A 10-year-old girl was among those killed.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
October 31, 2015
Cruz Says Tax Plan Would Lure Foreign Companies to U.S.
"If we enact the Cruz Simple Tax Plan, the result will be other countries in four or eight years will be complaining about corporate inversions because their companies will be fleeing their countries, coming to America," GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz tells Bloomberg TV's Mark Halperin in Iowa, state that will begin nomination process in February. Says estimated revenue impact of his tax plan -- $770 billion decrease after 10 years -- "underestimates it because the modeling doesn't capture,
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Trick, No Treat
(John Hinderaker) Michael Ramirez on Halloween and the debt. It's a good reminder that all of that "free stuff" isn't actually free. Click to enlarge:
Source: Power Line
Wisconsin Football Star Shows Up To Post-Game Interview As Ricky Bobby, Gives Hilarious Answers [VIDEO]
'I'm simply the greatest that there ever was'
Via: The Daily Caller
Bill Maher Vents About Obama's Refusal to Acknowledge 'Islamic Extremism' — and With an Ally Who Might Surprise You
"I don't know why we can't call out this stuff for what it is."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Stitch Is A Social Network For Seniors
The winner of a recent TC Radio Pitch-Off contest, Stitch is a social network designed for those over 50 years old. Headquartered in Australia, the site is designed to help members find friends, romantic companionship, or just new activities to try. Marcie Rogo, cofounder of Stitch, explained that "many older adults have lots of things they want to do, but nobody to do them with.… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Rubio and Bush Draw Contrasts With Each Other at Iowa Event
Following their clash at the debate, the two men appeared in Iowa for one of the final multi-candidate events before the state's Feb 1. caucuses.
Source: Bloomberg.com news
German Town Of 100 Gets Enriched By 750 Migrants
Residents told after-dark crime is no concern, because streetlights will remain lit.
Via: The Daily Caller
Carson Campaign Wants to Put Debates on Internet: WSJ
The Republican candidate's campaign has suggested YouTube or Facebook for distribution and to turn the debates into forums with less time for moderator questions, Wall Street Journal reports, citing several people with knowledge of the campaign's deliberations. Campaign also pushing for fewer debates RELATED: RNC Chair Reince Priebus Says Party Suspending NBC Partnership for February Debate
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Charlotte voters to pick city's 5th mayor in last 6 years
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The revolving door into the mayor's office in Charlotte will take another spin next week when voters choose that city's fifth chief executive in the last six years.
Tuesday's vote will determine whether Democrat Jennifer Roberts or Republican Edwin Peacock will lead the city into a ...
Bush Claims No Knowledge Of Rubio Opposition Power Point [VIDEO]
'I didn't see it. I didn't see it'
Via: The Daily Caller
Months After Radical Islam Critic Is Hacked to Death, His Publisher Is Killed in the Same Way in Bangladesh
Hours before the attack on Arefin, police said two secular writers and another publisher were stabbed and shot in Dhaka.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
The Path To Expertise
There's a popular meme that it takes ten years of effortful study to become an expert at something. Studies show that in reality, the number of years varies a bit from subject to subject and from one individual to the next, but one thing is clear – expertise takes time. Therein lies the problem. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Former CIA Chief: 'Analysts Never Said The Video Was A Factor In The Benghazi Attacks'
'We want to distinguish, not conflate, the events in other countries with this well-planned attack by militant extremists'
Via: The Daily Caller
Four Dead, Including Suspected Gunman, After Shooting Spree in Colorado Springs
El Paso County sheriff's spokeswoman Jacqueline Kirby says there are at least three crime scenes.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Trump Veterans Plan Allows Treatment by All Medicare Doctors
Donald Trump, the Republican presidential hopeful, said that "ensuring veterans have convenient access to the best quality care" is his plan's "guiding principle" for fixing a Veterans Administration beset by "corruption and incompetence," according to a new page on his website. In addition to allowing veterans to receive care at "any doctor or care facility that accepts Medicare," the plan would: "Increase funding for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury and suicide pre
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Bill Maher Rips PC-Left As 'Humorless Jackoffs' Over Halloween Costume Outrage [VIDEO]
In his "New Rules" segment on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," host Bill Maher went on an epic rant against the faux outrage whipped up across the country against politically incorrect Halloween costumes. "The fake outrage people get 364 days a year to hypersensitive about everything, there has to be one day where 'going […]
Via: The Daily Caller
Trump Says His Plan to Improve Veterans' Care Includes 'Firing the Corrupt and Incompetent VA Executives Who Let Our Veterans Down'
"We're going to make the VA great again."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Chicago Bears Call The Police After Player Says He Wants To KILL Everybody
'We're a little concerned that he may come back again'
Via: The Daily Caller
Jesse Ventura Continues Attacks on Chris Kyle, Calling Him a 'Backstabbing Liar,' and Claims He Could 'Steal the Election' Next November
"If they got the fricking guts to let me in a debate, I'll come in and destroy their two candidates …"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
How To Extract More Than Capital From Your VCs
The relationship between VCs and their portfolio companies has changed significantly over the past five or so years. In many ways it is still the same, in that VCs provide capital, then take a significant equity stake and often a board seat. However, as the funding process has become more transparent and new capital sources have emerged, startups are looking for more value from their… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
What Ted Cruz's Family Is Planning for Halloween
https://youtu.be/nxwVEFXN-Do
Source: Bloomberg.com news
With labor boost, Clinton seeks general election coalition
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton picked up endorsements from another major labor group and a longtime ally of Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday.
