Tag Archives: Religion is not an essential service

Mar 31 2020

Good Traders Know When They are Wrong & Also Know When Something is Wrong


Armstrong Economics Blog/Disease

Re-Posted Mar 31, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Hi Marty:
Good traders know when they are wrong based upon objective evidence.
You argue that the Coronavirus isn’t a true pandemic, and that the governments’ reactions to this are politically driven with the intention of advancing a socialist agenda. Your perspective is logical and supportable. But, it is very hard not to get caught up in the media hype and the constant stream of dire predictions and numbers. So, I am still not convinced one way or the other.
What would you need to see statically for you to change your position, and determine that the Coronavirus is in fact a true pandemic warranting the governments’ response?
Best,
Dan

ANSWER: This is a pandemic, not an epidemic. The distinction is very significant. What I am saying is that politics is now taking over and using the hype for political gain. As of March 30, 2020, there have been 142,178 confirmed cases and 2,484 deaths. The flu results in 10 times the number of deaths each year. Ask yourself, why do we not shut down the entire economy for every flu?

If we take the ratio of flu numbers (10x), then there should be about 40,000 hospitalizations, 1.8 million medical visits, and 3.8 million people who get the virus. With 142,178 confirmed, we are well behind the 1.8 million for this flu season and that is not considered an epidemic.

The hype is being used for political purposes. This is way too exaggerated to make sense. This is too convenient and organized. I PERSONALLY have real information that elites in Europe were given the heads up and sold not just their shares, but their bonds. NEVER has there been a flight to quality that went directly to cash — not even 1929!

The numbers are far from what would be necessary to imply any justification for closing the entire world. It is true that good traders know when they are wrong, but they also know when something iswrong and this does not add up to the past.

Mar 31 2020

For those Interested in Toilet Paper


Armstrong Economics Blog/Opinion

Re-Posted Mar 31, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

 

Mar 31 2020

The Insanity of the Times – The Power Grab But to What End?


Armstrong Economics Blog/Disease

Re-Posted Mar 30, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

COMMENT:

Hi,

Am a long time blog follower, as well as a Plus membership subscriber.

I penned this poem about the absurdity that is happening with this Corona episode. I was hoping that you could share it with the public on your blog.

Hour after hour day after day,
mainstream and state media has the same thing to say.

Causing a panic amongst the masses,
gotten to the point where many cannot find the material to wipe their own asses.

A lot of societies vulnerable have lost their employment,
living on government handouts brings no enjoyment.

Media aggression,
has caused a severe depression.

Perhaps this will all pass in a matter of time,
though probably not before a major surge in crime.

Government says we cannot leave our door,
yet every year the common flu kills so many more.

So isolate yourself and follow our news,
makes one wonder if this is all just a ruse?

I surely am not the lone informed soul,
understanding the endgame is more government control!

Regards,

CR

Mar 31 2020

The Sentiment in Germany is Turning Against Exaggerated Virus


Armstrong Economics Blog/Disease

Re-Posted Mar 30, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

 

We are seeing a number of people coming out in Germany. This is an open letter to Merkel about the exaggeration of using this virus to destroy the economy. Dr. Bodo Schiffmann also Talks About Facts! (these are in German, but they are calling into question what is going on with using this virus to take control of the people and the economy.

Is this power-play to save the Euro by forcing the Federalization and support the left agenda going to lead to the European Revolution that breaks the Euro?

Any post which is calling into question this Virus Revolution is starting to be removed from the internet and on You Tube they are immediately carrying a message to contact the CDC for the truth. That reminds me of Russia and Pravda. This is making many to wonder will they start just arresting people for disagreeing and begin blocking the internet to any dissent?

This is going way over the top and it makes no sense when at least 10x the amount of people should be dead by now with the normal flu. Will these people make China appear to be the new land of liberty? How far is this going to go?

We even have India joining the party moving to lock down people for 3 weeks with only about 1000 cases for 1.2 billion population? This is even AFTER the Ferguson model was shown to be bogus. Was he paid like the Christopher Steele to create a fake dossier to try to take down trump? This time was this fake projection that 2.2 million American would be dead by now paid for by the left to strip us of our liberty?

So many questions are starting to appear. The press will never investigate so where does that leave us?

Mar 31 2020

Lt. General Semonite Discusses Coronavirus Mitigation Effort…


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on March 30, 2020 by 

Beware of Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite. A review of his social media shows a strong political alignment with team “resistance“.  The head of the Army Corps of Engineers appears with Martha MacCallum to discuss his efforts within the COVID-19 response team.

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Mar 31 2020

Pittsburgh Area Residents Queue Two Miles for Drive Through Food Bank Distribution….


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on March 30, 2020 by 

As more essential service outlets start to become overwhelmed at the stress upon their food delivery operations; and with more food store employees necessarily absent due to the coronavirus spread; regionally, the food supply chain will becoming more dependent on food bank distribution.

If the virus spread continues at current pace, some regional supermarkets with multiple locations will likely begin targeted shut-downs by retreating and disbursing available healthy (non-infected) employees on a store-by-store basis.  The potential for this issue is most likely to first originate within urban communities; and then outflow.

This reality is starting to become more evident in localized communities, and a distribution center in the greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area gives a great example of what could become increasingly common across the nation.

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Depending on your location, and depending on your potential risk exposure to these types of impacts, it would be suggested to prepare yourself and your family accordingly.

This phase, the phase everyone is hoping to avoid, is not a total supply issue; there is no shortage of food products.  The issue becomes one of local distribution where diminished workforce capacity begins to have an impact on the local provider.

Mar 31 2020

Federal Judge Rules Killing Babies is an “Essential Service”…


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree house on March 30, 2020 by 

Strange times we live in…

Earlier today in Tampa, Florida, the county sheriff let the criminal inmates out of his jail, and then went to arrest a pastor for delivering Sunday church services and put him in the same jail.

Now a federal judge rules that getting a hip replacement should be delayed to help offset medical supply needs; but killing babies is an “essential service” that needs to continue.

TEXAS – […] Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced last week that abortion providers were covered by a state order that required postponement of non-urgent medical procedures to preserve hospital beds and equipment during the pandemic.

U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel in Austin ruled that Paxton’s action “prevents Texas women from exercising what the Supreme Court has declared is their fundamental constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus is viable.” (read)