Posted origially on May 13, 2024 By Martin Armstrong
The United States has surpassed China to become Germany’s largest trading partner. Trade between the US and Germany came in at $68 billion (63 billion euros) during Q1, compared to about 60 billion euros between China and Germany.
If we look at these figures, they pale in comparison to the aid packages we are sending foreign nations. It is appropriate to put these numbers into perspective to understand the true economic unruliness of these proxy wars.
Now, the United States has not become more competitive, and there is a known lag in manufacturing. Biden promised to add an additional one million manufacturing jobs to the US but has failed to attract new business. The issue here is that Germany has stated they would like to reduce their reliance on Chinese goods, as does America. Concurrently, Chinese manufacturing has strengthened to where they do not need to export as many goods from Germany.
The IFO, a German economic research institute, found that only 37% of companies stated they were dependent on China in February 2024 compared to 46% in the year prior. The research center noted that the outbreak of Russia’s war with Ukraine was the catalyst for the West decreasing trade with China. “The proportion of German companies that rely on important inputs or goods from China has declined in both industry and trade and is now just under 40% in each case,” the study states.
It is undeniable that Chinese goods come at a lower cost to the consumer. However, smart business does not conduct trade with an adversary, and the West was the first to label China due to its ties to Russia and the West’s desire to dismantle the One China policy with Taiwan. China is also hesitant to conduct business in the West, as they have seen numerous businesses sanctioned or dismantled. People are praising the US and Germany for reducing trade with China, one of the bad guys. They do not realize that this will lead to a higher cost of goods for everyone.
Posted originally on May 7, 2024 By Martin Armstrong
COMMENT: I was on the Swarthmore campus this afternoon and couldn’t help but notice the same green tents as I’ve seen in some of the other Gaza protest pics. More evidence perhaps of a coordinated effort.
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REPLY: Columbia University is canceling its large university-wide commencement ceremony amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests. This is a major effort to bring back anti-semitism that will no doubt spread to the hatred of all Jews as was the case in Germany. There, it began with protests against the Jewish bankers. Then it was the Jewish shopkeepers; Then it was – what the hell – get all the Jews. Once this old hatred has been unleashed from the bottle, it may not be stuffed back in. Throw in the LEFT vs. RIGHT, rigged elections, and we are staring into the eyes of some very serious civil unrest that is scheduled for violence centered on the election. Those funders behind this movement will be enlisted to turn against the MAGA Republicans. The trick was to get them together first – and then expand the protests.
These Green Tents come with instructions confirming that this is a DELIBERATE effort to create civil unrest that will be used for the 2024 election as well. Despite all the new craze of fake fact-checkers have been defending Soros, Rockefeller, and Gates Foundations, claiming they are not funding all these Green Tents and major anti-semitism in the United States, the two of the organizers supporting the protests at Columbia University and on other campuses are Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow. Both are supported by the Tides Foundation, which was seeded by Democratic megadonor George Soros and previously funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It, in turn, supports numerous small nonprofits that work for social change and are involved in creating civil unrest in the United States.
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These protests against Israel in favor of “Palestine” are the oldest trick in the book on how to wage war and demonize your enemy for support—the terrorists our info states that 40% of the invading Hamas force were not even Palestinian. You deliberately want the opposing force to kill civilians, so who can say they are horrible people and need to be eradicated – every last one. Just look at the stats from World War I. There were 40 million who died, and at best, only 23 million were military. An estimated total of 70–85 million people died in World War II, but the military deaths were less than 25 million.
It is the act of war itself that is the crime against humanity. The people are merely pawns on the chessboard, and nobody cares if you actually live or die. As Field Marshall Hermann Goring said at the Nuremberg Trials, it is always easy to drag the people into war.
The US was secretly shipping arms to Britain on passenger ships, deliberately hoping the Germans would kill civilians and they could use that as an excuse to get into the war. The Germans even took out advertisements warning people not to sail on that ship for they would sink it. Finally, it took 67 years for the USA to admit the Germans were correct, and there were armaments on that ship.
Zelensky knew when the Russians would invade, and he refused to tell the civilians so the Russians would kill as many as possible so he could get support from the West. When he admitted he knew to the Washington Post, he said if he warned people, he would have lost $7 billion.
The Wall Street Journal has reported that some people are being paid to create anti-Israeli protests. It has been alleged that the Gates Foundation funded part of the protests
along with the Rockefeller Foundation and, of course, the man who thinks there is no God, so he must assume that role – George Soros.
College students always think they know something when they know nothing of the world. In Vietnam, at least, they were being drafted and sent to die. Here, they live in comfort even in their green tents bought and paid for by the very people using them as the next generation of pawns.
