Tag Archives: Political Corruption

Apr 26 2020

Socrates & the Ability to Forecast the Whole


Armstrong Economics Blog/Socrates

Re-Posted Apr 25, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong; I find it intellectually dishonest why the mainstream media refuses to cover your forecasts and others plagiarize you when Socrates has been the biggest breakthrough perhaps in human history. I attended the Orlando WEC in 2019 and your forecasts on gold and the stock market were brilliant. When it came to this virus, you held your ground against all others and said this was not a biological weapon, and on March 9, you forecast the virus would top out in April and subside.

There is nothing out there and certainly, nobody has been able to forecast the world no less a single market. Even your letters to the President have an impact around the world. The Youtube post on that has shown your passion to help society.

My God man, you have been a voice in the wilderness we all should be promoting.

God bless;

PF

REPLY: Thank you. As they say, a prophet is never accepted in his own time or his own country. I am not a prophet, just a programmer who had a vision and was trained by my international client base to see the world through everyone’s eyes. Perhaps the day will come after 2032 when I am gone and there is no more messenger to attack and hate they will at last look at the message. Of course, that does not help society right now.

Download: Armstrong Petition for Rehearing

On May 1st, the Supreme Court will decide if they will hear my case against the government. It is such a long-shot, but if they did, there might appear a crack in the brick wall that would allow some light perhaps to shine in on the corruption that has seized the government in New York which is far deeper than the swamp mentioned by Trump. It is an ocean. If you want to help, write letters to the Supreme Court in support of granting a hearing. That is the only way to perhaps make a move in the opposite direction and push back just for once.

Categories: Socrates
Apr 23 2020

President Trump Answers Question About Iranian Gunboats Harassing U.S. Ships: “We’ll shoot them out of the water.”…


Posted originally on The Conservative tree House on April 22, 2020 by 

During the coronavirus task force briefing President Trump was asked about his tweet earlier in the day regarding Iranian gunboats harassing U.S. Navy Ships.  The President was unambiguous in his response: “We’ll shoot them out of the water”.

Apr 19 2020

China – Sanctions & War


Armstrong Economics Blog/War

Re-Posted Apr 19, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Marty; Now Lindsey Grahm is calling for sanction against China. This is starting to seem like the war drums are beating. What do you think?

WH

ANSWER: I am thoroughly disgusted with this entire pandemic nonsense. There is no way there is any evidence whatsoever that convinces me that this was some plot on the part of China. This insane lockdown was by no means contrived by China. The blame for that belongs on the shoulders of Bill Gates and his control of all the health organizations. The fact that Sweden did not lockdown and shows that their experience with this virus is no different than countries that locked down.

It gives me no pleasure to gloat about our forecasts being correct. Perhaps deep inside I had hoped that if I exposed the cycle, we would have some common sense to respect this and exercise restraint. In that respect, I am a fool to have any faith that we perhaps could learn from the cycle and act accordingly. I do not know what more I can do. I am in the middle. I see the authoritarian desires of the left who want to suppress all of us and the extreme authoritarian right which far too often believe confrontation and war as an answer.

There should be a REAL investigation of the call for this lockdown rather than blaming China. To me, this is like going after the gun manufacturer rather than the guy you robbed the store and kill people. Even if China intentionally leaked this virus, it was NOT even as lethal as the flu. This to me is just total BS. If it was some biological weapon, that is different. There is ZERO evidence of that. All the evidence so far shows that if it was a leak, it was certainly not intentional. That does not warrant sanctions.

Once you impose sanctions, you create a cold war. Look at Russia. Nixon opened China to divide and conquer. Are we really that stupid to close China and encourage them to join Russia in a cold war that will further destroy the world economy and most likely lead to real war? Unfortunately, 2020 was the year for a sharp rise in volatility so this is on target. This cycle should peak out by 2027.

Apr 19 2020

TED Talks


Armstrong Economics Blog/Armstrong in the Media

Re-Posted Apr 18, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Marty you should do a TED talk. I understand you are swamped with real clients and politicians. But a TED talk for us peons would be appropriate. How about it?

