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News for Dec 27 Hmmm...Definitely worth your time FBI: How to tell if you are being lied to News for Dec 16 AFGE Letter on Pay Freeze by Beth Moten Five Myths About Federal Workers For Federal Employees, a Feeling of Being Targets in the Budget Wars Johnny Cry Inclussiveness... News for Dec 15 What Bernie (Senator Bernie Sanders) Said, Part 1 Typical and why Republicans get what they want... Totally... True... Sums it up... Could be... News for Dec 9 Self-Defense Rich are winning... On target... How his party sees him... Hmmmm...How's that trust thing working for you?... News for Dec 8 Billions for Wealthy - Pay Freeze and Retirement Reductions for Federal Employees President Gauge Speaks Out on Pay Freeze for Federal Employees News for Dec 6 Military in Conflict Over Repeal I Certainly Hope So... How Austraila See It... The cop out... The Light of Truth... All The Best Terrorists Agree... Grinchy... Making Kiddie Porn Legal... Didn't Think of This Angle... GOP Hates You, Loves the Rich...Don't Belive It? Watch CSPAN... Treason... How it Works... News for Dec 3 Fighting Myths with Truth Comprehensive Health Care... News for Dec 2 U.S. Weighs Prosecution of WikiLeaks Founder, but Legal Scholars Warn of Steep Hurdles WikiWorld Federal Reserve: We Loaned Banks Trillions The New Bipartisanship... Pretty Much... Drug Prohibition... Simple Reasons to Never Fly in U.S... Been There... Interesting... You Know What It's Really About Don't You?... Really, Name Just One... News for Dec 1 Latest Wikileaks documents show U.S. Government lied to us again concerning Iran - Why? Does Iraq ring any bells? People Who Speak Truth Don't Fear It... Corruption in courts... Party of no... Think about it... Grand Ole Porkers... Crying Junk... Don't Know About Your Budget...But Mine... News for Nov 26 President Obama announces two-year federal pay freeze...Trillions for unwanted wars though Listen to President Gage's Press Conference on Freezing Federal Pay News for Nov 26 TSA Turkey Fear will always justify...What are you willing to give up... Words... Loving Women... Thanks... News for Nov 20 U.S. Courts accept evidence obtained through torture... News for Nov 19 The Clowns Are Performing... Shameful to have come to this... Don't like the picture...Refuse to Fly... Dems as Usual... News for Nov 17 Republic Corp, What Greed Gets You... Rich get much richer, you get poorer... Sad History... Two for one...Entertaining them while you damage your DNA... On point... Cataloging... News for Nov 08 Agencies use Interns to Discriminate Against Vets More from the most corrupt poltician in D.C... His True Love, Obviously Not You... Best election money can buy... Gotta Love it... It All About Racism... Racist News Cycle Diagrammed... Stupid is as Stupid Says... Billions at Stake...for Them, not you... Winners=Corporations. Loosers=You... Fooled Again eh?... You Should be Worried, Very Very Worried... Why You Should be Worried, Very Very Worried... News for Nov 04 How to Survive Post-Election Blues Yea... Down the Drain... Making the stupid choice... Proven, Lies can Win Elections... Election Stomp... Why Would They Be Surprised?... A job of fooling voters...Well done... True to form, wimps as always... Thanks Supreme Court... No We Don't Want To Loose These... Hysteria Rules... News for Nov 03 2010 Election Results by State "The unbearable stupidity of American voters" US court keeps military ban on gays during appeal News for Nov 02 News for Nov 01 Maybe... Iran Follows U.S. Tactics... Bad for our military leaders... News for Oct 27 Vote, Definitely Vote, Please Vote Trick or Treat Unfrotunately... Exactly... Please Vote... The Truthful Have Nothing to Fear... News for Oct 26 With U.S. Military Embracing Homosexuality, Will Christians Continue to Enlist? Leaked Reports Show U.S. War Effort a Complete Failure - Lives Lost, Trillions Spent. U.S. Tacitly Admits It Can't Fight Wars Without Mercenariess Republicans want to turn Social Security over to Wall Street - President Says He Will Protect Social Security - Privatization a non-starter News for Oct 21 G.I.L.G.B.T.P.D.Q. News for Oct 15 The