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Jan 29 2022

Arizona Sells Over $1.23 Billion of Marijuana During First Year of Legalization


Armstrong Economics Blog/The Hunt for Taxes Re-Posted Jan 29, 2022 by Martin Armstrong

The state of Arizona saw $1.23 billion in sales after legalizing recreational marijuana one year ago. This figure does not include December’s final reporting. Medical marijuana accounted for $703 million in purchases while recreational produced $528 million. The state will collect over $196 million on those earnings, with a good percentage going to education.

The Marijuana Excise Tax will contribute $92.9 million to community colleges and health departments, while $7.3 million will go toward an education sales tax. “Rarely does an industry produce over $1.2 billion in revenue in its first year. This number shows that the legalization of cannabis is something Arizonans believe strongly in and the many benefits it contributes to the state’s economy,” Samuel Richard, the executive director of the Arizona Dispensaries Association, said in a press release.

Canada has long recognized the lucrative venture of cannabis, as have numerous US states. However, the US still deems marijuana as a schedule 1 narcotic on par with drugs such as heroin and crystal meth. This means that they consider marijuana to have no medical properties, despite numerous studies stating otherwise. Addictive narcotics, promoted and profited by Big Pharma, are not considered schedule 1.

Some estimates claim that 40,000 people are currently serving time in US prisons and jails for marijuana-related offenses. In 2019, US authorities arrested 350,149 people for possessing marijuana. Of those arrested, 24% were black. An increasing number of politicians are agreeing with the public who typically votes in favor of decriminalization whenever it makes the ballot. Texas Governor Abbott, who is not in favor of complete legalization, concluded “prison and jail is a place for dangerous criminals who may harm others, and small possession of marijuana is not the type of violation that we want to stockpile jails with.”

Decriminalization was another campaign lie provided by the Biden Administration. Vice President Kamala Harris stated that reform simply was not a priority for them. Will he reuse this promise to save his bottom-of-the-barrel approval rating? Thousands are sitting in jail awaiting an answer.

Jan 29 2022

First Wave of Canadian Freedom Convoy Arrives in Ottawa


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on January 28, 2022 | sundance | 81 Comments

Jumpin’ Ju-Ju Bones, we shall have to dust off the happy dance shoes.  The wrong thinking “fringe minority” have raised over $7.5 million [LINK] in support of their trucker Freedom Convoy.   The Canadian freedom movement is representing very well.

As the first wave of the convoy rolls into Ottawa, we start the update with the patriotic voice of fellow Canadian and friend of the Treehouse, Mark Steyn.

Thousands of Canadians have braved brutally cold weather to stand on the side of the roads and highways for hours while cheering on the convoy and providing food, drinks and supplies for the massive logistical effort.  It really is incredible to see the contagious cheers, flags, happiness and unifying smiles erupting after years of government doom, gloom and proclamations of the pending “winter of death.”

With horns a’ blaring, the leading edge of the massive truck and support convoy has started to arrive in Ottawa.   The capital city is not known as a residential metropolitan area, but the residents who do live there appear to be happy to see the Freedom Convoy arrive.   What a sight.

The truck convoys started from British Columbia in the west, Newfoundland in the east, and Windsor, Ontario in the south.  However, cars, SUVs, vans, and small commercial trucks are now included in the massive convoy lines and joined with the big rigs.  On every highway along the way crowds are cheering and waving support for the Truckers.

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Jan 29 2022

Angry Man Travels to Pennsylvania to Yell at the Keystone State Assembly Again


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on January 28, 2022 | sundance | 79 Comments

The installed White House occupant was transported by airplane to Pennsylvania today so he could yell at the snow for being cold.

According to national media reports, he successfully completed his mission, was given a pudding cup and subsequently returned to the basement.  WATCH:

https://youtu.be/KJTl1LwmheE
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Angry man wasn’t yelling the entire time, there was a moment when he did that creepy whisper voice thing again.

Jan 29 2022

Not a Joke, U.S. Govt Takes the Official Position There Is No Food Inflation


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on January 28, 2022 | sundance | 243 Comments

The same people who told us to appreciate saving $0.16 on our July 4th BBQs last summer are now taking the official position there is no massive food inflation.  [DATA HERE]

Those skyrocketing prices you think you see at the grocery store are not real.  Those announcements of forecasted price increases by the food producers, well, those are not real either.  So sayeth the United States Dept of Agriculture (USDA).

