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COMMENT: Mr Armstrong, Congratulations. You exposed Victoria Nuland, her sister-in-law, and her husband long before anyone. This forced us to look closer here in what you now call Marxville. Catchy name, BTW. The more people who have looked at her closely, the more she has become the face of the war against Russia. It was […]

QUESTION: Marty, is it time to short Bitcoin? Even the stochastic are starting to roll over. My best indicator is a crypto bug who says you are wrong and it will replace the dollar at go to 100,000 any day now. He is always the kiss of death in trading. Never looks at charts. Only […]

  Obama’s office shared a statement with NBC News and made it clear that the former first lady has no interest in running for the executive office. However, that is not addressing the real rumor that at the convention in August, the Democrats can draft her and during the entire primary campaign, she never has to […]

The computer has been forecasting these events decades in advance. As we approach them, what seemed outlandish years ago seems likely today. The civil unrest is dividing not just the United States but we see it in Canada and throughout Europe. This is NOT simply due to Trump. What is unfolding is the discontent with […]

BlackRock finally admitted that their ESG policies in the name of shareholder capitalism have been bad for business. “BlackRock’s business, scale and investments subject it to significant media coverage and increasing attention from a broad range of stakeholders,” the company stated in it’s annual filing with the SEC. “This heightened scrutiny has resulted in negative […]

Haiti has been in ruin for many years, largely in part to widespread corruption and political instability that has led to various gangs claiming control over the control rather than any secure government. Haiti is consistently on every humanitarian watch list with over 2.5 million residents living in extreme poverty without sufficient food, water, or […]

California is raising the minimum wage of fast food employees from $16 to $20 under the FAST Act. I have explained that raises to California’s minimum wage was restricted due to successful lobbying efforts on behalf of fast food establishments. The new law does include commercial fast food restaurants, excluding Panera Bread. Why? Fast food […]

Trump won the North Dakota primary. Because he got more than 60%, he took all the delegates. Most media say he won. They seem not to want to report the actual numbers. Trump won 84.6% against Haley, taking 14.2%. We will see if she refuses to drop out after Super Tuesday. That refusal will warn […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 198.41 points or 0.50% to 40,109.23 Shanghai increased 12.29 points or 0.41% to 3,039.31 Hang Seng increased 6.53 points or 0.04% to 16,595.97 ASX 200 decreased 9.80 points or -0.13% to 7,735.80 Kospi increased 31.91 points or 1.21% to 2,674.27 […]