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Day By Day October 25, 2011 – Tits Up
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@Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-10-25
- Not much support out there for Occupy Wall Street – Wall Street though is a different matter…: http://t.co/eIokISf5 #
- Poll Watch: 32% Have Favorable View of Occupy Wall Street http://t.co/CPHYpXvI #tcot #catcot #
- T-Minus 3 Hours and Counting for Obama Jam – LA: http://t.co/L0FtfImB #
- President 2012 Obama Jam: Another Fundraising Day and Another Obama Traffic Jam for Los Angeles http://t.co/ET6ujeCp #tcot #catcot #
- > Perry < Newt RT @jamiedupree New poll from Nevada has Romney 38, Cain 26, Gingrich 16, Paul 7, Perry 5, Bachmann2 pdf http://t.co/cWyDRXOM #
- Flap’s California Morning Collection: October 24, 2011 http://t.co/iCjVF5o5 #
- President 2012 Poll Watch: 62% of Americans Would Scrap the Electoral College http://t.co/yfcCuteu #tcot #catcot #
- Bisphenol A (BPA) Exposure In Utero Linked to Behavior and Emotional Problems in Children? http://t.co/lHHuTpGo #
- >Gingrich on the move up? RT @GOP12: New Magellan poll: Romney 38% Cain 26% Gingrich 16% #
- A New study on BPA – Bisphenol A During Gestation….: http://t.co/2YwVmKE1 #
- Today's Dentistry and Health Headlines….: http://t.co/QLGhsUmb #
- The Morning Drill: October 24, 2011 http://t.co/gp5vsGgi #
- Dilbert October 23, 2011 – How Many? http://t.co/69NU5rBD #
- Happy Monday everyone with a little Dilbert from the Sunday papers….: http://t.co/GBENwOZM #
- Day By Day October 24, 2011 – Walking the Dogs http://t.co/tBlSbZvA #tcot #catcot #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-10-24 http://t.co/Ltp9m9eR #tcot #catcot #
- Flap’s http://t.co/KW19bGGy Links and Comments for October 22nd through October 23rd http://t.co/h2otzvRO #tcot #catcot #
- Chris Muir and Day By Day have some fun with the Occupy Wall Street protesters when Damon makes an appearance….: http://t.co/4I1UOxcj #
- Day By Day October 23, 2011 – Caveats http://t.co/0LhdH6hC #tcot #catcot #
- RE: Chris Schauble is now an anchor at KTLA Channel 5 and Elita Loresca is on maternity leave. Jennifer is a regular … http://t.co/mvJBBHJ2 #
- Dentists, patients feel economy's bite in Sacramento area: Douglas Lott sees it in the faces of many young peopl… http://t.co/XPSQxH6o #
- Young vegetarians: Getting the nutrition they need: Niki Gianni was 11 or 12 when she found a video on YouTube c… http://t.co/jeBqPjVN #
- Healthy Halloween Advice for Children With Diabetes: While there are challenges, Halloween can still be fun for … http://t.co/88XggkeM #
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President 2012: Rick Perry Proposes 20 Percent Flat Tax
A little too little and a little too late to help Texas Governor Rick Perry’s campaign for the Presidency.Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry unveiled a sweeping economic agenda Monday, highlighted by a plan to level a voluntary 20 percent “flat tax” on all taxpayers who will accept it in place of what they’re paying now.
The plan, outlined in a Wall Street Journal op-ed column a day before the Texas governor was set to announce it in South Carolina, also calls for capping federal spending at 18 percent of the country’s GDP while allowing younger earners to privatize their Social Security accounts — a controversial proposal that echoes President George W. Bush’s failed 2005 attempt to overhaul the retirement program.
But the most significant feature of Perry’s plan is his call for a flat tax rate of 20 percent. Taxpayers who don’t want to pay a 20 percent flat income tax, he said, can keep their current rate.Current marginal income tax rates range from 10 percent to 35 percent, depending on taxpayers’ income.
