Yesterday (Oct. 28) on Morning Meeting,  Dylan Ratigan had on Eliot Spitzer and Glenn Greenwald to discuss Banking Reform the lack of any meaningful Banking Reform  Spitzer was  on fire!

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During this rather grim political period, I thought I would offer a brief interlude from my corner the natural world.   I put these and some others up on Flickr.com, but I have no idea how you access them, unless it's by using my name.

Most of the more colorful birds make stopovers here on their way to and from Central America and Canada.  They knock me out in terms of their colors, design, songs, variety, and different behaviors. 

I hope you enjoy them, and they brighten your day.

The photos look a bit blurry; I even tried some tiffs, but they weren't any better.

In order they are: evening grosbeak, male
Lewis's woodpecker
sharp-shinned hawk
black-headed grosbeak
cedar waxwing
western tanager, immature male
mourning dove
western tanager, breeding male
black-headed grosbeak, male
Steller's jay
rufous hummingbird
big buck resting
red-shafted flicker,
male triplet fawns (no, really)
Bullock's oriole, male
Gracie the racoon

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I ran into the queerest teevee program last night; a neighbor had told me about it:  'Out There TV'.  He had said they cover paranormal stories, and described (lurid) stories that 'mainstream media doesn't cover.'  Mmmm...maybe for good reason.

http://restoretherepublic.com/

 I was switching back and forth with a PBS Masterpiece Contemporary, so I just got parts of various stories.  The one I stuck with was about H1N1 flu; their claims, and the claims of visiting Gary Franchi of Freedom TV:

 There will be forced Swine flu vaccinations; mandatory quarantines of citizens; large cadres of people will refuse the vaccines; Fema incarceration camps are being set up to aid in the detentions; polls show over 50% of 'mothers' will refuse the vaccine for their kids; Canadians en masse are refusing it; legions of health care professionals are speaking out against it; and quote doctors, such as this one:

Canadian Doctor: H1N1 Vaccination a Eugenics Weapon for Mass Extermination

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