NY & the End of the American Way of Life

Guest Post by Martin Armstrong

Once upon a time, in the United States, we, the people, began our classroom day with the Pledge of Allegiance:

“I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all,”

Those days are gone, and we can no longer depend on the Courts and the legal systems for Truth, Fairness, and Justice for all, which we were told was the American Way! How many millions went off to war and died to defend that principle they have torn to shreds in New York City? The American Way of Life is dead. The Democrats have allowed our nation to be flooded with people who do not share our culture, our philosophies, or our history solely to ensure they win at all costs.

This is no longer any difference we have with Russia and China and how they treat the people. The United States now has more people in prison than China, which has 1.5 billion people compared to our 300 million. You have a 500% greater chance of going to prison because there is no more liberty and justice for all.

The Courts have turned into Totalitarian Dictatorships devoid of any accountability, and the proof of that is the mere conviction rate proving that we are the enemy of those in power. Data published by the Pew Research Center in 2019 highlighted how federal prosecutors have a 99.6% conviction rate. To put those numbers in perspective, U.S. Attorneys filed 79,704 cases in 2018. Of those, only 320 resulted in acquittals. As Pew Research wrote: “Nearly 80,000 people were defendants in federal criminal cases in fiscal 2018, but just 2% of them went to trial. “ Any criminal lawyer in New York will tell you to plead and take a deal because you CANNOT win in New York.

Judge Rakoff Why Immocent Plead Guilty

The system is so bad that Judge Rakoof was thoroughly disgusted and wrote a book on his experience on the bench in New York. The title is “Why the innocent plead guilty and the guilty of free.” I cannot express strongly enough that you have virtually no chance of a fair trial EVER in the United States. And if they cannot put you on trial, they will kill you and swear it was suicide. Nothing but nothing someone is charged with should EVER be taken as truth. Even Madoff quickly pled guilty to save his family, yet his son still committed suicide. There, too, the banks claimed they had no idea. That was a lie and ABSOLUTELY impossible.

FCI Letter 2007

I was interviewed by a journalist when they saw the bank was illegally trading in my accounts, like MF Global. They asked me if they were laundering money for the Russian Mafia “AS THEY WERE DOING IN MADOFF!” I said I had no idea. I only saw all the bogus trades that were then backed out as errors when I assumed they were parking things in my accounts. Yet, of course, if the “error” came from one account and was taken out to another, then it was money laundering. The newspaper would not allow her to publish it. The forensic accountant told the court they never shall so many “canceled trades,” but the court also covered that up. I believe I refused to invest $10 billion in their Russia scheme, so they were using my accounts for money laundering involving the oligarchs and the attempt to seize Russia.

The Elections are rigged, the Courts are corrupt, and the government is rapidly becoming the enemy of the people. All of these male illegal immigrants of military age will be compelled to sign up for the military to get citizenship and be sent off to fight in World War III.

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Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York will expose just how corrupt this whole prosecution has been. In a 92-page decision, this morally void Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump to pay a massive $355 million fine, plus more than $98 million in prejudgment interest no less. Engoron’s extraordinary ruling strategically prohibited Trump from serving as an officer or director of any business in the state for three years, giving the judge the power to appoint a prosecutor to run his company and destroy it in no time. Even George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley took issue with this, saying that “[e]ven the New York Times agreed that it could not find a single case in history where this statute was used against an individual or a company that did not commit a criminal offense, go bankrupt, or leave financial victims.

Engoron found Trump was found liable for overstating the values of his assets on bank loan applications. That is a common negotiating practice, like haggling in a biazare in Iran. It’s expected and an insult if you do not. Considering that New York City is the world’s financial capital, the city’s bankers walk on water and are among the most sophisticated on the planet. Developers always inflate property valuations, and banks have their own appraisers who simply adjust them down. According to Turley, during the trial, “witnesses [loan officers] testified that they wanted to do more business with Trump, who was described as a ‘whale’ client with high yield business opportunities.”

It is the same when trading. The banks try to guess if you will buy or sell and will move the quotes in the direction they anticipate you will trade. It is always a negotiation. That is how high-stakes finance deals are done.

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The reason I recommend that Trump file for bankruptcy IMMEDIATELY in Florida is because NY law is also rigged, and this is why the Judge did what he did. Under New York law, Trump is not allowed to even appeal his ruling without depositing the full amount in a court account, and he has only 30 days to raise that, which is CASH! If he cannot, then they will seize his property and sell it for pennies on the dollar to their best friends, who are already licking their lips and rubbing their hands. Judge Engoron has just denied former Trump’s request for a 30-day stay of judgment after defense attorneys protested the attorney general’s “rush” for enforcement. Now, they want to prevent Trump from leaving NYC so they can imprison him to stop the election.

