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In what looks to be a calculated legal maneuver by the outgoing New York City mayor, a hearing is set for December 29^th over a lawsuit by a New York Police Detective’s effort to stop Bill de Blasio’s vaccine mandate for municipal workers. The initial filing of the lawsuit was in the New York County Supreme Court, but lawyers for the de Blasio administration had the case moved to federal court. What’s unusual here is that it is standard practice to change court venues before a ruling. However, after NY County Supreme Court Judge Frank Nervo issued a restraining order against de Blasio’s vaccine mandate, lawyers for NY City immediately requested the case be moved to federal court.

As reported in the NY Post, the case involves Detective Anthony Marciano’s claim that New York City officials don’t have the “legal authority” to enact a vaccine mandate since the mayoral decree wasn’t approved by the State. Marciano claims he has natural immunity to covid. The article in the Post says a NY City lawyer claimed the restraining order was “misinterpreted” by Marciano’s attorney and, in fact, is not valid. But the city then moved to have the case heard in federal court. 

TrialSite News reported the detective’s lawsuit could be the beginning of several against New York City regarding the mayor’s mandates. However, the city’s legal maneuvering could be a sign New York is looking for federal backup. The federal judge slated to hear the case is Jed Rakoff who, as reported in The New York Times, has a history of ordering vaccinations. In a ruling, Rakoff wrote the unvaccinated pose a danger “given their enhanced risk of infecting other people.” Regarding the Marciano lawsuit, Rakoff could invoke the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP), which is an emergency declaration utilizing “countermeasures to diseases, threats, and conditions.” The PREP Act cannot be challenged in court.

Marciano’s attorney, Patricia Finn, claims New York City’s legal move to get the case to federal court “looks like blatant forum-shopping intended to get around Judge Nervo’s TRO (temporary restraining order).” Given this is Bill de Blasio’s last week in office it’s likely the soon-to-be-former mayor’s mandates will be taken up by the incoming Adams administration. Eric Adams is a former New York City police officer.

Armstrong Economics Blog/Corruption Re-Posted Dec 29, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

Big Pharma’s reach is more extensive than most understand. The video above shows some of Pfizer’s many sponsorships, a subtle nod to the billions of dollars the pharmaceutical companies spend every year to convince you to buy their products. The government has made Big Pharma’s job easier than ever by forcing citizens to take vaccines that are only offered through a handful of approved companies. Pfizer was able to gain traction on the marketing curve as its vaccine was the first to receive FDA approval, which means they have free reign to advertise.

People visiting from other countries are often shocked that American commercials are flooded with advertisements for prescription pills ending in “talk to your doctor about this medicine” before a voice reads out the side effects at a mile a minute. Drug representatives deliver free samples and other items to doctors’ offices and there are often incentives for prescribing whatever drug they are pushing at the time. One can only wonder how much these companies spend to lobby politicians. Pfizer lists some of their trade associate membership dues on their website, but it is safe to assume it spans much further.

Americans spent around $535.3 billion on prescription drugs last year. To put into perspective how much Pfizer alone has profited off of the COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer earned $41.9 billion in 2020 and is estimated to earn another $36 billion by the end of the year. There is a lot of money at play for these vaccines; a lot of money that powerful people do not intend to lose.

Armstrong Economics Blog/Real Estate Re-Posted Dec 29, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

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High demand and a low supply is causing home prices in the US to soar. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index found that all 20 major cities experienced double-digit gains in October, with the overall index posting an 18.4% increase from a year prior. Housing prices increased at a slower pace than September’s 19.1% increase, but many are taking advantage of the low rates while they last.

Phoenix saw homes soar by 32.3%. Unsurprisingly, two major cities in Florida saw notable gains in Tampa (28.1%) and Miami (25.7%). Minneapolis and Chicago saw the least significant increases at 11.5%.

Mortgages declined to 3.05% for 30-year mortgages last week, while the 15-year fixed-rate loan fell to 2.66%. Mortgage rates sat beneath 3% at the beginning of the year, slightly rising in a zig-zag pattern throughout the year. Real estate experts have a high expectation that rates will rise in 2022.

Armstrong Economics Blog/Crime Re-Posted Dec 29, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

The US government has found a new way to turn regular citizens into criminals to fill overcrowded for-profit prisons. Forging a vaccination card is now a federal offense that could carry a lengthy prison sentence. The government is ready to pile on charges in addition to the original charge of falsifying the vaccine card. People are also facing charges for fraudulently using the seal of a US department, a crime that carries five years in prison. Manufacturing and distributing the cards could carry a sentence of 10 years.

In fact, a 53-year-old nurse from South Carolina, Tammy McDonald, was recently indicted for forging and replicating vaccination cards and lying to federal investigators. She now faces 15 years imprisonment for every card she produced, in addition to an extra five years for lying to investigators.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Truth in Vaccination law that makes tampering with vaccine records a felony, carrying a sentence of one year. Therefore, unvaccinated newly deemed criminals will be subject to state and federal punishments.

Businesses could face lawsuits for failing to validate employees’ vaccine cards. There are hotlines in place for people to call to turn in anyone they suspect has possession of a fake card. I suppose lawyers are going to have a new niche to enter. Forbes reported on an Axios/Ipsos poll that discovered 6% of Americans knew someone who had a counterfeit vaccination card. The report found an equal number of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents hosting fake vaccination cards, showing that this is certainly not a political issue. Respondents aged 18-29, 30-49, and 50-64 were all equally as likely to know someone with a fake card. Resistance to vaccine mandates spans across political beliefs and age, but that is not reported in the mainstream media.

