Thank our veterans – all gave some – some gave all.
Late “Second Spring” Cactus Flowers
The Bishop’s Cap cactus has a couple of flowers left just in time for second spring to end. Click on the image to enlarge.
Moonrise Over Palo Verde
Late this afternoon, I was out back and saw the moon rising over the palo verde just east of the driveway. I thought it was a very pretty sight on a very cool day here in Wickenburg. Click on the image to enlarge.
Solar Plasma Flow
This video compresses about an hour of solar activity around a sunspot to a little over ten seconds.
Via APOD:
The Sun’s surface keeps changing. The above movie shows how the Sun’s surface oozes during a single hour. The Sun’s photosphere has thousands of bumps called granules and usually a few dark depressions called sunspots.
Football Non-Blog
Meantime, enjoy Damsel’s photo of a cholla by the RV drive-thru. Click image to enlarge.
Reid Says No to Passing Jobs Bills
[Unemployment has been at or above 9 percent nationwide, yet when presented with seventeen genuine job creating bills, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D – NV) says “No” to the House of Representatives.
House Republicans have passed job-creating bills that are being stalled by Harry Reid and the Democrat-controlled Senate, who refuse to even bring the bills to the Senate floor for a proper vote. Senate Democrats refuse outright to work with their Republican counterparts to get jobs created.
Here is a list of the seventeen measures which would all have a positive effect on reducing unemployment and is being stalled by Reid and the Democrats:
- H.R. 872—Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act
- H.R. 910—Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011
- H.J. Res. 37—Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices
- H.R. 1230—Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act
- H.R. 1229—Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act
- H.R. 1231—Reversing President Obama’s Offshore Moratorium Act
- H.R. 2021—The Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011
- H.R. 2018—Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011
- H.R. 1315—Consumer Financial Protection & Soundness Improvement Act
- H.R. 1938— North American-Made Energy Security Act
- H.R. 2587—Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act
- H.R. 2401—Transparency In Regulatory Analysis Of Impacts On The Nation
- H.R. 2681—Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act
- H.R. 2250—EPA Regulatory Relief Act
- H.R. 2273—Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act
- H.R. 2433—Veterans Opportunity to Work Act
- H.R. 674—To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities
The preceding list of measures provided by Congressman Trent Franks (R – AZ).