In their update to the USDA pricing forecast and analysis dated January 25, 2022, the USDA claims: “2021 retail food price inflation continued at same pace as 2020 but varied among food categories.”  Oh, but it gets even more stupid:

“USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) researchers project that prices for food-at-home, or food purchased typically from grocery stores or other food stores, will increase between 1.5 and 2.5 percent in 2022, lower than the 3.5-percent increase that occurred in both 2020 and 2021. Forecasts for all food categories for 2022 are available in ERS’s monthly Food Price Outlook data product, updated January 25, 2022.” (link)

If there was ever an argument that every single institution in the U.S. government was corrupt, manipulative and ideologically bent, this claim by the USDA would be a case study in the supportive evidence.

Apparently, if you are to follow the outlook of the USDA – and reconcile their institutional hypocrisy, Joe Biden increased the rate of food stamp assistance by 25 percent for some unknown reason.  Because according to the Dept of Agriculture, “Retail food prices increased by a mere 3.5 percent in 2021, equal to the rate in 2020.”

3.5% ?

You just cannot make this up.

Beef has doubled in price.  Bacon has gone up by 30% in the last quarter.  Milk has gone up by 40% in the past two months. Fish, eggs and poultry are between 30 to 60% higher than a year ago.  Fresh fruits and vegetables still rising in price.  Food producers have announced price increases in products from 8% to 60% in the next few months.  Beverages and sports drinks are rising 20% beginning in March.  Kraft Foods announced processed meat (lunchmeat) price increases up to 30% in a few weeks.  However, according to the USDA, these are not the droids you are looking for.

We are living in a parallel universe, a true state of propaganda pushed by the institutions of government.

Count all the people with COVID as having died from COVID to maintain the fear.  Hide the ships further offshore, and the port backlog disappears.  Don’t count the imported goods, and our domestic economic activity is great.  Ignore the prices at the grocery store, and there is no food inflation…

It would be funny if the reality of our situation was not so serious.

Jan 29 2022

Trudeau Claims Proactive Victim Status, Says Violent Extremist Truckers Descending on Ottawa to Destroy Democracy


Posted originally on the conservative tree house January 28, 2022 | sundance | 414 Comments

When the government abuser, or any long-term abuser, attempts to proactively manipulate and flip the dynamic, claiming victimhood status, the best approach is to ridicule and mock them relentlessly.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking advice from his Alinsky counselors and attempting to define the Freedom Convoy as violent right-wing extremists descending on Ottawa in an effort to destroy democracy.

Americans will note this is the same ideological narrative the extreme leftists in U.S. government used against the January 6th protestors.  They are all singing from the same hymnal, the Alinsky “Rules for Radicals.”

Trudeau uses his state-run media outlets to frame his narrative.

(CANADA) –  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s concerned about the potential for violence during this weekend’s planned protest on Parliament Hill by truckers and others joining the crowd.

In an interview with The Canadian Press, Trudeau says the “freedom convoy” is no longer a protest against the federal vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers and has morphed into a forum for a small minority of “very angry” people opposed to all public health measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, some of whom espouse violence.

[…] he says threats of violence should not go with the territory for anyone who steps up to serve, including politicians and health-care workers.

[…] Trudeau stresses that the protesters do not represent the vast majority of truckers or the vast majority of Canadians who’ve done the right thing by getting fully vaccinated to protect themselves and their loved ones. (read more)

You can’t debate or counteract this level of manipulation with intellectual argument.  The only way to deal with them is to mock them, relentlessly.  When the media then attempts to portray you as a bully, mock them some more.  Ignore the manipulation, mock them, laugh at them, ridicule them and keep moving forward with the intent and purpose of the confrontation.

These people like PM Trudeau, and those around him, are professional leftists who have been trained to use emotional arguments to retain their objectives.   They pretend not to know things, and consistently frame themselves as victims in order to avoid being held accountable.  That is what they do….

Break the cycle by hardening yourself to their effort.

Ignore their irrelevance.  Mock them!

Jan 29 2022

Ukraine President Zelensky Tells Joe Biden to Chill Out and Stop Trying to Create a War With Russia


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on January 28, 2022 | sundance | 241 Comments

The dynamic between the Joe Biden administration and the government of Ukraine is very interesting and thoroughly corrupt. President Volodymyr Zelensky is trying to avoid being the 2022 version of Libyan President Muammar Gadaffi, circa 2011.

