Whether anyone else knows what is going on Trump and his team do , don’t let anyone else fool you that he doesn’t. He knew from the get go that the only way he could win is on a first vote. Hi strategy is clear first vote win so why waste time in the Midwest where they haven’t had the job losses that the east has had. ONLY FIGHT THE BATTLES THAT YOU KNOW YOU CAN WIN. That is basic military strategy 101 from Sun Tzu – The Art of War.
Tag Archives: Imperial Presidency
Intellectual Dishonesty, Ted Cruz Supporters, and The TPA Argument…
The process used here is how the politicians get to get what they want while being able to claim that they didn’t support it or want it. They are very cleaver attorneys and that is why we do not like them and support trump. The citizens are being educated and that education is that almost all politicians are “criminals” as the citizens all ready suspected. Trump shows how that manipulate every thing to their advantage and screw the people.
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Revealing Our Elections Rigged: “The Illusions of Choice”…
Much has been made about the rigged state contests and vote processing systems that seem to go against the wishes of the voters. Further much has been made about Trump not understanding the process and being out maneuvered. Actually nothing could be further from the truth than to think that trump did not know any of this. The reality of it is he knew exactly what the process was and so he was using it at a teaching moment to the Coitizens allowing a few states that he didn’t need to go the way they did so he could use that as part of his campaign strategy to get over 1237 on the first ballot knowing that on 2nd or 3rd votes the RNC/GOPe would be in control and they would pick the winner. This is an all or nothing game its win outright on the first vote or get nothing; but either way trump wins because he either get the nomination or the republican party destroys itself but proving that they are corrupt.
Trump Ad: “Trump Stepped Up”…
Trump has been doing things like this all his live unlike any politician that never has. We need more of these!
Condescension Bias – Corey Lewandowski Interviewed by Laura Ingraham…
Good Interview by Cory — there never was anything to the charge and anyone that watch the videos could see that. This was a typical Political fake charge and it will not be the last one!
1936 Convention – 2016 Convention (both in Cleveland) – Will 2017 be like 1937?
Armstrong Economics Blog
Re-Posted Apr 15, 2016 by Martin Armstrong
Perhaps it is just cyclical, but the Cleveland Republican Convention will be the first time that city has held a political convention since the fateful 1936 election just prior to the 1937 peak in the recovery from the Great Depression. This has the potential to be very bad for the city insofar as it will expose the downside of how unions destroy their own jobs by getting out-of-touch with the real boss – the consumer. The unions always see this as them against a corporation and fail to understand that if they price themselves out of a job, it is because the consumer is not buying it.
Once upon a time, New York City was the main port. The union demands were abusive and eventually the port of New York came to an end. There can be no monopoly be it a corporation or labor for the ultimate decision-maker is always the consumer.
The prospect of Republican nomination going nuts remains rather high. We may yet see riots if Trump is denied the nomination evoking the memories of violent Chicago’s 1968 Democratic convention when backroom deals by kingmakers determined the nominee and that led to fistfights on the floors that stained the city as image for a decade as the events were broadcast worldwide.
The 1968 Democratic Chicago Convention saw massive protests about Vietnam. We are in an upward cycle now for civil unrest. We may begin to see a lot more chaos around the upcoming Presidential election from those trying to stop Trump and the silent majority who are supporting Trump against the corrupt insiders.
There was a major change in trend in 1937. It appears we are headed for that same change in trend come 2017.
We have 40% of Trump supporters say they will abandon the Republican Party and 30% of Sander’s supporters say they would never vote for Hillary. This is illustrating there is a tremendous amount of the political base on both sides that is just dissatisfied for politics as we know it today. By the time we come to 2018, this will grow to a nightmare for Washington insiders.
The Other Side of a Phase Transition
Armstrong Economics Blog
Re-Posted Apr 15, 2016 by Martin Armstrong
QUESTION:
Dear Marty,
Whether in a Phase-transition or a Slingshot Move in the Dow, you made it very clear that such moves will be driven by capital inflows to the USA due to the alternative flight to quality to the private sector, both internationally and domestically. It is now just so obvious, it is unfolding in front of our eyes.
