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Jul 16 2020

Government & Media Induced Psychological Terrorism


Armstrong Economics Blog/Economics

Re-Posted Jul 16, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

Anyone who ever took a class in psychology will recognize that what the media and government are doing is clear psychological terrorism, which appears to be directed at breaking the bonds of civilization right down to the core. Civilization is created by people coming together and bonding. This is the foundation of a civilization built upon a mutual benefit for all. Civilization begins its decline when the government crosses the line and sees itself as the creator of civilization in their delusional world of power. What they are doing with the aid of the left-wing press has been the deliberate instilling of fear in the air that is beyond belief. Their delusion knows no bounds for they think they can tear the foundation of civilization apart to win at all costs, and then they ASSUME it will end and they will be in power and all we’ll be good.

We have heard of the book, “Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds” in terms of market boom and busts. However, using this coronavirus these people have created this delusion on an unbelievable scale. I was walking down the beach and I saw a woman with an oversized hat, a gas mask, and goggles. I was dumbfounded. You walk the beach for the fresh sea air. This outfit was beyond description and I wish I had my phone just to illustrate how insane she was acting.

The public is adopting what you would call a personality disorder that now threatens society as a whole. Any practicing psychiatrist specializing in anxiety disorders or paranoid delusions, not to mention irrational fears, will tell you that this is a very serious medical condition in an individual. Yet here we are dealing with the whole population. These people have induced a primal fear of this coronavirus that has been escalated into mass panic solely for political purposes. It is clearly deliberate and totally irresponsible. The psychological damage would take years to address in an individual. Here we are dealing with society. They are breaking civilization at its core and this is the first required step to the breakup of the United States and Europe. People will no longer trust each other and fear they may be diseased and prefer to keep their distance. Once that begins, the economy starts to crumble and there will be no reversing this trend.

Thank you, CNN, New York Times, and Washington Post for your contributions to the destruction of not just the United States, but western civilization.

Jul 16 2020

Subtle as a Brick Through a Window…


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree house on July 15, 2020 by 

For those paying close attention, it appears the background geopolitical economic cold-war between President Trump and China has intensified.   As a consequence, all U.S. entities who have cemented their affluence in a partnership with Beijing are now in a position of considerable risk.

The executive order signed yesterday by President Trump supports the liberty of Hong Kong yet accepts an unfortunate reality; a full communist movement to control HK is a foregone conclusion.

[…] I therefore determine that the situation with respect to Hong Kong, including recent actions taken by the PRC to fundamentally undermine Hong Kong’s autonomy, constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in substantial part outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. I hereby declare a national emergency with respect to that threat.

[…] Sec. 4. All property and interests in property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of any United States person, of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:

(a) Any foreign person determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State:

(i) to be or have been involved, directly or indirectly, in the coercing, arresting, detaining, or imprisoning of individuals under the authority of, or to be or have been responsible for or involved in developing, adopting, or implementing, the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Administrative Region;

(ii) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, directly or indirectly, any of the following:

(A) actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in Hong Kong;

(B) actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, or autonomy of Hong Kong;

(C) censorship or other activities with respect to Hong Kong that prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise of freedom of expression or assembly by citizens of Hong Kong, or that limit access to free and independent print, online or broadcast media; or

(D) the extrajudicial rendition, arbitrary detention, or torture of any person in Hong Kong or other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights or serious human rights abuse in Hong Kong;

(iii) to be or have been a leader or official of:

(A) an entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in, or whose members have engaged in, any of the activities described in subsections (a)(i), (a)(ii)(A), (a)(ii)
(B), or (a)(ii)(C) of this section; or

(B) an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.

(iv) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section;

(v) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section; or

(vi) to be a member of the board of directors or a senior executive officer of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section.

(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted before the date of this order.  (read more)

The confiscation of wealth and property for any entity, including Americans, who support the efforts of the Chinese Communists is a very significant up-tick in the Trump administration position toward China.

Simultaneously Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted out this rather tongue-in-cheek picture of his pup’s favorite chew toy:

 

Jul 16 2020

DOJ Spox Kerri Kupek Discusses “Operation Legend”, China and The John Durham Investigation…


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on July 15, 2020 by 

Smart and fierce DOJ spokesperson Kerri Kupek discusses DOJ Operation Legend, an organized and focused effort by the federal government to reduce crime and violence stemming from Antifa and other violent extremists.

