The Future From Here


Armstrong Economics Blog/Economics Re-Posted Jan 7, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

The word from DC is that they will do their best now to prevent Trump from ever running again and they will look to try to bring some criminal charge against him to disqualify him. Twitter has blocked his account and he has acknowledged he will leave the office. Pence, as expected, defended the swamp as did the courts by refusing to ever allow any evidence of fraud to be reviewed. That was in itself a confirmation that there was significant fraud or they would have heard the case and then declare it was frivolous. (see the latest evidence)

The sad part about this is the lack of mirrors in Washington.  I have warned that the Republicans may split because they failed to understand this what they see as “Trumpism” existed long before Trump. He was just at the right place at the right time. Pence was a former member of Congress and there was no way anyone on the Hill would stab the Congress in the back. The Republicans think this will now be back to normal and they will also surrender the rights of the people as long as their personal pockets are filled. What we have watched was not the end of Trump, but the end of the Republic and this anti-swamp will now only grow as people begin to see the agenda that they had no idea was being decided in this election.

In a very strange way, these events have shown that Socrates was right. This week was the major event not the inauguration on the 20th. The politicians see this as the defeat of Trump and have ignored the fact that 80 million people voted for Trump and they can claim the fraud claims are baseless while refusing to answer anything. They have displayed to the entire world that there is no Due Process of Law – they pronounced Trump guilty and refused to allow a trial. This was a serious mistake for the question should have been decided and then the civil unrest would have been settled. Refusing to allow any court to review the claims and dismissing everything on procedure has doomed the country to the festering image of corruption which will inevitably lead to revolution. In that respect, they have just confirmed the forecast of Socrates and the West will yield to Asia post 2032.

Now we get back to markets at least until the rest of this political chaos unfolds from Europe. We must review all the markets to see how and where capital will move given these dramatic events in the US election. We will be moving toward digital currency and the rest of the West will now expect that Biden show cancels the currency to prevent people from hoarding dollars which is how they have been circumventing the European regulations. We will have to review the markets for they alone will map out the future for us. Will the capital flows flee to Asia? With the Dow still rise as a place capital will park for safety? Will banks be abandoned by the repudiation of debt which is why the politicians have been in league with Twitter, Google, and Facebook – the new digital banks going forward? (See IMF Blog).

There were people cheering the removal of Trump for they now expect that Biden will kill fossil fuels and renewable will be a new bull market. Of course, they are speaking out of their own positions and are clueless as to how you really end fossil fuels which are so integrated into everything. The taxes they will impose on the use of fossil fuels will help to ensure the further contraction of the economy into 2022. There is even talk that The Democrats will impose a $1,000 tax on every home and apartment for using heat and air condition.

What we are to expect will be revealed by the computer. There is a move to tax worldwide income forming in Europe and in the United States, we will see the drive to add a wealth tax which will be a property tax on everything you own on a global basis. If the politicians really represented the people, even Keynes had said to lower taxes to stimulate the economy and Trump’s cut in taxes produced the lowest unemployment ever post-Great Depression. But the political powers that be are really only interested in control and punishment.

So now it is time for Socrates to laid out the future. This is not a time for personal opinion and “I think” analysis. Einstein said he did not believe that God played dice with the Universe – i.e. nothing is random. It was interesting that Socrates picked this week rather than the inauguration. All we can do is try to apply the fundamentals to its forecast. The only way to approach the future from here is dispassionately and follow the capital flows.

Tracking Apps – The Total Surveillance is Here!


Armstrong Economics Blog/Tyranny Re-Posted Jan 7, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

COMMENT: Marty; like you, I am a programmer. I see the future is very much like the Matrix. I do not understand why people in government feel the need to control everything and everyone. This is not the world I want my daughter to grow up in and she is just three years old.

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ANSWER: These apps that people are so eager to download for a virus that has a 99.5% survivability rate is astonishing. I agree, this is like the Matrix insofar as we seem to be living in a dream that we are somehow free when we are not. Personally, I am so glad my time is nearly up in this nightmare. They know the majority are just subservient fools. Stanley Milgram proved that the average person will even torture another as long as they are told to do so. He called it — “Obedience to Authority.”

Indeed, the New Norm is intended to bring in the Great Reset whereby offices vanish, commuting comes to an end, and travel will be forever restricted. However, vital to pulling this off is continued social distancing and masks. Why? This is being employed to combat civil unrest. It is also intended to separate the mindless sheep who obey whatever the government, says which complies with Stanley Milgram’s studies on “Obedience to Authority”.

The Germans put on trial after World War II said that they were just following orders. This inspired Milgram to investigate because many argued that the Germans were just different and could kill the Jews without remorse. At the Nuremberg Trials, those Germans simply said they were just following orders.

Stanley was perhaps the most important psychologists of all time as far as I am concerned. Instead of coming up with a theory, Stanley actually investigates and arrived at a conclusion nobody suspected was even possible. He hired actors to pretend to be shocked by a person whenever they lied. Stanley took random people off the street in the United States and elsewhere to see if the Germans were really a different species. He discovered that people would shock others in a torture setting as long as they were told that was what they had to do.

