The Fraud of Under 18


Armstrong Economics Blog/Opinion Re-Posted Jan 15, 2022 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Marty, this seems to be maybe a loaded question. You have said that Epstein was probably a honey-trap because he was getting high-profile people involved. Now the Queen stripped Andrew of all royal titles. You have not commented on this or the trial of Maxwell. Just curious for you have good insight.

HB

ANSWER: Look, Virginia Giuffre was 17 when she alleged having sex with Andrew. She was paid for sex by Epstein and just because she was a few months shy of 18 she gets to demand money and retribution for her own greed. She is trying to extract money from the Royal Family, so this is just more of the same. If she killed someone, they would overrule the 18 nonsense and charge her as an adult. She was not a pre-puberty naive little girl.

At 17, had she had sex with Andrew in Britain, that would have been legal. The age for consent there is 16, not 18. This is why Epstein, I believe, was luring high-profile people in to manipulate them for various agendas. I believe Gates was friends with Epstein, not to fool around with girls, but to use them strategically. I believe that is why his wife divorced him when she found out he was using girls for honey traps.

When a normal person thinks of child molestation, you think of pre-pubescent children. Andrew did not rape her. Giuffre was living off of Epstein and was groomed for a purpose. To me, she was an adult. Most girls would not agree to sex for money at 17. Most would be shy and timid. They know what sex means. The fact that Giuffre agreed showed she put money above her self-worth.

Once again, Giuffre is crying victim when I think Andrew is the victim of Epstein’s plot to entangle him in something that could be used for blackmail to get favors in Britain. Andrew has said that Giuffre raped him three times when she was seventeen years old. That actually makes perfect sense for that is what Epstein was training her to do.

This pretense assumes she did not understand what she was doing when she was a few months shy of turning 18. Yet, at 18, she suddenly realized what she was doing was wrong? There are plenty of cases where a court determines that someone might be under 18, but they will be tried as an adult. Enijah Wilson was 17 and tried for murder as an adult. They should have known that murder was a crime even before 18. Claiming they were ignorant and naive of what they have done while 17 is an insult to common sense.

Sorry. Giuffre got involved for the money, and she is still after money now.

The Voting Rights Bill amounts to Treason


Armstrong Economics Blog/Tyranny Re-Posted Jan 14, 2022 by Martin Armstrong

Schumer and Pelosi are guaranteeing that there will be a revolution in the United States. This voting rights bill is outright treasonous. The ‘For the People Act that the House of Representatives passed on March 3 is the end of the United States. There was only one dissenting Democrat and that shows how people are not voting for the nation, but they are just following orders.

This bill will undermine all federal elections from here on out. It would allow people to vote in U.S. federal elections without going to a polling place or presenting identification to prove who they are. Literally, everyone overseas will be able to vote by mail and you do not have to prove who you are or that you are American.

Section 1903 of the 886-page bill is entitled:

Permitting use of sworn written statement to meet identification requirements for voting.”

In “findings” published at the beginning of the massive bill, the House declares “that States and localities have eroded access to the right to vote through…excessively onerous voter identification requirements.

You cannot get on a plane without ID and employers must make sure you are legally allowed to work and must prove every worker’s eligibility Form I-9 according to the Immigration Reform Act, verifying the identity of an employee. Failure to provide proof is subject to fines.

So an ID is required for absolutely everything. Why this somehow suppresses people from voting is unexplained. If they are not working, then they had to show ID to get welfare or unemployment. If they are working, they have to have a SS# to pay taxes. The only people who would possibly be suppressed are the homeless who collect nothing and do not work. Most of those are illegal aliens, to begin with. Texas audit has found about 10,000 illegal aliens voting already.

But the Democrats need to rig the next election because Biden’s polls have collapsed. By the end of the year, raising business taxes will only be passed on in prices accelerating inflation. Price controls never work for they do not freeze costs. Such schemes have always led to shortages and that drives prices even higher.

The Democrats are going to flood the polls with fake votes for the 2022 election to overcome this collapse in Biden’s polls which may even fall below the inflation rate by November. This strategy is what is so dangerous about this bill which is in conflict with every other practice and law on the books.

