http://www.mikepadgett.com/editorial/hearsaid/

My own article on old and new media in cycling. Mentions Velorooms, Kimmage Defence Fund and a few other things.

Oh L'arri seriously high five

:-(

This makes me so sick, so sad

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/apr/09/eurozone-crisis-germany-eurobonds

interesting article by George Soros

By contrast, if Italy left, its euro-denominated debt burden would become unsustainable and would have to be restructured. This would plunge the global financial system into a meltdown, which may well prove beyond the capacity of the monetary authorities to contain. The collapse of the euro would likely lead to the disorderly disintegration of the European Union and Europe would be left worse off than it had been when it embarked on the noble experiment of creating a European Union. So, if anyone must leave it should be Germany, not Italy.

There is a strong case for Germany to make a definitive choice whether to accept eurobonds or to leave the euro. The trouble is that Germany has not been put to the choice, and it has another alternative at its disposal: it can continue along the current course, always doing the minimum to preserve the euro, but nothing more. That is not the best alternative even for Germany, except perhaps in the very near term. Nevertheless, that is chancellor Merkel's preferred choice, at least until after the elections.

Piling the pressure on comrade Merkel to accept the eurobonds and apparently save the EU as it is... for now. Interesting way for him to say that the German citizens should work part of the time to pay the bonds he and his banker friends could emit.
Whatever happens there won't be a recovery in the next couple of years though. Abandoning the Euro, dissolving the EU and bringing back the national currencies is the way to go...

I don't quite know what to think now. It sounds almost like a warzone. Not saying it's as bad as Syria or other places (far from it), but the police has to get a grip on things.

And now bomb blast(s) in Bangalore. One Tweep lives only 1km away from where it happened, a canister in a car, rumours of 1 dead, near/outside the BJP party (I think they're the opposition party).

Our army sent to CAR to be slaughtered, and shoot child soldiers without our knowledge, and now this:

"@BruceRelates: Given possible rigging of Zim elections by Mugabe as recently reported, is Zuma's R900mn loan another attempt to prop up a dictator?"

No wonder JZ is helping his bro out with a couple hundred million, just like Bobby he doesn't give a f*ck about the poor starving homeless.

More on Bitcoin: "@JayLeidermanLaw: Guess Who Owns 1 Percent Of All Bitcoins http://t.co/iF3g72WjUR"

Bad news for all the hackers and libertarians out there supporting the bitcoin movement: Your favorite currency seems to have fallen into the wrong hands.

Venture capitalists Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss claim to own about 1 percent of all bitcoins in existence, about $11 million worth.

It's utterly unsurprising that the Winklevoss twins, who are famous for suing Mark Zuckerberg over the idea for Facebook, have decided to announce their investment in bitcoins at the height of public mania over the digital currency. The Winklevii told The New York Times that they're excited to get involved with bitcoins on the ground floor.

"People really don’t want to take it seriously. At some point that narrative will shift to ‘virtual currencies are here to stay,’" Cameron Winklevoss told DealBook. "We’re in the early days."

The Winklevii aren't the only investors putting money into bitcoins. Other venture capital firms are investing in both bitcoins and bitcoin-related sites, like the trading site Coinsetter.

That development is bound to irritate the currency's main demographic: people who are purposefully avoiding traditional banking. The whole point of the bitcoin is its independence and status as a currency that has not been sullied by the likes of the Winklevii.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2013/04/11/winklevoss-bitcoin_n_3063831.html

Was a great question time this week though. Ming campbell, ken Clarke and David blunkett all very articulate and well spoken, as well as clever. It's rare to see people with that talent these days. Most people just say "like" every 2nd word. And politicians stick to what the party line says they have to say.

Here they were given freedom to give their own opinions on an important period in recent history.

Funny how they couldn't use any of that good stuff when they were in a position to make a real difference. 

This stuff with celebrating someones death is kind of lame, just like the death of Bin Laden and the ensuing aftermath in the USA made me feel ill, but I admit to cracking a smile when Gaddafi was killed at the hands of his opponents.

Thatcher cant be blamed for all ills but I'm more a fan of non politicians in anycase, pioneers that did good things and made Britain better IE Isambard brunel and the like.

And "tireless and silent worker " like James Milner?   

Do they stream that at all? Or You Tube I guess, will Google.

should be on YouTube sooner than later. But for the next 7 days its on BBC I player too, if you can access that somehow, which I know isnt easy.