Professinal (Mis)Informant The Mis-Informant News for Oct 14 Canada Adds BPA (Bisphenol A) to Toxins List - U.S. Does Nothing - Still Eating Canned Food? Meg 2010 News for Oct 12 We are being manipulated Angels... We the Corporate.. Truth... Never Acceptable... Participation in Social Media Equals Zero Privacy... Forgetting who actually does the work... Both Parties Sell Out the People... Wrong, just wrong... Wacko Politics - How the People Can Make it Worse... Wit so many citizens and corporations wanting the U.S. to fail, is it any wonder?... News for Oct 6 Federal contractors, the worst employers Soldiers struggle emotionally under stress of war Yep, it sure is... Fear for the sake of fear... Opposition Truth... News for Oct 5 AFGE NATIONAL PRESIDENT JOHN GAGE STATEMENT ON FEHBP PREMIUM INCREASES All it is worth... It real...not a joke... News for Oct 4 Once again, OPM negotiates another increase in FEHB premiums (7.2%) Thousands Rally in DC News for Oct 1 After U.S. Military invades Pakistan for the third time this week and kills Pakistani troops, Pakistan closes it borders to U.S. and NATO supply convoys. Eighty (80) percent of supplies for Afghanistan travel through Pakistan 27 fuel tankers trapped in Pakistan (due to border closing) supplying fuel for U.S. troops burned News for Sep 30 Is the American Dream Dead, Has the Middle Class Been Betrayed? Republicans Block Net Neutrality Bill That Would Guarrantee Your Rights to Uncensored Internet Usage Who are the modern day Fascists?... Thanks to the facsits eh?... Closing soon near you... Modern Conservative Thinking...Doesn't it look like facsism?... The pledge to destroy US... Remember Carnivore and Reykjavik?... News for Sep 29 War Crimes! US Soldier Describes Shooting Afghan Civilians on Tapes That His Lawyer Contests The American Way: Spreading Democracy to Afghansistan (a joke) One Journalist's Arrest at a Time Faulty Logic, Can You See It?... News for Sep 28 War Crimes! GOP Dinos... Pledging to Rob You... Thanks to Justice Roberts et all... Remember to ... Losing it all while the rich get richer while Greed Over People keeps pulling the wool over your eyes... Buzz words used to describe fastest growing segment of U.S. population... News for Sep 27 Pentagon announces $60 Billion arms package for a regime even more repressive than Iran's, home of 9/11 terrorists and repressive family dictatorship - Saudi Arabia What GOP (Greed Over People) stand for... The Pledge... All about making the middle class poor... News for Sep 24 Price Spikes Raise Specter of Another Food Crisis Injuries climb with more Army recruits unfit for duty News for Sep 23 Repulicans on Healthcare: People with pre-existing conditions...are like houses that have already burned down Why is it we have to have a law for what should be common sense? GOP to Federal workers: Overpaid and too old. "If you lowered pay and benefits you'd get turnover -- young and fresh people, which would be a good thing." Republican Problem Solving... No government = anarchy/death/destruction...Too bad the simple minded can't figure it out... The plan... Not that I can tell... News for Sep 21 Labor-management council considers tackling telework Louis Berger Group Proves Crime Does Pay Almost 9 years into the longest war in U.S. history it seems the endless war is here to stay So much for $700 Billion a year... GOP: Greed over Public good... Counting on voters to vote against their own best interests... The American Experience... Remember who got us here... True and to the point... Best bribe system in the world... Seem foolish doesn't it?... News for Aug 23 Should Brg Gen Brian R. Layer be court martialed for punishing troops that refused to attend an Evangelical concert? News for June 21 Another Bank Fails - Always Announced Late on Friday News for June 18 $700+ Billon Budget and DoD Still Can't Take Care of the Troops? Where is all the money going? News for June 9 Pencil Pushing Officer at Fort Hood Neglecting Soldier's Medical Needs Operation Overreaction Rogue States... Who Will Punish Them... Remember Them... We Loose of Course... Really... Cost of Groceries Increasing as You Increase Use of Credit Card... News