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Geez , bitcoin $96,132 and Ethereum $5417 that's flying .

Interesting topic , I have a friend who spent about $960 for 100060 JSMY (-1c each) , JSMY is currently 3cents so he has more than tripled his $960, he also bought 1 and a bit of Ethereum at $3500 , currently $5341 .00 so he thinks bitcoin is brilliant, basically over all he has spent about $24000 on various cryptos and is ON PAPER about $15000 in front so what should he do cash in or wait for the $200,000 he thinks he will get ??, I know this because he wanted me to through in some cash , this is Not for me but perhaps crypto is the future , who knows , what do you think ?? , it's certainly growing in value at the moment .

Thats pretty much what was forecasted rain later in the day , I checked the forecast before I had a decent punt and preyed the forecast was wrong , fortunately that was in the 2nd to last race and my bet was refunded , I live to punt another day .

Bitcoin $92133. today it seems every day it goes up . Ethereum $5273 and most other smaller coins or what ever they are all increasing in value , where's the top ??

Bitcoin Going through the roof at the moment today $91193.00 that's up $20,000 in 4 weeks , other cryptos are also going well , Ethereum $5225 up about $1500 in the last 4 weeks , I don 't know much about crypto so what do you think is it a good investment or a suicide bet .

Here's the latest The Government is delivering with an ACT flavour. The free ride is over with benefits linked to actually looking for work. So too the experiment of being nice to gangs in the hope they’ll be nice back to us, it’s over. In most cases the Government is not going as far as ACT would, but it’s going farther than it would without ACT. SWAMPED BY THEIR OWN WAKE So much of the political news is about things we won’t even remember next week, while things we really ought to fix never seem to get discussed. Here’s one political event from last week that is worth remembering, though. The child poverty figures, a product of Jacinda Ardern’s Child Poverty Reduction Act, were released (the bill didn’t actually reduce child poverty, it just required reports be produced on it). They showed the number of children in material hardship had risen for the first time in four years, to about the same level as in 2018. Ardern didn’t change the one thing she said she was in politics to change back in 2017 when she became Prime Minister. However, that’s not why we should remember this news. It’s worth remembering because it shows so well that government can’t improve the world by handing out more money. Just to be clear, the figures released last week were for the year to December. The new Government did not influence them. They reflect the six years Labour was in power, and more importantly the policies they chose in that time. The summary, as Free Press has said many times, is that Labour increased spending by 30 per cent above inflation and population growth. $100 billion of that spending was borrowed. Sure, some of it was COVID but they didn’t rush to stop the spending when COVID ended, either. Their main strategy for reducing child poverty was to give out more money through raising benefits and soft pedalling sanctions. The predictable response to paying people more to be on a benefit that’s easier to stay on was… more people on a benefit. While child poverty fell on paper, more kids living on a benefit planted the seeds of future child poverty. Employers see it in ‘interviews’ (often performative on the interviewee’s part) for entry level jobs. If we had a dollar for every employer who’s told us their would-be staff don’t want to work because they are better off on a benefit, we could almost pay Grant Robertson’s debt. Benefit-priming worked for a while. People on benefits had more money and could afford more stuff so they weren’t counted as being in material hardship. Then the long-run effects started catching up with them. Besides having more kids in benefit-led households, the extra money started getting swamped by inflation. Like a boat getting caught by its own wake, Labour’s attempt to spend its way out of poverty has foundered. The most basic lesson is that there are no shortcuts. Yes, the Government can borrow and print money for a while. Then reality catches up just like inflation is catching household budgets. The hard work is getting the economy well-regulated so more projects get the go-ahead. It’s making sure the MSD is not there to cure poverty with hand outs, but make sure the ‘work ready’ beneficiaries actually take a job then get out of bed to show up for it. It’s about ensuring knowledge is transferred from one generation to the next by showing up to school and learning a curriculum with actual content. All of this must now be done with less as the new Government faces up to the financial record of the old. As for Jacinda Ardern, she remains as a stark reminder that wanting the right thing and delivering the right thing are not the same. In fact, doing just the first can be worse than doing nothing at all. Harvard can have her.

