America's Final War | Andrei Martyanov

"Warfare is a geopolitical tool of the first order; only wars of scale can measure the real strength of nations." For decades, American claims of hegemony, and by extension, those of the West, have been based on what has now proved to be a carefully constructed mythology of economic and military supremacy.

 » Barack Obama allowed Russia to steal American hypersonic technology. This is why Russia
is two generations ahead of the US in hypersonic technology, while the United States still
cannot produce even 'slow' hypersonic weapons. «

 

This is Andrei Martyanov’s fourth book addressing this issue, now as it concerns the war in Ukraine. In America’s Final War, he lays out in detail the underpinning causes and extent of its self-deception. Washington’s eight years of preparing Ukraine and its armed forces for war with Russia was a mistake of historic proportions due to its misperception of American military power based on its 1991 Gulf War victory against a minor military player. Washington believed its own propaganda about crippling sanctions on Russia, the viability of its Ukrainian proxy army, and the economic and military weakness of Russia, spelling doom for the American empire and its “rules-based order.”

 The Sarmat II ICBM travels at Mach 20.7 (25,000 km/h) and has a range of up to 18,000 km.

In comparison, the United States is actively working on its own hypersonic
weapons, which aim to travel at speeds greater than Mach 5.

Martyanov lays out Washington’s utter incompetence and shocking military amateurism. But then, he claims, the US doesn’t do strategy; it does business plans. Through 2022-2023, Russia’s Special Military Operation (SMO) exposed US and NATO forces as legacy armies stuck in the 1990s, still viewing the world from that vantage point. The massive destruction of the West’s high-cost weaponry ensued, annulling their vaunted superiority. Western armaments, from anti-tank Javelins to APC Bradleys to air defense complexes such as the Patriot PAC3 or NASAMS, performed dismally and proved unready for what has become the largest military conflict in Europe since WWII. By 2023, the Kiev regime could no longer exist without the West’s support, both financial and in war materiel. By 2024, Russia will have not just exhausted Ukraine but also demilitarized NATO as a whole, exposing the industrial and military impotence of the US and its European vassals.

 

Defeated by "revolution", Mexico gets secured as booty by Woodrow Wilson (1915).

 The White Man's Burden is over.

The finance and tech-based economy is not a real economy; expeditionary warfare and doctrine are not real war. The global balance of power has shifted to Eurasia. Western Europe has become a collection of weak and fast-deindustrializing economies which will increasingly become irrelevant against the background of the explosive economic, technological, scientific, and military development in Eurasia. The world has noticed what has been exposed, and because of that, life as we knew it is no more. The rule of the West of the last half-millennium is over.

 

Reference:

Andrei Martyanov (August 15, 2024) - America's Final War.

Andrei Martyanov (April 2, 2024) - Russia and war as a continuation of politics. (video)

 

See also:

Manat_F (August 23, 2024) - About the Kursk disaster of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Andrei Martyanov (August 22, 2024) - Russia Obliterates Ukrainian Forces and Seizes Territory in Shocking Advance. (video)

Martin Armstrong (May 1, 2024) - The Kremlin's Last Warning.

TPR (March 23, 2014) - March 18, 2014 - A Pivot of History & the Ascent of a Multi-Polar World System.

Never ask this about Western Philosophical Luminaries ...

4-Year Presidential Election Cycle 1949-2020 vs 2021-2024 | Jeff Hirsch

The market continues to follow the trends of our seasonal and 4-year cycle patterns [...] In our July Outlook, we maintained our bullish outlook for 2024, but cautioned that the market was possibly due for some mean reversion (a pullback) once NASDAQ’s 12-Day Midyear Rally ended in mid-July. NASDAQ did top out on July 10 while DJIA and S&P 500 topped about one week later.

 

The market has recovered in line with Historical Election Year strength in August, but the correction is not likely over. With President Biden stepping aside our Open Field Election Year is back in play. This does not mean we are heading into the red for the year, but it does suggest the market may continue to struggle over the next few months during the seasonal weak period and leading up to this now more uncertain election. [...] Any potential September/October market weakness could set up a solid Q4, End-of-Year Rally, most likely beginning after Election Day [Tuesday, November 5, 2024⁩].

