Great, years later, at a time when it seems that no one cares about the issue, nor will anyone in a position of capability actually do anything about what he now admits, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he was working with the White House specifically to censor Americans by removing content on social media and he regrets it.
Just effen’ perfect…. The zombie minded leftist killers of speech and information, have overwhelmed the ramparts, crossed the moat, destroyed our gates, constitutional defenses and drawbridges, and are now bashing loudly on the interior doors in their bloodlust effort to take full control. Meanwhile the few of us who remain are on the other side of that splintering door; veins bulging, muscles strained, pushing and holding back with all our might against every surge and attack wave…. and Zuckerberg nervously says, “whoops, sorry for dropping the drawbridge guys.” Good grief Mark, shut up and grab an axe now!
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Sometimes you just have to laugh at the revelations people have, when they have them, and their abject failure to see how monumental the damage was/is as a result of their previous stupidity.
The city on the hill is burning, we are trying to save the women and children, and Zuckerberg is saying, “hey, sorry guys – but I let the drawbridge down because they seemed like such nice people.”….
It’s truly not a matter of forgiveness even playing a part of this process any longer. Spiritually and psychologically, I am prone to forgive everyone now, even the ‘dindunuffins’, not because I can manifest my better angels – but rather because their faces are just so mind-dummingly fraught with stupidity, and I just want to cherish the remaining embers of liberty in peace without having to notice Zuckerbergs’ existence.
Maybe this admission by Zuckerberg will help a few dozen more hardcore leftists wake up.
Posted originally on Aug 27, 2024 By Martin Armstrong
The United Kingdom has threatened to extradite foreigners who dare to speak out on the migrant crisis. There does not need to be a crime, as spreading “disinformation” is considered a crime because the perpetrator may cause OTHERS to act violently. Unfortunately, foreign nation are now abiding by these disinformation laws.
Pakistan arrested a man for posting about the Southport murders on his Twitter/X account. He simply questioned why three young girls were stabbed to death by a man who many believe to be a Muslim migrant. The UK government is outraged that the public is questioning the coward’s immigration status rather than protecting other young girls from meeting the same fate. Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency said that internet user Farhan Asif is guilty of committing an international cybercrime for sharing his views online.
“I don’t know how such a small article or a minor Twitter account could cause widespread confusion,” Asif said. Police raided his home and confiscated all of his electronics. Again, he questioned the murders in Southport while residing in a foreign nation. Yet, police are accusing him of creating “a sense of fear” and fueling riots in the UK. Pakistan went as far as claiming that Asif damaged his own nation’s reputation.
The United Kingdom opened the door to utter chaos as free speech is NOT permitted on the internet. We are talking about government agencies raiding homes over posts on social media. Asif himself is a Muslim man from a Muslim nation. He is thousands of miles away from the protests and has no apparent connection to the protestors. Yet he’s in legal trouble for allegedly promoting hate speech against his own people. It’s not hate speech but anti-government speech that these tyrants are concerned about silencing. People can cheer for Hamas, the destruction of Israel, and even protest on behalf of implementing Shira Law. But everyone who questions the government’s policy on open borders is now a criminal. How widespread will this become?
Pakistan is already looking to pass legislationto ban fake news or disinformation. Mocking someone on the internet will be a punishable offense. You cannot speak out against any government official or agency. Pakistan’s government already has a Twitter/X account where they expect citizens to tag them over any perceived malice online. You simply cannot speak out against the narrative anywhere. Of course, the Interior Ministry said the new crackdown on social media is in the “interest of upholding national security, maintaining public order, and preserving the integrity of our nation.” This is what EVERY government will say in regard to censorship attempts. They already control the radio, TV, and paper news, but they now must silence the people from sharing news among themselves. There is an outright war on information between the people and governments.
Posted originally on Aug 27, 2024 By Martin Armstrong
The Democrats support always raising taxes that amount to robbing people with laws. They NEVER learn that Marxism has failed EVERY single time it has been tried. They do not give a damn about our country, our future, or retaining our culture. They are outright liars when it comes to claiming it is misinformation that people will be subjected to the proposed unrealized capital gains. I place the blame on the socialist Supreme Court when they were pushing the income tax. Suddenly, the Equal Protection Clause magically only applied to race, gender, or religion, not class.
