Oui, oui, mes amis, c'est tragique! Hello to all of you! French voters have decided they're not paying enough of their hard earned tax $ to prop up slacker EU neighbors like Greece, Portugal, Spain & Italy. They've also decided the Muslim infestation's not too bad yet, they only lose a few 100 in several terror attacks per year to the grateful Muslim immigrants. So, enter Pres. Macaroni, who I'm sure will fix everything by changing nothing. I'm really not surprised, the French have always needed to have the US & UK save their butts from the Huns, why change now? It's no accident they lacked the nads to do what the 2 nations who've rescued them before had the sense to do- upset the status quo with Brexit and a historic upset election. History shows 1000s of US Marines had to bail the French out, all they needed to do this time was to vote for 1 Marine, last name Le Pen, and they couldn't do it. There's a reason Hollande decided not to seek a 2nd term, shades of LBJ. You'd think in this political climate, Le Pen would have made bigger gains, but we're talking about Le Republique Croissant. Oh, well, they will reap what they sowed. This result is also affected by the new generation of French born Muslims and their parents who probably became citizens to vote. France is on a fast track to becoming a caliphate in our lifetime. When the next attack comes and many more follow, I hope they don't come whining to us for help. Le Pen should rub their noses in it every time it happens, she could even run in an "I told you so, imbeciles!" campaign if they get fed up with Macaroni. The liberal media won't dare report this, but I'll bet you French tourism has taken a hit, and it'll get worse now.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/23/france-hit-by-drop-in-tourism-strikes-terror-attacks
We don't get much national reportage on Venezuela, which is near civil war status. I truly feel for any of my Venezolano colleagues and pts. who have family still there. This is the new Cuba and looks like it could get very ugly and end very badly. Unlike Panama, where we invaded to remove Pineapple Face Noriega, the US has no canal or other vital interest in Venezuela and isn't gonna invade to remove the scumbag dictator, Maduro.
http://www.independentsentinel.com/venezuela-on-the-brink-of-civil-war-socialism-kills/
Here in L'Amerique, the gang that can't shoot straight made somewhat of a dent in Obamacare. The far right is never satisfied and wants a total shutdown of Obamacare that's unlikely to happen. That said, the effects are already freaking out the left. I don't get it, either we're repealing a law so damn unpopular and dysfunctional that it cost the Dems the House, Senate & WH, or we're touching the newly created 3rd rail of "free" healthcare and there will be hell to pay. I think it's a bit of both, how much of the former, vs. the latter will determine what price, if any, the GOP pays in 2018. Ryan, whom I have very little respect for, is a sellout and needs to be replaced. That won't be easy, since most Dems will vote for him to stay as Speaker, as opposed to some hard right Freedom Caucus member. The best thing I take away from this is the GOP finally located their butts, aided by both hands and a flashlight. They realized single party gridlock would kill them in 2018 and they found a way to compromise and get consensus. Thank God the Freedom Caucus stood their ground and forced concessions that made the fix at least chewable, though not yet swallowable. We'll see what they do this fall with AHCA and tax refom. As usual, the spineless GOP must decide who they fear the most, their voters or their donors and opponents who'll take whatever pound of flesh they can get but will NEVER vote for them. I also believe this was a case of being careful what they wished for. The GOP was whining about not controlling the House, the Senate and finally the WH. They have it all now, Penelope's stocking can no longer be unraveled and knit again! I think the GOP is scared because their excuses have expired and they've been exposed. Many of them don't really want to shrink the size of govt. or give up the power & $ they get from control of 1/6 of our economy. Until we at least double the size of the Freedom Caucus, it will be tough to impose our will.
FL is also a mess, WTH was Frank Artiles thinking?! I've heard the ethanol excuse and wonder how a hard drinking ex Marine was so unable to control himself in a room full of colleagues? His demise was self inflicted and opened the door to much speculation as to which of our FL legislators would run for his seat. If that wasn't already enough, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen announced her retirement. The Dem sites are spinning it as she's hearing footsteps because her once solidly GOP district went for Hillary by 20% last Nov. and she feared, for the first time in her career, that she could lose. WhoTF are those Dist. 27 people and WTF is wrong with them?! I will definitely not retire in FL, it's going the way of an ugly Mexifornia & NY hybrid. This news made the options more varied and may actually work out for the better, avoiding GOP from running against each other and giving FL House members with young children the option to run for Frank's seat, while their fellow GOP can go for Congressional district 27. That happened in 2010, when David Rivera won Lincoln Diaz Balart's seat and avoided an ugly primary with now Sen. Anitere Flores, who's been great for the FDA and our issues. But the 800 gorilla in the room is Dem Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez, aka JJ the DLP Slayer, LOL. He's already knocked off 2 DLP career pols who badly needed to get booted and has a great chance at FL 27, which is very much like his own Sen. district. It's gonna be fun, whatever ends up happening.
On the dental front, we're waiting to see what the upshot of the BOD meeting in Tampa is, re: the hygiene bill which allows for them to do SRPs & place subgingival meds without any dentist present. This is lousy for Floridians but great for McDentist owners and other dental hucksters, 2 of whom just happen to coincidentally be BOD members. We even have an "ortho center", owned by a non-dentist, that's opening in FL. They already have one in Miami, of course. I need the colleague who alerted me to this outrage to complete the cycle and get me the name.
Last but not least, we have our own gang that can't shoot straight, the RPOF. They seem hellbent on duplicating their feat of single party gridlock from 2 years ago, having yet to pass a budget and extending what should have been the last week of session into at least this week. Sorry, mes amis, but this is not leadership, it's internal party bickering and kicking the can down the road by Rick Scott and the FL lawmakers.
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