Miscellaneous Happenings
Two nights ago, my mother noticed an intruder prying into our shed at about three in the morning. She knocked on the window and he went, slowly, across the roofs and out. He didn't take much, just two old car radios, but he did uproot a nice bush of my mother's and trample some flowers. In hindsight, we all thought it would have been better to phone the police first and let them catch him, as he can do it again to someone else.
The US debt situation, which I was tracking, turned out strangely. Despite a resolution to the whole conflict, Standard & Poor's cut the US debt rating from AAA. I think it was the right thing to do, given the political deadlock that exists in Washington (and has done for a while) and the long term nature of the economic problems that they don't want to face. But the thing that really gets me is that the market's reactions to this was to sell lots of shares and buy US treasury bonds. WTF people!
The London Riots have calmed down. We never got our planned riot in Archway, so I assume that night the police did a wonderful job, since we were told the youths had already mobilised. Well done them. Since then, everything has been quiet and settled down back to normal.
The US debt situation, which I was tracking, turned out strangely. Despite a resolution to the whole conflict, Standard & Poor's cut the US debt rating from AAA. I think it was the right thing to do, given the political deadlock that exists in Washington (and has done for a while) and the long term nature of the economic problems that they don't want to face. But the thing that really gets me is that the market's reactions to this was to sell lots of shares and buy US treasury bonds. WTF people!
The London Riots have calmed down. We never got our planned riot in Archway, so I assume that night the police did a wonderful job, since we were told the youths had already mobilised. Well done them. Since then, everything has been quiet and settled down back to normal.