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Jan 31 2021

Speaking Fees to Buy Influence


Armstrong Economics Blog/Corruption Re-Posted Jan 31, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

I would like to point out that there is a huge difference between paying speaking fees in the hundreds of thousands of dollars which is simply just to buy political influence and genuine speakers. Nigel Farage spoke at our 2019 Rome WEC and we did NOT pay him a fee and he flew in at his own expense because he wanted to attend our WEC. We do not pay hundreds of thousands in speaker fees to buy influence. That is the biggest scam you will ever see and it is political corruption plain and simple.

Jan 31 2021

Hope for the Future


Armstrong Economics Blog/Products and Services Re-Posted Jan 31, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

After serious discussions, there is great concern that those behind Biden and drafting these executive orders having him sign them is off the charts wiping out We The People. Trump’s orders to bring down drug prices for diabetics were just reversed to help big pharma. It appears that the corruption is running very deep, but the job losses and destruction of businesses are going too far. There is blow-back in the Democratic states like New York and California showing stiff resistance toward lockdowns. There are Democrats on the Hill who are getting very upset at all of these dictatorial executive orders which circumvent the very purpose of Congress. Even the New York Times has come out and criticized Biden for this approach.

The word I am hearing is there will be a revolt if Biden tries to impose a lockdown nationally. New York City is an example. There is no way that is coming back. What they have done to the theatre district drove a stake into the heart of the tourist business. As I have said, every time I went to a Broadway play about half the audience were foreign tourists. That is dead and then we have the collapse of landmark restaurants that thrived on the theatre trade.

Then we have Congress putting Trump on trial a second time just to divide the country in hopes that they will slander him and thereby destroy the Republican Party going forward. History will not look kindly on what the Democrats have done for now under this precedent which is not supported by the Constitution since private citizens cannot be put on trial in Congress – that is Judicial – then they can impeach Bill Clinton for his sex scandals and new evidence that surfaced or Hillary for destroying her emails.

Unfortunately, welcome to the conclusion of this Private Wave. What we all need to do is work hard so what comes after 2032 is a new way of doing business altogether. It is time we try Direct Democracy whereby every measure must be submitted to the people to vote on – not only politicians. There must be term limits – one time and gone. There should be a minimum age limit such as 40 to 50. The is the end of the Sixth Wave. This is the time for a complete change.

The Sixth Wave before this marked the peak in the Roman Empire. There too, the wave concluded with the flight from the cities to the suburbs as we are witnessing today. What followed was the fragmentation of society and every split into merely local city-states. It took nearly 600 years thereafter before we begin to see the rise of national states once again.

We can do this. The Tree of Life is being cut down as it always falls from authoritarian corruption. It is up to us now to decide where direction the tree falls. The next two books I will be releasing this year are (1) the Economic Confidence Model and a review of how it has worked and why over the centuries, and (2) a revised and expanded version of the Greatest Bull Market in History renamed:

It is my hope that these books will help to guide us in the future as to a new way of managing society that is in harmony with nature and human kind.

Jan 31 2021

Here it is – The Bill to Destroy Gun Ownership


Armstrong Economics Blog/Regulation Re-Posted Jan 30, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

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Here we have it. They are going after EVERYONE who has a gun or ammunition. They are deeply concerned about a revolution and they want to know every person who has a gun or ammunition. The object of this bill will be to identify every person who has a gun. They will be able to revoke a license and confiscate the gun under rules to be created by the Attorney General. Biden swore he would end the NRA. He was not joking. Like a diverse license, once they create this federal license, they effectively limit the Second Amendment claiming if you obey all their regulations which they can change at any time, then you have that right. But all such rights are eliminated whenever they say so.

922(dd)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess ammunition that is 0.50 caliber or greater.

Whoever knowingly violates section
922(dd)(1) shall be fined not less than $50,000 and not
more than $100,000, imprisoned not less than 10 years
and not more than 20 years, or both

‘‘(B) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(dd)(2)
shall be fined not less than $10,000 and not more than
$25,000, imprisoned not less than 1 year and not more
than 5 years, or both.’’

Jan 31 2021

Systemic Contingencies – They All Knew – Lessons From Spygate About Severity of DC Corruption


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on January 30, 2021 by Sundance

To expand on the awakening…. and based on a recent call for clarity… here is some brutally obvious points about DC that connect through the stop-Trump operation commonly known as “spygate”.

