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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-12-09
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-12-09 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. http://t.co/Wgcywom8 #tcot 21:53:26, 2012-12-09
- GetGlue – Your app for TV, Movies, and Sports http://t.co/jzF1So1m #tcot 21:53:25, 2012-12-09
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-12-09 http://t.co/WVkFsVkF 21:05:52, 2012-12-09
- I unlocked the Homeland: In Memoriam sticker on #GetGlue! http://t.co/XGcGm1VF 19:01:07, 2012-12-09
- Air and naval forces of the United States.. http://t.co/Gu6W2iWL #GetGlue @SHO_homeland 19:00:52, 2012-12-09
- Humor / The Golden Rule explained….. http://t.co/qQzvjb1x #tcot 17:26:48, 2012-12-09
- The Golden Rule explained….. http://t.co/yTdac8nG 15:53:31, 2012-12-09
- How Obama’s data scientists built a volunteer army on Facebook http://t.co/zI8wFSsx #tcot 15:17:10, 2012-12-09
- GOP Rep. Cole: Take Obama’s offer to gain tax cuts for ‘98 percent’ http://t.co/dfFnHauE #tcot 09:08:51, 2012-12-09
- White House could protect middle class from looming tax hikes http://t.co/sN26YRfn #tcot 09:08:51, 2012-12-09
- Flap's California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-12-08 – Flap's California Blog http://t.co/uafpqzEC #tcot 08:30:58, 2012-12-09
- Flap's Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-12-08 – Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/1LHkPiqp #tcot 08:30:58, 2012-12-09
- GOP seeks to up its online game – Emily Schultheis – http://t.co/0DyymCmz http://t.co/5cYKdRYp #tcot 08:30:57, 2012-12-09
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-12-08 http://t.co/VKyaIPTQ 04:00:52, 2012-12-09
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-12-08 http://t.co/Iu6JRVqt #tcot 03:02:30, 2012-12-09
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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-12-08
- GOP seeks to up its online game – Emily Schultheis – http://t.co/0DyymCmz http://t.co/zX2Zd1Xs #tcot 23:56:15, 2012-12-08
- GIF: Juan Manuel Marquez knocks out Manny Pacquaio at end of … on Twitpic http://t.co/H53xjU9v #tcot 23:56:15, 2012-12-08
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-12-08 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. http://t.co/5Lceujgn #tcot 23:56:14, 2012-12-08
- GOP seeks to up its online game http://t.co/l1pSBAcn #tcot 22:53:00, 2012-12-08
- RT @BuzzFeedAndrew: Out cold. RT @samir: GIF of the knockout http://t.co/Hr0IDglG 22:09:20, 2012-12-08
- @BuzzFeedAndrew @LizMair Oh Yeah Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter are real experts about federal drug policy or the War on Drugs = NOT! 22:03:15, 2012-12-08
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-12-08 http://t.co/sWOZUxwg 21:02:25, 2012-12-08
- Gregory Flap @ Ronnie's Diner http://t.co/AXy7PCWa #tcot 12:22:14, 2012-12-08
- 8 mile race recovery run is finished. Now waiting for a table at Ronnie's. (@ Ronnie's Diner) http://t.co/KyrTUih7 10:53:31, 2012-12-08
- Flap's California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-12-07 – Flap's California Blog http://t.co/0jJE5n9N #tcot 08:04:17, 2012-12-08
- Off soon to Venice Beach and @LAMarathon training with the LA Roadrunners. 12 miles today and then Ronnie's Diner. Temps in the 60's. 05:26:22, 2012-12-08
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-12-07 http://t.co/vy0bbZSF 04:16:18, 2012-12-08
- Flap's Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-12-07 – Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/z6NHDOTy #tcot 03:56:25, 2012-12-08
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-12-07 http://t.co/TBxpbxLw #tcot 03:01:56, 2012-12-08
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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-12-07
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-12-07 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. http://t.co/J2FZ8Fr1 #tcot 21:47:09, 2012-12-07
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-12-07 http://t.co/raDbmGi1 21:03:53, 2012-12-07
- Do Not Have Sex with This Man | Sexuality/Gender | Religion Dispatches http://t.co/huKLKGMl #tcot 19:14:20, 2012-12-07
