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Flap’s Links and Comments for August 14th on 12:49
These are my links for August 14th from 12:49 to 20:46:
- Iran vows to protect nuclear scientists after assassinations – Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi announced last week that the regime will increase security around its research staff, according to the Iranian news agency. This is said to be a first step in a series of measures to protect Iran's nuclear scientists.
The announcement is a first indicator that the regime is concerned about the fact that four key individuals involved in the development of the Iranian military's nuclear program were assassinated over the past two years, Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Sunday.
The latest incident occurred on July 23, when Darioush Rezaei, who was identified by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as a physicist working on the development of components used in nuclear weapon systems, was shot dead by a motorcyclist in Tehran.
Despite international media reports on Rezaei's background, the Iranian authorities claimed that it was a physics student who was mistakenly shot.
The Iranian media reported recently that the assassination was carried out by internal elements, further suggesting that the regime has been shaken by the incident, since admitting that a foreign body was behind the assassination would have caused a bigger embarrassment.
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- Pakistan lets China see US Stealth helicopter from Bin Laden Raid – Pakistan allowed Chinese military engineers to photograph and take samples from the top-secret stealth helicopter that US special forces left behind when they killed Osama bin Laden, the Financial Times has learnt.
The action is the latest incident to underscore the increasingly complicated relationship and lack of trust between Islamabad and Washington following the raid.
"The US now has information that Pakistan, particularly the ISI, gave access to the Chinese military to the downed helicopter in Abbottabad," said one person in intelligence circles, referring to the Pakistani spy agency. The Chinese engineers were allowed to survey the wreckage and take photographs of it, as well as take samples of the special "stealth" skin that allowed the American team to enter Pakistan undetected by radar, he said.
President Barack Obama's national security council had been discussing this incident and trying to decide how to respond. A senior official said the situation “doesn't make us happy”, but that the administration had little recourse.
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And, what will be the Obama Administration's response?
- President 2012 Poll Watch: Obama Approval Dips Below 40 Per Cent | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012 Poll Watch: Obama Approval Dips Below 40 Per Cent #tcot #catcot
- President 2012: Tim Pawlenty Drops Out of Republican Race for 2012 – So What? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012: Tim Pawlenty Drops Out of Republican Race for 2012 – So What? #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Links and Comments for August 11th through August 14th | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for August 11th through August 14th #tcot #catcot
- Iran vows to protect nuclear scientists after assassinations – Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi announced last week that the regime will increase security around its research staff, according to the Iranian news agency. This is said to be a first step in a series of measures to protect Iran's nuclear scientists.
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President 2012 Poll Watch: Obama Approval Dips Below 40 Per Cent
This is Gallup’s three day rolling average, so the President’s approval may be even lower.
The 54 per cent disapproval is the worst of the Obama Presidency.
Obama is set to launch something of a counter-offensive on Monday with a three-day bus tour of the Midwest, a trip that includes two stops in Iowa. The White House denied that the itinerary was politically motivated, however.
If the GOP can avoid a messy Presidential primary season, Obama more than likely will be a one term President – just like Jimmy Carter.
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President 2012: Tim Pawlenty Drops Out of Republican Race for 2012 – So What?
Republican Presidential Candidate Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty speaks during the Iowa Republican Party’s Straw Poll, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, in Ames, Iowa
The former Minnesota Governor really never was in the race.Tim Pawlenty, the former governor of Minnesota, dropped his bid for the Republican nomination for president on Sunday morning, saying his disappointing performance in Iowa’s straw poll convinced him that his campaign had run its course.
Just hours after his third-place finish in Iowa, Mr. Pawlenty said on ABC’s “This Week” program that his message “didn’t get the kind of traction we needed and hoped for” in order to continue.
“There are a lot of other choices in the race,” he said. “The audience, so to speak, was looking for something different.”
Mr. Pawlenty informed his supporters on a conference call Sunday morning before his television appearance that he was ending his candidacy. He thanked his supporters in the call, two participants said, but acknowledged that he had decided overnight that his candidacy could not proceed.
Just NO gravitas as a leader.
The race is now between Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry.
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Flap’s Links and Comments for August 11th through August 14th
These are my links for August 11th through August 14th:
- Perry threatens Romney among second-choice voters – Assuming he doesn't run, Giuliani would almost certainly endorse Perry. While Rudy came up far short of the nomination last time around, he still has a following — and even hit 12 percent nationally in a CNN poll taken this month, which was good enough for a not so distant third place, with Romney at 17 percent and Perry at 15 percent. Giuliani would help Perry make a pitch to moderates and national security voters, provide a boost in primary states like New York and Florida (where he's still popular even if he didn't win there last time), and introduce him to a huge fundraising base.
