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Jul 21 2020

If Joe Only Had A Brain


‘Without a brain, Joe Biden simply cannot reign’

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Re-posted from the Canada Free Press By  & Kelly O’Connell—— Bio and Archives—July 20, 2020

If Joe Only Had A Brain

The Democrat Donkey Race heading down the trail for Election 2020 is off to a start with Joe Biden, former bartender Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and a badly reconfigured Kamala Harris are now ‘Off to See The Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Their campaign theme song should be a full-throated ‘If Joe Only Had a Brain’.

The entire electorate will soon hear Joe singing:

…”I could while away the hours
Dreamin’ of new powers
Watch America circlin’ the drain.

“Kamala’s hair I’ll be sniffin’
while common sense I’m missin’
If I only had a brain”….

With the Straw Man’s refrain droning non-stop through our tired-of-mask-wearing heads, some of us are singing, ‘Without a brain, Joe Biden simply cannot reign’.

But Straw Man Joe’s only the center of this comical little trio now skipping ‘Off to see the Wizard’.

Kamala Harris (yes, that’s really who debuted her ‘new look’ during Saturday’s interview with the Rev. Al Sharpton!) is barely recognizable in a new plastic surgery makeover that seems to outdo Lizzy Warren’s cherished high cheek bones, but even with that freaky new look, underneath all her rearranged skin, Kamala’s still really the same old, same old.

Much of Brainless Joe’s campaign platform is AOC’s, but with the Squad leader’s full support,  he didn’t have to plagiarize something not really his this time.

Some of us will go on singing that ‘Without a brain, Joe Simply Cannot Reign’.

If Kamala can have jaw-dropping plastic apples inserted in a facelift, why can’t Biden have a Brain Transplant?

While singing the refrains to ‘If I Only Had A Brain’, can’t someone out there kick off a Go Fund Me Just Fund for a Biden Brain Transplant?

Puulease, Pretty Puulease?

Do it for the Children while the Biden/Harris/AOC trio makes its way along the crazed Yellow Brick Road.

Meanwhile, here’s an updated list of Joe Biden gaffes proving he really needs a brain transplant:

Time: Top 10 Joe Biden Gaffes
RationalWiki: Full List of Joe Biden Gaffes

BIDEN UNITY PLATFORM

—From The Rose Garden White House Transcripts

Last week, Joe Biden released his unity platform, developed with socialist Bernie Sanders, describing what he would do if elected President.  The Biden-Sanders agenda is — agenda is the most extreme platform of any major party nominee, by far, in American history.  I think it’s worse than, actually, Bernie’s platform; it’s gone so far right.  And he’s doing that because he’s begging for their vote.

But one of the things I just asked my people to do is just draw up for me, just quickly, some of the things that we’ve been hearing about over the last couple of weeks.  And these are actual key elements of the Biden-Sanders unity platform:

  • Abolish immigration detention
  • Stop all deportation
  • End prosecution of illegal border crossers
  • Support the deadly sanctuary cities
  • Incentivize illegal-alien child smuggling
  • Expand asylum for all new illegal aliens
  • Cancel all asylum cooperation agreements in the Western Hemisphere
  • Taxpayer-funded lawyers will be given to all illegal aliens
  • Abolish immigration enforcement against illegal workers
  • Grant work permits for illegal aliens
  • Provide taxpayer subsidies and welfare for illegal aliens and new immigrants
  • Federal Student Aid and free community college for illegal aliens
  • Sign new immigrants up for welfare immediately
  • End requirement for immigrants’ self-sufficiency and maximize their welfare
  • End all travel bans
  • Grant mass amnesty
  • Vastly expand low-skilled immigration to the United States
  • Increase refugee admissions by 700 percent
  • Abolish law enforcement as we know it
  • End cash bail
  • Abolish completely the death penalty
  • Appoint social justice prosecutors in order to free violent criminals
  • End mandatory minimums
  • Incentivize prison closure
  • Abolish our police departments
  • End solitary confinement
  • Free federal housing for former inmates
  • Rejoin Paris Climate Accord
  • Mandate net-zero carbon emissions for homes, offices, and all new buildings by 2030
  • Mandate zero carbon emissions from power plants by 2035
  • Mandate net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
  • Mandate all 500,000 school buses and all 3 million government vehicles be changed to zero-emission vehicles within five years
  • Install 500,000 taxpayer-funded charging stations nationwide
  • End school choice
  • End tax credit scholarships serving disadvantaged students in 26 states
  • Oppose 14 million Americans with education savings accounts and get rid of school choice, having to do with school choice
  • Eliminate school choice in Washington, D.C.
  • Abolish all charter schools
  • Ban funding for charter schools in poor neighborhoods
  • Abolish educational standards
  • Enforce Obama-Biden’s radical AFFH