- Just a shocker! NOT RT @mpoppel: Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist, an Independent, tweets he has joined the Democratic Party 19:08:19, 2012-12-07
- Stupid 2 RT @EWErickson This is one of the funniest damn things I've ever read @DouthatNYT inspires comedic brilliance http://t.co/xdfobHqG 18:40:40, 2012-12-07
- SCOTUS To Hear Gay Marriage Cases – Flap's Blog http://t.co/LNowyoDk #tcot 13:51:19, 2012-12-07
- Supreme Court To Hear Gay Couples' Marriage Cases http://t.co/I4W3R1lt #tcot 13:51:19, 2012-12-07
- SCOTUS To Hear Gay Marriage Cases http://t.co/ZGC1B96p #tcot 13:27:34, 2012-12-07
- Charles Krauthammer: It’s nothing but a power play http://t.co/JzpNQBvU #tcot 13:15:06, 2012-12-07
- RT @chrisgeidner: UPDATE: The Supreme Court's order in the #DOMA & #Prop8 cases: http://t.co/GQmyfslq 12:56:18, 2012-12-07
- Day By Day December 7, 2012 – Take A Bow http://t.co/clfYy6n9 #tcot 12:23:31, 2012-12-07
- RT @rollcallpols: RT @johngramlich: BREAKING: #scotus takes Prop 8 AND #DOMA cases 12:18:45, 2012-12-07
- RT @ReutersPolitics: FLASH: U.S. Supreme Court to review whether California gay marriage ban violates constitution 12:18:27, 2012-12-07
- Flap's California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-12-06 – Flap's California Blog http://t.co/WLcidJVH #tcot 07:44:29, 2012-12-07
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-12-06 http://t.co/blAo6aCt 04:02:59, 2012-12-07
- (500) http://t.co/lCiMXu0x http://t.co/uHGjrh8w #tcot 03:33:20, 2012-12-07
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-12-06 http://t.co/iynvh8xc #tcot 03:02:42, 2012-12-07
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SCOTUS To Hear Gay Marriage Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether California’s Proposition 8 marriage amendment is constitutional and whether the federal government can refuse to recognize gay couples’ marriages for tax purposes and other reasons, the court announced Friday.
Decisions in both cases, by the court’s practice, are expected by the end of June.
The questions of federal standing aside, the Supreme Court should make a definitive ruling – one way or the other.
Do the states have the right to decide their own marriage laws, or is there a federal right to a same sex marriage?
We will see in late June 2013.
But, there are OUTS!
The SCOTUSblog live blog reports: “Prop. 8 is granted. So is Windsor. Those are the only two marriage cases granted.”
SCOTUSBlog’s live blog continues: “Prop. 8 is granted on the petition question — whether 14th Am. bars Calif. from defining marriage in traditional way.” No surprise there — except perhaps to Jeffrey Toobin. The Court then added a question of its own: “Whether the backers of Prop 8 have standing in the case under Art. III.” So the court may avoid ruling on the constitutionality of Prop 8 by saying that the case should not have been allowed to proceed in the first place — which I gather would mean that the lower court decisions are off the books, as there was no jurisdiction in the cases that would allow them to be decided.
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Day By Day December 7, 2012 – Take A Bow
71 Years ago America was attacked at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese.
Dec. 7, 1941, the date of the military strike by Japan on Pearl Harbor, is being remembered today around the nation.
“71 years ago at 0755 HST was the 1st attack on Pearl Harbor. Taking a moment of silence to remember those lost,” reads a recent tweet from the U.S. Navy, which has spurred more than 1,000 retweets and such responses as:
“Never forget. 4 uncles in World War II. I make it a practice to thank veterans, especially ones wearing WWII caps for their service” — Brendan Ben Feeney
In Washington, D.C. and states around the country, flags are being flown at half-staff to remember the more than 2,400 Americans killed and 1,200 injured in the attack.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed the nation’s outrage following the attack, which he called a “date which will live in infamy.” Within an hour, Congress had voted a declaration of war.
