Source: Bloomberg Politics
April 7, 2016
Presidential Candidates Brandish New York City Credentials With Matzah, Italian Food and Turnstiles
The presidential hopefuls have descended on the Big Apple.
Trump's Unpopularity Deepens
(John Hinderaker) An AP-GfK poll released today finds Donald Trump with an astonishing 69% disapproval rating. Only 26% view Trump favorably: For Americans of nearly every race, gender, political persuasion and location, disdain for Donald Trump runs deep, saddling the Republican front-runner with unprecedented unpopularity as he tries to overcome recent campaign setbacks. Seven in 10 people, including close to half of Republican voters, have an unfavorable view of Trump, according to
Source: Power Line
Verbal attacks between Hillary Clinton, Bernard Sanders turning nasty
The war of words between Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernard Sanders turned nastier Thursday and now threatens to drive a permanent wedge between the two sides, as the Vermont senator's campaign fired back that Mrs. Clinton not only is unqualified to be president but also has made "a deal with ...
San Francisco police fatally shoot man carrying knife
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Two police officers shot and killed a man carrying a knife in the San Francisco's bustling Mission District on Thursday, the city's police chief said.
San Francisco police Chief Greg Suhr said officers shot the unidentified Latino man after he refused demands to drop a knife ...
Trump Promotes Manafort in Effort to Stabilize Delegate Operation
The move comes as the front-runner is under increased pressure to shore up delegates ahead of what is shaping up to be a contested Republican convention.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Missouri House passes ride-hail regulations for Uber, Lyft
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri lawmaker who works as an Uber driver was among House members who voted Thursday to pass proposed statewide regulations for ride-hailing companies, which supporters say will spur competition and create jobs.
Rep. Shamed Dogan, a Republican from St. Louis County who works as ...
Hands on with Reddit's new smartphone app
"Finally" is one of those words that gets overused in tech news stories, but I think it's fair to say that it's taken a pretty long time for Reddit to release its first official, native apps for iOS and Android. Until now, the company has made do with Alien Blue, which started out as a third-party app before being acquired by Reddit in 2014. But as Sarah Perez… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
With All Due Respect (04/07/16)
Mark Halperin and John Heilemann are joined by Kansas City Mayor Sly James, Hillary Clinton's national political director Amanda Renteria, Bernie Sanders' senior adviser Tad Devine, the Washington Post's Abby Phillip and MSNBC's Kasie Hunt on "With All Due Respect."
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Democratic Party Meltdown
(Steven Hayward) My goodness, while everyone is looking at the Donald Trump circus in the GOP, are we taking in the unraveling of the Democrats? First up, Chris Matthews takes his horse's ass act to former Wisconsin Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton on who will pay for all this "free" college Bernie (and also Hillary) wants. The result is not pretty: But the big story of today is the Big Dog himself, Billy
Source: Power Line
WESLEY PRUDEN: Bill Clinton spells trouble for Hillary Clinton
Hillary's got a Bubba problem again, and it doesn't have anything to do with a loose zipper. She dispatched him to the hustings, where he has no living peer (except maybe Donald Trump), and he's giving her campaign a pain by telling it like it is.
Neither Bubba nor Hillary ...
Krauthammer: Cruz 'Can't' Defend His New York Values Comment, Will Suffer At The Polls
In New York, Cruz's 'numbers are going to stay very low'
Via: The Daily Caller
GoPro goes all-in on VR without a winning hand
Flat video is so last century, and GoPro is pulling out all the stops. Through a series of product launches — most recently the new Omni — the company signals that it has your back in the battle against bi-dimensional consumption of moving pictures. The strategy confirms the obvious — i.e. that it knows which way the wind is blowing. But I think it's too little, too late. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Obama Says Drone Strike Program Raises Legal, Moral Complexities
President Barack Obama said he and his advisers "anguish" over civilian deaths caused by U.S. drone strikes while defending the program as a necessary component of the country's defense.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Marco Rubio clings to delegates — and hopes for Republican nomination
Sen. Marco Rubio has fought to take the delegates he won to the Republican National Convention in July, leaving him in a position to be a power broker or even, if everything falls into place, to make another run at the top of the party's presidential ticket.
Under current rules, ...
