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Nice video on Israel and Jerusalem.

Some  more pictures from Sacramento Splash and the raptors.

  
                                                                  The noble falcon.

                                                        
                                                         "Bob" the owl was super cute.

This would be worth the price of admission.  In northern Australia, a tour boat has lured an enormous salt water crocodile to come to their boat and snatch a hunk of meat off a pole by surging out of the water after it.   The tourists, shown here, are naturally shocked and thrilled by the spectacle.  After experiencing this close encounter, I doubt anyone is going swimming, unless it's in the hotel pool.

Norwegian 17 year old Baard Kolstad shows the world how it's done on the drums.  Impressive talent, right there.

For some unusual Saturday entertainment, a visit was made to a local raptor center, where this golden eagle was on display.  Up close, it was an impressive, quite large bird.

Below is a cute little owl with feathery ears that was brought out to look us over.

A very common bird around here is a red tailed hawk.  Once, I counted 45 of them on the way to work, an average of one a mile.  This one is a very similar bird, a falcon.  This one looks like it would love to make a meal of your innards!  It takes a two year apprenticeship to officially become a falconer, so a person must really be dedicated to become one.  

An interesting way to spend a Sunday afternoon, no doubt.

An unintentional optical illusion.

From the International Space Station, this panoramic shot captures the Aurora Borealis, which is the green band you can see "underfoot" between the Earth and space.  An awesome shot indeed.

Saturday porch pictures

Big sis pops out little brother's loose tooth with a string, a camera and a motorbike.   Who needs a dentist?

Props to Deron Bauman for this happy way to start the weekend.

People, they're looking at you.

Large, deep blue states are falling deeper and deeper into the financial abyss, yet there is one midwestern state that has no such problem.  Take a gander at Indiana, whose Republican leaders have controlled costs so well that even in this terrible economy, their state has a budget surplus of over a billion dollars.

Well done Indiana, and here's hoping that my home state of Commie - fornia, led by America hating,  progressive retards, can get a clue from you on how it should be done.

Below is an ancient child's toy, found in Greece, and dated to about 900 BC.  Some things change, some always stay about the same.  You could probably sell  thousands of a modern version of this at Toys R Us.

A reminder to not lose concentration when practicing at the range.  There is a reason you simply must keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot, as this guy now knows. Fortunately, that looks like at worst a flesh wound.

A petulant Obama walks out of debt negotiations. 

"I would recommend that you panic."  Hugh Hendry

"Reminds me of the shit my seven year old pulls..."  Ronslob (from the comments)

The old sea god Okeanos, holding an oar and sporting crab claw horns, holds court with the fishes of the sea.  Mosaic, 2nd century AD, Antakya Museum, Antakya, Turkey.  One can only imagine how fine this looked when it was new.