Robert Mueller had two goals as special counsel.  Goal #1 was to continue the fraudulent DOJ/FBI “Stop Trump” operation initiated by James Comey, Andrew McCabe and their crew technically named Crossfire Hurricane.  Goal #2 was to bury the illegal action; to create the cover-up needed for everything that took place in the “Stop Trump” operation.

It is the second goal that most people never reconciled; however, it is also that second goal that’s the most important.  Everyone in DC knew Mueller’s objective.  Every person in every branch of government and every federal agency knew Mueller’s real purpose.

When you accept what Mueller’s objective was, I mean really accept it, then and only then can you move to the second part of that awakening.  Everyone else knew exactly what that purpose was, including AG Bill Barr and OIG Michael Horowitz. They all knew.

Everything was essentially a process of systemic contingencies; ‘if this, then that’.  If this happens then we react with that.  If this is likely to come out, then we proactively respond with this – that allows control. That is the nature of a cover-up operation.

From that baseline it becomes an exercise in intellectual honesty to see the bigger picture.

The entire system was united against the ‘outsider’ that Trump represented.  Every action taken by Rosenstein, Barr, Wray, Bowditch, Boente, Horowitz and the special counsel team itself was done purposefully, because they knew the Mueller/Weissmann objective was to cover-up all of the unlawful schemes previously used against Trump.

Generally people accept that Mueller Inc was in place to target Trump.  However, the lesser admitted reality is that Mueller was in place to cover for the branches, agencies and institutions that were part of the originating targeting.

All leaks to the media, by any entity – including the special counsel, were purposeful with this goal in mind.  All information released was done purposefully with this goal in mind.  All action taken by those in support of the Mueller unit were taken with full knowledge of what that second goal and intent was.

No-one was ever unaware of the purpose of Robert Mueller.

Everyone knew.

That list of everyone includes: Bill Barr, Rod Rosenstein, James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Lindsey Graham, Ron Johnson, Chuck Grassley, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Susan Rice, Sally Yates, Loretta Lynch, Mitch McConnell, every member of the Senate intel committee; every member of the House intel committee… and yes, including John Durham and every member of every DOJ office everywhere.

The legislative branch knew. The judicial branch knew.  The executive branch knew. The FISA court knew… All of the insiders knew the Mueller probe was one big vacuum to suck up all of the evidence that would have exposed a corrupt system to We The People.

They did all of this because the scale of the originating scandal was so severe it would be almost impossible for our nation to cope with the consequences.  That fearful knowledge is also what’s behind the reality we are currently seeing with thousands of National Guard troops guarding Washington DC…. just in case.  Another systemic contingency.

On TV some voices railed against goal #1, the investigation itself; however, no-one every publicly talked about goal #2, the cover-up.  Yet they all knew it.

Bill Barr knew the cover-up operation when he repeatedly praised Robert Mueller.  So too did Lindsey Graham and all of the other voices in/around the DC system.

This is why all of those characters acted with disregard for any information that surfaced. They were all participants; and they knew the system would protect itself from sunlight.

Once you begin to accept this uncomfortable truth, then you start to realize just how far some voices went to keep the pantomime going.  Everything was orchestrated to keep everyone focused on the “injustice” within the details.

Think about the last four years, systemic contingencies everywhere. No-one ever publicly talked about what Mueller was really in charge of doing in the goal of protecting the institutions and systems within them.  The people inside that system all knew that Mueller was their protector.  Mueller was protecting very corrupt people.

Everything now visible, the blatant disregard and the ‘in-your-face’ approach with the JoeBama administration, is downstream from that origination point.  That’s why they all walk around as if they do not care…. because they have nothing to worry about.

Start from the position that everyone knew the purpose and intents of Robert Mueller, including people very close to President Trump, and then you start to realize just how brutally corrupt this DC system is.   President Trump was satiated by people who knew Robert Mueller was protecting all of those who tried, and failed, to keep him out of office and then hamstring him once he entered the system.

Everyone knew.

No-one did not know.

The only difference is… some were active participants, and some -out of fear- just sat silent to the cover-up operation.  That reality is why the FISA court did not react to Kevin Clinesmith aggressively.   Everyone knew…

Jan 31 2021

Justice Department Charges Proud Boys With Conspiracy To Obstruct Law Enforcement


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on January 30, 2021 by Sundance

The U.S. Attorney in Washington DC has filed conspiracy charges against two members of the Proud Boys for conspiring to obstruct law enforcement related to the January 6th events on Capitol Hill.  [DOJ Press Release Here]

WASHINGTON— Two members of the Proud Boys, a nationalist organization, were indicted today in federal court in the District of Columbia for conspiring to obstruct law enforcement, among other charges.

