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Feb 7 2017

Anonymous Hacks Darknet Hosting Site, Leaks Pedophile Databases 


Shut them down!

Feb 7 2017

Le Pen in First Place So Far


Armstrong Economics Blog/France

Re-Posted Feb 7, 2017 by Martin Armstrong

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With the election coming up in France, Le Pen is praising Donald Trump for putting his people first. “The European Union has failed,” she declared. She vows to return control of France also back to the people. Le Pen promises to exit the EU, saying it has utterly failed, and place a strict limitation upon immigration to fight “Islamic fundamentalism.” She is being presented as a patriot. “I will return the voice of the people!” She also vows “to always think of the national interest.” Len Pen continued, “My promise is to restore France within five years.”

Le Pen’s program has listed 144 electoral promises and she has adopted Donald Trump’s position saying “France First” vowing to end “mass immigration,” take protectionist measures for the French economy, and within six months move for a referendum on the withdrawal of France from the EU (“Frexit”).

Le Pen argues that the promises of the euro have failed. The French want to be “free” again. She also vows to end the Schengen area, introduce a national currency, and lead France away from the NATO commando structure. She has vowed a “zero-tolerance policy” against crime and terrorists. She will impose higher taxes for foreign workers and imports and will slash bureaucratic requirements for smaller enterprises following Trump. She realizes that Trump won because the vast majority of voters feel themselves to be the losers of globalization. The U.S. protests are coming from mostly the youth and the left movement which is intolerant of any opposition in true Marxist fashion. Most protesters are professional students who have not yet entered the real world and like the SNL skit – do live in a little bubble.

The polls right now show Le Pen currently at 25% in first place. The first round of the presidential election will be on April 23rd. The pundits are saying that it is unlikely that she will be able to win the election on May 7th when she will face the independent presidential candidate Macron and a conservative.

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The conservative is François Fillon. However, Fillon has been under a lot of pressure after a pseudo-employment affair with his wife who he paid €500,000 to be his assistant at taxpayer expense, but nobody can really verify she works. Since this scandal, behind the scenes the conservatives are searching for a “plan B.” The latest polls show he may be eliminated in the first round. This will benefit Le Pen tremendously. A video has emerged from 2007 where Fillon’s British wife Penelope admits, “I have never actually been his assistant or anything like that.” Plus, she is not French.

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When we look at the euro monthly array, we can see that the biggest turning point will be May and we have a Directional Change in April. Clearly, the capital flows are already targeting the French election. We must respect that if Le Pen wins, the euro is most likely dead on arrival. The German election in the fall will be the final straw. A Le Pen win would really illustrate the silent majority’s battle with the left-wing socialists who do not subscribe to live and let live, but need to subjugate everyone else so they can have their perfect utopia — the bubble.

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Euro-AE-Y 2016When we run our what-if models on the old French franc, clearly we are entering a major turning point which is 2017-2018. That was determined back in 1999. Strange how long-term models seems to predict the major trend that we are powerless to reverse. At time, it is like an aircraft carrier. It takes miles to try to make a u-turn where as a speed-boat can do it virtually instantaneous.

Note in the Array on the French Franc that it showed a Directional Change in 1999 and the first major target would be 2000. When we look at the Euro, 2000 was in fact the major low. Interesting how the turning point that was showing up in the French Franc carried over into the Euro’s performance. It often just seems to be Ce qui sera sera (what will be will be).

Euro-US$Europe was doomed from the outset. I have stated many times, the commission setting up the Euro attended our London WEC back in 1997. I told them it would fail unless the consolidated the debts of all member states. They said the Europeans would never vote for that and they were swearing the agenda was not to federalize Europe – a major lie. They told me that they understood what I was warning, but wanted to get the currency in play first and then worry about the debt later. Of course, they never addressed the debt so there could be no deep Euro to compete with the dollar. The European Project was doomed from the start because they would never tell the people what they were really up to – one federalized Europe to eliminate European War. Good one!

Le Pen’s main points:

  1. Referendum of EU Membership
  2. Restore French franc
  3. End Schengen area
  4. End Refugee migration
  5. Public contracts awarded only to French firms
  6. International trade agreements are to be canceled.
  7. The income tax for low-income earners is to be reduced by 10%
  8. Small business are to be relieved of their wage costs.
  9. The retirement age to be lowered to 60 from 62 years.
  10. Child benefit regardless of income
  11. Reduce gas and electricity costs by 5%
  12. Maintenance of the 35-hour week.
  13. Employers should pay a 10% tax on foreigners’ wages.
  14. Free education will be only for the French
  15. Illegal immigrants are to be deprived of free health care.
  16. Immigrants without papers have no chance of legal residence status.
  17. Asylum can only be applied for in French consulates abroad.
  18. French citizenship not to be based solely upon birth in France
  19. Increase domestic police by 15,000
  20. Build new prisons with space for 40,000 prisoners.
  21. Condemned foreigners are immediately deported
  22. All foreigners who are connected with Islamism under the supervision of the secret services.
  23. All radical mosques are to be closed.
  24. Withdrawal from the joint NATO
Feb 6 2017

IS THERE ANYTHING DUMBER . . .


