Let me give credit, up front, to a splendid idea from the actors Greg Wise and Emma Thompson that clarified my own outrage at a simple reality: the bankers destroyed the economy with their greed and incompetence, the Obama Administration lets each bank CEO off the hook with a negotiated deal for a fine that the institution, not the banker pays, and with no jail time for a single high-ranking Wall Streeter and WE PAY FOR THIS.

Good morning 99percenters!

Ever wonder how much living space you really need? How small could you go? 270 square feet? 350 square feet?

For several years now, we've spent more time 'in the South' in order to be nearer to a couple of medical facilities. And during this time, we've seen our resident Cardinal Family grow from a pair, to 'fifteen.'

Then, this past November, as I happened out to prepare for a predusk feeding, I witnessed a feral cat carrying off either a female, or a very young Cardinal.

Shortly after that incident, I noticed that we had lost another one.

In the summer of 2013 Andrei Plekhanov, an archaeologist at the Scientific Centre of Arctic Studies in Salekhard, Russia. Plekhanov visited one of the craters and measured methane at 9.6%, normally at .000179%. A total of 7 large craters have been reported as well as many smaller craters, as many as 20-30.

Today’s special: Vegetarian Peanut Noodle Salad

Welcome to another edition of The Caucus Cafe, a weekly series featuring recipes, food discussions and a place to ask for help with your own “kitchen conundrum.” Everyone has to eat. More importantly food is a great way to bring people together and that’s always a wonderful thing. Today our menu highlights a vegetarian peanut noodle salad.

This evening's music features jazz and blues pianist and bandleader Buddy Johnson.

Good morning 99percenters!

Beehives at airports are a growing trend. Who’d a thunk it?

It turns out to be a refreshing piece of news in a time when we hear so much about environmental destruction.

I apologize for the 'rush job.'

Hat Tip to TT for giving me the idea of posting this video [21:17 Minutes].

Sorry, but C-Span did not make the embed code available, so I had to Tweet the video in order to have a format that I could post here.

This evening's music features Mississippi Delta blues singer and member of the Mississippi Sheiks, Sam Chatmon.