Posted originally on Feb 18, 2025 by Martin Armstrong
Yes, there are far more “eligible” Social Security numbers than there are citizens in the USA. This might be the biggest fraud in history. What a fool I have been. I could have been collecting Social Security for my ancestors who fought in the American Revolution. Looking at this, perhaps my relatives who fought in the English Civil War could also have been collecting Social Security.
I have said many times that history repeats because human nature never changes. Elon Must is fulfilling the same role that Julius Caesar did when he crossed the Rubicon. The corrupt fake news of the day of Cicero painted Caesar as this ruthless dictator. However, when he crossed the Rubicon, the people cheered, and he did NOT have to fight his way to Rome. The Senate was as corrupt as our government, and they fled to Asia because the people despised them. There was a major debt crisis which we are soon to experience as well.
However, Caesar conducted a census in a novel way, just as Musk is going through the corruption of the Deep State. Caesar made landlords help him complete the list of people who were fraudulently claiming welfare. Caesar went street by street and reduced the duplicate fake recipients from 320,000 to 150,00 – the number of householders who might draw free grain.
By making the landlords account for their properties, Caesar eliminated the hoax of creating fake residences and names to collect free grain and resell it. The reduction of more than 50% by just forcing a census exposed the corruption that infiltrated even this expenditure.
Caesar did away with the nuisance of summoning everyone periodically for enrolment in the register, where people could show up claiming several identities. Caesar made the praetors keep it up to date, replacing the names of dead men with those of others not yet listed.
Suetonius also tells us, “Caesar dissolved all workers’ guilds except the ancient ones.” (Id./42,3). Caesar put an end to the proliferation of unions (trade guilds) that were raising prices, as they still do today.
Elizabeth Warren threw a temper tantrum at RFK defending Big Pharma. Then, she is against Musk and DOGE. Exactly where do these Democrats stand? With the Deep State pretending to care about the people while filling their own pockets? Perhaps Warren is trying to catch up to her mentor, Nancy Pelosi, who perhaps wanted to make it to billionaire status but had to leave with just $202 million. Why get an MBA? Just practice lying in the mirror with a straight face, and you, too, can become amazingly rich.
Posted originally on Feb 17, 2025 by Martin Armstrong
Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-chief at the Economist, began her rant: “Well, the world changed yesterday.” The anti-Americanism is percolating to a boil. She continued: “Ukraine’s future, European security and transatlantic relations were all thrown into the air by a torrent of announcements and attacks from the new administration.”
This refusal by Europe to seek peace has given new meaning to our computer, which has been warning about war and has projected a Panic Cycle in the Euro for 2026. Smart money is moving out of Europe, and that even amounts to the gold supply in London moving to New York, strangely as it did for World Wars I and II. This old hatred of Russia and their thirst to conquer it for its wealth linger and seem unrelenting.
I cannot express the conversations I have had, and it certainly appears that the entrenched anti-democratic political establishment denies the European people even to vote for who is the head of Europe or any of these people making decisions that are all pointing to war. Kaja Kallas, who is now the Vice-President of the European Commission and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, is NOT elected by the European people yet has pronounced that any peace deal Trump hammer out with Putin will be ignored by the EU. Does anyone ask the European people if they want to go to war with Russia and risk their way of life, all for a territorial grab by Ukraine?
Zanny Minton Beddoes continued: “J.D. Vance , used his Munich address to deliver a blistering critique of European democracy, excoriating what he saw as unwarranted constraints on free speech, the failure to address mass migration and misguided attempts to marginalise populist parties. In effect, he backed the far-right Alternative for Deutschland, a week before the German election. I was sitting in the hall watching him speak, and the shock was astonishing. “Putin could have given that speech,” someone near me pointed out.”
She added: this“Trump quake may be the catalyst Europe needs to take greater responsibility for its own security. That security requires a credibly defended and Westward-focused Ukraine. And it means much more investment in defence. Even in Munich everyone understood spending needed to rise a lot, and fast. “We got the message,” said Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.”
When FDR went to Boston and wanted to send troops to Europe, the people said no way! In Boston, they said that he expected the Irish to go defend the English after what they did to Ireland. Congress rejected a Declaration of War. It took FDR scheming to provoke Japan to attack Pearl Harbor, and that was the only way to get the US involved in World War II. I fear now that the Neocons control Europe and the European press, they will start this war and then try to invoke Article 5 to force Trump in, but if he stands his ground, I will not put it beyond them to try to assassinate Trump and even Vance to fulfill their dream of World War III.
Posted originally on Feb 17, 2025 by Martin Armstrong
COMMENT #1: Hello Mr Armstrong, I just read your article about the situation in Europe and how the EU fools seek to fight Russia. What can I say? Fools stay fools. They got to this situation of fiscal chaos because they are fools and they will continue down the road of fools because fools can’t turn wise just like that.