Pelosi and Schumer are destroying America and will leave the only course to resolution will be violence. This is not a future I want to see, but this is fulfilling what our computer has been projecting for these last 13 years into the final collapse of government as we have known them post-2032.

Trump on Vaccine Mandates and Political Division


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Jan 15, 2022 by Martin Armstrong

Former President Donald Trump told reporters at NPR that he believes the pandemic will eventually “phase out.” Although he has come under pressure for supporting the vaccine, he indicated that he does not support mandates. “The vaccines, I recommend taking them, but I think that has to be an individual choice. I mean, it’s got to be individual, but I recommend taking them. Many people recommend them. And if some people don’t want, they shouldn’t have to take them,” Trump stated. In fact, Trump clearly states that he does not understand why healthy individuals are continuing to take the vaccine.

As for mandates, he sees the effect that they are having on the US economy. “Well, first of all, the mandate is really hurting our country. Now that’s advice to an administration more so than to the Americans. A lot of Americans aren’t standing for it, and it’s hurting our country. It’s hurting our economy very badly.”

When the conversation moved to the allegedly stolen 2020 US Presidential Election, Trump admitted that his own party did not support him. “Mitch McConnell is a loser. And frankly, Mitch McConnell, if he were on the other side and if Schumer were put in his position, he would have been fighting this like you’ve never seen before. He would have been fighting this, because when you look at it, and this is long — is a long way from over,” the former US president said.

Trump questioned how Joe Biden managed to obtain 80 million votes “sitting in his basement.” The interview abruptly ended after the NPR reported questioned him on the Capitol “siege” on January 6. Trump has been largely silenced since he was scrubbed from social media while in office. One interesting thing here is that the former president said that the GOP does not stand a chance of winning the midterm elections unless they continue to insist on a probe into the allegedly stolen election. The Democrats have already divided themselves, but it remains to be seen whether the GOP (not including Romney) will follow suit.

CDC to Study Ivermectin Treatment


Armstrong Economics Blog/Corruption Re-Posted Jan 15, 2022 by Martin Armstrong

The CDC will finally begin testing ivermectin as a treatment for the coronavirus (fast forward to around the 17:00 mark). Doctors and health professionals have been urging officials to approve of ivermectin as it has proven to be effective in diminishing symptoms.

The ongoing joke was that conspiracy theorists were taking horse paste (ivermectin) rather than the expensive options offered by doctors. In August 2021, the Food and Drug Administration tweeted, “You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y’all. Stop it.” Fauci urged the public not to take the drug to treat coronavirus, despite other countries using it effectively. “It’s tragic, because you don’t want to see anybody, regardless of what their position is or their ideology, you don’t want to see anybody get sick and die, particularly as a physician and scientist,” Fauci managed to say.

It was never about health. The drug companies will find a way to take an affordable medication and turn it into a lucrative business venture. It is obvious why it took over two years for the health community to take ivermectin seriously.

CNN Outlines Biden’s “Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad” Week


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on January 14, 2022 | Sundance | 104 Comments

**snicker** You know things are bad when the experts of hiding bad things can’t even begin to imagine where to start spinning.

Yes, the White House occupant’s week was so bad, even CNN couldn’t ignore it.  WATCH:

Epic, Must Watch – Dutch Wolverine Throws Sand Into the Propaganda of Prime Minister Mark Rutte


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on January 15, 2022 | Sundance | 58 Comments

In the Netherlands the typically high-brow, polite and social society has been a little shocked at how the Dutch proles have begun to express anger toward the totalitarian dictates of the professional political class.

Amid this class-driven über-sensitive social fabric, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is now in the tenuous position of holding a governmental system together with a coalition of disparate leftist groups who are, well, a little eclectic all things considered.

