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Amazon Tax, California Citizens Redistricting Commission, California Republican Party, California State Senate, Internet Sales Taxes
California Republican State Senators to Support Internet Sales Taxes?
I have a new post up over at Flap’s California Blog on the Flap.
Go here and read which California State Senators might FLIP.Kind of interesting that the California Republican Party is asking Republican donors to support a referendum to overturn the California Citizen’s Redistricting Commission’s State Senate Redistricting Maps and these Senators FLIP to support a Democratic position anyway.
I mean, why bother, when all of the Republicans become RINOS (Republican in Name Only)?
By the way, the legislation which will likely be heard in the California State Senate tomorrow, requires three (3) Republican Senators to FLIP (NB: none voted for the Amazon Tax when it first came through the California Legislature).
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@Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-29
- @RiceCreekDMD You have to develop a practice-wide strategy of positively engaging social media. e.g with your patients and friends in reply to RiceCreekDMD #
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- California Amazon.com Internet Sales Taxes – The Week to Come » Flap's California Blog http://t.co/wMKb0dv #
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- California Amazon.com Internet Sales Taxes – The Week to Come http://t.co/wMKb0dv #
- USA wins Little League World Series over Japan. GG everyone! #
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- Social Media Drills Bakersfield Pediatric Dentist Dr. Dove http://t.co/eJSgxxK #
- Day By Day August 28, 2011 – Cat Chow http://t.co/hU7cx94 #tcot #catcot #
- Dilbert August 28, 2011 – Honest Opinion http://t.co/FX7U8cX #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-28 | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/4Z57GHi #
- California Legislators Push New Internet Sales Tax Bill to Thwart Amazon.com Referendum | Flap's Blog – Fullosse… http://t.co/k6X0W93 #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-28 http://t.co/1hy5zH2 #tcot #catcot #
- California Legislators Push New Internet Sales Tax Bill to Thwart Amazon.com Referendum | Flap's Blog – Fullosse… http://t.co/UsMmzAu #
- RE: I have heard from quite a number of folks about them leaving California for greener, lower taxed and lower regula… http://t.co/Y0O3enY #
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Day By Day August 28, 2011 – Cat Chow
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@Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-28
- Arrogant Democrat Legislators Propose Changes to California Initiative Process » Flap's California Blog http://t.co/tPGPAdI #
- Dilbert August 27, 2011 – Crimes » Flap's California Blog http://t.co/H9zCxTw #
- Day By Day August 27, 2011 – Cookin’ With Grease | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/V9PR4K9 #
- Arrogant Democrat Legislators Propose Changes to California Initiative Process http://t.co/tPGPAdI #
- Dilbert August 27, 2011 – Crimes http://t.co/H9zCxTw #
- Day By Day August 27, 2011 – Cookin’ With Grease http://t.co/HZtg0ul #tcot #catcot #
- Post six miles with Alice and Tara (@ Ronnie's Diner) http://t.co/wDeX6sk #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-27 | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/pZSxnwe #
- Capitol Weekly: State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout http://t.co/UGRIsa7 #
- Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy http://t.co/Fbao2KH #
- Off soon to Santa Monica to run an easy 6 miles with the Los Angeles Running Club. Disneyland Half Marathon next week. Temps = low 70's #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-27 http://t.co/T63F5jy #tcot #catcot #
- Gregory Flap Cole – Google+ – Looks like Facebook is on total tilt of Google+…. so much… http://t.co/gxEAqqf #
- Capitol Weekly: State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout http://t.co/cFpuE77 #
- Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy http://t.co/VU4msTr #
- Matt Kemp just hit his 30th Home run for the Dodgers this year. #Dodgers #
- Vin Scully just announced he will be back with the LA Dodgers next year – Yay! #Dodgers #
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Day By Day August 27, 2011 – Cookin’ With Grease
American troops are cooking with gas today after knocking off Al Qaeda’s second in command.Al-Qaida’s second-in-command, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan, delivering another big blow to a terrorist group that the U.S. believes to be on the verge of defeat, U.S. officials said Saturday.