Dominic Pezzola, 43, of Rochester, New York, and William Pepe, 31, of Beacon, New York, were indicted today in federal court in the District of Columbia on charges of conspiracy; civil disorder; unlawfully entering restricted buildings or grounds; and disorderly and disruptive conduct in restricted buildings or grounds. Pezzola was also charged with obstruction of an official proceeding; additional counts of civil disorder and aiding and abetting civil disorder; robbery of personal property of the United States; assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers; destruction of government property; and engaging in physical violence in a restricted buildings or grounds.

Pepe and Pezzola were originally charged by criminal complaint and arrested on Jan. 12 and 15, respectively.

According to the charging documents, Pezzola and Pepe are members of the Proud Boys, a group self-described as a “pro-Western fraternal organization for men who refuse to apologize for creating the modern world; aka Western Chauvinists.” Proud Boys members often wear the colors yellow and black, as well as other apparel adorned with Proud Boys-related logos and emblems. It is alleged that both Pepe and Pezzola possess tactical vests branded with the Proud Boys logo, and have attended various Proud Boys gatherings and protests.

According to the indictment, Pezzola and Pepe engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct, influence, impede, and interfere with law enforcement officers engaged in their official duties in protecting the U.S. Capitol and its grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. It is alleged that Pezzola and Pepe took actions to evade and render ineffective the protective equipment deployed by Capitol Police in active riot control measures, including actions to remove temporary metal barricades erected by the Capitol Police for the purpose of controlling access to the Capitol Grounds, and the stealing and purloining of property belonging to Capitol Police.

[…] The case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Department of Justice National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section. Valuable assistance was provided by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices for the Western and Southern Districts of New York. The case is being investigated by the FBI’s Washington Field Office, with assistance by the FBI’s Buffalo Field Office and the FBI’s New York Field Office.  (read more)

When the DOJ and FBI want to find a conspiracy they can.  When they do not want to find a conspiracy, they don’t…  That reality is just part of accepting the two-tiered system of justice that is now in place all across America.

Jan 31 2021

Norwegian Lawmaker Nominates Black Lives Matter for Nobel Peace Prize


Posted originally on the conservative tree house on January 30, 2021 by Sundance

War is peace, love is violence and water is dry… thus the upside down world of 2021 continues.  A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated the ultra-extremist group Black Lives Matter (BLM) for the Nobel peace prize.  Apparently we are expected to ignore the calls for dead cops, riots, extremism, division, hatred and racially inspired violence.

FOX5 DC – A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated the Black Lives Matter movement for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for bringing attention to racial inequities around the world, while dismissing the riots and violence done in the name of the movement.

In his nomination papers, Norwegian MP Petter Eide said the movement forced nations to reckon with racism and other injustices, The Guardian reported. (read more)

Jan 30 2021

When, “Robinhood” turns out to be the “Sheriff of Nottingham”


Re-Posted from GrrrGraphics.com JAN 29, 2021 AT 10:02 AM

New Tina Toon

Robinhood was designed to appeal to the millennial generation of stock traders. With its slick design, commission free trades, and trendy catchphrases, (Let the people trade), Robinhood claimed it was all about ‘democratizing finance’ by making it simple.

Unfortunately, when it came to their own customers buying the heavily-shorted company GameStop, Robinhood decided to start stealing from the poor and giving it to the rich.’ The rich hedge funds, that is.

Citadel has a close financial relationship with Robinhood as well as a large stake in Melvin Capital, a hedge fund that massively shorted GameStop, with disastrous results. The millennials didn’t like the thought of their game store being driven out of business by ruthless hedge funds and they fought back by buying GameStop stock. So much so, that the hedge funds began to lose billions of dollars. This could not be tolerated by those who think they control the market and they were backed up by an angry and shrill CNBC, who railed against the young Reddit whippersnappers who upset their money-making applecart.

On Thursday, Robinhood and other brokerages began blocking buys of GameStop, and it plummeted from nearly $500 to nearly $100 in a matter of minutes. This what happens when one can only sell a stock—not buy it.

Citadel denied leaning on Robinhood to skew the playing field in favor of their hurting hedge funds, but it looked mighty suspicious. Many traders on Robinhood were outraged by the blatant market manipulation of the company and many are leaving the platform in droves. Robinhood once bragged about democratizing finance, but when push came to shove, Robinhood chose the hedge funds over its own customers.

