Why losing is important....

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Fraser Downs Racetrack

Cloverdale, B.C.

Good Morning Friends,

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today is Sunday March 7, 2010

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It was a really nice sunny day yesterday friends and I made my way out to the track just like I said I would. And, you just know that I had the top down in the convertible as well. Now, I have to tell you right up front that I am having a bit of a bad spell with my handicapping efforts. Nothing seems to be working properly. I have even changed my betting strategies just a bit and even that is not working. So, I have no profits to report for a couple of weeks now. But, if you guys know me by now I am certainly not going to quit or admit defeat. It is just not part of my character to even contemplate doing something as drastic as such. Actually, defeat is a real character builder anyway. Defeat makes you examine yourself and find out what you are doing wrong. So, don't you ever say that defeat is bad. Losing is one of the best possible things out there. How are you going to know what you are doing wrong if you cannot examine yourself and your methods and your mistakes? You are not going to know and you can apply these thoughts about losing at racing to the personal relationship level as well. In fact, you can apply the lessons learned from defeat to just about anything that interests you. You need to know what you are doing wrong so that you can improve yourself. So, look at defeat as a gift and not as some kind of negative occurrence.

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You know, I don't think I ever told you guys what a great staff they have at the Cloverdale Racetrack. This is my weekend hangout as you are most likely aware by now. Now it is mostly females that we are talking about and they do in fact form the majority of the staff here. I am talking the restaurant staff and the ticket sellers and the receptionists. They are all fantastic. They are friendly and they are professional. These are all girls and they do a fine job indeed. They make you feel like a special person and make your stay as pleasant as possible. So, don't ever think that racing is just about horses and winning and losing. Not on your life. The staff at the facility is first rate and they know what customer service is all about. Just like I am trying to master the races with my handicapping system, well, these ladies are trying to be number one at their jobs as well. So, keep that in mind when you visit a place like the Fraser Downs Racetrack.

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The other thing that I want to mention in this business of disinformation and gatekeepers. I spend a lot of time listening to audio files now and reading articles and related things. I am trying to figure the whole damn mess out and it is not easy let me tell you. I am talking about world events and politics here friends. A guy like Alex Jones and Info Wars is a decent place to start to at least get your eyes open a bit more about what is happening out there. He is not perfect in his approach, but he is addressing most of the important issues. I don't know if you guys are paying attention like I am trying to, but there is a lot happening out there. And, much of it involves our governments. But, more particularly of course the people that control our governments. One of the first things that you will learn by tuning in to the internet ( and tuning out of mainstream media outlets ) and all manner of alternative media sources is that our government is systematically lying to us. Their objectives are not the same as ours. They are interested in the promotion of war and they want to wind up with all of the dough. And, they want you poor and they want you stupid. That's right, they want to dumb you down. And, if they cannot dumb you down then they will employ the methodology of disinformation or outright lying, or whatever it takes to lead you astray and to be unaware of the truth. They do not want you to have any power and they want you believing their propaganda. They will trick you and they will lie to you get the job done. They will employ shills and things like gatekeepers to get the job done as well. They will do whatever it takes to control you and make you fall in line. Yes, and they will even eliminate you if you become a threat. That is the kind of society that we now live in friends and it is not a pretty picture at all. Now, the thing is, if you are watcher of mainstream television these things that I am talking about will not concern you. And, that is the way the authorities want things to be. So, once again we are into this idea that what you do not know will not hurt you. Information is that kind of thing friend. It is a serious thing and your government knows that. So, at least give them credit for that. So, if you ever venture out of the security of your mainstream media world just be aware of what the next challenges are. You need to be strong and you need to try and find out who your friends are. And, I am suggesting to you friends, that you need to make a serious effort to know who these people are. And, if you don't, well then you might as well go crawl right back to the mainstream outlets and listen and just follow. Be a sheep if you want to if that makes your life simple. I am not going to chide you or overly criticize you because I know that is the easy and the safe way; being attached to the system via mainstream outlets that is. But, I just think that I have joined the millions of others who just happen to think that there is a better way. So, thanks for reading and have a nice day. And, remember, there is nothing wrong with being a loser. It is just one of the steps that you have to take to become a winner. That is the objective after all, isn't it?