Societies have often been divided by class throughout history. In ancient Rome, only high-ranking citizens were entitled to a jury trial. There were no PRISONS in Rome. Someone who committed a murder was sent to fight in the Colleseum as a gladiator. If they survived 3 years, they retired to be an instructor for two years. After that, even a slave was freed. A high-ranking aristocrat was sent into exile for such crimes.
So here we have the Democrats once again pitching their hatred of class and promising that their $5 trillion tax proposals will NEVER impact the middle class – only those disgusting rich people who they hate but accept when they hand them millions of dollars for their anti-American campaigns for exceptions.
They sold the income tax in the same way. Only those vile people who have started businesses and been successful will pay or go to prison. Only people who earned more than $3,000 were supposed to pay income taxes. They know how to bullshit everyone, so they cheer and create class warfare knowing the majority of people believe whatever they say and will never realize that they are played for fools. Eventually, you are their target.
They want to claim that social media lately deals with taxing unrealized capital gains as misinformation. They insist that Harris’ $5 trillion plan to taxunrealized gains will only apply to $100 million or more. They said the same scheme applied to income tax in 1913. Even if it taxing unrealized gains applied ONLY to those at the $100 million level and up, those people would be forced to sell their shares (1) ahead of the tax or (2) to pay taxes.
Guess what! That will create a stock market crash that will impact everyone’s savings and pensions. They don’t want to talk about that. Then, if you had a stock that rose from $100 to $200, you would be taxed on the $100 gain. However, like gambling, you cannot write off your losses. So, the stock fell back to $100, and there was no refund. Kamala will create a Great Depression, and the market will probably crash for 2 years. If they pull off their assassination of Trump next time and rig the election, this will be the end of the bull market.
We do see a major turning point in 2026 on the horizon. A Democratic victory would perhaps turn that into a major low. There is no question that once any unrealized gains taxis passed, it will eventually apply to everything, for we are on the cusp of default. When the government realizes by waging endless wars against both China and Russia that when China dumps all our debt, interest rates will rise, and the budget will explode. They will then expand the tax by mere interpretation under IRS rules.
This understandably paints a negative picture of “average Americans” being forced to pay taxes on “paper increases” in their asset values and denied credit for losses. They may not apply that to real estate, but certainly to shares. If they did try to apply that to the average person’s home, that would certainly bring about the Revolution. Are they that stupid? Probably. Then the question is those in the military would probably split between real Americans and imported aliens. It may end up like the Russian revolution of the have-nots vs the haves.
The $5 trillion tax hikes proposed by Kamala may be the catalyst that sparks the revolution, just as the Stamp Act in America did in 1765 in the American colonies. They never consider spending less. It is always just getting more from We the People. Kamala Harris’s proposal for a 44.6% tax on capital gains has also claimed to target only the rich. However, it will apply when you sell your home and seek to retire, move, or downsize after the kids are gone. The government will NEVER reduce spending. They need to bribe people to retain their position unless the terminate voting – which they just did in the Democratic Party extinguishing primaries.
Welcome to the Land of Endless Taxation. When you die, they want 50% of what is left, if not more. Ben Franklin warned that the only two certainties in life were Death and Taxes. My father’s old law partner advised me if I died in New Jersey, tell my family to drag my body across the river before they told anybody – or get out of the state. I moved to Florida. New Jersey now has an EXIT TAX. California now wants to impose an EXIT TAX. You sell your house and do not buy another in New Jersey; they want an exit tax. NEVER do they ever question why people are leaving and reform. Instead, punish the bastards for daring to leave in their version of government – economic indentured tax servitude. We are all now economic slaves, and if you fail to file telling them what you earned – that is jail time. They don’t imprison you for failure to pay, it is failure to tell them you owe money.
Posted originally on the CTH onAugust 26, 2024 | Sundance
Within the larger Western Intelligence Community and government control system overall, there is always internal communication and coordination amid the primary players (the G7 and G20 crowd). No government does anything against a major communication player or Big Tech voice without the other governmental leaders having fore knowledge.
The U.S State Dept and Biden administration knew the French government were going to arrest Pavel Durov. The context and the issues behind the justification are ridiculous. Is Tim Cook now responsible for criminals who organize bank robberies on Apple iPhones?
(Via Fox News) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday claimed that Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s arrest outside Paris over the weekend was “in no way a political decision.” The development came after a French magistrate on Sunday extended the 39-year-old Russian-born billionaire’s detention, French daily newspaper Le Monde reported.