Perry offers several proposals that appear designed to sweeten the offer — and to counter criticism that the flat tax is regressive, taking a proportionally bigger bite from smaller incomes. His plan would preserve popular deductions for mortgage interest and donations to charity for households earning less than $500,000 a year. It would increase the standard deduction to $12,500.
But Perry would eliminate other tax breaks. He argues that a streamed-down tax code (so simple, he says taxpayers can file on a postcard), along with spending cuts and entitlement changes, will stimulate the economy.
Perry’s proposal really won’t matter since he is carrying so much other baggage. Down in the polls, I really do not see how Perry can regain any type of momentum in the race for 2012 – even a Steve Forbes-like flat tax proposal.
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Poll Watch: 32% Have Favorable View of Occupy Wall Street
Protesters and members of Occupy Wall Street wait for the start of the march, during an annual demonstration calling for a stop to police brutality in New York October 22, 2011
According to the latest CNN Poll.Although most Americans don’t trust Wall Street, that hasn’t translated into full support –or understanding– of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Despite large majorities who think that Wall Street bankers are greedy, overpaid and dishonest, four in ten don’t have an opinion about the weeks-long protests, according to a new CNN/ORC International poll released Monday.
Among those who have an opinion, the public is split on how they feel about Occupy Wall Street. Thirty-two percent of Americans say they have a favorable view of the movement that has spread from Wall Street to Chicago, and that even cropped up at the most recent CNN presidential debate in Las Vegas. Twenty-nine percent of the nation says they have an unfavorable view of Occupy Wall Street.
But opinions are clear about Wall Street itself. Eight in ten say Wall Street bankers are greedy, 77% say they’re overpaid, and two-thirds say Wall Street bankers are dishonest, a number that has gone up by a third in roughly two decades.
Over time, opinions about the financial center of the U.S. have gotten worse. In the 1990s, only 30% of the country said they had no trust at all in Wall Street to do what is best for the economy, 24 percentage points lower than now.
Pretty much what I would expect. Most Americans are too caught up in their own lives to involve themselves in a protest movement in which there are NO clear goals or objectives.
Although this “occupation” may last a while, eventually it will just flame out with NO real impact. What will have an impact will be the Presidential race for 2012 which starts in the first week of the New Year with the Iowa GOP Caucuses.
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President 2012 Obama Jam: Another Fundraising Day and Another Obama Traffic Jam for Los Angeles
About three plus hours to go but here is the latest about street closures for this afternoon and tomorrow.
President arrives at 4:45pm at LAX
- Usually he is helicoptered to the VA from where the motorcade departs
- He will motorcade across the Westside to sometime between 5pm and 6pm to two seperate events in Hancock Park – Santa Monica, Sunset, Olympic, Pico, Wilshire are all subject to rolling closures
- He usually stays at the Beverly Hilton. So sometime around 9-10pm he’ll probably head back from Hancock Park
Metro has not provided bus advisories yet – but they will release as the afternoon continues.
Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus is alerting riders to delays on routes 1, 2, 3, 8, and 12.
We’re still figuring out the Burbank portion of the trip – but we have received word the actual Tonight Show taping will be at 9am at NBC Studios near Olive and Alameda. That means Obama will be on the move sometime between 8am and 9am from possibly the Beverly Hilton to Burbank.
Obama is scheduled to leave for San Francisco at noon from LAX.Good luck out there.
I will be leaving from downtown Los Angeles around 5 PM.
Oh Joy!
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President 2012 Poll Watch: 62% of Americans Would Scrap the Electoral College
According to the latest Gallup Poll.Nearly 11 years after the 2000 presidential election brought the idiosyncrasies of the United States’ Electoral College into full view, 62% of Americans say they would amend the U.S. Constitution to replace that system for electing presidents with a popular vote system. Barely a third, 35%, say they would keep the Electoral College.
This majority is probably not sufficient for Congress to amend the Constitution though. And, even if the Congress did, I would doubt that three quarters of the states would ratify the amendment.