for June 8 Protect Your TSP - Wall Street Journal Predicts Complete Economic Collapse Legendary T. Boone Pickens Predicts $400.00 per Barrel Oil News for June 4 May Iraq Casualties Hedge Funds Hit Hard In May, Same as November 2008 News for June 3 TSP endures a dismal May News for June 2 Is it time to protect your TSP by moving from C fund to G? 20% Value Loss Predicted J.P. Morgan: "We now have more doubts about the strength of the global recovery" Mirada rights modified by U.S. Supreme Court News for June 1 "Five More U.S. Banks Fail" "U.S. banks are collapsing" Remember... Stormy Future... News for May 28 You Inky Al-Jihadi Give Him A Hand Our Debts... You Know This One... Liberty... Why Can't Truth Overcome Lies... News for May 25 Executive Order 13522 - Creating Labor Management Formus in Federal Government DoD Memo: Establishment of Labor-Management Forums in the Department of Defense News for May 24 A Bad Month... Free Trade... Ecological Disaster... Backdoor Legalization... Crapthink... Filthy As Always... News for May 19 BPA in Cans Poses Health Threat - BPA Found in 92% of Cans Tested - U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked to ban BPA in food packaging Having Health Problems? Guess What...BPA Pervasive in Our Canned Food How much BPA is in your food? More than was previously thought... News for May 12 Data Seizure at the Airport - Not a stretch to see it happening in Kansas News for May 11 McChrystal's War Plan Viewed As Failure News for May 10 Bungling Petroleum - British Petroleum - BP... Off-Shore Drilling Dead... What will tomarrow bring... Clean Hydrogen would avoid this... News for May 06 April Iraq Casualties Lieberman: Strip terror suspects of their U.S. citizenship - So anyone accused, ANYONE? Not convicted? Complicit Agents of Crimes Repeats...Repeats News for Apr 29 Wall Street Grins as Washington Fiddles Palindrome - Watch/Listen Carefully Mars or Bust... Sheriff... Front Burner... Business as Usual... Yep... Census Reveals... Oil and Water... Just Like Government... Priced Out of Reach... News for Apr 28 Army surgeon general notes concern about drugs prescribed to wounded soldiers Feeling Warehoused in Army Trauma Care Units Little progress so far in southern Afghanistan News for Apr 27 Obama signs law to protect Tricare Protect Yourself, Do NOT Travel in/to Arizona... Out of Control Greed... Finest Politicians Money Can Buy... Why DRAFT Won't Work... Arizona Facism... News for Apr 26 Brig. Gen. Stephen Townsend: [Suicide] "It's bad for soldiers, it's bad for families, bad for your units, bad for this division and our Army and our country and it's got to stop now," he insisted. "Suicides on Fort Campbell have to stop now." Cheating US Workers News for Apr 22 FLRA ordered agency to negotiate over three proposals regarding bargaining unit workers' access to dining facilities at a military base FLRA ordered agency to negotiate over two proposals regarding bargaining unit workers' access to a base exchange and commissary Born to Lose News for Apr 21 The Paycheck Fairness Act: Now an Economic Imperative When the Union's Die, This is How You Will Work News for Apr 20 Soldiers in "Wikileaks" Unit Apologize for Violence Colorful... Short Memories... Anti-Tax Pros... The Herbal Party... An Example of Why 80% Don't Trust Government... News for Apr 19 Blackwater [XE] Indicted for Violating Federal Firearms Laws Lie to Congress; Get Fourth Star News for Apr 16 AFGE Campaigns against Use of Potentially Harmful UV Flashlights - This is why Unions are needed! News for Apr 15 How Americans Benefit from New Health Care Law The troops were, in essence, used as bullet magnets. News for Apr 14 More than 53% of your taxes go to the military. Some also want a war tax Gates criticizes leak of Iraq killings Iraq Vets: Coverage of Atrocities Is Too Little, Too Late More charges facing Iraq contractor The health insurance industry adds huge administrative costs to our system, not to mention the profits they siphon off. WellPoint is a parasitic middleman that adds no value, but actually increases the cost of health care for all of us. Anti-Government Extremists: On the Rise and On the March News