Additionally, Ms. Kupek discusses the DOJ taking a stronger approach toward the corrupt influence of China within various U.S. systems (economic, political and social).  Lastly @4:30 Kerri outlines the status of John Durham’s ongoing investigation: “the restoration of that one-tiered system of justice.”  WATCH:

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The more the DOJ, and by extension John Durham, hears about how much we know – the greater likelihood action will be taken based on evidence. Information about corruption without action is antithetical to its purpose.

It is up to ‘We The People’ to inform our representative government about our level of awareness. The architecture that frames the U.S. system of government was established “of, by and for” WE THE PEOPLE.  Use that architecture as your road-map for an action plan; bury them in an unrelenting avalanche of your knowledge.

When was the last time you visited the local office of your congressional representative? Do they know you exist? Why not.

Quit listening to those who say “can’t” and “won’t”…

If they feel comfortable sitting in their socially distant box and bitching about all things that are not right, or might be not be right…. Or, if they prefer to allow themselves to be overcome with dark imaginings simply because what cannot be done is more comfortable than the effort to oversee what needs to be done…. well, that’s okay.

They can do that.

And when they are done doing that they’ll still be in the same place.

We are Americans….

Stop giving the opposition power by positioning your outlook that they will do nothing…. just stop.  Demand action.  You are worth it. Do not give them an inch of room for obfuscation.  Do not worry about being perceived as an a**hole about it.

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Joshua 1:9

Act, or be acted upon.

Your choice.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

― Theodore Roosevelt

 

Jul 16 2020

President Trump Remarks on Rebuilding Infrastructure – 3:10pm ET Livestream


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on July 15, 2020 by 

Today, President Trump travels to Atlanta, Georgia, to deliver remarks on rebuilding of America’s infrastructure “Faster, Better, Stronger.” Anticipated start time 3:10pm ET

White House Livestream – Fox News Livestream – PBS Livestream Link

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Jul 16 2020

President Trump Impromptu Remarks Departing The White House – Video and Transcript…


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on July 15, 2020 by 

Chopper pressers are the best pressers.  As President Trump departed the White House for a trip to Georgia, he paused to answer questions from the assembled press pool.

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[Transcript] – THE PRESIDENT: So we’re making a trip. You know where we’re going, and it won’t be long. We’ll back here pretty early. Discussing a lot of very interesting topics.

The markets are very good. The country is doing well. Jobs are growing fast. We want schools to be open, and they will be open. And they’ll be open, I think, relatively on time. Hopefully, perfectly on time, most places.

And do you have any question? Yeah.

Q Mr. President, what’s your reaction to your former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s loss in Alabama yesterday?

THE PRESIDENT: I’m very happy that Tommy Tuberville won the race. I think he’s going to be a great senator. We don’t have a good senator in there right now. And Jones, he’s not doing the job. He should be doing a much better job. Certainly he doesn’t represent the views of the people of Alabama — that’s for sure. So we’re not happy about him at all.

I don’t think the people of Alabama are happy with their representation in the Senate. And Tommy Tuberville is going to be a great senator. He was a great coach. I spoke to another coach last night — unrelated — and he said, “Tommy Tuberville was a great coach and he’s a great guy.” Someday I’ll tell you who said that, but he’s somebody respected.

So it was a great — it was a tremendous win for Tommy Tuberville last night. I’m very happy about it.

And also a tremendous win for Ronny Jackson, and it looks like it could be a tremendous win for a gentleman named Gonzales. You know about that too. That race is still a little bit going on. By the time I got involved, a lot of the votes were already cast. But I got involved, really, at the last moment. We think he can easily win that area. So — and two very good candidates. Reyes is a great candidate and so is Gonzales.

But when I got involved, a lot of the votes — early votes were cast, and it was a big comeback. It was a big comeback. So that’s going to be a very interesting race.

The other thing — very, very amazing — somebody you all know is Ronny Jackson. Admiral Ronny and Doc Ronny. We call him a lot of different things. But everybody agrees: They respect Ronny Jackson a lot.

