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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-23
- Capitol Alert: Ex-Treasury official Neel Kashkari mulling run for CA office http://t.co/6ydwvKEe #tcot 23:31:28, 2013-01-23
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-23 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. http://t.co/YKo8ISWJ #tcot 22:22:26, 2013-01-23
- Capitol Alert: Ex-Treasury official Neel Kashkari mulling run for CA office http://t.co/jH16KAaP #tcot 22:22:26, 2013-01-23
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-23 http://t.co/SmMCAH5u 21:09:10, 2013-01-23
- Capitol Alert: Ex-Treasury official Neel Kashkari mulling run for CA office http://t.co/6l2gwjDo #tcot 20:03:26, 2013-01-23
- Ex-Treasury official Neel Kashkari mulling run for California office http://t.co/HlUF4oov 18:56:18, 2013-01-23
- Capitol Alert: Sacramento GOP consultant files suit against Lance Armstrong http://t.co/Px4SjbN5 #tcot 18:53:49, 2013-01-23
- Panetta to lift ban on women in combat http://t.co/jUUfKfYJ #tcot 17:09:39, 2013-01-23
- Capitol Alert: Sacramento GOP consultant files suit against Lance Armstrong http://t.co/1aWE6fpn #tcot 17:09:39, 2013-01-23
- Capitol Alert: Sacramento GOP consultant files suit against Lance Armstrong http://t.co/An9xCtnw #tcot 16:33:44, 2013-01-23
- Court: Putting Prop. 30 on top of ballot was illegal | CalWatchDog http://t.co/9WZ6I6GD #tcot 16:33:44, 2013-01-23
- Conn Carroll: Will the Democratic Party survive Obama? | http://t.co/D2rHhz9A http://t.co/dzyNmtEC #tcot 16:33:44, 2013-01-23
- Court: Putting Prop. 30 on top of ballot was illegal http://t.co/9WZ6I6GD 14:51:22, 2013-01-23
- Sacramento GOP consultant files suit against Lance Armstrong http://t.co/2GEg91BW 14:51:22, 2013-01-23
- Majority of senators back Keystone XL pipeline – Yahoo! News http://t.co/jfKSMESO #tcot 14:44:21, 2013-01-23
- Conn Carroll: Will the Democratic Party survive Obama? | http://t.co/D2rHhz9A http://t.co/bd6oOqOE #tcot 14:44:21, 2013-01-23
- RT @StewSays: Reuters: Majority of senators back Keystone XL pipeline http://t.co/f1uDNYeJ #bipartisan #KXL4jobs #jobs 14:20:46, 2013-01-23
- Will the Democratic Party survive Obama? | http://t.co/D2rHhz9A http://t.co/3UQ0Hn8v #tcot 14:02:00, 2013-01-23
- Union rosters fall in labor fight states – Kevin Robillard – http://t.co/0DyymCmz http://t.co/9CFjCt6R #tcot 14:02:00, 2013-01-23
- RT @joshrogin: There is this myth that the Accountability Review Board is an "independent' investigation. In fact, it's a report by Stat … 13:31:12, 2013-01-23
- Will the Democratic Party survive Obama? | http://t.co/D2rHhz9A http://t.co/KfVfusRE #tcot 13:26:36, 2013-01-23
- RT @politico: Union rosters fall in labor fight states, @PoliticoKevin reports: http://t.co/Ka34GAlp 13:19:21, 2013-01-23
- Why Benghazi Hasn't Brought Down Hillary Clinton–and Won't http://t.co/nZjhG5ed #tcot 12:48:40, 2013-01-23
- Will the Democratic Party survive Obama? | http://t.co/D2rHhz9A http://t.co/OCl5AJaR #tcot 12:48:39, 2013-01-23
- Day By Day January 23, 2013 – The Dog Whisperer – Flap's Blog http://t.co/XHJkDw93 #tcot 12:48:39, 2013-01-23
- RT @KatiePavlich: Congressman @danarohrabacher proves to be the only Republican so far today who asked about the bogus "film" argument 12:12:39, 2013-01-23
- Will the Democratic Party survive Obama? http://t.co/jRs5soRg #tcot 12:08:47, 2013-01-23
- Untitled ( http://t.co/ZjVB1Tu5 ) http://t.co/qVGp2m1c #tcot 12:08:47, 2013-01-23
- Day By Day January 23, 2013 – The Dog Whisperer http://t.co/Web8z8U4 #tcot 11:20:54, 2013-01-23
- RT @jamiedupree: Full debt limit vote now posted at http://t.co/em84QaMx – GOP 199-33 in favor, Dems 86-111 10:56:46, 2013-01-23
- Sen. Durbin: Democrats lack votes to pass talking filibuster reform http://t.co/sTw9649h #tcot 10:43:27, 2013-01-23
- RT @conncarroll: WaPo: "It makes a difference, Secretary Clinton" http://t.co/8f2LnzFS 10:35:28, 2013-01-23
- RT @nationaljournal: A guide to Hillary Clinton's testimony: What you want to know and what you need to know http://t.co/GwABSFS5 10:35:19, 2013-01-23
- RT @GOPLeader: The House has passed #NoBudgetNoPay in a 285-144 vote. 10:24:25, 2013-01-23
- Look at all of the Dems voting for #NoBudgetNoPay – passing easily in the House #tcot 10:21:09, 2013-01-23
- Untitled (http://t.co/KJ8VwSZK… http://t.co/bMiNkCHm #tcot 09:59:37, 2013-01-23
- Capitol Alert: Assembly Democrat wants grocery store ban on plastic bags http://t.co/1kMylZul #tcot 09:59:37, 2013-01-23
- Amazon to build huge distribution center in Tracy – http://t.co/DV0BdYHt http://t.co/BiDS7djI #tcot 09:59:37, 2013-01-23
- Hillary Clinton Fails in Benghazi Senate Hearing http://t.co/FuwgONaL #tcot 09:52:00, 2013-01-23
- Friends remember Bob Larkin, long-time Republican and Simi Valley activist http://t.co/bMiNkCHm 08:50:48, 2013-01-23
- Amazon to build huge distribution center in Tracy http://t.co/BiDS7djI 08:50:47, 2013-01-23
- Assembly Democrat wants grocery store ban on plastic bags http://t.co/1kMylZul 08:50:47, 2013-01-23
- RT @RichardGrenell: Hillary "I don't read every cable, that's why we have a huge workforce". So she isn't taking responsibility despite … 08:33:18, 2013-01-23
- RT @ShaneGoldmacher: One Dem freshman to watch during the House vote on GOP debt-limit bill is Ami Bera (D-CA), who campaigned heavily o … 08:26:16, 2013-01-23
- Will ObamaCare Result in Less Dental Coverage for Patients? http://t.co/T5kOxRag 08:22:15, 2013-01-23
- RT @jaketapper: .@SenRandPaul says he would have fired Secretary Clinton for not having read the cables from officials in Libya asking f … 08:14:31, 2013-01-23
- Boom! Sen. Rand Paul goes after Hillary- would have relieved her of duty for not reading cables. 08:14:09, 2013-01-23
- RT @amandacarpenter: Senator Durbin is using WMD's to justify not telling the American people the truth about Benghazi? 07:57:34, 2013-01-23
