We are currently at 743 active cases in Melbourne, down from 1159 from last week. However, Daniel Andrew wants legislation for police to put people in concentration camps for “thought crime”, is basically how many people have read it judging from the comments. This article goes deeper to this alternative narrative that’s not found in mainstream media. Are you feeling like this in Melbourne?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg died last week so here’s a quote that’s appropriate. “I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.”
NSW is at 138 cases, slightly down from 149 last week.
This article is helpful to understand that the government can’t mandate compulsory vaccination for all its citizens. It didn’t even mandate compulsory testing for those people in hotel quarantine. Of course they have other mechanisms to persuade you, such as cut any financial incentives such as child care subsidiaries, and other government payments or require you to hold a government sanction card to say you’ve been vaccinated. Let’s just hope there’s been widespread validation of the vaccine before governments rush to adopt it.
The world is sitting at 7,496,942 active cases, with 962,087 deceased. France recorded a record breaking 13,500 new cases in 1 day. Trump forgot what city he is in.
Masks are ineffective if you are doing THIS! Unless of course they are drinking this old receipt, it might be a cure for COVID…or not.
Markets and Economics
The market update from Real Vision with Raoul Pal is always insightful, markets are going sideways and we need to be watching banking stocks breaking down. But I pretty much agree with what Raoul said, there is nothing happening in markets in terms of price moves.
NZ are leading the way with a national bank that will invest in transport, education and health care. This is what we also need in Australia to ensure critical infrastructure gets investment regardless of the profit they produce.
This guy thinks we’re in the 4th financial shock, first 3 being 1907, 1933, 1971 and now. and we’re all about to get crushed. Same guy thinks cash is getting banned to put smaller banks out of business, so that eventually you only end up with central banks. Not sure if i agree or not, but always interesting to get different views.
Two biggest news in Crypto are:
- MicroStrategy a NASDAQ listed company, has adopted Bitcoin as their primary treasury reserve asset. They are holding 38,250 bitcoins. This is a significant moment, and very important to understand this. You can listen to their CEO Micahel Saylor talk about it. Treasury functions in EVERY companies will now have to play catch up.
- Kraken has become a US Bank using regulation in Wyoming. If you don’t know Kraken is a very large crypto exchange.
BTC is trading at 10,800 USD.
Other Stuff
I found this article helpful on meeting everyone on your new team, which I will be implementing.
What am i reading at the moment?
If you are interested in eastern philosophy I really enjoyed two books on the weekend Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse which follows the journey of a boy named Siddhartha and a ferryman during the time of the Buddha , and the Zen in the Art of Archery, which talks about Japanese archery and what mastery of something feels like.
If you have signed up via email you should get an automated email at about 9am Monday, it’s not fully tested because I’m watching Tour De France at 2:30am. I have a huge todo list that I’m working through for the week. If you’re wondering what tech I’m using for a todo list, it’s called old school pen and notepad. There’s something satisfying about crossing things off. I also have a whiteboard to remind me what I’m focused on for this year, and I will sometimes use Trello to plan lists and move things around.
I’ll leave you with some Donnie Yen vs Scott Atkins just as something random. Enjoy your week.