If Congress does not intervene – we are screwed as a nation.

New York State Attorney General Letitia James is an elected Democrat. She made it clear from the outset that her goal was to destroy Trump. She actually said:

“This illegitimate president [Trump] — I look forward to going into the office of the attorney general every day, suing him, and then going home.”

This has been a biased prosecution with the sole intent of prosecuting Trump to interfere in the 2024 election – plain and simple. Because BViden controls the Justice Department, they will never prosecute anyone for doing this.

She has turned this law upside down. It was intended to protect consumers. In fact, no one was defrauded. All of the loans were fully repaid. Still, this judge and prosecutor conspired to violate everyone’s right to vote in the 2024 election. Any business can now be torn apart using this. They claim that you overvalued your assets on a loan the bank never used in its decision anyway.

I have not heard from one institutional client inside or outside the United States who thought this was reasonable. The overwhelming view is that this was a deliberate political hit job, just the latest blow in the Democrats’ relentless campaign against Trump to ensure their insane agenda continues, and the Republicans on Capitol Hill are not defending the Constitution or the people.

This judgment sent a shock wave around the world, and the rigged system that allows them to seize Trump’s assets in 30 days is a warning you better get the HELL OUT OF NYC ASAP! This was the last straw. Get out of all stocks with a New York address and sell NY state and city bonds ASAP. This judgment is so outrageous, and they intend to confiscate Trump’s properties NOW just to destroy him completely to interfere in the 2024 election.

Governor Hochul was so stupid during an interview on a radio talk show with John Catsimatidis on “The Cats Roundtable” on WABC 770 AM that she tried to reassure business owners that it’s safe to do business in the state. Her remarks made the case that this was political and that Trump was targeted because he was the Republican candidate. She said :

“I think that this is really an extraordinary, unusual circumstance that the law-abiding and rule-following New Yorkers who are business people have nothing to worry about because they’re very different than Donald Trump and his behavior.”

Hochul admits that this was political, or every New York developer who has ever overstated the value of a property on a loan application is now at risk of being bankrupted and all their assets seized by making the fine so large it cannot be paid in 30 days.

The Democrats have weaponized the legal system everywhere against Trump, and their idiot base is cheering for the demise of the nation. The New York Post said it best:

“Democratic elites will chuckle into their martinis this weekend at the verdict, but your victory is pyrrhic. You’ve made Donald Trump a political martyr.”

Veteran Cemetary

My family has fought in every war since the American Revolution. Everything they fought for has been torn to shreds. I am surprised that anyone would now fight and die for a country that no longer respects the rule of law, the Constitution, or civilization. The clock is ticking. It will be time to turn out the lights by 2032.

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2024 Presidential Election by Popular Vote

I can now see why the computer is projecting a landslide for Trump. The Democrats have gone way too far. They are no longer supporters of the American Way of Life, and the computer projections for 2028 look even worse.

2028 Presidential forecast

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25 Comments
YourAverageJoe
YourAverageJoe
February 23, 2024 6:26 am

If you’re escaping New York and headed to Texas it would probably be a good idea to ditch the license plates on your car and lose that stupid Yankee accent.

Todd Packer's Mentor
Todd Packer's Mentor
  YourAverageJoe
February 23, 2024 6:49 am

I hope that Trump gets a loan for $500 million using only Mar-A-Lago as collateral.

Harrington Richardson
Harrington Richardson
  Todd Packer's Mentor
February 23, 2024 12:12 pm

Hardly mentioned for reasons I do not know, Trump’s SPAC involved in media finally got settled and his net worth is as much as FOUR Billion bucks higher than last week.

Anonymous
Anonymous
February 23, 2024 6:43 am

The Trump judgment is persecution theater.

hardscrabble farmer
hardscrabble farmer
  Anonymous
February 23, 2024 7:48 am

It serves as a demonstrable threat to those who don’t support the new thing.

Trump is a Judas goat, not a victim.

Harrington Richardson
Harrington Richardson
  hardscrabble farmer
February 23, 2024 12:18 pm

Would you be willing to expand on that? What are you seeing others may be missing?

AnonNoMores
AnonNoMores
  hardscrabble farmer
February 23, 2024 5:27 pm

“A Judas goat will lead sheep to slaughter, while its own life is spared. Judas goats are also used to lead other animals to specific pens and onto trucks.”

Ouch.