- Round to McCain since Hillary did not answer his questions. Her response was patronizing and evasive = spin. 07:55:50, 2013-01-23
- RT @rollcall: Clinton: I understand ur very strong feelings …We just have a disagreement. We have a disagreement of what did happen an … 07:53:19, 2013-01-23
- RT @StewSays: Sen. McConnell's speech on Washington spending being the problem is here: http://t.co/FsfaFr3P 07:50:25, 2013-01-23
- McCain is getting red in the face – rather Ha! 07:49:06, 2013-01-23
- Watch out McCain is getting red in the race = maybe a real fight with him and Hillary #tcot 07:48:38, 2013-01-23
- RT @ali: McCain to Clinton: 'The answers you've given this morning are simply not satisfactory to me.' #benghazi 07:46:32, 2013-01-23
- RT @KatiePavlich: Come on John McCain, ask about the video. 07:46:15, 2013-01-23
- RT @ShaneGoldmacher: RT @daveweigel Filibuster reform vote unlikely today. Reid/McConnell still negotiating, Dems will kibbitz again on … 07:45:46, 2013-01-23
- RT @CalWatchdog: NEW: Plastic bag ban rises from the dead http://t.co/xYaf2thh 07:45:14, 2013-01-23
- RT @JonahNRO: Prediction: MSNBC will focus on Hillary's tears. Fox will focus on Hillary asking "What difference does it make?" if gover … 07:42:51, 2013-01-23
- RT @kirstenpowers10: Thanks for the theatrics Hillary. Now someone needs to explain that having facts and knowing what happened actuall … 07:41:01, 2013-01-23
- RT @stephenfhayes: Some will see Sec Clinton's shouting at Sen Johnson as big moment for her. But she never answered his very relevant q … 07:33:35, 2013-01-23
- RT @StewSays: The chart ("Spending is still the problem") Sen. McConnell is using now is here: http://t.co/nztFlFYP 07:32:34, 2013-01-23
- Sen. Marco Rubio vs.Hillary Clinton in Senate hearing = preview of 2016 Presidential race if Hillary stays healthy #tcot 07:11:43, 2013-01-23
- RT @RichardGrenell: Huge Hillary admission: if SecState didn't approve Susan Rice's participation then her Sunday Show appearances were … 07:07:03, 2013-01-23
- RT @michellemalkin: Hillary: "I did not" select Susan Rice to talk about #Benghazi 07:05:01, 2013-01-23
- RT @TabithaHale: RT @TwitchyTeam: Sen. Boxer uses Benghazi hearing to launch Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign http://t.co/v3G4d1QQ 07:04:38, 2013-01-23
- RT @MelissaTweets: RT @EdMorrissey: Pentagon bracing for 30% reduction in Army base operations http://t.co/AQo580l0 07:04:14, 2013-01-23
- Clinton set for long-awaited Libya testimony, as senator urges 'top-to-bottom review' http://t.co/qVzNTTKe #tcot 06:37:43, 2013-01-23
- Rothenberg: The 2016 Presidential Race Begins Today http://t.co/DHzKtqJf #tcot 06:37:43, 2013-01-23
- Health Insurance Brokers Prepare Clients For Obamacare Sticker Shock http://t.co/SxXA9Shv #tcot 06:37:43, 2013-01-23
- Gallup Poll: 2012 Obesity Rate Stable in America http://t.co/dD5NHrRA 06:34:27, 2013-01-23
- The Morning Flap: January 23, 2013 http://t.co/PYVJ0EGx #tcot 06:20:07, 2013-01-23
- Marijuana still a drug with no accepted medical use, court says http://t.co/wXLxnyE8 #tcot 06:02:28, 2013-01-23
- RT @TheFix 45% of GOP women view Hillary favorable, 48% unfavorably in new WaPo-ABC poll. http://t.co/RINk73h8 05:34:00, 2013-01-23
- RT @politico Poll: Hillary Clinton more favorable than Joe Biden: http://t.co/lkHL6s4r 05:33:39, 2013-01-23
- RT @washingtonpost Hillary Clinton to testify about #Benghazi today in Senate (9 a.m.) and House (2 p.m.) hearings http://t.co/WfAuZAfQ 05:32:03, 2013-01-23
- Behind the Curtain: Joe Biden 'intoxicated' by 2016 run http://t.co/E4ODeYe6 #tcot 05:29:49, 2013-01-23
- Won't get it RT @nationaljournal Gay rights groups want action, and they expect Obama to deliver http://t.co/5ULqMNMA 05:09:32, 2013-01-23
- Briefly? RT @YahooNews Manti Te'o tells Couric he briefly lied about girlfriend after finding out about fraud: http://t.co/2iGagbqq 05:08:50, 2013-01-23
- RT @MemoBeacon Quinnipiac: Three-in-four NJ voters believe Gov. Chris Christie (R) deserves re-election, 69 % to 24 % http://t.co/ilHEEaYM 05:00:07, 2013-01-23
- RT @postpolls New Post-ABC poll: Hillary Clinton reaches new heights of political popularity http://t.co/7cixWeOW 04:58:29, 2013-01-23
- Cowards! RT @ByronYork From @ThePlumLineGS: 'Red state Dems squeamish about gun background checks.' http://t.co/dJb4N6KN 04:54:41, 2013-01-23
- Clinton to face Congress on Libya assault http://t.co/KblXapjg #tcot 04:53:52, 2013-01-23
- Red-State Democrats' Re-Election Playbook http://t.co/tNHTORgB #tcot 04:53:52, 2013-01-23
- Flap's Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-22 – Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/FszIBHBj #tcot 04:53:52, 2013-01-23
- The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
–Lao Tzu
Happy Wednesday! 04:44:47, 2013-01-23
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-22 http://t.co/FLzDkPub #tcot 03:05:18, 2013-01-23
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Day By Day January 23, 2013 – The Dog Whisperer
The LEFT-leaning mainstream media is amored with President Obama.
But, who or what next?
The President is already a lame duck and there is no heir apparent to his election prowess.
Sure, there are Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, but they are old and NOT cool.
I suspect there will be a change to a younger Republican in 2016, like Bobby Jindal or Marco Rubio.
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Hillary Clinton Fails in Benghazi Senate Hearing
Can’t really say this was a good performance by Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, testifying before Congress on the September attacks in Libya that killed four Americans, warned Wednesday that the United States must not retreat from hazardous diplomatic posts overseas.