The Libyan national had been the network’s operational leader before rising to al-Qaida’s No. 2 spot after the U.S. killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden during a raid on his Pakistan compound in May.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said last month that al-Qaida’s defeat was within reach if the U.S. could mount a string of successful attacks on the group’s weakened leadership.
“Now is the moment, following what happened with bin Laden, to put maximum pressure on them,” Panetta said, “because I do believe that if we continue this effort we can really cripple al-Qaida as a major threat.”
Since bin Laden’s death, al-Qaida’s structure has been unsettled and U.S. officials have hoped to capitalize on that. The more uncertain the leadership, the harder it is for al-Qaida to operate covertly and plan attacks.
Those troops will be home soon and cookin’ with gas at their home BBQ’s – let us hope.
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@Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-27
- Looks like Facebook is on total tilt of Google+…. so much so they are changing their UI to match (or exceed) Googl… http://t.co/RdYAoso #
- California State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout http://t.co/Vdib8RI #
- Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy http://t.co/hrZnZd2 #
- Flap’s Links and Comments for August 26th on 18:21 http://t.co/AImL2xf #tcot #catcot #
- The Cohabitation Revolution http://t.co/1A9EpCA #
- Updated – Nothing New: California Legislature Relents and Will NOW Release Member Spending Records http://t.co/IKYqqnY #
- RT @ShaneGoldmacher: Some Asm caucus budgets so far in 2011:Latino Caucus: 91k Asian:60K LGBT: $25k Women's:40k Black:8k http://t.co/aaQzCdr #
- Updated – Nothing New: California Legislature Relents and Will NOW Release Member Spending Records http://t.co/6NmpeEQ #
- California Legislature Relents and Will NOW Release Member Spending Records http://t.co/RFbQT94 #
- California Legislature Relents and Will NOW Release Member Spending Records http://t.co/yRbaxKa #
- Take Texas out of cross-state air pollution rule http://t.co/RSkVDlz #
- Flap’s Links and Comments for August 26th on 06:03 http://t.co/QaqJ5VE #tcot #catcot #
- New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to Speak at the Reagan Presidential Library » Flap's California Blog http://t.co/z9IZ2P6 #
- President 2012 GOP South Carolina Poll: Rick Perry 31% Vs. Mitt Romney 20% Vs. Michele Bachmann14% | Flap's Blog… http://t.co/k6ImfFp #
- Video: Obesity Continues to Balloon in the United States and the U.K. http://t.co/3L5eG7N #
- New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to Speak at the Reagan Presidential Library http://t.co/z9IZ2P6 #
- Poll Watch: 65% of online adults use social networking sites http://t.co/SInGfkK #
- President 2012 GOP South Carolina Poll: Rick Perry 31% Vs. Mitt Romney 20% Vs. Michele Bachmann14% http://t.co/ZALIJ6O #tcot #catcot #
- Weight Loss: The Best Approach? http://t.co/q9iMOIC #
- Flap’s California Morning Collection: August 26, 2011 http://t.co/cVn842x #
- President 2012 Poll Watch: Tea Party Supporters Are Backing Rick Perry http://t.co/sk5yOuh #tcot #catcot #
- In this tight money economy? What an abuse of the system.: http://t.co/dw9rHQQ #
- Video: Federal Investigators Auditing Texas Dental Medicaid Over Orthodontic Treatment for Tens of Thousands http://t.co/VSYpKPZ #
- California RINOS to Meet this Weekend http://t.co/mEgfQkg #
- Speaker John Boehner Assails Obama Over 4,257 New Regualtory Actions http://t.co/0OnlT5W #tcot #catcot #
- Los Angeles Roadrunners: Run/Walk 5 for 2012 http://t.co/kCUd0na #
- Weight Loss From Reducing Calories Can Lead to Unrealistic Expectations http://t.co/vlJlLxM #
- The Morning Drill: August 26, 2011 http://t.co/wWsYh0H #
- California Online Sales Tax Proponents Move to Invalidate Amazon.com Sponsored Online Sales Tax Referendum http://t.co/EEv5399 #
- California Online Sales Tax Proponents Move to Invalidate Amazon.com Sponsored Online Sales Tax Referendum #tcot http://t.co/yRbaxKa #
- Dilbert August 26, 2011 – Again? http://t.co/Wv1Gl5n #
- Day By Day August 26, 2011 – Kulture King http://t.co/CasQE7T #tcot #catcot #
- President 2012: My Rick Perry Problem — and Ours http://t.co/PWv48I5 #
