I Like This Guy!

[Ozarks Tom]

I know nothing about Argentine politics, except it's been socialist for quite some time, and its once good economy has been run into the ground, just like they always do.

The country has huge natural resources, but it's a basket case economically.  Sounds like a whole lot of what he's promising to do needs to be done here.

Libertarian politician and former Argentine economist Javier Milei won Argentina’s presidential elections on Sunday.

Milei, a self-described “anarcho-capitalist,” has promised to end Argentina’s rampant inflation – which recently topped 140% – by replacing the local currency with the American dollar, and eliminate half of the country’s government agencies, which he often symbolized by wielding a chainsaw on the campaign trail, according to The Associated Press. Milei is a prominent believer in conservatism and has frequently denounced leftist policies as the reason for Argentina’s struggling economy and culture of poverty. 

dailycaller.com/2023/11/20/leftist-sons-of-bitches-be-afraid-meet-javier-milei-argentinas-new-libertarian-president/

[Tricky Grama]

Sounds like we need him here!

[rybach]

He's definitely what that country needs. We'll see if he's able to do anything, though. Those people just don't learn. They have severe economic collapses on a fairly regular cycle, yet they just keep doing more of the socialist crap. They did elect him, but he doesn't have much of a mandate, and much of the government is still Peronist.

The idea of dollarizing seems a little out of character for an anarcho-capitalist, simply switching from one central bank to another. But even as bad as the Fed is, the dollar would be a huge improvement for Argentina because their currency is so much worse.

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[Ozarks Tom]

rybach, He's definitely a step in the right direction, but like you say, we'll see what he's really able to accomplish. Taking a scythe to the bureaucracy is going to be a real hill to climb, lots of oxes being gored when you figure in all the corruption that's built into their (our?) system.

Now if he'd just get a darn haircut.

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www.nationalreview.com/news/incoming-argentinian-president-javier-milei-plans-to-convert-to-judaism/

Incoming Argentinian President Javier Milei Intends to Convert to Judaism

Javier Milei, the newly-elected Argentinian president and staunch advocate of Israel, is reportedly planning on converting to Judaism.

The incoming president made his first post-election visit to the United States last week to meet with American officials and members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the nation’s capital. However, Milei first stopped in Brooklyn, N.Y., home of the Orthodox Jewish Chabad Lubavitch headquarters, and prayed at the gravesite of the movement’s former spiritual leader.

On Tuesday, Bloomberg reportedly confirmed from one of Milei’s spokespeople that the leader intends to convert to Judaism, correcting an earlier claim made by the outlet on Monday that he was already in the midst of the process. Milei was raised Catholic and was vocally critical of fellow Argentinian Pope Francis during his candidacy.

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[Ozarks Tom]

I guess it would be too much to expect for Biden to meet with him, too much like Trump.

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Nov 23, 2023 13:35:34 GMT Ozarks Tom said:

Now if he'd just get a darn haircut.

Just combing it might help. 

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www.lewrockwell.com/2023/12/gary-d-barnett/so-what-do-libertarians-and-the-right-wing-think-of-milei-now/

So What Do 'Libertarians' and the 'Right-Wing' Think of Milei Now?

By Gary D. Barnett



December 9, 2023

I warned just after the recent Argentina election, that Javier Milei was not as advertised, and in fact, that he was no different than other politicians. Many condemned my criticism of their new political ‘hero,’ as latching on to any chance for ‘change’ by ignorant and duped voters, is always the imbecilic response by those voluntarily seeking a master to rule them. As I write this just two weeks later, and before he has even taken office, much has already changed, exposing corruption, and political reality that is eternally present. But given the circumstances surrounding all the hype of this self-described new ‘libertarian’ and ‘anarcho-capitalist,’ it seems prudent to expose all the contradiction that surrounds Milei, his Cabinet appointments, his immediate back-tracking, and his connections and supporting cast worldwide, even before he is inaugurated. I think this very important because of so much interest and support coming from the U.S., especially the ‘libertarian’ crowd, and much of the alternative media, whose feigned passion for the people, while at the same time promoting the advancement of freedom through the ballot box, creates a false dichotomy of epoch proportion.

