The Morning Flap: February 8, 2012

These are my links for February 7th through February 8th:

• Santorum revives campaign with wins in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota – Rick Santorum had a breakthrough night Tuesday, winning GOP presidential contests in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado, all of which is expected to breathe life into his struggling campaign and slow Mitt Romney’s march to the Republican presidential nomination.The Santorum triumphs promise to, at least temporarily, alter the face of the campaign going into the crucial “Super Tuesday” contests, as the caustic tone of the primaries is expected to continue and intensify. Romney and his allies have signaled that they will use their financial advantage to launch stepped-up attacks on Santorum and on former House speaker Newt Gingrich, the other main challenger.
• Three-state sweep revives Santorum’s White House hopes – Former U.S. senator Rick Santorum rejuvenated his presidential hopes on Tuesday with a shocking sweep of the three nominating contests in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, dealing a blow to wounded front-runner Mitt Romney.Even though Romney still holds strong advantages in financing and organization, his campaign will now have to refocus to fight back the challenge from the surging conservative Santorum.

  Backed by a wealthy “Super PAC” that pays for attack ads against rivals, Romney had excelled in major contests thus far in the race. After big wins in Nevada and Florida in the previous week, he did little campaigning in Minnesota and Missouri and had been expected to win easily in Colorado.

• WR man charged with practicing dentistry without a license – A dentist who surrendered his license in 1993 was indicted Tuesday on allegations he practiced dentistry without a license in 2011.
  Chester Kyle Little, 58, of Warner Robins, is accused of performing dentistry from June 30, 2011, to Aug. 25, 2011, at an office located at 2533 Hillcrest Ave. in Macon, according to an indictment filed Tuesday in Bibb County Superior Court. 

   

  Little’s license initially was issued in 1977, according to licensing records held by the Georgia Secretary of State.
  He surrendered the license following allegations he “knowingly made misleading, deceptive, untrue or fraudulent representations” in connection with claims submitted to the Georgia Department of Medical Assistance in 1986 and 1987, and allegations that he possessed cocaine with the intent to distribute, according to the records.

• Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Morning Drill: February 8, 2012 – The Morning Drill: February 8, 2012
• Day By Day February 7 and 8, 2012 – Change and Infinite | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Day By Day February 7 and 8, 2012 – Change and Infinite
• Poll shows Obama ahead of Romney in swing-state Virginia – The Hill’s Ballot Box – RT @thehill Poll: Obama leads Romney in swing-state Virginia #tcot
• Spirit Lobbyist Bundled for Obama, Records Show | Washington Free Beacon – RT @AndrewStilesWFB: One of Obama’s most active campaign bundlers i$ a registered lobbyist.
• Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-02-08 » Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-02-08
• Coffee’s Effect on the Heart Is So Small You Should Stop Worrying – Marc Gillinov & Steven Nissen – Health – The Atlantic – RT @TheAtlanticHLTH: Coffee’s effect on the heart is so small you should stop worrying:
• In Republican 2012 presidential race, Rick Santorum roars back – Alexander Burns – POLITICO.com – RT @politico: Leading POLITICO – Welcome back, Rick Santorum:
• RNC official delegate count has Romney up 73-29 | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner – RT @conncarroll: So, to recap, after “winning” MO, CO, and MN, Santorum still has only 3 delegates to Romney’s 73
• @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-02-08 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-02-08
• AD-38: Rep. Buck McKeon Caught Covering His Bases for Himself and California Assembly Candidate Wife Patricia McKeon » Flap’s California Blog – AD-38: Rep. Buck McKeon Caught Covering His Bases for Himself and California Assembly Candidate Wife Patricia Mc…
• AD-38: Rep. Buck McKeon Caught Covering His Bases for Himself and California Assembly Candidate Wife Patricia McKeon » Flap’s California Blog – AD-38: Rep. Buck McKeon Caught Covering His Bases for Himself and California Assembly Candidate Wife Patricia Mc…
• AD-38: Rep. Buck McKeon Caught Covering His Bases for Himself and California Assembly Candidate Wife Patricia McKeon » Flap’s California Blog – AD-38: Rep. Buck McKeon Caught Covering His Bases for Himself and California Assembly Candidate Wife Patricia Mc…
• AD-38: Rep. Buck McKeon Caught Covering His Bases for Himself and California Assembly Candidate Wife Patricia McKeon » Flap’s California Blog – RE:  Sigh….guess you didn’t bother to read the Roll Call piece or Vanessa Wilk’s letter….
• The Reason.TV Parody of Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler Halftime in America Super Bowl Ad | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – The Reason.TV Parody of Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler Halftime in America Super Bowl Ad
• Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Daily Extraction: February 7, 2012 – The Daily Extraction: February 7, 2012
• Michelle Malkin » Caucus/primary night open thread: Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri; Santorum’s big night shaping up; Update: Missouri for Rick; Minnesota goes with Rick; Colorado for Rick – RT @michellemalkin: Like I said yesterday: @RickSantorum ‘s got game. Now, he needs more volunteers, money, help:
• Rush Limbaugh’s Parody of Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler Halftime in America Super Bowl Ad | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Rush Limbaugh’s Parody of Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler Halftime in American Super Bowl Ad
• AD-38: Rep. Buck McKeon Caught Covering His Bases for Himself and California Assembly Candidate Wife Patricia McKeon » Flap’s California Blog – AD-38: Rep. Buck McKeon Caught Covering His Bases for Himself and CA Assembly Candidate Wife Patricia McKeon
• AD-38: Really Patricia? An Anti Patricia McKeon Blog Shut Down and Deleted » Flap’s California Blog – AD-38: Really Patricia? An Anti Patricia McKeon Blog Shut Down and Deleted
• Ninth Circuit to 7 Million California Voters: You Are Irrational Bigots – In a breathtaking exercise in ill-natured illogic, a divided Ninth Circuit ruled 2–1 that because Prop 8 does not take away civil-union benefits for same-sex couples, it’s an unconstitutional exercise in irrational animus towards gay people.Dishonestly, the court claimed it did not require any heightened scrutiny to reach this result.

