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The Morning Flap: April 26, 2012
These are my links for April 25th through April 26th:
- Biden: ‘The president has a big stick’ – Referring to President Roosevelt’s foreign policy quote about “speaking softly and carrying a big stick,” Biden told the crowd that Obama followed a similar path while negotiating with Iran.
“I promise you, the president has a big stick. I promise you,” Biden said as the crowd laughed.
- Dick Lugar trails by 5, poll says – Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar has fallen behind state Treasurer Richard Mourdock by five points, according to a new poll released Thursday.
The survey, taken Tuesday and Wednesday by Wenzel Strategies on behalf of Citizens United, places Mourdock at 44 percent and Lugar at 39 percent. Nearly 17 percent remain undecided with just 12 days to go until the Indiana Senate primary.
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » President 2012: Larry Sabato Lays Out the Electoral College Battle for the White House – President 2012: Larry Sabato Lays Out the Electoral College Battle for the White House
- Old Troubles Dog GSA Official Jeff Neely – Jeff Neely, the embattled General Services Administration official at the center of a scandal over a lavish Las Vegas conference, was reprimanded in 2011 for appearing in a campaign ad for Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), documents obtained by Roll Call show.
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel said Neely’s participation in the ad for Inouye’s 2010 re-election campaign violated the Hatch Act, but it did not discipline him beyond a warning.
The footage of Neely used in the ad was from a June 2010 groundbreaking ceremony heralding the $212 million renovation of the Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Federal Building and Courthouse in Honolulu. - Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Morning Drill: April 26, 2012 – The Morning Drill: April 26, 2012
- Running / The Runner’s High…. – The Runner’s High….
- Dentistry / Even Hippos enjoy getting their teeth cleaned…. – Even Hippos enjoy getting their teeth cleaned….
- Humor / Watch out Alice is texting….. – Watch out Alice is texting…..
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » Day By Day April 26, 2012 – Russian Away – Day By Day April 26, 2012 – Russian Away
- Partially blind triathlete sues over requirement he wear blackout glasses – CNN.com – Partially blind triathlete sues over requirement he wear blackout glasses
- More Evidence Running Makes You Smarter | News – Running makes you smarter?
- US House passes bill to make federal spending data available online | The Verge – RT @verge: US House passes bill to make federal spending data available online
- Partially blind triathlete sues over requirement he wear blackout glasses – nd athlete is suing three triathlon groups over a rule that makes him and other vision-impaired runners wear blackout glasses — leaving them temporarily sightless — in a controversial effort to “level the playing field.”
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan by Aaron Scheidies, a 30-year-old athlete. Scheidies says the rule violates the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Having a legally blind person compete in the running portion of a triathlon with blackout glasses “poses substantial danger to not only the competitor but those around them,” the complaint says.
- Andrew Cuomo vs. Hillary Clinton in 2016? – Maggie Haberman – “Welcome to my announcement to run for president of Malta,” Hillary Clinton joked Wednesday night as she took the stage at Lincoln Center, where she was one of 100 luminaries honored by Time magazine.
Surveying the crowd, the globe-trotting secretary of state added: “I was delighted to see our wonderful governor Andrew Cuomo is on the Time 100 list, along with others, like Marco Rubio, and … the two of them and I have ended up on some other lists this past couple of months.”
Clinton had barely finished the sentence before the crowd laughed knowingly. Yet with that coy nod to two other people who are frequently mentioned as 2016 presidential contenders, Clinton fanned the speculation about whether she’s planning to make a second-act presidential run in four years.
