This is the view of Dockweiler State Beach near Los Angeles International Airport. We were returning from a dental appointment on Friday and took this scenic route home. Click on the image to enlarge.
Christmas Cactus
The newest addition to the flowers in the patio is this pretty Christmas Cactus. It should be producing these nice pink flowers well into January. Click image to enlarge.
Santana Hibiscus
How about a break from politics and firearms to look at this beautiful Santana hibiscus currently showing on the patio?
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Wreckovery Dot Gov
The most transparent administration has magically created or saved jobs in phantom congressional districts all over the nation. Their sleight of hand, however, has been detected by some investigative agencies.
$6.4 Billion Stimulus Goes to Phantom Districts
Just how big is the stimulus package? Well for one, it has doubled the size of the House of Representatives, according to recovery.gov, which says that funds were distributed to 440 congressional districts that do not exist.
According to data retrieved from recovery.gov, nearly $6.4 billion was used to “create or save” just under 30,000 jobs in these phantom congressional districts–almost $225,000 per job. The web site operates on an $84 million budget and is tasked with monitoring the distribution of the $787 billion stimulus package passed by Congress–which, for the record, counts 435 members–in early 2009.
The site’s monitors, however, are not too savvy about America’s political or geographic landscape. More than $2 million was given to the 99th District of North Dakota, a state which has only one congressional district. In order to qualify for 99 districts, North Dakota would have to have a population of about 60 million people, almost 24 million more people than California.
Vice President Biden must be proud to be in charge of such a magical effort. What was the number of that website again?
I found the Wreckovery logo at Michelle Malkin‘s website a while back.
Revised Sunday Schedule & Rib Roast
Damsel and I decided to stay home from the range today. We wanted to watch football (we have the DirecTV NFL SuperFan package in HD). We also wanted to relax and prepare our Sunday dinner without the shooting and cleaning sessions. We’re going to move the shooting to another weekday, now that I’m retired.
For dinner, we grilled up a prime rib cut an inch-and-a-half thick. We also had a couple of twice-baked stuffed potatoes and steamed broccoli on the side. What a great meal – we had to walk it off afterward like we do most Sunday dinners.
Not to brag, but I nailed the grilling of the rib on the barbecue. We prepared the roast by rubbing it with olive oil and coarse black pepper. I then took it to a very hot grill and seared it on both sides. After browning over the high temperature, I backed the fire off and roasted the meat for about a half hour, turning it halfway through. I took it off of the grill when the internal temperature got up to 130°F. It was nice and pink when we cut into it. Damsel and I split this one cut and still had leftovers for a steak salad later this week.
Please stop drooling on your keyboard. For a closer drool, click on the image above.