JA

ANSWER: I would agree to do another brief one. But I am not sure you can do any sort of a gathering right now. Maybe here in Florida where we are not locked-down. The previous one I did was in Vermont. Certainly, I cannot fly there right now. Otherwise, I guess it would have to be a virtual event I suppose. Not sure they do that.

Apr 16 2020

White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro Discusses China’s Manipulation of WHO, and Use of Defense Production Act…


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on April 15, 2020 by 

White House Manufacturing Trade Advisor Peter Navarro is also leading the execution of the Defense Production Act to rally American resources in combating the Wuhan Virus. In this interview Navarro discusses the scale of Beijing’s influence over the World Health Organization as a propaganda operation.

Interestingly Navarro notes the Chinese delegation visit in January 2020 and the issues of human-to-human virus spread. CTH has long suspected U.S. intelligence on the Wuhan virus was behind Trump’s proactive health measures in November 2019. It would make sense for POTUS to have a heart-health evaluation prior to beginning a prophylactic regimen [hint hydroxychloriquine] and that might explain a particular advocacy emphasis later on. Just sayin’.

Additionally, Navarro again outlines the importance of returning our critical U.S. manufacturing back to the United States. Honeywell now making masks and GM making ventilators.  Peter Navarro is a patriot; in the right place for this moment in history.

Apr 13 2020

President Trump Announces OPEC+ Agreement to Limit Oil Production…


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on April 12, 2020 by 

Though the U.S. and Canada are not part of the “OPEC Plus” group, President Trump has  been leading negotiations between Saudi Arabia and Russia to broker a deal and stop their price war.  Today President Trump announces an agreement between the major petroleum exporting countries to curb oil production by approximately 10 million barrels per day:

Additionally, there was a loggerhead within the negotiations as Mexico did not want to cut their production by the requested amount of 400,000 barrels daily.  Mexico relies on oil as a large part of their economy. AMLO stated his economy could not withstand such a significant drop in state revenue.  Economic security is, after all, national security.

President Trump broke the OPEC+ stalemate by agreeing to decrease U.S. production by 300k/barrels allowing Mexico to drop a more manageable 100k/barrels.  Trump and AMLO reached an undisclosed agreement where Mexico will reimburse the U.S. later on.

I suspect the “reimbursement” will be more, well, strategically geopolitical than financial.  [*nudge-nudge*, *wink-wink*, *say-no-more/say-no-more*]  President Trump has an uncanny knack of collecting leverage for later, more strategic, purposes.  Just sayin’.

(VIA CNBC) […] Sunday’s emergency meeting — the second in four days — came as oil-producing nations scrambled to reach an agreement in an effort to prop up falling prices as the coronavirus outbreak continues to hammer demand. The agreement also ends a price war that broke out between Saudi Arabia and Russia at the beginning of March, which further pressured oil prices as each sought to gain market share.

The group, known as OPEC+, initially proposed cutting production by 10 million barrels per day — amounting to some 10% of global oil supply — on Thursday, but Mexico opposed the amount it was being asked to cut, holding up the final deal.

Talks continued on Friday when energy ministers from the Group of 20 major economies met, and while all agreed that stabilization in the market is needed, the group stopped short of discussing specific production numbers.

Under OPEC+’s new agreement, Mexico will cut 100,000 barrels per day, instead of the 400,000 barrels per day it had initially been asked to cut.

The 9.7 million barrels per day cut will begin on May 1, and will extend through the end of June.  (read more)

With such a significant slow-down in global oil demand due to the coronavirus mitigation efforts, massive tanker ships have been loaded with oil and sit at sea awaiting the global economy to restart generating the need for their cargo.

Two Weeks Ago…. President Trump and Defense Secretary Esper announced a major deployment of U.S. military to interdict narcotics trafficking from Central America.

On the surface the effort to deploy naval assets to the Caribbean and southern pacific is justified based on intelligence drug cartels will exploit the coronavirus pandemic to ship more narcotics into the U.S.

However, in the bigger picture there’s also a likelihood the Chinese Communist Party would work with their geopolitical allies in Central American regimes to further weaken the U.S. during a time of increased vulnerability.

In times of war, or severe geopolitical confrontation, exploiting a vulnerability is a common strategy. Therefore it’s a smart and prudent geopolitical move for President Trump and U.S. military to take very aggressive action against the cartels and their communist sympathizers. There’s more going on here than appears on the surface.