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-04-26 – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-04-26
- PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Education (PPIC Publication) – RT @johnmyers: Link to #PPIC poll on Brown’s tax initiative, voter desires 2 protect school funding & more: #cabudget
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » CA-26 Video: David Cruz Thayne Releases First Online Ad – CA-26 Video: David Cruz Thayne Releases First Online Ad
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » IN-Sen Video: Richard Mourdock Up With New Ad Linking Sen Lugar as President Obama’s Favorite Republican – IN-Sen Video: Richard Mourdock Up With New Ad Linking Sen Lugar as President Obama’s Favorite Republican
- AD-38: Patricia and Rep. Buck McKeon Still Trying to Shut Down Critical Blog » Flap’s California Blog – AD-38: Patricia and Rep. Buck McKeon Still Trying to Shut Down Critical Blog
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: AAOMR Criticizes Study Which Links Dental X-rays and Brain Tumors – AAOMR Criticizes Study Which Links Dental X-rays and Brain Tumors
- AD-38: Patricia McKeon Decides to Meet With REAL VOTERS and Refuses to Attend Debates or Forums » Flap’s California Blog – AD-38: Patricia McKeon Decides to Meet With REAL VOTERS and Refuses to Attend Debates or Forums
- AD-48: California Assemblyman Roger Hernandez Legally Drunk When Arrested for DUI » Flap’s California Blog – AD-48: California Assemblyman Roger Hernandez Legally Drunk When Arrested for DUI
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » MT-Sen Video: GOP Super PAC Links Sen Jon Tester and Obama – MT-Sen Video: GOP Super PAC Links Sen Jon Tester and Obama
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » The Morning Flap: April 25, 2012 – The Morning Flap: April 25, 2012
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » President 2012: Mitt Romney Now the Presumptive Republican Nominee for President – President 2012: Mitt Romney Now the Presumptive Republican Nominee for President
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » President 2012: State of the Race for the Presidency: April 25, 2012 – President 2012: State of the Race for the Presidency: April 25, 2012
- Humor / But, what will snap? My bet is the teeth on the denture…. – But, what will snap? My bet is the teeth on the denture….
- Gingrich to end White House bid – Newt Gingrich will officially end his bid for the Republican presidential nomination and formally express his support for Mitt Romney next week, two sources close to Gingrich tell CNN.
While details are still being worked out, Gingrich is likely to hold his final campaign event Tuesday in Washington, DC where he will make the announcement surrounded by his family and supporters.
It is not surprising that Gingrich is suspending his campaign for the White House as he has all but acknowledged it is winding down and Romney is the presumptive GOP nominee.
“When he says he is transitioning, what he means is that he is trying to determine as a citizen how he will pro-actively help Mitt Romney become president and the Republican Party win back the Senate and help (House Speaker) John Boehner keep his majority in the House,” said one of the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
It appears that Gingrich’s focus will be much broader than the presidential campaign, as the former speaker, who made his name and career in the House, plans to be actively involved in helping the GOP take back control of both sides of Capitol Hill.
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Morning Drill: April 25, 2012 – The Morning Drill: April 25, 2012
- Conservative consumers: Stand your ground – This fringe chump is wielding a disturbing amount of political power to silence free-market, limited government voices. What are you doing about it?
My column this week is a follow-up to last week’s piece on ALEC vs. the progressive mob/corporate appeasers. Be sure to read the entire column (plus my e-mail exchanges with several cowardly businesses that caved to the Van Jones crowd), click on all the links, get educated, educate others, and use this information to help fight back. The conservative movement needs all hands on deck.
Related: ALEC now faces a frivolous IRS complaint from longtime nemesis and anti-ALEC mob partner Common Cause.
Update: Color of Change is now targeting Amazon.
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » Day By Day April 25, 2012 – Taking Liberties – Day By Day April 25, 2012 – Taking Liberties
- Biden: ‘The president has a big stick’ – Referring to President Roosevelt’s foreign policy quote about “speaking softly and carrying a big stick,” Biden told the crowd that Obama followed a similar path while negotiating with Iran.
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The Morning Flap: April 16, 2012
U.S. GSA Administration Regional Commissioner Jeffrey Neely
These are my links for April 13th through April 16th:
- Photos Show Embattled GSA Official Enjoying Wine and Soak in Spa Tub at M Hotel During “Pre-Conference” Meeting – The government official on the frontlines of the scandal involving a wasteful government conference, U.S. General Services Administration regional commissioner Jeffrey Neely, will invoke his 5th amendment right against self-incrimination, his lawyer Preston Burton tells ABC News. He won’t comment on the $822,751 conference, many of the expenditures for which the GSA Inspector General called “excessive” and “wasteful.” He won’t comment on the bizarre awards ceremony, or the commemorative coins, the mind-reader/motivational speaker.
Mr. Neely bares a bit more in a photo collection on his wife’s Google+ page. There visitors can see photos of Neely staying in a luxurious suite at the M Resort Spa & Casino in November 2009, during one of the eight scouting and off-site pre-conference meetings to prepare for the October 2010 conference.
- Daily Kos :: News Community Action – RT @FixAaron: PPP poll shows Walker up 5 on Barrett, up 7 on Falk and better fav/unfav than both of them. #WIGOV #tcot
- DNC Chief Called on to Release Tax Returns – Democratic National Committee chief Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been called on to release her personal income tax returns. The request was made by her congressional opponent, Republican Karen Harrington of Florida.