Actually no it shows that they never should have been given the right to vote! Although for a man Sharia law is a good deal so if they really want it they have my vote!

Feb 6 2017

TEPCO Admits Fukushima Radiation Levels Reach Record Highs As Hole In Reactor Discovered 


This is all bad stuff

Feb 6 2017

One Echo – France’s Marine Le Pen Launches Presidential Campaign…


A few weeks ago, January 12th, Marine Le Pen was in New York, noticed lunching in Trump Tower during a brief visit – The PING.  Yesterday she officially launched her presidential campaign …

Source: One Echo – France’s Marine Le Pen Launches Presidential Campaign…

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Feb 5 2017

French soldiers robbed of assault rifles & ammo in McDonald’s parking lot


Item ex military special operations and I’m still trying to figure out what an assault rile is I can find them in my manuals yet every one seems to have one?

Feb 5 2017

Why Feminists Do What They Do | Stefan Molyneux


Feb 5 2017

The Death of Venezuela. Prepare Yourself Accordingly.


Feb 4 2017

Comments from San Francisco


Armstrong Economics Blog/Civil Unrest

Re-Posted Feb 4, 2017 by Martin Armstrong

California Golden Gate

COMMENT: Hi Marty,
I am in San Francisco (though trying to move out)….and attended WEC Orlando. In reading the blog recently there is a lot of talk about Civil War and the US breaking up. I have to tell you that the election in San Francisco was pretty much devoid of Clinton or Trump signs anywhere. There was an eerie feeling in the air – we all felt it and people commented on it. After Trump won, pretty much every democrat I spoke to told me they really wanted Bernie anyway. I even heard this walking the sidewalks and hearing bits of conversations of passersby or people speaking on cell phones. So I don’t think there was a lot of true support for Hillary, rather people voted democrat because they had always been democrats but really wanted Bernie and to vote against Trump.
Now there is San Francisco stating in the press they will sue the Federal Government and remain a sanctuary city. There is not much support for that either. The support I think comes from the employers (e.g. restaurants paying cash under the table to back of the house help etc…) but not the citizens overall here. Kate Steinle was shot and killed here which horrified everyone. That Sheriff who let the felon illegal immigrant go instead of turning him over to ICE for deportation actually tried to run again for Sheriff and was obviously defeated.
Most Californians don’t support sanctuary cities…again I think it is an alliance between employers seeking cheap labor and corrupt politicians more than anything. (See Berkley Poll). In the SF Chronicle, the articles about the City Mayor standing up to the Feds and supporting sanctuary have a Comments Section. I monitored it on and off all day yesterday. It was 99.9% negative comments against Mayor Lee for doing this.
This surprised me and I have lived here 20 years. I thought there would be at least some support – nope – zero.
My question to you is, could the coming break up of the US be similar to the rise of the third party wave that Trump rode to win inside the Republican party? Could it be the toppling of the current political establishment inside the US vs a break up of the country itself? Even the millennials here are questioning things… remember a lot of them wanted Bernie. No one really believes the press anymore… though one millennial teacher told me the left in Berkeley were the worst “control freaks” there were because she worked in a school there. So maybe the high achieving leftist are the issue and then some brainwashable young people they can whip into a frenzy… but that is not enough to do much politically.
Curious to hear your thoughts on this
Thanks for the blog

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ANSWER: Unfortunately, this War Cycle uptick is more than simply international war. I am greatly concerned that we are heading It very well appears that the people who have been pulling Obama’s strings were deliberately trying to create war.  This simply may be the fact they have spent a fortune on arms and just want to see if they work.

Montesque-2Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689-1755), was the man who greatly influenced the Founding Fathers in creating the Constitution. He met the political leader and soldier known as the Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736) who was regarded as perhaps one of the best generals of all time. The political discussions between these two men helped Montesquieu understand the evils of government and forged the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution and the right to bear arms. The Prince of Savoy was considered, even by Napoleon, as one of the seven greatest strategists in military history. He fought against the Turks (1683-1688, 1697, 1715-1718) and he fought against the French in the War of the Grand Alliance (1689-1691). He was also the teacher of Frederick the Great of Prussia (b 1712; 1740–1786) who he shaped into a brilliant military strategist.