for Apr 13 Union Proven Right, Free Traders Proven Wrong Winning Hearts and Minds Reality... How it works... Broken Government... Pretty Much... High Finance... No Logic... News for Apr 12 Ex-Bush Official Wiliing to Tesitfy Bush, Cheney Knew Gitmo Prisoners Innocent Pentagon Reeling After Cover-ups Exposed Why More Immigrants Are an Answer to the Coming Boomer Entitlement Mess De-regulation at its best... We ARE the World's Largest Arms Dealer After All... News for Apr 09 NarcoMex US Military Slaughters Sheep in Apology for Afghanistan Deaths News for Apr 07 March Iraq Casualties March Afghanistan Casualties Youtube Video (as seen on NBC) Maligning U.S. Military News for Apr 05 A Society Consumed by Locusts: Youth in the Age of Moral and Political Plagues News for Apr 02 Carrying a Backpack of Sorrow ... Soldiers on the Edge of Suicide War Profiteer KBR Sued for Stealing from Taxpayers Pentagon to Increase Security Measures Thrift Savings Plan Funds Bloom in March Inherently Governmental Defined The Federal Reserve In Hot Water News for Apr 01 Federal Judge Finds N.S.A. Wiretapping Program Illegal News for Mar 30 EPA Lists Bisphenol (BPA) as a 'chemical of concern' So our government tortured and lied about this person and it took a U.S. Court to reveal the truth News for Mar 30 FDA pressured to combat rising 'food fraud' WARNING: Thousands swindled using soldier-in-need ruse An Interesting Editorial on how a State can be seen as facist News for Mar 26 Parts & Parcels News for Mar 22 Financial Crisis Continues as Banks in Five More States Fail News for Mar 18 Reports of Military Sexual Assults Rose 11 Percent Stop Mistreating Working Women! Yale Researchers: Exposure to BPA may cause permanent fertility defects News for Mar 16 U.S. Military Accused: Killed were Afghanistan Police Commander Dawood his pregnant wife, his brother (a local procecutor), another pregnant woman, and an 18 year old girl. Military offers $2000 per person killed. Of torture and murder by U.S. Government employees, condoned by politicians Interesting paper on manufacture of BPA News for Mar 15 Wasting a thousand billion on oil wars and now... The New McCarthyism Do nothing politicians... Not really... Yep... Ever increasing insurance premiums... All thanks to do nothing polticians and people who like paying more for less... Still think doing nothing is better?... Definitely not all there... News for Mar 12 GAO analyst critical of Joint Strike Fighter program's cost overruns, delays Good Debt, Bad Debt Afghanistan Debate: Rep Donna Edwards Afghanistan Debate: Rep Alan Grayson Afghanistan Debate: Rep Ron Paul Afghanistan Debate: Rep Cheillie Pingree Afghanistan Debate: Rep Dennis Kuciich Drinking From Plastic Raises BPA Levels 70 percent Tests show Bisphenol A in a range of US canned food products including DelMonte, Campbells, Progresso, Similac. BPA Worries Food Manufacturers Food Makers Battle to Avoid BPA Containers News for Mar 11 Majority Rule 3.10.2010 AARP Speaks Out Against BPA in Our Food News for Mar 10 Attacks on federal employees, facilities a hot-button issue at union conference News for Mar 09 With TSA Administrator in the Wings, AFGE renews call for bargaining rights Alarm Bells Sounded Over Skyrocketing Number of New Anti-Government Groups U.S Marines Accused of Lying - Fiction of Marjah as City Was US Information War News for Mar 08 Congress to Debate to Continue Afghanistan War U.S. Military Embraces Convicted Felons in Afghanistan Afghanistan's My Lai Massacre - Is it true the U.S. military is doing nothing about these? UN Envoy Says Afghan Strategy Is "Too Military-Driven" Fiancial Crisis Continues - More Banks Fail in Florida, Illinois, Maryland and Utah The richest and most powerful country on earth is subject of damning report to the U.N. Human Rights Council. Guess Who? Are you helping the enemy... Kentucky Derby Clown... Yep... News for Mar 05 Horrible - Shooting at Pentagon Senator Warns Against Awarding $1B Contract to Blackwater Criminals The Big Lie News for Mar 04 DoD Reveals More Illegal Domestic Spying on U.S. Citizens After Poisoning/Killing Our Troops, KBR Still Get U.S. Contracts? Past Presidents Plummeting