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Re-Posted Aug 15, 2018 by Martin Armstrong
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Why is Asia Rising Against the West
Armstrong Economics Blog/China
Re-Posted Aug 15, 2018 by Martin Armstrong
Some people have written in and asked why we have issued a report that shows how and when China will displace the USA and the West as the Financial Capital of the world. Let me explain some interesting facts. If we look at the top ten cities for tourism, you will find that the half is in Asia. The world’s most visited city is actually Hong Kong. The top two are Asia as well.
- Hong Kong – 26.69m visitors a year
- Bangkok, Thailand – 18.73m
- London, UK – 18.58m
- Singapore – 16.87m
- Paris, France – 15.02m
- Macau – 14.31m
- Dubai, UAE – 14.2m
- Istanbul, Turkey – 12.41m
- New York City, US – 12.3m
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 12.15m
Even Macau, which is an autonomous territory that sits on the south coast of the Far East’s superpower China, is, according to a new study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), set to overtake Qatar as the richest place in the world by 2020. Macau was the last European colony in Asia. On April 13th, 1987, Portugal and China announced the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration – in which it was said that Macau, having been a Portuguese outpost for more than 400 years, would become “Chinese” on December 20th, 1999. It did, but not entirely. In the case of Macau, it was first leased to Portugal back in 1557 and eventually became a full actual colony in 1887.
Macau is also one of the most densely populated places on earth. It is only 11.8 square miles of territory with a population of 650,900 residents. This equates to 55,454 people per square mile. The second most densely populated country is Monaco, which is a mere 0.78 square miles of land yet it has a population of 38,400 people (49,236 people per square mile).
So to answer those who ask WHY will China surpass the USA, the answer is simple. The trend is already set in motion and the West just has to that Marxism not only violated the Ten Commandments, but it suppresses human ingenuity and stunts economic growth. The more we move to try to save the collapse of socialism, it is like Erdogan refusing to accept responsibility for the collapse of the Turkish lira.
Suicidal Airline Service Agent Steals Plane, Pulls Stunts, Commits Suicide…
The story of an obviously unstable ground service agent at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is terribly sad. According to most accounts 29-year-old Richard Russell stole a turboprop jet for just under an hour before eventually crashing and killing himself 30 miles away. There were no other passengers on board.
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Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of this young man; and also especially with the air traffic controller who remained calm and tried his earnest best to save the life of Mr. Russell. A person can well imagine the sadness felt by that Air Traffic Controller.
God our strength and our redeemer: you do not leave us in this life nor abandon us in death. Hear our prayer for those in despair, when days are full of darkness and the future empty of hope. Renew in them your sustaining strength for we believe that there is nothing in all creation that can separate us from your love in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Amen.
Arresting Development: California Police Chief’s Son Arrested for Attacking Sikh Man in Viral Video…
A 71-year-old Indian Sikh named Sahib Singh Natt was attacked in California on Monday morning. The attackers beat, kicked, spit-on and ridiculed the elderly Sikh while demanding money.
Today two arrests were made. One of those arrested is Tyrone McAllister (pictured left), the 18-year-old son of Union City Police Chief Darryl McAllister.
(CBS Sacramento) […] Wednesday, authorities announced they had made arrests in connection to the incident: 18-year-old Tyrone McAllister and a 16-year-old boy. Both teens are facing charges of attempted robbery, elder abuse and assault with a deadly weapon.
Manteca police confirm that McAllister is the son of Union City Police Chief Darryl McAllister. Investigators say Union City authorities have been in contact with them and helped in the case. (read more)
Derp TV 2.0
On the same day Alex Jones is kicked off media platforms for promoting informational products the control agents deem to be ‘conspiracy theory’…. CNN airs this:
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InfoWars Banned for Hate Speech?
Armstrong Economics Blog/Conspiracy
Re-Posted Aug 7, 2018 by Martin Armstrong
The new European regulations are actually having an impact globally. Alex Jones’ InfoWars has been banned by Apple’s decision to remove five podcasts by Jones and his Infowars website. Other companies have rushed to join including Facebook, YouTube, and Spotify. The general reason is Jones’s podcasts are viewed as “hate content” which can subject them to heavy fines in Europe.