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The Prince of Savoy also fought in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Nonetheless, jealousy attached to his accomplishments and he was plagued by a rumor that he was really the illegitimate son of King Louis XIV of France, which he perpetually denied. Yet, Louis XIV was always ashamed of such offspring and he restrained the prince’s ambitions as if he was perhaps his son. So after 20 years of living in Paris and Versailles, he left France and offered his talent to Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I (1640-1705) who was fighting the Turks. He distinguished himself in the siege of Vienna in 1683 and his military career was born.

The Prince of Savoy acquired brilliant skill and wisdom that allowed him to see that military victory was merely an instrument for achieving political ends. He was Europe’s most formidable general who was wounded 13 times, yet always faced a world of cunning foes with conspirators at his back, which he regarded as the “hereditary curse” of Austria. He served three emperors: Leopold I, Joseph I, and Charles VI. Of these three men, Prince of Savoy considered that the first had been a father, the second a brother, but with the third, he was just the hired help.

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He was a truly brilliant man of many talents. The Prince of Savory came to see standing armies as evil, for they were easily used because of the expense of keeping them. He came to see that there should be NO armies and that was the only way to reduce war. The brilliant insight of the Prince of Savoy greatly influenced Montesquieu, for this was his source that it laid the foundation for the right to bear arms, as the Second Amendment to the United States constitution. The underlying idea was to eliminate standing armies that feed the cycle of war.

The Prince of Savory was also a student of history. He understood that the early days of Rome were based upon citizen militias. The story of Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus reflected this honor whereby he came from his farm to lead the army defending Rome and then returned to his land. This was such a profound story that even George Washington was part of the Order of the Cincinnati.

Civil War

Indeed, there is a tremendous risk of standing armies and building huge defense systems. These people naturally want to play with the toys they create. It would give them such pleasure as if this were some video game for children. Therefore, on the one hand we have the rising trend of international war. On the other hand, we have ever rising civil unrest. The treat of civil war emerges if the left were to actually topple government and attempt to usurp power. Then you will really see blood in the streets. The police and army may split and take sides. This is often how such events unfold.

In California, there has been a serious question of voter fraud with respect to Hillary. They stole a lot of votes to prevent Bernie from beating Hillary in that State. There are proposals to split the State even into 6 parts. The press is stirring up the left and ignore the supporters of Trump all over the place. The Press is conspiring against the country. They are owned by big corporations who get their marching orders to the political agenda of the owner. Once the Fairness Doctrine was repealed, the entire objectivity of the press has collapsed. You have MSNBC on one hand opposing FOX. The ratings of MSNBC crashed and now the talk is that Andy Lack wants NBC to become “the next Fox News” after he took cable stars  Greta Van Susteren and Megyn Kelly. It seems that the NBC network wants to take a more conservative tone after MSNBC ratings collapsed along with CNN. Fox News finished in first place, securing its place as the number one news network on cable, beating out CNN and MSNBC combined in both the number of total viewers and primetime viewers.

The people are fed up with media. To see CNN crash and burn demonstrates that they have become so biased and one-sided, they have lost the trust of the MAJORITY of people. The press is still fighting for the left. They also peaked. Only NBC seems to see the handwriting on the wall – things have changed!

The anti-left in California are NOT alone. The media champions only the left and that is the danger that can lead to outright civil war. Our model shows that the likelihood of civil war peaks in 2044. The risk turns up in 2020 for domestic civil war. The Democrats are rapidly becoming the party of session. Let’s be real here. It was the Democrats who were founded by Andrew Jackson and were the party for slavery and thus was the party to move to secede. Secession from the United States was accepted in eleven states and the order of secession was: South Carolina (seceded December 20, 1860), Mississippi (seceded January 9, 1861), Florida (seceded January 10, 1861), Alabama (seceded January 11, 1861), Georgia (seceded January 19, 1861), Louisiana (seceded January 26, 1861), Texas (seceded February 1, 1861), Virginia (seceded April 17, 1861), Arkansas (seceded May 6, 1861), North Carolina (seceded May 20, 1861), and Tennessee (seceded June 8, 1861).

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Therefore, secession began 1860.969 and the next target would appear to be 2036.312. The would be just after the major high in 2032. This turns up in 2020 and we can see that the left is fighting for survival. Their economic dreams are collapsing exactly as did communism in 1989. My concern is simply how the left are indeed control freaks, they want to rule the world and subjugate everything and everyone to their will. Personally, I prefer not to live under their authoritarian ideas of governmen

Feb 4 2017

Is Christianity in Decline?


