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Nov 21 2024

Europe Is Being Manipulated by the Neocons


Posted originally on Nov 20, 2024 by Martin Armstrong 

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Not one European leader represents their country or their population. They are all chanting war. The Finnish minister warns NATO may invoke Article 5 over cable sabotage of the telecommunications cable. Europe wants war, and NATO is brainwashing everyone that Putin wants to conquer Europe, so let’s conquer Russia first. NATO is the retirement home for Neocons. Fearing Trump, they are going all out to create war by December. Europeans had better move money out of Europe, for they would impose capital controls.

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What NATO is doing is no different than punching you in the face first, insisting it was in self-defense because he knew you wanted to punch him first. This is NATO’s version of Self-Defense. The Neocons got Biden to let Ukraine use US weapons, and they did immediately. The Neocons are pushing every button to create war by December. This is their moment. This is what they have been dreaming of their entire lives.

Moscow signaled to the West that it was ready for a nuclear confrontation after Ukraine was permitted to attack Russian territory on the same day. Kiev takes its orders from the Neocons. Ukrainians I talk to regard Zelensky as a traitor, and they are not allowed to seek peace or decide the fate of their own country. Ukraine has been converted into the West’s version of Hezbolla, exploiting them as Iran does to Lebanon.

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Zelensky appeared to waste little time after reportedly being given the go-ahead by Washington on Sunday to use U.S.-made ATACMS missiles against specific targets. Ukrainian news outlets reported early Tuesday that the missiles had been used to attack a Russian military facility in the Bryansk border region.

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Putin has been there since the end of 1999. He has had plenty of time to invade Europe and has not. That is the BS of the communist days led by Khrushchev, who even the Russians overthrew for his aggressive antics that included putting missiles into Cuba.

Not a single European leader gives two shits about their people or their country. Not a single one will dare to even try to negotiate. They will be the destruction of Europe this time – as they say

3rd time is the charm.

Nov 20 2024

Boris Johnson Spurs on War in Ukraine


Posted originally on Nov 20, 2024 by Martin Armstrong 

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Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson reemerges from the shadows whenever he hears word that a war may be winding down. He played an instrumental role in persuading Zelensky not to negotiate a peace treaty with Russia, and now he is proposing immediate NATO membership for Ukraine, which is the official onset of World War III.

A chip off the old block, Boris takes after his father, Stanley Johnson, who is from the same club as Bill Gates’ father and a eugenicist. Stanley worked for the Rockefeller Foundation in New York. Johnson and Rockefeller have the same population reduction goals as Gates. They somehow justify the need for a reduction of 70 million people from the population in Britain to 10 million to enhance economic growth. Stanley was also a proponent of climate change before it really gained traction in the mainstream community.

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Back on June 3, 2020, I announced that I would not support Boris Johnson and that I saw him as a threat to Britain. I had my reasons behind the curtain, which I was unprepared to express fully. However, as they say, the apple does not fall far from the tree. Here, we have Boris following his father’s depopulation ideas, as is the case with Bill Gates following his father. Quite honestly, I do not understand that.

Johnson is the man who made that emergency trip to Ukraine when Zelensky was considering a peace deal with Russia, urging him to continue the endless war. All the neocons are in a mad rush to arm and fund Ukraine before Trump returns in January. Now, Johnson wants to give $500 billion in a “loan” and force NATO to enact Article V. At the same time, Zelensky is telling the press that he is willing to keep the war alive after 1,000 days of death and destruction. It’s past the point that Zelensky could even stop the war if tried. He sold out Ukraine and it is too late.

And here we have Boris resurfacing from the swamp once again to urge NATO to permit Ukraine to join.  “That means we must have the courage and logic to give the Ukrainians the security guarantee that they need and announce a date in the near future by which Ukraine will join NATO,” Johnson said, also adding that Ukraine needs another $500 BILLION–$500 BILLION. For what reason? He believes it can come in the form of a lend-lease obligation, but how can they expect Ukraine to pay off all of its debt without conquering Russia and amassing its fortune? That is what these neocons believe is possible – a Russian takeover.

