Kiev Appeals to NATO For Help
The Propaganda Begins – Both Sides are Deeply Entrenched in Manipulating What Cannot be Manipulated
It is always good to read the words of the other side of any debate. If you cannot see their point of view, you will never grasp what the future holds. Marxism has not died. The only hope for that comes at the minimum time frame for a change in long-term trends, which is 26 years. The fall of Communism in China and Russia in 1989 was just the beginning of the collapse in Marxism that the West is starting to face with the crisis in pensions and the disintegration of local government and sovereign debt. That minimum target is actually 26 years from 1989 and that brings us to guess what – 2015. The next two targets are 37 years (2026) with the major target being 43 years (10 * 4.3 = 2032).
The entire problem is both the West and Russia want to manipulate society and the economy to achieve their personal political goals. Both do not really believe in free markets for that goes against their perceived personal power. The rhetoric continues to rise from both sides and it is becoming increasingly clear that while Communism fell, the core ideology has not for all issued are still framed therein.
The game is afoot. The dogs of war have been unleashed. We are entering perhaps the MOST DRAMATIC period of conflict we have ever seen since the fall of Rome. Our models are converging and that is not very good. This convergence is internal strife (civil unrest) combined with outright international war. The worst of these trends will start to make themselves know after October. We will review this in detail at the Cycle of War Conference on March 21st, 2014 (see report).
Protest Erupting now in Portugal
Now we are seeing demonstrations emerging in the capital and other Portuguese cities over the debt-burdened country the corruption of politicians and the austerity measures. The General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers organized the demonstrations and called for the Portuguese people to demand higher wages and improved health care, education and social security services. Of course they have not figured out that money cannot simply be stolen from others and handed to them as well.
Eventually, the Portuguese government pretends it is confident the country will be able to exit the bailout program in June this year as scheduled after an early sign of economic recovery it claims appeared during the second half of last year. However, as events bubble up in Ukraine, people will start to hoard money and save once again in the face of uncertainty and that is not likely to allow Portugal to meet its “ideal” objectives.
Socialism at its Best – Rome Itself Bankrupt like Detroit?
This is indicative of the economic crisis. Socialism has done more to line the pockets of government than to help the people. They always point their finger at the rich and say get them, but the more goes to government and bankers. Right on time, the city of Rome is on the verge of bankruptcy once again. About half of the municipal governments in Germany are in similar straits.
Russian Troops Invaded Zaporizhzhya
Here is a Ukrainian Map. Russian troops have invaded the eastern provinces already and have now been spotted in Zaporizhzhya. Yanukovych came from the province of Donetsk and all the corrupt politicians are from there or Luhansk who have also fled. The Russian invasion is moving very rapidly. We do have on the ground contacts in the East. Here is a video from Donetsk where the speaker is saying in Russian that the question is should they be part of Ukraine, to which the crowd says no! He asked should Donetsk be independent? Some cheer – yes! But then he asks, should Donetsk join Russia? The crowd roars – yes!.
Ukrainian Propaganda
The words on this propaganda picture means are clear. On the left it states here are the dangerous revolutionaries, who are financially supported by EU and NATO and had special military training. On the right, here are spontaneous grounded groups of Self Defense with weapons.
This is how the pro-Russian press are portraying this event. The people in the West who spin these stories of how the CIA had its plot are aiding this very propaganda when they know nothing about what is actually taking place there and they are justifying the murder of innocent civilians. We do not see people with military gear, but self-made wooden shields and chains. This is not the type of gear handed out by the CIA. On the left are these Self-Defense forces of Maidan in Kiev and on the right are Russian soldiers in Crimea.
This is how war is justified
It is UNLIKELY that we will see any actual clash between Russia & the West
until AFTER October 2014
West is Impudent – This is like the Fall of Rome
Obama has spoken harsh words threatening there will be “costs” to a Russian invasion of Ukraine, but these “costs” will simply be economic sanctions that will further the new Cold War. Putin asked the Russian upper house legislature for “permission” to invade and of course they granted that hands down.