 

Reference:
Jeffrey A. Hirsch (August 19, 2024) - Seasonality Works! Trade the Cycles & Profit from History. 

 

SPX 4-Year Cycle Update: Remarkable how well actual price action has tracked the projected composite.

See also:

Wayne Whaley (August 10, 2024) - When a negative 1st two weeks of August is preceded by a +10% January-July. 

TPR (July 25, 2024) - Cosmic Cluster Days | August 2024.

Precious Metals Setting Up for a False Move? | Martin Armstrong

When we look at precious metals, one would expect this is the long-awaited breakout for gold. Yet there is something amiss. The Yearly Array still points to a Turning Point here: 2024 with a Directional Change. That would imply that we may be looking at an important high come Monday if we reach at least 2673, or making highs after Monday may lead to the final high on August 28th, which may be more likely. The major resistance stands at the 2800 level. However, the initial target resistance for this coming week stands at 2573, 2589, 2695, and 2705.

 

Platinum is not following gold and implies it may yet test support into 2025 before a rally unfolds. Note that we have a Directional Change here in 2024 as well. However, it appears to be a low forming in 2025 and a shift to the upside thereafter.

 

 

When we turn to the Silver/Gold Ratio, we see a Double-Directional Change in 2024. The Stochastic is starting to turn down, implying that gold may decline, but silver will gain on the ratio. This is pointing to a more sustainable bull market in the years ahead [...]

 

Before a sustainable bull market exists, there is always the FALSE MOVE; in this case, it looks to be shaping up to the downside. This may present an important buying opportunity as we head into the election.

Quoted from:
Martin A. Armstrong (August 18, 20124) - The Metals Setting Up for a False Move? 

 

User Manual for Martin Armstrong's Socrates Platform, January 2019. 

Mexico Pivoting Away From Washington’s Grip

In Mexico City, Washington is accused of sponsoring opposition NGOs such as Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity (MCCI) through USAID programs and various private foundations, including Ford, Rockefeller, and Soros. The US government has sent nearly $5 million to MCCI since 2018, according to Mexico’s Financial Crimes Unit (UIF). Outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, also known as AMLO, whose term ends on September 30, 2024, has publicly condemned these actions, stating that his Foreign Ministry has sent a diplomatic notice to the US and that he will write directly to President Joe Biden about it. 

 Outgoing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
and President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, in the shadow behind him - August 16, 2024.

This accusation is part of a broader pattern of strained relations between the US and Mexico under López Obrador's presidency. Mexico has curtailed military cooperation with the United States, closing its airspace to American military aircrafts and reconnaissance drones. Last year, López Obrador accused the US Department of Defense of spying and vowed to restrict military information after Mexican-related intelligence documents were leaked. 

 

 » [...] if a foreign enemy would dare to profane Your ground with their sole, think,
Oh beloved Fatherland!, that Heaven has given a soldier in every son. War, war! With no mercy  [...] «
Mexican National Anthem

The current row is part of a general pivot away from the US, driven by López Obrador and his left-wing populist MORENA political party, which has repeatedly asserted that Mexico will not be subservient to the US.

■  Last year, López Obrador rebuked “irresponsible” calls from some US lawmakers advocating military action against drug cartels. “We are not going to permit any foreign government to intervene in our territory,” he said.
■  López Obrador conditioned helping Biden with his southern border migrant crisis on lifting sanctions from Cuba and Venezuela – both of which are Mexican trading partners.
■  Mexico slashed imports of genetically-modified US corn in favor of boosting local production, sparking a trade dispute.
■  Mexico joined other major Latin American countries in pushing back on efforts by the US and EU to diplomatically isolate President Nicolás Maduro after the Venezuelan president was reelected to a third term in office.
■  Mexico has refused to support NATO’s proxy war in Ukraine and declined to impose economic sanctions on Russia.
■  Trade volume between Russia and Mexico increased by 9.8% in the first four months of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, amounting to $759.99 million.