“We have come a long way in the past four years, and we cannot afford to retreat now,” Clinton told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “When America is absent, especially from unstable environments, there are consequences. Extremism takes root, our interests suffer, and our security at home is threatened.”
Clinton’s voice broke moments later when she told the committee her commitment to the safety of diplomats is more than professional.
“It’s personal,” she said, describing the sight of the four returning coffins and the grieving families there to receive them.
It was an uncharacteristic display of emotion for Clinton, who is usually collected and reserved in public.
In one of her last duties as America’s top diplomat, Clinton went to Capitol Hill on Wedneday to testify before committees of both houses of Congress and answer questions about the attacks on U.S. compounds in Benghazi, Libya. The attacks killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans and exposed lapses in judgment and security at the State Department.
Hillary showed the emotion, but did not answer the questions with alacrity. She evaded, and dissed U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, while accepting responsibility for the Benghazi disaster.
Questions will be more pointed this afternoon in the House.
I don’t think she will get away so easy.
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The Morning Flap: January 23, 2013
These are my links for January 22nd through January 23rd:
- Clinton set for long-awaited Libya testimony, as senator urges ‘top-to-bottom review’ – More than four months after the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in eastern Libya, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will deliver long-awaited testimony on the historic security failure.The secretary, after missing prior sessions before Congress due to illness, is set to take lawmakers’ questions Wednesday before a House and Senate committee. As Clinton prepares to leave the department after a busy four years, the hearing is a chance to address what is arguably the biggest controversy of her tenure.
- Rothenberg: The 2016 Presidential Race Begins Today – After recent work on congressional deals, Biden looks like a more serious contender in 2016, if he chooses to run.For many, Clinton, who started as the solid favorite for the Democratic nomination only to have Obama snatch it from her, is the prohibitive favorite for her party’s nomination if she wants it. At this point, we just don’t know if she will want it. Maybe the former first lady doesn’t even know yet.
Biden, who will turn 71 toward the end of this year, was mocked often during Obama’s first term, but the former Delaware senator’s role in negotiating a deal to avert the fiscal cliff and his lead role in trying to come up with gun legislation that could be both effective and enacted suddenly makes him look like a more serious contender in 2016, if he chooses to run.
After Clinton and Biden, the list becomes more speculative. New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley are seen as ambitious and interested. Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer probably should be on the list as well.
- Health Insurance Brokers Prepare Clients For Obamacare Sticker Shock – A California insurance broker, who sells health plans to individuals and small businesses, told me that she’s prepping her clients for a sticker shock. Her local carriers are hinting to her that premiums may triple this fall, when the plans unveil how they’ll billet the full brunt of Obamacare’s new regulations and mandates.California is hardly alone. Around the country, insurers are fixing to raise rates by double digits. They’re privately briefing politicians in Washington on what’s in store. Those briefings are leaving a lot of folks up and down Pennsylvania Avenue jumpy.
What’s gives? President Obama, after all, said he’d prevent these sorts of prices. His new health law gave state regulators the power to block premium increases. It even created a federal agency to oversee insurance rates. But these bureaucrats are spectators to the price hikes. They’re mere wallflowers. Even in the bluest of states.
Their silence is the best evidence of who is culpable for the increases. It’s the policymakers. It’s Obamacare. The President is accepting the premium hikes as an allowable consequence of his healthcare policies.
- Behind the Curtain: Joe Biden ‘intoxicated’ by 2016 run – Joe Biden summoned more than 200 Democratic insiders to the vice presidential residence Sunday night to chat about the 2012 triumph — but many walked away convinced his rising 2016 ambitions were the real intent of the long, intimate night.“I took a look at who was there,” said longtime New Hampshire state Sen. Lou D’Allesandro, “and said to myself, ‘There’s no question he’s thinking about the future.’ ”
He’s right. Biden, according to a number of advisers and Democrats who have spoken to him in recent months, wants to run, or at least be well positioned to run, if and when he decides to pull the trigger.
Biden has expressed a clear sense of urgency, convinced the Democratic field will be defined quickly — and that it might very well come down to a private chat with Hillary Clinton about who should finish what Barack Obama started.
- Clinton to face Congress on Libya assault – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faces tough questions in her long-awaited congressional testimony concerning the assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.Clinton is the sole witness Wednesday at back-to-back hearings before the Senate and House foreign policy panels on the September raid, an independent panel’s review that harshly criticized the State Department and the steps the Obama administration is taking to beef up security at U.S. facilities worldwide.
Clinton had been scheduled to testify before Congress last month, but an illness, a concussion and a blood clot near her brain forced her to postpone her appearance.
- Red-State Democrats’ Re-Election Playbook – President Obama won’t have to face voters again, but a handful of Democratic senators from conservative states will, and the president’s agenda, newly stamped with a liberal imprimatur at the inauguration, could prove tricky for them to navigate.How they go about doing that will require distancing themselves from the national Democratic Party and keeping their political antennae attuned to possible stumbling blocks in the Senate–what Democratic strategist Jim Manley calls a “yin and a yang equation.”
“The yin is differentiation; the yang is also trying to avoid the minefield that the Republicans are going to lay for you on the floor of the Senate,” he said.
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-22 – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-22 #tcot
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-22 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. – My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-22
- The Mickelson Vote – Lefty offends the lefties – California golfer Phil “Lefty” Mickelson says he will no longer publicly criticize the government for taking most of his paycheck. That’s a shame. But even if it’s now socially unacceptable for high achievers to suggest they should keep the fruits of their labor, that doesn’t mean they will keep supplying that labor.After a brilliant round Sunday at a tournament in La Quinta, California, Mr. Mickelson hinted that new tax burdens might drive him out of the state, out of professional golf, and perhaps even out of the country. “There are going to be some drastic changes for me because I happen to be in that zone that has been targeted both federally and by the state, and it doesn’t work for me right now,” he said. “So I’m going to have to make some changes.”
- Harry Reid Threatens GOP with Nuclear Option On Senate Filibuster – Harry Reid Threatens GOP with Nuclear Option On Senate Filibuster Rules #tcot
- Hillary Clinton 2008 campaign now debt-free – More than four years after Hillary Clinton lost the Democratic nomination for president, Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign is finally debt-free, new reports filed by the campaign show.Clinton’s campaign committee paid off about $25 million in debt and now has a surplus of $204,832. The campaign retired its debt just as Clinton is preparing to step down from her job as secretary of state. Clinton supporters are pushing her to run for the presidency again in 2016.
- Phil Mickelson, taxes, and the Laffer curve | AEIdeas – RT @JimPethokoukis: ICYMI: Phil Mickelson, taxes, and the Laffer curve
- Tiger Woods Says High Tax Rates Made Him Leave California – During a press conference Tuesday, golf legend Tiger Woods said he moved to Florida in 1996 because of California’s high tax rates. The comments came after fellow golfer Phil Mickelson hinted Sunday that he might leave the Golden State — or perhaps even move out of the U.S. completely — because of income tax increases.“I moved out of here back in ’96 for that reason,” Woods told reporters at the Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, Calif.
