Australian Police Commissioner Mick Fuller Violates International Human Rights


Armstrong Economics Blog/Australia & Oceania Re-Posted Jul 28, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

New South Wales Police Commissioner Mick Fuller has officially become a violator of international human rights, and under international law, he should be arrested and prosecuted. Fuller has warned anyone organizing or planning to attend a second COVID lockdown protest in Sydney that “you will be arrested.” There is nothing legal about what he is ordering the police to do and following his orders is no different than the Nazis pretending what they were doing was legal simply because they were ordered to do so. Fuller is destroying Australia as a free country, pushing it into the clutches of the evolving totalitarian regime being created quietly behind the curtain as inspired by the World Economic Forum.

Fuller has become so anti-human rights that he is labeling COVID protestors as anarchists as if that somehow justifies imprisoning people and abusing international human rights. The NSW police are violating every possible principle of a free government and this is the very excuse the West used to invade Iraq and Syria because their respective governments were abusing the accord on international human rights. This is an extremely dangerous position for the police to take. History warns that such people are the very types who inspire revolutions.  Revolution will come. Our computer is very clear on that. Our present form of representative governments around the world will collapse, for they no longer represent the people. Fuller is condemning his own family to tyranny and he and his police force will forever be seen as the evil tyrants by history. Just because a politician decrees something does NOT make it legal, ethical, or morally correct.

The NSW police have become so ruthless, they have no problem subjecting people to experimental vaccines that are not working. Israel is reporting that the Pfizer vaccine is now down to only 39% effective against the Delta variant. We have to wonder why the police are like the Nazis of World War II with the same identical excuse — I am just following orders! This implies they are incapable of actual free thinking.  Scott Morrison changed his position from treating COVID as the flu to a lethal disease that justified destroying the economy. It has been suggested that he is taking his marching order from the World Economic Forum, and this change now justifies Fuller to violate international human rights.

This video is already circulating about the Australian government and how they are violating every international principle of human rights. Obviously, Australia is certainly not a country to visit on vacation anymore. It was once upon a time, a place I often thought I would like to retire to. I loved Australia. Spent a lot of time there. Went into Kakadu and Ayers Rock. I even have paintings by Australian artists to remind me of how beautiful it was.

Member of Parliament Comes Out of the Closet – Lockdowns Are for Social Control


Armstrong Economics Blog/Lock Down Re-Posted Jul 28, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

In Britain, Graham Brady, Chairman of the Tory 1922 Committee and member of Parliament, has written an op-ed for the Daily Mail where he made it very clear that the purpose of the lockdowns is to impose social control — not to reduce COVID. He has pointed out that this is approaching what is known as Stockholm Syndrome, where the greater the control to which people are subjected, the greater the dependence people develop.

I have been warning about this because this is the precise talk behind the curtain. Brady has the courage to come out, and the Daily Mail has the courage to let him speak. For months, there are those in various governments who KNOW what is really going on but have been afraid to come out and speak.

This new period of a dark era that our computer has been projecting for August-October 2021 is shaping up as an all-out assault on the UNVACCINATED. This is likely to result in a continued rise in civil unrest, and it is becoming a real battle for freedom. Pension funds need 8% to break even generally. The problem with those in government is that they are COMPLETELY incompetent to manage the economy, no less intervening in it to stabilize anything. By lowering interest rates to NEGATIVE in 2014 in Europe, they NEVER considered that under their Socialist policies, pension funds are mandated to buy government bonds. They have recently wiped out pension funds and know they are on the brink of financial disaster, for the ECB cannot raise interest rates either without blowing up the member state budgets. They never see that lowering interest rates to negative will have a ripple effect throughout everything else.

Schwab is preaching to destroy capitalism as we know it and “BUILD BACK BETTER,” which means you first have to destroy it in order to build it back better. Because of this view of climate change, they want to end commuting to work and imprison us in our homes — hence lockdowns.

Anyone who dares to connect the dots is labeled “conspiracy theorist,” so they NEVER have to address the issue. All of these events are just coincidental, and there is, according to mainstream media, absolutely no connection and no agenda. The New York Times even declared the “Great Rest” was a conspiracy theory. The mainstream media is promoting the destruction of capitalism and our way of life. They have already made that judgment. The comedian Bill Burr calls CNN the “America-hating blowhards,” for they have become so against the people it is mindblowing.

Once upon a time, I had tremendous respect for the London Financial Times. They have totally forgotten who their audience is and have called for the end of capitalism by joining Schwab. But hey, anyone who dares to point these connections out is a low-life conspiracy theorist, which seems to be becoming a badge of honor.

