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Wildlife: Five bears have died on the east end of the Flathead Valley from gunfire and car collisions in the last few weeks -- we are crowding these animals to death with our lifestyle -- taking their natural food and encroaching on their foraging grounds.

Weather: Low clouds all day, but no rain in the valley. No house painters though -- I think they're chicken!

Media Watch: Line of Control, a Bollywood film about warfare in the mountains above Kashmir. The well-known faces are all in it, plus the sentimental songs and dancing. It's pretty good, as far as acting goes, but it's a brutal, intense subject, and a basically true story.
One understandable movie compromise was the actors wearing camouflage uniforms in colors making them stand out against the stark mountainous terrain, unlike actual soldiers who would need to blend into the background to survive.

From the intense to the ridiculous -- Triumph, The Insult Comic Dog was on CNN's coverage of the GOP convention, and had plenty of material to keep him busy.