All posts in "Armstrong"

Cycle of War & Climate Change – A Lethal Combination

August 25, 2016

Historically, crops fail during periods when the weather turns sharply colder. Rising food shortages coincide with rising aggression. This seems to be a link back into ancient times. The way the climate is now turning colder is in direct harmony with the war cycle. Switzerland began recording temperatures in 1864, which provide a good European […]

Hillary Avoids Testifying Again

August 25, 2016

Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan from the US District Court in Washington has ruled that Democratic Party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton does not need to give a sworn testimony in a lawsuit concerning her use of an unauthorized private email system for her work as US secretary of state. Instead, Clinton must respond in writing to questions submitted […]

Market Talk – August 24, 2016

August 24, 2016

A strong opening for the Nikkei, almost 1% but only to turn ahead of the lunch break. Although price action was whippy the volume traded was very poor. The afternoon session was a retracement of earlier losses but again in light volume. We closed the day up +0.6% but all eyes and ears will be […]

FBI Uncovers 14,900 Undisclosed Clinton Emails

August 24, 2016

A federal judge has ordered the State Department to turn over emails before the election. The Obama Administration has been trying to protect Hillary all the way. The FBI has discovered that Hillary Clinton’s private email server had another 14,900 emails and documents from her time as Secretary of State that her attorneys had not disclosed. This […]

Canadians Officially Pay More on Taxes Than Food

August 24, 2016

It’s official. Canadians now spend more on taxes than they do on food, housing, and clothing. Well, politicians have to eat first. Their kids have to be educated to rule their generation. The Fraser Institute has calculated that the average Canadian family now pays $34,154 in taxes in total, which includes all the “hidden” business taxes […]

Germany to begin Conscription Once Again

August 24, 2016

Germany is to reestablish conscription into the military, which had been suspended on July 1, 2011 after 55 years. The Merkel government now sees a major security risk and is shifting its policy by justifying conscription once again. The duty to serve may be arguably due to tension with Russia, but it is really domestic […]

Market Talk – August 23, 2016

August 23, 2016

With little help provided by the US Asia had yet another quiet summer trading session. The Nikkei opened lower but recouped losses ahead of the lunchtime break, only to edge lower again during afternoon trading. News remains light even after a slightly better mfg PMI data only managed a short-term bounce and by end of […]

Is There Another Snowden?

August 23, 2016

  There has been a lot of chatter and speculation behind the curtain about another Snowden who is getting things out of the NSA. Now, hacking tools seem to be up for sale. The NSA has been blaming Russia, but Russia would not be selling them. This appears to be another inside job that the NSA is […]

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