**Bacon** (crispy, chopped into small bits) - Optional: Sour cream, green onions, or ranch dressing for garnish ### Instructions: 1. **Cook the Fries**: Prepare your French fries by baking or frying them until golden and crispy. 2. **Prepare the Bacon**: Cook bacon in a skillet until crispy. Let it cool and crumble into bits. 3. **Assemble**: Place the fries on an oven-safe tray, sprinkle generously with cheese, and add the crumbled bacon on top. 4. **Melt the Cheese**: Pop the tray into a preheated oven (around 375°F or 190°C) for 5-7 minutes, or until the cheese melts. 5. **Garnish and Serve**: Add optional toppings like sour cream or green onions. Serve hot! Enjoy your loaded fries!                                                                                                                       Ken Ring - Long Range Forecaster  · Follow rndpseotSohmM1M71c1 5195la3fP2t5 u7hcih28:0 0 8a956133r20lg0  ·     Earthquake reminders Remembering back to our school days, we recall that inertia = mass x speed, in other words the faster something moves, the more power it can generate. We see it every day in a karate performance, in which a fast-moving downward hand of a non-muscular demonstrator can smash a concrete block. When opening a stubborn jam jar lid, twist it fast and you would have more success, than if you tried opening it slowly. When your mother moved quickly in removing a plaster, there was no time for pain. The moon moves with varying speeds relative to the earth throughout its cycle. It is therefore logical that when it moves the fastest, it has greater effect on the earth, especially in the earthquake prone areas. So let us look at when the moon is moving the fastest. It moves the fastest when each of three lunar situations occur. The three are new moon, perigee, and lunar equinox. When, in rare times, all three happen together within 24 hours, the situation is that the moon creates its most powerful effects. Such an occasion occurred on the 28/29 March (according to your time zone). Not only was it new moon, but also lunar equinox moving north, and perigee #4, a powerful perigee. The 23 March was the southern declination, in other words a peak down here which was why our earthquake graph shows the strongest lunar forces in the month occurred 23-29. Tonga received another today. Does this explain the Myanmar tragedy? The earthquake prone period was active all over the world, in this small timeframe, including a 6.8 mag event in the west of the South Island and a couple of other shakes in New Zealand that attracted attention. The Myanmar event occurred when the moon was overhead. The huge bolt of energy sprung the seismic forces. Presumably, the seismic damage was done, and a couple of hours later, the world was told of the damage. This timing is common with big earthquakes, with the time of strike heralding the damage e.g. for one of the large 2011 Christchurch shakes. But the moon moves on quickly in its orbit. Not only was the 23 March responsible for earthquakes, it was also the tail end of this tropical cyclone that affected Queensland (and eventually NZ) and why we predicted that the rain would persist in that state for most of the month. It may be of interest that the last time the worrisome three situations occurred together was 8 April 2024. The next time will be 1 September 2027. Of course there will be a scratching of the heads of the geologists and scaremongers. The moon is the last thing that they would consider, and yet they refuse to do the simplest relevant research. It is simply not fashionable, nor profitable. With the advent of April, except possibly for the 8th-9th and the 23rd, the promise is for settled weather after 10th, with a dryness that will worry many farmers, on both sides of the Tasman. (pic: moon over Myanmar, 04:30 on 28 March 2025, reported 06:20)              

Why knock people trying something new to get people involved...dont like it dont join in but no need to put sand in someone else's rice bowl.

Trump is a crook. Remember the Trump Foundation he was using that as his own little piggy bank. Just as well for him he was convicted under a civil trial. He molested women and bragged about it in a tape. He tried to reverse an election (Remember January 6). He tried to manipulate election results remember the "I just need to find 11,800 votes". He held onto confidential documents an showed them to others while telling them that he should not be doing it. I could go on and on. He is a crooked prick who should be in jail

Bloody brilliant..reckon Mr Balcome and his merry men will soon put out a Press Release with this 'new idea' to be run at a track near you. Can see it now...regional heats ending in a TREX Grand Final - probably at Trentham or Riccarton on the first Saturday in August.

Not questioning your right -or anyone else's right as a micro-owner -to do what you like with your money, just curious to know how the horse's future is determined - assuming there's a block or single owner with 51% controlling its destiny. I note in the Frac 'prospectus' that broodmare rights/future is yet to be determined. I think Te Akau' s policy is that females must be sold at the end of their racing careers to avoid the misery of protracted disputes/legal action etc. Has your HY filly got a name yet, Pete?