Armstrong Economics Blog/Ancient Economies

Re-Posted Feb 4, 2017 by Martin Armstrong

Vatican

Pope Francis is rather concerned about what he calls a “hemorrhage” of priests and nuns from the Catholic church. Indeed, the loss of clergy is weakening the church over the past decades. The Pope commented on how nuns and priests have just quit claiming that modern society discourages lifelong commitments as in the soaring divorce rate. He further said that people conduct their lives based on “a la carte” choices.

The decline in people attending church services is not just engulfing the Catholic church. This is a trend which is infecting Christianity as a whole, and is reflected in the Podesta emails revealed the Democrats disliked Catholics and Evangelical Christians. Hillary’s staff said Catholics are “severely backwards” and further demeaned them saying they don’t know “what the hell they’re talking about.” Then you have Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi who recently said: “They pray in church on Sunday and then prey on people the rest of the week.”

The decline of Rome coincided with the collapse in their religious beliefs during the 3rd century. Once the Emperor Valerian I was captured by the Persians from Iran in 260AD, confidence began to collapsed in the survival of the Empire. Other barbarians realized they could invade Rome for it was now weak. People turned to their gods and prayed, but nothing happened. Pagans then blamed the Christians saying the gods were offended by them and were punishing Rome because of the Christians. That led to the widespread Christian persecutions under Diocletian.

Tetreacrhy-R2Constantine-SolThe fall of Paganism dovetailed with the fall of Rome for the foundation of a society is its religious beliefs. The spread of Christianity contributed to the fall. The Edict of Milan legalized Christianity in 313AD, and it later became the state religion in 380AD. These decrees ended Christian of persecution, but they also eroded the traditional Roman values system. Constantine the Great (307-337AD) championed Christianity, but for political purposes. The polytheistic Roman religion did not truly create a divine status of the Emperor as was the case in Asian culture while living. Constantine defeated the Tetrarchy set up by Diocletian arguing one God, one emperor. We can see this gold medallion pictures Constantine with the sun god Sol who was being portrayed as the invincible supreme god among pagans who always appeared each morning. This medallion demonstrates how Constantine was using religion to support there should be a single emperor not four.

Constantine began to merge religion with the emperor for political purposes. In declaring Christianity the state religion he enabled himself to rob the temples of the Pagans. That was very profitable using the funds to build his new capitol – Constantinople. Christianity by no means played any role in curbing Roman civic virtue nor did it create some religious state. The night Constantine died, his son, Constantine II was perhaps the main instigator in what has become known as the “palace massacre” during which most family members born of his step-grandmother Theodora were murdered. Christian values certainly did not change the morals of the elite within the Roman Empire.

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In 212AD, universal citizenship had been granted to all freeborn inhabitants of the empire. As the economy imploded following the reign of Maximinus I (235-238AD) who simply declared all wealth belonged to the State, it was Trajan Decius (249-251AD) who enacted measures intended to restore stability and unity. Decius included a requirement that Roman citizens affirm their loyalty through religious ceremonies in 250AD. Christian citizens faced prosecution since any citizen who refused to participate in the empire-wide supplicatio was subject to the death penalty. Decius was killed in battle the following year. Therefore, this decree was short-lived and was a significant departure from previous imperial policy that Christians were not to be sought out and prosecuted as inherently disloyal. There had been freedom religion at the core of the Roman Empire. Nevertheless, even under Decius, orthodox Christians were subject to arrest only for their refusal to participate in Roman civic religion. They were not arrested for assembling to worship their own religion. This was the very beginning of the religious persecution post-Nero.

Contrary to popular belief, Christianity flourished because of the religious freedom within the Roman Empire. There were so many gods only because Rome allowed each country it conquered to retain their own religion. Following the edict of Decius, Christianity actually grew for the following four decades. This period became known among Christian scholars as the “Little Peace of the Church”, which ended when Diocletian launched the final and “Great” Persecution in 303AD.

Whether this is coincidence of not is hard to say for we do not have enough changes in religion to verify multiple turning points. Yet from the Edict of Milan in 313AD, we come to the American Civil War in 1861, which was sparked by religion. That was  5 waves of 309.6 years. The next half cycle lined up with the peak in the government 2015.8. Muhammad (c. 570–632 AD) began preaching in 610AD, which was one cycle 309.6 years from the rise of Christianity toward a major religion, which led to the start of the persecution in 303AD. Even the English Civil War, which was Protestant v Catholic, began in 1642. That was 4.3 cycles of 309.6 from 313AD or the Edit of Milan.

There appears to be a fair number of events in religion that do line up cyclically. The turn in 2015 appears to be on target for a rise in religious tensions as well.