Anonymous
Anonymous
February 23, 2024 6:53 am

The American Way of Life™ [conspicuous overconsumption] was an idea invented in NYC ad agencies.

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Anonymous
February 23, 2024 7:58 am

And swallowed hook, line, and sinker by its intended marks. Every trade has two sides. It takes two to tango. We keep ourselves in chains. Nobody is doing anything to us. True revolution is a matter of simple arithmetic: when enough unplug, the machine stops.

“When enough people understand reality, tyrants can literally be ignored out of existence. They can’t ever be voted out of existence.” ― Larken Rose

Reduce the demand side for fentanyl. Remove the funding for the invasion. Stop producing welfare dependents. Stop staffing Caesar’s armies with soldiers, bureaucrats, and voters.

And I never pledged allegiance to the flag, even in elementary school – just followed instinct. I’d stand, but I wouldn’t recite. I just knew, even when I was a kid. I don’t know how, but I knew. It just stunk. Now, I’m old, and I have words to support that instinct. Abolish the state, and all other groupthink.

Abolish the state and all other sheepish behavior. Become free inside. Stop even wanting Madison Avenue’s shiny crap. Leave the Emerald City.

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Anonymous
February 23, 2024 10:21 am

Yes.
I want to commune with the dirt.

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Anonymous
February 23, 2024 2:43 pm

Each of us will, eventually, by default, commune with the dirt. To win is to do it while alive.

flash
flash
February 23, 2024 8:07 am

Once upon a time, in the South, we began our school day with the Pledge and then the intercom system played Dixie.

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Gaping sphincter
Gaping sphincter
February 23, 2024 8:12 am

Think of how many imbeciles have signed up to die in our military to protect this disgusting system. My family is no different . Uncle’s ,cousins ,my father used up and abandoned . The Jews, niggers ,spicks and communists have destroyed this country.White cunts use the courts to destroy white males . What a fucking total scam this shithole has become.

Gaping sphincter
Gaping sphincter
February 23, 2024 8:42 am

When I was a kid I used to take the LIRR to Penn Station NY. This was in the 1970s. NY was supposedly collapsing at the time . I used to buy a bag of roasted chestnuts walk across the street to the Statler Hilton . Ride on the elevators and explore the ball rooms and hall ways nobody ever bothered me. I hear they tore down that hotel to build a new office tower. It’s on hold the sites going to be tennis courts ! I guess it’s much worse today than the 70s.

flash
flash
  Gaping sphincter
February 23, 2024 8:46 am

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Gaping sphincter
Gaping sphincter
  flash
February 23, 2024 9:01 am

Rofl ,or more than two pawn shops and a check cashing establishment and three liquor stores.

TN Patriot
TN Patriot
  Gaping sphincter
February 23, 2024 12:11 pm

Hair braids is the leading indicator around Memphrica.

Anonymous
Anonymous
  TN Patriot
February 23, 2024 2:44 pm

Afri’cancer

hardscrabble farmer
hardscrabble farmer
  Gaping sphincter
February 23, 2024 11:08 am

Took the Suburban Transit bus from Princeton to Penn Station and then go into the various skyscrapers and look for a way onto the roof. Used to sit on the top edge of the CitiCorp building and hang my legs over the side. You could feel your guts trying to move backwards inside of you trying to get away from the drop off. When a gust of wind hit your fingers would dig into the aluminum coping like it was dough. Bet I left some fingerprints up there.

No one ever hassled us or even noticed we were there. Drove into the city on the night of the Blackout of ’77 and just cruised around in the darkness until the Sun came up. It was probably a stupid thing to do, but teenagers gonna teenage.

i forget
i forget
  hardscrabble farmer
February 23, 2024 5:35 pm
Bell Amy
Bell Amy
February 23, 2024 10:20 am

I will only pledge allegiance using the Bellamy salute.

NtroP
NtroP
February 23, 2024 11:00 am

The Jan.6 insurrection con should be enough to convince anyone with half a brain that the rule of law is dead.

Anonymous
Anonymous
February 23, 2024 11:04 am

The most dangerous parasites now in control positions are white liberal useful idiots and SHEBOONS & BUCK NIGGERS wif a DEI law degree and George Soros funding

morongobill
morongobill
February 23, 2024 11:49 am

The bankruptcy idea might have some merit. It would stop any seizures of property and put it under the control of a bankruptcy judge and trustee. It would give Trump more time.

Didn't Sorates tell Ya? Since the Beginning...
Didn't Sorates tell Ya? Since the Beginning...
February 25, 2024 8:00 pm

…”The Elections are rigged, the Courts are corrupt, and the government is rapidly becoming the enemy of the people.”