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Dentist Robert Garelick Charged with Drunk Drilling – Dentist Robert Garelick Charged with Drunk Drilling
- Medscape: Medscape Access – Big Xylitol Trial Finds Scant Benefits in Adult Caries #tcot
- Video: Work Out With Your Pet? – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Video: Work Out With Your Pet?
- Glendale City Council To Consider Gun Show Ban « CBS Los Angeles – Glendale City Council To Consider Gun Show Ban
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Daily Extraction: January 22, 2013 – The Daily Extraction: January 22, 2013
- Honda v. Khanna: Could Silicon Valley be ground zero for 2014 House Asian-American battle royale? | Politics Blog | an SFGate.com blog – Honda v. Khanna: Could Silicon Valley be ground zero for 2014 House Asian-American battle royale?
- Sandy Koufax to advise Los Angeles Dodgers, be at spring training – ESPN Los Angeles – Excellent! RT @ESPNlosangeles: Koufax to advise Dodgers, be at spring training
- Ryan: Obama ‘Shadowboxing a Straw Man’ – Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan knocked President Barack Obama for “shadowbox[ing] a straw man” in his inaugural address. Speaking Tuesday morning on the Laura Ingraham Radio Show to guest host Raymond Arroyo, Ryan responded to Obama’s statement that Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security “do not make us a nation of takers, they free us to take the risks that make this country great.”Ryan called Obama’s insinuation that he and other reform-minded Republicans consider recipients of these benefits “takers” a “switcheroo.”
“It’s kind of a convenient twist of terms to try and shadowbox a straw man to try to win an argument by default,” Ryan said.
“No one is suggesting that what we call our ‘earned entitlements’, entitlements you pay for, you know, like payroll taxes for Medicare and Social Security, are putting you in a ‘taker’ category,” Ryan continued. “The concern that people like me have been raising is we do not want to encourage a dependency culture. This is why we called for welfare reform. This is welfare reform in 1996 was. This was what the new rounds for welfare reform we’re calling for do, which is to increase social mobility, economic opportunity, self-responsibility, those sort of things.”
“I understand the president will continue to use straw man arguments, affix views to your political adversaries they do not have in order to try and win an argument by default,” Ryan added.
- Nebraska governor Dave Heineman OKs Keystone XL route through state – Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has approved a revised route for the Keystone XL pipeline, one that supporters say will avoid the most ecologically sensitive regions of his state.The action is part of a chain of events that will lead to an eventual decision by President Barack Obama, which has emerged as a crucial test of the president’s pledges to tackle climate change versus his embrace of “all of the above” energy. Heineman sent a letter Tuesday to Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton noting his approval of the new route.
- Reid to Senate Republicans: Filibuster deal in 36 hours or face nuclear option – The Hill’s On The Money – RT @thehill: Administration ‘not opposed’ to GOP debt limit bill
- Day By Day January 22, 2013 – Link This – Flap’s Blog – Day By Day January 22, 2013 – Link This #tcot
- Republicans aim to suspend debt limit until May – @ThePlumLineGS The first olive branch form the House:
- Did Beyoncé Lip-Sync the Star-Spangled Banner? | Inauguration 2013 | Washingtonian – RT @MelissaTweets: <eyeroll> RT @DRUDGE_REPORT: Did Beyoncé Lip-Sync the Star-Spangled Banner?
- Home – ContraCostaTimes.com – California engineers question high-speed rail oversight – #tcot
- President Obama dodges ‘hard choices’ on entitlements – President Barack Obama insisted four years ago that the nation must make “hard decisions” to preserve entitlement programs.But on Monday, the “hard choices” he spoke of on health care and the deficit came with a major caveat: He’s not willing to give up much.
“The commitments we make to each other — through Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security — these things do not sap our initiative; they strengthen us,” Obama told the cheering crowd as he launched his second term. “They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great.
His inaugural address promised an ambitious progressive agenda — and laid bare Obama’s deeply conflicted relationship with entitlement reform.
He’s done just enough to earn credit for trying harder than any other Democratic president to tackle the issue, but he has yet to throw the full weight of his office or his formidable campaign operation behind it. His best chance will come early in his second term as lawmakers confront a series of budget battles, but Obama appears more ready to spend his political capital on guns, immigration and climate change.
The president has never precisely defined what hard choices he would be willing to make on Medicare and Social Security. It’s not even clear what he would do if he had the power to remake the programs on his own, without worrying about opposition from Republicans or Democrats.
And though Obama has talked about shared sacrifice from both parties, he has not gotten to the point in deficit negotiations at which he’s had to pressure rank-and-file Democratic lawmakers to cross their red line on the sacred issues, as House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) did with his own party in raising taxes.
Unless Obama seizes the opportunity in the next few months, entitlement reform will hang over his second term, lurking like a legacy-killer if he hands off the task to the next president, deficit hawks warn.
