GAMBLING: Losing money on races that don’t exist

Thursday, June 22, 2023

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkaaz7/inside-world-of-virtual-sports-betting

​Life
The Horse Isn’t Real. People Are Betting on It Anyway.

  • In virtual sports betting, the house edge is insane, there’s even more stigma and the racing never stops.

by Kyle MacNeill  — June 13, 2023, 3:45am

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It’s 10AM in my local William Hill and the races are on at the picturesque Hilltop Gardens. Sugar Cube, 12-1, is doing the impossible: Having loitered at the back of the pack for most of the race, he’s advancing up the field as if he’s just snorted an entire bag of Silver Spoon. Leading horse Yes Ma Lady, ridden by Kieran Tyler, starts to slow, saddled by fatigue. No wonder, he’s been racing literally all day. Sugar Cube crystallises near the front; Council Gritter eats dust; Yoga Flame doggedly slips downward; the final stretch is in sight. It’s a photo finish – Sugar Cube takes it. It’s an instant classic.

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Interesting read. At least it’s not betting on “anything that talks”.

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Paris explosion injures at least 29 as residents evacuate buildings

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Gas explosions are not uncommon in Paris’ aging infrastructure.
— Read on nypost.com/2023/06/21/paris-building-rocked-by-explosion-at-least-16-injured/

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Gas explosions are not uncommon in Paris’ aging infrastructure.

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Wow! Excuse me but how old is it before it kills someone?

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BITCOIN: Blackrock entering Crypto means ₿ is going mainstream in the financial markets

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/14cf6mo/why_is_blackrock_entering_crypto_a_huge_deal_that/

Subreddit Icon r/CryptoCurrency •Posted by u/Zein313 Tin | SHIB 11

Why is Blackrock entering Crypto, a HUGE deal that shouldn’t be disregarded.

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BlackRock, the world’s largest and strongest asset manager with over $8 trillion in assets under management, has officially entered the crypto market in 2023. They have filed for a Bitcoin Fund and are probably buying the dip big time right now.

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TLDR: BlackRock’s entry into the crypto market is a game-changer for the industry. It’s a clear sign that digital assets are here to stay and are poised for mainstream adoption. With more institutional investment, professionalization, and regulation on the horizon, the crypto market is about to get a lot more exciting.

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This is good and bad.  They are the huge elephant in the room capable of making and manipulating the market.

And since “regulatory capture” is the rule un the USA Gooferment, don’t expect any “fairness” or “justice”.

Just look at the manipulation of commodity money metals and be warned.

I’d treat the “Market Price” of ₿ as possibly over or under stated as it suits Blackrock’s needs.

DCA of small savings regularly is the only way we have to address that.

When the lid blows of fiat currencies, then expect ₿ to explode.  Remember that fellow who bought tow pizzas for some bitcoins?  Don’t be that fellow.

Sigh!

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HEALTH: If vaccines don’t cause autism, then how do you explain … the Amish?

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/if-vaccines-dont-cause-autism-then?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=548354&post_id=128881554&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

If vaccines don’t cause autism, then how do you explain all this evidence?

  • We see an odds ratio of 5 when comparing autism in vaxxed vs. unvaxxed in MULTIPLE studies. The before:after odds are even more extraordinary. How can we ignore all this evidence?

Steve Kirsch

Jun 17, 2023

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There are large cohorts with a no vaccination policy which have NO autism

1. The Amish: We couldn’t find an Amish child with autism who wasn’t vaccinated or adopted.

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To me this is the most persuasive irrefutable evidence that something is wrong!

Where are the refutations?

Til then, I’m afraid for the children.

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OBSERVATION: Has “feminism” robbed women of respect?

Monday, June 19, 2023

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/06/how_women_have_robbed_themselves_.html

How Women Have Robbed Themselves
By Deanna Chadwell

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Women in our society have traditionally been treated with a unique honor and respect. Were we always treated fairly? Not entirely — there was a time when we couldn’t vote. There was a time when women couldn’t own property. True. But since forever men have been showing us, even in small ways, that what we have to offer society is paramount. We can make babies and without babies, mankind cannot fulfill even the most basic mandate — multiply and fill the earth.

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Certainly seems that in today’s “Only Fans” world, women have diminished themselves into mere “sex workers”, units of production, or shrill harpies.  #METOO has exposed some of the elite’s “sins” and horrible exploitation.  Epstein’s Clients have yet to named and shamed.  Injustices seem to be hard to prove or rectify.  Some cases are absurd on their face, but do nothing, when prosecuted, to make it harder for real victims to come forward and be believed.

A sad day for the USA when we fail to treat the “weaker sex” with the respect they deserve.

Argh!

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POLITICAL: Despite his flaws, DJT45 will send a message to politicians and bureaucrats in the Deep State

Sunday, June 18, 2023

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/06/our_broken_system_needs_disruption_and_trump_is_the_disruptor.html

June 17, 2023
Our Broken System Needs Disruption, And Trump Is The Disruptor
By Danny Lemieux

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“We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” —C.S. Lewis

When Donald J. Trump established himself in the president’s office in January 2017, one of the first things he did was hang a portrait of President Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office. That was a signal.