Robinhood claims to give a voice to the voiceless, except when they disagree with what those voices say. Then they silence those voices. Robinhood stated they will allow normal trading on Gamestop today, but the damage has been done. Robinhood has been exposed. They serve the interests of the mega-rich, who are not allowed to lose. Hedge funds got to trade GameStop but not Robinhood’s own customers. When that happened we knew there were no free markets. Rules are for the little people, who usually lose. The mega-billionaires get to change the rules as they go along to benefit themselves. They are not afraid of the regulators since they are already interwoven with the corruption at the top.

If they can rig the markets, they can rig the elections, the courts, the state legislatures, the media, the science, and so on.

Every lie is being revealed.

We should all condemn the actions of Robinhood, but more importantly….some of these big shots need to go to prison for the stunt they pulled on Thursday.

—The GrrrTeam

Jan 30 2021

Congress is Deeply Divided & it’s Not Repairable


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Jan 30, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is refusing to work with GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas after he tweeted a signal that the two of them could work together on a congressional probe into GameStop’s recent stock trading. She responded: “I am happy to work with Republicans on this issue where there’s common ground, but you almost had me murdered 3 weeks ago so you can sit this one out.”

All my sources say the divide is so great that it is not likely to be mended at least into 2024.

Forget unity. Forget bipartisanship. Biden is signing executive order after order, denying Congress the right to vote on any issue. I believe NO PRESIDENT should have the power to simply write an executive order. We are supposed to be represented by these people. Right now, Biden is taking the same approach as Boris Johnson in the UK, who does not allow voting on his decrees and refuses to even listen to anyone else.

Jan 30 2021

Archie Bunker on Politics


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Jan 30, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

Jan 30 2021

Canada & The Canceling of its Currency


Armstrong Economics Blog/Canada Re-Posted Jan 29, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION #1: If Canada is not a dictatorship, how can Trudeau cancel the dollar? How can he do so in secret?

RW

QUESTION #2: Why can’t Biden follow Trudeau and cancel the dollar?

EH

ANSWER: The answer lies in the difference in history.  Because the paper currency called bills-of-credit back then became worthless, the Framers of the Constitution expressly took into account currency. I have written before that when I was a market-maker in gold and one of the three largest in the country, the IRS walked in and declared me to be a bank and then I was supposed to report everyone who bought or sold gold in $10,000 amounts or more. They cited the Constitution saying that gold and silver were money thereby making me a bank because Nixon only closed the gold window, he never DEMONITIZED gold. So I was suddenly a bank in no need of such a license for the purposes of the IRS. Hence, I retired.

This raises an interesting question. Can Congress create a digital dollar constitutionally?The question of money was thus settled directly in the Constitution because each state had previously issued its own coinage and paper bills-of-credit (paper money).

Article 1 – The Legislative Branch
Section 10 – Powers Prohibited of States
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No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it’s inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.

No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

Under the Articles of Confederation, both the federal and state governments were guilty of issuing limitless bills of credit to finance the Revolutionary War. This led to hyperinflation. In response to this Revolutionary history, Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution expressly prohibits the states from issuing bills-of-credit. With respect to Congress’s power, however, the issue is not as clear. At the Constitutional Convention, it was proposed to give the federal government the power to “emit bills on the credit of the United States,” but the Framers defeated this language as being too prone to abuse.

Consequently, the Constitution’s monetary clauses expressly grant Congress the power to coin money and to borrow money by issuing “notes” meaning interest-bearing government bonds. Nonetheless, Congress did not have the power to issue bills-of-credit. Given the Framers’ general hostility to paper money, it seems likely that the Framers’ intended to prohibit the federal government from issuing any bills-of-credit (paper money) whatsoever as was the case concerning the states.

Without question, the Constitution created a government of enumerated powers meaning that without an express grant of an expressed power, Congress thereby lacks the power to act. Therefore, it was clearly understood at the time of drafting the Constitution that striking the language to grant such a power amounted to a prohibition on Congress’s power to issue paper money.

I will do a report on the whole constitutional problem presented. Canada has a different history. The US expressly went through hyperinflation so the Framers dealt expressly with the power to issue money. That does not exist in Canada. Nonetheless, Trudeau canceled all the currency and it is no longer a LEGAL TENDER as of January 1sy, 2021. However, this is only phase #1. The currency is NOT worthless. You can still deposit it and present it to the Bank of Canada for credit to your account.

We will be issuing the 2021 report on Canada. It will be available on Monday.