- The California Flap: January 22, 2013 – Flap’s California Blog – The California Flap: January 22, 2013
- CalPERS nears a record $260 billion in assets – latimes.com – CalPERS nears a record $260 billion in assets
- California engineers question high-speed rail oversight – ContraCostaTimes.com – California engineers question high-speed rail oversight
- Tobacco tax hike eyed for 2014 state ballot | news10.net – Tobacco tax hike eyed for 2014 state ballot
- The Morning Flap: January 22, 2013 – Flap’s Blog – The Morning Flap: January 22, 2013 #tcot
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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-22
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-22 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. http://t.co/45mFxdUz #tcot 21:41:30, 2013-01-22
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-22 http://t.co/BMY5sVPZ 21:06:48, 2013-01-22
- The Mickelson Vote – Lefty offends the lefties http://t.co/W7A7Ftmu #tcot 19:24:20, 2013-01-22
- Harry Reid Threatens GOP with Nuclear Option On Senate Filibuster http://t.co/ne9jDpWd #tcot 19:24:20, 2013-01-22
- Harry Reid Threatens GOP with Nuclear Option On Senate Filibuster Rules http://t.co/fnSyQ0rc #tcot 19:05:28, 2013-01-22
- Hillary Clinton 2008 campaign now debt-free http://t.co/yPZesHs0 #tcot 18:07:40, 2013-01-22
- Phil Mickelson, taxes, and the Laffer curve | AEIdeas http://t.co/Ntd1SAAM #tcot 17:32:46, 2013-01-22
- RT @JimPethokoukis: ICYMI: Phil Mickelson, taxes, and the Laffer curve http://t.co/LbEwnqbB 16:59:46, 2013-01-22
- Tiger Woods Says High Tax Rates Made Him Leave California http://t.co/Q8KGLhuj #tcot 16:58:24, 2013-01-22
- Flap's Dentistry Blog: Dentist Robert Garelick Charged with Drunk Drilling http://t.co/do5WCGrq #tcot 16:58:23, 2013-01-22
- Medscape: Medscape Access http://t.co/st28Ohot #tcot 16:58:23, 2013-01-22
- Dentist Robert Garelick Charged with Drunk Drilling http://t.co/8CdoaJDL 15:48:04, 2013-01-22
- Big Xylitol Trial Finds Scant Benefits in Adult Caries http://t.co/O3dryjWI #tcot 15:17:45, 2013-01-22
- Ryan: Obama 'Shadowboxing a Straw Man' http://t.co/VsKMWYFz #tcot 15:16:46, 2013-01-22
- Video: Work Out With Your Pet? http://t.co/DKLlM2ek 15:09:48, 2013-01-22
- Glendale City Council To Consider Gun Show Ban http://t.co/awSo1Kbd 14:52:44, 2013-01-22
- The Daily Extraction: January 22, 2013 http://t.co/TwmZvLOW 14:42:58, 2013-01-22
- Honda v. Khanna: Could Silicon Valley be ground zero for 2014 House Asian-American battle royale? http://t.co/uCj8LW66 14:19:06, 2013-01-22
- RT @deirdrewalshcnn: Boehner told House GOP he supports "goal" of balancing budget in 10 yrs, says Paul Ryan drafting budget to do that … 14:11:48, 2013-01-22
- Excellent! RT @ESPNlosangeles: Koufax to advise Dodgers, be at spring training http://t.co/1PT8JqpQ 14:09:48, 2013-01-22
- Nebraska governor Dave Heineman OKs Keystone XL route through state http://t.co/7eqneVaA #tcot 14:08:15, 2013-01-22
- RT @thehill: Administration 'not opposed' to GOP debt limit bill http://t.co/o4W6o9tv 13:46:29, 2013-01-22
- Day By Day January 22, 2013 – Link This – Flap's Blog http://t.co/AS2o0PWa #tcot 10:27:10, 2013-01-22
- Day By Day January 22, 2013 – Link This http://t.co/w8O7WmF2 #tcot 09:20:19, 2013-01-22
- Republicans aim to suspend debt limit until May http://t.co/hJxi5JK1 #tcot 09:10:21, 2013-01-22
- Did Beyoncé Lip-Sync the Star-Spangled Banner? | Inauguration 2013 | Washingtonian http://t.co/jpgGjZ75 #tcot 09:10:21, 2013-01-22
- Home – http://t.co/DV0BdYHt http://t.co/VTIKXlub #tcot 08:33:54, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS I think the Senate needs to debate some of these issues and vote. Don't you think? in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:28:53, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS The Dems in the Senate will have their opportunity to make their arguments – that is if Reid will call up a bill for debate. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:27:51, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS It is not hard if one side does not have unrealistic expectations and doesn't want to deal = WH. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:25:39, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS The first olive branch form the House: http://t.co/c9D54ykA in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:23:44, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS The LEFT has unrealistic goals then, but Dems in the Senate will compromise. That is, if they want to be re-elected in 2014. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:22:23, 2013-01-22
- RT @TheFix: House Republicans propose to ignore the debt limit until May. Can they do that? http://t.co/uJlS2whq 08:20:06, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS How about a deal that nobody likes LEFT or RIGHT? in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:18:53, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS GOP is willing to compromise but they won't roll over. Just like the Dems. Time for the WH to lead,but O won't unlike Clinton in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:16:28, 2013-01-22
- RT @alramirezUSA: #GlobalGoring definition: A 21st century industry based on a fictitious phenomenon created by a failed US politician t … 08:14:09, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS Well. you just heard Sen McConnell on Sen floor. Let's make a deal by April 15. Ball is in WH and Reid's court. Over to them. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:13:34, 2013-01-22
- RT @MelissaTweets: <eyeroll> RT @DRUDGE_REPORT: Did Beyoncé Lip-Sync the Star-Spangled Banner? http://t.co/CRh29bSj 08:11:20, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS Oh, I get it. And. I won't even denigrate my friends on the LEFT because I know they get it. Simpson-Bowles got it but…. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:08:22, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS So, it has to be tit for tat? We can argue about proposed cuts and when. But,any deal has to be ACTUAL budget spending reform in reply to ThePlumLineGS 08:03:11, 2013-01-22
- President Obama dodges 'hard choices' on entitlements http://t.co/ldnJYkBI #tcot 07:59:19, 2013-01-22
- California engineers question high-speed rail oversight – http://t.co/DV0BdYHt http://t.co/f17Somx2 #tcot 07:59:19, 2013-01-22
- CalPERS nears a record $260 billion in assets – http://t.co/5MtdTc2x http://t.co/tdRzW43u #tcot 07:59:18, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS I hope you are not going back to tax rates again = settled issue for quite some time. Entitlement reform and econ growth next in reply to ThePlumLineGS 07:54:49, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS Well, there you have the impasse. The LEFT wants the RIGHT to bend over and Dhimmi up. Won't happen. But,there will be a deal in reply to ThePlumLineGS 07:49:25, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS LOL…how about at the same time? No budget in 4 years. Debt ceiling has been raised. There is the deal! We solved it. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 07:47:05, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS Greg, in a spirit of cooperation, Sen. Reid should simply call up a House passed budget and let there be a debate/vote. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 07:42:57, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS No oops. But, we have strayed a bit from what the GOP should do. When will Reid call up a budget? Will he? in reply to ThePlumLineGS 07:38:46, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS Ha! That is your strawman. But, now that the issue swings back to Reid and the Senate you must have someone to blame. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 07:34:04, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS I just love it when you folks on the LEFT try to tell us conservatives what we should believe and how we should act. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 07:32:00, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS Your total surrender is someone's else's change of tactics. And, maybe, just maybe, what is good for the country. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 07:30:46, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS Obviously, the GOP maintained the House unlike 2008 when Dems ran the table. Cooperation is a two-way street. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 07:29:10, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS I don't think the GOP is marginalizng itself. Good luck on holding those Senate seats. Obama is already a lame duck. LOL… in reply to ThePlumLineGS 07:25:38, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS I will look forward to that Dem cooperation in the Senate over the budget and entitlement reform. If Reid calls up the bills. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 07:23:52, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS I think you mean the RIGHT should sell out their principles in order to win a few more votes in some states. Won't happen. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 07:22:13, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS So oppose your own policy initiatives re: ACA when you feel they are poor for the economy. Uh no. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 07:20:37, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS Like the lockstep Dems and LEFT in 2000-2006. I see. in reply to ThePlumLineGS 07:19:35, 2013-01-22
- @ThePlumLineGS @conncarroll How about some examples of what a rational opposition party should do? in reply to ThePlumLineGS 07:17:20, 2013-01-22
- The California Flap: January 22, 2013 http://t.co/ROfbhMSI 07:11:27, 2013-01-22
- California engineers question high-speed rail oversight http://t.co/f17Somx2 06:54:58, 2013-01-22
- CalPERS nears a record $260 billion in assets http://t.co/yiimTkb6 06:54:58, 2013-01-22
- Tobacco tax hike eyed for 2014 state ballot http://t.co/vnLXeGci 06:54:57, 2013-01-22
- The Morning Flap: January 22, 2013 http://t.co/ZrhkVUcm #tcot 06:34:21, 2013-01-22
- RT @conncarroll Morning Examiner: A status quo speech for a status quo election http://t.co/YbgeMoeB 05:24:54, 2013-01-22
- Reid to lay out plans for filibuster reform http://t.co/7CWeQADI #tcot 05:24:46, 2013-01-22
- Poll: White House backed on immigration http://t.co/6847xIde #tcot 05:24:45, 2013-01-22
- The Loyal Opposition http://t.co/Y26N1Mba #tcot 05:24:44, 2013-01-22
- I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
–Patrick Henry
Happy Tuesday! 04:40:39, 2013-01-22
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2013-01-21 http://t.co/I6KPNwQs 04:05:41, 2013-01-22
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- Flap's Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-21 – Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/OtsqNb6O #tcot 03:38:58, 2013-01-22
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Harry Reid Threatens GOP with Nuclear Option On Senate Filibuster Rules
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada)
I think this is a bluff by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
The Nevada Democrat said he would give Republicans another 24 to 36 hours to agree to filibuster reform and then trigger the so-called nuclear option. This controversial tactic would allow him to change the Senate rules with a simple majority vote.