- Flap’s Links and Comments for August 25th through August 26th http://t.co/t4TM5Tj #tcot #catcot #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-26 | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/sf6SbkP #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-26 http://t.co/H9kOFty #tcot #catcot #
- President 2012: The Problem With RomneyCare | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/ODSU7ri #
- President 2012: The Problem With RomneyCare http://t.co/yo5Qj1x #tcot #catcot #
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Flap’s Links and Comments for August 26th on 18:21
These are my links for August 26th from 18:21 to 18:39:
- California State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout – Los Angeles County is crawling with Democrats – 2.3 million, in fact, far more than the six San Francisco Bay Area counties combined and the foundation of blue clout in an overwhelmingly blue state.
But all those L.A. Democrats have a peculiarity: They don’t like voting by mail.
In part, that stems from county election officials who over the years were not aggressive in developing a vote-by-mail system, Democrats say.
“First, it’s because (former registrar) Connie McCormack made it very difficult for vote by mail and, second, minorities are less trustful in general of voting by mail,” said Democratic consultant Steve Maviglio.
“It’s a giant county and you literally have to open all those things (mailed ballots). In terms of manpower, it’s difficult,” he added. “But a lot of counties have figured out that vote-by-mail actually saves money.”
The logistics of L.A. are daunting, particularly for those Democrats who may have long commutes and longer work days, and who find it difficult to get to the polls.
Getting a ballot to them could make a major difference, said Eric Bauman, chair of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party.
“The voting day is over by the time they get home,” Bauman said. “That’s the kind of voter, the occasional voter, that you have to work hard to get out to vote. So the solution is to put a ballot in their hands, and that’s the starting point.” That means mailing registration forms to their addresses, then following up with a personal knock on the door.
Another approach: Go to the swearing-in ceremonies for new citizens and encourage voter registration. For Democratic registrants, some nine out of 10 newly registered Democrats opt for vote-by-mail, Bauman said.
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- Capitol Weekly: Big Daddy – Hey Big Daddy,
So, finally, for the first time in modern history, there may be two-thirds Democratic majorities in each house after next year’s elections. Are you happy?
–Wondering in WestminsterDear Wondering,
I’m so happy I could spit.It’s been a long-time coming, as my favorite pock-marked singer noted in the 1960s. When you follow the money, as I do feverishly with every waking moment, the only way you get to Heaven is with two-thirds majorities, although it helps to have a Democratic governor to make sure you’re spending enough. But lately, Heaven has had to wait. Looks like 2012 may be a magic year.
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- The Cohabitation Revolution – The great divorce revolution of the 1960s and 1970s has faded. The great cohabitation revolution has begun.
The divorce rate for married couples with children is almost back to the levels of the early 1960s, before the run-up that crested in the early 1980s. Considering the decades of social turbulence buffeting the institution of marriage between then and now, this is a notable restoration.
But it only means that marriage is unraveling in a different way. According to a new study by the Institute for American Values and the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, cohabitation has increased 14-fold since 1970. About 24 percent of children are born to cohabiting couples, more than are born to single mothers, while another 20 percent experience a cohabiting household at some time in their childhood.
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- California State Democratic Party targets mail vote to boost L.A. turnout – Los Angeles County is crawling with Democrats – 2.3 million, in fact, far more than the six San Francisco Bay Area counties combined and the foundation of blue clout in an overwhelmingly blue state.
