London on Fire

Education, kids, education...the bulk of the unrest in London has to do with the rioting kids...it's not a racial thing...the death of a "dark skinned kid" touched it off...but, here's the skinny...the reports have it as the NEET's...not employed, educated, or in training...Britain is thought of having this great educational system...fact is that 17% of their students drop out and flounder about...over 600,000 of them have never worked...thus...they then call out those who are...and say that the others are rich...voila, a series of unrest has developed...

The Stock Market...over 600 points down yesterday...most of it had to with the banking problems and credibility...yet, throughout the world, it seemed to affect every one else...look for a rebound today...at least, that's what I hope...

Beisbol...the Pads had this great streak broken...187 straight games they had won when leading in the 9th by 2 or more runs...Heath Bell, the closer, gave up 3 and blew the save and the streak...boo...the new set up guy, Chad Qualls, had another awful outing...he's not the answer Bud...
get this...Atlanta's 2B, Dan Uggla, has a 29 game hitting streak...which is very cool...BUT...he's only batting .220...what?  He must have bee hitting .050 when he started...
the Pirates go into SF and shut 'em out...what?
the Red Sox and the Yankees are on the tube...not really complaining, but Boston is on 3 or 4 times a week...

The NFL pre-season games start up Thursday...can you believe people actually bet on these?  News from the Bolts camp is mostly positive...the D seems to be ready...and outside of Ryan Mathews being out of shape...the O is good...now, about the special teams...

Where's the sun?