Re-Posted Dec 1, 2016 by Martin Armstrong

The inundated Chancellor Angel Merkel has always had her own team who poll her popularity regularly. She cannot let go of power and she is known for not standing for anything but herself. She will change positions whenever necessary to maintain her popularity. Merkel created this entire refugee crisis because she was being criticized for her hardline on Greece. Now, Merkel is changing direction promising to deport 100,000 refugees.

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Merkel’s harsh actions toward Greece drew international condemnation. On July 15, 2015, Time Magazine wrote, “Berlin’s role as the enforcer in negotiations over Greece’s debt could cause lasting damage to Germany’s global image.” Images of elderly Greeks committing suicide in Syntagma central square in front of the Greek Parliament in Athens made the front pages in the international press. Pictures surfaced of retired Greeks who were moved to tears after they were unable to withdraw money from banks and unable to buy food. Merkel’s image was becoming that of a money-grubber without any humanity.

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Then, the Washington Times wrote on September 10, 2015, “Angela Merkel welcomes refugees to Germany despite rising anti-immigrant movement.” Merkel created this crisis as a diversion because Germany was being viewed as the harsh enforcer of loans, which were structured to hide what Goldman Sachs had instituted to get Greece into the euro from the outset. The entire reason for the refugee crisis was simply the view of Merkel globally. She needed to reshape her image from the loan shark to the caring Mother Merkel. Europe is now paying the price because career politicians were simply concerned about her polls.

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Merkel had refused to accept any responsibility and outright denied that the refugee issue was even the problem. A leaked document surfaced that 2,000 men assaulted and raped 1,200 girls across Germany on New Year’s Eve. This was not an act of terrorism or some normal crime wave that has ever taken place in ANY western country before Merkel’s refugee crisis. If the refugees were not the issue, then why create flirting courses to show Islamic men how to get lucky with Germany girls? Police even altered records in Cologne to remove the word “rape” from criminal reports to support Merkel.

Merkel now promises for her election next year that she will increase the rate of forced deportations as she comes against a collapse in support to third place. Mrs. Merkel’s decision to open the doors to refugees without any verification has undermined the entire security of Europe. You even have her policy imposed on Australia who hopes to dump their undesirables on the United States thanks to Obama.

This is the biggest crisis that Europe faces and Merkel has the audacity to try to stay in politics and fight her way back through the polls.

Dec 1 2016

Hungary Cracks down on Syrian Refugees

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Re-Posted Dec 1, 2016 by Martin Armstrong

Last July, Hungary’s polls showed that the people will NOT accept more refugees. Hungary’s Premier Viktor Orban was told his nation could be kicked out “forever” after “seriously” breaching basic values of the EU. He built a razor-wire fence along Hungary’s southern border to keep migrants out and even told Brussels to help Christian refugees before Muslims. He further told them that they should sink empty migrant ships to save the Mediterranean.

Now, a Syrian refugee was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for participating in riots on the border with Serbia. The man had thrown stones on policemen in September 2015, in order to force an opening of the border at the Röszke crossing. This is classified as a terrorist act. The 40-year-old was one of the instigators of the riots.

Almost half of the about one million refugees who came to Europe last year came through Hungary. There were often chaotic situations at the national borders on the so-called Balkan route. Hungary finally cut off its border with the neighboring country of Serbia with barbed wire and passed laws, which included, among other things, imprisonment for the illegal crossing of the border.

Nov 30 2016

Tucker Carlson Interviews Goofy Jill Stein Campaign Manager About Election Recount…

Oof… Take a large dose of obtuse double-speak, blend in a batch of cognitive dissonance, and bake at the highest possible level of moonbattery.

Source: Tucker Carlson Interviews Goofy Jill Stein Campaign Manager About Election Recount…

Nov 30 2016

2nd Amendment Mandate

Self protection is the most fundamental right.

Nov 30 2016

The Doctrine of Cowards

Why are so many Muslim refugees coming to the US? Why do so few persecuted Christians come? The answer is the position of the churches. The biggest door into US society is the church door. The Christians and Jews love to attend interfaith gatherings where they sit and nod their heads yes to all that the Muslims say.

But the Christian and Jewish leaders are ignorant about Islam. They know nothing about the Islamic doctrine of Christian and Jew hatred. But what is worse is that they refuse to learn.

Christian leaders have developed a doctrine of the coward to justify their pious ignorance and fear. They are all about turning the other cheek, loving their enemies, and doing nothing while waiting for Jesus to return. They are incapable of boldness and courage. Wimps all (well, about 95% of them).

And if you are not a Christian, why aren’t you concerned with the greatest human rights tragedy happening today—the killing of religious minorities in Islamic lands? Why can’t persecuted Christians come as refugees to America? When will Christians care about the persecution of their own brothers and sisters?

What has happened to us (Christians, Jews, Buddhists, atheists and all others) that we are no longer able to have moral outrage? Righteous anger?

