The Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy who is a member of the Popular Party (PP) announced shortly before the general election expected to be December 20th that a record fall in unemployment took place. Looking closely at the statistics reveals that the missing unemployed have emigrated someplace else. Clearly, there are fewer Spaniards contributing to social insurance than before. Only the number of seasonal workers and of workers as a housemaid increased significantly. Magically, the unemployed Spanish youth over 60% are vanishing one way or another when it comes time for elections. Rajoy is projected to get 28.6% of the vote, which is down sharply from the 44.6% his party won during the last election.

Rajoy’s Popular Party has been hammered down by corruption scandals, austerity measures and an unprecedented unemployment rate. The government now claims that unemployment is falling and rests in total at 21.1%. Of course, this stands at US Great Depression levels and the highest in the Euroland with the exception of Greece. Playing with these numbers ahead of the election is just dishonest and it looks like the majority know it.

The 60 year-old Rajoy faces three challengers all who were totally unknown when he first took power in 2011. There have been major rallies calling for change and separatist movements as well.   There is  Albert Rivera, 36, who comes from the centrist Ciudadanos party who is very popular. Then we have the Socialists’ Pedro Sanchez, who is 43, and far-left Podemos candidate Pablo Iglesias, who is 37. This is illustrating that we have a generational shift starting to unfold in politics everywhere.

The peak in government has indeed arrived with 2015.75. We are witnessing a political change that is very profound on a global scale, not just for the 2016 US presidential elections.

I have been warning that government can do whatever it likes and declare anything to be be a criminal act. In the USA, not paying taxes is NOT a crime, failing to file your income tax is the crime. The EU has imposed the first outright total asset reporting requirement for cash, jewelry, and anything else you have of value stored away.

As of January 1st, 2016, ALL GREEKS must report their personal cash holdings, whatever jewelry they possess, and the contents of their storage facilities under penalty of criminal prosecution. The dictatorship of the Troika has demanded that Greeks will be the first to have to report all personal assets. Why the Greek government has NOT exited the Eurozone is just insanity. The Greek government has betrayed its own people to Brussels. The Troika will shake every Greek upside down until they rob every personal asset they have.

Greeks are just the first test case. All Greeks must declare cash over € 15,000, jewelry worth more than 30,000 euros and the contents of their storage lockers/facilities. This is a decree of the Department of Justice and the Ministry of Finance meaning if you do not comply, it will become criminal.

The Troika is out of its mind. They are destroying Europe and this is the very type of action by governments that has resulted in revolutions. The Greek government has betrayed its own people and they are placing at risk the viability of Europe to even survive as a economic union. The Troika is UNELECTED  and does NOT have to answer to the people. It has converted a democratic Europe into the Soviet Union of Europe. The Greek people are being stripped of their assets for the corruption of politicians.

This is the test run. Everyone else will be treated the same. Just how much longer can the EU remain together?

What is becoming clear is that Turkey has most likely NOT acted alone against Russia. They have more likely than not fired the first shot in what may become World War III. Turkey has been buying the oil from ISIS and thus funding them. Yet at the same time, they are part of NATO and have probably acted with the FULL consent of NATO including the Obama Administration.

The entire Syrian incident I reported back in 2013 that from the outset it was secretly all about getting a pipeline through Syria to Europe so Saudi Arabia could compete with Russia in supplying Europe with natural gas.

There is absolutely no way this shooting down of a Russian plane was Turkey alone nor was it an accident. The plane was over Turkey air space for a few seconds and was shot down in Syria. There was a TV crew there to film the event and within 15 minutes NATO was informed. This was a DELIBERATE act to provoke war.

Now Turkey is escalating it further by blockading all Russian ships to prevent them from accessing the Bosporus. This is clearly an act of war and Russia has defended Syria and its economic interests no different than the USA who has had far less of any economic interest at stake in any other situation.

This is an agenda that is underway. Whether or not those involved are actually trying to start World War III or are too stupid to realize that this is what they are risking seems almost pointless. The real crisis is that this is exactly on time cyclically and this does not look very good as we look ahead.

The fact that Russia began bombing in Syria precisely on the day of the Economic Confidence Model was shocking. What has emerged ever since right down to the shooting of the Russian plane by Turkey now closing the Bosporus is by no means without the consent of NATO.