S- western alliance.   We can expect the cyber battleground (hacking etc) will be China and Russia working together, while the U.S. and western allies work together.

The bottom line is…. eventually physical power is what determines the outcome of war.

If Putin wants all of Ukraine, he will get all of Ukraine.

Is Schwab Evil?


Armstrong Economics Blog/WEF Re-Posted Feb 23, 2022 by Martin Armstrong

A number of people have asked why I do not believe that Schwab is evil. What I am saying is he does not think what he is doing is evil. He really believes his deranged economic theories are beneficial. What Schwab has done will unleash evil, but I do not think he intended it that way. He is very strategic and is intentionally trying to force his economic theories upon the world and holds no respect for the people or allowing them to have a voice. He is anti-democratic. That is often just a typical academic which are more left-wing than even center.

Marx did not foresee that 200 million people would die because of his economic ideas. That is different from someone like Stalin who intentionally killed people. What I fault Schwab for is his academic perspective that the business cycle can be eliminated and that justifies all-powerful authoritarian government because there can be no democratic process which is the root of capitalism and freedom to create while following your dreams. By claiming “checks and balances” must not be forgotten is a statement that the right of the people to vote must come to an end. He accomplished that in Europe where the head of state and the European Commission never stand for election only MPs who have no power and are just there for window-dressing.

Hence, he does NOT see himself as evil and is not intentionally comprehending the death toll behind his ideas as was the case with Karl Marx. Both academic fools who never researched how the economy and society truly function.