How Politicians Justify Denying the People the Right to Vote


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In the wake of the Dutch vote against allowing Ukraine into the EU, SPIEGEL is reporting the arrogance of EU ministers who criticize even allowing the people to vote. This is why I say they regard the people as simply the Great Unwashed who are simply beneath their level of intelligence to bother listening to. The leader of the Greens in the European Parliament, Rebecca Harms, explained why she and most in the EU Parliament are opposed any form of direct democracy allowing the people to vote. She says this would only come at the expense of Europe and will “jeopardize” the EU, which is their federalization dream. Her remarks make it very clear why Britain should exit or surrender their sovereignty.

Harms goes on to say that only 18% of the Dutch population turned out so they should be basically just ignored. The point is enough turned out in a non-binding referendum because they were passionate about the issue. Effectively, this is how government becomes disconnected from the people which historically leads to revolution. This also reflects their stubbornness to even remotely consider that just perhaps their idea of a federalized Europe does not work. Their policy of allowing in millions of Muslims is also at the heart of the Dutch referendum. That of course is not considered.

These comments are the justification for staying the course. There is nothing to prevent the crash and burn for that is the only time such people can be reversed by throwing them out of office. Politicians will NEVER even consider that their course of action is wrong. They will follow that course on any subject to the absolute end no matter what. Those is government operate the same way. Politicians, judges, and prosecutors, all maintain the position that they are NEVER wrong. Nobody will admit a mistake for the fear that would justify losing power. Hence, the crash and burn becomes the only possible outcome.

Call for Cameron to Resign over Panama Papers!


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The revelation that David Cameron’s father had offshore accounts through Panama has continued to plague Cameron and it could have a tipping nudge come the BREXIT vote in June. Cameron has responded to the building criticism: “I know that I should have handled this better, I could have handled this better. I know there are lessons to learn and I will learn them.” Yet many are starting to blame the Conservatives for protecting the rich while ratcheting up taxes on everyone else.

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Meanwhile, the protests in Britain are growing with many asking why is he still there after the resignation in Iceland. This may very well influence the BREXIT vote in June. Time will tell.

Snap Elections In Sweden Bring Islamic Jihad Party Government To Power


Sadly the events described here are about to happen in the not to distant future; and by then it will be way to late.

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By Ray Charleston

Last week the world saw an exciting new development as Sweden was declared an Islamic nation under Sharia law. For those who may have missed the news, over the last several years more and more Muslim refugees have been peacefully migrating to Sweden in search of a better life. Last month Islamic Jihad Party leaders demanded snap elections, after polling indicated that a majority of Swedish Muslims favoured a new government based on Islamic law, and disapproved of Sweden’s former secular, and largely white government.

Islamophobic extremists and conservative reactionaries are predictably throwing an intolerant tantrum. They ask how Sweden can become an Islamic nation. Well, the answer is simple; most Swedes want Sweden to be Islamic. The decision was made democratically! The majority of Swedes are Muslims! The majority of Swedes are from the Middle East, and they want a government that represents them! If you…

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Panama Papers Used for Political Purposes


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Two members of France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s entourage are being used to try to stop Le Pen from overturning Hollande. This is similar to what they are trying to do to Putin. According to the Panama Papers, two members of Le Pen’s entourage allegedly moved hundreds of thousands of euros by way of offshore companies in recent years. These two individuals are a businessman and an accountant with close links to Le Pen’s National Front Party. They designed a “sophisticated offshore system” to transfer up to €275,000 out of France between 2013 and 2014, according to France’s daily “Le Monde.”

This clearly demonstrates that there is a political agenda here, which may be to defeat any resistance or democratic change to the establishment who is pushing for electronic money and worldwide taxation. This is more than just looking for the rich; there is a dark shadow lurking behind this incident. Targeting certain people based upon friends is really stretching things and reveals the hidden political agenda. You can bet they are looking through a magnifying glass to find any remote connection to Trump.