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Alex Jones. What's his game?

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Friends, below are some videos. Trying to decipher what is going on in cyberspace is the challenge waiting for you once you set yourself free from the mainstream media. Kind of like jumping out of the pot and into the frying pan is the way that I would describe it. But, the question of the day is the following: is Alex Jones one of the good guys or one of the bad guys? What's his game? Well, you figure it out. That is how tough the internet is. But, it is my kind of action let me tell you.

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Winning and losing at the races....

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Good Morning Friends,

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today is Saturday March 6, 2010

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I kind of like Saturdays now friends, how about you? There is something particularly soothing about them you know and I think it has something to do with the fact that this is a racing day. Yes, I think that is it most of all. It is a racing day and that is the thing that I like to do best. That's right, just get into my car and drive on out into the sunshine and head out to the track. Actually, we have been particularly well-blessed in these parts the last couple of years because Saturdays have been pretty decent days. There have been a lot of sunny Saturdays - and almost by design when you think about it. You know what I am talking about friends, if you are West Coast resident, that is. I mean, Vancouver is famous for rain as everybody knows and it just seems that the rains take place on the weekends too. Like you are putting in a hard week at work and you are looking forward to the weekend and then it rains. Well, that happens a lot around here and it is very annoying especially on your day off. But, like I said, things have been a bit different in these parts of late. We have been having a lot of very enjoyable - and sunny Saturdays. And, that is a fact.

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And, you know what? Well, it was even sunny yesterday too. That's right, Friday was a pleasant sunny day as well. And, what do you think I did yesterday? Well, I jumped into the Miata, lowered the top and headed out to the track in the glorious sunshine. Now, you have to understand something here. Fridays at the Meadowlands is not a good thing. And, I know that. But, I just wanted to take a drive in the sunshine and what better place to go than the racetrack? Well, I cannot think of anything better to do personally, whereas maybe you can. Anyway, my harness racing triactor system does not work well at the track on Fridays. And, I have it broken down to the fact that it is the quality of the horses that we are dealing with. So, I knew that once I got to the track I would be mostly watching and monitoring the situation. And, that is exactly what I did. I handicapped the races though, one by one as they were going by. And, I took mental notes and wondered if I should jump in and make a bet. Oh, I was tempted a couple of times, but for the most part I stuck to my guns and I did not make a bet. And, I saved a lot of money by being vigilant let me tell you. Nothing was working that made we want to jump in and start betting feverishly and consistently. I had made the right choice by just being a spectator last night. My experience with that track and on that night paid off. I won by not betting. I was going to keep my powder dry for today. I did make one bet, however, but that was for the road so to speak so it didn't really count. I bet only one race near the end and I would check my ticket when I got home on the computer. And, the win was not to be. I guess I knew it was not going to happen the way things were going I mean. The whole night was a write off as far as winning was concerned.

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But, a different kind of winning did take place though. A couple of old friends from the past showed up. Now, that was really a lot of fun bumping into a couple of associates from the past let me tell you. And, these were carnival people to boot. So, that was especially exciting. Connecting with friends from the past is an important detail of life friends and I think you guys know that. You are re-establishing your relationships with your past and that is a very powerful thing in my estimation. It was fun cutting up jackpots and talking about other old friends as well. And, you learn about the deaths of others too. People dying from cancer and all manner of things. It is creepy, but it is life and death. That's right friends, this life business is a very precarious thing and I have talked about this detail at length on these very pages. Death comes to us all and sometime without notice. I think that might have been the greatest message of all last night. I was bumping into people who were still alive and they were just as lucky as me. We were beating the odds together and we were all alive. And, some of our comrades are not. I believe these chance meeting to be very valuable things friends and I can assure you that I made my friends know how valuable their meeting was to me. I think we should all live for these kinds of days. You know what I mean, that camaraderie, that feeling that you are experiencing something together and still being able to enjoy life and all that it has to offer. See what I mean friends? There is a heck of a lot more to racing than you might imagine. It is a social event after all and it proved its importance in a very dramatic way yesterday let me tell you. So, I didn't win any money did I? But, I didn't lose either. So, the message for today friends is: today is another racing day at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. Post time is 1600 hrs local time. If you are my friend or acquaintance you know where I will be. And, if you are popping in from out of town and need a ride you know how to contact me. Talk to you all later and I hope you are still alive and kicking, because some of us are not as I have just finished pointing out to you.