It's actually hard to see where Romney picks up votes if it becomes a Perry vs. Romney race. So that would seem to provide Romney with two hopes of winning. One is that Bachmann and Perry get battered by the media, and by the time the primaries heat up, neither of them looks like they could be electable against President Obama. Or, Bachmann wins Iowa and stays in the race as long as possible — even better, Palin enters the race too — and splits the conservative vote, allowing Romney to squeak through as McCain did in 2008.
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Rudy Giuliani will be a factor for Rick Perry, especially in Florida where Perry needs to beat Romney.
Remember like Huckabee, Rudy hates Romney because of the crap Romney pulled during the 2008 campaign.
- State of Washington Cancels Illegal Alien Journalist’s Driver’s License; Will ICE Investigate the Papers That Hired Him? – The story of illegal alien fraudster and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas continues to unfold and he is finally beginning to feel the repercussions of his unlawful activity. While there remain many unpunished illegal acts perpetrated by a number of individuals in the Vargas saga (including violations of employment law by Peter Perl, the assistant managing editor of the Washington Post), this week the State of Washington may have set the ball in motion by canceling Vargas's fraudulently obtained driver's license. According to the Seattle Times, state licensing officials launched an investigation after Vargas's admission of multiple legal violations became public, and determined that he was never a resident of the state. In other words, he lied on the application forms. In his article in the New York Times, Vargas explained:
Early this year, just two weeks before my 30th birthday, I won a small reprieve: I obtained a driver's license in the state of Washington. The license is valid until 2016. This offered me five more years of acceptable identification – but also five more years of fear, of lying to people I respect and institutions that trusted me, of running away from who I am.
It does not appear that Washington actually revoked the license itself, however, meaning that Vargas may still show it to board airplanes, open bank accounts, and live his life like law-abiding immigrants and U.S. citizens, even though he is far from law-abiding.
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- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-14 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-14 #tcot #catcot
- Appeals court rules against Obama healthcare law
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- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Saturday Drill: August 13, 2011 – The Saturday Drill: August 13, 2011
- President 2012: Question of the Hour? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012: Question of the Hour? #tcot #catcot
- foursquare – Post run meal with Alice, Nancy and Tara (@ Ronnie's Diner)
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-13 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-13 #tcot #catcot
- foursquare – Shopping (@ Ralphs)
- foursquare – Dinner with newly retired Diane (@ El Paseo Inn)
- foursquare – Popst retirement party drink with retired Diane (@ Traxx Restaurant)
- foursquare – Next door at MWD for a retirement party (@ Los Angeles Union Metro Station w/ 8 others)
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-12 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-12 #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Links and Comments for August 4th through August 11th | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for August 4th through August 11th #tcot #catcot
- Perry threatens Romney among second-choice voters – Assuming he doesn't run, Giuliani would almost certainly endorse Perry. While Rudy came up far short of the nomination last time around, he still has a following — and even hit 12 percent nationally in a CNN poll taken this month, which was good enough for a not so distant third place, with Romney at 17 percent and Perry at 15 percent. Giuliani would help Perry make a pitch to moderates and national security voters, provide a boost in primary states like New York and Florida (where he's still popular even if he didn't win there last time), and introduce him to a huge fundraising base.
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Day By Day August 14, 2011 – Who is Joan Galt?
Day By Day by Chris MuirChris, welcome to the heavily regulated world of American small business.In California, where I have been for 6 decades, businesses are just pulling up stakes and moving elsewhere. The non-baby boom generation of employers will NO longer tolerate the left-wing ridiculousness of the Democratic Legislature.
High taxes and burdensome regulation now outweigh the excellent weather.
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@Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-14
- President 2012: Question of the Hour? http://t.co/OCJJrls #tcot #catcot #
- foursquare http://t.co/L51p34l #
- Post run meal with Alice, Nancy and Tara (@ Ronnie's Diner) http://t.co/ZdRvCPk #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-13 | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/MFKaT1v #
- Off soon to Santa Monica and the LA Running Club for an easy eight miles this morning. Temps in the low 70's at finish. Ronnie's after. #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-13 http://t.co/O2N5EKH #tcot #catcot #
- foursquare http://t.co/2RnXELi #
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- Shopping (@ Ralphs) http://t.co/CQBT1nl #
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