[…] The Paris prosecutor’s office said in a statement Monday that the suspected violations include complicity in selling child pornography and in drug trafficking, fraud, abetting organized crime transactions and refusing to share information or documents with investigators when required by law, The Associated Press reported.
Jean-Michel Bernigaud, secretary general of Ofmin, a French police agency tasked with preventing violence against minors, said Durov’s arrest was related to the platform allegedly not properly moderating content related to child sex crimes. (read more)
The tech world, Big Tech leaders, internet researchers and every normal person of stable constitution, knows that nothing about those justifications is accurate to the motives of the leftist government in France. What the government fears most is unregulated information that is averse to their interests.
“Crimes against children”?… Where was this concern when minors were force vaccinated at the behest of the same government entities now decrying “crimes against children.” This ruse is nonsense.
The good news is that I doubt very seriously these insufferable western dictators can break Pavel Durov. Twitter owner Elon Musk, Edward Snowden, Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski, Craft Ventures’ David Sacks, META’s Mark Zuckerberg and many more within the Big Tech network have called for the released of Pavel Durov on their social media platforms.
The best thing the average citizen of the West can do is immediately cancel any travel plans to France and use economic power to show Macron that the world values free expression and speech. Boycott the insufferable French government, because if this effort is successful the chilling impact will ripple out quickly.
Pavel Durov is a big hero in Russia and throughout the EU for his stance on privacy in tech.
Despite Macron’s silly statement about the non-politics of his government targeting, perhaps Elon Musk and President Trump could personally contact Macron and tell him they are 12 hours away from making public statements that will bring big financial hurt to France.
Sanctions and a mysteriously erupted underwater gas pipeline have led to a dramatic decrease in trade between the European Union and Russia. In June, trade between the two fell by 10% to €4.9 billion, marking a low not seen since September 1999, when trade fell to €4.6 billion.
Russia continues to export gas (1.1 billion euros), oil (333 million euros), as well as iron and steel (164 million) to the EU. Overall, Russian goods to the EU fell 14% in June on a monthly basis to 2.5 billion euros, the lowest level since February 1999.
European products received by Russia declined 5% on a monthly basis to 2.4 billion euros. Russia still relies on the EU for pharmaceuticals (634 million euros), equipment( 262 million euros), and optical instruments (203 million euros).
Sanctions do not eliminate demand. When we look at neighboring OR neutral nations, we see a dramatic increase in trade. The EU in particular is buying Russian goods from third-parties at a mark up. Russia’s trade with Romania and Bulgaria increased by 15%, for example.
The main thing here is that Russia is lush with natural resources and fossil fuels. There are not many alternatives for Europe in terms of fossil fuels, especially since America lost its energy independence under the Biden Administration. The demand for Russian fuel has not waned so Western nations are simply forced to purchase the same exact product from a third party. Russia has effectively been selling oil to nations like India who then turn around and sell it to the West at a premium
Russia does not need to adhere to the G7 nation’s price capping regulations. Pettiness is poor business, and simply attempting to ostracize a necessary trade partner from the global market has backfired in a major way. Now nations like those under BRICS are trading freely without Western interference and it is becoming overtly apparent that sanctions do not work. Is it any wonder that Turkey wants to join the BRICS alliance despite its alignment with NATO?
Money is power. Some wiser world leaders will oppose the one-world method of agreeing to collectively embark on poor economic policies to benefit the greater good of the alliance. Hence why nations like China and India have not bought into the climate change policies set by a greater authority. The nations who chose to invade Russia through a proxy war in Ukraine have made a terrible financial decision that will significantly harm their economies for years to come.
Posted originally on Aug 22, 2024 By Martin Armstrong |
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a well-funded terrorist organization that is permitted to wreak havoc on the global population with no repercussions. Klaus Schwab and his “forum” have been proclaiming how they will change the lives of the masses for years but everyone turns a blind eye. They told us we will eat bugs, they told us we will own nothings, they’ve been warning of their sinister plans for some time. The WEF infiltrated government cabinets and altered the left side of politics in every single Western nation. The WEF recently released an ominous article, warning that we must prepare for “an era of shock events”in the near future.
Power disperses in a post-superpower era
The forum stated years ago that one of its goals was to remove America’s title of global superpower. “Since the pandemic eased, the reality is we haven’t had enduring global leadership on much, and it’s hard to imagine that changing soon. This is partly because superpowers are terribly burdened with global wars and domestic challenges,” the WEF warned. A global government is their proposed solution.
