The real cost of corruption runs well into the trillions of dollars when we consider the degree of bribery that even suppresses prosecution of the banks that have abused proprietary trading to undermined the entire world economy. A European report on corruption is out and that puts the cost in Europe at €120 billion, yet the […]

Literally , 10s of thousands of accounts associated with customers of Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Yahoo are being REGULARLY turned over to US government authorities EVERY six months as the result of secret court orders. This has nothing to do with terrorism – it is all about taxes. There were only 19 people alleged to […]

The NSA tracking is just the tip of the iceberg. People are starting to notice that is you click on some site, thereafter advertisements will appear when you are on-line of that company (we do not advertise). Police can track your cell-phone and have been using that technology to arrest people. There is also location-based-marketing, […]

QUESTION: Dear Mr. Armstrong, Congratulations and for all the wonderful work your doing. Al the best. I have been following your posts since 2010 and i must admit your take on the world especially the politics of it gives the common man a perspective he never would have from both the mainstream press as well as the CT’s. What i am really […]

American tanks were removed from Europe with a lot of press last year. They are now returning, but of course just for training purposes on military NATO camps in Germany.The British Defense department is also now searching for a military practice camps in the German Alps. Why ? Previously, tanks and NATO troops were practicing […]

QUESTION: Hi Mr. Armstrong: I have 2 questions. I’m 31, and like most graduates of graduate schools, I have student loans. 1) What will happen to our generation who seem to be getting more and more stuck in student loan debt, which is backed by the federal government?  Will the government forgive it?  Or will […]

According to a former adviser to Vladimir Putin, the economist  Andrei Illarionov, the Kremlin will take one of three possible scenarios with respect to the Ukraine problem. The most dramatic will be the establishment of full control over the whole Ukraine. Within the first half of February, Illarionov states that Russia will begin the total pressure on Ukraine, […]

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I understand you will be speaking in Vancouver tonight. Given the size of the audience, could you at least answer one question about the currency. You said the dollar would decline following gold’s lead. It is true that the currency has declined by more than 10%, but it did not make a […]

No matter what country we look at be it Russia, Cuba, China, or North Korean, there is a formidable difference between the PEOPLE and the GOVERNMENT – for there is a distinction and by no means are they one and the same. It is not the Russian people suppressing Ukraine – this is all driven […]