Going well isn’t it ?           The New York Times U.S. stocks nose-dived after Trump’s tariffs rollout Wall Street tumbled to its worst day since the pandemic yesterday in response to President Trump’s major round of tariffs on U.S. imports, as countries reeling from the blow weighed countermeasures. Stocks in Asia and Europe also fell. Some European leaders vowed to retaliate after Trump slapped a 20 percent tariff on the E.U. “If you take on one of us, you take on all of us,” Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, said. Here’s the latest. China, which faces a new 34 percent tariff on top of the blanket import tax imposed earlier this year, vowed to respond to “safeguard its own rights and interests.” Britain said that negotiations with the U.S. would continue. The S&P 500 fell 4.8 percent, its worst drop since June 2020, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. The reaction suggested that the scale of the tariffs had come as a surprise. Apple led a tech sell-off, falling about 9 percent. Source: FactSet • By The New York Times Reactions: Prime Minister Mark Carney said that Canada introduced a 25 percent tariff on cars and trucks and called for a new global trading order without the U.S. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico announced plans to increase domestic production of food, energy, textiles and other items in a bid to blunt the impact of tariffs. France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, called on European companies to suspend all investments in the U.S. “until things have been clarified.” Asia hard hit: The punishing tariffs on Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and others in the region threaten their position as manufacturing hubs for the U.S. market and an alternative to China. Trump’s tariffs also hit garment makers in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka hard. See which countries have the highest tariff rates. Vehicles: New tariffs of 25 percent on all automobiles made outside the U.S. took effect yesterday. Trump said the tariffs would encourage investment in U.S. factories, but analysts said car buyers would end up paying more. Here’s what else to know about the tariffs.  

https://www.facebook.com/reel/398475672902817 Gary Brecka on B12

Never interested but you know its a big skim. Wouldnt go near as quoted sbove.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/452222763896143 Twin Towers

Reigning Eclipse champion turf female Moira and three-time North American grade 1 winner Anisette are set to make their seasonal debuts April 5, but they'll do so south of the Equator in the Doncaster Mile (G1) at Randwick Racecourse.View the full article

Just in case the thickos haven’t got the message yet…..🙈    

NZTR Statement on Animal Welfare Charges New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) acknowledges the decision today of the Racing Integrity Board’s (RIB’s) Adjudicative Committee regarding Mr John Malcolm and fully supports the decisive action taken against anyone who mistreats animals. NZTR does not tolerate any behaviour whatsoever that compromises animal welfare. At an early stage of the RIB’s investigation last year, both Mr John Malcolm and Mrs Rachel Malcolm’s licences were immediately suspended by NZTR, pending the outcome of the adjudicative process.  In today’s decision related to Mr John Malcolm, the penalty determined by the Adjudicative Committee for four serious racing offences and seven breaches of welfare standards is a lifetime disqualification from any involvement in the Thoroughbred industry.  NZTR Chief Executive Matt Ballesty confirmed support for the decision. “NZTR fully supports this outcome and remains committed to upholding the highest standards of care and treatment for Thoroughbred horses. We have zero tolerance towards any actions that compromise their wellbeing.” “The decision regarding Mr John Malcolm sends a clear message that animal welfare is paramount in our industry, and we fully support the outcome.”  NZTR will continue to enforce strict standards to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all horses within the industry.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=648820811228011 Dr. Eric Berg  DC

Geez some people complain about one stable but their fees pale in comparison to this FRAC Club.  They whip out 10% of the net stakes AFTER Trainer and Jockey percentages so that leaves 74% of the stake for the FRAC and majority shareholders.  Then they take 10% of the sale price at the end of racing AND if applicable a breeding right.  The trainer doesn't seem to get anything from the sale.  The FRAC club only owns 40% of the horse and if you multiply the 2,250 x $260 =$463,000 for 2 years (or less).  Wow I'd say the 60% owners are getting a free ride!

My money so I can spend it as I see fit.  

Gone-ski. Transferred to Te Awamutu.  

The Frac 1 syndicate won with Zormella at Te Aroha last week, and given the massive betting plunge, I'm guessing the 5000 owners jumped on.

I saw Norfolk Islands on the list. 29% tariffs.  Head punch, upper cut, 👊 there you go Norfolk Islands, take that you little fucka. That's what you get for trying to rip off the mighty United States of America. "USA, USA, USA, USA USA... "

Perhaps they can race right-handed🤣