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11. Mateusz Gamrot
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It's a populist move, but crime coming down might be at the expense of unbridled dictatorship (read, corruption).
I cannot completely disagree with you buwaytress, and there surely is a bit of injustice in terms of potential lack of due process - yet I have my doubts that there is a complete lack of due process, but perhaps a bit of a "desperate times call for desperate measures," and perhaps it takes a long time to process cases, and surely a lot of injustices have likely already occurred due to lack of process and perhaps will continue to keep occurring due to how long that it might take to process cases, and even the fact that some of the lock ups might be on shaky grounds to prevent crimes rather than for crimes that have had already happened.. so yeah, I am bothered by some of those kinds of matters too.. . And, I am not going to proclaim to know all of the details, and surely I am bothered by the extent of sweeping that seems to have had taken place.. and I would also be concerned about making sure that there might be resources to process cases and to even release folks.. and yeah it is bothersome in regards to merely being in a gang or being affiliated would not generally tend to be enough to cause someone to automatically be guilty of a crime.. and again, I don't claim to know enough of the circumstances to presume that some variation of what Bukele did might have had been justified given the extent of the corruption and shake downs that seemed to have had been taking place on regular folks trying to carry out businesses or to live their regular lives prior to the sweep. Yeah, I don't know the details either, but I am following some of it a little more than most. We in Southeast Asia had a similar "experiment" with organised crime in the Philippines -- the ex president Duterte basically gave free reign to citizens, urging them to deal swiftly and violently with criminals. A period marked by increased extra-judicial killings, it also received widespread approval. But now he's out and the "war" on drugs is relenting, things will resume after a while. And that's for me proof that you got to deal with underlying issues -- what caused that narcostate situation in the first place. And that's corruption, mainly, and the unwillingness to put the state as accountable. Anyway, as I said also, I'm more likely than not to support hardline stance. Lesser of evils? A few innocents for the many? It's just for me somewhat incongruent with what Bukele says he wants for his people with Bitcoin... All that bitcoin won't be of any use if one man (or a few) get to decide what to do with it -- remember it was bought with public funds. Need to see proof that those coins are accounted for and transparently audited, with access in hands of the elected.
For sure, Bukele is supposed to be acting within the public interest with public funds that he uses to buy and accumulate bitcoin on behalf of El Salvador, so for sure, it would be a calamity if he were to either rug pull or to escape with the coins - yet at the same time, there may well be a certain level of justification too, in regards to his attempting some levels of secrecy.. especially given the international rhetoric that may well attempt to compromise the security of those coins that he supposedly purchased on behalf of El Salvador. Of course, agree. But on one hand, announcing buys on Twitter, and then on another signing off on multi-million dollar contracts with service providers we now know weren't exactly kosher. I see that secrecy benefiting those that have more than those that don't have. And, as in the case of Duterte... continuity is important. If Bitcoin is to succeed there, it has to be the will of the people, not the will of a man, or a few men. |
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I don't know what to say sir buwaytress, but I made one nice prediction and I see Leicester is losing with two goals now, but there is lot of playing time left.
Well done, man, well done. I also benefited from their loss (a draw would have been enough in regular time) as it gave me a precious point in the BSFL competition, but yeah, no money for me in this performance. The question tonight is, should we go boldly with West Ham and/or Sheffield United? Blades are "only" 5/1, Hammers 6/1, so it's not really getting my juices flowing but I suppose their fans might be tempted. |
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^ Only way to not avoid those specials are just to bookmark the Specials page... but yeah, I don't take them as often anymore.
2 games you want to bet on today for those freechips: and last week I lost on both, so I'm hunting them back with half time wins... Everton should be poor enough for that. And Saints good enough for Grimsby! Both partner teams play at home so we've got to hope they want to wrap the game up early.
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If there ever were to be one team to gift Cremonese their first ever win in 24 games, it was always going to be Roma, hahaha. A first ever Serie A win in 23 years actually, history is so strange this way!
Didn't watch, don't know anything about the match, so I don't know if it was a fair result (and I don't care, who does) but man, Mourinho is the gift that keeps on giving.
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Arsenal vs Everton tonight, hopefully Arteta’s machine keeps rolling. I don’t see Everton putting up much of a fight if I’m honest. They’ve been terrible all season which leads us to Liverpool vs Wolves. LFC have been really bad, hopefully we can somehow get a win but I am far from confident.