While I have appeared one time on his InfoWars, I do not create conspiracy scenarios nor do I agree with many. I look deeper than just the surface. I have stated bluntly that the forecasts made at Davos and the Bilderberg Meetings are ALWAYS wrong! Even the BBC asked why do economists get it so wrong? These meetings are often used as proof of some world order that creates everything intentionally be it a boom or a bust. I have stated countless times that if there really was some giant conspiracy that controlled the world, they would NEVER call me in for help or even explanations. The far more scary reality is the powers that be are clueless and are ruling by the seat of their pants.
It just seems as if those in power are often the people who have little experience in the real world and could not make it there so they gravitate toward government and power. Sure, you can pretend to connect dots. However, you have to actually peek behind the curtain and then you are faced with a frightening reality – nobody is in charge and there is no long-term grand plan other than hiding their incompetence. This is no different than when the dog pulls back the curtain in the Wizard of Oz and you see the fraud.
I know there is a general conspiracy about some new world order. That is exactly what was behind creating the EU and the Euro. It is failing because one-size does NOT fit all cultures and economies. Some are export driven and others are domestic consumption driven. This is the great difference between Germany (Export driven) and the United States (DOMESTIC consumption driven). I cannot see some new world order of one government EVER happening without war. You cannot get the Democrats and Republicans to agree in Congress and that is just in the USA. You really expect all world governments to ever agree to a SINGLE POWER?
Even the refugee crisis is nuts. In Britain, they call you a racist to disagree. But Muslim is not a race. The reality of this is rather simple. You offer free welfare handouts with guaranteed income, healthcare, and paid vacations just to show up, and it is HUMAN NATURE to take advantage. This knows no race, gender, or creed limitation. Historically, this ALWAYS takes place around the world. The great migration from Europe to America attracted people who wanted a new future, but they did not come to America expecting welfare and socialism. They came to work and assimilate to the culture and adopted the new language of English. They did not come and demand that America change its culture to accommodate them.
I have worked around the world. Politicians are the same everywhere. They will act ONLY out of their own self-interest. Adam Smith’s invisible hand remains supreme. There is no point in demonizing any race, creed, or gender. We are all human and humans all have the same basic traits at their core which have never changed. A mother still cries for he son who dies in war today as she did in ancient times. Technology may change, but we remain the same on a human emotional level. That is why cycles even work in all cultures.
Multiple Corporate Social Media Platforms Simultaneously Ban Alex Jones for Thought Crimes…
The corporate thought police moved in unity today to unperson Alex Jones and his Info Wars media site from popular social media platforms.
Imagine if BP, Exxon, Chevron and Sunoco all moved, on the same day, at the same time, to charge $5.00/gal for gasoline at their service stations. That would be illegal collusion to take advantage of a monopolistic position. That’s essentially what happened today when Facebook, YouTube, Apple and Spotify simultaneously banned the Alex Jones broadcast from their platforms; in an effort to purge him from the internet.
Ezra Levant has some perspective worth sharing:
“One of the terrifying things about the Facebook & Apple bans of everything Alex Jones has ever said, is that it is not based on any particular allegation. They haven’t identified a specific violation of their terms of service. They’re just un-personing him.”
“It’s not a legal approach (remedy a problem) and it’s not an intellectual approach (articulate what thoughts are now banned, and why) . It’s a de-platforming approach, a mob approach, hysteria. It’s how Antifa would act, if they owned a trillion-dollar tech company. Or China.”
“Roman emperors practiced “damnatio memoriae”, in English: to “damn the memory” of troublesome people, such as a rival brother they had killed. They literally scraped non-persons off of paintings, destroyed sculptures of them.”
“[W]hen it’s the Internet’s emperors doing the de-personing, it works just fine. Soon Alex Jones will never have existed. How would you prove otherwise, if you can’t find him on Google?” (continue reading via twitter)
Oddly enough this was entirely predicted. Back in the Fall of 2015 Matt Drudge appeared on the Alex Jones broadcast to warn of this exact situation. Drudge talked about the need to stay off their platforms, because he could see the political use of platform control was likely to happen in the next few years. In hindsight Drudge was eerily prescient:
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The political left, and all the control elements of the Marxist Silicon Valley monopoly gatekeepers are moving in unity, taking action they deem will influence the 2018 elections and beyond. In the big picture this coordinated effort is a move to attack political opposition by weaponizing and controlling social media platforms.
