Not Knowing What "Glatt" Means Watch

From j.

Sax also bemoans the rise of glatt kosher, a stricter standard for kosher meat that demands round-the-clock oversight by a mashgiach, or kosher supervisor.

Dental Domination in Gaza

EOZ has the story.

Sharia dentist drills right through niqab

Just kidding, he doesn't make his patients wear anything that blocks the mouth evidently:

A dentist who told Muslim patients he would treat them only if they wore Islamic dress will be able to continue to practise, a disciplinary panel ruled today.

Dr Omer Butt, of Prestwich, Greater Manchester, ordered two women to wear head scarfs before he would see them and their families, the professional conduct committee of the General Dental Council (GDC) found.

The panel concluded that he sought to impose a dress code on Muslim patients while working at the Unsworth Smile Clinic in Bury, Greater Manchester, between April 2005 and June 2007.

Dr Butt "discriminated" against people on the basis he "disapproved of their attitude to the requirements of Islam" and "did not act in the best interests of his patients", the panel found.

The GDC committee said it was "in no doubt that it amounted to misconduct" but found his fitness to practise was not impaired. [...]

(h/t: Jihad Watch)

So let's call it mental floss

Hewing close to this blog's primary focus:

Brushing teeth and flossing may not only reduce gum disease and stroke but memory loss, U.S. researchers suggest.

(h/t: Vos iz Neias)

Oddly Familiar Toothpaste from Iran

It is hard to see, but the phrase "For long lasting tooth" appears on the tube. (h/t: Engrish.com)

This proves the ubiquitous ape-comparison . . .

. . . is one of the more post-racial aspects of contemporary political culture.