Meanwhile, the entirety of the corrupt and manipulative Joe Biden administration, the U.S. State Department, the CIA, the Pentagon and the U.S. Congress are all saying, “Nice country you got there, it’d be a shame if something happened to it“, while simultaneously poking the Russian bear to attack.  Biden and the deepest state want them their proxy war, and they will not be denied.

Following a phone call last night where Zelensky told Biden to stop telling everyone the Russians were going to attack, a conversation the Biden administration desperately is trying to hide from the American people, Zelensky smartly calls a media press conference so the global media can see him telling Biden, in essence, to ‘chill the hell out’.

Full credit to Euronews who is being an honest broker about the dynamics at play.  This is a great

Given the nature of how corrupt the U.S. administration is on a globalist scale; and considering that Biden Inc, which is really the Hillary Clinton foreign policy establishment, would give Zelensky the full Gaddafi treatment if it helped them gain wealth, power and influence; it really would be in Ukraine’s best interest for Zelensky to open a dialogue with Vladimir Putin.

Right now, on a geopolitical scale, Volodymyr Zelensky is more akin to Kim Jong-un in North Korea trying NOT TO be forced into a relationship with China.  Ukraine is faced with the United States controlling them or embracing a closer relationship with Russia who would want to control them.  It’s a hot mess of geopolitical manipulation on a mafioso scale.

If Zelensky does not allow himself to be a proxy for the United States in Europe, the people who control U.S. policy will create a war with Russia to get rid of him.  Biden is really a stammering stupid doofus and tool of the deep state, who isn’t strong enough to battle his own corrupt policy team; and Biden Inc, which includes his entire family, is paid by the DC manipulators to shut-up and just read.

Zelensky has to pretend like Biden represents the U.S. interests, while knowing Biden doesn’t have any control over U.S. policy.

The war mongering crew deep in the U.S. government are in control.  The Fourth Branch of the U.S. government and the national security apparatus are in full operational control over the dynamic.  Zelensky is stuck between Russia and the U.S. Deep State.  Quite frankly, he’d be better off embracing Vladimir Putin and coming to terms.

However, the problem is Zelensky doesn’t want to end up being Ukraine to Russia like North Korea is to China.

If Zelensky tells Biden to go spit, I mean really calls this baby ugly as it needs to be called, then the U.S. system (writ large) will withdraw any support or assistance for Ukraine, and Russia will absorb his country quickly.   That’s the unfortunate dynamic.

Zelensky wants to stop being a hostage to the West by joining NATO.  However, Russia will not allow a formal NATO relationship.

It’s a mess.

My advice to President Zelensky would be to ask Hungary or Poland to host discussions between himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Jan 29 2022

As Expected, Chicken Wing Shortage Just in Time for Superbowl


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on January 28, 2022 | sundance | 199 Comments

Hopefully last year’s warning gave all enough time: …”By the time we get to Superbowl Sunday, the price of ¹chicken wings is going to bring sticker shock to those who have not prepared.” (link)

For those doing the math, that’s a 51.4% price increase in a year.

(Prior article)

[NOTE: ¹More chicken wings are purchased in the days leading up to the Superbowl than any other time of year.]

Jan 28 2022

Clinical Trial Manager Fakes Data; Goes to Prison


Posted originally on TrialSite News by Staff on January 27, 2022

Clinical Trial Manager Fakes Data; Goes to Prison

A project manager for Tellus Clinical Research, a Miami, Florida-based medical study firm, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison with restitution fines of $2.1 million for falsifying clinical trial results.

Clinical Trials for Opioid Dependency, Irritable Bowl Syndrome Faked

United States District Judge Robert N. Scola Jr. of the Southern District of Florida found that Duniel Tejeda, 35, of Clewiston, Florida, committed conspiracy to falsify medical data associated with clinical research on opioid dependency, irritable bowel syndrome, and diabetic nephropathy. Tejeda’s misdeeds included inserting fake data from non-existent trial subjects.

Tellus Clinical Research has been under investigation for at least a year and ran studies since 2014.

“Clinical trials help ensure that new drugs are safe and effective for the public,” said Acting Assistant U.S. Attorney General Brian M. Boynton. “Falsifying clinical trial data undermines a critical component of the drug approval process.”Subscribe to the Trialsitenews “Clinical Trials” ChannelNo spam – we promise

Clinical Trial Scams Undermine Drug Safety, Place Public at Risk

Clinical trial fraud is a potentially lucrative scam with serious consequences for patients, contract research organizations, and clinical trial sponsors.