Nov 19 2024

Advice to RFK and Trump They will Not Listen Anyway


Posted originally on Nov 19, 2024 by Martin Armstrong 

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QUESTION: Since you said at the WEC that RFK and Trump will not listen to you or Socrates, they appear to be deer in headlights, powerless to prevent Biden and his Neocons from launching World War III before January. Besides my deep disappointment in their lack of respect for what you have accomplished, what advice would you have given them?

Jeff

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ANSWER: We all have monuments to previous wars, the tombs of unknown soldiers, and the ceremonial laying of wreaths annually is just photo-ops. Not one leader takes this into account. War memorials are just for show. They mean nothing to society, for they are not a deterrent in the least.

First, Congress would immediately call in the Pentagon and Chief of Staff and threaten to imprison him for contempt of Congress since only Congress can declare war and what they are doing violates the Constitution. They should get off their ass and stand up for the American people just once!

As for Trump and RFK, now is the time that you need to show the world you are really what you claim to be – anti-war. They both should be out there stating that if this vile puppet of the Neoccons, Zelensky, first even one long-range missile into Russia, not only will ALL funding to Ukraine be stopped, but they will move to cut off all funding to NATO and move to shut it down. Then, impose trade sanctions on every European country that supports war – PERIOD.

Nov 19 2024

Sweden & Finland Warn Prepare for War


Posted originally on Nov 19, 2024 by Martin Armstrong 

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All the European leaders wanted war desperately so they could (1) try to hold together the failing Eurozone and (2) end up with an excuse to default on their debts. The average Russian, European, American, Canadian, Japanese, and Chinese are uninterested in war. The average person wants to get along and deal with everyday life. Sweden and Finland are telling their people to prepare for war. There is nobody in power even saying, let’s talk this out – NOBODY!

Germany and Finland launched a probe Monday after an undersea cable linking the countries was severed, warning of the threat of “hybrid warfare” amid heightened tensions with Russia. The USA blew up the NordStream Pipeline, and Germany turned off the gas from NordStream 2 on the orders of the American Neocons, subjecting the German people to much higher gas prices. There is no question now that the war chanting from countries’ foreign ministers said in a joint statement they were “deeply concerned” by the cutting off the communications link through the Baltic Sea, where tensions have increased since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

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Meanwhile, last Friday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged the Russian leader to withdraw his armed forces from Ukraine and negotiate a peace agreement with Kiev. You have to wonder if he is drinking too much. Vladimir Putin replied that any agreement would have to take account of “new territorial realities.” That was the Minsk Agreement that the people in the Donbas were Russian – not Ukrainian.

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Zelensky has outlawed their language and their religion, and what started this was the massacre of Russians in Odesa in 2014, where they burned Russians alive as soon as the Ukrainians won their revolution. The West is not interested in peace. They have done nothing but promote this war from the outset.

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Yugoslavia broke up according to ethnic lines. Is it worth the destruction of Europe to want war with Russia? It did not work out very well for Napoleon or Hitler. In 2014, I warned that Ukraine should have been broken up according to its ethnic lines.

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Let’s get real here. If Russia walked out, the Ukrainians would slaughter the Russians that live there. The ethnic hatred goes back centuries. This is the same crisis in the Middle East. It is also not about land and more than this Ukrainian war. It is an ethnic view that goes back centuries. There is no living together. That seems to work for only brief moments in history.

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When Herman Goring was asked how did the Nazis get the people to support the war, he answered straightforwardly, but nobody wanted to believe. He said that was easy.  It was Stanley Milgrim who tested what Goring said and found it to be correct.

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Stanley wrote his conclusion in Obedience to Authority. Most were outraged because they did not want to believe that society could be so easily manipulated. It’s worth the read.

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Nov 19 2024

Taxing Crypto to Fund Climate Change


Posted originally on Nov 18, 2024 by Martin Armstrong 

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The elite gathered at the UN’s COP29 in Azerbaijan to discuss how to extort the people to fund their climate change agenda. Numerous nations believe that cryptocurrencies and plastics must be levied from developed nations who are deemed the highest polluting economies.

The “expert’s” assumption is that $5.2 billion could be generated by taxing cryptocurrencies due to “the high energy demand of crypto mining,” that releases those dreaded emissions. A separate report stated that a crypto tax could rake in tens of billions per year – hence why I call crypto a bureaucrat’s dream as they can easily track where funds are coming and going.