The ECB is Losing Control of the Monetary System in Europe


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In Naples, riots against Renzi resulted in clashes between police and demonstrators. On Wednesday, Italy’s government had to address the plight of Italian banks which now seems to be significant as both houses of parliament blessed in a crisis meeting, voted to create a state fund for bad loans from. Resistance to Renzi’s idea was very limited. In Naples there were serious riots against it. In reality, Italy’s government has survived a vote of confidence in this decree involving a bank rescue. The Senate rushed together late on Wednesday afternoon. In the House of Lords, the vote was 171 for the plans, 105 against. This is now all about state guarantees for banks that could collapse under the weight of bad loans and that day is coming rapidly as all the QE efforts of the ECB do nothing to reverse the crisis in banking or the economy. Nonetheless, the House of Representatives had already passed the decree while Prime Minister Matteo Renzi had only a very thin majority in the Senate. The crisis appears to force the measure through demonstrating how bad the banks really are in Italy.

The new plan envisages that banks can bundle their bad loans into new financial products, and then sell them. But who will buy them? On Tuesday it was announced that the government plans to fund the money houses buy the bad loans. The decree also provides for the formation of a holding company to merge the 371 small credit unions. Therefore, it is placing the bad loans outside the banking system. The EU rules for bail-ins are breaking down. Each country is beginning to ignore Brussels and proceed in their own manner demonstrating that the ECB is really losing control.

Obama wants Worldwide Taxes


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Obama is calling for tax reform worldwide the same as his socialist IMF candidate Christine Lagarde. Obama said “There is no doubt that the problem of global tax avoidance generally is a huge problem.” This whole issue always focuses on people not paying whatever the government demands. It never addresses government squandering money. Obama went on to say “We shouldn’t make it legal to engage in transactions just to avoid taxes.” He further added that “the basic principle of making sure everyone pays their fair share”. These statements are so dishonest and Orwellian it is frightening for the less educated cheer. If one of your parents was American and you were born in Canada and paid taxes their your whole life, the IRS is after them because all Americans owe taxes to Washington even if you never lived here or used any services to justify paying your “fair share” or something you do not use. This statement is so twisted because it is government who sees whatever you earn as their’s and it is they who want a share of your earnings regardless if it is fair. They rob us of money we pay into Social Security and never allow the average person to earn money for retirement. The “rich” get rich from investment, not wages. They rob the citizen of that money and then promise to given they payments in the future never investing anything.

When will the ignorant wake up?

Cruz Defeats Trump in Wisconsin Is This 1828-1832 All Over Again?


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Inside sources have relayed that from the outset, Cruz is very much disliked behind the curtain. His entire strategy from the beginning has been to be the last man standing against Trump assuming the Party will install him despite the fact most really dislike him.

All the exit polls have shown that more than half of voters in this Republican primary were merely “dissatisfied” with government, compared to one-third who were simply outright “angry.” The voters in Wisconsin seem to be more in never-never-land and said for the most part they want someone with experience. That is how the USA will implode for there is nobody in the establishment that gives a shit about the people; this is all about them. So that experience will be a vote for more of the same.

Nevertheless, we have to understand that we have two major risks in politics. First, the establishment may not select Trump or Cruz and if they can simply defeat Trump on the first ballot, then all bets are off and they can even nominate someone who did not bother to run like Romney.

If we assume that Trump will not get the Republican nomination, then if he was smart, he could get on the ballot as a Libertarian since they have already done the heavy lifting. Or, Trump can get on the ballot in a few states and win those but not the general election. This could prevent either Republican or Democrat from winning enough votes for the Electorial College who really votes for President, not the people.

If we end up with nobody winning enough Electorial College votes, then we enter the ultimate demonstration that we do not live in a Democracy by any measure. A failure for any candidate to win the required votes at the Electorial College means the current establishment on Capital Hill gets to select the next President.

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The election of 1828 is the example of how the establishment can do as they like. Andrew Jackson won 642,806 popular votes of 55.93%. John Quincy Adams won 501,967 popular votes 43.68%. Neither won the Electorial College so Congress picked the president and Jackson lost. When Jackson finally became president in the 1832 election, he did two major things which were against the establishment. First, he actually paid down the national debt. President Andrew Jackson reported that the United States would be debt-free as of January 1, 1835. This marked the first and only time that the United States, or any other major nation in history, had ever been free from debt. Jackson declared:

“Let us commemorate the payment of the public debt as an event that gives us increased power as a nation and reflects luster on our Federal Union.”