Yeah, we've been the worst bed-shitters this season. Only Chelsea is doing spectacularly badly that we are just a notch above them. I think about at least 2 wins this season where we didn't really need to do much. The recent Newcastle gifting us 2 goals was one, but the Leicester 2 own goals too... without those 6 points, we're flirting with the bottom half, below Chelsea. Really want Arsenal to win this too. |
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Not sure if anyone noticed or if it had come earlier but the Promo page is bristling with new offers for the upcoming World Baseball Classic. Plenty of offers and the most I'd ever done at Sportsbet is outrights on MLB (BoSox) and I think I won a few nice ones on Astros last season following jeremypwr threads. This is something completely new to me, but I opted in, maybe $100 on Japan isn't a bad idea (outright promo, $10 with each win) haha. See it all here: https://sportsbet.io/promotions/2023-world-baseball-classic-promoI never would have imagined Australia or even GB playing baseball, but look at the list of countries in the outright selections, 4 European countries... plenty of LatAm, didn't know baseball was big there! |
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Kind of regretting picking "No" in the FA Cup ties today, I was thinking maybe Leicester might find it troublesome, especially with their biggest playmaker an injury doubt but I see now they're playing quite well. Hope Faes can do another weird favour heh heh. Going to try watch City now, that Haaland-less lineup still looks scary af. Edit: I post, and Rovers score! Considering that I am one of the organizers, I'll be sending a PM to Trofo, buwaytress and jeremypwr to guarantee that my picks are correct. These members were picked due to their forum status.
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Building a biggest prison in Americas for tens of thousands prisoners looks risky: they collect criminals from all the country in one place. If all will go right Salvadorians will remember both anti-gang measures and bitcoin adoption as the time when the country started doing better. But in case of prisoners rebellion... it fears me a bit: too many dangerous people concentrated in one small place. Hope better prognosis will come true, not worse. I'm probably hardline when it comes to cracking down on organised crime too, but this one I feel went a bit too far. Just arbitrary rounding up of people (from what I read, you got a tattoo, you're gang, so you come with us) and going to prison for the rest of their lives (reading quotes from the politicians suggest that anyway). People do got rights too, and I'm sure there are many caught up in the dragnet. It's a populist move, but crime coming down might be at the expense of unbridled dictatorship (read, corruption). All that bitcoin won't be of any use if one man (or a few) get to decide what to do with it -- remember it was bought with public funds. Need to see proof that those coins are accounted for and transparently audited, with access in hands of the elected. |
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Any good news from Liverpool fans about Darwin? Was it flu or cold, and is he in contention to play on Wednesday? I have so many questions, but I need answers. The destiny of my team rest on his shoulder.
I transferred him in knowing about injury but I thought it was nothing serious if he played that CL match. Unfortunately I don't see Klopp risking him so soon now that he has some other attacking options back and after he was not even on bench last time. Yeah, I gambled w Nunez and it didn't work out, for reasons absolutely out of our hands (or shoulders). Apparently he can't even move the arm now, don't think he should have been playing! I know it's an early question to ask for MD26 but I'll get Rashford back in my team (I used FH chip). So... Rashford v Liverpool = more points in the bag for believers and more misery for the Reds? Or do I be stupid and weed out United in favour of Salah + co? |
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Don't think there are any more psychological points other than $10k (and ATH).
I'd say maybe $50K. It's half of $100K (previous bull target for many including myself) and probably where a lot of people wished they sold in hindsight, in order to buy twice as much at current prices. You're right, actually, now that think of it. It's very nicely poised at roughly 75% of ATH and the hallway mark that includes me as one so certain that was the minimum target (a big reason I completely missed the top, particularly when 60k was breached twice). So even if it touches $20K in the next few weeks, I don't think it will be a good indicator. I also anticipate many will be getting very bearish around $20K, fearing the worst, whereas after the golden cross on Daily time-frame (50 & 200), it'd potentially be a great buying opportunity for many. [/quote] Yeah the 200 is really the only one left I pay attention to. People are still bearish even now, so yeah, 20k especially sub -- and it won't matter if it happens sooner or later, but this year -- will break a lot of resolve. I don't mind saying I'm very comfortable in this range or lower, so my DCA squeezes as much juice as possible. |
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wasn't aware of this topic, where only you two discussing Championship It's not only me and buwaytress talking, but we are most active and I am trying to post predictions each round for picks I play myself. There was Sportsbet sponsored competition before but I had to cancel it because of my personal life stuff. I don't mind you posted something about League Two, but please try to stay on topic, Championship league. Thank you. Hey casper! Yeah, I actually used to follow Championship quite a lot (I say used to because this season I've toned down on a lot of sports). And I guess, like you, it's a few teams I follow to be honest, to try and get an idea of who's coming to the better league. Plus, so many personalities who are now either approaching the sunset of their playing careers or starting new careers as managers (and that's always somewhat nice for me to continue following). League Two? That's actually almost beyond my knowledge but I happen to have some close connection with Leyton Orient and IIRC it is one team someone at SB follows |
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So I don't really understand what's going wrong with McLaren, and why they seem to have found a shortcut to hideousness, but I'm a simple guy and I believe in what I see on social media #nosarcasm and this is where it all began. coinlocket really, not even top 7? |
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Ooo I get to meet Slissy now, guy who actually has not just gambling knowledge and fame with Sportsbet, but also experience. GL my guy.