PEOPLESHEEP

— Tony Mangan, CFP’s Cowboy Poet

Some people tend to stand and wait
For someone else to spring the gate.
They stand and mind the things they keep,
Some people tend to be like sheep.

Politicians despots all,
Lead the sheep as they bawl
The sheep they follow, like they “oughta”
Alas, I fear, to final slaughter.

They put their heads down
And follow the leader
Reacting to the dogs
Who are setting the meter.

Ambling along without even a clue,
Believe they’re in tune with all that’s new,
Walk, eyes cast down, just like a snail
There’s nothing ahead–except somebody’s tail!

Jul 21 2020

Fed-X Assassin Dead – AG Bill Barr Releases Statement…


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on July 20, 2020 by 

The man who dressed as a Fed-X driver and attempted to assassinate Federal Judge Esther Salas has been found dead of an apparent ‘self-inflicted’ gunshot wound.

New Jersey […] The suspect was a white man who wore a face covering and a FedEx uniform, law enforcement sources told ABC News, and he used an ordinary car to make a getaway.

[…] The suspect was later found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound near Liberty, New York, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News. A municipal employee discovered the body in a car.

The deceased suspect was an attorney who had a case before Judge Salas in 2015, sources said. A FedEx package addressed to Judge Salas was discovered in the car, sources said.

“As a judge, she had threats from time to time, but everyone is saying that recently there had not been any,” said Mayor Womack, who is personal friends with the judge and her husband.  (read more)

Statement from U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr:

Jul 20 2020

Hoarding Cash and the plan to Eliminate cash!


Armstrong Economics Blog/Economics

Re-Posted Jul 20, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

The reason there is a shortage of cash developing around the world is rather straight-forward. The trust in the government is collapsing. Italy has just lowered the legal amount someone can pay for anything in cash from €3000 to €2000. Australia made it a criminal act to pay for anything with A$10,000 or more (US$7,000).  In Switzerland, the limit on cash you can withdraw from an ATM is CHF5,000. In Germany, the limitation is typically €1000. Greeks abroad will be able to withdraw up to 5,000 euros ($5,800) a month.

In the United States, the US Treasury says the pandemic has significantly disrupted the supply chain and circulation patterns of US coins. Additionally, the US Mint has been printing fewer coins to protect its employees from COVID-19. The World Health Organization (WHO) has not advised banning paper money, but it has stressed the need for handwashing after touching cash, which is a subtle caution that money should be limited. Some central banks are deploying measures to sterilize paper money with heat or UV light. Even the Fed began a seven to 10-day quarantine for United States dollars returning to the country from Europe and Asia.

It is very clear that governments are trying to paint money as dirty, and the solution is to eliminate physical money, despite the fact that it has been in use since about the 7th century BC. All of a sudden, it is a danger after 28 centuries. This plays nicely into the Socialist’s dream to control everything!

Jul 20 2020

Targeted Attempted Assassination – Family of Federal Judge Gunned Down in Their NJ Home – Massive Manhunt Underway…


Posted originally on The Conservative tree House on July 19, 2020 by 

The husband and son of Federal Judge Esther Salas were gunned down in their home this afternoon in a targeted attack.  The gunman rang the doorbell, Judge Salas’s husband, Mark Anderl, opened door and was immediately shot.  Her son ran to protect his father and he too was shot.  Both are in critical condition. Please lift up this family in prayer.

NBC New York –  The husband and son of a New Jersey federal judge were shot at their home Sunday afternoon, and a massive law enforcement response is underway.