The Global Solidarity Leviestask force launched in November of last year at COP28 with the primary goal of forcing the world to implement levies to fight climate change. The task force is co-chaired by Kenya, Barbados, and France presently. The European Commission is on board, as is the United Nations, World Bank, OECD, G20, African Union, Coalition of Finance Ministers, and the International Monetary Fund. They are exploring widespread taxation on aviation, fossil fuels, plastics, cryptocurrencies, maritime shipping, and now cryptos. Concrete proposals will be launched in November 2025.

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They believe that hundreds of billions in additional taxes should be redistributed to poor nations who are disproportionately affected by climate change. How will they change the naturally occurring cycle of nature? They have no idea but they know they need your money to do so.

I recently reported how the World Bank cannot account for $41 BILLION in funds designated for climate change. Oxfam had to blow the whistle after conducting a private audit. The World Bank controls 52% of the total flow of climate funding from all multilateral banks combined. This is outright fraud. That amount could not possibly go “missing” due to an oversight or miscalculation.

Similar to these proxy wars, absolutely no one knows where or how these funds are being spent. Yet, it is our responsibility to fund these initiatives when it is becoming increasingly clear that the entire climate agenda is a SCAM. They are coming for everything they perceive produces emissions. Could agriculture be next? Will we have a set allotment of breaths we may take per day? The climate scheme will continue to spread so long as governments see they are able to extort the people with no repercussions.

May 21 2023

Is Zelensky Concerned About a Coup?


Armstrong Economics Blog/Ukraine Re-Posted May 20, 2023 by Martin Armstrong

DNIPRO, UKRAINE - JANUARY 15: Emergency workers search the remains of a residential building that was struck by a Russian missile yesterday on January 15, 2023 in Dnipro, Ukraine. At least 20 people were reported dead after a missile hit the apartment building on Saturday, part of fresh wave of missiles launched by Russia. The Ukrainian president said his forces shot down 20 of 30 missiles fired by Russia on Saturday. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

There are quiet whispers inside various EU governments that Zelensky should resign. Inside Ukraine, it was highly suspicious that in January, conveniently, Ukraine’s leading officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (similar to our FBI) charged with protecting the state and the people against illegal actions by those in power all died in a crash together. There were some who had concerns starting to question Zelensky’s ethical position with respect to the people.

This helicopter carrying the leadership team of Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs crashed in the Kyiv region killing at least 14 people, including all nine people on board, according to officials. A further 25 people were injured on the ground including 11 children. Fourteen bodies were found at the crash site, including one child and all nine people who were on board the helicopter – six ministry officials and three crew members, all died according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES).

Ukrainian National Police confirmed that Ministry of Internal Affairs Denis Monastyrsky, First Deputy Minister Yevheniy Yenin, and State Secretary Yuriy Lubkovychis were among the dead. Monastyrsky actually had replaced the previous Minister of Internal Affairs, Arsen Avakov following his unexpected resignation.  Avakov was a political heavyweight. Avakov was considered by many to be one of the most powerful people in the country after Zelenskey and his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak. He oversaw about 300,000 law enforcement officials and a significant share of Ukraine’s annual budget expenditures.

There emerged a conflict between Zelensky and Avakov and it was widely assumed that Zelensky was preparing to fire Mr Avakov who was investigating internal corruption. His removal allowed Zelensky to seize more power and control any investigation into his personal dealings. This was no different than Biden telling the IRS to stop investigating his son Hunter.

Based on information and belief, Zelensky is very concerned about the “traitors” he defines as simply against him, not the people or the country. The rumors are that there are many beginning to question Zelensky’s true patriotism and his willingness to have all of Ukraine destroyed for his deal with Blackrock rather than show the slightest concern about the people of Ukraine. Avakov had served as head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs continuously since 2014. During that time, he oversaw the activities of the police and the National Guard. His removal was to cement Zelensky as a virtual dictator.

This has raised questions about the helicopter crash that eliminated Zelensky’s hand-selected Ministry of Internal Affairs who had his back.