A popular vote system for the Presidency give a disproportionate amount of weight to large states and urban communities where there is more population. This inequity is what the Founders wished to avoid and why they chose the Electoral College in the first place.
With 62% of Americans today in favor of abolishing the Electoral College, Americans show relatively little attachment to this unique invention of the country’s Founding Fathers. The system was devised as a compromise between those who wanted Congress to select the president and those who favored election by the people, and it has resulted in a highly state-based approach to presidential campaigning.
Those who advocate abolishing the Electoral College often do so on the basis that the system puts undue emphasis on a small number of swing states. Whether Americans as a whole are concerned about that byproduct is unclear. However, they broadly agree that the country should adopt a system in which the popular vote prevails. While Republicans are less supportive of this than Democrats, 11 years after the 2000 election politicized the issue, the majority of Republicans once again favor the change.
Also, remember, a large majority of Americans favored Prohibition and look what that Constitutional Amendment (18th) did to the United States.
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Day By Day October 24, 2011 – Walking the Dogs
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@Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-10-24
- Flap’s California Blog Links and Comments for October 23rd on 18:18 http://t.co/ecXy93wH #
- Tony Strickland's party favors http://t.co/bWZBnDeR #
- Dan Walters: With its high unemployment, California can't afford to be choosy http://t.co/uo9LZiG3 #
- 2012 Proposition voting will require a college degree; long ballot good for Republicans historically. http://t.co/H0w1Hq3T #
- Two efforts launched to repeal Calif. DREAM Act http://t.co/gXD7G3xc #
- Big changes are coming to the Capitol http://t.co/nq1CAiff #fb #
- Big changes are coming to the Capitol http://t.co/adKF3U0v #fb #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-10-23 http://t.co/EwAGtfrx #tcot #catcot #
- Oral Bacteria May Signal Pneumonia Risk: Oral bacteria may signal which patients are likely to develop healthcar… http://t.co/MWUhfMDs #
- Flap’s Links and Comments for October 23rd http://t.co/utJPJgbm #
- Botox, dermal fillers can enhance implant outcomes: When placing dental implants, practitioners should consider … http://t.co/XTyXmMNL #
- Flap’s Links and Comments for October 20th through October 22nd http://t.co/CGPh0oCS #tcot #catcot #
- RE: @gubrpz Polling shows little support for Occupy Wall Street. Most folks are just NOT interested: http://flapsblog… http://t.co/9ktdh8cb #
- Michael Ramirez – re: Gadhafi: http://t.co/h796ZK6J #
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Flap’s Blog.Com Links and Comments for October 22nd through October 23rd
These are my links for October 22nd through October 23rd:
- Rick Perry Comments Raise ‘Birther’ Flap Again – New comments by Rick Perry in Parade magazine have revived the issue of whether the Texas governor believes that President Obama was born in the United States.
In the interview, Mr. Perry was asked if Mr. Obama was born in the United States, and he replied, “I have no reason to think otherwise.” When pressed, he said, “Well, I don’t have a definitive answer.”
Mr. Perry noted that he recently had dinner with Donald Trump, who has cast doubt on the authenticity of Mr. Obama’s citizenship. Noting that they had discussed the issue of Mr. Obama’s birth certificate and that Mr. Trump does not think “it’s real,” the candidate, when pressed if he agreed, said: “I don’t have any idea. It doesn’t matter. He’s the president of the United States. He’s elected. It’s a distractive issue.”
Mr. Obama’s birth certificate is posted on the White House Web site, and it shows that Mr. Obama was born in Honolulu. The document is signed by state officials and his mother.
Still, a theory has gained currency among some conservatives that Mr. Obama was not born in the United States and therefore is not qualified to be president, assertions that have been widely discredited.
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Good Grief…..
- Libya’s liberation: interim ruler unveils more radical than expected plans for Islamic law – Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, the chairman of the National Transitional Council and de fact president, had already declared that Libyan laws in future would have Sharia, the Islamic code, as its "basic source".