A big election year won’t stop our recurrent crisis of political legitimacy
The WEF warns that “disinformation” is threatening “the biggest election year in history,” hence the need for global censorship both on the streets and online. The forum warns that democracy is declining, largely due to policies it implemented. Civil unrest is rising and the WEF is prepared for the dissent. Furthermore, they already recognize that no one will accept the results of the election. “People have fought back in all political systems, driven by a conviction that there must be a better, more effective way to govern. In most countries, even after their vote, citizens will continue to challenge their leaders, questioning whether they have the capacity to tackle our many post-pandemic risks,” the article notes. In other words, the people have become unruly and are turning on governments. The World Economic Forum is prepared to crush any rebellion before it occurs.
A more complex global mental health crisis
Countless studies show that mental health drastically declined among every nation that implemented lockdowns. Two years of 24/7 fear mongering, business and school closures, job losses, and isolation have permanently changed our society. The World Economic Forum now that’s that there is ‘new type of anxiety “leading to a sense of alienation that makes it hard to function and even suicide.” ECO-ANXIETY and AI. Those who believe the claims that the world will end every few years have become ill. The climate change hysteria is wreaking havoc, as intended so that governments can continue to spend on an unidentifiable problem without the masses questioning their perpetual spending. Then we have the claims that 50% of the workforce will be replaced with AI, leaving human being utterly useless and disposable. Again, both of these fears have been orchestrated by the same organization that wants to ease them.
An era of shock events
Perhaps the most ominous piece in this article is Schwab’s promise that the world is on the cusp of “an era of shock events.” Enduring global leadership, democratic ideals, globalization and liberal values have all been notably challenged and superpowers are overstretched,” the forum stated, further adding, “This period of muddling through means anything can happen in our post-pandemic era. Look for global risks to be further exacerbated by unexpected, destabilizing shock events.”
These are the three major shock wave events that the WEF plans to orchestrate:
A new global extremist group emerges
A cyber pandemic – that is intentional
Climate change claims its first island nation in the post-pandemic era
The world will be “distracted with multiple major wars and leadership in decline,” providing the globalist cabal with an opportunity to install a “new extremist group.” The forum believes this group will implement AI in its “new phase of terrorism.” The massive global IT outage in July 2024 led to $5.4 billion in damages. Was that a test? The forum warns that we should expect a “grander scale” of cyber-attacks that will attack BANKS, hospitals, and retailers and lead to a halt in worldwide services. Flights will be impacted and the people will be forced to stay in place.
Last but not least, the forum believes an island nation will soon be lost to climate change. “The COP28 plan to phase out fossil fuels may take decades and it’s unclear if world leaders will follow through,” the cabal notes. They are willing to orchestrate an event that will lead to mass death and destruction. A clear, identifiable tragedy that can be blamed on the changing climate, forcing people to believe that the hysteria surrounding climate change is justifiable. What world leader can question climate change if or when an island nation is lost?
Klaus Schwab’s organization is promising civil unrest, economic collapse, World War III, and the evaporation of a nation. They will use all of the aforementioned fear tactics to drain the people of their power. The globalists are willing to batter the masses with a series of attacks that will act as a staunch warning that there is nowhere to run. The government will come in to save the day from the crises they create. Which government? A global government that is capable of assembling to control the entire human population.
Posted originally on Aug 21, 2024 By Martin Armstrong
The exodus from blue states has not waned since the pandemic. Americans are seeking lower taxes, crime, and tyranny as half of our nation descends into utter chaos. A recent poll by SmartAsset found that Americans earning $200,000 or more have been the most eager to flee states like New York and California.
California and New York have lost more high-earners, and therefore higher taxpayers, than any other states. California is the least desirable state with an average outflow of 24,670 high-income households with an adjusted gross income (AGI) of $1.3m. New York is not far behind, with a net outflow of 12,040 high-earning households worth an average AGI of $1.1m.
California is rushing to implement legislation to punish those who dare to leave Newsom’s socialist utopia. I’ve discussed the exit tax on this blog in detail as businesses and individuals seeking to leave the Golden State must pay a fine. The government will look at all of your assets and investments to determine how much you will need to pay, which is usually 0.4% of someone’s net worth. Wealth historically flees when taxes rise, and to combat this issue, California plans to tax anyone with an income for $30 million for up to a full decade after they leave the state. Someone leaving the country entirely will still be forced to pay California for the privilege of leaving.