Death Reform News for Mar 03 VA [Finally] Agrees to Take Second Look at Thousands of Gulf War Vets Disability Claims Sliding Backwards on Iraq - Is the Military Really Running the Government? Criminal Blackwater [X, Paravant, Preidential Airways, Blackwater Lodge & Training Center, US Training Center Inc] Migrains Multiply News for Mar 02 TSP returns more in February Bipartisan Brawlathon News for Mar 01 Trust issues raised at first meeting of labor-management council The cost of doing nothing on health care Wall Street Journal Recommends Walking Away From Your Home BPA Raises Risk of Asthma in Kids 90 Percent of Cord Blood from U.S. Babies Tests Positive for BPA Yep Same Ole S... A Gouging We Go... News for Feb 26 Marine Corps leader stands against gays in military Wimpy Democrats Vote to Extend USA Patriot Act for 1 Year Despite Known Continuing Abuses Fix is in for criminal Blackwater to get another DoD contract Senate Panel Blasts Blackwater Over Theft of Assault Weapons, Civilian Deaths Angela Braly Cooking the Books to Justify Massive Blue Cross Rate Hikes US Using Iraqi Political Discord to Justify Continuance of Occupation News for Feb 24 Troops dying for military politics to justify Afghan war to U.S. citizens - B.S. as usual 'Don't ask, don't tell' repeal faces long battle Senior US military leaders tell Congress they oppose moves to quickly repeal or suspend policies barring gay soldiers National labor leaders back AFGE in effort to organize screeners Example of how big money works in U.S. health care As usual, OPM does not have a clue BPA poison omnipresent in U.S. foods...large beltway law firm says "you don't have the right to know" President above law according to DOJ Lying taken personally as it should be News for Feb 23 Afghan Push...Not Going So Well Probes Overlook McChrystal's Role in Costly Afghan Battles Terroism Law, McCarthyism AGAIN News for Feb 17 TSP's international fund continues to slide Beware Fear's Racist Temptation News for Feb 16 TSP funds slip in January Cheney Admits to War Crimes, Media Yawns, Obama Turns the Other Cheek - From This One Learns Law Does Not Apply to Everyone...Therefore Law Applies to None News for Feb 12 Blackwater [XE, Preidential Airways] Accused of Defrauding U.S Taxpayers News for Feb 11 Hundreds of Backwater [AKA "XE" AKA "Presidential Airways"] Contractor-Thugs Ordered to Leave Iraq Women Continue to Face Sexual Assault While In Military News for Feb 10 Were is all the money going? ($700+Billion per year) There is No Agreement For U.S. Troops To Operate In Pakistan But... ABC: Soft Drinks Linked to Pancreatic Cancer Risk FTC probing CVS Caremark's [Supplies Drug Prescriptions for Most Federal Employees] prescription drug practices Industry Out of Control: Obama Administration Demands Anthem Blue Cross Justify Massive Rate Hikes Tom Tancredo Urges Tea Party to Embrace Racism Down the Hole... Unions Contribute Less than 1% of Campaign Contributions and Yet They Are Equated With... The U.S. Space Program Dies... Screw the Humans... How it really works...Just ask a waitress... No chioce at all... News for Feb 9 Study: Soda drinkers at increased risk of pancreatic cancer - Due to BPA in the can? WEBMD: 2 Sodas per week raises cancer risk 87% NTEU National Vice President Frank Ferris Discuses Requirement to Bargain Ground Rules in FLRA Decision: Dept of Treasury, IRS and NTEU, 64 FLRA No. 67 (2010) Federal Employees with Blue Cross Blue Shield Standard Ripped Off Purchasing Generic Drugs News for Feb 8 The only reason to end 'don't ask, don't tell': military effectiveness Health Care Spending Skyrockets and Shows No Signs of Tapering Scary - The US Military: A Mindset of Barbarism - Part 1 The US Military: A Mindset of Barbarism - Part 2 Newly-Frugal Guy Tackles the Deficit News for Feb 4 Defense budget tackles major management issues Colin Powell shifts stance on "don't ask, don't tell" policy Unconstitutional So-called Patriot Act News for Feb 3 Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen supports right of gays to serve in military DoD Panel will study impact of gay ban repeal on military Unremitting Ambition [GREED] Tempered by Political And [U.S.] Military Failure Despite Law, Equal Pay For Equal Work Not Happening Not A Defense Budget...A Death Budget President's YouTube Interview News for Feb 2 Six More Banks Fail Federal Employee Lags Far Behind Industry The State of the Union We'd Like to See Aid Quake Our True State... Yep... Bought and Sold Every Day... Nightmare Continues... The End Cycle... Monopolies... Just Sad... No Substance Here... News for Jan 25 Join AFGE Local 3615 in the Haiti Relief Effort AFGE Local 2924 Wins Significant ULP Bill to boost oversight of FEHBP prescription drugs No Justice in U.S. Courts for Iraq's Murdered By Blackwater Gates Confirms Blackwater Thugs in Pakistan Financial Crisis On-Going as Banks Close In Five States New Classes of U.S. Citizens: Corporations, Consumers, Warriors, Prisoners U.S. Republic Sold To Highest Bidder...Democracy Now Just A Sham-Word Declining U.S. Birth Weights Possibly Linked to BPA? BPA Low Birth Weight Connection Corporation Money Wins Again...FDA says it's unable to regulate BPA Big Money Wins Against You... Who Owns You... What Supreme Court Has Done... Compliments of Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Kennedy and Alito... News for Jan 22 CDC: "Bisphenol A (BPA - Used as a can liner and in #3/#7 Plastics) is another toxin ... More than 90 percent of those tested in the CDC study were found to have BPA in their bodies" BPA found in 90% of newborns HAITI: "There are 200 flights going in and out every day, which is an incredible amount for a country like Haiti," adding, "But most flights are for the U.S. military." Amen... News for Jan 19 Health Human Services Issues Warning on Feeding Infants And Toddlers Food From or Using Bottle/Cups/Etc Made of Plastic BPA - Used in Cans, Plastic Food Containers - Linked to Heart Problems and Cancer - Now Banned in Canada Scientists: FDA Knew About BPA Dangers ABC News: BPA in Soda Pop Cans, Other Food Containers FDA Issues BPA Warning: BPA Causes Cancer, Diabetes, Obesity, Brain/Liver/Prostrate Problems Click Here for Wikipedia Link on How to Identify Plastic Containing BPA Haiti earthquake: How to help - A list of charitable organizations Limbaugh Denigrates Helping Haiti Even As Our Troops Do Their Best To Help All But The Radicals Another DFAS (contractor) Screw-up: 18,000 pay statements sent to wrong addresses Brass: Leaders must beware self-radicalization - 1st Step, Don't Lie To Troops Protecting The Force Healing Suicidal Veterans: "Military Efforts Are Disgraceful" Only The Guilty Are Afraid Of Recordings News for Jan 15 DEFCON Announcement Schakowsky Prepares Legislation to Ban Blackwater (XE) - Well Earned Banishment Meet Mikey, 8: U.S. Has Him on Watch List - Just Plain Stupid Insanity: Obama wants record $708B for military next year- Rest of the World Combined Spends $170B Mullen lawyers: Delay overturning of gay ban - "It's not a good idea to change the law right now" Charges filed against non-deployed single mom - Its a man's world What Commitment to End the War?... The Big Sell...Different Words...Same Actions... What So Many Seem to Believe... Thanks to GREED!... A Classic Re-run... News for Jan 14 New VA Statistics Show Young Veterans Committing Suicide at an Alarming Rate OPM official Griffin emphasizes workplace diversity Only Fox Would Pay The Dumb Cluck... Just Wrong... News for Jan 13 Suicide prevention continues to elude Army leaders And They Continue To Get Away With It... He Has The Right But Is Completely Wrong... Insurance Industry Wins, People Get Screwed... News for Jan 12 Labor leaders pitch health bill concerns to Obama AFL-CIO President: Lawmakers Lack "Political Courage" to Tackle Unemployment Full-Body Scanners Used on Air Passengers May Damage Human DNA Three Approved GMO's [Corn] Linked to [Human] Organ Damage No Heart... Human Nature What It Is... Just Wait And See... Gone With The Wind... News for Jan 11 Perfectly Safe Airlines 1.06.10 New Years Redux 12.30.09 Ho Ho Whoa 12.22.09 Bonusmas 12.16.09 Science-gate 12.09.09 Exit Interruptus 12.02.09 Happy Thanksgiving 11.25.09 Terrorist Lockup II 11.18.09 Learn to Speak Tea Bag 11.11.09 Time Flies 11.04.09 Credit Reform 10.28.09 Balloon Bank 10.21.09