The International Longshoremen's Association and Charleston, South Carolina, Mayor Joe Riley announced their support of the Democratic presidential candidate at a Charleston union ...
Cruz Brings Attack On Debate Moderators To Campaign Trail
DES MOINES, Iowa — Three days after the third GOP presidential primary debate, Ted Cruz is still hitting CNBC for conducting a biased event. Appearing at the Iowa GOP's Growth and Opportunity forum Saturday, the Texas senator brought his criticism of how the debate was moderated to the campaign trail. "So what did you all think […]
Via: The Daily Caller
Affidavit: Son Charged in Parents' Killing Was to Be Cut Out of Their Will
His girlfriend has also been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and hindering prosecution.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
DNC 'America Is Already Great' Parody Hats Offend College Students: 'Come On Dems…'
"You're supposedly liberal."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Former Connecticut congressman eyeing first selectman job
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - As a three-term congressman Rob Simmons dealt with such weighty issues as domestic eavesdropping by the National Security Administration and the treatment of terrorists.
Eight years after leaving Washington and five years after an unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate, the 72-year-old Connecticut Republican is campaigning ...
Dozens of Women Detained in Texas Immigration Center Reportedly Go on Hunger Strike: 'Where Are Our Rights?'
"I am a woman fleeing a country where women are given few rights…"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Can Civil Comments Kill The Internet Troll?
To paraphrase an oft seen Internet trollism, 'Internet comments are the worst thing since Hitler'. By which I mean: they suck. They suck bad. No, they really suck. The problem we have right now with Internet comments is clear: negativity and nastiness is burying or discouraging everything else. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Bernie Sanders Says Presidential Race Has Gotten Personal
"I think that is unfortunate," Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said. "I don't think we want to make this campaign personal." Sanders says he has known rival Hillary Clinton for 25 years, respects her even though they disagree on some issues "In this country the shouting has got to end," says Sanders Sanders also says he did not request endorsement from Vice President Joe Biden when the two met on Oct. 29 Vermont independent speaks at press availability an an IBEW union hall in C
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Ex-NY senator: Delay my prison term for seminar _ on prison
NEW YORK (AP) - A former state senator convicted of trying to bribe his way onto the New York City mayoral ballot has tried to postpone going to prison, saying he wants to take a seminar beforehand on life behind bars.
A federal judge in suburban White Plains rejected Malcolm ...
What It's Like To Go To A Halloween Party In Iowa With Rand Paul
DES MOINES, Iowa — "Actually I have a theory about a lot of the intervention we've been doing around the world has to do with gold," a woman dressed as "Death of Liberty courtesy of the Washington establishment" told me unsolicited Friday night. We were at Buzzard Billy's Bar, which not only features fried alligator but […]
Via: The Daily Caller
Egyptian Television: Burn the Jews!
(John Hinderaker) MEMRI translates this edifying colloquy between "Dr." Muhammad Khaled, Egyptian television host, and his guest, Islamic History Professor Yusri Ahmad Zidan. Professor Zidan helpfully explains that throughout history, the "solution" to the Jewish "problem" has been to burn them. Hey, the Crusaders and the Nazis both did it! (Wait, I thought the Crusaders were supposed to be bad…) This kind of incitement to mass murder is commonplace in the Islamic
Source: Power Line
Ex-Michigan lawmakers seek 2nd chance after affair scandal
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Two Michigan lawmakers who were booted from office over an extramarital affair and convoluted cover-up scheme are seeking redemption - and their old seats - at the polls.
Tea party leaders Todd Courser, who resigned rather than be expelled, and Cindy Gamrat, who was ousted, will ...
New Clinton Emails Show Tripoli Embassy Warned D.C. Not to 'Conflate' Video With Benghazi Attack
"It is our opinion that in our messaging…"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
The History Of Gaming: An Evolving Community
Since its commercial birth in the 1950s as a technological oddity at a science fair, gaming has blossomed into one of the most profitable entertainment industries in the world. The mobile technology boom in recent years has revolutionized the industry and opened the doors to a new generation of gamers. Indeed, gaming has become so integrated with modern popular culture that now even grandmas… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Vermont activists: KKK poster found on activist's door
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Vermont activists say a Klu Klux Klan poster was found on the door of a Black Lives Matter activist's home in Burlington.