Knowledge comes only gradually after you get your first paycheck. Until then, the youth are merely playdough for those looking to create political movements. Bill Murry had the best answer: how to teach your kids about the real government.
Posted originally on May 7, 2024 By Martin Armstrong
As a Christian, I believe the gospel in full, every letter.
The gospel says Jesus, a Jewish man – son of God – messiah, was handed over to be crucified (killed) by the chief priest, the elders, and the Jewish crowd which was prophesied in Isaiah 53.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) May 5, 2024
The internet is in an uproar after the House of Representatives passed an antisemitism bill that outlaws a few common Christian beliefs based on verses found in the New Testament. No – the New Testament has not been banned. However, the ban is a new attack on both freedom of religion and free speech that may particularly target the Christian community. The Christians are merely the first in line, as this bill is the precursor for future legislation that simply outlaws numerous widely held religious beliefs.
Now the bill, passing 320-91 in the House, was presented as a means to prevent antisemitism in the wake of the University pro-Hamas protests. This particular law expands what is considered antisemitism, as there are already laws in place preventing individuals and businesses from targeting citizens based on their religious affiliations. “Right now, without a clear definition of antisemitism, the Department of Education and college administrators are having trouble discerning whether conduct is antisemitic or not, whether the activity we’re seeing crosses the line into antisemitic harassment,” Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y. stated. This bill has been primarily supported by Republicans, which some have found surprising (besides those who understand AIPAC lobbying) due to certain clauses within the bill.
“From the River to the Sea” and other phrases that call for the eradication of Israel will be prohibited. Cosplaying as Hamas or a terrorist organization should already be grounds for threatening harassment. Imagine if people were dressing up as ISIS and parading around on college campuses after 9/11? Absolutely despicable behavior.
The First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause forbids the government from creating legislation that prohibits the free exercise of religion. The First Amendment also protects our right to free speech, but we cannot threaten or cause harm to others simply because of their race, gender, or religion as reaffirmed by the Fourteenth Amendment. States are required by the Fourteenth Amendment to abide by the Equal Protection Clause and prevent blatant discrimination, but there are loopholes that do not protect religious practices that could be seen as criminal, such as polygamy.
So where does Christianity come into play amid this bill? Afterall, Jews and Christians share the Old Testament story as do other Abrahamic religions. Jesus himself was a Jew, descendant of former and shared prophets, who worshipped in the Synagogues. The Christians believe Jesus came as the final prophet, Son of Man, so that those who seek him may find eternal life, while the Jews are still waiting on their final messiah. The problem many are finding within this bill is that it prohibits anyone from claiming that Jews were responsible for killing Jesus.
Pontious Pilate, King Herod, and the Roman authority responded to the pharisee’s repeated warnings that a mortal was claiming to be the Son of God, disturbing the peace, speaking blasphemy, and, most important to Rome, creating a following and potentially civil unrest. The pilot asked the crowd, primarily Jews, whether he should spare Jesus or a criminal named Barabbas. Jesus was crucified with the phrase “King of the Jews” above his head.
Would this new bill prohibit the verses found on this incident from publication? While that is unlikely, there are deeper implications. For you see, this has nothing to do with the Jews or any religious protections. The Republicans would not be championing this bill or ostracizing their Christian voter base if that were the case. This bill is a means for the government to usurp power by preventing religion from superseding government authority. If they pass this measure, what’s to say they won’t outlaw religions or religious texts that criticize homosexuality, for example, or questioning the government as a secondary authority.
America was once unified as a primarily Christian nation. As a relatively new nation, we were unable to keep that shared moral value. Governments have a long history of wiping out religion to usurp control. China for example only allows five religious groups to register with the CCP, and we know where Mao stood. The former Soviet government confiscated churches and banned all religion – the government was to be the highest power.
Marx called religion the “opium of the masses,” and governments have had a long and treacherous road with religion as a rivaling authority. We know Klaus Schwab has a bust of Lenin in his office, and simply put, the new world order cannot occur with religion in the way. It is too divisive and does not abide by the agenda to create the few haves and a mass of have-nots. The governments would love to tax religious institutions and prevent people from paying any form of a tithe. The entire woke agenda goes against absolutely every prominent religion, but it is easiest for government to paint the majority, the Christians, as intolerant.
Church and state were designated to be separate entities. Yet the government may always override the church or religion. In this case, the government is slowly making provisions that enable them to prevent religious ideas from threatening their authority. Every time the government is permitted to take a bit of power, they continue pulling that rope until they override any potential threats.
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