 

  De-Dollarization: 159 out of the 195 Countries Set to Adopt BRICS New Payment System

while Mexico remains chained by treaties to the sinking dollar-ship.

 

Mexico dethroned China to become the top exporter of goods to the US in 2023.

 

In the broader geopolitical context, Mexico is increasingly engaging with BRICS+ to diversify its global alliances and reduce reliance on the United States. This strategic shift includes substantial investments in the Mexican economy and strengthening ties with China, which offers significant trade and investment opportunities. Mexico's collaboration with BRICS+ presents huge potentials for growth in technology, energy, and agriculture. 

 

In 2024 IMF and World Bank rank Mexico 14th globally in terms of nominal GDP,  and 9th in terms of PPP.

The US attempts to influence the outcome of Mexican elections through its NGOs have been unsuccessful, and President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, who received 60% of the vote in the June 2, 2024 elections, is expected to continue López Obrador’s policies. Should Donald Trump win the next US presidential election, the relationship between the two countries could deteriorate further, with heightened conflicts related to trade, migration, weapons- and drug-trafficking, potentially bringing the two nations to the brink of direct military conflict. Balancing the BRICS+ alliances with existing commitments will be crucial for Mexico's strategic and economic goals.

Cosmic Aviarium & Hierarchy of Beings | Jorge Contreras

In the hierarchy of beings, according to the Vedic tradition, after the gods come birds, then trees, and then human beings. Men predicted the future through the flight of birds, since, by inhabiting the sky, they have knowledge inaccessible to humans. In Mesoamerica, some birds were associated with sacred elements, with the moon, water, and the sky. Owls represented darkness and death; Quetzals and Macaws were related to the sun.

 Aviarium Cuarto Suspiro

 

How do birds see? What plot does the dance of their flights follow? Who teaches them their morning songs? What stories are told before they go to sleep? What are the constellations of their stellar plumage called? What material are their thoughts made of? Where will the birds of the future live? What will be their good and stormy dreams?

After +10% January-July and a Negative First Half of August | Wayne Whaley

The S&P was up 15.8% in the first 7 months (January-July) of 2024 and, as of August 11, is down 3.2% in August. The S&P has a history of going counter trend in August with early August weakness after a strong year tending to strengthen the case for a bullish finish. For example, since 1950, there have been 16 years in which a double digit, first seven months of the year (January-July) was followed by a negative first two weeks of August.

The following August 14-January time frame was 14-2 in this setup for an average 5 1/2 months gain of 9.34%. The 5% moves were 12-0 to the positive with the worst drawdown as measured from August 14 of the single digit variety.

The weakest period, on average, was September 23-October 2 which was 6-10 for an average loss of 0.90%. The strongest time frame was October 27-January 20 which was positive in all 16 of those setups for an average, 8 week, gain of 7.27%.

Quoted from:
Wayne Whaley (August 10, 2024) - When a negative 1st two weeks of August is preceded by a +10% January-July.

» After an early August selloff, the market has tended to spend the balance of August bouncing 

around on average with little meaningful progress. The tightening of the presidential election and 

elevated geopolitical tensions are likely to keep a lid on markets through the rest of the “Worst Months“. «

 

 Jeffrey A. Hirsch @ Twitter/X - Feb 28, 2024

Next weekly directional change during week of August 26.

 

See also:
Jeffrey A. Hirsch (August 07, 2024) - No Escaping Historically Miserable August.
TPR (July 25, 2024) - Cosmic Cluster Days | August 2024.
Martin Armstrong (July 14, 2024) - Panic Cycles Week July 15 - 19 & Week September 9 - 13.

Sergey Tarassov (June 26, 2024) - 2024 DJIA vs 40 & 42 Month Cycles.

Satanic Olympic Opening Shitshow in Paris | Angelo Giuliano

The opening of the Olympics in France was a ritual, calculated, and pervert public assassination of France, French culture, Olympic values and Western 'civilization'. After this freak show Angelo Giuliano, a Hong Kong-based Italian journalist and financial analyst told Sputnik: “I would love to work for Sputnik in Russia and would not hesitate a second to swap my Italian passport for a Russian passport.”