  The very timid dissent (“please don’t go after me!”) points out that Baker v. Nelson is ruling precedent and that the differences between same-sex and opposite sex couples in terms of the state’s interest in responsible procreation could be rationally related to a legitimate state interest.

  Back in 2004, when we fought about a Federal Marriage Amendment, gay rights advocates said we were alarmists for claiming that they would go to federal court seeking a right to impose gay marriage on all 50 states.

  That was so last decade.

• Ban on gay marriage struck down (FINAL UPDATE) : SCOTUSblog – In dissent, Judge Smith argued that the Supreme Court’s Romer decision did not control the outcome in this case. He went on to conclude that California had sufficient interests to justify the enactment of the same-sex marriage ban: steering childbearing into the realm of marriage among couples biologically capable of having a child together, and promoting strong parenting by providing for children to be born into the more stable relationship of such marriages. He credited the arguments of the backers of Proposition 8 that their measure would further those interests sufficiently to justify its enactment.The Smith dissent thus provides a basis for more conservative judges on higher courts to decide differently than the panel majority did.
• Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Dental Assistant Pleads Guilty to Murdering Dentist Employer Dr. Albert Ro – Dental Assistant Pleads Guilty to Murdering Dentist Employer Dr. Albert Ro
• Capitol Alert: Newt Gingrich to speak at California Republican Party convention – Newt Gingrich to speak at California Republican Party convention
• USC football: ESPN moves USC to No. 1 in early preseason top 25 – latimes.com – USC football: ESPN moves USC to No. 1 in early preseason top 25
• Voter Approved California Proposition 8 Outlawing Gay Marriage Ruled Unconstitutional By Federal Appeals Court | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Voter Approved California Proposition 8 Outlawing Gay Marriage Ruled Unconstitutional By Federal Appeals Court
• 10-16696 #398_Decision – RT @michellemalkin: Here’s the 9th Circuit opinion striking down Prop. 8:
• Scott Walker, fighting a good fight in Wisconsin – The Washington Post – Who’s progressive in Wisconsin #tcot
• Flap’s California Morning Collection: February 7, 2012 » Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Morning Collection: February 7, 2012 #catcot
• The Morning Flap: February 7, 2012 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – The Morning Flap: February 7, 2012