Chaos of the 2022 Elections on the Horizon


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Nov 1, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Hello! Wondering if the “Panic Cycles” surrounding the 2022 and 2024 elections are going to take place due to the hackable computerized voting machines in use all across the country? What’s to stop the evildoers from stealing these elections just as 2020 was stolen? I was a precinct captain in So Cal in 1998, back when we had those fantastic “slider punch” machines with paper ballots, and it seems like the results were harder to steal back then. Also, we got our results by 11 PM the same day. Thank you for everything you do!!!

CJ

ANSWER: It appears that there will be serious questions over the elections. Besides these machines being deeply in question, the plot thickens with the Biden Administration planning to increase voter eligibility by up to 10% by granting status to illegal aliens. If that actually takes place, we are indeed at the edge contemplating just jumping and ending the America we once knew. It will be more than just: Let’s Go, Brandon, where 4 out of 10 of the top songs are anti-Biden.

Sunday Talks, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Says West Coast Port Backlog Unlikely to Be Resolved Until Every American is Vaccinated


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on October 31, 2021 | Sundance | 292 Comments

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg appeared on the DC narrative shaping program hosted by swamp gatekeeper Chris Wallace.  Within the interview Buttigieg was questioned about why West Coast port backups are worse now than before the White House announced their solution to operate ports 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Buttigieg proclaimed the ports are being impacted by the pandemic, and ships stuck in China are the reason why ships are sitting off the coast of California.   Yeah, try to square that circular logic.  LOL.  The scale of incompetence, even in common sense politispeak, is off the charts.  The illogical statements by this guy are legendary; however, he outdid himself today.

Eventually Pete weaves his way through fourteen nonsensical catch phrases to get to a point where he proclaims nothing in the supply chain will start being more efficient until everyone is vaccinated.  And yes, it appears that he is so stuck in pretzel-speak, Buttigieg actually believes that.

All of that said, I wouldn’t post this for review if it wasn’t for the ‘hard-hitting‘ segment from Wallace that comes right after.  You just gotta watch (prompted):

The southern border is in crisis, food inflation is skyrocketing, transportation and logistical supply chains are a mess because of emissions and regulation, store shelves are empty, gasoline is ridiculously expensive, the blue-collar working class is getting crushed, the vaccination mandate is wreaking havoc on jobs, airlines and employment for first responders, overall national anxiety is at a high point, the economy is in a free-fall and two-thirds of all Americans now say the administration is incompetent.  Along comes Chris Wallace with the hard-hitting question about what Pete and his husband are doing with their twins for Halloween.

Lets Go Brandon !

As noted, and as previously outlined, the issues with the backlog of the California ports have absolutely nothing to do with rapid unloading of ships and container vessels.  The issue is the inability of California truckers to move those containers.  The problem is a shortage of CA emission compliant internal transportation trucks to move the containers out of the port and into the U.S. mainland.

As a result… the politically expedient goal to get rid of the optical problem (the ships) by offloading containers into a California port system, that is already overwhelmed with tens-of-thousands of containers, is only making the original issue exponentially worse.  More people are now starting to understand the internal issue that has been created by recent California laws, rules and regulations.

Daniel Greenfield at Front Page Magazine has a solid outline of the emission compliance issues and the problem of independent truckers not being able to work in California:

Front Page Magazine – […] Over the summer, the California Trucking Association actually went to the Supreme Court to fight AB5 and allow owners and operators to use independent contractors. The CTA listed 70,000 owner operators. In the years since AB5, Ubers have become scarcer and more expensive, which is what the law was actually designed to do, but the consequences to the trucking industry have been far worse albeit invisible to most people until now. While truckers are still protected from AB5, many in the industry are not willing to bet their future on SCOTUS.

AB5 was not only the assault on the trucking industry by California Democrats who were aggressively trying to unionize the industry and to impose environmental regulations on it.

Last year, the California Air Resources Board issued a press release boasting that it had taken a “bold step to reduce truck pollution”. The bold step required switching to electric trucks.

“We are showing the world that we can move goods, grow our economy and finally dump dirty diesel,” Jared Blumenfeld, California’s Secretary for Environmental Protection, sneered.

[…] Last year, California’s DMV began refusing to register thousands of trucks with an estimated 100,000 trucks under threat. With “green” trucks costing $70,000 more, this was a non-starter for already troubled independent owner-operators and even larger companies.