Other states will likely adopt an exit tax. New York’s state budget toppled, fueled by the migrant crisis, and they will begin to hunt their own citizens for funds because that is what governments have ALWAYS done when they find themselves insolvent.
California also has one of the highest tax brackets for income tax, often reaching 14.4%, while New York slaps a 10.9% tax on the highest earners.
Average home prices in California has reached $746,667 but it is difficult to compile an average price on such a large state and the average home in a DESIRABLE relatively safe neighborhood is much higher. The same could be said about New York as we have a vastly different landscape from the city to the north, and stating the average home price of $450,000 grossly understates what someone will pay if they live near the city or in a relatively safe desirable neighborhood.
Where is everyone moving?
Florida: 29,771 net inflow of high-earning households
Texas: 8,260 net inflow of high-earning households
North Carolina: 5,792 net inflow of high-earning households
South Carolina: 5,270 net inflow of high-earning households
Arizona: 4,365 net inflow of high-earning households
Americans are fleeing to red states with lower taxes and crime. Property prices in desirable neighborhoods may be high, but you have a much lower property tax. Florida and Texas continue to be the safe havens within America for both businesses and individuals. The average AGI for those moving to Florida from the aforementioned states is $907,013 while California’s new residents have an average AGI of $579,207. Consequently, lower earners have been forced to leave these states.
Inflation has already caused every American to spend more while living on less. High-income households are being punished under these socialistic eat the rich policies that invalidly claim they are responsible for the financial hardships of others. This trend will continue as Democrat-run states continue to adopt hardline policies that penalize monetary success.
Posted originally on Aug 21, 2024 By Martin Armstrong
The United Kingdom has lost its direction. The government openly arrests citizens for speaking out against government policies. A simple statement or post online can lead to jail. It is illegal to speak out against the migrant crisis and now it is illegal to say anything perceived as misogynistic.
Racism and misogyny come from a place of hate and obviously should be condemned socially, but allowing the government to play judge and juror opens Pandora’s box as one entity controls the narrative. Is it racist to say you disagree with Shira law? Is it misogynistic and racist to say white men are privileged and entitled? What about saying Israel should not exist as a nation? Is it misogynistic that rogue gangs of migrants are committing brutal sexual crimes against women and young girls with no repercussions? The government alone has the ability to arrest anyone who they believe is rebellious.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper declared outrage at the rise of far-right extremism both “online and in our streets” that “frays the very fabric of our communities and our democracy.” The government plans to compile a map of sorts that will track far-right extremism and misogyny to “identify any gaps in existing policy which need to be addressed to crack down on those pushing harmful and hateful beliefs and violence.”
Home Office minister Jess Phillips said that misogyny will be treated as “any other extremist ideology.” Disagree with DEI hiring? Questioning why biological males are competing against women in sports? You are no better than a Nazi or Ku Klux Klan wizard. “This isn’t about criminalising people who are showing signs of an ideology, it is about preventing that ideology, and this piece of work the Home Secretary has announced today is about looking at the gaps,” Phillips added.
These measures will do nothing to protect women. The entire premise of collecting data on those exercising free speech is a useful tool for the government to crush any dissent before it happens. It will cause people to look over their shoulders and think twice before voicing their opinions. Worse, it gives government yet another reason to jail those not in compliance.
Do they realize who they permitted to enter the country? Germany was forced to create guides for these male refugees to explain that women are not toys but human beings who should be respected. All of Europe imported millions of adult men from nations that require women to completely conceal themselves in public or risk death. These nations prevent women from obtaining higher education or having a life outside the home. Women in cities with a high number of refugees are afraid to walk alone because they could be assaulted and that assailant will not be punished.
London was a safe place to raise a family back in the day when I resided there. What has happened in the UK and throughout the Build Back Better nations was calculated and utterly preventable. I have warned that governments would become more tyrannical as we move into this private wave as their grip on the public tightens. They have lost the public’s confidence and must rule by decree. Mark my words that this is only the beginning of the demise of Western governments. Slowly but surely, they are turning everyone into a criminal. Soon “us vs. them” will not be divided by politics, race, religion, or gender – the day will come when the masses wake up and realize it is US vs government.
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