Housing Market – This Time it is Different


Armstrong Economics Blog/Real Estate Re-Posted Jul 28, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

Housing prices have surged at rates not seen since the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis, according to global data. This has led to questions of whether the housing market is in a bubble that could burst. However, there is one thing that is very clear. This is an entirely different run-up than the 2007-2009 debacle. A friend sold a house here in 1 hour. The buyer sold their house in Virginia and they have been living in a rental. Most people buying property in Florida are from out of state (about 8 out of 10). What is different is that most deals are for CASH!

In addition, mortgage rates have declined BECAUSE serious money is more interested in lending into well collateralized real estate than government bonds. This is part of the shift from PUBLIC to PRIVATE assets.

With Biden looking to raise corporate taxes sharply next year, and the rising threat of moving to a national cryptocurrency, people are simply looking to plow money into private assets. Then there is Blackrock buying over 20,000 houses in Florida for renting purposes. Keep in mind that Laurence Fink Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock, USA, is also a board member of the World Economic Forum, which has raised deep concerns that he is fulfilling Schwab’s 2030 agenda — You’ll Own Nothing. And You’ll Be Happy!

Only the French Know How to Protest


Armstrong Economics Blog/Civil Unrest Re-Posted Jul 27, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

Only the French know how to protest. Farmers collected manure and pumped it into President Macron’s residence years ago back in 2014. When they notice an open window, they back up to give that another shot.

Israeli Government Approves COVID Fascism, Compulsory Vaccinations and Legally Required Masks For All Citizens Effective August 8th


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on July 24, 2021 | Sundance | 310 Comments

Comrades, it must be said that Israeli fascism is a particularly ironic form of Fascism.   However, when you combine fascist government dictates from the Jewish state along with newly approved forced vaccinations, the level of irony exceeds adequate encapsulation.

The only level of irony missing is armbands for the non-vaccinated. Here’s the Announcement (with excerpt transcript below):

[TRANSCRIPT] – … “Dear citizens, those who refuse vaccines are endangering their health, those around them and the freedom of every Israeli citizen. They are endangering our freedom to work, the freedom of our children to learn and the freedom to hold celebrations with the family.

Those who refuse vaccines hurt us all because if all of us were vaccinated, we would all be able to maintain daily life. But if one million Israelis continue to not get vaccinated, this will oblige the eight million others to shut themselves in their homes.

Therefore, the [Corona] Cabinet decided today that as of 8 August, those who refuse vaccines will not be able to go to the cinema, the theater, the synagogue, the amusement park, the soccer game or any activity with over 100 people, indoors or out, unless they bring negative results from a coronavirus test, at their expense. Yes, they will fully bear the costs of the test.  There is no reason why the taxpayers and people who have carried out their civic duty and have been vaccinated should finance tests for those who refuse to get vaccinated.

Regarding flights, people who have been vaccinated will be able to fly to the clean countries and return; after they receive negative test results in Israel, they will be exempt from quarantine.

But on the other hand, those who refuse to get vaccinated will enter quarantine for a week, no matter what country they will have returned from. These actions will help us block the morbidity. From here, I appeal to everyone who knows someone who refuses to get vaccinated: Persuade them. Explain to them that they will not hurt others.

[…] When two people wear masks, with all of the viral load that we mentioned, the likelihood goes down by 98%.  Therefore, every citizen must wear a mask in closed spaces. This is not a recommendation, this is a legal requirement.” (read full transcript here)

The irony is jaw-dropping.  The nation state of Israel has become the very embodiment of what it claimed to oppose.  While it is often said that in order for some forms of ideology to exist they must pretend not to know things, this example is very remarkable.

Last point… Watch carefully how Mark Levin and Ben Shapiro approach this issue – or even if they address it at all.  My hunch says the most likely course of action they will take, at least they would prefer to take, would be to ignore it completely.  But, we’ll grant them the benefit of the doubt and watch for their reaction….

This is a high risk moment for those who have held themselves up as principled advocates for self-determination.  A very interesting moment for those of us who have long seen through the veil.

Italy Joins France in COVID Vaccination Requirement to Engage in Social Life, Restaurants, Theaters, Stadiums, Gyms, Shopping


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on July 23, 2021 | Sundance | 76 Comments

Last week the French government announced they would require a “sanitation passport” for any French citizen who wanted to engage in almost all forms of social life like shopping, eating at restaurants, movie theaters, or events where crowds were present.  There has been some backlash and protest, but not nearly enough to stop other EU nations from following the French process.

Today, the Italian government announced similar measures with their “green pass” to force vaccinations upon the Italian people if they wish to participate in social functions that interact with other people.