One more thing I want to say. I have been reading your articles and following your work for a long time. In my opinion you are NOT antisemitic. I think I can say that, as I was born in Israel, coming from a Jewish family with very long roots and cherish our long tradition.
Please don’t take to heart whatever those idiots tell or write about you. I embrace you, brother, take care, Ronnie Belgium. (P.S. I am so happy Trump is back in power, and JD Vance and all of Trump’s team members are simply great, doing God’s job)
REPLY #1: Thank you. We have even staff of every race, gender, and religion. We have always been international. You cannot forecast the world from the ignorance of a myopic view.
COMMENT #2: Hi Martin
I have been watching Socrates daily comex silver futures. It was showing a double direction change Friday followed by a panic Monday. The political events on that day fell into place!. I am so fortunate to have met you.
Socrates is giving me hope for humanity’s future.
D Morris
REPLY #2: I have been amazed at how the seemingly random events take place on the computer’s forecasts. Perhaps there is an invisible hand that compels events to unfold in the direction of the markets. It is fascinating to watch.
QUESTION #1: Marty, you have said at your WEC that you have tried your best to defeat your model but you always lose. You have been a lone voice in the wilderness against this war from the very outset. Do you advocate, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth implied, that the U.S. might ignore NATO’s Article 5 if Europe were to take military action against Russia?
PH
ANSWER #1: Look. European leaders are outright lying to their people. They are the real war criminals that history will remember. They think because they control the press that, they can exonerate themselves from the death and destruction and blame Russia. Article 5 is not mandatory. I would not come to the aid of Europe this time. Since they seem to think a third time to conquer Russia will be the charm, let then self-destruct. China will come to the aid of Russia. The West will lose.
QUESTION #2: Your comparison to Yugoslavia is spot on. Why will RFK and Western European leaders refuse to listen to you?
Jake
ANSWER #2: I do not know. All I can assume is that my purpose in life is only to inform and perhaps point the way after the crash and burn of Western society. I have studied the rise and fall of nations. I cannot prevent the cycle. It is merely our destiny. I hope we can start fresh and these Western European leaders will be remembered for their war crimes. Thanks to these decisions, this will probably also fulfill the computer warning about a 50% reduction in the world population.
Posted originally on Feb 16, 2025 by Martin Armstrong
COMMENT: I find it hypocritical that in the USA, the mainstream media and others who refuse to acknowledge your accomplishments publicly are not trustworthy. Anyone who refuses to recognize you and Socrates is part of the Deep State. You say the facts. They hate the messenger and prefer to hide the truth.
GF
ANSWER: I understand. I get this a lot. It becomes evident that if they acknowledge my work and Socrates, they have to recognize the US attempted a regime change in Russia in 2000, and that was not only why Putin came to power, but it has been why they hate him so much because he thwarted their scheme. That was the entire reason behind RussiaGate by Hillary, which wasted tens of millions of dollars claiming Putin influenced the 2016 election. The system would not have been worth saving if Putin had changed the outcome with a few hundred thousand dollars.
Look, these people are out of control. They reversed the Romanian election and are saying they could do the same in Germany if they dare to vote against what the EU wants. These people who refused to recognize Socrates are traitors to civilization and are pushing their agenda even by their silence.
If these people acknowledge what they did to me, they must recognize what they tried to accomplish and why we are still headed into World War III. So anyone who tries to ignore me is indeed in cahoots with the Deep State and ultimately only ensuring the decline and fall of the USA for 2032.
Posted originally on Feb 10, 2025 by Martin Armstrong
The UK Home Office is demanding that Apple provide the government backdoor access to users’ encrypted data. Not only are they interested in accessing data on British citizens, but the government has stated it needs access to ALL encrypted iCloud data worldwide on the premise of national security and public safety.
The Home Secretary’s office believes the U.K. Investigatory Powers Act of 2016 legally authorizes law enforcement to obtain communications data on the premise of collecting evidence, as the government has deemed everyone a potential threat. Governments do not want the people to have end-to-end encryption that they cannot access.
The Advanced Data Protection program launched by Apple in 2022 provides users with the ability to safely keep their data. Users must enable the service, but it prevents even Apple from having backdoor encryption keys. Edward Snowden warned that the British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and NSA successfully hacked all iPhones, Androids, and Blackberry devices. The FBI in the United States tried to prevent Apple from launching this program during Trump’s first term, stating it prevented them from properly investigating crimes. The FBI also demanded that Apple provide it with backdoor access back in 2016 after the 2015 release of the iOS 9 that the government could not easily access.