When we look at the ECM calculated from the move of Russia to protect the Donbas from the Ukrainians in the civil war instigated by the United States Neocons, it does not appear that Zelensky’s grand scheme to make Ukraine the greatest European investment of all time with Blackrock will succeed. Why the Ukrainian people are willing to sacrifice their country all for the Donbas is insane. They had a country for the first time. The computer is suggesting it is highly doubtful that Ukraine will even survive post-2026. On top of that, we are headed into world war post-2024.

May 20 2023

Romania & Moldavia


Armstrong Economics Blog/Foreign Exchange Re-Posted May 19, 2023 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Can you add Romania and Moldavia currencies to Socrates? I greatly appreciate your response to Gold.

HR

ANSWER: Yes, we will add them. I hope I translated your question correctly. If there are other currencies people want to add, drop a request.

May 16 2023

Zelensky: Ukraine Will Win War before 2024 US Elections


Armstrong Economics Blog/War Re-Posted May 16, 2023 by Martin Armstrong

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I have said it countless times – the only way they will keep Biden in power is to enter the war. The US and all NATO nations have already unofficially entered the war by supplying soldiers and a blank check to Ukraine and attempting to nuke Russia’s economy by removing it from SWIFT and placing outrageous sanctions on individual citizens. Now, Zelensky is saying he believes Ukraine will achieve victory before the 2024 US Presidential Elections.

No one is going to “win” this war. Neither side can back down now without a full-scale global conflict. The US will likely officially enter the war before the 2024 US Presidential Election. Zelensky confidently stated that regardless of who wins our independent election, the leader of the free world (allegedly) will still support the war in Ukraine. He’s right! There are neocons on both sides of the aisle and no one will permit Trump to win even if the people elect him.

During Trump’s town hall meeting, the first-time people actually tuned in to CNN, he said that deaths on both sides could have been prevented. Everyone is talking about strategy and winning as if we are playing Battleship. Mothers are losing their sons every day, and human nature never changes. The Ukrainian mother mourns her son the same as the Russian mother, and neither had a say in this completely preventable conflict. DeSantis has also said that backing Ukraine is not a priority for the US. “We cannot prioritize intervention in an escalating foreign war over the defense of our own homeland,” DeSantis declared.

Trump ruffled feathers in Europe as president. He warned Germany that they were too dependent on Russian energy, and they laughed in his face. He threatened to exit NATO is other nations failed to pay their fair share. Trump is still standing firm on his position that the US has less to lose and has accused Europe on unfairly relying on the US. His former vice president disagrees, as Mike Pence, a potential candidate, as stated. “We support those who fight our enemies on their shores, so we will not have to fight them ourselves,” wrote Pence. UN Ambassador (the title gives it away) Nikki Haley also wants to continue fighting the proxy war in the US.

Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy is also against the war. Kennedy tweeted:

“In 2019 actor and comedian Volodymyr Zelensky ran as the peace candidate winning the Ukrainian presidency with 70% of the vote. As Benjamin Abelow observes in his brilliant book, “How the West Brought War to Ukraine,” Zelensky almost certainly could have avoided the 2022 war with Russia simply by uttering five words — “I will not join NATO.” But pressured by NeoCons in the Biden White House, and by violent fascist elements within the Ukrainian government, Zelensky integrated his army with NATO’s and allowed the U.S. to place nuclear-capable Aegis missile launchers along Ukraine’s 1,200-mile border with Russia. These were provocations that senior U.S. diplomats like post-WWII foreign policy architect George Kennan, former U.S. Defense Secretary Bill Perry, and former U.S. ambassador to Moscow Jack Matlock had long described as “red lines” for Russian leadership. Let’s face it, the Neocons wanted this war with Russia, just as they wanted war with Iraq. Listen here to NATO Supreme Commander General Wesley Clark describe how White House Neocons justified the Iraq invasion.”

I have posted the video he shared with this tweet at the top of this article. I have been criticized for analyzing Kennedy’s economic and environmentalist views, but I am not for or against anyone and would not write someone off simply because of their political party. I believe he is right in his views regarding Ukraine and COVID, although I may disagree with him on other items. Again, anyone against the establishment is going to have a rough time leading up to the election.

Everyone in the establishment craves war; hence, the machine will ensure that the US is positioned where they MUST enter the war. I wish I were wrong, but the computer has always been right. The War Cycle turned up in 2014 and only indicates a further escalation.