One-thousand pairs of former President Donald Trump's limited edition high-top gold-colored sneakers have reportedly sold out in presale,

Super Don no fan of Harry . Former US president Donald Trump has issued a threat to Prince Harry, warning that he will be "on his own" if he is re-elected. Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) near Washington DC, the former reality TV star said Harry's behaviour has been "unforgiveable". "I wouldn't protect him," Trump said, in what is believed to have been a direct reference to Harry's US immigration status, which has become a contentious issue after the publication of his tell-all memoir Spare. In the book, the Duke admitted to taking illegal drugs. That confession has prompted a US think tank The Heritage Foundation to claim he should have been precluded from getting legal entry into the States. "He betrayed the Queen. That's unforgivable. He would be on his own if it was down to me," Trump said when asked how he would vote on Harry's immigration status.

Stake holders , you mean owners and trainers they haven't been this happy for many years , 30 years of going backwards seems to have been turned around and it's going in the right direction , things seem pretty good to me .

ACT in action,

Empire building ?YES but on a different topic . The huge growth is spurred by a $29.2 million government investment in infrastructure announced at the Ōtaki-Māori Racing Club on July 21. The funds will enable about 1000 new homes to be built in Ōtaki, resulting in up to 3000 new residents. The 2018 Census showed 9180 residents in Ōtaki, including the Te Horo catchment. Five hundred houses are expected to go into a new development at the Ōtaki-Māori Racing Club (OMRC) in a partnership between the club and developer The Wellington Company.

Happy days , get in line Gruff. A Covid-19 vaccine that can fight newer strains of the virus will be rolled out from next month. Pharmac's director of pharmaceuticals Geraldine MacGibbon said the drug funding agency had approved the transition to the updated Covid-19 vaccine for the XBB.1.5 strain from 7 March. "We've secured stock of the XBB Covid-19 vaccine and are pleased to have it available for New Zealanders. The XBB vaccine is more effective against more recent subvariants of Covid-19 in New Zealand." The vaccine will be free to these eligible groups: everyone aged 30 years and over , people aged 16-29 who are pregnant , people aged 12-29 at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19 The director of public health for Health New Zealand Nick Chamberlain urged anyone who was eligible to get vaccinated. Covid-19 was not a seasonal illness and cases had risen over summer, he said. "If you're eligible, you can get a vaccination if it's been at least six months since your last Covid-19 vaccine or if you have never had one before. It's recommended that you wait at least six months since your last Covid-19 infection." Those particularly at risk of severe illness included: people aged 65 and older Māori and Pacific people aged 50 and older residents of aged care facilities

Here's some incredible stats Ardern has a lot to answer for and of course Peters should never ever be forgiven or ever trusted , 16/10/2020 Despite official measures showing mixed results at best, Jacinda Ardern has named the Government's progress on reducing child poverty as the thing she's most proud of in her first three years as Prime Minister. AND NOW THE REALITY . The 2023 child poverty statistics are out, and they show slightly more children living in material hardship than in 2017. So six years of Ardern, Hipkins and Robertson saw no actual progress, while four years of Key, English and Joyce saw 60,000 fewer kids living in material hardship.

Thats exactly when the shit hit the fan Gruff they tried to avoid the jab and left it to late , the damage was already done before the jab arrived , the death rate was high because they administered the jab to late , they must have had advisors like your self , no doubt those advisors are now unemployed .

Life expectancy has increased across the world In 2021, the global average life expectancy was just over 70 years. This is an astonishing fact – because just two hundred years ago, it was less than half. This was the case for all world regions: in 1800, no region had a life expectancy higher than 40 years. The average life expectancy has risen steadily and significantly across all regions.1 This extraordinary rise is the result of a wide range of advances in health – in nutrition, clean water, sanitation, neonatal healthcare, antibiotics, vaccines, and other technologies and public health efforts – and improvements in living standards, economic growth, and poverty reduction.