“I hope within the next 24 to 36 hours we can get something we agree on. If not, we’re going to move forward on what I think needs to be done. The caucus will support me on that,” Reid told reporters.
Although its use has been threatened in the past to spur the minority party to agree to reforms, the nuclear option has never been used to change the standing rules, say parliamentary experts.
But, if Dingy Harry really wants to change the United States Senate to be like the House, then so be it. The GOP will benefit as NOTHING in the Senate will be voted on by the GOP controlled House for at least the next two years.
The Democrats’ and the Obama agenda will be dead as the President drifts onward to total lame duck status.
Moreover, the GOP Senators will drag their feet even more (Senate business will grind to a halt), as they attempt to get even with the majority.
A deal will be struck.
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Day By Day January 22, 2013 – Link This
President Obama will try to quickly move his LEFTIST/PROGRESSIVE agenda, as he knows that a lame duck administration soon awaits.
However, the GOP House will NOT play ball and will force Senate Democrats who represent RED states to either side with the GOP or make unpopular votes that may endanger their 2014 re-election.
The chains that Obama will hold on his own party will be weak indeed.
The chains of Obama Big Government will take a while to break – but break they will.
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The Morning Flap: January 22, 2013
President and Michelle Obama
These are my links for January 18th through January 22nd:
- The Inaugural: Symbols Over Substance – The liberals and the conservatives in my twitter feed seemed to be listening to different speeches. The liberals were electrified with the bold stances the president was taking, gay marriage and climate change chief among them. Conservatives read it as a lot of empty platitudes about togetherness, followed by a bit of eye-poking to make it clear that anything we did together would necessarily be directed by Obama, not his opponents.I thought the speech had some great lines, like “History tells us that while these truths may be self evident, they are not self executing.” But overall, I was neither transported with joy, nor thrown into a rage. The most emotional part was simply the awareness that our nation had re-elected its first black president, a moment that was remarkable for how little his skin color mattered. We have come a long way indeed, and whether or not you supported his re-election, that is some glad knowledge.I side with the liberals on one thing: it was arguably the most liberal speech our president has given. Which is news, of a sort. But I side with the conservatives in thinking that this was largely a big yawn. The president gave a speech which maks his base happy, but entirely on symbolic grounds. He promised nothing of substance, and covered no issue which actually commits him to delivering anything. Obama is against “perpetual war”, but also wants to support democracy and “act on behalf of those who long for freedom.” He wants shorter voting lines and “a better way to welcome” immigrants. He wants children to be safe and cared for. The last is a vague hope shared by all Americans (no really–even the ones who disagree with you about stuff!) The rest are carefully phrased to offer no actual benchmarks.
- The Collective Turn – The best Inaugural Addresses make an argument for something. President Obama’s second one, which surely has to rank among the best of the past half-century, makes an argument for a pragmatic and patriotic progressivism.His critics have sometimes accused him of being an outsider, but Obama wove his vision from deep strands in the nation’s past. He told an American story that began with the Declaration and then touched upon the railroad legislation, the Progressive Era, the New Deal, the highway legislation, the Great Society, Seneca Falls, Selma and Stonewall. Turning to the present, Obama argued that America has to change its approach if it wants to continue its progress. Modern problems like globalization, technological change, widening inequality and wage stagnation compel us to take new collective measures if we’re to pursue the old goals of equality and opportunity.
- Rubio Finds Support on the Right for Immigration Plan – With leaders from both parties calling on Congress to take up immigration reform this year, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has been meeting with news outlets and conservative opinion-shapers to lay out his vision for a plan that would offer temporary legal status to undocumented immigrants. Those applying would have to pass background checks and other tests designed to eventually lead from permanent residency to citizenship.Though he has not yet introduced legislation, in trumpeting his sweeping proposals Rubio has seized a torch that in recent years burned several similarly ambitious Republican politicians. But in a sign of how quickly the parameters of the debate on this issue have shifted since President Obama’s re-election, prominent conservatives — many of whom were vocal in their opposition to previous similar plans — have been lavishing praise on Rubio’s ideas for reform.
- CNN Poll: Do Americans agree with Obama on climate change and immigration? – By a 53%-43% margin, people questioned in the poll say that main focus of the federal government should be on developing a plan that would allow undocumented immigrants to become legal residents, rather than deporting them.That’s a switch from 2011, when by a 55%-42% margin, Americans said that deporting undocumented residents and stopping more of them from coming into the country should be the main focus of U.S policy on illegal immigration.As expected, the poll indicates a partisan divide on the issue, as well as a generational divide, with younger people saying allowing undocumented immigrants to become legal should be the top priority, and a slight plurality of those 50 and older saying the emphasis should be on deportation and border security.