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I am not writing this specifically as a hit piece against Javier Milei, but against all ruling class types who claim to be the saviors of the people, by seeking and accepting State power to wield over them. I am only pointing out the gross double-speak, contradiction, and hypocrisy that is so common with all in the political class, government, and any who desire to rule over others, as they can never be trusted. So to be fooled into their trap of propaganda, only requires giving trust without scrutiny, and expecting (hoping for) a desired outcome before it is proven, based only on extreme rhetoric, false promises, political pledges, and bombastic and pompous displays of theatre. All these things are useless, and an assault on the intellect of any able to think for themselves, but given that the ability to think critically is now a very minority position, one can see why those choosing to rule have such an easy time fooling the crowd. Milei’s campaign was little more than a circus-like psychological takeover of the empty minds of those looking for a savior in a crowd of fraudulent criminals.



Melei’s most adamant position taken, was his promise to “blow up” the central bank system. Since he was elected in November, things have already changed. This can be looked at in several ways, but his Cabinet appointees are a good place to start.



His choice for head of the economy, the Economic Minister, is Luis ‘Toto’ Caputo, who previously was Chief of Trading for Latin America with JP Morgan, as well as holding the same position for Deutsche Bank, all from 1994 to 2003. He was past head of Argentina’s Central Bank, (BCRA) where he increased the interest rate dramatically, causing the Argentinian Peso to devalue 40% in just three months. He resigned shortly thereafter. In 2017 he was accused by a branch of the Fiscal Ministry of embezzlement, while managing two offshore ‘wealth’ funds of over $100 million, as he withheld reporting these on his disclosure statement. There is much more, but this is Milei’s new head of the economy, and that should open the eyes of anyone as to the corruption involved in this entire political organized crime that Milei seems to want to continue.



Milei also chose Santiago Bausili as the new central bank head. (I thought there was to be no central bank?) Bausili also worked for JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank in debt, capital markets, and of course, derivatives, in markets covering Argentina, Chile, and Peru. This looks like old home week for Argentina, as the same guys responsible for the past destruction of the economy will be back in the saddle along with Milei, who has already, it seems, backed away from any immediate closure (blowing up) of the central bank. It looks like JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, and possibly the U.S. Federal Reserve, (redundant) could be controlling the Argentine monetary system. If I were a cynic, (or realist) I think this could be called the old “bait and switch” technique.



Milei’s next bombshell announcement during his campaign trail performance, was to scrap entirely the Argentine peso in favor of the U.S. dollar. He did not give details of course, but I think the plan had something to do with a chainsaw event, as he actually wielded a chainsaw on air while campaigning, so as to make sure the people knew he was serious about eliminating government. Statists never abolish the power structure they seek, contrary to such rhetorical grandstanding theatrical performances.



How in the world is Milei going to scrap the peso for the dollar, when the Argentina central bank has no dollars? There have been rumors, that Argentinians holding dollars around the world, would be so impressed with Milei’s promises, and would gain so much confidence, that they would repatriate their dollars. I would not hold my breath. The only other option is the borrow those dollars, and that would likely be from banks and investment companies in the U.S. on Wall Street, those like JP Morgan, Blackrock, and Citi-Bank. So who would control Argentina’s monetary system should this be the plan? Sounds like Argentina’s economy could be colonized by U.S. interests. The IMF could also get involved, (they already have) but then how much of Argentine property would be collateralized to gain these loans, and what could happen if a default occurred again? I do not think this will end well for the Argentinian people, but then, politics has never accomplished what it promises.



In addition, if Argentina completely dumps its sovereign currency, the peso, and replaces its entire monetary system with dollars, who will actually be controlling Argentina? What will happen when the U.S. Federal Reserve continues to devalue the currency by printing trillions of dollars out of thin air? What will happen if the U.S. and the Argentine government fall out of favor? What will happen when U.S. sanctions get in the way of Argentinian trade? What will happen if rates are continually raised? What will happen to Argentina, if the dollar loses its world reserve status due to economic bankruptcy? If Argentina no longer controls its own money, they will be under the thumb of the biggest empire in the world, and one that is rapidly deteriorating toward its own chaotic economic collapse, and eventual demise. I wonder if Argentinians are excited about becoming a colony of the U.S?
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www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/javier-milei-about-turns-as-he-commits-to-paris-climate-agreement/ar-AA1li6Ch

Javier Milei about-turns as he commits to Paris climate agreement

Javier Milei, the new president of Argentina, has about-turned on his commitment to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.