In the course of this objective, Jackson generally opposed bills that allocated taxpayer money for “internal improvements” what we call “pork barrel spending” today. In the 1863 popular story, “The Children of the Public”, Edward Everett Hale used the term pork barrel as a homely metaphor for any form of public spending to the citizenry. However, after the American Civil War, the term’s usage turned derogatory.

Andrew Jackson despised the Second Bank of the United States not because it held too much power over the economy, but actually because his political enemies controlled it. Jackson set out to destroy the Bank for it had even provided loans to his political rivals. The Bank’s President, Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844), routinely used lending practices for political gain, including using Bank funds to publish newspaper attacks on opponents as some money center trading NY banks engage in to this day. Biddle openly favored the National Republicans (later to become the Whig Party), many of whom benefited financially from Biddle’s favor. Prominent National Republicans were Congressmen Daniel Webster (who was on the Bank’s payroll as a legal counsel) and of course Jackson’s arch enemy, Henry Clay, who was again his opponent in the 1832 presidential election but lost.

It is ironic that the New York bankers today own Cruz and Hillary. Both engage in funding their elections not much different from the actions of Biddle. Those who want to see the Federal Reserve eliminated citing what Jackson had done, fail to understand what really took place. The destruction of the Second Bank of the United States resulted in the Panic of 1837, the Sovereign Debt defaults of states in the 1840s, and a severe economic decline which set the stage for the Civil War. The parallel to today is not the Federal Reserve with political power, but the New York bankers.

Our models are starting to highlight Panic Cycles hitting in August. This will start just after the Republican convention. If we are going to go to the extreme in this collapse of confidence in government, then we may see a repeat of the 1828 election. However, we are also in a battle today against the establishment and Trump is closer to Andrew Jackson than anyone else running for office. So the future looks like a political war ahead that is going to turn everything upside down for the establishment are focused on just defeating Trump and they think everyone will go back to watching soap-operas and sports and they can rob us and our children blind as always.

ICIJ’s Political Agenda May Backfire


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Wile the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists  (ICIJ) has clearly targeted Putin, in doing so when it is his aids rather than him personally calls into question what is their real political agenda. Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigned just 2 days after the papers were released. Reports say that 12 current or former heads of state are mentioned. Who are they protecting will be very interesting since targeting Putin makes this more of a political plot.

Nevertheless, this is coming precisely in line with the other side of 2015.75, which we warned would prove to be the peak in government. This is playing directly into the cycles where our model has been warning we are facing the collapse in confidence in government; i.e. politicians. This is truly the driving force behind Trump. But this massive leak may have far more political implications than merely targeting rich people who have a secret stash.

To what extent will this leak alter politics in an era of rising middle-class discontent and declining living standards as socialism collapses. This leak is more likely to fuel further anger among those who blame politicians and see the corruption boiling to the surface. The journalists are really closet socialists and have hoped that this will inspire the public to hand more control to government as a backlash against what they hoped to prove was the middle class is carrying a disproportionate share of the burden in supporting a system that seems to them unfair because the rich have more. They do not look at government and the corruption. Instead, they just want to blame the rich for having more than they do in traditional Marxist view of the world. They do not bother to ask why does government always have to raise taxes proving they cannot manage the economy. If someone managed your funds and lost whatever you gave them each month and then blamed the bankers so give them more to manage again, how many time will you keep giving them more money when they never produce a profit? The hedge funds and Wall Street own Hillary, yet they will never expose such connections and truly investigate her past. This illustrates that they too have a political agenda.

This revelation may actually backfire and produce far more political damage than just hunting the rich, which has been the ICIJ’s agenda. They may have contributed to the collapse of socialism and never understand the consequences of their actions.