As noted recently “One of the biggest challenges for the new government is the rise in public mistrust and anger towards politics and politicians.  The Netherlands has seen some of Europe’s biggest opposition and protests against government COVID-19 policy. Many Dutch lawmakers say they don’t feel safe. Some of them now have to be protected by police around the clock – a shock in a country where ministers often ride bicycles rather than use their official cars.” (link)

The land of skinny pant beta males has, as the most sensitive progressives would expect, put women into all of the systems of government to showcase their civic investment and high-minded multicultural progress.  The Netherlands is the type of place where Davos attendees feel comfy sipping filtered dew from the petals of spring tulips and discussing the best way to save the planet from the scourge of the shallow working class.  Okay, so that’s the context…

Into this mix comes a young Dutch wolverine, a new Member of Parliament named Gideon van Meijeren; who appears to be a rather cheeky rebel, quite comfortable telling the elite they look silly. THIS you have to watch to appreciate (Direct Rumble Link):

How can you not love this guy?

DIRECTV Announces They Are Cancelling OAN News Because of The Network Political Alignment


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on January 14, 2022 | Sundance | 298 Comments

The remarkable aspect to this announcement is the openness of DirecTV’s admission.

Following on the heels of the demand from the White House to start blocking content against the interests of the Biden administration, DirecTV the satellite television communication company now part of the AT&T network, has announced their decision to drop the One America News Network (OANN) channel because OAN is perceived to be supportive of Donald Trump.

(Bloomberg) – DirecTV, one of the largest U.S. pay-TV providers, plans to drop One America News Network, dealing a major blow to the conservative channel that’s been criticized for spreading misinformation and had a loyal fan in former President Donald Trump.

The satellite-TV provider has notified OAN’s owner, Herring Networks Inc., that it plans to stop carrying the company’s two channels when their contract expires. Herring Networks also owns AWE, a lifestyle channel that stands for “A Wealth of Entertainment.”

“We informed Herring Networks that, following a routine internal review, we do not plan to enter into a new contract when our current agreement expires,” the company said in an emailed statement to Bloomberg News.

DirecTV’s contract with Herring Networks expires in early April, according to a person familiar with the matter. Herring Networks didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. (read more)

Given the fact that Joe Biden only holds support of somewhere around 30% of the country, this move by AT&T/DirecTV is quite remarkable.

One would think that someone in the corporate boardroom, perhaps someone associated with the best business decision, would give pause to any consideration of kowtowing to the demands of cancel culture.

Alas, it seems that voice was not present, or at least insignificant to the objectives of the corporate decisionmakers.

Any corporation making politics the central point of their business intent is automatically reducing the potential audience by half.   There must be a strongly declining business model for the satellite broadcasting industry as a whole in order to make such a decision.

Perhaps the subscription-based entertainment and news alternatives have eroded the baseline for the TV business.  I genuinely do not know.  However, on its face, this type of a corporate decision seems like financial suicide.

Even DirecTV customers who may not watch OAN, yet retain some reasonable disposition to see a slippery slope as it becomes evident, are likely to view this decision negatively.

Regardless of the internal or background conversation, one thing is certain, DirecTV will lose more customers than it will gain.  That is just a predictable outcome whenever you make political affiliation a litmus for a product.

Go Woke – Get Broke” gains yet another victim.

Big Tech Responds to Joe Biden Request


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on January 14, 2022 | Sundance | 313 Comments

There are no coincidences in politics; there are only people who recognize them, and people who do not.

Yesterday, the biggest fraudulent and heavily managed autocrat in modern American political history gave instructions to his fellow travelers in Big Tech, and I quote:

“I make a special appeal to social media companies and media outlets: Please deal with the misinformation and disinformation that’s on your shows.  It has to stop.”   ~ Joe Biden

Today, they begin responding:

(The Story of the “Infraction” is Here)

Some may see this as coincidental timing (you would be amazed at the number of people willfully blind to how the system of controlled communication works in the modern era); for the rest of us who accept things as they are – not as we need to pretend them to be, we can see the patterns as they develop.  We are engaged in information warfare.

Another important example from today is highlighted below.

(Via Washington Post) A coalition of hundreds of doctors and public health experts have called out Spotify for allowing Joe Rogan to spread “false and societally harmful assertions” about the coronavirus and vaccination on the streaming platform that hosts his wildly popular podcast.