Andrew Jackson was an irascible war hero known for his blunt manner, explosive temper, and inclined to physical violence. He was elected President in 1828, his second attempt, as a reformer who promised to clean out the “deep state” corruption of his day.

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While DJT45 has many many flaws, he is promising to “disrupt” the system!

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PEACE: DJT45 Dissents From Washington’s War Agenda

Saturday, June 17, 2023

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/06/13/tucker_carlson_trump_is_the_one_guy_who_could_be_president_who_dissents_from_washingtons_war_agenda.html

Tucker Carlson: Trump Is The One Guy Who Could Be President Who Dissents From Washington’s War Agenda
Posted By Ian Schwartz On Date June 13, 2023

    Ep. 3 America’s principles are at stake pic.twitter.com/eJNSUVvvqY
      — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 13, 2023

  • Tucker Carlson delivered a monologue on former President Donald Trump and the war agenda in Washington in his monologue on the third episode of ‘Tucker on Twitter.’

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Whatever else you say about him, Trump is the one guy with an actual shot of becoming president who dissents from Washington’s longstanding pointless war agenda. And for that, that one fact, they are trying to take Trump out before you can vote for him. And that should upset you more than anything that’s happened in American politics in your lifetime. Even if you don’t plan to vote for Donald Trump, even if you would die before voting for Donald Trump, which if your right, and a lot of people feel that way, even still the destruction of our democracy which is the right of voters to support any candidate they want — even candidates that don’t want war with Russia — the destruction of that should keep you up at night.

Yes, Donald Trump is a flawed man but his sins are minor compared to those of his persecutors. In this life, we don’t get to choose our martyrs. We can only choose our principles and America’s are at stake.

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Yes, and because he objects to our warfare state, he must be destroyed.  What happened to the USA that was myob non-interventionist?

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Conspiracy Theorry: Thus Unz interview casts doubt on the “historical record”

Friday, June 16, 2023

https://www.unz.com/runz/why-everything-you-know-about-world-war-ii-is-wrong/

Why Everything You Know About World War II Is Wrong
Mike Whitney Interview with Ron Unz • June 12, 2023 

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Indeed, Flynn alleges that by late 1937, FDR had turned towards an aggressive foreign policy aimed at involving the country in a major foreign war, primarily because he believed that this was the only route out of his desperate economic and political box, a stratagem not unknown among national leaders throughout history. In his January 5, 1938 New Republic column, he alerted his disbelieving readers to the looming prospect of a large naval military build-up and warfare on the horizon after a top Roosevelt adviser had privately boasted to him that a large bout of “military Keynesianism” and a major war would cure the country’s seemingly insurmountable economic problems. At that time, war with Japan, possibly over Latin American interests, seemed the intended goal, but developing events in Europe soon persuaded FDR that fomenting a general war against Germany was the best course of action. Memoirs and other historical documents obtained by later researchers seem to generally support Flynn’s accusations by indicating that Roosevelt ordered his diplomats to exert enormous pressure upon both the British and Polish governments to avoid any negotiated settlement with Germany, thereby leading to the outbreak of World War II in 1939.

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​Here’s a pretty damning indictment of the WW2 history we’ve been fed.  Makes me wonder if ANYTHING we’ve been told or read is true.I know my uncles were CONVINCED that FDR setup Pearl Harbor to end the Great Depression.   When I mentioned it in my grammar school history lesson, the good Brother, a WW2 vet, whose name I don’t remember, didn’t say I was wrong but that it was “one opinion”.  Guess that began my cynicism and skepticism.

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: “Nirvana approach” whne comparing the Free Market ro Gooferment

Thursday, June 15, 2023

https://www.econlib.org/james-mackintoshs-misunderstanding-of-markets/

Harold Demsetz pointed out in a famous 1969 article that many economists use the “Nirvana approach.” They compare actual markets with ideal government programs run by all-knowing bureaucrats with benevolent motives rather than comparing actual markets with actual government.

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Let me know when someone finds any “government programs run by all-knowing bureaucrats with benevolent motives” because I’ve never seen any Gooferment program that works at all.

Argh!

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INSPIRATIONAL:An adult version of that “we;re twins” perception

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

https://www.boredpanda.com/adoptions-unites-two-best-friends/

Boy Becomes Friends With 12 Y.O. Foster Kid So The Family Adopts Him
Margo Butautaite  — BoredPanda staff

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In an ideal world, every child has nurturing parents that love and protect them and kiss them goodnight after checking for monsters under the bed. Unfortunately, the reality is more tragic. Many children get taken away from abusive parents and end up in foster care waiting for years for a new family. A boy from Tennessee was lucky to have found a family that loves him unconditionally AND ended up having his best friend as his brother. How cool is that?

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I don’t often find “inspirational” material on Bored Panda; so this was special.

It made me think of all those memes where young children claim “twin-ship” by wearing the same clothes and ignore that they are of different “races”.  (It makes me thing that “race” really doesn’t exist except as a meme in the midst of adults!)

This story is an adult version of that perception.

I hope that all involved have all the blessings that Karma can grant them and some on all those who can’t see the beauty of the family’s action.

Dona Nobis Pacem

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