The question, however, will be whether capital will remain parked there for long time, or else leave abruptly to go elsewhere? For as high as it can go, that market sooner or later will eventually run out of steam, just like any other system. We are now focusing on the flows towards it, but can you please shed a light on what will come next? Will there be a trade to the downside too? Where will all that capital go at that point, simply repatriate, go to Asia? Your knowledge and wisdom on this would be highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
SB
ANSWER: What goes up must also come down. A Phase Transition is the culmination of a collapse in public confidence which is now rising before our eyes.. The question really becomes rather blunt. Will we simply readjust? Or will we crash and burn? This appears to be the end result of socialism. Therefore, we are more likely to see at this time a collapse of the world monetary system. A rise in the dollar will break the back of the US economy and that is what is needed to create the next step toward monetary reform.
We are most likely going to see a new monetary system where the dollar will no longer be the reserve currency. That will probably become some form of a basket. This is the collapse of the West just as Communism collapsed and altered the course of China and Russia. Therefore, we are looking at the shift of the financial capitol of the world from the West to the East dominated in India/China. As we can see, the financial Capitol of the World always migrates. After Rome and the fall of Byzantium, the capital moved to India. It then moved to China. When Christopher Columbus set sail, he was trying to get to India because that was where all the money was. You do not set sail to be to a slum in a third world country. Europe was rising, but it had been reduced to a third world status.
The other side of a Phase Transition will be the fall of the West. That is just how things evolve. We are plagued with politicians who are incapable of making any changes to save the country because they are too busy grabbing the free soap in the hotel room. Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus responded to Donald Trump’s recent complaints that the nominating process is rigged against him by saying: “Give us all a break.” Priebus demonstrated by his response that the game is rigged. He said: “Nomination process known for a year + beyond. It’s the responsibility of the campaigns to understand it. Complaints now? Give us all a break.” Priebus is an American attorney and politician so he is a trained and know how to lie when necessary. Note what he says: “Give me a Break”. He does not deny anything nor does he say Trump is wrong. He simply says they rigged the voting system more than one year ago so why complain now. This is a typical response designed to fool the majority as if Trump is wrong. All he is saying you knew this was the game so it is not fair to complain now after a year has passed. Priebus did not deny anything Trump had to say. He only said you did not complain soon enough. This is like someone who robs you and they justify keep your goods claiming you should have complained before. Yes, Priebus, give us a break from this clever double-talk. Unfortunately, this is the classic example of how dishonest politicians have become. There is no honor nor is there any accountability. They will distort and twist things around right before your eyes and do not care because the media will never analyze what they just said. This is why we just have to crash and burn. We cannot reform with people like this trying to maintain an unfair system.
Donald Trump WSJ April 14, 2O16 Op-Ed: Let Me Ask America a Question
How has the ‘system’ been working out for you and your family? No wonder voters demand change.
Via Donald J Trump – On Saturday, April 9, Colorado had an “election” without voters. Delegates were chosen on behalf of a presidential nominee, yet the people of Colorado were not able to cast their ballots to say which nominee they preferred.
A planned vote had been canceled. And one million Republicans in Colorado were sidelined.
In recent days, something all too predictable has happened: Politicians furiously defended the system. “These are the rules,” we were told over and over again. If the “rules” can be used to block Coloradans from voting on whether they want better trade deals, or stronger borders, or an end to special-interest vote-buying in Congress—well, that’s just the system and we should embrace it.
Let me ask America a question: How has the “system” been working out for you and your family?
I, for one, am not interested in defending a system that for decades has served the interest of political parties at the expense of the people. Members of the club—the consultants, the pollsters, the politicians, the pundits and the special interests—grow rich and powerful while the American people grow poorer and more isolated.
No one forced anyone to cancel the vote in Colorado. Political insiders made a choice to cancel it. And it was the wrong choice.
Responsible leaders should be shocked by the idea that party officials can simply cancel elections in America if they don’t like what the voters may decide.
The only antidote to decades of ruinous rule by a small handful of elites is a bold infusion of popular will. On every major issue affecting this country, the people are right and the governing elite are wrong. The elites are wrong on taxes, on the size of government, on trade, on immigration, on foreign policy.
Why should we trust the people who have made every wrong decision to substitute their will for America’s will in this presidential election?
Here, I part ways with Sen. Ted Cruz.