HIGHLIGHTS , Largest Covid vaccine study ever finds shots are linked to small increased risk of neurological, blood and heart disorders - but they are still extremely rare Story by Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter , Largest study of its kind looked for health conditions in 99 million people Covid is FOUR TIMES more likely to cause heart problem than jab Covid vaccines have been linked to small increases in heart, blood, and neurological disorders, according to the largest global study of its kind. An international coalition of vaccine experts looked for 13 medical conditions among 99 million vaccine recipients across eight countries in order to identify higher rates of those conditions after receiving the shots. They confirmed that the shots made by Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca are linked to a higher risk of five medical conditions - including a nerve-wasting condition that leaves people struggling to walk or think. Still, the team says the absolute risk of developing any one of the condition remains small. For instance, 13 billion doses of vaccines have been administered and there have only been 2,000 cases of all conditions , some would have occurred regardless of the vaccine . Dr Harlan Krumholz, director of the Yale New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation and a lead investigator behind the study, said: ‘Both things can be true. 'Vaccines can save millions of lives, and there can be a small number of people who’ve been adversely affected.’ Covid vaccines are estimated to have averted more than 19 million deaths worldwide, including three million in the US alone. A huge study with plenty more to read but basically the jab is a success .

Gruff you are trying to scam us , Uruguay didn't purchase vaccines until 9 MONTHS after the initial outbreak meaning by the time they distributed the jab it was probably 12 months after the initial outbreak , Uruguay seems to be proof that the covid jab was in fact essential . The first cases in Uruguay were reported on 13 March 2020 by the Ministry of Public Health.[2] On 23 January 2021, President Luis Lacalle Pou announced during a press conference that the government purchased doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Sinovac Biotech, while negotiating with a third manufacturer.[7]

Womans rugby , Nah , I prefer sumo wrestling .

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Love him or hate him Trumps latest fine of $350,000000 for a victimless very debatable crime where nobody complained and everybody was happy proves how democracy in the USA is under threat , perhaps this might help . Truckers boycott . The truckers’ reaction was prompted by a video posted by a user known as Chicago Ray, who claimed to have spoken with about 10 drivers who agreed to stop accepting loads for New York starting Monday. The video gained traction, with the phrase “BoycottNYC” trending on social media, with over 13,000 mentions. Despite uncertainty about the effectiveness of the boycott, Chicago Ray is not the only one expressing opposition to the judicial decision. Elena Cardone, wife of real estate investor Grant Cardone, created a GoFundMe page titled “Stand with Trump; Fund the unfair $355 million trial.” Grant Cardone stated that “100% of the funds will be allocated to the Trump Org for defense of this ridiculous trial.” The strong reaction to the civil fraud trial suggests an indication of how America may respond to the outcomes of the ongoing legal proceedings Trump faces in federal and state courts.

Not that simple Gruff , sooner or later we mere mortals will have to choose a side , support (so called) freedom/democracy or support dictatorships , military governments , religious regimes etc etc . For me I'll settle for what we have even though some democracy's seem to be on a slippery slope , In Pakistan Imran Kahn seems to be suffering a similar fate as Donald Trump , the justice systems are being used for political gain

Oct. 5, 2023.] , Yale Medicine , COVID-19 is now in its fourth year, and the Omicron variant and its subvariants are still driving infections in cases in the United States. The good news is that vaccines are still expected to be effective at preventing severe disease, hospitalization, and death from COVID. In the U.S., infants, children, and adults ages 6 months and older are eligible to be vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As the SARS-CoV-2 virus mutates and new variants continue to emerge, it’s important to keep up with how well the updated vaccines are performing, but it’s also a daunting task, given the flood of information (and misinformation) coming at us from so many directions.

The birth rate , that's an easy one , our youngest skilled workers are leaving NZ , they are doing their breeding elsewhere, Ausse in particular .

Banning the US Dollar Iraq is moving in tandem with the BRICS philosophy as it banned eight banks from initiating transactions in the U.S. dollar. The Middle Eastern country is cracking down on the U.S. dollar months after it banned all cash withdrawals in the currency. Eight local banks are banned from accessing the daily U.S. dollar auction conducted by Iraq’s Central Bank. The local banks will no longer have access to the U.S. dollar reserves the country’s Central Bank holds. Also, the move plays straight into the BRICS playbook where the alliance aims to stall the growth of the U.S. dollar