Mr Milei, who was sworn into office on Sunday, had previously said he intended to rescind Argentina’s participation in the agreement after calling climate change a hoax.



But the country’s new top climate diplomat, Marcia Levaggi, told Reuters on Sunday that Mr Milei’s government had sent her to head the Argentine delegation at the United Nations Cop28 climate talks underway in Dubai.



She arrived on Sunday just as Mr Milei was being inaugurated in Buenos Aires to chants of “Libertad!” and “Presidente!”



Amongst the world leaders to attend Mr Milei’s inauguration were Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, Hungary’s Viktor Orban and Chile’s Gabriel Boric.

After the ceremony, Christina Kirchner, the former vice-president, appeared to give the middle finger to Milei supporters as she left office.



Mr Milei – a right-wing economist, political outsider and former TV pundit – won November’s general election with the highest percentage of votes since the country’s return to democracy in 1983, against the backdrop of a crippling financial crisis.



Mr Milei campaigned with radical policies, including replacing the country’s peso with the US dollar, shutting the central bank, and halving the number of ministries. He also proposed holding a referendum on the legality of abortion, easing regulation on guns and called the climate crisis a “socialist lie”.
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journal-neo.su/2023/12/14/financial-elites-take-one-back-the-imfs-argentina-coup/

Financial Elites Take One Back – The IMF’s Argentina Coup


Within hours of Javier Milei’s election win over Argentinian President Alberto Fernández, Latin America’s 3rd largest economic power withdrew its petition to join the BRICS. Scheduled to become a member of the bloc at the start of the coming year, Argentina will shun what Fernández and many financial analysts called a “great opportunity.” The struggling Argentinians will sink with the other nations clinging to the dollar hegemony. For those who question “why” – the reasons are obvious.



Puppeteering Western Elites


Who could stand in the wings of such a reversal of fortune for South America’s 2nd biggest economic power? Well, the American hegemons, of course. It should come as no surprise that Javier Milei was the head economist for Máxima AFJP, a private pension company which is 40% owned by New York Life (BlackRock). This U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission registration statement from 2012 shows NYL Advantage controlled 40% of Máxima AFJP. Meili was installed as Argentina’s leader (like Ukraine’s Zelensky) as pushback against the multipolar world taking shape.



For BlackRock and other institutional shareholders of Latin American debt, and with the dollar under assault, Argentina joining the BRICS would have been a death spike. The new bloc move would also not be in the best interest of billionaire Eduardo Eurnekian, the man standing directly behind Milei. The connections between Javier Milei and BlackRock is through Darío Epsteín, representative of Pampa Energía, which is in bed with Eurnekian (CGC Energy). BlackRock also holds a huge amount of Argentinian debt securities. As for Eurnekian, he’s a fascinating figure, a child of Armenian immigrants to Argentina who is known as “The Nation Builder in Chief” to Armenians.



Argentina’s migration into the Russia-China orbit would have been as bad or worse than losing the Ukraine proxy war on Russia where American corporate investments are concerned. To understand how crucial Latin American countries are to the Western financial hegemony, we need only look back to the 1990s, when advisory committees of international banks negotiated debt-restructuring agreements for Argentina, Brazil, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Nicaragua and Iraq. This story about former Citibank chair William Rhodes, from the Center for Financial Stability, lists names of people heavily invested in American and European domination of finance. One name, BlackRock co-founder Barbara G. Novick, bears special importance, given the association through BlackRock with the newly elected Argentina president.



Nation Building Wizards


Rhodes (now 88), the person most instrumental in creating the current cleptocracy after the 2008 financial crisis, must soon pass the torch to another of the financial elites so that the crises can continue to line the pockets of the ageing order. Rhodes, a board member or director of organisations into every aspect of foreign policy, banking, international investing, energy, Washington think tanks, and more, is also the vice-chairman of the National Committee on United States–China Relations. His involvement (control) of Argentinian politics and policy began with his debt restructuring for Buenos Aires and led to President Mauricio Macri’s election in 2015.