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Don't worry - be happy...

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Good Morning Friends,

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today is Friday March 5, 2010

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Got out and about with the unit yesterday and made my out to Cloverdale. It was nice and sunny out and I had the top down. It was quite cool though and the lack of warmth took away a bit of the enjoyment of mingling with nature. But, I am sure that there are lots of sunny days ahead and warmer ones too. The picture above is my car back in the Spring of 2008 when I was first enjoying my car. The picture was taken in Cloverdale. This would have been one of the first times ever that I had the top down. I must tell you that I was quite self conscious about the whole thing, but not now. Just the first hint of sunshine and down my top comes, just like yesterday. I mean, think about it, that is what a sports car is for anyway - it is to be enjoyed and to take full advantage of. Why buy a convertible if you are not going to use it right? Well, that is the approach that I have taken now with my unit. When is sunny down she comes - and that's that.

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I made it out to Cloverdale like I said. The mission was to buy a racing form for Saturday at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. It is supposed to be sunny in New Jersey on Saturday by the way. Just a reminder dear friends and acquaintances: if you are in town you know how to contact me if you want to go. And, for my special friends and acquaintances I will even come and pick you up. It looks like it is going to be nice and sunny on Saturday right here too so that is certainly something to look forward to. Anyway, I digress. Back to business here. I got my form and I am looking things over right now. Now, I must tell you from experience that it does not matter how the races look on the surface after you handicap them. The real world of racing produces results that you are not expecting at all. Let me give you an example of what I am talking about. I just finished analyzing the first four races and my handicapping is showing the same horses, more or less, winning, as the picks on the racing form itself. Now, ordinarily this might be cause for concern because if I am coming up with the same horses as the track then how can I make any money? I mean, if I am winning then so is everyone else and the payoffs will not be that great. Don't get me wrong. Winning is better than losing and the payoff is what it is. You cannot change that at all. You have to take your profits from wherever they come from. Sometimes the top rated horse in my system is exactly the same as the track causing even more concern and another potentially low payoff situation. But, you have to bet what the system is telling you to bet. That is the key to success with my system. There is only going to be one winner and I am going to have it just like the program itself is predicting. So, you have to stick to your knitting no matter what. But, the point that I am driving at friends is this. You don't know what all of the odds are going to be on all of the horses you pick just like we don't know what the odds are going to be on the selections that the track picks. My system is not governed by whim or selectivity. My picks are based on science and the history of the horse and in relation to the horses that it is competing against. I don't care what the odds are at all. I bet what my system tells me to bet, based on history. So, what I am saying is, even though I am coming up with the very same horses as the track, and in sometimes the exact order of preference, do not worry. You don't know how the totality of people is betting. Some people do not like the track's selections and they will pick their own winners and the odds will be what they will be. Sometimes even the picks on the program - and my picks will end up having decent odds. And, that is why you should not worry too much about your picks. You simply do not know what the odds will be once it is post time. So, you might even get a two or three hundred dollar triactor just by betting the favourites on the racing form, and as I am suggesting to you, by my own picks as well. Just something to think about if you are coming out. So, don't worry, be happy.

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A nice mellow oldies station for you

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Are the gods talking to me again?

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Good Morning Friends,

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today is Thursday March 4, 2010

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Got out yesterday and did some shopping friends. Mostly just pleasant shopping, not even work, like shopping for groceries. Nope, just fun shopping. ..I bought another video too. It is called " The Day After Tomorrow " and it cost me $6.99. I play these DVD's right on the computer of course. Not a bad flick at all and it is really quite good in the graphics department. It is about a new ice age that develops quickly and threatens society. I am starting to wonder if I stumbled upon this video and bought it because of my comments yesterday. You may recall me talking about how worried I was about current events and that kind of thing. Well, maybe the gods are trying to tell me something in a round about kind of way. They do work in mysterious ways as you well know.