The Panama Papers, Where the Super Rich Hide their Wealth


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A lot of emails have been coming in with regard to the Panama Papers. Let me say this from the outset; Panama has been the key place to establish offshore accounts for decades. An insider has stolen all documents and handed to the press. This was not a government hack. The press has not made all the documents available and that is curious for they too can be protecting favored people. We now have the biggest document leak in history exposing world leaders and their secretive offshore financial dealings. Some 11.5 million documents have been leaked from a Panama-based law firm with offices in 35 countries; Mossack Fonseca. This leak has exposed a trove of confidential financial dealings by the elites of aides to Russian President Vladimir Putin all the way to relatives of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Naturally, the press likes to focus on Putin. There is much more hidden behind the press curtain.

The stash of records from legal firm Mossack Fonseca was obtained from an anonymous source by German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung which they then shared with more than 100 media groups by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The documents show links to 72 current or former heads of state including dictators. The ICIJ is hell bent on attacking the rich, not politicians. So the question really is, are the protecting fellow socialists?

While the elite seek to hunt people for taxes, they often live separate financial lives. What has been also exposed is the tremendous conflicts of interest. Iceland’s Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson had secretly owned millions of dollars of bank bonds during his country’s financial crisis when the country’s financial system collapsed and banks had to be bailed out. Thousands are now demanding Iceland’s Prime Minister resign over ‘Panama Papers’ revelations.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. I would suspect that the Clinton’s might have some exposure here as well but time will tell. When Obama came to office, he and Hillary immediately pushed through Congress a free trade deal for Panama which enabled money laundering to move into high gear. Hillary is worth $45 million more than any other Republican hopeful except Trump. How has she earned so much yet working in government? All my sources have warned about the Clintons for years being available to the highest bidder. Hillary and Panama go much deeper. If you open a corporation in Nevada, you do not have to declare who is the actual owner. That company can then engage in Panama and such names will never show up in the leak.

Then there is  David Cameron’s father, who died in 2010, is reported to have used Mossack Fonseca to shield his investment fund, ­Blairmore Holdings Inc, from UK taxes. Cameron has come under pressure to take real steps to end tax evasion. This will probably have some impact of distrust of Cameron given his father’s involvement in the Panama Papers.

The question that needs to be answered is really how extensive is this leak? A really smart person would set up a corporation in another jurisdiction such as Nevada and then have that be the entity  Mossack Fonseca dealt with yet not knowing the true identity of the person behind the mask. I have personal experience in this matter because offers to manage money often traced back to Panama.

I personally gave up managing money for individuals because in one instance, I discovered I was managing money for Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi not once, but TWICE. The back office of Rudolf Wolf in London where clients opened accounts, were diligent in checking who was behind the companies. It was not illegal back then in the mid 1980s. Nonetheless, they traced shell company to shell company and after about 6 months, they informed me they established the real owner of the funds. It was  Muammar Gaddafi and it was through Panama. I had thought I was dealing with a Royal family member of Saudi Arabia. I closed the account. Within months, I found myself again managing money for Gaddafi once again unknowingly and it traced to Panama.

herald_squareIn Geneva, the Gaon’s family threw a big party for me and had offered $5 million to create Armstrong Brokerage using my name. The family originated in Turkey but moved to Egypt. The family business established in the Sudan. In 1957 David Gaon moved to Geneva where he built up a world-wide business corporation in import-export, investment, and real estate, including one of Geneva’s biggest hotels, the Noga (GAON) Hilton. The invited me to the grand opening in 1982 of Herald Center in New York City which they constructed on the old E.J. Korvette site. This turned out to be one of four prominent Manhattan buildings secretly owned by Philippine head of state Ferdinand Marcos.The press claimed it was fronted by New York brothers Joseph and Ralph Bernstein. However, there was a lot more behind that. Silent partners included not just Marcos, but Gaddafi and the notorious alleged arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, who was a Saudi Arabian businessman. At his peak in net worth at that time during the 1980s, he was said to have been worth up to $10 billion and was considered one of the richest men in the world. The FBI even visited my office back then when Marcos fled the Philippines asking me where was his gold he stole from the country’s reserves. They would not believe me that I did not personally advise Marcos.

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What I can say is that everything for decades seemed to trace back to Panama. It became one giant masquerade party when you really did not know who you were dealing with. This is what really led me to turn only to institutions back in 1985.

