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Mark Steyn: Weiner Helping Junk the Country
This is hilarious – so read it all.After the tumult of the First World War, noted Winston Churchill, only the intractability of the Irish Question had emerged unscathed:
“Great Empires have been overturned. The whole map of Europe has been changed,” he told the House of Commons. “But as the deluge subsides and the waters fall short, we see the dreary steeples of Fermanagh and Tyrone emerging once again.”
And so it goes after another tumultuous week in American politics. Nearly a third of homeowners are “underwater” – that’s to say, they owe more on their mortgages than the property is worth. Private-sector job growth has all but vanished. The House of Representatives voted not to raise the debt ceiling.
But as the debt ceiling subsides – or, at any rate, stays put – we see the dreary steeple of Anthony Weiner emerging from his Twitpic crotch shot.
For the benefit of the few remaining American coeds Rep. Weiner isn’t following on Twitter, the congressman’s initial position when his groin Tweet went viral was that his Twitter had been hacked. Could happen to anyone. From last Thursday’s edition of The Daily Telegraph:
“British intelligence has hacked into an al-Qaida online magazine and replaced bomb making instructions with a recipe for cupcakes.”
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Flap’s Saturday California Collection: June 4, 2011
A Saturday collection of links and comments about my home, California.Steinberg’s local tax bill has become a state budget bargaining chip
A controversial bill by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg to give local governments broad new taxing authority has rattled the industries whose products and services are targeted.
Business groups – including oil, tobacco and alcohol interests – have kicked opposition efforts into high gear, with one group launching radio ads and mail pieces blasting the bill.
“This is the most intense threat that we’ve seen,” said Scott MacDonald, a spokesman for the business-backed coalition Californians Against Higher Taxes. “It’s got everyone’s attention.”
By most accounts, that’s just what Steinberg wants. The measure has become a key bargaining chip in state budget negotiations that could leverage agreement over Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to extend state sales, income and vehicle taxes.
“If we can reach this agreement over the next week, which I believe is vital for public education and public safety in this state, I will then not move (the bill),” Steinberg said this week.
Republicans criticize Democrats’ local tax push
Frustrated by the difficulty of raising taxes in the Legislature, California Democrats want to broaden the ability of cities, counties and school districts to do it themselves. But Republican lawmakers on Friday suggested they’re going about it in a sneaky way.
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said earlier this week that he would make a local tax hike proposal part of the state budget package, thinking that would make it exempt from being challenged in a statewide ballot referendum.
On Friday, Assembly Republicans said they had obtained a legal opinion from an attorney for the Legislature suggesting the public does have the right to overturn Steinberg’s local tax plan if it’s signed into law.
“His measure flies against the will of the people and just shows how hungry Democrats are for taxes even when voters have shown no appetite for them,” said Darrel Ng, a spokesman for Assembly Minority Leader Connie Conway of Tulare.
Boeing lays off 100 workers in Huntington Beach due to end of space shuttle program
With the nation’s space shuttle program coming to a close, Boeing Co. issued layoff notices Friday to 100 employees in its Space Exploration division at Huntington Beach.
The last workday for the workers is scheduled to be Aug. 5, pending completion of the final shuttle mission. Space shuttle Atlantis is slated to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on July 8.
Boeing handed 60-day advance layoff notices to approximately 510 employees companywide. In addition to the 100 workers in Huntington Beach, about 260 employees in Houston and 150 at Cape Canaveral received pink slips.
The Chicago based-company said some of its workers were put on other programs, such as development work on the International Space Station and on a seven-person space capsule that’s designed to carry astronauts into outer space.
Many of the engineers in Huntington Beach have worked on the shuttle program for their entire careers.
One third of teens not getting PE
More than a third of California teenagers are not participating in school-based physical education, according to new numbers from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
The policy brief blames cuts in funding and exemptions that allow high schoolers to opt out of two years of PE.
Only 42 percent of California teens report participating in PE on a daily basis, the study found, and more than 80 percent of all teens fail to meet federal recommendations for physical activity.
Enjoy your Saturday!
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Flap’s Links and Comments for June 4th on 08:00
These are my links for June 4th from 08:00 to 16:04:
- Day By Day June 1, 2011 – Roots | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Day By Day June 1, 2011 – Roots #tcot #catcot
- Dilbert May 20, 2011 – Out of Touch | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Dilbert May 20, 2011 – Out of Touch | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-06-04 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-06-04 | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
- Flap’s Links and Comments for June 3rd on 12:54 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for June 3rd on 12:54 | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
- Flap’s Links and Comments for June 4th on 00:01 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for June 4th on 00:01 #tcot #catcot
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Day By Day June 1, 2011 – Roots
I prefer the American Founders as well. Chris, one wonders why President Obama and David Axelrod prefer the divisive politics of separation?Oh Yeah! I know, it wins for them.
Well, maybe just in 2008….
