Boris Johnson is the new Mayor for London. Are you kidding me Londoners, you really voted for this guy to be Mayor of one of the best cities in the World. Forgive me American cousins, I don’t mean to pry into your business, but I feel like us Londoners have done this week what you guys did when you voted for George Bush to be prez.
I’ve not been updating the site for a while because I have been caught up in lots of stuff in the offline world. Moving house, turning forty, blah blah blah, all meant I didn’t have a lot of time for Rambling procrastination. I am aiming to change that soon though and get back to both rambling and procrastinating large about many a different happenings that are going on in London, the UK and in our global village.
The US party nominations race is fascinating. It’s been years since we’ve been captivated by the presidential nominations on this side of the pond. Usually we wait until US voters have decided who’s actually running for the job of president before throwing a gaze across from time to time, ruminating on which nominee is going to be best for us (the rest of the world), but this time, the USA has two brilliant competitive races that are captivating our attention.
Are the Treasury, Bank of England and FSA playing with our money again? What’s more will we know what they are doing? Under proposals announced today banks in trouble could get emergency loan assistance but the BoE wouldn’t have to declare it straight away. A period of “non-disclosure” is proposed to lessen the impact on consumer confidence.
I was in the process of writing a post about BloggingZoom, the ‘Digg’ for bloggers when I got wind from Internet Marketing champion Courtney Tuttle that the site has been hacked. Courtney is one of the founder/owners of BloggingZoom alongside Vic of BloggerUnleashed who’s site coincidentally is also down. BloggingZoom is a fast growing site for bloggers who want to promote and publicize their sites. The team there positively encourage bloggers to submit their own content and the BloggingZoom community support this in a big way. Let’s hope the site get’s back up soon.
Sir Edmund Hillary has died. Aged 88 Sir Edmund died last night. He was the first man to climb the worlds highest mountain, Mount Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary had been suffering health problems since last April, apparently as the result of a fall in Nepal. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said that his death was a profound loss and described him as “…an heroic figure who not only ‘knocked off’ Everest but lived a life of determination, humility and generosity.” It’s sad to know that this brave man has now gone. Sir Edmund Hillary’s achievements show how the human…
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