 

 “The opening of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris is the final judgment on modern Western civilization. 

The West is cursed, and this is axiomatic. Anyone who does not immediately take up arms to destroy

this Satanic civilization, unprecedented in its brazenness, is complicit with it. Occidens delenda est.”

Alexander Dugin

Guiliano spoke to Sputnik after a social media post in which he asked Russia to grant him “asylum” after watching the “sh*t-show” of an Olympic opening ceremony in Paris went viral. The ceremony featured a controversial and offensive drag queen ‘parody’ of the Last Supper.

 

French Catholic Church's Conference of Bishops condemned the blasphemous Last Supper scene

at the Olympics opening and deplored “scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity.”

The Paris Olympics are “a disgrace for France,” Giuliano said. ”The Olympic ceremony should be a family event showing the beauty of sport, of humanity, of France’s history and instead we were faced by profanation of Christianity, faced with nudity, decadence and Satanist messages.”

 

Dancers performed the “Myocarditis Dance” simulating 

athletes who’ve died suddenly on national television.

Giuliano believes there is a “powerful minority” in the collective West that’s “imposing upon the silent majority their globalist agenda in politics” and “social engineering project” designed to radically transform societies and force a “new form of fascism disguised as liberalism” down people’s throats. This new system is disguised as a “tolerant society” but is in fact a “repressive” apparatus that “controls the media, the narrative and shuts down alternative voices,” he said.

“I personally don’t want my son to be educated in Europe and would prefer to live in China or Russia to give a healthier environment to my son,” Giuliano said. “Russia is a beautiful country with beautiful people, it has preserved its culture, history, traditions, religion, family values. This is all what most people love and what the elites of the collective West want to destroy,” he noted.
 

 As usual, Macron was completely overwhelmed by himself.

 

 

If any doubt remained about what was going on yesterday at the Olympics opening ceremony - a single rider on a pale horse appeared straight out of the Book of the Apocalypse (6:8):

“And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, 

and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, 

to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”

Look at the filth on display in Paris and remember these words of 2022: 

 

“Look what they are doing to their own peoples . [...] The West is run by Satanic pedophiles. 

[...] They are destroying the institution of the family, their cultures and historical identities. 

[...] Pedophilia is now accepted as the norm.”

 

“ What about the pope? He is silent. Is he not offended? Is he not a Christian? 

Serbs, which civilization do you belong to? ”

 

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin addressed his nation today in connection with the Satanic opening orgy of the Olympic Games in Paris: “This single event should explain the difference and the reason for the clash of the civilization between the New West and the civilization of the New East: It is the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris and the opening of the BRICS Games in Kazan, Russia. In Paris, Marie Antoinette sings, holds a bloody severed head in her hands, and the patient who set it all up shows The Last Supper as a scene from a porn movie. In Kazan athletes under national flags, folk dances without Satanic symbols, without severed heads, without sick visions only focus about sports in a healthy environment.”

Cosmic Cluster Days | August 2024

 Cosmic Cluster Day  |   Composite Line  |  Cosmic Noise Channel

○ = Full Moon | ● = New Moon

Cosmic Cluster Days and financial markets have no consistent fixed polarity nor directional bias. Nonetheless, swing directions, highs and lows  — also inside of the 'noise channel'  — may correlate or coincide with financial market directions and reversals. 

 

Upcoming Cosmic Cluster Days: 

 

Jul 23 (Tue)
Aug 19 (Mon)
Aug 23 (Fri)
Aug 25 (Sun)
Aug 26 (Mon)
Aug 29 (Thu)
Sep 05 (Thu)

 

Earlier Cosmic Cluster Days HERE

 
More background information on the original author, the concept and calculation of Cosmic Cluster Days  HERE.