Toughest question for me was actually the bottom EPL table. I already have picks for those games, and some are "upsets" but it's easier to think about the likelihood of those as individual games. To then calculate the possible outcomes against the rest of those teams scrunched up down there? And DGW too.
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^ I feel like Leicester are playing better though, and they just seem to get a lift when Maddison plays -- or he's lifting them up, both are probably true haha. And yeah he's injured and seems to be never 100% after coming back briefly but he only needs to play and the Foxes will likely be just too strong for the Championship outfit.
I do agree with Fulham though. Leeds are no different from Bielsa's version at this stage of the season. Tired, desperate, out of ideas.
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Some stranges games today, Barca and Sevilla making a mess. How now can the team head into the Copa del Rey semi-final against Real Madrid during the midweek with high spirit ? it's already bad enough that the team is plagued with one injury or the other, playing with a low morale or depleted team spirit is the last thing Barcelona can afford right now, or they could go as far as even losing this the league despite being in a commanding position. Whoa, I totally missed that result! Hope the odds weren't too crazy for Almeria, or I'd be in regret mode now. Seems like United didn't just beat the stuffing out of them, but the spirit. Atletico already did a huge favour and this is how they repay them. Absolutely right now that the momentum's turned in the next El Clasico... Real's Whatsapp group apparently got new life after the result (Daily Mail, don't ask me why I read that!). |
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My last serious bet was City double chance against Leipzig  All the time I look at the line in search of "reliable" games but I do not see anything really interesting. And it's not just Serie A. So far, I have decided for myself that if Milan loses points today, then tomorrow the bet on Roma (1.74) against Cremonese will look profitable. I have this dumb system of "martingale" on English second-tier football where the teams there are almost always on 2/1 ++ odds and they have a terrible consistency in results. It's a fast way to lose money, but obviously you don't just double down all the time. That seems to me the "wisdom" to use with these Milan teams, only problem is they're still given low value odds (below 2/1) considering their form. No Lazio for you today then huh? |
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Annoying start of the BDGW, with some key players not starting, others blanking...etc. I was kinda forced to use my FH chip this week, likely to end on a small green or grey arrow, still my FH team is projected to outscore my otherwise -8 team by 25 to 35pts, plus i don't have to keep triple Liverpool going forward....Lol
Saw your comment late but yes, our own players cost us. I used the FH chip too, the biggest pain was actually slotting in Nunez to DGW opportunity so that was a blank up front. Alcaraz and Watkins luckily gave a trickle of points but it feels like a poor week using FH and only getting 50 points. Probably stupid of me also that Harrison was in my bench and got 6 points, while those actually on the team didn't match him. |
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Lol good I didn't bet much on Alcaraz, 2nd set leading 3-0 and 40-0 I thought nothing can go wrong from there  Also needing him to win to get 3 points in my match up. Definitely interesting week I was 2 down then managed to go 1 up and ended in a draw. Yeah that can't have been too good for his confidence, they say in football, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory ha... 10/1 Norrie after going down a set was a bit of a lousy offering though, I might have taken it had I been watching. Since Trofo said that discussion is encouraged, how do I even approach the DOTA question? I mean, it's 50-50 so I think I'll just wing it. BTW - that crap is his, don't blame me for that one I saw it & though, damn how am I supposed to know this. I took a guess at Yes! Sometimes having zero knowledge on something is fine, let’s be honest, I have lost more than enough bets thinking I am an expert  My round 3 predictions are in, LFG! Going to dig into the questions early tomorrow morning, hope most of it doesn't require me to wake up too much, that DOTA thing sounds like it could be a tricky question... No is somehow my favoured approach when I don't know anything (like Round 2 Rugby haha). |
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When we hit $20k in 2021, did it act as resistance? No not at all. Basically was a bear trap. And later in late 2022 when we hit $20K was it support? Not really. We went further into $18K or so. So even if it touches $20K in the next few weeks, I don't think it will be a good indicator.
Yeah, I always saw $10k as the only time psychological resistance really meant anything. $20k only because it was the ATH, and then once that was passed, it hardly mattered as support (and as you say, after that, as resistance). Don't think there are any more psychological points other than $10k (and ATH). |
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