Three senior law enforcement officials tell News 4 New York that a gunman shot Judge Esther Salas’s spouse and child at their North Brunswick home around 5 p.m. Sunday. Both are in very critical condition, the sources said.

Preliminary indications are that the husband answered the door and was shot multiple times; the son came running to the door and was shot as well before the gunman fled, the sources said. Judge Salas was believed to be in the basement at the time of the shooting.

[…] The FBI, U.S. Marshals, New Jersey State Police and the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General all have personnel on scene investigating. (more)

Jul 18 2020

Milton Friedman – What is America?


Armstrong Economics Blog/Economics

Re-Posted Jul 18, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

 

Jul 17 2020

‘Save the Fish!’ Accused Epstein Madam Ghislaine Maxwell’s Bogus U. N. Sideline


Meanwhile the stench of dead fish is coming from the United Nations, where activist posers Ghislaine Maxwell and Scott Borgerson used the cause of ‘Saving the Environment’ to save themselves from being caught up in the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal.

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Re-posted from the Canada Free Press By  —— Bio and Archives—July 16, 2020

‘Save the Fish!’ Accused Epstein Madam Ghislaine Maxwell’s Bogus U. N. Sideline

There’s no mystery about who Ghislaine Maxwell’s “secret” husband is. The biggest mystery is how Maxwell of United Nations “Gillie” fame and Dr. Scott G. Borgerson got away with masquerading as environmental ocean activists—while Maxwell was still tied to accusations of providing minors for sexcapades with pervert Jeff Epstein. ( Ghislaine Maxwell: The U.N.’s Our Girl Gilly, July 11, 2020)

It’s not just princes and ex-presidents cowering from being outed in the Epstein sex scandal, but leaders of the radical environment movement, out there in droves selling the Big Lie that there is more plastic than teeming fish in the world’s oceans.

Perhaps accused Epstein Madam Ghislaine Maxwell will bring an end to cash-greedy activists diving into the ocean hunting for plastic because they will now be far busier diving for cover.

Until a savvy real estate agent recognized Maxwell from an Internet photo, after selling Maxwell and Borgerson (the Marshalls!) their New Hampshire hideout, they were just Janet and Scott Marshall.

‘Is this Ghislaine Maxwell’s mystery husband? (New York Post, July 15, 2020)

“Ghislaine Maxwell is secretly married — and refusing to reveal her husband’s name, prosecutors said this week at the accused madam’s bail hearing.

“Though the British heiress — who is accused of helping the late billionaire perv Jeffrey Epstein target underage girls — didn’t say the name of her mystery spouse, reports suggest it could be British tech CEO Scott Borgerson.”

Borgerson is much closer to home in the USA than he is in Britain.

In point of fact, Borgerson aka Scott Marshall has not only testified before a number of U.S. congressional committees, but is on the public record for having contributed to White House strategic policy.

This is how a Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) entry describes who Borgerson really is: (Council of Foreign Relations, July 13, 2008)

“Dr. Scott G. Borgerson is the CEO of CargoMetrics Technologies LLC.

“Prior to co-founding CargoMetrics, Dr. Borgerson was the Visiting Fellow for Ocean Governance at the Council on Foreign Relations. He also served as a Senior Research Scholar at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. An expert on the Arctic, Dr. Borgerson has published numerous landmark articles on the subject; he advises national and international leaders on emerging Arctic issues; and he is a co-founder of The Arctic Circle, a global NGO.

“A former Coast Guard officer, he has held positions as a ship navigator, a patrol boat captain, an assistant professor at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the founding managing director of the Academy’s Institute for Leadership. He earned the Achievement, Commendation, and Meritorious Service Medals as well as numerous unit awards while on active duty, all a tribute to the Coast Guardsmen he served alongside with during his decade of military service.

“He has testified before a number of congressional committees, contributed to White House strategic policy making, and his op-eds and articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlantic and Foreign Affairs, among other publications.

“He serves on the boards of The Arctic Circle, the Kostas Homeland Security Institute, Catalyst Maritime and the Institute for Global Maritime Studies. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.”