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Flap’s Links and Comments for August 26th on 06:03
These are my links for August 26th from 06:03 to 14:40:
- Take Texas out of cross-state air pollution rule – Remember the rolling blackouts during the extreme cold this winter? Are you ready for more of the same all summer long? Are you ready for job cuts? Are you ready for businesses to stop coming to Texas costing us new jobs? That's what is likely to happen if the Environmental Protection Agency does not reconsider including Texas in its cross-state air pollution rule.
We've heard the threats of rolling blackouts this summer because of hot temperatures and record power usage. If you take away a significant percentage of the state's capacity to produce electricity a threat becomes a reality and we start losing power on a regular basis.
The state will lose that capacity because the EPA's cross-state air pollution rule would force Texas lignite coal-fueled power plants to shut down or reduce output, eliminating perhaps as much as 10 percent of the state's capacity to produce electricity. The EPA figures that those plants could just import low-sulfur Wyoming coal. The EPA figures wrong. It would take a long time to convert and permit the necessary changes to those plants, and cost ratepayers a lot of money. Plus right now there is no excess production of coal in Wyoming to meet the additional demand and the impacts of getting that coal to Texas have not even been considered.
What happens to your bottom line? We will all pay higher electric rates. It's supply and demand. For businesses still trying to recover from some really bad economic times, that could mean layoffs. For those businesses looking to move to Texas from other states, this might just make them decide to stay put. Who wants to come to a state where the rates are high and the lights go out every time it gets hot? I wouldn't.
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- New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to Speak at the Reagan Presidential Library » Flap’s California Blog – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to Speak at the Reagan Presidential Library
- President 2012 GOP South Carolina Poll: Rick Perry 31% Vs. Mitt Romney 20% Vs. Michele Bachmann14% | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012 GOP South Carolina Poll: Rick Perry 31% Vs. Mitt Romney 20% Vs. Michele Bachmann14% #tcot #catcot
- Poll Watch: 65% of online adults use social networking sites – Fully 65% of adult internet users now say they use a social networking site like MySpace, Facebook or LinkedIn, up from 61% one year ago. This marks the first time in Pew Internet surveys that 50% of all adults use social networking sites.
The frequency of social networking site usage among young adult internet users under age 30 was stable over the last year – 61% of online Americans in that age cohort now use social networking sites on a typical day, compared with 60% one year ago. However, among the Boomer-aged segment of internet users ages 50-64, social networking site usage on a typical day grew a significant 60% (from 20% to 32%).
“The graying of social networking sites continues, but the oldest users are still far less likely to be making regular use of these tools,” said Mary Madden, Senior Research Specialist and co-author of the report. “While seniors are testing the waters, many Baby Boomers are beginning to make a trip to the social media pool part of their daily routine.”
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- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Weight Loss: The Best Approach? – Weight Loss: The Best Approach?
- Flap’s California Morning Collection: August 26, 2011 » Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Morning Collection: August 26, 2011
- President 2012 Poll Watch: Tea Party Supporters Are Backing Rick Perry | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012 Poll Watch: Tea Party Supporters Are Backing Rick Perry #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Video: Federal Investigators Auditing Texas Dental Medicaid Over Orthodontic Treatment for Tens of Thousands – In this tight money economy? What an abuse of the system.:
- California RINOS to Meet this Weekend » Flap’s California Blog – California RINOS to Meet this Weekend
- Speaker John Boehner Assails Obama Over 4,257 New Regulatory Actions | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Speaker John Boehner Assails Obama Over 4,257 New Regualtory Actions #tcot #catcot
- Los Angeles Roadrunners: Run/Walk 5 for 2012 » Flap’s California Blog – Los Angeles Roadrunners: Run/Walk 5 for 2012
- Weight Loss From Reducing Calories Can Lead to Unrealistic Expectations | Smiles For A Lifetime – Temporary (Locum Tenens) Dentistry – Weight Loss From Reducing Calories Can Lead to Unrealistic Expectations
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Morning Drill: August 26, 2011 – The Morning Drill: August 26, 2011
- California Online Sales Tax Proponents Move to Invalidate Amazon.com Sponsored Online Sales Tax Referendum » Flap’s California Blog – California Online Sales Tax Proponents Move to Invalidate Amazon.com Sponsored Online Sales Tax Referendum
- Flap’s California Blog » Flap’s Comments On His Home, California – California Online Sales Tax Proponents Move to Invalidate Amazon.com Sponsored Online Sales Tax Referendum #tcot
- Dilbert August 26, 2011 – Again? » Flap’s California Blog – Dilbert August 26, 2011 – Again?