Mr. Cruz has toured the country bragging about his voterless victory in Colorado. For a man who styles himself as a warrior against the establishment (you wouldn’t know it from his list of donors and endorsers), you’d think he would be demanding a vote for Coloradans. Instead, Mr. Cruz is celebrating their disenfranchisement.
Likewise, Mr. Cruz loudly boasts every time party insiders disenfranchise voters in a congressional district by appointing delegates who will vote the opposite of the expressed will of the people who live in that district.
That’s because Mr. Cruz has no democratic path to the nomination. He has been mathematically eliminated by the voters.
While I am self-funding, Mr. Cruz rakes in millions from special interests. Yet despite his financial advantage, Mr. Cruz has won only three primaries outside his home state and trails me by two million votes—a gap that will soon explode even wider. Mr. Cruz loses when people actually get to cast ballots. Voter disenfranchisement is not merely part of the Cruz strategy—it is the Cruz strategy.
The great irony of this campaign is that the “Washington cartel” that Mr. Cruz rails against is the very group he is relying upon in his voter-nullification scheme.
My campaign strategy is to win with the voters. Ted Cruz’s campaign strategy is to win despite them.
What we are seeing now is not a proper use of the rules, but a flagrant abuse of the rules. Delegates are supposed to reflect the decisions of voters, but the system is being rigged by party operatives with “double-agent” delegates who reject the decision of voters.
The American people can have no faith in such a system. It must be reformed.
Just as I have said that I will reform our unfair trade, immigration and economic policies that have also been rigged against Americans, so too will I work closely with the chairman of the Republican National Committee and top GOP officials to reform our election policies. Together, we will restore the faith—and the franchise—of the American people.
We must leave no doubt that voters, not donors, choose the nominee.
How have we gotten to the point where politicians defend a rigged delegate-selection process with more passion than they have ever defended America’s borders?
Perhaps it is because politicians care more about securing their private club than about securing their country.
My campaign will, of course, battle for every last delegate. We will work within the system that exists now, while fighting to have it reformed in the future. But we will do it the right way. My campaign will seek maximum transparency, maximum representation and maximum voter participation.
We will run a campaign based on empowering voters, not sidelining them.
Let us take inspiration from patriotic Colorado citizens who have banded together in protest. Let us make Colorado a rallying cry on behalf of all the forgotten people whose desperate pleas have for decades fallen on the deaf ears and closed eyes of our rulers in Washington, D.C.
The political insiders have had their way for a long time. Let 2016 be remembered as the year the American people finally got theirs.
IRS Helps Illegal Aliens use Stolen Social Securities Numbers
Armstrong Economics Blog
Re-Posted Apr 14, 2016 by Martin Armstrong
One of the reforms we have presented in our Solution is why income taxes have become obsolete and should be eliminated. The only people who pay income taxes are citizens and green card holders. Illegal aliens need not apply. Elizabeth Warren has introduced an idea that would allow U.S. taxpayers to have the government do their taxes for them—for free. Since the government tracks everything, they already get reports from employers and banks and match everything up to check what people claim on their returns. Warren proposes that people should not have to file a return and let the government simply calculate your income tax. The interesting aspect is you really do not have to pay your taxes. They cannot imprison you for that. The prison is the FAILURE TO FILE. You can say look I owe you $2 million but I cannot pay. They will hunt down all accounts, freeze what they can, but they cannot imprison you for an inability to pay. So if she eliminates the need to file, she decriminalizes the income tax.
Yet this difference between a citizen/green card holder and an illegal alien is important. Aliens do not have to pay taxes. Those looking to establish themselves in the USA use real Social Security numbers often of dead people. The IRS has admitted it even encourages illegal aliens to use stolen SS numbers. Forbes has reported on this issue and it is shocking. The IRS wants illegal immigrants to illegally use Social Security numbers and admitted that before Congress. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen shocked everyone responding to a question from Sen. Dan Coats (R-Indiana) at a Senate Finance Committee meeting. The question asked was effectively if the IRS was collaborating with taxpayers who file tax returns using fraudulent information? The IRS admitted that it processes tax returns even with false W-2 information and issue refunds as if they were routine tax returns. The IRS actually ignores any notification from the Social Security Administration that a name does not match a Social Security number. The IRS justifies its policy saying that as long as the information is being used only to fraudulently obtain jobs, the IRS was perfectly fine with that. The Commissioner even went further stating that the IRS actually had an interest in helping the illegal immigrants to pay taxes. So much for terrorism. Just show me the money should be their slogan.