Stanley concluded his studies which shocked the world. They were published in his book – “Obedience to Authority.” I bring this up now BECAUSE this is precisely what is being carried out today. We have people wearing masks when there is no serious pandemic and yelling at others who do not. Some are violently attacking people who do not have a mask.

What is being carried out is a well-defined psychological tactic because they instill fear in the mass herd of human sheep and then they count on the obedience of authority to control society. I have stated before, a friend of mine grew up behind the Berlin Wall. When the wall fell, his father went and got his Stasi file. He was shocked to discover everyone he thought was a friend was telling the government everything he had to say against the government. When he came home, my friend thought his father went mad. He began punching holes in the walls and ripping out microphones. Until his death, he refused to ever speak to anyone outside his immediate family.

This is the reasoning being social distancing and wearing masks. This (1) provides justification to arrest people who try to gather together to resist, and (2) as in France, they can put you in prison for 6 months for not wearing a mask, or (3) in Melbourne, Australia there have been incidents of people attacking even women on the street who do not have a mask on. This is raw tyranny and how they are deliberately seeking to breakdown society to make the population controllable as was the case under communism.

Field Marshall Hermann Wilhelm Göring (1893–1946)

 “Why, of course, the people don’t want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood.

But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship.

Interrogator: With respect to a Democracy they argued, the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States, only Congress can declare wars.

Göring replied: “Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.”

President Trump Urges Protestors to Remain Peaceful, No Violence


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on January 6, 2021 by Sundance

Frustrations have boiled over into direct confrontation with DC authorities. As people have stormed the capitol building, President Trump is urging all the DC protestors to remain calm and non violent:

Obviously, the contrast between how media covered the BLM and “resistance” riots in Washington DC for the past 4 years, as compared to today, is quite remarkable.  Today the hundreds of thousands of protestors in DC are being outlined as domestic terrorists; and the DC mayor has initiated a curfew.

As people have become increasingly frustrated with how politicians and bureaucrats have disconnected themselves from the voices of the American electorate there was likely to be a confrontation.  That overwhelming anger has surfaced in these events today.

It is also widely reported that agents provocateur associated with Antifa and BlackBloc infiltrated the crowd to stir up trouble and create the impression of violent Trump supporters.  A false flag operation with intent to cloud/marginalize protestors.

The American people are suffering through more than just brutal evidence of election fraud and the manipulation of mail-in ballots; we are also dealing with local and state officials who have used COVID-19 mitigation as a weapon to eliminate the livelihoods of the middle-class.

The combination of these events creates a “nothing to lose” mindset, and no-one is addressing the underlying issue.  What we are witnessing is the result of years of pent-up frustration carried by massive numbers of Americans toward the disconnected elitist class in Washington DC.   None of this should come as a surprise; yet DC will stand jaw agape.

A Dangerous Situation…

Senate Debates Certification of Electoral College Votes – Livestream SENATE DEBATE


Posted originally On the Conservative tree House on January 6, 2021 by Sundance

UPDATE: Senate Debate Has Returned from Recess:

Vice-President Mike Pence presides over Senate certification of the electoral college vote for President of the United States.  Most Republican senators, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have said they plan to support the election results. However, a group of senators have indicated they oppose counting votes for Biden in some states.

[Livestream Link Below]

House Debate on Electoral College Certification – Livestream of HOUSE


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on January 6, 2021 by Sundance

As hundreds of thousands of patriots rally in our nation’s capitol, the House and Senate each debate certification of the electoral college vote for President of the United States.

The electoral votes from the 50 states and the District of Columbia, are read in alphabetical order. The process is spelled out in great detail in the U.S. legal code, right down to the Jan. 6 date and the hour (1 p.m.) at which the joint session begins.

The candidate who reaches 270 electoral votes is the winner.  This is the House debate:

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Vice-President Mike Pence Announces: “The Constitution Restrains Me From Claiming Unilateral Authority To Determine Which Electoral Votes Should Be Counted”…


Posted originally on The Conservative tree House on January 6, 2021 by Sundance

Moments ago Vice-President Mike Pence made the following announcement via Twitter:

“It is my considered judgement that my oath to support and defend the constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not.”

President Trump Save America March and Rally – Washington DC – 8:00am Livestream


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on January 6, 2021 by Sundance

President Trump Will be speaking live at 11:00am from The Ellipse at The President’s Park as millions of supporters converge on Washington, DC for a historic protest on the same day the Electoral College votes are scheduled to be certified. [Livestream Link Below]

NY Governor Can Lock You Up & Your Contacts if he Thinks You Might be Infected


Armstrong Economics Blog/ECM Re-Posted Jan 6, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

We are losing everything. New York State has proposed Assembly Bill A416, which allows the governor to lock you up. They may also lock-up any person in your family with whom you have had any contact on the mere SUSPICION that you have been infected with any disease the governor, in his sole capacity, determines may pose a threat to society. At this point, if you are a Republican, you are already a threat to the new world order they are planning.