Yeah.

Q Mr. President, you declared MS-13 as a terrorist organization this morning. Are you going to plan to do the same thing with Antifa and leftist organizations that you say cause trouble?

THE PRESIDENT: It could happen. It could happen. Antifa is no good. They’re bad. They’re bad people, and it could very well happen.

Q Mr. President, why do you want coronavirus data going to HHS first instead of the CDC? Why make that change?

THE PRESIDENT: Didn’t change for me. I — look, they’re all on the same team. We’re all on the same team, including Dr. Fauci. I have a very good relationship with Dr. Fauci. And we’re all on the same team. We want to get rid of this mess that China sent us.

So everybody is working on the same line, and we’re doing very well. We’re doing well in a lot of ways, and our country is coming back very strong. When you look at those job numbers — we’ve never had job numbers like we have right now. So it’s coming back very strongly.

Okay?

Q Has Peter Navarro gone rogue?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, he made a statement representing himself. He shouldn’t be doing that. No, I — I have a very good relationship with Anthony.

Thank you very much. Thank you.

END 1:32 P.M. EDT

Jul 16 2020

Australia Using COVID to Impose A$4,000 Fine Per Person


Armstrong Economics Blog/Australia & Oceania

Re-Posted Jul 16, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

In Australia, anyone traveling from Victoria, or people who have visited the state in the past 14 days, are barred from entering Queensland unless they are returning residents or have a rare exemption. They fined a group of people $24,000 for trying to enter Queensland and lying about where they had been. This is no longer a government that respects people or human rights. They are using COVID as an excuse to be draconian to the point that historically such governments have always been tyrannical.

The Queensland police are being extremely nasty fining people $4,000 if they try to enter Queensland. One must wonder at what point do such tactics invoke extreme violence? Police officers who protect the government like this are often seen as the face of tyranny. They should be very careful when a line is crossed and the people turn against the government, because that is when the police will find themselves hunted as traitors to the people.

Jul 15 2020

Our Future Belongs to Patriots Not Globalists


Building a better future starts at home

Dr. Robert R. Owens image

Re-posted from the Canada Free Press By  —— Bio and Archives—July 13, 2020

The future does not belong to globalists the future belongs to patriots

On September 24, 2019 in the U.N. General Assembly: the seedbed of globalism, President Trump gave a major address charting a prosperous future for countries the world over, which is one built on the empowerment of citizens and respect for national sovereignty.

Standing in the spotlight of attention from the Corporations Once Known as the Mainstream Media and staring down the glares from the New World Order fanatics,  our President zeroed in on the basic problems that have been seeping out of the UN and festering around the world for generations. He didn’t equivocate.  He didn’t pull any punches, stating boldly, “Globalism exerted a religious pull over past leaders, causing them to ignore their own national interests.”

Bush-Clinton-Obama CABAL

Under the Bush-Clinton-Obama CABAL, before the miracle in November that gave us President Trump, our leaders like many others around the world, spent the bulk of their time and energy catering to the opinions of fellow global elites.  Lost in the shuffle of this groupthink, in-crowd popularity contest were the interests of the hard-working, over-taxed, and under-appreciated people who built this country and keep it going.

Our jobs were outsourced as the globalist insiders and their cronies became richer while everyone else’s incomes stagnated or declined.  They thought they had the skids greased as they shoved us into their New Normal.  They didn’t think anything stood in their way least of all that forgotten man, the American voter.

Then after only three years of President Trump working tirelessly to Make America Great Again we became the world’s example of the success a country can experience when it starts focusing on the good of its own people instead of the social engineering of the statists and the bottom-line of the multi-national corporations.

After briefly re-counting the previous record of managed decline our president pointed to his agenda of pro-growth, pro-worker policies such as historic tax cuts, deregulation, and trade reform.  Driving home the evidence of the power of these reforms President Trump said, “Wages are rising. Incomes are soaring. And 2.5 million Americans have been lifted out of poverty in less than 3 years.”