Three Car Dealerships Are Jumping Into The VW Lawsuit Craze
'Immense power in the marketplace'
Via: The Daily Caller
A lot of secondary buyers are apparently coming from overseas
We told you early last month that secondary businesses have been inundated with sellers in recent months, and that's not expected to change anytime soon. Nary a tech company went public in the first quarter. There's also the issue of falling valuations, which has both institutional and individual shareholders nervously deciding whether to hang on to their holdings or get rid… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Obama Says Court Dispute Threatens Deadlock Over Justices
President Barack Obama predicted that obstruction of his Supreme Court nominee by Senate Republicans would lead to Democrats blocking future Republican judicial appointments, a tit-for-tat that would precipitate a governing crisis and diminished public faith in the legal system.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
California nonprofits barred from advising on prison savings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Legislators will try to change California law because a state board is discouraging nonprofits from helping decide how to spend millions of dollars saved by a recent reduction in penalties for some crimes.
The Board of State and Community Corrections will distribute nearly two-thirds of the ...
WHO WROTE IT BEST? Kasich Eats Like A Pig
A day of binge eating deserves good copy.
Via: The Daily Caller
The second round of Disrupt NY Hackathon tickets are now available
May is right around the corner, and soon thousands of innovators, investors and entrepreneurs will make their way to Brooklyn for TechCrunch Disrupt. While the main event may be the conference that runs from May 9-11, one of our favorite parts of Disrupt is the Hackathon that takes place the weekend before. We're thrilled to announce that the second wave of free tickets to the Hackathon… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Steyer's NextGen Plans 2016 Senate Endorsement: Politico
Tom Steyer's super-PAC NextGen Climate Action won't support Senate candidates who supported Keystone XL unless they change their minds publicly, Politico reports. Keystone is one of three criteria NextGen using to evaluate Senate candidates ahead of election, Politico says Keystone litmus test suggests Steyer's group won't support candidates such as Sen. Michael Bennet, a former Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte chairman running for reelection in Colo., and Fla. Rep. Patrick Murphy, DSCC's fav
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Academic Drivel Update: A Real Hoax, Instead of Mere Fraud
(Steven Hayward) I try to limit myself to just one example of week of academic fraudulence, because it could easily become a full time job. But news just out today can't wait for the calendar. Retraction Watch carries the news of a Sokal-style hoax in the pages of Baidou Studies, named for some popular obscurantist named Alain Baidou. (Baidou Studies? I don't know who Baidou is either but why not? There's an International
Source: Power Line
ISIS Presence in Libya Doubles
The number of Islamic State militants in Libya has doubled during the past year, the top U.S. commander in the region said Thursday.
The post ISIS Presence in Libya Doubles appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
NY report shows $243 million spent on lobbying in 2015
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's ethics commission reports registered lobbyists spent a record $243 million last year trying to influence state and local governments, up 17 percent from the year before.
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics says compensation in 2015 for retained and in-house lobbyists topped $206 million, ...
Kamala Harris Pursues Political Retribution, Not Blind Justice
Can a U.S. Senate candidate really be an impartial Attorney General?
Via: The Daily Caller
Sen. Franken wants to know what Oculus is doing with its Rift user data
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) has some questions for Oculus. The U.S. senator sent a letter this morning to Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe to inquire about how his virtual reality company is utilizing and sharing customers' personal data. While Sen. Franken called VR technology "an exciting development," he also expressed concern with how the company is collecting user personal… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Treasury Should Probe U.S. Banks on Panama Papers, Senators Say
A pair of the U.S. banking industry's biggest Senate critics demanded a Treasury Department investigation into offshore banking revelations contained in leaked documents from a Panama-based law firm.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Philadelphia Hit With Lawsuit for Concealing Election Records
The city of Philadelphia is being sued in federal court for refusing to provide information about possible non-citizen voters.
The post Philadelphia Hit With Lawsuit for Concealing Election Records appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
Pistols That Fit: Springfield Armory XD Tactical Mod2, Ruger's American Pistol And CZ's P09
If you handgun doesn't fit will you are unlikely to shoot well
Via: The Daily Caller
As globalization slows, new startup Globality raises $27 million to bring SMBs to world markets
Global capitalism is in a bit of pickle right now. Goldman Sachs (either a vampire squid or the second-best investment bank in the world, depending on your point of view) came out with a report earlier this year questioning the efficacy of capitalism, while The Wall Street Journal, recently published an article pointing to signs that international trade is sputtering. The… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Rio Mayor: 'No graft charges against city' tied to Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes says the city's preparations for the South America's first Olympics have not been touched by the spreading corruption scandal that is gripping Brazil.
Paes was asked on Thursday about possible graft and said, "There are no charges against the ...
Trump, Clinton Hold Leads In Maryland, Poll Says
Current frontrunners in the 2016 election Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are holding onto their leads in Maryland, according to a The Washington Post/University of Maryland poll.
Via: The Daily Caller
Managed services killed DevOps
DevOps, as we know it, is dead. Perhaps not many people agree with me, but the age of DevOps is just about over. Then again, perhaps this won't come as a surprise to some. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
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