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Flap’s Links and Comments for June 4th on 00:01
These are my links for June 4th from 00:01 to 03:01:
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-06-04 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-06-04 #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Links and Comments for June 3rd on 12:54 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for June 3rd on 12:54 | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
- Dilbert May 20, 2011 – Out of Touch | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Dilbert May 20, 2011 – Out of Touch | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Oral Hygiene and Antibiotics Play a Role in Healing and Pain Alleviation in Bisphosphonate-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (BRONJ) – Flap's Dentistry Blog: Oral Hygiene and Antibiotics Play a Role in Healing and Pain Alleviation in Bisphosphonat…
- Flap’s Links and Comments for June 3rd on 15:35 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for June 3rd on 15:35 #tcot #catcot
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@Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-06-04
- Flap’s Links and Comments for June 3rd on 12:54 http://bit.ly/kmIOEm #tcot #catcot #
- Dilbert May 20, 2011 – Out of Touch | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://bit.ly/kjcEcq #
- Flap's Dentistry Blog: Oral Hygiene and Antibiotics Play a Role in Healing and Pain Alleviation in Bisphosphonat… http://bit.ly/lbIYNh #
- Oral Hygiene and Antibiotics Play a Role in Healing and Pain Alleviation in Bisphosphonate-Related Osteonecrosis… http://bit.ly/kxoJlV #
- Dilbert May 20, 2011 – Out of Touch http://bit.ly/kRnkKa #tcot #catcot #
- Priorities – tennis over POLS RT @MattMackowiak: NBC's Meet the Press is being pre-empted this weekend for French Open coverage. #
- Watching the #WSOP2 25K Heads Up Final tables on ESPN 3 online – Go Gus! #
- Oral Hygiene and Antibiotics Play a Role in Healing and Pain Alleviation in Bisphosphonate-Related Osteonecrosis… http://bit.ly/ljo90P #
- Oral Hygiene and Antibiotics Play a Role in Healing and Pain Alleviation in Bisphosphonate-Related… http://bit.ly/m6HPFb #tcot #catcot #
- Flap’s Links and Comments for June 3rd on 12:32 http://bit.ly/lpgpkD #tcot #catcot #
- Flap’s Links and Comments for June 3rd on 12:32 http://bit.ly/mqa3gB #tcot #catcot #
- Proposed political district maps would sever most of Thousand Oaks from county http://bit.ly/izNbrv #
- Obama’s Economic Debacle http://bit.ly/jkMCgp #
- Greenspan 'Scared' Over Deficit; Calls for Debt Ceiling Rise http://bit.ly/lQBG6b #
- President 2012 GOP Poll Watch: Sarah Palin’s Poll Numbers By State http://bit.ly/mxIBRH #tcot #catcot #
- President 2012: Rudy Giuliani Sets Late Summer Decision – Waiting for Sarah Palin? http://bit.ly/mFIPXg #tcot #catcot #
- R.I.P. actor James Arness of "Gunsmoke" and "The Thing." Thank you for many years of viewing! #
- Video: John Edwards Indicted and Arrest Warrant Issued http://bit.ly/mSpmYh #tcot #catcot #
- President 2012 Iowa Poll Watch: Obama 49% Vs. Romney 40%, Obama 55% Vs. Palin 35% http://bit.ly/kI5V4T #tcot #catcot #
- Flap’s California Morning Collection: June 3, 2011 http://bit.ly/mSI2Bk #tcot #catcot #
- The Morning Drill: June 3, 2011 http://bit.ly/jIYSc8 #
- Day By Day May 30, 2011 – Bigus http://bit.ly/jDzL4x #tcot #catcot #
- @mayorsam Yeah, you want to buy some action? in reply to mayorsam #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-06-03 | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://bit.ly/mAtQJm #
- Flap’s Links and Comments for June 2nd on 14:37 | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://bit.ly/jXUiaI #
- World Series of Poker Announces a $ 1 Million Buy-in Tournament on July 1, 2012 to Benefit One Drop | Flap's Blo… http://bit.ly/m1j2Fm #
- Flap’s Links and Comments for June 2nd through June 3rd http://bit.ly/j6cg81 #tcot #catcot #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-06-03 http://bit.ly/jp4bQ9 #tcot #catcot #
- Flap’s Links and Comments for June 2nd on 14:37 http://bit.ly/jHitTi #tcot #catcot #
- World Series of Poker Announces a $ 1 Million Buy-in Tournament on July 1, 2012 to Benefit One Drop | Flap's Blo… http://bit.ly/jdvo0E #
- CA-36: Craig Huey Blows Off Janice Hahn’s Campaign Pledge Challenge | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://bit.ly/iUXens #
- RightOnline http://bit.ly/if4qju #
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Flap’s Links and Comments for June 3rd on 15:35
These are my links for June 3rd from 15:35 to 16:01:
- Flap’s Links and Comments for June 3rd on 12:54 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for June 3rd on 12:54 #tcot #catcot
- Dilbert May 20, 2011 – Out of Touch | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Dilbert May 20, 2011 – Out of Touch | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
- Oral Hygiene and Antibiotics Play a Role in Healing and Pain Alleviation in Bisphosphonate-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (BRONJ) | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Oral Hygiene and Antibiotics Play a Role in Healing and Pain Alleviation in Bisphosphonate-Related Osteonecrosis…
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Oral Hygiene and Antibiotics Play a Role in Healing and Pain Alleviation in Bisphosphonate-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (BRONJ) – Flap's Dentistry Blog: Oral Hygiene and Antibiotics Play a Role in Healing and Pain Alleviation in Bisphosphonat…