Throughout his speech, the president urged the assembled leaders to apply similar approaches to the problems in their own countries.  All of President Trump’s ideas have one thing in common: They put the interests of American people first.  He spent his moment on the world stage to urge other leaders to abandon the failed attempt to forge a one-world UN-dominated dystopian machine and instead let the invisible hand of enlightened self-interest create a better future for everyone.

America’s blue-collar billionaire

America’s blue-collar billionaire believes that building a better future  starts at home not in the collective hearts of multi-national tribunals and organizations.  This is an easy to understand message President Trump has sought to encourage his fellow world leaders to embrace ever since his stunning victory in 2016.  He insists if others would follow the American blueprint: Putting their own citizens first instead of catering to the rich and famous while standing up for their own sovereignty prosperity will follow.

As the president outlined in his speech this agenda includes:

  • Fighting unfair trade:  Old trade deals that outsourced our jobs are being thrown out, replaced by fair ones—such as the NAFTA-revamping USMCA—that give our workers a level playing field.
  • Protecting individual freedoms:  America is leading the way in promoting liberty as a human rights issue throughout the world, including championing the economic role of women in our societies.
  • Shutting down dangerous open-border advocates:  Unprecedented action is being taken to stop illegal immigration and put an end to human smuggling once and for all.
  • Holding Iran accountable:  President Trump called on fellow world leaders to join America in standing up to Iran, the world’s number one state sponsor of terrorism.
  • Promoting a free Western Hemisphere:  America stands with the people of Venezuela, and the events taking place there should remind everyone that socialism ultimately leads to poverty and authoritarianism.

Hitting the nail on the head and summing up the beliefs and aspirations of millions President Trump said, “The future does not belong to globalists the future belongs to patriots. The future belongs to sovereign and independent nations who protect their citizens, respect their neighbors, and honor the differences that make each country special and unique.”

Jul 15 2020

Black Death Plague Returning in Asia


Armstrong Economics Blog/Disease

Re-Posted Jul 15, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

I have explained that Socrates shows that this coronavirus is nonsense. The risk of a more serious disease comes in 2022. There are three new diseases forming in Asia. First, there is a new coronavirus that causes pneumonia, which is far more lethal than this concocted version that appears to have been manufactured to set in motion this Great Reset. Next, we have swine flu which has also just appeared and is far more serious than the nonsense they have used to kill the economy. Believe it or not, our RELIABLE sources have CONFIRMED that there are a few cases appearing of the Black Death — the bubonic plague — which killed around 50% of the population during the 14th century.

An old word of caution has been, “Be careful what you wish for!” This currency nonsense has been exploited to terrorize the population in order to deliberately redesign the world economy. There is ABSOLUTELY no historical precedent to lock down the entire world economy/population. You quarantine the sick, not the healthy. By forcing people to wear masks, they are breaking the bonds of civilization. From here on out, many will look at anyone else as a potential threat. That is the goal, for it prevents organized resistance. You cannot tell any facial expressions if they are joking or nasty. This is how you destroy society and it was the very objective of the Communists. We seem to be following the playbook of Joseph Stalin.

Jul 15 2020

Redesigning the World – The Great Reset


Armstrong Economics Blog/Climate

Re-Posted Jul 15, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

COMMENT: Melbourne is getting locked down again. 5 million people on lockdown for 6 weeks at least! ‎People will only be allowed to leave home to go to work (if they can’t work online), grocery shopping, or for medical reasons.
‎All because of 191 alleged virus cases.

Catalunya is now mandating obligatory masks even where there are no people. In all public places incl. if you’re the only person there (say in a deserted park or street at a time when there is no one else).
They’re also openly saying masks and “social distancing” will be part of life now for the long term, i.e. forever or until everyone is vaccinated.

Meanwhile, Spain has extended the moratorium on payment of mortgages and rents for another 3 months (until end of September). No doubt they’ll keep extending it much longer than that. So, since March people don’t need to make their monthly mortgage and/or rent payments. In theory, the unpaid mortgage debts are just accumulating and will need to be paid once the moratorium ends (yeah, good luck with that). Rents won’t be paid, obviously, because there is no realistic way landlords could get this accumulated unpaid money from tenants. At present (and likely at least until the end of the year) they can’t even evict any tenant.
So everything will keep getting extended….and everyone will still pretend that once the “virus” is gone (or everyone is vaccinated) things will just switch back on and everything will return to normal.