The SEC & NYC Going Crazy on Contempt of Court; Stay Out of NYC they are out for ALL your money!
Armstrong Economics Blog
Re-Posted Apr 14, 2016 by Martin Armstrong
Judge John Walker, Jr
The Second Circuit back in March refused to reverse a contempt order imposed on an allegedly recidivist stock fraudster. What is amazing is Judge John Walker, Jr, Bush’s cousin, grabbed his appeal and really abused his power. This guy should be driven from the court with tar & feathers like in the old days. Edward A. Durante, was sued by the SEC over a purported stock manipulation scheme involving Internet technology company Wamex Holdings Inc. Durante’s challenged the contempt order stating the contempt is not supported by clear and convincing evidence. No contempt in New York city ever complies with the constitution in federal court that I have ever seen.
Durante plead guilty to criminal charges based on the same conduct and was imprisoned from 2002 to 2009. He had paid over $35 million in assets handing them to his former attorneys in 2002 for restitution in the criminal case. He argued that the SEC has failed to show he had not been compliant with the government. The SEC contended that Durante was still on the hook for over $25 million to them. Durante argued that the default judgment was ambiguous, since it purported to be a disgorgement order yet also required Durante to turn over assets already seized by and relinquished to the government. Durante claimed he had already marshaled his assets for the government before his sentencing in 2003, and said SEC lawyers affirmatively represented to him in 2004 that the judgment was satisfied.
Nevertheless, Judge Walker found that because the default judgment instructed Durante to pay the funds to the “clerk of court”, any disgorgement by assignment or transfer of assets to a third party was irrelevant. So in other words, every agency can go after you for the same amount of money because Walker effectively held that if you paid even in full to one agency, it does not matter and cannot be credited toward another. There is absolutely no foundation in law for Judge Walker’s abusive pro-government decision.
Now this week, another contempt was imposed in New York City federal court confirming anyone who has any account tied to a New York entity should get the hell out of town and fast. New York U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer on Tuesday said the founder of defunct hedge fund ThinkStrategy Capital Management LLC, who owes the SEC and others nearly $30 million, is still in contempt of court and must remain incarcerated indefinitely. Engelmayer said he was troubled by the lack of effort on the part of Chetan Kapur to show that he doesn’t have access to significant assets or to help his attorneys gain access to an email account which may shed light on whether or not he has funds in overseas bank accounts. In other words, he is in prison and will not be released until he PROVES he has no money overseas. The SEC has flipped the law so you are now guilty until you prove yourself innocent.
Now Kapur’s lawyers are considering taking legal action in D.C. federal court to compel the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) to release the information from the Panama Papers on Kapur so they can prove this negative. So the ICIJ have all these documents which they are REFUSING to release probably because it impacts people they support like Hillary, and the public really does not know the full truth. This case may be very interesting since the only way for Kapur to now get out of prison is to prove he does not have funds overseas. Contempt is supposed to be “coercive” so this requires you to do something that the court “knows” you can do. To imprison someone indefinitely because he “might” have funds overseas you do not know about is exactly opposite of the law and violates human rights. You cannot prove a negative and there is no possible way any federal judge in New York would ever believe a citizen over the government. It will NEVER happen. There have been a few exceptions of an honest judge. But they are rare indeed.
No one should have any account in New York City simply because they can do whatever they want and you have no chance of going to court and getting a fair heading against any of the New York bankers. Just stay the hell out of that town. MY STRONGEST ADVICE – DO NOT HAVE ANY ACCOUNT WITH ANY INSTITUTION DOMICILED WITH ITS HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY. The Southern District of New York will protect the banks 120% against any customer. Deal ONLY with institutions domiciled in other states (NOT A BRANCH OF A NEW YORK BANK OR BROKER). It is impossible to obtain a fair trial in NYC and Judge Walker will deny you a trial under the pretense that a judge’s personal desire for power supersedes the constitution and still has the powers to act as they did under King George III. In other words, the American Revolution did not change any powers of a judge. Congress passed a limited to civil contempt of 18 months imprisonment maximum, 28 USC 1826. Judge Walker has ruled judges have “inherent” power that Congress cannot override and due process of law has no restraining impact.
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