Meanwhile, the IMF has bluntly come out and explained that banks with branches are no longer necessary and this is why BigTech has been blocking Republicans because they have been promised worldwide banking rights. On top of that, your credit standing will no longer be based solely upon your income and how fast you pay your bills. They are now saying that they will also incorporate what type of person you are by looking at whatever you have posted on social media. If you are a subservient sheep, no problem. If you have an independent mind, you are not worthy of credit. The IMF states:

IMF Banking

New types of information

The most transformative information innovation is the increase in use of new types of data coming from the digital footprint of customers’ various online activities—mainly for credit-worthiness analysis.

Credit scoring using so-called hard information (income, employment time, assets and debts) is nothing new. Typically, the more data is available, the more accurate is the assessment. But this method has two problems. First, hard information tends to be “procyclical”: it boosts credit expansion in good times but exacerbates contraction during downturns.

The second and most complex problem is that certain kinds of people, like new entrepreneurs, innovators and many informal workers might not have enough hard data available. Even a well-paid expatriate moving to the United States can be caught in the conundrum of not getting a credit card for lack of credit record, and not having a credit record for lack of credit cards.

Fintech resolves the dilemma by tapping various nonfinancial data: the type of browser and hardware used to access the internet, the history of online searches and purchases. Recent research documents that, once powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning, these alternative data sources are often superior than traditional credit assessment methods, and can advance financial inclusion, by, for example, enabling more credit to informal workers and households and firms in rural areas.

New communication channels

Communication innovation is driven by the variety of digital platforms in social media, mobile communication, and online shopping that have penetrated much of consumers’ everyday lives, thus increasing their digital footprint and the available data. Platforms like Amazon, Facebook or Alibaba incorporate more and more financial services into their ecosystems, enabling the rise of new specialized providers that compete with banks in payments, asset management, and financial information provision.

Technology again boosts an existing trend. The shift from in-person bank branch visits to remote, online communication generally improves customer convenience and makes financial intermediation more cost-efficient. It also boosts geographic competition among banks, which can now service more distant customers.

The effects of digital transformation are powerful for the financial sector, already the industry most heavily reliant on computers. That is compounded by the doubling in use of online banking having in the past two decades in the European Union’s 15 largest economies. And with usage at 50 percent on average, it still has significant room to grow.”

STRONGLY advise if you can, get the hell out of New York while you can. I have written before I opened an account at Bank of America because it was the closest bank to me. That branch never reopened. The people who voted for Biden have surrendered ALL their rights, privileges, and immunities for themselves, their families, and their posterity. I have been warning that our model did not merely project that Trump would win in 2016 and the 2020 election would be the most corrupt election in history, but we would enter a new period of authoritarianism from 2020 into 2032.

I know a lot of people who voted for Biden read this bog. I have tried to make it clear that this was NEVER a match between Trump and Biden. This has been between Trump and a Global Cabal. I get to check out of this world soon. What I fear is what I leave behind for my family. This election was STOLEN and I do not say that as a Republican. This was a strategic play they needed to pull off because they have already conquered Europe and Canada. They needed the USA for military power.

I have also explained many times that I use to vet people who wanted to run for president up until 1999. I was asked to fly to Texas to meet with George Bush Jr but I was told this was “different” because he was “stupid!” Indeed, you never see him running around giving lectures like Obama. When I asked why they would make someone “stupid” president, I was told he had the name. Biden is the same thing. I seriously doubt he is even aware of their plans and they got the perfect guy for the job.

They are deliberately trying to end small businesses because they are independent thinkers and employ 70% of the civil workforce. They need the people to be on Guarantee Basic Income to control the population because the socialist system is collapsing. They can no long prop-up the system so they need a new one. The new founding father will be Bill Gates funding this new age of authoritarianism. He was the funder of Imperial College which began with the recommendation to lock down the world economy by Neil Ferguson. He has usurped every median organization from the WHO to FDC, CDC, and Fauci. Locking down the world economy was supposed to reduce CO2.

Despite the destruction of the world economy, CO2 did not decline. What is the next solution? Kill our pets, animals, and everyone who does not fit Gate’s eugenic goals?

How much longer will it take for the sheep to wake up? The noose is already around their neck. They seem too stupid to open their eyes.

They Are Rallying for Trump Around the World


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics Re-Posted Jan 5, 2021 by Martin Armstrong

Even in Japan, people realize that the election has been stolen. Biden will not have the confidence of the people worldwide and he was chosen just like Bush, Jr. so others can run the agenda. This appears to be part of the collapse of confidence in the government. The Democrats may think they can now change everything with a pretend 50.4% claimed majority. But this will spark serious upheaval. Under Obamacare, all they did was raise the premiums of everyone else to pay for those they claimed could not get insurance. Mine doubled in prices and the coverage declined. They made the insurance companies profitable and screwed the people as usual. All they had to do was provide insurance separately for anyone who could not get coverage. But no, they had to change everyone’s coverage instead. This is the same strategy we will see going forward with everything.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Confronts CNN Narrative Engineer


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on January 5, 2021 by Sundance

Yesterday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had a direct confrontation with CNN narrative engineer Rosa Flores over the roll-out of the Coronavirus vaccine.  WATCH: