"Things Are Heating Up!"

Yes, it continues to be a real scorcher! I've been late in my my posts, so here goes. Last week we attended a Congreso Dental held by CEOLA-HELO, something I hadn't done in ages. They're the local Latin dental study club and often hold events jointly with LAODI, a similar group with more focus on implant topics. Their courses are usually delivered in Spanish and they have translation for English speaking lecturers. I found the courses to be from very good to excellent and got plenty of usable pearls for my practice. There was a good variety of topics from cosmetic, implants, endo, materials, etc. the food was quite good and so was our room in the Doral Intercontinental. I commend CEOLA-HELO president, Dr. Libia Rios, for an excellent job with what I know from past events to be an onerous undertaking. This event is held every other year, probably a more viable option with the 2-year license renewal process. Our own SFDDA had an annual meeting every year and it fizzled. Without getting into the how & why weeds, I believe SFDDA needs to look at a similar model and if we don't, we risk allowing our society to continue on a dwindling spiral. Even though there were many no shows, the Congreso was well attended and that tells me members still want in person meetings, as long as the speakers and formats are top notch. That said, members also have to step up and show up! We whine about not getting our money's worth but often fail to partake of the many benefits our membership offers. I definitely plan on continuing my attendance to CEOLA-HELO events and will likely join this group I was once president of.
 On the dental political front, it appears our enemy in the FL House (whose name shall go unmentioned) who sponsored the DHAT bill will be reelected easily. I've never seen so many signs for 1 candidate and next to none for his primary opponent. It would be hilarious if he won big next Tuesday and lost to a Dem in Nov., the district may have shifted a bit, but I wouldn't bank on it. We have no absolute proof he plans to continue his crusade for the DHAT fiasco, but he's been very evasive when asked, not unusual for a lawyer legislator. There's no question Pew and/or Kellogg foundations greased this guy from day 1 and he suddenly became the male St. Apolonia. At least our idiot Gov. will be gone and may even serve a useful purpose, to unseat Yahoo Nelson for US Senate. Scott can't screw up dental law from DC and it would be a flipped seat. Seems to me 2 years ago we were talking about the GOP's 2 to 1 edge for 2018 in Sen. electoral contests and their chances of flipping 7-8 seats. Now we're talking about the GOP maybe losing the House and holding the Senate, what the hell?! In the Sen., it comes down to RINO cowards who wanna be all things to all people, especially when you look at spineless sops like Flake and Cochran.
 In the House, it's much of the same but without the 2 to 1 numerical factor. Look no further than FL 26, our own pathetic Carlos Curbelo, what a wuss! He was recently voted #1 in a list of the top 10 RINO cowards by a conservative blog. As much as I don't want the pathetic, spineless GOP lose the House to an even more dangerous Dem party, part of me would love to see this weasel get his ass whooped. FL 27's candidate roster looks like the bar scene in the first Star Wars, what a mish mosh. Sadly, it's probably gonna come down to $, as usual. I don't doubt Ros-Lehtinen chose to retire because she knew she'd lose this time. That district is getting too infested with out of state liberal idiots. I call them idiots because they flee blue states they can no longer afford to live in due to policies enacted by the lawmakers they elected, only to bring that same liberalism with them to red states and proceed to screw them up, too! There's also the issue of Hispanics who have no clue about American exceptionalism born of hard work, they want a nanny state and vote Dem. I've predicted Miami is the next L.A. and FL is the next Mexifornia years ago.
 The Russian hacking witch hunt is fizzling and people are getting sick and tired of Bob Mueller's obnoxious mug and his endless pursuit of nothing other than to getting Trump. They throw a new manufactured scandal person at Trump each week. First Stormy Daniels and now Omarosa whatever the hell her last name is. Trump brought some of this on himself by his penchant for hiring unqualified, unstable cretins to his cabinet.
 Midterms are more important than ever, I know we say that all the time but these really are. If the Dems take the House, we're looking at Leatherface for Speaker, though she may get strong opposition from younger commies who are pissed at her for the damage she's done to their party. Either way, they'd make immediate gridlock and be obsessed with impeaching Trump, though they have no case, it's what their donors demand and nobody's gonna talk them out of that. This will be a turnout battle, no one's gonna change anyone's mind at this late stage. If the GOP loses, they will have brought this on themselves.