But that formulation can be interpreted in many ways – it was also the basis of Egypt's largely secular constitution under President Hosni Mubarak, and remains so after his fall.
Mr Abdul-Jalil went further, specifically lifting immediately, by decree, one law from Col. Gaddafi's era that he said was in conflict with Sharia – that banning polygamy.
In a blow to those who hoped to see Libya's economy integrate further into the western world, he announced that in future bank regulations would ban the charging of interest, in line with Sharia. "Interest creates disease and hatred among people," he said.
Gulf states like the United Arab Emirates, and other Muslim countries, have pioneered the development of Sharia-compliant banks which charge fees rather than interest for loans but they normally run alongside western-style banks.
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Unintended consequences may be worse than the old tyrant….. It remains to be seen.
- Day By Day October 23, 2011 – Caveats | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Day By Day October 23, 2011 – Caveats #tcot #catcot
- Update: Chris Schauble Now a News Anchor at KTLA: WTF Happened to KNBC News Anchor Chris Schauble? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – RE: Chris Schauble is now an anchor at KTLA Channel 5 and Elita Loresca is on maternity leave. Jennifer is a regular …
- Untitled (http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/23/3998013/dentists-patients-feel-economys.html#mi_rss=Medical%20News?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) – Dentists, patients feel economy's bite in Sacramento area: Douglas Lott sees it in the faces of many young peopl…
- Healthy Halloween Advice for Children With Diabetes – Yahoo! News – Healthy Halloween Advice for Children With Diabetes: While there are challenges, Halloween can still be fun for …
- Young vegetarians: Getting the nutrition they need – CNN.com – Young vegetarians: Getting the nutrition they need: Niki Gianni was 11 or 12 when she found a video on YouTube c…
- Flap’s Dentistry and Health Links and Comments for October 23rd on 22:36 | Smiles For A Lifetime – Temporary (Locum Tenens) Dentistry – Flap’s Dentistry and Health Links and Comments for October 23rd on 22:36
- Flap’s California Blog Links and Comments for October 23rd on 18:18 » Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Blog Links and Comments for October 23rd on 18:18
- Tony Strickland’s party favors – 95 percent accurate – Tony Strickland's party favors
- Untitled (http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/23/3999692/dan-walters-with-its-high-unemployment.html#mi_rss=Dan%20Walters?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) – Dan Walters: With its high unemployment, California can't afford to be choosy
- 2012 Proposition voting will require a college degree; long ballot good for Republicans historically. | FlashReport – 2012 Proposition voting will require a college degree; long ballot good for Republicans historically.
- Two efforts launched to repeal Calif. DREAM Act – Total Buzz : The Orange County Register – Two efforts launched to repeal Calif. DREAM Act
- Untitled (http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/23/3998082/dan-morain-big-changes-are-coming.html#mi_rss=Opinion) – Big changes are coming to the Capitol #fb
- (404) http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/23/3998082 – Big changes are coming to the Capitol #fb
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-10-23 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-10-23 #tcot #catcot
- Medical News: IDSA: Oral Bacteria May Signal Pneumonia Risk – in Meeting Coverage, IDSA from MedPage Today – Oral Bacteria May Signal Pneumonia Risk: Oral bacteria may signal which patients are likely to develop healthcar…
- Flap’s Links and Comments for October 23rd | Smiles For A Lifetime – Temporary (Locum Tenens) Dentistry – Flap’s Links and Comments for October 23rd
- Dental News, Dental education, Dental Social networking – Botox, dermal fillers can enhance implant outcomes: When placing dental implants, practitioners should consider …
- Flap’s Links and Comments for October 20th through October 22nd | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for October 20th through October 22nd #tcot #catcot
- Rick Perry Comments Raise ‘Birther’ Flap Again – New comments by Rick Perry in Parade magazine have revived the issue of whether the Texas governor believes that President Obama was born in the United States.
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Day By Day October 23, 2011 – Caveats
Like Lemmings……