Without a green pass, Italian citizens and visitors will not be allowed to eat at restaurants, attend theaters, or events where any size crowd might be assembled.

(France24) […] The so-called Green Pass is a digital or paper certificate that shows if someone has received at least one jab, has tested negative or has recently recovered from COVID-19.

As of Aug. 6, the pass will be required to go to gyms, swimming pools, sports stadiums, museums, spas, casinos and cinemas. Eating in indoor restaurants also requires a pass.  Some 48.2% of Italians are fully inoculated and 14.1% are awaiting a second jab, according to latest data. (read more)

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said, “Calls for people not to get vaccinated is a call for people to die. If you don’t vaccinate, you get sick, you die or you let other people die”, in his effort to use political and social peer pressure to gain vaccination compliance.

Stay tuned, this forced vaccination protocol is very near to happening here in the USA.  The mid-term COVID variant, also known as the Delta Variant,  is being used in order to establish the groundwork for the 2022 election cycle.

The scale of U.S. governmental push and pressure on private companies to comply is unlike anything I can remember in my lifetime.   The effort is very creepy now…. and we can anticipate that free and independent states who are not forcing a mandated vaccine will likely come under even more extreme federal pressure.

Judge Amero Dismisses Lawsuit Against Georgia Run-Off Elections


Armstrong Economics Blog/Rule of Law Re-Posted Jul 22, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

During a hearing, Georgia Superior Court Chief Judge Brian Amero rejected a lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the state’s two Senate runoff elections in January, rejecting a case brought by a Fulton County resident. This is how judges refuse to do their job. They look for technicalities to dismiss actions they do not want to rule on. Judge Amero said the challenge wasn’t filed on time while adding that the two senators weren’t properly served with the lawsuit. He did not decide the issue and avoided the entire question. Then you have the left pretending that such a dismissal is on the merits and boast the elections were not rigged.

This is all part of why the confidence in government is collapsing. NOBODY is willing to simply do their job. All the lawsuits on the election are dismissed on technicalities. The Supreme Court has refused to get involved. So while the corrupt media keeps saying Trump is lying, there is no decision whether the election has ever been resolved in a really straightforward manner. Prove the election was honest or rigged. Stop protecting the nonsense for the 2022 election that our model warns will be a Panic Cycle that is likely to end in violence. This is how empires, nations, and city-states fall — a complete collapse in confidence.

The Plot of the Demigods


Armstrong Economics Blog/ECM Re-Posted Jul 22, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Marty,

Did you ever think when you studied history, created Socrates, then observed what would unfold in the future would lead you to what we see happening today, in social collapse and the march toward authoritarianism? Truly, wasn’t this like discovering the Rosetta Stone and other mysteries best left untouched? When did it dawn on you the shocking truth, that we were walking down the path others have taken that led to chaos and the great unravelling?

MS

ANSWER: The path to where this all led was actually two. When I was perhaps 8 to 10-years-old, I saw a coin in a shop for sale which was a Roman antoninianus of Aurelian (270-275 AD). I bought it for $10. Perhaps that combined with all the movies during the ’60s  about Rome captured my interest in history. That coin made it come alive.

When the movie “Cleopatra” came out in 1963, I was 13 and you had to be 16 to get in to see the film. We had to sneak in to see it back then. It was a big covert operation but two friends and I got in. I use to drive my daughter and her friends to the movies when they were in their teens. When she was older, she said they would get a ticket for one show and sneak into another. I said, if you didn’t, there was something wrong with you.

My father always was interested in history and he wanted to return to Europe. He was there with General Patton from North Africa to Berlin. My mother was afraid to fly and said she would only go when he could afford to take the whole family. That day came in 1965 and we flew to Europe for the summer, traveling around from Sweden to Italy and back around through France. So all of that captured my interest in history. I could see the patterns that empires, nations, and city-states all rose and fell. I would ask WHY in class, and they really had no explanation.

I loved Europe and would return as often as I could. That trip to Europe and having to change currencies every time we crossed a border introduced me to foreign exchange. I began to see the prices would fluctuate and this too captured my attention. I also bought my first gold coin at a German bank which I still have to this day — just a quarter ounce.

I simply had a nose for trading. But traveling internationally I also developed friends. Back in the late ’70s, COMEX had only opened in 1975. I was making markets for other dealers to buy what scrap gold they bought each day and Englehard was about 1 hour from me. I was in the perfect location to make markets in gold and have it refined. Back then, to refine gold you had to have a minimum of one lot which was 100 ounces. At $800, that was $80,000 and then it would take 6 weeks to get paid. Most stores could not afford that. They would sell whatever they bought that day to me and I would collect it nationally and do all the refining. Because I was probably the biggest in the country out of the three of us, I represented a lot of business to Englehard. To get my business, they would pay me 90% upon delivery and the balance upon refining. This is a photo of a bar I would get back.

