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Active Duty Military Poll: Donald Trump 54%, Hillary Clinton 25%…
The only question here is what is wrong with the navy?
Trump Appoints Christie Transition Chief
Armstrong Economics Blog
Re-Posted May 10, 2016 by Martin Armstrong
Donald Trump named Chris Christie, the New Jersey governor to lead his transition team as reported by the FT. This is rather important. No doubt Christie would take the position of Attorney General should Trump win. But the real critical aspect here is that Christie was the ONLY candidate to tell the truth about Social Security. Christie told the people that the government “stole” their Social Security funds. Of course he is correct. Social Security goes negative next year by the government’s own forecast. This means that Trump given his recent comments about the National Debt should be renegotiated, demonstrates there is a discussion behind the curtain albeit nobody wants to raise that issue just yet.
Hillary & The Panama Papers
Armstrong Economics Blog
Re-Posted May 10, 2016 by Martin Armstrong
There is little doubt that Hillary is one step away from people implicated in the Panama Papers exactly as was Putin. The question has been; why has the press not put Hillary on the headlines? I think we all know the answer to that; they have already crowned her President. The lack of integrity of the media to treat Hillary the same as Putin illustrates the bias of the press. We should never forget that the Spanish American War was instigated by false media coverage simply to sell papers. Yes, the man they named the Pulitzer Prize after because he made so much money with fake news reports becomes honored among journalists. I suppose that would be like the liquor
industry celebrating Al Capone. The failure to use the very same standard they applied to Putin with Hillary, illustrates the lack of integrity once again that will go down in history – Yellow Journalism.
Hillary and Bill have multiple connections with people who have used the besieged law firm Mossack Fonseca to establish offshore entities exactly as did Putin. The Clinton buddies include Gabrielle Fialkoff, the finance director for Hillary Clinton’s first campaign to run the U.S. Senate. That is the same as a Putin “aid” but she is saved from such headlines. Then there is Frank Giustra, who is a Canadian mining guy who travels the world with Bill. Let us not forget the Chagoury family, which pledged $1 billion in projects to the Clinton Global Initiative. Remeber the Chinese billionaire Ng Lap Seng, who was at the center of a Democratic fund-raising scandal when Bill Clinton was president. Of course there was the late billionaire investor Marc Rich, an international fugitive for tax evasion who Bill Clinton gave a Presidential pardon. The Clintons themselves do not appear to be in Mossack Fonseca’s database, or at least the journalists are protecting her for now. Their daughter, Chelsea, and her husband hedge fund manager Marc Mezvinsky, have also not been sited. Clearly, the way the journalists spun this story against Putin for having an aid with such connections, leaves us guessing about the integrity of the press avoiding the same connection with Hillary. Of course, the Telegraph reported Putin’s comments on Hillary: “it’s better not to argue with women.” She is widely hailed by the press because they want a woman president just as they did Obama because they wanted a black president. It is always about what they want. It seems Yellow Journalism is alive and well.
Attn: Stuart Stevens and The Never Trump Coalition – The Monster Vote Is Very Real…
These projections are reasonable and should be taken seriously and the GOPe/RNC crowd know this and their in a panic mode to try and stop this for it will mean an end to their power. We need to keep up the pressure on them for that pressure will cause them to make mistakes!
Get Out The Vote – West Virginia Voter Information Card…
Make sure all your friends in these two states know this!
Trump Effect – President Obama Issues Executive Order on Transfer of Executive Power…
The snakes are in a panic now and need to cover up all their misdeeds!
Panama Paper Names to be Partially Released Today?
Armstrong Economics Blog
Re-Posted May 9, 2016 by Martin Armstrong
The ICIJ has said they will release today names of people involved in the Panama Papers. They say they will be withholding the actual documents which include everything from copies of people’s passports to telephone numbers, Mossack Fonseca’s internal emails and, in some cases, financial records, material that will not be included in Monday’s release and will remain available only to the ICIJ and its journalist partners. The glaring question to emerge has been whether or not they are hiding documents and names that lead to people like Clinton and their friends. The political releases so far have all been only on one side of the political aisle. Will the ICIJ really release the names without political consideration? Given Hillary’s cattle futures deals and their slush fund pretending to be a charity that took in almost $150 million and gave out just $9 million, lawyers use lawyers. The dealing of the Clintons have long been considered shady. It will be interesting to see is ANY one on the left is contained in this release.
Can You be Forced to Incriminate Yourself With Your Phone of Computer?
Armstrong Economics Blog
Re-Posted May 7, 2016 by Martin Armstrong
The government is dancing between the raindrops. The 5th Amendment states that you cannot be compelled to testify against yourself. You have the right to remain silent. So how do they get around this? In my case, I personally was not held in contempt since that would have violated my constitutional right. Instead, the corporate officer was held in contempt, and since a corporation is not a person that right did not apply.
The bad news is that the government has held that anyone under investigation must submit a DNA sample, which they can then use to trace you or any member of your family who is suspected of a crime. Even worse is what courts have done with this regarding telephones. If you use a fingerprint scanner as a security feature on your computer or cell phone, they can trace it and throw you in prison until you do as the court demands because they regard any biological evidence as an exception. In other words, you are not being forced to testify against yourself. They are taking bodily evidence to find you guilty.
Now that measure may be acceptable in extreme cases such as rape. However, the government is simply using this to go after money. They need not even know that anything is on your phone. The mere fact that there might be evidence is sufficient to imprison you for life, without a trial, under civil contempt. Courts can and do order people to unlock their phones with their fingerprint. Providing a password is different from providing a fingerprint. So you might want to forget biotechnology for security. The legal implications are far different from a password.
Congressional Elections for 2016
Armstrong Economics Blog
Re-Posted May 7, 2016 by Martin Armstrong
While the media focuses on the U.S. presidential election, the real power is dangling in Congress. The 2018 election will be far more important as there is a risk of Independents sweeping into Congress at that time. For now, there is a total of 469 seats in the U.S. Congress (34 Senate seats and 435 House seats) that are up for election on November 8, 2016.
John McCain is already concerned that he may lose his seat because he has come out in favor of Trump. Actually, I say good riddance. McCain voted to impose taxes on internet commerce. When asked why he supported raising taxes, he replied that he was not voting to raise taxes, rather he was simply voting to collect taxes that should be collected. McCain is a hypocrite. There is no country he would not invade, including Canada.
The big story of the 2016 election cycle will be in Congress. The congressional election cycle will determine whether the Democratic Party will be able to regain control of the Senate. In order to take that chamber back, the Democrats will need to gain five seats in 2016. That may not sound like a lot, but it could be very difficult. Republican incumbents, not Democrats, hold the majority of the vulnerable seats. Consequently, Democrats only have 10 seats to defend in 2016, while 24 Republican incumbents are up for re-election. There is a shot that the Democrats could accomplish a victory.
The Democrats have been in a bearish trend since the Great Depression and have been making lower lows. Nonetheless, independents are turning up. The success of Bernie and Trump shows that the public is in a foul mood. As we begin to get closer to the elections, this should begin to flesh out, especially in August. We have to be concerned that August is often a time of civil unrest/war. So, we may begin to see activity rise at that time prior to the elections.
You do have a young (and over-the-hill) socialist movement against Trump. They actually claim this is some new form of socialism where you can give them more without robbing the rich. Very strange. They are throwing words around that Trump is a racist as they are doing in Britain against Nigel Farage. They are completely ignorant since “Muslim” is a religion and not a race. The benefit of being young is you can also be stupid.