“Dr. Borgerson earned a B.S. from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with high honors as well as M.A.L.D. and Ph.D. degrees in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

Worthy of note that Borgerson not only received his Ph.D degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University where Rockford (Rocky)  Weitz taught, but that from 2008 to 2013, Weitz was a principal CEO of Borgerson’s company CargoMetrics. (Source)

Borgerson was also on the board of the Ghislaine Maxwell-founded TerraMar Project, which got both of them speaking engagements at the U.N. TerraMar was shuttered by Maxwell after the August 2019 arrest of Epstein.

“Maxwell was linked to the divorced dad last year when the Daily Mail said she was living at his oceanfront mansion in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass. (New York Post)

“Her matrimonial status was divulged Tuesday as Manhattan prosecutors accused her of purposely hiding her wealth.

“The defendant also makes no mention whatsoever about the financial circumstances or assets of her spouse, whose identity she declined to provide to Pretrial Services,” Assistant US Attorney Alison Moe told Manhattan federal Judge Alison Nathan during a video conference.

“Borgerson, 44, denied the two were romantically linked last August, as well as the notion that Maxwell was staying at his home.”

Borgerson walking Maxwell’s ‘rescue’ dog July, 2019 Daily Mail photos of Borgerson walking Maxwell’s ‘rescue’ dog suggest otherwise:

“Last July, he was seen walking a dog on Boston Common near the apartment he keeps during the week while running his company. He has denied a report that said the dog belonged to Ghislaine. (New York Post)

Borgerson, whose phone appeared to be off Wednesday, couldn’t immediately be reached.”

“Maxwell, 58, was previously linked to Ted Waitt, the founder of Gateway Computers, until at least 2010, according to Britain’s The Sun, which said she began dating Borgerson in 2013.

“She also dated Epstein.”

On Tuesday Maxwell’s lawyers failed in their bid asking for her to be sprung on a $5 million bond and have her waiting out her July 2021 trial in a luxury hotel.

“Maxwell was busted July 2 on a six-count indictment charging her with recruiting and grooming young women to be sexually abused by both her and Epstein. (New York Post)

“She has denied all allegations against her.”

While addressing the U.N., Maxwell echoed the plastics in the ocean mantra put into play myriad ocean activists, including Canada’s Minister of the Environment Catherine McKenna: “If we don’t act, plastics will outweigh fish in our oceans by 2050.”

Meanwhile the stench of dead fish is coming from the United Nations, where activist posers Ghislaine Maxwell and Scott Borgerson used the cause of ‘Saving the Environment’ to save themselves from being caught up in the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal.

 

Jul 17 2020

Trend in Interest Rates


Armstrong Economics Blog/Interest Rates

Re-Posted Jul 17, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

COMMENT: Marty,

Good morning. Repo rates have been creeping up ever so slightly and quietly. Points wise not much, but percentage-wise, numbers are getting bigger. Has everybody been lulled to sleep and looking the wrong way again?

Best,
E

REPLY: The shift from a Public to a Private wave is in full motion. We can see this in Moody’s AAA Corporate Bond Index. Note that the while chaotic swing in March ran right up to the top of the Downtrend Channel and then we have swung down and just closed below the bottom of the channel. We have an important turning point arriving in October. We show the next major turning point in the US 30-year bonds being September.

These governments imposing lockdowns again are acting political rather than in the best interest of the people. Locking people down results in a collapse of tax revenue. Many in the USA have been promised by the Democrats they will be bailed out if they win the White House right down to their pension funds. This is what is going on behind the curtain – cutting deals.

Clearly, these governments are not stupid. They have to realize how much revenue has collapsed and how much damage they have caused to the people and the economy. Our models are projecting HIGHER interest rates ahead and this reflects their high-risk gamble on trying to overthrow Trump. What they fail to grasp is that the private sector has lost all confidence in governments and as such, they have destroyed the old financial system of perpetual borrowing.

As fiscal mismanagement abounds, interest rates will rise to reflect credit risk. The central banks are powerless to prevent this rise. The Fed cannot buy all state debt any more than the ECB will be authorized to buy all sovereign debt in the Eurozone. We have reached the point of no return.