US intelligence cited the San Bernadino mass shooting incident as an example of why the government must have access to user data. One of the shooters owned an iPhone 5C and the FBI and NSA claimed it could not access the device. The US government and Apple battled in court over the FBI’s insistence that Apple create “GovtOS” to override any encryption measures. The government attempted to use the All Writs Act to force Apple into compliance.
The legal battle came to a halt in March 2016 when the FBI stated it found a way to bypass Apple’s encryption. Former FBI Director James Comey confirmed that the government purchased a hacking tool from a third party but offered no details. The government no longer needed Apply to comply. By 2020, it was estimated that law enforcement used said tool to access over 2,000 devices. But Apple continued to improve its encryption measures since then.
Governments everywhere are becoming more authoritarian as sentiment changes and anti-government sentiment grows. Messaging devices, social media, and any platform where people can freely connect must be under government control. The UK is part of the Five Eyes (FVEY) alliance with the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. If one gains access to ALL user data, rest assured that the other four will also have access. Snowden warned the public of this back in 2013. There are programs such as TEMPORA that permit UK and US intelligence to intercept communications through undersea fiber-optic cables. There have been ongoing programs aimed at obtaining data access without the need for warrants or surveillance laws. Whether Apple or any tech company complies is not really of concern, as the government can and will find a way to spy on citizens worldwide.
Posted originally on Feb 10, 2025 by Martin Armstrong
The Washington Post reported Friday that the United Kingdom’s deep state has demanded that Apple create a back door for them to retrieve all the content any Apple userworldwide has uploaded to the cloud—what would be an unprecedented erosion of online privacy and civil liberties. This works because once the UK seizes your data, they can hand that to the Feds in the states, and your Constitutional rights are NOT violated because the US government did not illegally seize it without a warrant.
The American Revolution Was Over This Very Issue
And Starmer’s Government is Doing What King George III Did
I store NOTHING in the cloud – EVER!!!!! Why? Because the government can order them to turn over whatever they want without your knowledge. Since they merely store it, they turn it over without blinking an eye. They have NO CONSTITUTIONAL interest in whatever it might be. When they then create laws like they have on child pornography that the mere possession is a crime and they do not need to prove that you actually obtained it or from where, if they claim you had it in the cloud, that would be it. You do not even get to pack your bags or bring a toothbrush.
Under no circumstances ever store ANYTHING in the cloud, for you have no constitutional rights, and they can claim whatever they desire. They can put stud=ff in your account and send you to prison, saying it is yours and no judge will listen to you – EVER! The Washington Post reported that the British government’s undisclosed order was issued last month. It requires Apple to give officials blanket capability to view fully encrypted material. This means that Apple MUST assist British authorities on command. The Post noted that the access sought by the UK “has no known precedent in major democracies.”
The LEFT only cares about themselves, and if you dare to resist, you must be guilty. The Starmer government is destroying civilization, crumbling the very basic foundation of liberty. They want something – how dare you say no!!!!!!!!!!!!! The LEFT is ruthless, and this is how they destroy everything. Biden, when he was president, targeted guns with the end goal of disarming America entirely. He has stated: “No amendment to the Constitution is absolute.” The fundamental objective is to compel everyone to register every gun so they can enter your house without a warrant to seize your weapons.
The Fourth Amendment declares,
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
James Otis (1725-1783)
The entire American Revolution was born over illegal searches by the king. It is very sad that Biden and the Democrats have no respect for the Constitution whatsoever. John Adams, Second President, listened to the four-hour speech of the defense lawyer James Otis (1725-1783), who argued against the king’s Writs of Assistance in February 1761 that allowed the government to search whatever they suspected for any reason arbitrarily. History repeats. This is precisely what the Democrats are arguing before the Supreme Court to eliminate the Fourth Amendment. This is devastating to human rights and the very idea of a free society of “We the People.” It is a terrible day we fac,e and this is why I say republics are the worst form of government. Biden never said anything about these objectives. He gets people to vote for him on a false agenda, no different than a fund manager giving a false report claiming he made 300% last year when he really lost 50%. This is outright FRAUD!
Otis argued that the Writs of Assistance, which required no probable cause, placed “the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer.” This was in February 1761 in Boston, and the famous debate in which it occurred was perhaps the most prominent event, which inaugurated the resistance of the colonies to the oppressions of the mother country. “Then and there,” said John Adams, “then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there, the child Independence was born.” History indeed repeats. The tyranny of the Biden Administration is unfolding, as was the case under King George III.
Here are a few excerpts from that famous speech of James Otis that so moved John Adams and inspired the birth of the American Revolution.