What a difference seven decades make.
Today it is the “Fiscal Cliff” which is confronting America and taxing the “Rich.”
How world events have changed…..
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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-12-06
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-12-06 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. http://t.co/jGKNE9x8 #tcot 23:31:07, 2012-12-06
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-12-06 http://t.co/6FTNaTZ9 21:04:58, 2012-12-06
- Sen. Rand Paul: We Should Let Dems Raise Taxes And Then Let Them Own It http://t.co/SBjVaLKT #tcot 16:57:28, 2012-12-06
- Untitled (http://t.co/VaDzzj3c… http://t.co/799vhbUC #tcot 15:42:30, 2012-12-06
- California Republicans look to Jim Brulte to lead comeback http://t.co/hfelsOfN #tcot 12:52:19, 2012-12-06
- Flap's California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-12-05 – Flap's California Blog http://t.co/4hnXxnub #tcot 06:53:28, 2012-12-06
- Flap's California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-12-04 – Flap's California Blog http://t.co/qreQ73nP #tcot 05:32:17, 2012-12-06
- (500) http://t.co/5wrVYouO… http://t.co/dppSfVCq #tcot 05:32:17, 2012-12-06
- "You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."
–Michael Phelps
Happy Thursday! 04:55:09, 2012-12-06
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-12-05 http://t.co/qriAT8KI 04:03:05, 2012-12-06
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-12-04 http://t.co/BJeLkaoM 04:03:05, 2012-12-06
- Flap's Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-12-05 – Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/oxQRYqKj #tcot 03:40:18, 2012-12-06
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-12-05 http://t.co/4TQw0oyH #tcot 03:04:27, 2012-12-06
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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-12-05
- (500) http://t.co/q6cSJwsI… http://t.co/MLwJ8qAx #tcot 22:58:15, 2012-12-05
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-12-05 http://t.co/mXZGfJnr 21:05:40, 2012-12-05
- Online sales tax to be added to defense authorization bill http://t.co/DNLRKnhv #tcot 19:53:21, 2012-12-05
- The House Fiscal Cliff Strategy: Shut Up and Pass a Bill – Flap's Blog http://t.co/6Tx5JdVa #tcot 18:30:41, 2012-12-05
- The Troubles with ObamaCare Implementation – Flap's Blog http://t.co/i9sakAhr #tcot 18:30:41, 2012-12-05
- The House Fiscal Cliff Strategy: Shut Up and Pass a Bill http://t.co/OldqW84m #tcot 15:33:36, 2012-12-05
- The Troubles with ObamaCare Implementation http://t.co/HboV2EGc #tcot 15:33:35, 2012-12-05
- American Dental Association Releases Updated Dental Radiograph (X-Ray) Recommendations http://t.co/y42vp0kH #tcot 10:35:55, 2012-12-05
- Flap's Dentistry Blog: The Morning Drill: December 5, 2012 http://t.co/jKcqFck4 #tcot 10:35:54, 2012-12-05
- American Dental Association Releases Updated Dental Radiograph (X-Ray) Recommendations http://t.co/KmJuObnh #tcot 10:17:37, 2012-12-05
- The Morning Drill: December 5, 2012 http://t.co/MbeTThk6 08:57:07, 2012-12-05
- Political Cartoons / Don't worry Speaker Boehner and the House GOP Leadership will sell out their principl… http://t.co/zmRHgUB5 #tcot 08:37:20, 2012-12-05
- Don't worry Speaker Boehner and the House GOP Leadership will sell out their principles to avert the Fiscal Cliff… http://t.co/xUEJhuKo 08:22:24, 2012-12-05
- Flap's Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-12-04 – Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/prEs3evI #tcot 04:30:28, 2012-12-05
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-12-04 http://t.co/PVg0S2Zq #tcot 03:01:56, 2012-12-05
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The House Fiscal Cliff Strategy: Shut Up and Pass a Bill
epublican House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama at the White House on November 16, 2012
Earth speaking to Republican House Speaker John Boehner on the “Fiscal Cliff” – shut up and pass a bill. You are not winning the discourse with the President.
I told you before what to do and it is very simple.