PG

QUESTION: What about the rest of the billionaires. Can’t they see what these people are up to? Why have they not come to you to try to promote Socrates worldwide?

GW

REPLY: They think the people will simply surrender all their rights, their future incomes, and their assets just as Marx did. This is going to be very critical, for the rise in civil unrest Socrates has been forecasting is becoming obvious to many. The number of inquiries we are getting on a global scale is very interesting.

I have had no inquiries of that sort. You would think that some who are more Libertarian would start to take notice. But I doubt they will do so until it actually begins to threaten them directly. They fail to understand that this is a serious agenda and it is being well-organized and EXTREMELY well-funded. I would love to hear from some who are Libertarians — but I am not sure there are any. Most seem to be suffering from a guilt complex of earning too much and think they have to give back to the world by joining this New Green World Order that will ensure their own demise. They do not understand the politics behind the scheme.

Jul 15 2020

LOCKDOWNS – When Will the End?


Armstrong Economics Blog/Disease

Re-Posted Jul 15, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

This COVID-19 is a virus that will be with us into the next couple of years, yet it will mutate as all viruses do. We need a completely new crop of politicians because lockdowns are not the answer. Do these people really think they can keep locking people down for the rest of our lives every time there is a new virus? This is NOT a solution! We must live with viruses and we cannot hide in a corner for the rest of our lives.

These politicians with the media have terrorized the population and destroyed so many facets of the economy from all you can eat buffets to sports and conferences no less travel for vacations. The answer is not a lockdown every time there is another virus case that CNN, New York Times and the Washington Post immediately proclaim you will die because politicians have reopened the economy. The media and politicians have no problem with people losing their jobs, their homes unable to earn income, the destruction of the food supply, and imprisoning the population as a whole when there is NO such historical precedent for such action in 6,000 years of recorded history. You quarantine the sick – not everyone. The Attorney General has ordered prosecutors to bring charges against governors and mayors who go too far in these lockdown orders. Even in Germany, the Government’s analyst that told Merkel the virus was being exaggerated has called for an investigation of Merkel and her actions with respect to COVID-19.

The media including YouTube are out to destroy the economy solely for political purposes. YouTube removes any free speech to silence any possible debate against the World Health Organization and this is not only anti-American, but it is also outright oppressive tactics that were employed by the Communists in their revolutions in China and Russia. The United Nations would never allow another to present evidence contrary to Climate Change. The media is doing the same thing and this is NOT in the interest of free speech or civil rights no less Human Rights. They are dividing the people and only furthering civil unrest. All they see is winning their agenda and oppressing the people no different than the Communist Revolutions. This will NEVER return to normal simply because they win. Their irresponsibility is offensive and undermines civilization itself.

ANY media organization which suppresses a debate should be shut down as a threat to National Security for they are inciting civil unrest and those making such decisions should be charged with sedition.

Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
Bari Weiss’ resignation letter from the New York Times is a damning pronouncement of what the media has been doing. The FREEDOM OF THE PRESS is not the freedom to indoctrinate people with their political views. That is not what the First Amendment protects any more than yelling fire in a movie theater to see what would happen. The editors and owners should be hauled out of any media organization and criminally charged. The media should be put on notice that they MUST provide an honest debate to BOTH sides of any question that impacts National Security. If Russia was doing this to deliberately undermine the US economy, they would argue for war. Here we have domestic threats and nobody is doing anything about them.

Delinquent mortgages peaked in 2010 at  9.3%. As of March 31st, 2020, the reporting banks serviced approximately 15.4 million first-lien residential mortgage loans with $3 trillion in unpaid principal balances which were 28.7% of all residential mortgage debt outstanding in the United States according to our database. The implications are far-reaching both for the credit market and the individuals not to mention the real estate markets particularly in the Blue States where the lockdowns have been the most drastic.

The question we must face is that in the next election, ANY politician who has voted for a lockdown should be REMOVED from office. Even Anthony Fauci should be fired if not tarred & feathered and his name should be remembered by historians as an irresponsible official who had no regard for the people he pretends to be so concerned about.