'Bank of America single-handedly revived the Move Your Money movement'

See here. (I moved mine.)

Sunday night personal

Had dinner over at E.'s place of business. He'd wanted me to read his new lease and take a look at something else having to do with his payment arrrangement. Had juicy sirloin tips, grilled asparagus, and French fries.

Bernie Madoff's wife, Ruth [click to enlarge photo.]

Very interesting "60 Minutes" - interviews with Ponzi-schemer Bernard Madoff's wife and (surviving) son (following the other one's suicide over the whole mess).

The Madoffs used to live in a penthouse in the building above, at 133 E. 64th Street in Manhattan. She now lives in a three-room apartment somewhere in Florida, and when asked by Morley Safer whether she misses the penthouse, she said "not really."

See "60 Minutes" story here.

(The Madoff situation is a tragedy and has nothing to do with the hijinks going on on Wall Street that destroyed our economy.)

[9:10] "Desperate Housewives" is on now. Just heard a very alarming weather alert about a storm with 70 mph winds and tornados. It's down in the southwest metro area and heading west-northwest (i.e., not this way). (That was a relief.) As for "Desperate Housewives," all I can say is "ugh."

"Pan Am" was interesting tonight, however. Getting into it.

GOP House majority vulnerable in 2012

From Americablog here.

HuffPost reports on a poll that came out earlier in the week, but it's important - it's from PPP, the polling firm that gets elections right more often than anyone else.

A new survey sponsored by a Democratic super PAC reveals that several Republican-held House seats could be competitive next year as Democrats look to gain 25 seats to take back the House of Representatives.

The poll, conducted by Public Policy Polling on behalf of the Democratic super PAC, "House Majority PAC," shows 12 Republican incumbents in a vulnerable position heading into their reelection campaigns: fewer than 50 percent of voters in their districts would vote to reelect them.

"These polls illustrate that Republican incumbents running in swing districts across the country are in serious trouble and Republican control of the House is in serious jeopardy," House Majority PAC Executive Director Alixandria Lapp said in a press release.

The poll comes as Democrats have retaken the lead on the generic House ballot question, which answers whether voters want to support a Democratic or Republican candidate in their district. An Oct. 10 Reuters poll showed Democrats ahead 48 percent to 40 percent over the Republicans, and an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll also on Oct. 10 found the Democrats with a 45 percent to 41 percent lead.

Amazing picture of the Statue of Liberty taking shape in a workshop in Paris more than 125 years ago

"Lady Liberty: Statue Of Liberty's 125th Anniversary." More photos at TPM here.

Sleepy time

Play time

Lucas with one of his many feathers

The disappearing island in the Chesapeake Bay

[From the BBC here.]