In an open letter published Monday, more than 270 medical professionals urge Spotify to stop “enabling its hosted media to damage public trust in scientific research and sow doubt in the credibility of data-driven guidance.” Rogan, whose show reaches an estimated audience of 11 million people an episode, has repeatedly downplayed the need for coronavirus vaccines and used his platform to flirt with misinformation about covid-19.

“Though Spotify has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation on its platform, the company presently has no misinformation policy,” the group wrote in the letter, which was first reported by Rolling Stone this week. “Throughout the covid-19 pandemic, Joe Rogan has repeatedly spread misleading and false claims on his podcast, provoking distrust in science and medicine.” (read more)

♦ “History may not always repeat, but it rhymes.”   The United States in 2022 is Poland in the early 1980’s under Soviet influence.   We the citizens are engaged in an information war against our own government.   The difference between then and now is Big Tech and the communications platforms that have been infiltrated by communist agents.

The battle is the same, the battlefield is what’s different.

We are in an abusive relationship with our government.

Accept the nature of the relationship and modify your behavior and communication strategies accordingly.

Know what targeting methods the enemy uses; then, seek to develop strategies that are invisible to the oppressor.

Think like an insurgent.

Put another way,… if the pod under your bed malfunctioned, but the pods under all the other beds in the city worked, what happens when you awaken and realize you are not one of them, but you must engage in the world of them while looking for others -like yourself- whose pods hopefully malfunctioned?

This is the challenge for communication in 2022.

This is what you need to think about as you become a force multiplier.

Eyes of a mouse, ears of an elephant.

UPDATE: Dan Bongino responds to YouTube via Locals

Exactly This Is What You Need to Look For


Posted originally on the Conservative Tree House on January 14, 2022 | Sundance | 797 Comments

(h/t No9 CoalThis is specifically the #1 precursor, for all the reasons previously mentioned.

Do not be alarmed; be prudent.

What are you seeing in your area?

Feel free to note in the comments section what is happening in your area.  Hopefully, most of us are much better positioned than the average person who has not been following this as closely over the past several months.

Initial food instability signs in the supply chain.  Things to look for: 

(1) A shortage of processed potatoes (frozen specifically).

1.a And/Or a shortage of the ancillary products that are derivatives of, or normally include, potatoes.

(2) A larger than usual footprint of turkey/ham in the supermarket (last lines of protein).

(3) A noticeable increase in the price of citrus products.

(4) A sparse distribution of foodstuffs that rely on flavorings (sports drinks).

(5) The absence of non-seasonal products.

(6) Little to no price difference on the organic comparable (diff supply chain)

(7) Unusual country of origin for fresh product type.

(8) Absence of large container products

(9) Shortage of any ordinary but specific grain derivative item (ex. wheat crackers)

(10) Big brand shortage.

(11) Shortage of wet pet foods

(12) Shortage of complex blended products with multiple ingredients (soups etc)

(13) A consistent shortage of milk products and/or ancillaries.

These notes above are all precursors that show significant stress in the supply chain.  Once these issues are consistently visible, we will likely continue toward food instability very quickly, sector by sector, category by category.

The reason I list the shortage of potatoes as the #1 precursor is because every food outlet sells a potato in some form. Every supermarket and every single restaurant (fancy, sit down or fast food) sells some form of potato. Potatoes are demanded by every single food outlet; therefore, a shortage of potatoes is the first noticeable issue.

Understanding the Background

Understanding what we SEE

That Makes Three – New York Rep John Katko, Who Voted to Impeach President Trump, Will Not Seek Reelection


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on January 14, 2022 | Sundance | 123 Comments

Three down, seven to go.  New York Representative John Katko was one of the ten House Republicans who voted to impeach President Trump.  Today he announces he will not seek reelection.

“After 32 years of public service, I have decided not to seek re-election to Congress, so that I can enjoy my family and life in a fuller and more present way,” Katko, 59, said in a statement. (link)

John Katko joins Adam Kinzinger and Anthony Gonzalez as three of the DeceptiCons who will exit after detonating their political suicide vests.  The next co-host of The View will be joining them after Wyoming ditches her in the primary.