May 16 2023

Pasta Prices Soar 20% in Italy – The Return of the Pasta Cartel?


Armstrong Economics Blog/Inflation Re-Posted May 16, 2023 by Martin Armstrong

(image above represents shrinkflation — an additional burden to consumers)

Italy’s Industry Minister Adolfo Urso called for an emergency meeting to discuss the sharp uptick in food prices. Pasta alone is up nearly 20%, and this is a major problem in a country where 60% of residents report eating this item daily. Some provinces are seeing a 58% increase in this staple item. Siena, Tuscany, reported pasta rising from $1.50 a kilo to $2.37 a kilo within in a year. The European Central Bank stated that inflation reached 8.1% in March, so what is driving these food prices?

Some may point to wheat, the main ingredient, as the recent usurping of farmland and the Ukraine war had an impact on prices. However, wheat prices have actually declined in recent months. Durum wheat is down 30% since May of last year. The only other ingredient required to make pasta is water.

Coldiretti, Italy’s biggest farmers association, said that farmers are not seeing an uptick in revenue and are struggling to make ends meet. “There is no justification for the increases other than pure speculation on the part of the large food groups who also want to supplement their budgets with extra profits,” Assoutenti president Furio Truzzi told the Washington Post. Yet, food manufacturers are claiming that this spike in pasta costs in temporary and a result of pasta produced during the beginning of the Ukraine war and energy crisis.

This is not the first time that Italy has seen a rise in food prices. Italian authorities raised 26 pasta manufacturers in 2009 and fined the industry 12.5 million euros for creating what Reuters described as a “pasta cartel.” Around 90% of pasta makers in the country were in on the price gouging scheme that operated from May 2006 until May 2008, during which pasta prices rose 51.8% for retailers and 26% for consumers. Barilla, the largest pasta producer at the time, received the largest fine of 5.7 million euros.

Food inflation is a major problem across the world. In Italy, overall food prices rose 12.6% in April 2023, marking a slight decline from March’s 13.2% reading. This is unsustainably high. The overall inflation numbers put forth by government agencies are always the best-case scenario as they do not want us to see the true damage of inflation.

May 15 2023

Oxford’s Protests Against 15-Minute Cities


Armstrong Economics Blog/WEF re-Posted May 15, 2023 by Martin Armstrong

Those who see what is coming are beginning to resist the Great Reset. Ultimately, their plan to create a one-world government will fail but it will take firm resistance. As one reader mentioned, English residents of Oxford began protesting the 15-minute city concept in March. Thousands of people took to the streets to protest what they deemed a “Stalinist-style, closed city.”

Media agencies such as Politico are calling protestors far-right extremists. Yet thousands have joined the “Not Our Future” group to tell the global elite that they will not willingly surrender. Oxford’s city council agreed to implement these cities within the next 20 years. Reporter Mark Dolan said the “dystopian” city planning would create “”a surveillance culture that would make Pyongyang envious.” Tory MP Nick Fletcher called them an “international socialist concept” intended to “take away personal freedoms.”

Bloomberg News condemned the protestors as well, calling them “a case study in conspiracy paranoia.” They also called lockdowns a conspiracy before they happened. The plans for these cities are out in the open. Schwab clearly states his plan for the Great Reset in interviews, books, online writings, and conferences. He boasts about infiltrating cabinets across the globe. Every politician in recent years has had a big “BUILD BACK BETTER” logo on their podium. Everyone is suddenly pushing for the same non-existent issues such as creating legislation against naturally occurring weather patterns. It is in our faces, people. This is public information that the masses choose to ignore because it is upsetting.

As a reminder, here are some of the projections from the WEF for Agenda 2030:

  • All products will have become services
  • There is a global price on carbon
  • US dominance is over. We now have a handful of global powers
  • Virtual health assistants will replace human doctors
  • You will eat less meat
  • Refugees will be CEOs
  • The values that built the West will have been tested to the breaking point
  • Digital tech will close the gender and wealth gap
  • A global family of fun and functional cities
  • Technology in space underpins security on earth
  • You will own nothing and be happy

Again, this is all public information that can be found on the World Economic Forum’s website.