Nov 30 2016

Stein’s Great Fraud – Even Obama Says “We Stand Behind Our Election Results.”

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Re-Posted Nov 30, 2016 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Hi Marty, there is something circulated around that if the three states being hand recounted by Stein are not counted by Nov. 13th that the electoral votes from those states will be void and thrown out and giving the win to Hillary. How plausible is this?

ANSWER: That seems to be populated by Edward Foley, an expert in election law at Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University. That is very misleading. Yes the absolute deadline is Dec. 19th, 2016 when electors around the country must meet to cast their Electoral College votes. However, whatever the vote is on the 13th stands. Foley said: “That is a hard deadline and if a state were to miss that deadline, it would be technically in jeopardy of not having its electoral votes counted.” The likelihood of that would be below ZERO. A recount would by no means prevent that vote on the 19th. In fact, if the recount were not completed in time, then the people’s vote stands. Therefore, if the recount is not finished by the 13th, then the electors must vote accordingly.

If a state failed to vote by December 19th, you would really have a Constitutional Crisis that would compel the Supreme Court to enter. The people of that state would have just cause for bringing an action against the state officials and that could even be criminal. Moreover, the GOP would not allow that and stand ready to go to court.

The Green Party candidate Jill Stein has filed suit after Wisconsin declined to require county officials to recount the votes by hand, which is pointless especially when Pennsylvania is all electronic. What is she really doing? Her lawsuit could delay the process and she gets to keep all the money. Under state law, the recount must begin this week as long as Stein or another candidate pays the $3.5 million estimated cost of the recount by Tuesday. Meanwhile, Stein filed a lawsuit yesterday in Pennsylvania to force a recount there and her supporters began filing recount requests at the precinct level in Pennsylvania. She also plans to ask for a recount in Michigan on Wednesday.

By filing these suits, she must show clear and convincing evidence that the vote could change and there was some fraud. That really does not exit. She gets to keep all the money if she pretends to demand recounts but fails to get them. This appears to be a scam and without overturning all three states, nothing changes. Further proof that Stein is a con-artist is that even Obama has come out and said: “We Stand Behind Our Election Results.” This is the most dishonest scheme and on par with the corruption in politics. She only raised $3.5 million for her own election.

Stein is exploiting the nation for personal gain. Filing these lawsuits may actually prevent a recount, and then she can keep all the money and say she made a best effort as her site guarantees. This is really a total fraud and borders on criminal activity especially under consumer laws. She should be forced to return all money or go to jail. There is no evidence of such a fraud to warrant a recount and even Obama says there is no question about the vot

Nov 30 2016

Gallup Poll: Trust Level of Mainstream Media Falls to 32%

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Re-Posted Nov 30, 2016 by Martin Armstrong

Gallup first began asking if Americans trusted the mainstream media in 1972. America’s trust and confidence in mainstream media stood at its highest level back in 1976 at 72%. Of course, that was due to the investigative journalism regarding Vietnam, and naturally Woodward and Berstein, with the Watergate scandal. Following that period, the media began to attack the right with Reagan. By the late 1990s, the Americans’ trust in the media fell steadily into the low to mid 50% level.

Following 2005, the trust in mainstream media dropped into the mid 40% range. It has consistently been below a majority level ever since the 2007 economic decline. However, after the 2016 election and the extreme bias for Hillary, where virtually 99% of mainstream media deliberately tried to manipulate the people to vote for Hillary, the trust factor has collapsed to 32%. When they polled just conservative Republicans, it was 14%. So the 32% level is the average American.

Our models on the confidence in American mainstream media using the Gallup Poll data projects a sharp decline into 2019/2020, which is the bottom of the current 8.6-year Economic Confidence Model. This will be 43 years from high. Note that 2007 was 31 years from that peak. It was 2007 and the collapse in the economy that has marked the collapse in public confidence in government and the media.

We should expect that the media will viciously attack Donald Trump in a futile effort to cling to some level of importance and to desperately try to demonstrate that they were not wrong with 99% of the media endorsing Hillary. But the media willingly conspired to make Hillary president. They will now try to vindicate themselves by trashing Trump at every possible chance. They will now fuel the civil divide and help lay the foundation for the collapse of the United States itself by turning left against right. Even the New York Post wrote that what they were witnessing was the end of journalism. They will do everything to try to change Congress in 2018. It appears that will be their last stand. The younger generation does not buy newspapers and magazines. Their end is near.

Trump summoned the mainstream TV media to Trump Tower for a meeting. Whether he can persuade them to stop the supporting of civil unrest remains to be seen. Lester Holt, Charlie Rose, George Stephanopoulos and Wolf Blitzer all headed to this private meeting. All have demonstrated outrageous bias and have disgraced the very purpose of a free press as they all tried to influence the people rather than report the news. Even Saturday Night Live made fun of how biased mainstream media has been.