 

Jack Gillen's Sensitive Degrees of the Sun for the NYSE during August 2024:

 
July 29 (Mon) = SUN @ 6 LEO = 126 degrees = positive
August 09 (Fri) = SUN @ 17 LEO = 137 degrees = negative
August 10 (Sat) = SUN @ 18 LEO = 138 degrees = positive
September 02 (Mon) = SUN @ 10 VIR = 160 degrees = negative

Turning points in the Geocentric Bradley Barometer during August 2024:

 

June 29 (Sat) = High
August 19 (Mon) = Low
August 29 (Thu) = High
September 07 (Sat) = Low

The SoLunar Rhythm in August 2024:

August 4 (Sun)
August 10 (Sat)
August 12 (Mon)
August 14 (Wed)
August 19 (Mon)
August 23 (Fri)
August 26 (Mon)
August 29 (Thu)

The Age of Decadence | Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb

Frivolity is the frequent companion of pessimism. Let us eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die. The resemblance between various declining nations in this respect is truly surprising. The Roman mob demanded free meals and public games. Gladiatorial shows, chariot races and athletic events were their passion. In the Byzantine Empire the rivalries of the Greens and the Blues in the hippodrome attained the importance of a major crisis. 

 

The Age of Charlatans: Donald Trump starring in 'The Apprentice'.

American reality TV series, 2004-2017.

 

Judging by the time and space allotted to them in the press and television, football and baseball are the activities which today chiefly interest the public in Britain and the United States respectively. The heroes of declining nations are always the same - the athlete, the singer or the actor. The word ‘celebrity’ today is used to designate a comedian or a football player, not a statesman, a general, or a literary genius.

Volodymyr Zelensky starring in 'The Servant of the People'.

Ukrainian reality TV series, 2015-2019.

 

In 10th century Baghdad, contemporary historians lamented the decadence of the period, which was signified by who the citizens considered their heroes. They deeply deplored the degeneracy of the times in which they lived, emphasizing particularly the indifference to religion, the increasing materialism and the laxity of sexual morals. They lamented also the corruption of the officials of the government and the fact that politicians always seemed to amass large fortunes while they were in office.

 

The historians commented bitterly on the extraordinary influence acquired by popular singers over young people, resulting in a decline in sexual morality. The ‘pop’ singers of Baghdad accompanied their erotic songs on the lute, an instrument resembling the modern guitar. In the second half of the tenth century, as a result, much obscene sexual language came increasingly into use, such as would not have been tolerated in an earlier age. Several khalifs issued orders banning ‘pop’ singers from the capital, but within a few years they always returned.

» The heroes of declining nations are always the same

- the athlete, the singer or the actor. «

 

It is of interest to note that decadence is the disintegration of a system, not of its individual members. The habits of the members of the community have been corrupted by the enjoyment of too much money and too much power for too long a period. The result has been, in the framework of their national life, to make them selfish and idle.
 

 » Citizens of great nations in decadence are normally physically 

larger and stronger than those of their barbarian invaders. «

Decadence is both mental and moral deterioration, produced by the slow decline of the community from which its members cannot escape, as long as they remain in their old surroundings. But, transported elsewhere, they soon discard their decadent ways of thought, and prove themselves equal to the other citizens of their adopted country. Neither is decadence physical. The citizens of nations in decline are sometimes described as too physically emasculated to be able to bear hardship or make great efforts. This does not seem to be a true picture. Citizens of great nations in decadence are normally physically larger and stronger than those of their barbarian invaders.

 

Decadence is a moral and spiritual disease, resulting from too long a period of wealth and power, producing cynicism, decline of religion, pessimism and frivolity. The citizens of such a nation will no longer make an effort to save themselves, because they are not convinced that anything in life is worth saving.

Quoted from:
Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb (1978) - The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival.

 » It is of interest to note that decadence is the disintegration of a system. «

See also:
Serge Bernard (2016) - From Conquest to Affluence to Collapse: The 250 Year Empire Life Cycle.

William Strauss & Neil Howe (1997) - The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy.

¡ Goodbye, Biden !

 » Who must go ? «

 

 

 

See also:

Alexander Markovics (July 21, 2024) - How Hollywood and the Deep State are preparing Americans for Civil War.