“This week millions of taxpaying Americans will fulfill their requirement of filing their tax returns by paying any and all taxes due to the federal government,” Harrington’s campaign writes. “Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been asking Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney to release his 2011 tax return even after Governor Romney released his 2010 tax return.”
“Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz’s request of Governor Romney to release his tax returns screams of hypocrisy, because to the best of our knowledge, Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz has never released a single tax return of her own. As a member of Congress, she is required to release a yearly ‘financial disclosure,’ this yearly disclosure is not a tax return.
“While asking for Governor Romney to release his past tax returns, and In keeping with the spirit of President Obama’s call for ‘full transparency,’ we ask Congressman Wasserman Schultz to release her own tax returns.”
There are no records of Wasserman Schultz having ever released her personal income tax returns, though, as the Harrington campaign states, members of Congress are required to disclose assets, holdings, and various other financial information.
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Morning Drill: April 16, 2012 – The Morning Drill: April 16, 2012
- Wisconisin Property Taxes Go Down for the First Time in 12 Years Statewide – Today Governor Walker announced that statewide property taxes for the typical homeowner have gone down for the first time in 12 years. The tax bill for the median value home is $39 per homeowner lower than originally estimated by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau when the 2011-2013 budget was passed.
“Our reforms have reversed a decade of property tax increases from previous administrations,” said Governor Walker. “For the first time in over ten years, the average property taxpayer will have more money in his or her pocket than the year before.”
Since 1998, property taxes paid by homeowners have risen 43 percent. This year property taxes paid by the typical homeowner went down .4 percent. Without the Governor’s reforms the average homeowner would have paid an additional $700 over the biennium.
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » Day By Day April 16, 2012 – Obama Tag Team – Day By Day April 16, 2012 – Obama Tag Team
- Boston Marathon: April 16, 2012 | Universal Sports | Year-Round Coverage of Olympic Sports & Athletes – Watching the Boston Marathon here:
- Less Than Half of Americans Consider Tax Bill Too High – Huh? RT @gallupnews Less Than Half of Americans Consider Tax Bill Too High…
- Romney Specifies Deductions He’d Cut – Mitt Romney, speaking at a private fundraising event on Sunday, offered the first details of deductions he would eliminate or limit in order to offset the income tax cut he has proposed for all taxpayers.
Mr. Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, said he would eliminate or limit for high-earners the mortgage interest deduction for second homes, and likely would do the same for the state income tax deduction and state property tax deduction.
He also said he would look to the Department of Education and the Department of Housing and Urban Development for budget cuts.
- Gingrich’s Billionaire Backer Turns Sights to House – Sheldon Adelson, a wealthy casino owner who has spent millions to boost the presidential campaign of Newt Gingrich, has donated $5 million with his wife to a super PAC for House Republican candidates, according to campaign filings released Sunday.
The Adelsons made their donations in February to the Congressional Leadership Fund, which was formed last year to be “focused solely and exclusively” on maintaining the GOP majority in the House.
The super PAC has the backing of the top GOP brass in the House. Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy were each among the 60 GOP lawmakers who attended the super PAC’s inaugural event last fall.
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-04-16 – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-04-16
- Untitled (http://getglue.com/Fullosseousflap/stickers/amc/the_killing_ogi_jun?s=ts&ref=Fullosseousflap) – I unlocked the The Killing: Ogi Jun sticker on @GetGlue!
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » Day By Day April 15, 2012 – The Why Stage – Day By Day April 15, 2012 – The Why Stage
- Untitled (http://getglue.com/tv_shows/nba_on_abc?s=tch&ref=Fullosseousflap) – Lakers vs. Mavericks at Staples @GetGlue #NBAOnABC
- (404) http://t.co/ibjc – RT @Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw leads the @Dodgers vs the Padres on Jackie Robinson Day at 1:10 p.m. PT at Dodger Stadium: …
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » Muhammed Cartoons Watch: Four Muslims Plead Not Guilty to Terrorist Attack on Jyllands-Posten Newspaper – Muhammed Cartoons Watch: Four Muslims Plead Not Guilty to Terrorist Attack on Jyllands-Posten Newspaper
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-04-15 – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-04-15
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » CA-26: Democrats MOCK Linda Parks “Rocky Road” Television Ad – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » CA-26: Democrats MOCK Linda Parks “Rocky Road” Television Ad
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » CA-26: Democrats MOCK Linda Parks “Rocky Road” Television Ad – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » CA-26: Democrats MOCK Linda Parks “Rocky Road” Television Ad
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » CA-26: Democrats MOCK Linda Parks “Rocky Road” Television Ad – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » CA-26: Democrats MOCK Linda Parks “Rocky Road” Television Ad
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » CA-26: Democrats MOCK Linda Parks “Rocky Road” Television Ad – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » CA-26: Democrats MOCK Linda Parks “Rocky Road” Television Ad
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » CA-26: Democrats MOCK Linda Parks “Rocky Road” Television Ad – RE: No, Strickland will finish number one and will do some perfunctory campaigning in the process. Republican women a…
- Rio Hondo College president announces he will retire in June – Rio Hondo College President Ted Martinez announced Friday he will retire June 30.