Posted originally on BITCHUTE by 8GOLDEN0KNOWLEDGE2 on December 10, 2021

This amazing, 3 minute speech from Brian Williams was last night 12/9/21 – And was the end of his 62 years on air.

Posted originally on the conservative tree house December 28, 2021 | Sundance | 57 Comments

Hopefully everyone has done their preparatory diligence and are well situated to assist their family, because prices on fast turn consumable goods (groceries) are now less than 30 days from entering exponential increase phase.  CTH has been counting down the days to impact as the contract terms of 30, 60 and 90 days have begun expiring.

The Wall Street Journal has seen the first pricing notification memo from Kraft-Heinz food group to the buying offices of major U.S. retailers.  Here’s how the WSJ presents it: “Kraft Heinz Co. told retailer customers that it would raise prices across many of its products including Jell-O pudding and Grey Poupon mustard, with some items going up as much as 20%, according to a memo viewed by The Wall Street Journal.”  VIDEO:

Keep in mind a few points:

(1) The outlined price increases noted are against current price terms and contracts.  Meaning these are price increases from right now to the next fulfillment.  These are not inflation price increases which are compared to a year ago.  These are 5% to 20% increases from the current price right now.

(2) The price increases are not the final price increase.  This is the price of a contract today from the field to the distribution center.  The retailer also has additional price increases (transportation, energy, labor, etc) which they need to add to the wholesale price before you see the final price at retail (grocery store).

The final field to fork price is not yet known but will be higher than noted above.  We are only seeing the notifications from field, through processing and into warehousing and distribution.

Additionally, the more an item needs to be processed the higher the price increase will be.  Food items that require multiple raw materials, ingredients and bases for processing (ex. condiments), when combined with increased packaging costs (oil, energy) will be much higher than foods with less processing, handling and packaging.

This has always been the nature of this specific supply chain.

Example: Many products, food, drinks and even cleaning products, contain citrus bases, additives, flavorings and distillation.  Those products will be much higher in price due to the price increases in raw materials, combined with higher energy and petroleum costs.  It is an issue of cumulative price increases in the production of the product from beginning to end.

CTH has recommended preparing for these massive increases in 2022 prices by thinking about the base products you use to make meals at home and holding an extra supply of shelf stable products, so you won’t hit the grocery store and face those massive increases.  Another example will be coffee. Keep in mind Kraft Foods is Maxwell House.

(Wall Street Journal) – […] The Labor Department said the consumer-price index rose 6.8% in November from a year ago, the fastest pace since 1982. The food-at-home index, which includes purchase from grocery stores, rose 6.4% over the past 12 months, with meats, poultry, fish and eggs increasing 12.8%.

Coming price increases in 2022 range from as low as 2% to 20%, hitting all sections of the grocery store including produce and packaged goods. Potatoes, celery and other heavier vegetables will have higher price tags next year in part because of higher freight costs, supermarket executives said. Wine, beer and liquor are also likely to get more expensive, they said, especially those that are imported.

Pantry staples such as mayonnaise and frozen meals are expected to be more pricey partly because of higher labor, logistics and packaging costs, some executives said. (read more)

A working-class family who typically spends $200 to $300 a week on groceries is already getting hammered at the gas pumps and grocery store.  Another $50 bucks on top of the grocery bill each week can be very stressful.

Even if you don’t have kids at home, perhaps your adult children have kids.  Your proactive position can help them, perhaps your neighbors and others, at times of greatest need.   Pride can often stop people from asking for help, so look behind the eyes of those who hesitate to accept it.

The price increases will not only hit retail grocers hard, but they will also hit restaurant and industrial food supply companies like Sysco.  Food away from home will increase in price because the food suppliers are all experiencing the same price increases.

Food, fuel and energy price increases will continue to be the most impactful problem into 2022.   The problem will compound because buying offices of the large multinational corporations enter this phase of consumer and commodity squeeze by looking to leverage their size for competitive advantage.

Large multinationals will make advance order purchases today at higher prices.  Advanced purchasing becomes a competitive advantage, and they leverage that in the supply chain. The downstream consequence is a material shortage because the commodity is wiped out, which drives up the price and then those same multinationals execute distribution to a higher profit.

This gaming of inventory for profit, or inventory evaluation/capitalization, is a less discussed outcome of rapid inflation.  Multinationals have deep pockets, and they can maximize profits by executing advanced purchase orders to lock-in commodity prices.  Unfortunately, the little guys have a tough time competing against them when the inventories dry up.

While the examples above all relate to fast-turn consumable goods, the same purchasing leverage is used by large corporations on durable goods.  Retailers, large and small, then begin competing to secure inventories while supplies are limited; this too drives up prices.  It’s a hot mess of competition that squeezes the consumer even harder.

The only thing that stops this process is the inevitable collapse in demand, but that outcome sucks also.   In the interim I hope and pray to have provided y’all with enough advanced notification so that all of us can ride this inflation storm out just a teensy bit better than if we didn’t know it was coming.

All of this was completely avoidable…. THAT makes me angry!