![fledgling House Sparrow, Passer domesticus](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvGcHhWL63d4nVY46B-MA93xWWQi2K8MySvJS-WqIMorPK3Y6eAkckkic1xAKBpoP4X3ywdUSlcaWcsN__kgWLCbxKvP6iOIUWlnKoEJMivK8FJwszqyBCSL0ZZAGvfblVobSb6VJ42YT/s400/July+2011+g+067+crop.jpg)
![West Virginia White Butterfly, Pieris virginiensis](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDmbmG-uTBYeXNU9Qt7z1_0ukre4rMQVjD2cty3yqZn2XLWpioyrVdxSf4pXcliUtJMpXQFHCpD8FNn5JideIgwvZxBGKbM3jWKwKgZz41tNJsNb-PoXpKNTPC89OUBYR95u-bU43o8Fsg/s400/July+2011+g+039+crop.jpg)
![Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio glaucus 1](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGvWDjr-GLeaUi7lY6Z1Z0j9FYvra7UrHdSKWJ9S-riKSVOk1NkfaqtU4kJaKryyHt5gHqf238I4RLED3DzlqJEghJ_DjaDmmzMgyU5oNts5ix4RFEIvD07YPjXDkJEoaQHr-yoOVjcAH/s400/July+2011+g+053.jpg)
![Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio glaucus 2](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvaZ-llbYTTKcTZ9VzCUgZ8nfLeoKEeHGpYe-EcldRoH8Ow4GyaCa4fqaQ4lvBdX1e_NmHGlg9VhkonHNycdrQkNuVun_3jjGrM53zCFabyaKgHKTh3sckNInbkLIj98fYC3SivGxxY2j/s400/July+2011+g+046+crop.jpg)
![Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio glaucus 3](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHH1ZWhyphenhyphen6CULwL1IPrXVvsx_4NIuYMBM-_-vhkCTsPg26LDMmDmGSzgqJYEMFsI4KNf5DpsMAj-YAGciRlBW_DMferkPIV0mhEzBsElzBAZs32y6eMVFKtqYRUN1jFMOmO6RXDRzHVZQNE/s400/July+2011+g+048+crop.jpg)
Any other beesness?
![Western honey bee, Apis mellifera](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhdXGW6_A5GNfFXMdgOKGhUXfdjB-jWiJ8AzUj-8kqJ-vEwwd0_Sh6p_-DEGuK7bq5XjyFh-KoYtN3aOb2g_aIyjcooneWNNEHF1XoaLLjZZSwOPwy-jPJ9j6kkyV06k_B9mBQzYI0ANH/s400/July+2011+g+034.jpg)
Nice post on peaceful things, which means a fine rant is building, I bet.
This is a sobering reminder for those who think it’s too expensive to wage a war against jihadists. I spoke to Gary Schmitt of the American Enterprise Institute, who has been critical of proposed cuts in defense and of President Obama’s Afghanistan withdrawal plan. “There has been a lot of talk over the past few months on how we’ve got al-Qaeda on the run and, compared with what it once was, it’s become a rump organization. But as the attack in Oslo reminds us, there are plenty of al-Qaeda allies still operating. No doubt cutting the head off a snake is important; the problem is, we’re dealing with global nest of snakes.”