Elected officials and community and faith leaders planned to gather for a press conference on Saturday to discuss the incident.
The event takes place ...
HBO's John Oliver Reveals Which GOP Candidate He Doesn't Want on His Show: 'I Don't Really Have Anything to Say to Him'
"I don't really care about him in any capacity."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Health overhaul enrollment set to begin
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire consumers shopping for health insurance under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law will see more plans, more robust provider networks and slightly higher average prices when the next enrollment period starts Sunday.
The Department of Health and Human Services says the average premium ...
Banned from CBS News Forever, Former Anchor Dan Rather Likens Network's Actions to Soviet Union
"We're not going to be honest with you about our history."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Liquid Bitcoin
Happy Halloween! Let's talk about the scariest thing in the tech world today. No, no, not bubbles, drones, or unicorns: Bitcoin. Seriously. (Mostly.) Whether you think it's a boondoggle scam, a libertarian Trojan horse that threatens governments, the scourge of Wall Street, or the thin edge of the post-capitalist wedge, you face two scary prospects: what if you're right?… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
The Week in Pictures: Scary Halloween Edition
(Steven Hayward) So I can't decide on a costume: Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders? They both have great fright prospects. Hillary will lie about her tricks, and Sanders will reach in to everyone's goody bag and redistribute the candy. But perhaps I'll stick with everyone's favorite zombie of the moment—Jeb Bush. And as a reminder: Halloween this year coincides with every conservative's favorite day—the day we literally get to turn the clock
Source: Power Line
Russian Plane Carrying More Than 220 People Crashes In Egypt
"I will keep hoping until the end that they are alive, but perhaps I will never see them again."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
How That Steve Jobs Box-Office Bomb Spotlighted This 44% Profit Play
When Variety wanted an expert to explain why the much-ballyhooed flick "Steve Jobs" bombed, the reporter went to an analyst at the firm Rentrak Corp. (Nasdaq: RENT). I wasn't surprised. Rentrak, you see, is a firm I know well. It's also an intriguing profit opportunity. We recommended the Portland, Ore.-based Rentrak back in June as a Big Data play […]
Via: The Daily Caller
My Darling Clementine
Winston Churchill is considered one of the 20th century's greatest men. He was a soldier in WWI, a statesman in the inter-war period and led the Allies to victory in WWII after disastrous mismanagement by Neville Chamberlain. There have been numerous multi-volume biographies of him and a cult-like following has developed over the decades. However, amidst this fascination with Churchill, the lens has rarely been focused on his wife, Clementine, despite her great influence on her husband and involvement in his political career.
The post My Darling Clementine appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
Happy Halloween: New York Announces 100s Of DEAD Residents Were Still Enrolled In Medicaid After Their Deaths
And some of them were enrolled after they died
Via: The Daily Caller
Several oil, gas pipelines planned for midstate
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - While the last decade of oil and gas development has been largely contained to the shale regions of Pennsylvania, the next phase will tunnel through the midstate.
Company men have been showing up at doorsteps throughout the region, asking for pieces of private property where pipelines ...
Final Seconds of Trailer for 9/11 Virtual Reality Experience Will Leave You Speechless
"This was terrifying."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Chris Christie: What you see is what you get and it's not bad
(Paul Mirengoff) Dave Begley and I went to see Chris Christie in Council Bluffs, Iowa today. Dave's reports have been excellent, so I will let him take the lead role. Here, though, is a summary of my impressions. Christie was excellent, which shouldn't surprise anyone who has been watching the debates. He presented strong opening remarks and then answered questions for more than an hour. His answers were forceful, intelligent, and solidly
Source: Power Line
October 30, 2015
Raw Dash Cam Video: Woman Backs Car Up at High Speed With Police Officer Half-Inside, Injuring Him
The woman's charges include fleeing and eluding police and assaulting, resisting or obstructing an officer causing injury.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Americans Were Again Asked If Religious Gov't Officials Should Be Exempt From Granting Gay Marriage Licenses — Here's the Shocking Response
A story that … reverberated throughout America.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Silicon Valley's Cash Remains Cold to White House Hopefuls
White House hopefuls have yet to see the depth of Silicon Valley wealth that helped propel Barack Obama to the presidency.
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Legion Analytics Offers A Pandora-Style Interface For Finding Sales Leads
The founders of Legion Analytics say they're offering a better way for salespeople to find new customers. The startup is part of Y Combinator's new fellowship system, an eight-week program for "very, very early" stage companies who receive a $12,000 grant and fly in for office hours and mentorship. What's wrong with the current lead generation process? CTO… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)