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I notice that the stock market is going backwards again today. What else is new eh? I don't think there is much to support the market really. I mean, the consumer is frapped out in so many ways. You know all of the stories so I don't have to repeat the problems for you. I am just letting you know that I do not have much faith at all in the markets. There are simply too many unknowns and there is too much debt out there. The U.S. has to get its house in order and that is not going to happen anytime soon. It is a war economy and it is ruled by the elite corporations and the bankers. Beat these guys and then get back to me.

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I might even dash out to Cloverdale later on today and buy a racing form for Saturday if it is sunny out. It can wait til tomorrow of course, but if it is sunny out then that will give me something to do. Just to let you know I have been going over some of my old racing forms and the data that I told you about earlier does not really help me. In fact, it hinders my main handicapping system by altering my five top picks which are still viable. I think the only merit to the system might be to show me where I might include or exclude some horse that I am worried about and that is threatening the overall system. So, I will not be incorporating this data in to the system right now. It would just mess things up as I say. Don't forget to think about popping out to the races on Saturday if you are in town. This message for my friends and acquaintances of course - and don't forget to vote on my latest post over on the main part of my blog as well. ..almost forgot. The weather looks to be OK for Saturday in New Jersey. So, that is good news of course. Check out the weather link over to the right to see what I am talking about.
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I'm worried friends....

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Good Morning Friends,

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today is Wednesday March 3, 2010

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I don't mind telling you friends that I am worried this morning. That's right, worried. Worried that we are all going to hell in a hand basket. Well, that is certainly the way things feel on my front anyway. How about you? Can you feel the agony and the forces that are working against our serenity? They are numerous you know. You don't have to look very far or hard at all to find something that should cause us all concern. Where do you want me to start? With the economy? World political and military considerations? The end of mankind as we know it just around the corner in 2012? I mean, the list of thing that we should be worried about is just huge.

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I mean, don't you get the feeling that the bankers and their allies the politicians are working against our combined interests once again? The banks are making huge profits on our tax dollars and they will not lend like they are supposed to. They continue to press for non-regulation and non-intrusion of their industry. They can regulate themselves with the help of the Federal Reserve. That is the message that we are getting right now. They do not want change and they will spend whatever it takes to maintain the status quo. They want to retain that ability to gamble and to profit wherever and however they can from the derivatives market. They do not care about systemic risk, all they care about is profits. They are greedy and they cannot be stopped. They have too many paid off people and allies in government. They want more debt and they want more war. The banks are the enemy of the people.

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How about the U.S. and its military presence around the world and all of the covert activity that is going on? Do we know about all of the countries that the U.S. is involved in on a daily basis - countries that are earmarked for regime change or invasion should they not play ball and accept the idea of U.S. world hegemony? What is the U.S. going to do next in the Middle East and how many more innocent civilians are going to be killed because of U.S. imperialism? Do you care or even think about these kinds of things? Well, I certainly do because I can see the results of all of this madness. It is the banks and the Military Industrial Complex who are behind these intrusions in the Middle East and Asia. They want control of the resources and they want to contain their enemies, namely Russia and China and whoever else would get in the way of their objectives. Iran, for example, is a potential victim and the recipient of the daily propaganda working against it. In fact, the whole Islamic world and any one else who does not play ball with the bankers and their desire to enslave the world through debt is a potential target. Yes friends, domination is the name of the game - control of the world. A sad commentary, but I believe it to be true. Why else is the U.S. in the Middle East in such a dominant fashion and why the military bases and why the continued destruction of all of the enemies of the regime? World domination has a face and we are looking at it.

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Yes friends I am worried, gravely worried. The forces of destruction are working together to undermine all of us. The Middle class in America is in the process of being destroyed. Economically this group is going backward and is paying the price for the greed of the bankers and the objectives of the corporations. The citizens are second class and do not count in the grand scheme of things. The politicians are seeing to that aspect of things. A president was elected to enact change and to extricate the nation from its continuous wars. But, these things do not happen because our new president is like all the others - bought and paid for and a soldier of the monied classes and their interests. The globalization of the world is in full swing and we are all feeling the results of that process.

