After more than 2 years crypto seems to be heating up again. Bitcoin moving nicely in the right direction. BnB at 243 showing a slight improvement after the binance settlement.
I’ve a few messages from people who lost faith asking is crypto coming back 😂 ITS NEVER LEFT.
10 years ago today, I quit my job, sold my house, and aped into #bitcoin.
No, I am not saying you should do the same. Many people asked, how could you take such risks? Me, I knew I could easily get a job... Everyone's risk profile is different. Learn risk management.
Some thoughts on the day's events, if I may:
When thousands of people protested peacefully in East Wall, and in other communities across Dublin and the country, their reward was not to be recognised or engaged with for their peaceful political participation.
Their reward was rather to be called far right, deplorable, and the dregs of Irish society. The thing against which they protested happened anyway.
When peaceful mothers and women said, on camera, that they feared for their safety as a result of an influx of immigrant men, often into communities with no amenities for those men, their reward was to be accused of fearmongering.
There are those, clutching for a gotcha, who will say something like "aha, but today's suspect/person of interest is a naturalised Irish citizen". But does it speak well of an immigration system that naturalises people capable (allegedly) of such acts? Does that inspire confidence, or does it sound like patronising nonsense?
There are those who sincerely believe, apparently, that the duty of media organisations is to suppress facts, like nationality, in order to maintain public order. But if the suppression of facts is required to maintain public order, then we have many bigger problems. And we do.
A huge section of people in this country feel as if they are unheard and their concerns ignored. 1,000 people marched in Rosslare at the weekend. Did you hear about it? When Danny Healy Rae raised the case of Killarney this week in the Dáil, a colleague responded with a sweary tirade of abuse. Is this democracy?
When a young man, last week, linked the murder of his beloved girlfriend to Ireland's immigration policies, the media dutifully left that bit out of their coverage.
Every single effort has been made to silence people. Today, they made themselves heard. I wish they had chosen another way.
And then I remember: They did. And you all refused to listen.
7 YEAR OLD GIRL IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER TODAY'S KNIFE ATTACK BY ALGERIAN NATIONAL
By Suzie D.
"The kids were out walking. All of a sudden one fell to the ground, then another fell to the ground. Then another falls to the ground." They had been stabbed by a man who wanted to murder little children.
The terror attacker was accosted, but protected by a cordon of women. It is thought the children attended the local Gaelscoil, and a banner with images of children can be seen behind the man's head in the photograph of him.
A 7 year old girl has been taken to Temple St. Hospital where she is in a critical condition. Two children and a woman are also seriously injured.
The assailant is being treated for less serious injuries, caused by heroic witnesses who without doubt prevented more carnage. Official sources confirm the attacker was an #Algerian National.
#Stabbing children is becoming more common. This year toddlers in buggies were attacked in a playground in France by a Syrian national.
In Gothenburg, Sweden a migrant stabbed a 10 year old dutch girl and her grandmother.
9 year old Lilia Valutyte was stabbed in the heart and died, attacked in front of her sister as they played outside the shop where their mother was working in Lincolnshire last year.
In 2020, 7-year-old Emily Grace Jones lost her life after she was stabbed in the neck with a craft knife in Manchester England, while riding her scooter. Eltiona Skana, a 30-year-old Albanian woman was responsible.
There have been many more too. All attacks listed here had four things in common.
- They were stranger attacks.
- They happened in broad daylight in safe busy places.
- The victims were the most defenceless in society with no chance of protecting themselves.
- The perpetrators had been accommodated in the country in which they attacked children.
Of course, they had arrived just seeking "a better life" and in return they brought "diversity".
Stabbing and terrorising children seems as odd way to thank the country that welcomed you; and who knew that by diversity they meant child killers?
You learn something new everyday and our lessons are becoming harder by the day.
Yesterday I wondered if I would bring my 7 year old daughter to the moving crib in #ParnellSquare this year.
Last year I was nervous doing so, attaching her to me with a wrist strap. Which would have stopped her being taken, but would be precious little use to protect her from being stabbed.
Now I have my answer as to whether we will be making that annual trip. As I write this, she is writing her santy letter. I thank my lucky stars. Some parents aren't so lucky this evening, and for all parents of this country surely peace of mind is gone.
When something like today's attack happens in a small country like Ireland the psychological effects will be profound.
In London, a city of 12 million, you know the chances of being caught in a mass attack are low. Peace of mind is easier to attain. Yet, the Republic of Ireland is 5.1 million strong. Or weak. We have a small capital city and tiny towns and not nearly enough police.
An attack like the one today will feel too close to home, no matter where you reside.
With this in mind, it's vital to be aware: violence like we saw today is more likely as we draw closer to the Christmas period.
Be vigilant everywhere you go.
Look around.
Avoid suspicious individuals.
Carry protection.
Be prepared to use it without hesitation.
The establishment won't protect your children.
They've put them in mortal danger.
@Paschald commented today as Parnell Square is his constituency... His thoughts and prayers are with the families.
Given the angry scenes in town this evening I think the Minister might be better off praying for himself. I don't think there will be a cordon good enough to protect him, or any of his co-conspirators.
Their time to be called to account has arrived.
#IrelandisFull #ResignHelen
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