California: The Fools-Gold State.
California's government irresponsibly spent too much money during the housing and stock market bubbles. This year, when the economy tanked, California's tax revenues fell but government spending...
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Wild In The Wild: Mount Laguna Edition.
This weekend's shots of birds were taken at Mount Laguna about 50 miles east of San Diego. Saw 14 different types of birds. If I were a real birder I'd give you a list. But I'm not. So, here's a...
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In The Macroverse: Woodpeckers versus Pine Tree.
The woodpeckers at Mount Laguna this weekend worked nonstop pounding on the pine trees and storing their nuts in the bark. The trees didn't seem to complain but nobody would blame them if they did....
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Wild In The Urbs: Cesar Chavez Day
Today's a holiday at my office. We get all the holidays California state judges get, and they get a lot. So, this idle morning was spent in the backyard along with these visitors:A Black-headed...
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First Treasury Secretary From Metaluna.
Could Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner be an alien? Here's Geithner.And here's Metalunan scientist, Exeter, from the classic 1955 scifi movie, This Island Earth. (Here.)It's a forehead thing. We...
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In The Macroverse: Beauty And Grace.
While some of us spent Sunday morning relaxing in the yard, at the insect level it was just another day of working to survive. Here's a pollen-laden bee hovering among the branches of a San Diego...
View ArticleThe First 100 Days Down ...
Only 1381 days to go. January 20, 2013, cannot come too soon.-tdrUpdate: Okay, I added wrong. That's 1361 days to go. Even better.
View ArticleTerminator Salvation.
It's better than you've heard. The movie is a worthy sequel in the franchise, and certainly better than T3: Judgment Day. T3 was a hopeless movie about fate being in control of us. Terminator Salvation...
View ArticleRemember, Size Doesn't Matter.
The universe is a large place full of really big objects. Some people like to see some significance in humanity's small size in comparison. Whoever posted the really cool video showing the sizes of...
View ArticlePaul Blart: Mall Cop aka Die Hard With A Belly
Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Kevin James' new DVD is a not very funny action comedy about an unarmed security guard trying to rescue hostages held by a criminal gang at the shopping mall. Call it Die Hard...
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Taken (with Jack Bauer)
Like Jack Bauer in 24, Liam Neeson's character in Taken is a super competent gunman with a daughter. Instead of the 24 hours Jack Bauer has to work with, Neeson's character has 96 hours to rescue his...
View ArticleThere Is No God But Obama, And Obama Is His Prophet.
Newsweek's Evan Thomas stirred controversy and debate after he said about President Barack Obama's Cairo speech, "In a way, Obama’s standing above the country, above-above the world, a sort of god."...
View ArticleStories On Film From Iran
We sit riveted to our TV screens and computer monitors by the images coming from Iran. We see people putting their lives on the line in the streets, marching into harm's way, rising up against tyranny,...
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Wild In The Urbs
Somebody's cage is missing a Zebra Finch. (Here.) The bird is not native to Southern California. Fortunately for it, it found a backyard feeder; and for me: it's got a sweet call and beautiful...
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Wild In The Urbs: Ultimate Pigeon Fighting.
What do you get when too many pigeons try to fit in the same food bowl? Here it is. As always click on the photos to zoom in. From BirdsFrom BirdsFrom BirdsFrom Birds-tdrRepublished to change images size.
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Wild In The Urbs: Mockingbirds vs. Crow.
Competition among birds isn't only over food. Sometimes, birds fight it out for territory. Here two mockingbirds harass a crow to drive it off the top of their telephone pole. From BirdsFrom Birds-tdr
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Wild In The Urbs: Pigeon Sumo
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Wild In The Urbs: Saga Of The Zebra Finch
Two weeks since he first made an appearance in the backyard, the escaped Zebra Finch is still coming around. He seems to be acclimating to the outdoors.From Saga of the Zebra FinchNot sure how long...
View ArticleTaxifornia Interruptus.
Tax-happy Californians --- those few, those unhappy few --- are beside themselves with frustration over the revised state budget.After the recent special election, in which California's voters...
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Paid Grassroots Organizing.
This flyer in the neighborhood is a timely reminder that when liberals organize using paid workers of an advocacy group, it's still a grassroots campaign. No astroturfing here. Move along...
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