- Morning Examiner: A status quo speech for a status quo election | WashingtonExaminer.com – RT @conncarroll Morning Examiner: A status quo speech for a status quo election
- Reid to lay out plans for filibuster reform – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will present colleagues with options for reforming the Senate’s filibuster rules in a Democratic caucus meeting Tuesday.Reid and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) are close to reaching a deal to speed the pace of work in the Senate, but some of the details remain unresolve
- Poll: White House backed on immigration – In a turnaround from two years ago, a majority of Americans agree with the White House’s second-term plan to focus on comprehensive immigration reform that allows illegal immigrants to have a pathway to citizenship to stay in the country, according to a poll on Tuesday.Fifty-three percent of Americans want the federal government to focus on developing a plan to allow illegal immigrants to become legal residents, the CNN poll found. Forty-three percent want the federal government to focus on deporting them. That’s a dramatic reversal from two years ago, when 55 percent of Americans wanted the focus on deportation. Then, only 42 percent wanted a way for immigrants to stay here permanently.
- The Loyal Opposition – Congratulations Mr. President on your second inaugural.Saying that makes some of you really enraged. I said the same on twitter shortly after his official swearing in. Several of the replies were embarrassing and atrocious. Some accused the man elected by a majority of Americans of treason. Some accused him of willfully destroying the nation.I believe the President’s policies are destructive and will harm our economy, our nation, and our sense of national self long term. I believe his policies have the effect of turning us into subjects of the government, not citizens in charge of it. Because of his expansion of the social safety net funded through class warfare, Mr. Obama’s policies will cause too many Americans’ fortunes to rise and fall with those of the government, unable to chart a course for themselves apart from government.
But I do not think the President means to do this maliciously. I do not think he is treasonous. I do not hate him. I am not outraged by it. The President has done what he set out to do. I cannot be outraged by him doing what he set out to do. I am far more outraged by the Republicans not doing what they said they would do
- Is the conservative movement a mere outrage machine? – It’s Day Two of President Obama’s second term and the gloom and despondency are palpable among his opponents. There is open talk among his allies of an alleged plan to smash the Republicans and permanently render them powerless. That may be the best thing that could happen for Obama’s loyal opposition because, like the prospect of being hung at dawn, losing elections that couldn’t be lost has a way of concentrating the minds of political leaders and followers on the wrong end of the vote count. Ilusions are smashed while false promises and assumptions are exposed.Such concentration often produces victory the next time around.
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2013-01-20 – Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2013-01-20
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2013-01-21 – Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2013-01-21
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-21 – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-21 #tcot
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-21 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. – My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-21
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-21 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. – My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-21
- Two lines that sum up Obama’s presidency | WashingtonExaminer.com – Two lines that sum up Obama’s presidency | #tcot
- Two lines that sum up Obama’s presidency – President Obama’s Second Inaugural Address was devoid of memorable lines, but for me, two of them jumped out: “We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care and the size of our deficit. But we reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future.”Throughout his presidency, Obama has rhetorically wanted to establish himself as a transformational leader who was willing to tackle the nation’s tough problems, but when push came to shove, he has dodged them. This has been especially true than when it comes to dealing with the nation’s debt burden.
- Paul Ryan Booed at Inauguration – Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential nominee in the last election, was booed at President Barack Obama’s Second Inauguration today in Washington, D.C.”If things had gone differently in November, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) might have departed the Capitol on Monday as the vice president of the United States. Instead, he faced a chorus of boos as he left the building to attend President Barack Obama’s second inauguration ceremony,” reports the Huffington Post.
- Brown’s budget is a boon to state’s unions | CalWatchDog – Jerry Brown’s budget is a boon to California’s unions
- Untitled (http://www.latimes.com/health/la-me-flu-vaccine-20130119,0,7186913.story?track=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) – Getting a flu shot can be sticking point with healthcare workers #tcot
- Snowboarding linked to injury rate rise on slopes: study
| Reuters – Snowboarding linked to injury rate rise on slopes: study #tcot - A Check on Physicals – NYTimes.com – A Check on Physicals #tcot
- Atari U.S. operation files for bankruptcy – The U.S. operations of iconic but long-troubled video game maker Atari have filed for bankruptcy in an effort to break free from their debt-laden French parent.Atari Inc. and three of its affiliates filed petitions for Chapter 11 reorganization in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York late Sunday.Its leaders hope to break the American business free from French parent Atari S.A. and in the next few months find a buyer to take the company private. They hope to grow a modest business focused on digital and mobile platforms, according to a knowledgeable person not authorized to discuss the matter privately.
- First Term: Obama Increased Debt $50,521 Per Household; More Than First 42 Presidents in 53 Terms Combined – During Barack Obama’s first term as president of the United States, the debt of the federal government increased by $5.8 trillion, which exceeds the combined debt accumulated under all presidents from George Washington through Bill Clinton.The new federal debt accumulated in Obama’s first term equaled approximately $50,521 for each of household in the country.On Jan. 20, 2009, when Obama was first inaugurated, the total debt of the federal government was $10,626,877,048,913.08, according to the U.S. Treasury. As of the close of business on Jan. 17, the last day reported by the Treasury before Obama’s second inauguration, the total debt of the federal government was $16,432,631,489,854.70.
Thus, from Obama’s first inauguration to his second, the federal government’s debt grew by $5,805,754,440,941.62.
- Conn Carroll: Why Obama will be remembered as a failed president | WashingtonExaminer.com – Why Obama will be remembered as a failed president #tcot
- Why Obama will be remembered as a failed president – So take a step back and what will Obama have really accomplished? A blah-economy, with unacceptable unemployment, stagnant growth and rising income inequality; a resurgent al-Qaeda, and a signature domestic accomplishment already on life-support.If that is greatness, our country is truly in trouble.
- LA Times – Brown seeks to reshape California’s community colleges
- Plenty of green carpool stickers remain available – Inside Bay Area – Plenty of green carpool stickers remain available in California
- California death penalty: Will state follow Arizona, which has resumed executions after a long hiatus? – ContraCostaTimes.com – California death penalty: Will state follow Arizona, which has resumed executions after a long hiatus?