“Compromised clinical trial data could impact the agency’s decisions about the safety and effectiveness of the drug under review,” said Catherine A. Hermsen, an assistant commissioner for the FDA Office of Criminal Investigations. “We will continue to monitor, investigate and bring to justice those whose actions may subvert the FDA approval process and endanger the public health.”

Ghost Trial Participants, Fake Data

Instead of honestly recruiting patients with the diagnoses needed to participate in Tellus’ clinical trial program, Tejeda and other defendants enrolled people without applicable diagnoses and falsely claimed to have fulfilled study protocol and demanded payments from the clinical trial sponsors. 

Defendants enrolled friends and family members to fake participation numbers. Clinical notes and medical records were also faked.

Jan 28 2022

Biden Administration Preparing Illegal Aliens to Rig 2022 Election


Armstrong Economics Blog/Immigration Re-Posted Jan 28, 2022 by Martin Armstrong

We have a major crisis brewing which appears to be why our computer has projected a Panic Cycle in 2022 and 2024 in politics, which it has not done since the Great Depression. This is a major effort by the left to take over the country, and undermine the Constitution if not scrap it entirely. The scheme is to filter in illegal aliens who are now pouring into the country, shipping them off to key states that the Democrats need to take like Florida. Plane after plane is dumping illegal aliens in Miami, in particular.

FOX News has captured on video what everyone knows has been taking place. DeSantis has proposed spending $8 million to deport all the illegal aliens Biden is dumping into Florida in the middle of the night. I have warned back in November that the Biden Administration is deliberately allowing illegal aliens in, granting them residency and then voting rights before the November 2022 election. Biden sent his proposal to Congress in January 2021 that he calls the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021,

Every trick in the book is being played out to rig the 2022 election. That is why the Democrats were trying to change the voting to where no ID was necessary, claiming they were doing this for clacks. This is a fraud, for blacks have IDs like everyone else. You cannot get a job without ID, welfare, unemployment, or travel. The only people who do not have IDs are all the illegal UNDOCUMENTED aliens Biden is allowing to pour into the country so they can vote against Americans of all races and religions.

This is all about the globalist Agenda 2030 being directed by the World Economic Forum. Schwab is out to overthrow the United States and to strip our nation of all sovereignty and hand even our military force to be “shared” among nations directed by the United Nations. Every politician supporting this agenda is committing treason but because the very people in charge of running the country are in fact committing treason, there is ZERO chance anyone will investigate. The Press has surrendered its role to protect the people and the nation.

Welcome to the REAL conspiracy, and they use WOKE to divide us and hope we will never WAKE UP to the real threat to our future and that of our children.

Jan 28 2022

Trudeau Can’t Hide


Armstrong Economics Blog/Canada Re-Posted Jan 28, 2022 by Martin Armstrong

Days before the Freedom Convoy was expected to arrive in Ottawa, Justin Trudeau announced that he would be self-isolating after being exposed to COVID. Luckily the protestors are in no rush. In fact, they plan to gridlock Ottawa until all vaccine mandates are eliminated.

“This is not about the vaccine, by the way. There’s nobody in here that’ll tell you it’s about vaccines on this entire convoy. We’ve got double jabbed, we’ve got single jabbed, we’ve got no jabbed, we’ve got the boosted,” said James Bauder, founder of the Canada Unity Foundation, one of the groups organizing the Freedom Convoy.

Trudeau has dismissed the movement that he feels represents a “small fringe minority of people” with “unacceptable views.” Trudeau is so out of touch with reality that he does not realize that most Canadians are fed up with mandates and are not willing to give up their remaining freedoms. Even the Ottawa police have said that the Freedom Convoy has been cooperative and peaceful. “We don’t have any risk information to suggest that people or business owners need to barricade themselves into their homes or businesses or that they need to close,” said Chief Peter Sloly.

Trudeau can run, but he can’t hide. This is not about the vaccine itself. This is about retaining freedom and taking back liberties that Trudeau ripped away from Canadians. According to the Guinness World Records, the longest convoy occurred in Egypt during 2020 and reached almost five miles. Will the Freedom Convoy 2022 break this record? The parade of trucks in Egypt consisted of 480 trucks, but the Toronto Sun estimates 50,000 trucks could participate in this demonstration.