Rhodes and his financial elites colleagues have set Javier Milei at just the point the Argentinian people were about to emerge from their current crisis with BRICS alignments. Alberto Fernández had to block Russia and the other BRICS from ideologically and fiscally dominating Latin America. Under Macri, Argentina became another satrap for the Anglo-American elites by realigning with America, making a free-trade agreement with the EU and the Pacific Alliance. Few remember that Macri’s grandmother, Lea Garbini, was part of a powerful family in Italy aligned with Benito Mussolini.

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[Ozarks Tom]

Oh for Pete's sake. Argentina not joining financially with our enemies is a bad thing now? Bemoaning China and Russia not having an economic partner is pretty weak tea considering the BRICS+ entire goal is destroying the American economy.

I've no likes for Blackrock or any of its ilk, but sticking a finger in their eyes isn't what's at play here. Keeping the dollar alive and well around the world is.

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nationalfile.com/javier-milei-spends-nearly-1-billion-on-trans-hormones-for-argentine-kids/

Javier Milei Spends Nearly $1 Billion on Trans Hormones for Argentine Kids

Argentine children and others will receive taxpayer-funded sex change hormones and puberty blockers, courtesy of President Javier Milei.

Last Updated on March 23, 2024



The government of Argentine President Javier Milei is spending a whopping $827 million Argentine Pesos on transgender sex change hormones, including puberty blockers that will be provided to children deemed trans. The massive purchase of body mutilation drugs comes after Milei, a member of Argentina’s Libertarian Party, was both hailed and demonized as a “right-wing” icon and government spending slasher by media and political figures all over the world – especially in the United States.

According to the Argentine news publication El Disenso, “the Milei government will spend 827 million on inputs for the homogenization of children, adolescents and trans adults.”

In other words, Milei is spending at least $827 million Argentine Pesos (equivalent to $972,442 USD) to facilitate the mutilation and complete bodily destruction of Argentine children, and other citizens.



As El Diseno reported:



The current government has just published the approval of a purchase of $ 827,255,100 in body modification hormones for the gender and diversity program that provides free inhibition drugs and pubertal induction for children, adolescents and trans adults.



With the signature of Nicolás Posse and Mario Antonio Russo, the government today enabled the purchase of 105,000 containers of inputs for hormonalization requested by the Directorate of Gender and Diversity within the framework of Law 26,743.

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*Well, shoot! I was hoping there was at least ONE true conservative in the world who has been elected to something.

theworldnewstoday.com/javier-milei-spends-nearly-1-billion-on-trans-hormones-for-argentine-kids/

[Ozarks Tom]

Okay, I've been quiet after reading the several hit pieces on Milei, but this one takes the cake. First of all, this latest is from "National Rifle", not the "National Rifle Association", meaning its a phony site trying to make people believe its a conservative outfit. My bet? Its Russian retaliatory BS due to his withdrawing from the BRICS.

Second, does anyone really believe that a high-majority Catholic country is buying drugs to change children's sex?

Third, this misrepresentation in the article is outright laughable::

As National File has reported, Milei, who’s previously been affiliated with the World Economic Forum, has already been ripped for betraying the populist agenda that got him elected.

He went to the WEF conference alright, and he told them to stuff their globalist agenda where the sun don't shine in no uncertain terms.

There are bogus websites all over the internet with unknown backing, faux names, and agendas meant to upset those whose powers of critical thinking are seriously lacking.

I'm not saying Milei is the savior of Argentina, he's been in office less than three months, but doggone, these article full of innuendo, half-truths, and in some cases outright lies tearing him down are pretty obvious in their intent.

I saw nowhere a mention of his eliminating 18 government agencies on his first day in office. I doubt I missed seeing where he's balanced the government's budget as of last week.

I'm not going looking, but you can bet there are websites with official sounding names lauding all the wonderful things Biden has done for the country. Sites that make Putin sounds like the reincarnation of Thomas Jefferson, and sites that come "really close" to sounding like they're legitimate news organizations when they're really two guys in a rented office in China or Russia.

[sunny225]

Yes, there are so many fake and lying sites out there for sure.