Thanks For The Halp, CSM

Here is their quiz.

You know who else was a Commie?
That's right...

P.S. Here's a tip for you, CSM: Ralph Nader isn't running this year.

But Jill Stein is.



Some other thoughts on the election here.

(Also, thanks to BDR for this Arthur Silber link.)


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Happy Contrails

Carmi's Thematic Photographic 217 is - Travel Travel.

I've not done any recently, meself.  However, it is going on all around me.



In other news...
 


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Beer, Blanton's, Bees, and Bonzos

Carmi's Thematic Photographic 217 is Drink Up!

Here we have the World Of Beer.

How about a shot of Blanton's?

Other Beesness:











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More Fall Colors (and Birds)

My 2nd bite of the apple: Carmi's Thematic Photographic 216, Fall Colors. These pictures were all taken at Scioto Audubon Metro Park on Saturday.







These are a few of the large group of egrets and herons that were having great success fishing in the Scioto River.



Blackpoll Warbler, perhaps?  They were slightly smaller than the nearby sparrows, and more determined to stay in the marsh grass.





These fungi were the size of salad bowls (the largest was about a foot in diameter). Polypores, I presume.
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Fall Colors - T.P. 216

Carmi's Thematic Photographic 216 is Fall Colors.

Only a few trees around here have really started to turn like this one.

So...how about some cats and such?




I like this beer packaging, but sorry, Kroger. $10 for four 12 ounce bottles does not compel me.

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Happy Belated Birthday, War in Afghanistan!

Sorry for not buying you a present.



VOA News

October 7 marks the 11th anniversary of the beginning of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan.

It has lasted longer than any other war in U.S. history. More than 3,000 international coalition troops have died in the war, including 2,000 Americans. Far more Afghan civilians have died.

Point of order, VOA!

Ronald Reagan, October 14, 1982

Speaking at the Justice Department, Reagan likened his administration’s determination to discourage the flow and use of banned substances to the obstinacy of the French army at the Battle of Verdun in World War I — with a literal spin on the "war on drugs." The president quoted a French soldier who said, "There are no impossible situations. There are only people who think they’re impossible."

And the War on Poverty was kicked off on January 8, 1964

None of these wars are going very well. (Of course, certain individuals and corporations are doing just GREAT, as always.)



UPDATE: Hat tip to Warren Terror.



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Shiny, Spiny, Painted, and Fine

Carmi's Thematic Photographic 215 is Shiny.

This is a Shiny 1954 Mercury in German Village.


And here we have a Spiny Softshell Turtle in Schiller Park.


Also at Schiller, the Painted Lady butterflies were out in force.



Last but not least, a FINE patch of Datura inoxia in German Village.




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Sunday Bees

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