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There is no help from the media and you can forget about your local politician. They are all on the other team, the team that is working against the interests of the masses. 9/11 remains unsolved and there is no political will to get to the bottom of the issue. And, it is unsolved because it serves a common purpose; it aids the elites in their quest for world domination and that is why we cannot find out what happened on that fateful day. It is truly depressing friends, but we must not run away from these troubling details. We are all in trouble and I fear that it will get even darker before it gets lighter - if there is a light at the end of the tunnel at all, that is.

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Yes friends, I am worried. Really worried. Surely by now you can understand my concerns and why I am feeling the way I am. Maybe I am spending too much time away from the mainstream media and the messages found there. Would that make me feel any better do you think - if I went back to mainstream information, that is? Perhaps. Maybe my senses would be dulled and I would be ' dumbed down ' and I would not have to endure all of the pain that comes from information and knowledge of things that cause me dismay. Maybe the internet is my enemy if it causes me so much pain. Maybe ignorance really is bliss as they say. Is that the answer? To push the data aside and pretend that we are safe and that we have a future? Can I lie to myself like that? Is that what kind of a person I am? Hardly. Friends, you know what I am like by now, or you should at least have an inkling. When I say that I am worried friends, well you can take that to the bank.

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HIgher and higher....

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Good Morning Friends,

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today is Tuesday March 2, 2010

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Higher and higher she goes friends. Yup, ' Bobby's Girl ' continues to be the most popular video in my stable. And, I do not know why either. I was thinking the popularity had something to do with the Olympics, yet there are other videos of mine that could have attracted an equal amount of attention. They did not, and Bobby keeps garnering the lion's share of the viewers. We are up around the 1595 mark or thereabouts as we speak. Oh, I know it is not in the thousands or the tens of thousands, but this is a huge deal for me. I guess it is so neat because I don't know where the onlookers are coming from or what their motivation is for watching the video in the first place. Well, as far as I am concerned it is the same thing as a visit to this blog. And, I told you guys a while back that my goal was to capture all 50 American states as viewers -- and it looks like we have accomplished that task. Yes sir, that includes Karen land in Alaska and Obama land in Hawaii. So, thank you viewers for making my day.

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Got out and about and did some shopping yesterday. Did not take the car even though it was quite warm out, pushing 14 or 15 degrees Centigrade, I think. Now, that would certainly qualify as convertible weather as you can imagine, but it was not to be because it was not to be a cruising kind of day. It was a work day and a shopping day. And, besides, it wasn't actually sunny out anyway, just pleasantly mild and cloudy.

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Still keeping my eye out on the stock market of course and wondering what these bankers are going to do next. They always seem to have something to do with these kinds of things I think, seeing as they command such large amounts of cash and influence if you know what I mean. The thing that we consumers see of course is only the surface data, and that is all that we have to work with. I am still heavy into cash of course, but I have enough equity exposure in the portfolio to get a decent annual return if the markets do in fact decide to go for it, if you know what I mean.

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Not much else to report friends except just a reminder that racing is always on the back burner and the radar screen for me. Saturday is racing day if you are interested and post time is 1600 hrs here on the West Coast. The track is the Meadowlands in New Jersey of course. And, Woodbine in Toronto if the weather is working against us. I have in the back of my mind the fractional data that I mentioned a couple of days back. So, you can appreciate that I will be monitoring this aspect of the statistics and determining whether or not I can incorporate this data into my system in a more consistent manner. We shall see come next Saturday. Talk to you all later and have a nice day.

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Good Work Canada!

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Good Morning Friends,

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today is Monday March 1, 2010

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Well, I guess this is a proud day for all of us Canadians. We had a great Olympics and everything turned out just fine. The weather was even put in its place and we triumphed. I have to tell you that I was very worried about the weather aspect of the whole thing. I mean, how can you have an Olympics without any snow? Well, I guess you can - and we did. I am glad that part of it is over with let me tell you. I am not going to worry about the weather any more. I am just going to pray for sunny days and those happy days when I can drive around in the unit with the top down. I hope Karen up in Alaska is still a proud Canadian like the rest of us. I am sure she is and I hope she told everybody about how great we are. This is not a time to be shy about success. Let's hope that we can get used to the idea of winning and that it can propel us onto even greater things in the future. See, the Olympics does serve some kind of a common purpose now doesn't it?

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