Regardless of anyone’s opinion of Alex Jones, all should take this action seriously and think through the long-term ramifications….
CTH has been sending warning flares for years:
We will not go gently into that bloody collectivist good night. Indeed, we will make with our defiance such a sound as ALL history from that day forward will be forced to note, even if they despise us in the writing of it.
And when we are gone, the scattered, free survivors hiding in the ruins of our once-great republic will sing of our deeds in forbidden songs, tending the flickering flame of individual liberty until it bursts forth again, as it must, generations later. We will live forever, like the Spartans at Thermopylae, in sacred memory.
Horrific Chicago Statistics: More than 60 People Shot, 9 Killed This Weekend…
Good grief, this is horrific. ABC News Chicago is reporting that over 60 people have been shot, with 9 killed, in Chicago just this weekend (Friday through Sunday).
(Chicago) Dozens of people were wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday, police said. One paramedic described the evening as “a war zone.”
Since midnight, police said 43 people have been shot, six fatally. Since Friday at 5 p.m., 60 people have been shot, nine fatally, in shootings in Chicago.
34 of the shootings and five deaths occurred between 10 a.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday, according to police. During one two-and-a-half hour-hour period, 25 people were shot in five multi-injury shootings. (read more)
Twenty five people shot in two-and-a-half hours !
How can these neighborhoods even function?
Perhaps it’s time to call in the national guard?
Beware of Social Justice
Dear Friends:
An interesting matter has arisen in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, but be assured that this idea could well surface in your hometown. (ADDED by Centinel2012: This could happen any where in this country and is totally against the US Constitution so you are now warned.)
Armond Budish, Cuyahoga County Executive, has suggested that there be a Human Rights Council in Cuyahoga County for a specialty group, specifically, and at this time, for the LGBTQ community (as though the Human Rights Council of the United Nations is so ethical and trustworthy). Budish seeks a form of justice, but not the justice referenced in the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag, but a form of “social justice.” However, the moment we divide Americans into groups and treat one group differently from the others, it is no longer true justice. Rather, it is meant as boost or benefit for one select group at the expense of another.
The commission would conduct investigations on gender issues and enforce and issue subpoenas as a quasi-judicial appointed attorney. No one so titled should be able to levy monetary penalties, especially for undecided social, moral issues.
Under the proposed law, the plaintiff (one who sues) would be financially supported by the commission, which opens up the proverbial can of worms because he/she has no “skin in the game.” Unless the plaintiff bears the risk or consequences for his/her actions, the suit could be frivolous or malicious, and the victim harmed, whether reputationally or financially.
Above all, this type of lawsuit is a kind of censorship system. In our country, under our laws, the Bill of Rights guarantees the Freedom of Speech, but a legal threat creates an atmosphere of fear of consequence. This is not unlike the accusations of Islamophobia, when one might want to say something that is perfectly within his/her right but fears a penalty that could do him great harm. This is unjust.
I ask the members of the Cuyahoga County Council to not vote to oblige your fellow council members, and not to vote because of the request made by the county executive, but to vote your conscience. Put yourselves in the position of saying something, perhaps a little untoward or not meeting the “standards” of self-appointed morality police, but perfectly within your rights, and imagine someone deciding to sue you and being reimbursed so that the only one to bear the brunt of consequences is you, the unwitting defendant.
Tabitha Korol
https://tinyurl.com/y7e6z63d
Venezuela – President Maduro Speech Cut Short – Reports of Possible Drone Attack (Video)…
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro was delivering a speech today with a national military parade and all the structured festivities. During the remarks, an explosion was heard, and several seconds later the crowd responded to state police rushing toward them. The broadcast on state television quickly cuts to a commercial. WATCH:
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According to initial reporting there was a possible drone attack against the Maduro regime. However, given the nature of the Maduro government, there is also strong opinion the attack was staged by the government to elicit sympathy.
Centinel2012 