No, it's not about passing a BILL that CROSSes the party lines, so that both Dems and Reps can BAR the likes of Weiner (on the FRINGE of adultery)..."The TWO-BARRED CROSSBILL (Loxia leucoptera), known as the White-winged Crossbill in North America, is a small passerine bird in the finch family FRINGillidae". I show you a maxicard from Romania

"The Two-barred Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera), known as the White-winged Crossbill in North America, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It has two subspecies, White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera leucoptera in North America, and Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera bifasciata in NE Europe and N Asia.

This bird breeds in the coniferous forests of Alaska, Canada, northernmost USA and across Asia

extending into northeast Europe. It nests in conifers, laying 3-5 eggs.

This crossbill is mainly resident, but will irregularly irrupt south if its food source fails. 

The American race seems to wander more frequently than the Eurasian subspecies. 

This species will form flocks outside the breeding season, often mixed with other crossbills. It is a rare visitor to western Europe, usually arriving with an eruption of Common Crossbills.

The crossbills are characterised by the mandibles crossing at their tips, which gives the group its English name. They are specialist feeders on conifer cones, and the unusual bill shape is an adaptation to assist the extraction of the seeds from the cone. 

Two-barred Crossbill has a strong preference for larch (Larix), in Eurasia using Siberian larch (Larix sibirica) and Dahurian larch (L. gmelinii), and in North America Tamarack larch (L. laricina). 

It will also take Rowan Sorbus berries, and in North America, also Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and White spruce (Picea glauca) cones.

Adult males tend to be red or pinkish in colour, and females green or yellow, but there is much variation. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-barred_Crossbill

See more stamps with this species, from a world-class website of birds on stamps. Roll your mouse over each stamp to see a bigger image:
http://www.birdtheme.org/species/imagespage.php?spec=2337&fl=L

The postmark of the maximum card is from this beautiful resort, which I have visited: "Slănic Moldova is a town and a spa resort in Bacău County, Romania. The town administers two villages, Cerdac and Cireşoaia."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slanic-Moldova

http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?client=tmpg&hl=en&langpair=ro|en&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&u=http://www.slanic-moldova.info/&usg=ALkJrhjH1VDDSGEuzVp3W3jEIXcNZaawRg

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Philatelica.ro, an excellent source of philatelic information!

Please explore: Philatelica. There are many goodies to be found! :)

My philatelist friend, Dan N. Dobrescu (Romania):

http://www.philatelica.ro/00ab.html

Computer:

http://www.japhila.cz/hof/0228/index0228a.htm

Cosmos:

http://www.philatelica.ro/06.html

Links:

http://www.philatelica.ro/links0.html

Maximaphily:

http://www.philatelica.ro/links9.html

Free - New journal issue #2 of MACSU (Maximaphily Card Study Unit of America). Also, I show you a maxicard with the Agapia Monastery (Romania). No iPhone confession app users here

Please read: Free - New journal issue #2 of MACSU (Maximaphily Card Study Unit of America)

Notice the supremely concordant pictorial postmark - it can't get better than that.

A perfect postmark for this maximum card / maxicard / dorincard.

"The Agapia Monastery' (Romanian: Mănăstirea Agapia) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery located 9 km west of Târgu Neamţ, in Agapia Commune, Neamţ County. It was built between 1642 and 1647 by Romanian Voivode Vasile Lupu. The church, restored and modified several times during the centuries was painted by Nicolae Grigorescu, between 1858 and 1861.^[1][2]

[edit]References

1. ^ Agapia Monastery
2. ^ Agapia

[edit]External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Agapia Monastery

• 360° panoramic images from the Agapia Monastery"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapia_Monastery

http://www.romanianmonasteries.org/other-monasteries/neamt-monasteries/agapia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Grigorescu

One thing you won't find (yet) at the Agapia Monastery is iPhone confession application users.

"If you are worried about all your personal sins being viewed in cyberspace, fear not -- the app customizes each user's list and is password protected for privacy. Once you go to confession, your nefarious revelations are wiped away. So you can text your heart out on your first draft, and then decide how you want to edit your transgressions for the spoken word -- all in the service of making the "big reveal" a little less ominous.

"In all seriousness, I think this app may be a boon for the sacrament. While confession (or the Sacrament of Reconciliation as we professionals are wont to call it) may be on the decline, I can attest that it remains a powerful venue for grace and healing."

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/confession-app-roman-catholic-church-sanctions-iphone-app/story?id=12866499

Oh, really?

Here's how this app might work, manned by a live confession processor/priest:

"Hello, this is Father Nochil da Buserleft B. Hind (my reformed name).

I am ready for your iPhone confession.

In the name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit,

the FBI and the CIA,

what exactly are your sins???"

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