- Day By Day August 26, 2011 – Kulture King | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Day By Day August 26, 2011 – Kulture King #tcot #catcot
- Take Texas out of cross-state air pollution rule – Remember the rolling blackouts during the extreme cold this winter? Are you ready for more of the same all summer long? Are you ready for job cuts? Are you ready for businesses to stop coming to Texas costing us new jobs? That's what is likely to happen if the Environmental Protection Agency does not reconsider including Texas in its cross-state air pollution rule.
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President 2012 GOP South Carolina Poll: Rick Perry 31% Vs. Mitt Romney 20% Vs. Michele Bachmann14%
According to the latest Magellan Strategies survey.
Magellan Strategies today released the results of an autodial survey of 637 likely 2012 Republican primary voters in South Carolina. The survey finds Rick Perry leading Mitt Romney by 11 points. Among all voters, Rick Perry has 31%, Mitt Romney has 20%, and Michele Bachmann is third with 14%. The rest of the Republican field rounds out with Herman Cain with 9%, Newt Gingrich with 5%, Ron Paul and the “Other Candidate” with 4%, Rick Santorum and Jon Huntsman with 2%, and 9% undecided.
Texas Governor Rick Perry has zoomed to the top of the polls. If he can beat Bachmann in Iowa, she may drop out before the South Carolina Primary election. But, then again, if Romney does not win New Hampshire by a substantial margin, he may be dead coming into South Carolina too.
Remember Republicans like to end their Presidential primaries EARLY.
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President 2012 Poll Watch: Tea Party Supporters Are Backing Rick Perry
According to the latest Gallup Poll.Rick Perry’s candidacy has attracted strong initial support from Republicans who identify themselves as supporters of the Tea Party movement. Perry leads by 21 percentage points over the closest contenders among this group, Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann. Among Republicans who say they do not support the Tea Party movement, Romney and Perry are essentially tied.
These results are based on an Aug. 17-21 Gallup poll, which showed Perry overtaking Romney as the front-runner for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination among all Republicans nationwide.
The poll finds that 58% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents identify themselves as supporters of the Tea Party movement, with 36% saying they do not consider themselves supporters. Included among the group of Tea Party supporters is a smaller group — representing 12% of Republicans — who say they are “strong” supporters of the movement. Among this smaller group, Perry’s lead is even greater, 46% to 16%, over Bachmann, with all other candidates in single digits.
Since his announcement, Texas Governor Rick Perry has consolidated his voter support and leaped into the lead in most polls. Perry has frozen out Michele Bachmann as the leader of the Tea Party and may have forestalled a run by Sarah Palin (but we will see about that on September 3rd).
Perry has immediately become the preferred Republican nomination candidate of Tea Party movement supporters and, by extension, those who view government spending and power as the most important issue. He also demonstrates strong appeal to moral values voters, and is competitive with Romney among Republicans rating business and the economy as the most important issue.
Perry will attempt to consolidate the support of these constituencies in the coming months as he begins his nomination campaign in earnest, including participating for the first time in candidate debates next month. Whether he is able to solidify his status as the new front-runner, or whether it turns out to be a temporary response to the excitement generated by his entry into the race, will become apparent in future Gallup updates of Republicans’ nomination preferences.