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-20 – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-20 #tcot
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-20 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. – My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-20
- Graphic warnings on cigarettes effective across demographic groups – Graphic warnings on cigarettes effective across demographic groups #tcot
- Flu season fuels debate over paid sick time laws – Yahoo! News – Flu season fuels debate over paid sick time laws #tcot
- Log In – The New York Times – Medicare Pricing Delay is Political Win for Amgen, Drug Maker
- Untitled (http://www.sacbee.com/2013/01/20/5126938/dan-walters-public-debts-cloud.html#mi_rss=Dan%20Walters?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) – Dan Walters: Public debts cloud future for California cities
- Architecture / Colorful Pipes These pipes send and receive water for cooling Google’s data center in Douglas County, Ga. – A look inside:Pipes send and receive water for cooling Google’s data center in Douglas County, Ga. via @pinterest
- Universities Bludgeon Adjuncts With Obamacare Loophole – When the Affordable Care Act passed in early 2010, many in academia—faculty and students alike—cheered on. But now that its provisions are going into effect, some of these same people are learning firsthand that Obamacare has some nasty side effects.A new piece in the Wall Street Journal reports that many colleges are cutting back on the number of hours worked by adjunct professors, in order to avoid new requirements that they provide healthcare to anyone working over 30 hours per week. This is terrible news for a lot of people; 70 percent of professors work as adjuncts and many will now have to cope with a major pay cut just as requirements that they buy their own health insurance go into effect:
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2013-01-19 – Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2013-01-19
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-19 – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-19 #tcot
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-19 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. – My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-19
- Gregory Flap @ Ronnie’s Diner – Only 15.5 miles today in the heat. But, I’ll take it. Now, some protein at Ronnie’s Diner (@ Ronnie’s Diner)
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2013-01-18 – Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2013-01-18
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2013-01-17 – Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2013-01-17
- The California Flap: January 18, 2013 – Flap’s California Blog – The California Flap: January 18, 2013
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-18 – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-18 #tcot
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-18 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. – My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-18
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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-21
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-21 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. http://t.co/bfiZFrIZ #tcot 22:18:17, 2013-01-21
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-21 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. http://t.co/V1OXgGLF #tcot 22:18:16, 2013-01-21
- Two lines that sum up Obama’s presidency | http://t.co/D2rHhz9A http://t.co/BCBcJdjQ #tcot 22:18:16, 2013-01-21
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-21 http://t.co/vNnnWZaj 21:33:57, 2013-01-21
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-21 http://t.co/Gw4ox42x 21:33:57, 2013-01-21
- Two lines that sum up Obama’s presidency | http://t.co/D2rHhz9A http://t.co/ulXtZvKt #tcot 21:30:24, 2013-01-21
- Two lines that sum up Obama’s presidency | http://t.co/D2rHhz9A http://t.co/PHAe7M0d #tcot 19:29:40, 2013-01-21
- RT @sistertoldjah: RT @jpodhoretz: Twitter liberals have turned Obama coverage into Tiger Beat journalism. Next up: Win a Dream Date wit … 18:59:44, 2013-01-21
- (500) http://t.co/Wnv15lGu http://t.co/Wnv15lGu #tcot 18:19:10, 2013-01-21
- Two lines that sum up Obama’s presidency | http://t.co/D2rHhz9A http://t.co/Wnv15lGu #tcot 17:44:02, 2013-01-21
- Two lines that sum up Obama’s presidency http://t.co/ngnmsFg6 #tcot 17:09:54, 2013-01-21
- RT @cnnhealth: Why #Obama's hair went gray so quickly http://t.co/NzPhC42F 16:42:13, 2013-01-21
- Paul Ryan Booed at Inauguration http://t.co/DxWqfQHu #tcot 14:51:32, 2013-01-21
- Brown’s budget is a boon to state’s unions | CalWatchDog http://t.co/p6Berxs0 #tcot 14:51:32, 2013-01-21
- Untitled (http://t.co/gbTFDjbw… http://t.co/k6jAqNnS #tcot 14:51:32, 2013-01-21
- Jerry Brown’s budget is a boon to California's unions http://t.co/p6Berxs0 13:31:46, 2013-01-21
- A Check on Physicals http://t.co/KbcPVwlj #tcot 13:17:22, 2013-01-21
- Snowboarding linked to injury rate rise on slopes: study http://t.co/r7EyT7Kr #tcot 13:17:22, 2013-01-21
- Getting a flu shot can be sticking point with healthcare workers http://t.co/k6jAqNnS #tcot 13:17:22, 2013-01-21
- Atari U.S. operation files for bankruptcy http://t.co/qlZB10BH #tcot 12:30:21, 2013-01-21
- First Term: Obama Increased Debt $50,521 Per Household; More Than First 42 Presidents in 53 Terms Combined http://t.co/la0HXSwI #tcot 12:30:21, 2013-01-21
- Why Obama will be remembered as a failed president http://t.co/sUpExO0o #tcot 11:56:40, 2013-01-21
- Plenty of green carpool stickers remain available – Inside Bay Area http://t.co/jBAi5iWE #tcot 09:37:18, 2013-01-21
- LA Times http://t.co/Ts4Uz2P6 #tcot 09:37:18, 2013-01-21
- California death penalty: Will state follow Arizona, which has resumed executions after a long hiatus? – C… http://t.co/l3Rv7R8e #tcot 09:37:18, 2013-01-21
- Sorry! But, Obama's speech was dull and totally forgettable. #ALong4Years 09:16:35, 2013-01-21
- Brown seeks to reshape California's community colleges http://t.co/qrQLVQsg 07:28:13, 2013-01-21
- Plenty of green carpool stickers remain available in California http://t.co/jBAi5iWE 07:28:13, 2013-01-21
- California death penalty: Will state follow Arizona, which has resumed executions after a long hiatus? http://t.co/l3Rv7R8e 07:28:12, 2013-01-21
- Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
— William Ellery Channing
Happy Monday! 06:13:46, 2013-01-21
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-20 http://t.co/9Y9n9mrV #tcot 03:01:44, 2013-01-21
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-20 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. http://t.co/vVSMEdzo #tcot 01:37:35, 2013-01-21
- Graphic warnings on cigarettes effective across demographic groups http://t.co/hzXwjGYW #tcot 01:37:35, 2013-01-21
- Flu season fuels debate over paid sick time laws – Yahoo! News http://t.co/S4zFgUq2 #tcot 01:37:35, 2013-01-21
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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-20
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-20 http://t.co/pQSmriT4 21:04:10, 2013-01-20
- Graphic warnings on cigarettes effective across demographic groups http://t.co/Nnj2lRMn #tcot 17:30:02, 2013-01-20
- Flu season fuels debate over paid sick time laws http://t.co/S4zFgUq2 #tcot 17:30:02, 2013-01-20
- Medicare Pricing Delay is Political Win for Amgen, Drug Maker http://t.co/scPGarHj 17:12:02, 2013-01-20
- Dan Walters: Public debts cloud future for California cities http://t.co/AChMJj05 17:12:01, 2013-01-20
- A look inside:Pipes send and receive water for cooling Google's data center in Douglas County, Ga. http://t.co/RToAK7cS via @pinterest 16:45:01, 2013-01-20
- Universities Bludgeon Adjuncts With Obamacare Loophole http://t.co/D9gws2j1 #tcot 16:39:41, 2013-01-20
- Flap's California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2013-01-19 – Flap's California Blog http://t.co/teElw8PQ #tcot 04:24:51, 2013-01-20
- Flap's Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-19 – Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/FTydncPu #tcot 04:24:51, 2013-01-20
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2013-01-19 http://t.co/l2SoiMSn 04:03:15, 2013-01-20
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2013-01-19 http://t.co/oyejj8W3 #tcot 03:01:40, 2013-01-20
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2013-01-19 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. http://t.co/6JACk4Gi #tcot 00:28:46, 2013-01-20