Pass an extension of the Social Security payroll tax cut and block its automatic rise from 4.2 percent of wages to 6.2 percent. To raise that tax now and scoop off the discretionary income of most of America’s families in this anemic economy makes no sense economically or politically.
The House should then vote to extend the Bush tax cuts for another year, with a pledge to do tax reform — lowering tax rates in return for culling, cutting or capping deductions for the well-to-do in the new year.
Then let Harry Reid work his will. If the Senate votes to let Social Security taxes rise, let Harry and his party explain this to the middle class that gets hammered in January. If the Senate votes to let the Bush tax cuts lapse for those over $200,000, decide in the caucus whether to negotiate — or to go home for Christmas and New Year’s.
As for the automatic sequester that would impose $100 billion in cuts next year, half in defense, do nothing. Let it take effect. The budget has to be cut, and while these cuts are heavy on defense, the depth and mixture can be adjusted in the new year.
Another week has gone by and nothing really has happened, except Obama has been beating up on the Republican brand. Boehner, you are not going to be doing any better than the above.
So, just do it and get it over.
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The Troubles with ObamaCare Implementation
Oh and there are plenty of problems with ObamaCare as Noemie Emery points out in her piece.
Obama won on the claim we had come through the worst of the crash and recession, and that things would slowly but surely start to improve. But wait for the downturn that’s likely to hit when smaller business embark on a new wave of cutbacks, to avoid moving north of Obamacare’s 50-employee limit, above which the federal mandates to provide workers with health care kick in. New hires will not happen, full-time employees with benefits will become part-timers without out them, and some jobs may even be axed. For two years, businessmen have postponed their decisions — now they will make them. Wait until voters find their jobs, their hours cut, their premiums rising, their insurers going out of business and their employers dropping health coverage because of Obamacare.
Employment will be hurt first as any recovery in the unemployment rate numbers will stall. Then, folks will discover that their medical insurance will suddenly cost more – a lot more or their physicians may either retire or no longer accept Medicare.
Then, the political recriminations will begin as more and more states refuse to implement the Medicaid expansion portion of the law. The waiting lines for Medicaid patients to see a medical specialist will grow astronomically. There will be stories about rationing of care for the poor.
The problems are coming folks and coming soon.
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American Dental Association Releases Updated Dental Radiograph (X-Ray) Recommendations
These dental radiograph recommendations were released on November 28.
In an effort to decrease radiation exposure to patients, the American Dental Association’s (ADA) Council on Scientific Affairs collaborated with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to update the ADA’s recommendations for dental X-ray examinations. The recommendations were released recently.
The ADA’s “Dental Radiograph Examinations: Recommendations for Patient Selection and Limiting Radiation Exposure” are intended to be used in conjunction with dentists’ professional judgment to determine whether and when dental X-rays are needed. Dental X-rays help dentists evaluate and diagnose oral diseases and conditions, but the ADA recommends that dentists weigh the benefits of taking dental X-rays against the possible risk of exposing patients to the radiation from X-rays, the effects of which can accumulate from multiple sources over time.
“As doctors of oral health, dentists are in the best position to make decisions on whether to prescribe dental X-rays after an oral examination and with consideration of the patient’s health history. Prescribing dental X-rays should be an individualized process,” said ADA President Robert A. Faiella, D.M.D., M.M.Sc. Since 1989, the ADA has recommended the ALARA principle in relation to dental X-rays—that radiation exposure to patients is “as low as reasonably achievable.”
A downloadable copy of the recommendations can be obtained here.
- Removing a stronger recommendation for thyroid collar use for children, women of childbearing age and pregnant women. The strength of the recommendation is now the same for all patients.
- A new section that was not in the 2004 document, which expands upon the 2006 CSA report, “The Use of Dental Radiographs: Update and Recommendations.”
- New topics that were not covered in the 2006 CSA report such as receptor selection, handheld X-ray units, technique charts and radiation risk communication.
- Changing the recommendation for shielding to be consistent with the National Council on Radiation Protection & Measurements.
All dentists should review the updated recommenations and, of course, utilize their best professional judgment for individualized care for their own patients.