I will to my dying day oppose, with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand and villainy on the other as this Writ of Assistance is. It appears to me the worst instrument of arbitrary power, the most destructive of English liberty and the fundamental principles of law, that ever was found in an English law-book…
The writ prayed for in this petition, being general, is illegal. It is a power that places the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer. I say I admit that special Writs of Assistance, to search special places, may be granted to certain persons on oath. But I deny that the writ now prayed for can be granted…
In the first place, the writ is universal, being directed “to all and singular justices, sheriffs, constables, and all other officers and subjects”; so that, in short, it is directed to every subject in the King’s dominions. Everyone with this writ may be a tyrant; if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner, also, may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm. In the next place, it is perpetual; there is no return. A man is accountable to no person for his doings. Every man may reign secure in his petty tyranny, and spread terror and desolation around him, until the trump of the Archangel shall excite different emotions in his soul. In the third place, a person with this writ, in the daytime, may enter all houses, shops, etc., at will, and command all to assist him. Fourthly, by this writ not only deputies, etc., but even their menial servants, are allowed to lord it over us…
One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one’s house. A man’s house is his castle; and whilst he is quiet, he is as well guarded as a prince in his castle. This writ, if it should be declared legal, would totally annihilate this privilege. Custom-house officers may enter our houses when they please; we are commanded to permit their entry. Their menial servants may enter, may break locks, bars, and everything in their way; and whether they break through malice or revenge, no man, no court can inquire. Bare suspicion without oath is sufficient.
Let me make something VERY clear. To enter your home without a warrant means they do not have to claim there is probable cause that you even have anything. What Starmer has decreed is precisely what started the American Revolution. The LEFT is always ruthless, for they constantly claim they are the victims of anyone who has more than they do,
Posted originally on the CTH on February 8, 2025 | Sundance
In a stunning and sweeping emergency injunction that has even stunned the people who demanded it, a Manhattan-based District Judge has just removed Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent from his authority over the Treasury Department; blocked any political appointee from accessing records within the Treasury Department; blocked any “special appointee” of President Trump from records within Treasury; and demanded that all information previously extracted be destroyed.
The emergency injunction was signed by District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan, {Ruling pdf Here} determined without any input from the Trump administration and applies until Friday, February 14, 2025, when U.S. District Judge Jeannette A. Vargas will hear the full arguments of the lawsuit.
The emergency ruling comes as a result of 15 (Soros installed) attorneys general from New Jersey, New York, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Vermont, all filed suit in New York seeking to block Elon Musk and DOGE from access to information that would reveal how activist groups in their states have been funded by the U.S. government. [Link to Press Release Here]
WASHINGTON – […] The lawsuit said Musk and his team could disrupt federal funding for health clinics, preschools, climate initiatives, and other programs, and that Republican President Donald Trump could use the information to further his political agenda.
DOGE’s access to the system also “poses huge cybersecurity risks that put vast amounts of funding for the States and their residents in peril,” the state attorneys general said. They sought a temporary restraining order blocking DOGE’s access.
The judge, an appointee of Democratic former President Barack Obama, said the states’ claims were “particularly strong” and warranted him acting on their request for emergency relief pending a further hearing before another judge on February 14.
“That is both because of the risk that the new policy presents of the disclosure of sensitive and confidential information and the heightened risk that the systems in question will be more vulnerable than before to hacking,” Engelmayer wrote.
New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat whose office is leading the case, welcomed the ruling, saying nobody was above the law and that Americans across the country had been horrified by the DOGE team’s unfettered access to their data.
“We knew the Trump administration’s choice to give this access to unauthorized individuals was illegal, and this morning, a federal court agreed,” James said in a statement.
“Now, Americans can trust that Musk – the world’s richest man – and his friends will not have free rein over their personal information while our lawsuit proceeds.”
Engelmayer’s order bars access from being granted to Treasury Department payment and data systems by political appointees, special government employees and government employees detailed from an agency outside the Treasury Department.
The judge also directed that anyone prohibited under his order from accessing those systems to immediately destroy anything they copied or downloaded. (read more)
The order by the judge is transparent judicial activism; it will almost certainly be overturned and nullified by later rulings. However, it creates blocks and slows down the goal of the Dept of Government Efficiency and the objective of the Trump administration.
On what basis do states think they can sue the federal government to stop the federal government from auditing federal spending? How can a judge block the executive branch from executing the functions of the executive branch? This Lawfare activism is ridiculous.
…”restrained from granting access to any Treasury Department payment record, payment systems, or any other data systems maintained by the Treasury Department containing personally identifiable information and/or confidential financial information of payees, other than to civil servants with a need for access to perform their job duties within the Bureau of Fiscal Services who have passed all background checks and security clearances and taken all information security training called for in federal statutes and Treasury Department regulations.” {source}
So, the unelected bureaucracy is in charge and not the Secretary of the Treasury?
This ruling is absolutely insane!
How on Earth are we supposed to stop fraud and waste of taxpayer money without looking at how money is spent?
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