This leak is going to prove to be devastating. While Hollande of France cannot wait to get his hands on whatever money he can grab from this, let us make not mistake. There are 72 current or former heads of state including dictators all involved in these documents. Will the ICIJ really release everything? Or will they protect still some politicians because they are socialists out to get the rich as they are? What this illustrates above all, how can you trust any such firm anymore.

Why Europe is Failing: The Difference Between EU & USA — for Now!


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Part of the crisis in the EU is the fact that there is an inherent anti-democratic foundation because Brussels has been attempting to force uniformity upon all of Europe which cannot possibly work. To the shock of some, I have stated many times that what made America function was DISCRIMINATION. Every group coming to America — German, Italian, French, or whatever — were forced to learn to speak English to get a job. This was not a law, but a cultural assimilation. If you ask an American what they are, they will respond with their ethnic background (half Irish and half German or whatever). You do not find such combinations in Europe beyond the rare encounter because language has kept European nations intact.

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YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS; A FRENCH LAWYER AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER MONTESQUIEU, WHO LIVED DURING THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT, PUBLISHED A BOOK TITLED “THE SPIRIT OF THE LAWS” IN 1748 IN WHICH HE STATED THAT THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT FOR A PEOPLE HAD TO BE IN TUNE WITH THE SENTIMENTS OF THE PEOPLE. 

MULTICULTURALISM CAN NOT WORK AND IT WILL DESTROY ANY COUNTRY THAT TRIES IT, THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE CULTURE IN A COUNTRY.

Consequently, the creation of a unified EU is unrealistic with language differences. From that basic fact emerges everything else. Since we have a single language in the USA, there is a national debate as to national security, etc. In Europe, there is no such debate. In fact, one could be criminally prosecuted for speaking an opinion against any other group. After a terrorist attack, they show people crying and lighting candles. The manhunt that resulted in finding the suspect, Salah Abdeslam, just 450 meters from where he officially lived demonstrates something that they will not express on TV: he cannot hide within the community without support from the community. The above photo showing locals gesturing angrily at the police who sealed off a Molenbeek neighborhood where Abdeslam was arrested is very disturbing for the implications suggest that Abdeslam had community support. Their language and cultural differences prevent many from assimilating within society. Any group that seeks to retain wholly distinct cultural differences cannot become part of a society. This really does not limit itself to Muslims, but any foreign group that resists becoming part of the country to which they moved. That would be as if I went to Rome, demanded everyone speak English, and then complained that they do not because that is where I moved. The old saying that stems from the migration in ancient times: “

Any group that seeks to retain wholly distinct cultural differences cannot become part of a society. This does not limit itself to Muslims, but any foreign group that resists becoming part of the country to which they moved. That would be as if I went to Rome, demanded everyone speak English, and then complained that they do not because that is where I moved. The old saying that stems from the migration in ancient times: “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”

The fact that the EU member states retained their own cultures and languages simply means the idea of the EU cannot function. It should have remained as an economic union. Hollande explained that the purpose of the EU was to prevent another European war, but he completely misunderstands that an economy unites but a forced assimilation without a common language only highlights the differences. His policy on asylum was very clear on July 10, 2015. Everything the EU was supposed to promote has failed. The idea that a single federal government would provide economic prosperity has proven false, as is the fact that they would provide greater security together.

The Greens’ deputy prime minister, Åsa Romson, broke down in tears when she announced measures to deter asylum seekers in a reversal of Sweden’s open-door policy towards people fleeing war and persecution. “This is a terrible decision,” she later said.

Europe could not become a United States with different languages and cultures. Why attempt to federalize Europe in such a manner under the theory that it will prevent Germany and France from going to war with each other? It ignores the fact that there are external enemies as well. Forcing a one-size-fits-all policy is anti-democratic and anti-cultural. The strength of Europe cannot be boosted with federalization, but only with an economic union. Crossing over and demanding other countries accept refugees against their own cultural policies will break the very union the EU sought to create.

Each member state has cultural differences that extend beyond language. The cultural ideas of Eastern Europeans are not even understood by Western Europeans. I have personal friends from Eastern Europe and the foundation of their belief system after growing up under communism is to distrust government. Western Europeans embrace government and see it as a parent who is there to protect and provide for them. An economic union works, a forced assimilation does not.