Obama is acting like the cornered rat that he is; Trump knows that he has him on the defense and almost up on the ropes so when Obama realizes that Hillary can not win Obama will get desperate in the coming months and there is no telling what he will do.
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Nigel Farage on the Future of Immigration post-Brexit
Armstrong Economics Blog
Re-Posted Jun 14, 2016 by Martin Armstrong
Pensions Continue to Spiral Downward
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Re-Posted Jun 14, 2016 by Martin Armstrong
There are 11 million workers in Britain who assumed they had great pensions. The British Steel Pension Scheme is proposing to break its pension promises to its 130,000 members because they are losing money. Tata Steel is looking to sell its holding in its UK plants over the next few months, and that means that the £15bn pension scheme, that would normally be put into the general Pension Protection Fund, has been the slush fund for failed companies. So in other words, what they thought was a guarantee, will be nothing of the sort. Once government takes over anything, it just bleeds money.
Total Narrative Reversal? – Pulse Nightclub Massacre Was Not an LGBT Motivated Attack…
An interesting take on what happened and presented in a very believable way; one wonders if the truth will ever really be known.
Donald Trump and Common Sense…
It makes perfect sense that why Obama and Hillary would never do that!
Donald Trump Speech on Violent Extremism, Saint Anselm College, NH – 2:30pm Live Stream
Good speech until Obama trump put passion in what he says and what he says makes perfect sense as it is also common sense. We really have no choice for as Trump says for if we do not chance our policies there will no long be an America — home of the free because of the brave!
BREXIT Polls at 55% – Will the Euro Crash & Burn?
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Re-Posted Jun 13, 2016 by Martin Armstrong
We provided this chart in our BREXIT Report which says it all. For all the scare mongering how Britain will be worse off if it leaves the EU, this chart demonstrates how the politicians are lying. Britain has seen only declining economic growth since it joined the EU and these are the British government’s own numbers.
Caution will be necessary. If Britain leaves and they cannot cover up that much against the EU, then the pound will survive and the Euro will witness a contagion begin as other states will be driven to hold referendums.
What nobody wants to talk about in the press is how Merkel’s decision to let in the refugees was unilateral. She has fought for the federalization of Europe, but went and made a decides that binds everyone. Girls are being raped in Sweden and Germany. This whole this is a real crisis. Calling those against it racists just demonstrates how abusive these politicians are to defend their mistakes. The refugees are not a race, it is a religion.
Crime Pays — But Who?
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Re-Posted Jun 12, 2016 by Martin Armstrong
One of the eye-opening shocks I experienced after I was thrown in contempt was that nothing was what it seemed. Numerous suicides occurred but the press did not report on them, and the few that received coverage were spun to the government’s favor to portray them as having some remorse. The truth is that those who committed suicide were typically the innocent, whereas the real violent criminals, I found, were cowards. They might kill someone else, but they themselves fear death and will appeal until the end. Even those who did something they believe was right, like Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001), opted for death and refused to appeal. The outright murdered was terrified of dying.
Then there is the nonsense portrayed as recidivism (the relapse to criminal behavior). The truth, even in this department, was far from what the press portrayed. I met people who had been imprisoned for 20+ years who were scared to be released. They all said they would commit another crime to get back inside where life was easy. Once a black individual cried in my cell. He asked me to read his paper because he could not read. He was sentenced to 40 years imprisonment when he was only 18-years-old. He said he had no family left. He had no idea what to do and was scared to death of the outside world. I came to learn that prison was not a punishment; it was a change of life. The justice system somehow operates under the delusional idea that increased prison sentences will deter people. That is just stupid. Prison is suited ONLY for those who pose a violent risk to society — no one else.
So now, we have the idea that they will pay people not to commit a crime after getting out. This will help some who are poor who committed some crime for money. However, the whole system is totally screwed up.
EVERY drug dealer I met said the same thing — the police stole half the cash they had. Their court-appointed lawyers told them to shut up because they would face longer sentences if they were found with more money. Just who is benefiting from this system is highly questionable. Then you have prison guards who take the job so they can beat-up people. They are some very sick individuals. Five New York City Rikers Island prison guards ere just found guilty in beating people. All this does is teach people that government is the enemy. When released, they have been exposed to a vast corruption that dominates the entire prison culture. Inmates have far too often been murdered by prison guards and buried in hole in prisons never to be heard from again. The Arkansas prison farm was just one notorious affair they try to hide from the public.
So unfortunately, the press rarely ever exposes the truth. They support government against the people and have abandoned their constitutional role of defending the people against government. Once the press was bought by big business, they then have agendas sold to the highest bidder.
D.C. may pay people not to commit crimes
Under this bill, up to 200 individuals a year could qualify.
BY BEN NUCKOLS ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — They say crime doesn’t pay, but that might not be entirely true in the District of Columbia as lawmakers look for ways to discourage people from becoming repeat offenders.
The D.C. Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a bill that includes a proposal to pay residents a stipend not to commit crimes. It’s based on a program in Richmond, California, that advocates say has contributed to deep reductions in crime there.
Under the bill, city officials would identify up to 200 people a year who are considered at risk of either committing or becoming victims of violent crime. Those people would be directed to participate in behavioral therapy and other programs. If they fulfill those obligations and stay out of trouble, they would be paid.
The bill doesn’t specify the value of the stipends, but participants in the California program get up to $9,000 per year.
Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, a Democrat who wrote the legislation, said it was part of a comprehensive approach to reducing violent crime in the city, which experienced a 54 percent increase in homicides last year. Homicides and violent crime are still down significantly since the 2000s, and even more so since the early 1990s when the District was dubbed the nation’s “murder capital.”
McDuffie argued that spending $9,000 a year in stipends “pales in comparison” to the cost of someone being victimized, along with the costs of incarcerating the offender.
“I want to prevent violent crime — particularly gun violence — by addressing the root causes and creating opportunities for people, particularly those individuals who are at the highest risks of offending,” McDuffie, a former prosecutor, said in a letter to constituents last week.
Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser has not committed to funding the program, which would cost $4.9 million over four years, including $460,000 a year in stipend payments, according to the District’s independent chief financial officer. Without the mayor’s support, it would be up to the council to find money for it through new taxes or cuts to existing programs.
The program would be run independently of the police department, and participants would remain anonymous.
European State of the Union Through the Eyes of a 23-Year-Old
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Re-Posted Jun 11, 2016 by Martin Armstrong
I happened to have a conversation with someone from Portugal who was neither a trader nor an investor, just an observant 23-year-old. When I asked for her take on the state of affairs in Europe, she candidly replied:
“Yes, there are groups of people who expect civil war. Actually, the situation in Europe at this moment is a big mess. Those in the Baltic countries are afraid of Russians, others are in a big panic because of ISIS, and the other third are upset about EU not to mention a mess with refuges and etc… In general, war industry brings amazing profit. So it is a question of time when history will repeat once again, as you say.”
Censorship? Manipulating the News?
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Posted Jun 11, 2016 by Martin Armstrong
COMMENT: Dear Mr. Armstrong,
Is there a bug in my computer or has the latest the Nigel Farage video been removed from your blog? I also can’t find the recent more private video on migrant problems in Germany, which was rather shocking for us as the German press is not allowed to automatically report on migrant problems. It’s not a free and independent press anymore.
Thank you for your very interesting and excellent blog.
Kind regards,
ml
REPLY: The videos are still there on my end. It appears that perhaps someone in Germany is blocking those videos. Very curious.
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