[…] Biden called for ports to operate around the clock, but that’s not going to magically bring back thousands of trucks or truckers. California Democrats still haven’t changed their regulations and without that, there’s no incentive or even legal structure that would allow trucks to operate. (read more)

White House Spokesperson Jen Psaki Announces She Has Tested Positive For COVID


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on October 31, 2021 | Sundance | 275 Comments

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Biden Hosts G20 Discussion on Supply Chain Issues and Tells a Brutally Obvious Lie About California Ports Only Being Open For 8 Hours a Day Until He Demanded More


Posted originally on the conservative tree house October 31, 2021 | Sundance | 126 Comments

Perhaps it’s only a lie if he believes it.  However, what Joe Biden said in front of an assembled group of G20 leaders was not only a lie, it was so transparently false that world leaders knew Biden was just making stuff up.  Truly this is such a false statement you have to wonder if the script writer was intentionally setting up Joe Biden for ridicule.

Unfortunately, none of the media fact-checkers are likely to call him out for this; but, believe me, those world leaders sitting around the table know this level of propaganda is beyond anything even Baghdad Bob would attempt.  And yes, it’s also in the transcript.

Given all of the economic impacts crushing the United States working class, Joe Biden’s team thought it would be a good idea politically for his administration to select “Supply Chain Resilience” as the U.S. selected discussion topic for the G20 group.  During his introductory propaganda remarks (obviously he did not write), Joe Biden said the following [video at 02:34]:

TRANSCRIPT – […] “Just a few weeks ago, we were able to facilitate an agreement with key unions, retailers, and freight movers to begin operating two of the largest ports in the United States that account for 40 percent of the imports on the West Coast: the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach, California. So, we got them to move from 5 days a week, 8 hours a day, to 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.” (read more)

The Port of Los Angeles (POLA) and Port of Long Beach (POLB) have never worked 8hr/days Monday through Friday.  That is complete, abject and utter nonsense.  That statement is so far away from the truth, the light from where truth begins could not catch that statement in a year.  Even the ASL interpreter seemed to notice (see below).

Have you ever read a more bureaucratic batch of gibberish that amounts to absolutely nothing?  All of the correct corporate linguistics and G20 political catch phrases are in there though. Look:.

…”So, I’m directing my Secretary of State — Secretaries of State and Commerce to chair a multi-stakeholder forum in the beginning of next year to bring all these key parties together with relevant officials from all of our governments to chart a path forward.  I look forward to hearing from each of you and finding ways we can work together to increase our resilience and enhance our shared prosperity.”

Sunday Talks, in Virginia Race Terry McAuliffe Says Things Were Fine Until Parents Started Sticking Their Noses Into What Happens in Schools


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on October 31, 2021 | Sundance | 175 Comments

Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe appeared on Meet the Press with Chuck Todd {full video here} to express his frustration that “everything was fine” in Virginia until parents started snooping around, looking into what goes on in public schools.

Despite Chuck Todd trying to support McAuliffe’s collapsing campaign and overall favorability, the Democrat candidate just can’t stop showcasing his totalitarian viewpoint.  As noted in the interview, McAuliffe blames the parents for finding out what was happening inside the education system and then complaining about it.  It was only after parents started doing research when things started falling apart for the teacher’s unions, school boards and the candidacy of McAuliffe himself.

The full video is also below.

Beyond the horrible policies he supports, as a general disposition candidate Terry McAuliffe is not a likeable person.  He’s a male version of Hillary Clinton with about the same level of blame-casting and desperation.  You can tell in the interview that Chuck Todd knows the persona of McAuliffe is part of his problem.

Watch the very beginning as Chuck Todd introduces McAuliffe and notes that an upside down favorability for Joe Biden is likely hurting other Democrats. As a result, the race in Virginia has gone from an easy win to a toss up.

Specifically, look at the face of McAuliffe (00:16 seconds), as the introduction was not what he expected from his friend, his ally and fellow traveler.  The flex and squint in the eyes of McAuliffe tells you he was taken aback by the intro.  He was personally hurt, stunned and then worried by the introduction.  It took McAuliffe almost a full 2 seconds to recompose his brain.  It’s interesting….