I knew a friend in Hong Kong who explained the gold market there. The problem was that my competitors would make markets ONLY when COMEX was open. I asked if I could sell in Hong Kong after hours. He said absolutely, but delivery had to be made in London. Fortunately, I had a friend in London as well. I asked if I sold in Hong Kong, could he make delivery for me in London the next day, and then I would swap him with a COMEX position. That was the birth of the overnight market in precious metals. I was not getting much sleep and at the high in January 1980. I was sleeping on the floor in my office next to my teletype machine. It was gold that gave birth to the 24-hour market. I eventually became a partner in Rudolf Wolf, which was a firm in London that was a founder of the London Metals Exchange. This was the start of exchange for the physical market overnight.

In 1972, the CME created a division within itself called the International Monetary Market, or IMM. This market offered contracts in foreign currencies, including the British pound, Canadian dollar, German Mark, Japanese yen, Mexican peso, and Swiss franc. The US bond began trading in 1977, and it was 1985 when the S&P 500 futures began. This was the evolution of the 24-hour markets.

Because I was one of the top three market makers in gold back in 1980, the IRS selected me as their test case. They walked in and declared me to be a bank by claiming that gold was still money for it was never demonetized. They came in and wanted to audit our records as to who had sold $10,000 or more. My lawyers said it was hopeless. The courts would always rule in favor of the government. When I walked by the desk where their auditor set up, I saw he was pulling out names of even $5,000 transactions. I asked, “I thought this was $10,000 or more?” He turned and looked at me and said, “If you don’t want any trouble, keep your mouth shut!” The next day, they came with a truck and removed all my records. I made up my mind to retire. I had discovered the Economic Confidence Model about 10 years before. I could see that gold would enter a bear market and decided to move on and just trade for myself.

Because I had been providing research to my clients, they said they still wanted the research. They said they would pay $2,000 an hour just to talk to me about the markets. I gave it a shot, and the next thing I knew the demand just for research skyrocketed so much so the Wall Street Journal heard about me back in 1983. But what was driving our global expansion was foreign exchange. There was really nobody out there advising on FOREX. I went to lunch with one of the heads of the top three Swiss banks in Geneva. He asked me to name a FOREX analyst in Europe. I couldn’t. I was embarrassed. He said there was none. If he was British, he was biased for the pound, the French were via la franc, and the German always the DM. He said, being American I did not care if the dollar rose or fell, and that is when everyone was using our firm.

By 1985, I was even summoned when they were creating G5 because I was the largest adviser in Foreign Exchange by that time. So two separate paths ended up merging. (1) my interest in history and trying to answer the question nobody could answer in school as to why empires, nations, and city-states rose and fell. (2) My interest in trading allowed me to see the “trades” in history and how the markets will rise and fall, with the common denominator being human nature.

I have studied the economic theories of Schumpeter and others who have seen a glimpse of the cause behind the cycles. Not only are we all linked together, but so is everything in nature. Climate change has resulted in migrations both from Africa north and from the north back to Africa (Sea Peoples). The paths I took merged. My interests in physics, computer science, history, and trading all came together. That painted a future that was perhaps the Rosetta Stone. You ask, “When did it dawn on you the shocking truth that we were walking down the path others have taken that led to chaos and the great unraveling?” I saw that long ago. But what I saw was still in the abstract in my mind. Living through this is fascinating, for it is confirming the research I did over decades.

You also ask if such “mysteries [are] best left untouched?” I am actually optimistic. Yes, we must crash and burn. That is simply how new opportunities emerge only from the ashes of the former. That does not mean we all die. Britain was the previous Financial Capital of the World before World War I. Europe committed economic suicide. It is today behind not just the US as an economy but also China. So the model saying that the Financial Capital of the World will move back to Asia is simply a statement of fact. It does not mean the END OF THE WORLD. Life will change, of course, but it will continue.

I do not believe we should turn off all radar and not know when a storm is approaching. You simply close your windows, buy some extra food, and hunker down. I see my discoveries as the same. Nobody will listen to me today. Perhaps after 2032, others will look back, understand, and create a new world that lives in harmony with the cycles of nature instead of butting their heads against them.