Ergo, sometime in the future…

Barr: “The president is very thankful for your cooperation“…

AMLO: “So you’re saying this is an offer I cannot refuse?“..

Barr: “The President is very thankful for your cooperation“…

 

Apr 10 2020

The Future & the Destruction of Capital Formation


Armstrong Economics Blog/Economics

Re-Posted Apr 9, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION:  Hi Martin – I have followed your blog for a long-time now. I enjoy reading a different viewpoint and somebody pointing out problems that don’t have a motive to take advantage of the “problems”. I find it deeply troubling that the US does not have a valid large news outlet anymore – no matter what side you are on – all are deeply motivated by ulterior motives. Anyways – my question is regarding the Fed’s unlimited supply of stimulus and its impact? I know the Fed is more capable than Europe which is limited by the EU set-up but trillions are being thrown around every other week and I don’t see anybody questioning the “other side” of this money creation. Are we printing money for inflation – are we just creating money so the stock market can keep paying dividends and push the impact out 10 years again? I don’t understand how we can just keep throwing out trillion after trillion?

EH

ANSWER: At this point, this not about stimulating the economy, helping the stock market, or even creating inflation. This is about trying to save the economy with the complete destruction of our capital formation. I have been deeply concerned about what is coming in 2021-2022. This is an array of the Euro. We have 2021 as a Panic Cycle Year no less. This array was published back in 2017.

The Fed is trying to save the economy while people like Gates and Fauci are trying to destroy it while claiming they care about people which they do not. The massive economic destruction that has unleashed upon our society I am sad to say will not be recovered any time soon. They are unleashing civil unrest that will explode. You cannot imprison the population in this manner for a virus with a death rate of 10% of that as the annual flu. This has been a political coup and is intent upon subjecting us to the theories that have been behind this Climate Change movement.

The value of assets is just a paper chase. They have destroyed Capital Formation so trying to print trillions to offset the destruction of trillions is not inflationary. The inflation will come with people losing confidence in governments. Already we are witnessing a food panic in China. People are running out and hoarding food even though the virus has subsided. The confidence in governments is collapsing. This will lead to civil unrest, authoritarianism, and ultimately war. The War Cycle is alive and well.

Apr 9 2020

The Cabal is Oppressing Climate Dissent & COVID-19 Dissent


Armstrong Economics Blog/Climate

Re-Posted Apr 9, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

COMMENT: Dear Mr. Armstrong,
I am a regular reader of your blog from Poland and I highly value your opinions that spring from exceptional intelligence and experience. I’d like to contribute a few words to the discussion on the ideas of the “green movement”. When I listen to some of those people I have the impression that they consider humanity as some kind of disease that has befallen our planet, and if we all died out the planet would breathe a sigh of relief and life would thrive undisturbed for countless of billions of years. Yet it doesn’t seem it would. According to scientists, the Earth will probably become unsupportive for life within the next billion years because of increased solar radiation. Interestingly, the gradual process of atrophy of life will begin much sooner due to a dearth of carbon dioxide! If life on our planet can somehow be protected and prolonged, or perhaps spread across the Universe, it can only be done by some intelligent beings with great technological capabilities. If we fail, then perhaps some other intelligent creatures will evolve, but there is no guarantee of that as intelligence seems to be a unique feature that does not appear all that often among living organisms.
Therefore, I believe that far from being a disease, we are the planet’s hope!
Best wishes,
RR

ANSWER: Their agenda is really Marxism. They are using the environment to pitch their economic agenda. Their push is to seize the industry and control it. This agenda is really quite serious. They exaggerate everything and refuse to address any criticism. They have indoctrinated the education system. In Canada, they were actually teaching kids that because of global warming, Russia would be able to invade Canada. They refuse to even consider that solar energy fluctuates. They act as if the planet has warmed from the Little Ice Age solely because of CO2. They will not allow anyone to challenge them and now they have Wikipedia removing dissent. When any movement must try to shut down dissent, it ceases to be a basic movement for the people and becomes a dictatorial movement that destroys human rights. They act like they never heard of solar panels.

Now we see the very same power trying to suppress any medical comment that COVID-19 is now justified for this level of hysteria.