The barbarians tried for decades to invade the Roman Empire. Marcus Aurelius fought them back in Germany before he died in 180AD. Eventually, as the fiscal mismanagement of Rome unfolded and pensions promised to the military eroded, the defenses declined with the spirit of the people and then the barbarians were able to enter the Roman Empire.
It is always economics that dictates the trend. Russia would never dare invade Ukraine unless it knew the USA and Europe can do nothing about it – they are impudent. The barbarians were able to sack Rome itself several times because the empire has squandered its resources. The USA and Europe are so desperate to hunt down money to pay their own pensions, that they have destroyed the security of the world for they have crumbled just as the Roman Empire. It was defeated from within – taxes and corruption.
Training Session Conference Will be Sold-Out This Week
The Training Session is virtually sold out. We have less than 10 seats available for those attending all sessions. We are stating this now because typically there is a mad rush to get in at the last-minute. In 2011, we have to turn away about 300 people. So those who were trying to see if their schedules would fit, we cannot even get a bigger room at this point. So what is left for the Training Session on March 23rd is available on a first-some first-served basis. We simply cannot extend that session for the audience will get too big and we will lose the classroom atmosphere.
Russia Invades Ukraine
Now in the Eastern parts of Ukraine even 600km north of Crimea than has had all its communications cut off, Ukrainian flags are torn down and Russian flags are now starting to appear. One various social networks, there have been open cries for more Russians to appear in the East of Ukraine to provide justification from Russia to move in to protect its citizens. Russia is now invading under the pretense that Crimea has asked Russia for help. So we are now moving to checkmate.
The rumors being circulated claim that the people of Maidan are dangerous revolutionaries intent on killing all Jews and they will invade other cities to kill any Ukrainian that disagrees with them. This is then spun into seeking Russia to protect the Ukrainian people from these madmen. Yet there are Russians appearing with signs that say they are Russian but they want to live in Ukraine asking Putin not to invade.
The situation gets worse with each passing day. It seems clear that Russia will take Ukraine. They are waiting for any Ukrainian to begin shooting at Russians to justify the coming invasion. From an economic standpoint, this should impact the financial markets in a major way.
There are those who in Russia and the typical conspiracy nuts in the USA that claim this is a failed CIA plot. They disrespect those who died and cannot see for a single moment that this is a global trend that is being driven by economics with wide-scale corruption that will appear even in the USA. They constantly want to see the world in war, spin nonsense they know nothing about, and this they preach will make only gold rise and nothing else.
There was no CIA plot. Now they are no doubt scrambling. This began as a real grass-roots event and that is why these people were not armed. It it was a real funded uprising, they would have had every weapon just like they hand out in Syria. A lot a real people will now die and they are fighting for their OWN freedom.
One reader writes comparing the Russian invasion of Georgia to the events in Ukraine noting that things did not pan out as these same people claimed back then like some broken record playing with the financial lives of people:
Let’s look at returns for several asset classes during this time period:
- - US Dollar: +5.31%
- - Gold: -12.47%
- - S&P500: +0.89%
- - Crude Oil: -9.03%
- - Brent Oil: -9.71%
- - Russian Stock Exchange: -9.58%
If we look at the Russian invasion of Afghanistan on December 24, 1979, this helped to contribute to the final Phase Transition in gold. From the 1976 low of $103 to December 1979, gold struggled to rally $400. However, the final Phase Transition saw the doubling of gold in the last 4 weeks until it peaked on January 21st, 1980. Clearly, the rhetoric by the gold promoters must be taken with extreme caution. They wiped out so many people back then as well preaching that the decline was temporary and that only gold would soar to many thousands of dollars. Reagan was pictured as a Hawk and we would be engulfed in the end of the world. Gold declined for 19 years, yet they are back again with the same slogans that seems to entrap generation after generation.
We have serious issues to deal with and they MUST be approached with caution, objectivity, and without this constant bias that leads to perpetual losses. We need ONLY facts – not opinions for as in markets, the majority of opinion is ALWAYS wrong.