As for Gates and Soros, who may be trying to reduce the population and profit from this virus, controlling all forecasting tests and politicians, I believe they are our generation’s version of Hitler. They see themselves as above everyone else, and Gates has made himself the ruler over our health on a global scale. He is NOT interested in helping humanity but reducing it to what he thinks is the proper size. Something happens to many people when they reach a point where they have too much money. Some seem to elevate themselves, and just like Hitler, they never see themselves as evil. Our greatest positive is that Buffett and Soros will certainly not make it to 2032. Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He will only be 77 in 2032. It is Gates who I believe is the greatest threat to humanity. But humanity will survive this latest demigod’s plot.

My hope is that society will one day look at the Economic Confidence Model and the forecasts of Socrates and learn from them. If that day comes, the next 6 waves will be the alternative to this last group.

Joe Biden Arranges Words Into Odd Cringe-worthy Sequence During Heavily Structured CNN Townhall Event, The Picture is Priceless


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on July 21, 2021 | Sundance | 182 Comments

What do you call it when you combine cringe with awkward discomfort?   Whatever it is, this is full of it.

The White House coordinated with CNN to put Joe Biden on stage so that the administration could convey a message of importance to CNN viewers.   The event was so terribly horrible it’s doubtful the person in the White House is still employed.  EXAMPLE WATCH:

[TRANSCRIPT] …”And the question is whether or not we should be in a position where, you, er, um, are why can’t the, um, the experts say we know that this virus is in fact, er, er, um, uh, its this its going to be or, excuse me, we, we, we know why all the drugs approved are not temporary, temporarily approved, but permanently approved.”

Also, journalist Jennifer Epstein (Bloomberg News) tweeted out a picture from the camera position, to give her followers an idea of the audience.  Suffice to say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

Oh dear….

Yeah, this guy got 80 million votes?… or something.

Pelosi Rejects Jim Banks and Jim Jordan From January 6th Committee, McCarthy Responds By Pulling All GOP Committee Members


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on July 21, 2021 | Sundance | 339 Comments

First, the GOP were foolish, specifically Kevin McCarthy, for agreeing to put any republicans on the January 6th investigative committee in the first place.  It was, and is, transparently obvious that the intent of Speaker Pelosi’s committee was to establish a political framework for  the 2022 election cycle.  Even Reuters pointed this out when they admitted the intent of the committee was to “complicate Republicans’ efforts to win majority control of the House in the 2022 congressional elections.”

Second, there is good news in this echo-chamber move by Pelosi to reject Republican committee members.  The fact that Nancy Pelosi would block any specific members from participating only speaks to the political intent of the committee’s central purpose.  Democrats have a habit of overplaying their hand; however, Republicans are weak in their ability to call it out with the eloquence and exposure it deserves.

In an extreme power move, Nancy Pelosi rejected Representative Jim Jordan (OH) and Representative Jim Banks (IN) from their appointment to the J6 committee. {Read Pelosi Statement Here}: “Monday evening, the Minority Leader recommended 5 Members to serve on the Select Committee. I have spoken with him this morning about the objections raised about Representatives Jim Banks and Jim Jordan and the impact their appointments may have on the integrity of the investigation”, said Pelosi.

In response to Pelosi rejecting Banks and Jordan, the first time Republican committee leaders have been rejected from a sitting sub-committee, House Leader Kevin McCarthy pulled all of the Republican members. [Video Below]

The only way to win at this scheme is not to play; to go on the attack; to continually point out how intensely political the motives are, then start applying massive amounts of ridicule upon the House Democrats.

Laugh at them.  The media will attack.

Ignore it.

Laugh at them some more.  The media will attack.

Again, ignore it.

When the media ask for comment on any part of the sham committee outcome, blow it off.  Stand united as a Republican Party in just brushing off anything that stems as an outcome of the committee by referencing the prior ridicule; then applying more brief ridicule… then, “next question“?

Get a similar question?… attack on a policy point by pivoting to a current issue:

Ex: …”The Democrats are going to lose their seats because they hate this country, and every action they have taken shows how much they despise the people of our nation.  Take a look at the unsecured border; illegal aliens flowing through while Democrats claim to care about COVID spread?  Take a look at our schools in crisis; kids isolated, parents frustrated, the teachers union running the show and education collapsing.  These Democrats hate the middle-class and ordinary Americans; need proof, take a look at your grocery bill. These people you call Democrats, focused on this committee are entirely detached from you, me and the American people.  They hate the working class; just look at the prices you are paying at the gas pump.  Face it, they hate you, and the American electorate is going to show-up in massive numbers in 2022 and remove them.  Next question”…

Ridicule them, constantly.  Attack them, and hold them accountable to their own standard.

If House Republicans want the fight, then fight.  Fight with ferocity and intensity.

Fight like they are the third monkey on the ramp to Noah’s ark.  Yes, it is that serious.