Martinez has worked 41 years as a community college educator, including the last five as president of Rio Hondo.
“It is now time for a new generation of leadership to take Rio Hondo College into the next 50 years, which will surely be as outstanding as the milestone year the college will be celebrating,” Martinez said. “I am truly proud of our collective accomplishments these past five years.”
Martinez said he is proud of the progress the college has made during his five years, including the near-completion of the $245 million facilities construction program, receipt of full accreditation from the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, and restoration of the Rio Hondo College Police Academy program.
However in the last year, he’s had issues with faculty members.
In December, he filed an internal grievance against three professors whom he said have been critical of him to the point of creating a work environment so hostile as to cause him to suffer a mild stroke.
Martinez experienced his stroke in February 2011 and was “out for a time,” college spokeswoman Susan Herney said in December.
His doctors cleared him to resume his regular schedule, she said.
- Janet Napolitano Signed ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law for Arizona in 2006 – Amid Democrat attempts to use the Trayvon Martin shooting as a means to push for the repeal of Stand Your Ground laws, it’s been interesting to note how many Democrats have a past that includes support for them.
For example, on April 2 ,I had a post on Big Government that highlighted how former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat, used her Current TV show to lambaste Stand Your Ground laws, and to blame Republicans for the existence of such laws in the first place. However, as I showed, the dirty little secret is that Granholm signed Michigan’s Stand Your Ground bill into law in 2006.
Now it’s been discovered that an even more prominent Democrat, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, signed Arizona’s Stand Your Ground bill into law while governor of that state in 2006. And it’s important to note that Napolitano didn’t sign the bill half-halfheartedly, rather, she even countered anti-gunners’ opposition in the signing.
- Hollywood Entertainment Breaking News – Deadline.com/hollywood – Dodgers Sale To Magic Johnson Group Wins Bankruptcy Court OK –
- Dodgers Sale To Magic Johnson Group Wins Bankruptcy Court OK – Deadline.com – Dodgers Sale To Magic Johnson Group Wins Bankruptcy Court OK –
- Dodgers Sale To Magic Johnson Group Wins Bankruptcy Court OK – Deadline.com – RT @NikkiFinke: Dodgers Sale To Magic Johnson Group Wins Bankruptcy Court OK
- USC Athletics’ photo “The sun is shining… The USC…” on WhoSay – RT @USC_Athletics: The sun is shining… The USC legends are in the Coliseum… It’s Game Day!
- Gregory Flap @ Glendale Galleria – foursquare – Waiting to get my eyes examined at Teagle Optometry. (@ Glendale Galleria w/ 4 others)
- Untitled (http://twitter.com/RaDragon/status/191239410782715904/photo/1) – Nice job Raciel! RT @RaDragon We won the costume contest! Radical! #SheRunsLA
- Gregory Flap @ Ronnie’s Diner – foursquare – Finished 10 miles and with Tara, Alice and Nancy (@ Ronnie’s Diner w/ 2 others)
- Untitled (http://getglue.com/topics/p/running?s=tch&ref=Fullosseousflap) – Off to Los Angeles Running in Santa Monica @GetGlue #Running
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-04-14 – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-04-14
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » CA-26: Democrats MOCK Linda Parks “Rocky Road” Television Ad – CA-26: Democrats MOCK Linda Parks “Rocky Road” Television Ad
- Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog » The Afternoon Flap: April 13, 2012 – The Afternoon Flap: April 13, 2012
- Photos Show Embattled GSA Official Enjoying Wine and Soak in Spa Tub at M Hotel During “Pre-Conference” Meeting – The government official on the frontlines of the scandal involving a wasteful government conference, U.S. General Services Administration regional commissioner Jeffrey Neely, will invoke his 5th amendment right against self-incrimination, his lawyer Preston Burton tells ABC News. He won’t comment on the $822,751 conference, many of the expenditures for which the GSA Inspector General called “excessive” and “wasteful.” He won’t comment on the bizarre awards ceremony, or the commemorative coins, the mind-reader/motivational speaker.