Devastating NBC Polling Highlights Collapse of Support for Biden and Democrat Party Overall – Also Majority of Public Do Not Support Vaccine Mandate


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on October 31, 2021 | Sundance | 297 Comments

The bad news is this is an NBC poll conducted by Mark Murray and Hart Research and Associates.  They are notorious for manipulative media polling [Use Site Search Function for More].  The good news is this is an NBC/Mark Murray poll, meaning if this is the best Murray and Hart Research can come up with, the reality of the situation is exponentially worse.  [Polling pdf Here]

The data within the poll, which is skewed to try and assist the left, shows the nation overall has abandoned Joe Biden and the Democrat Party in a big way.

71 percent of Americans now say they believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, up 8 points since August. That includes 93 percent of Republicans, 70 of independents and even 48 percent of Democrats.  Beyond his catastrophic approval numbers, 50% of Americans polled say Joe Biden is incompetent / 37% view him as competent.

Chuck Todd sounds the alarm.  WATCH:

Additionally, not highlighted by any media review, the polling shows a collapse for the COVID fear and vaccination narrative.   The majority of the country now says they do not support mandatory vaccinations. [Page 17].   50% oppose mandates / 47% support mandates.

The politics for Democrats and the COVID vaccination narrative are even worse.  When asked if they would support a candidate based on COVID vaccine mandate position, only 32% said it would be a positive, and 40% said that position would be a negative.

When the issue turns to children being vaccinated under age 11, the vaccine advocacy position gets even worse politically.  64% of people with children under age 11 say they would not vaccinate their kids or would wait to see more data on long term consequences.  Only 27% of respondents said they would immediately vaccinate their children with the untested COVID vaccine.   That makes a political issue even worse for Democrats.

The Republican party is winning on the key issues of priority by default.  Not because the GOP has done anything positive, but rather because the policies of the Democrats are visibly destroying the country:

Pure Blooded meets Let’s Go Brandon


Armstrong Economics Blog/Vaccine Re-Posted Oct 31, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

Let’s Go Brandon now is 4 out of the top 10 songs on the hit list. This is a warning that the country really is divided far more than they are letting on. The Virginia governor race could be a major upset for the Democrats if the GOP wins a Blue State.

Now there is a song out Pure Blooded which is the term they have adopted for the non-vaxed. Meanwhile, NYC was forced to close 26 fire stations because the firefighters walked out rather than be vaccinated. What is really sharting get going is that these people think they can force the people to keep getting vaccines every 6 months for the rest of their lives. In Australia, Andrews is already hinting that without boosters, you will lose all your rights. When the majority of the vaccinated see what is really behind this is not health, but control, the 2022 election may be really hot.

A 10-Year-Old Explains the Importance of the Constitution


Armstrong Economics Blog/North America Re-Posted Oct 31, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

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Ten-year-old Lee Ellis understands the US Constitution and freedom better than most adults and nearly all politicians. “Did you know that ‘We the People’ means everyone? The rich, the poor, the young, the old, whites, blacks, men, and women are all a part of ‘We the People,’” the fifth-grader wrote. Actually, this is a new revelation for many. Ellis was recently awarded first place in the Ninth Annual Pasco County Clerk & Comptroller Constitution Essay Contest for his honest and simplistic explanation of our guaranteed rights. Good job, kid!

Politicizing Halloween


Armstrong Economics Blog/Humor Re-Posted Oct 31, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

President Trump Triggers Woke Sports Crowd Doing Tomahawk Chop With Melania at World Series – Leftist World Melting Down


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on October 30, 2021 | Sundance | 86 Comments

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attend Game 4 of the World Series tonight in Atlanta, Georgia, between the Braves and Houston Astros.  President Trump was joined by Herschel Walker and other dignitaries in a private suite at the ballpark to watch the game.

Our president and first lady joined in supporting the home team doing the Tomahawk chop and the woke crowd is going bananas across all social media.  Everyone looks like they are having a great time and the political left cannot stand it.  Too funny.  The woke crowd are having spontaneous ‘splodey heads.  WATCH:

(New York Post) – Former President Donald Trump did the tomahawk chop with Braves fans at the World Series Saturday night, months after calling for a baseball boycott amid MLB’s politically-motivated move to pull the All-Star Game from Atlanta.

Trump and wife Melania watched Game 4 between Atlanta and Houston from a private suite.

The Republican was expected to be joined by political allies, including former University of Georgia Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker, who Trump encouraged to move back to the state and run for US Senate on the GOP line. (read more)