Via: The Daily Caller
May 20, 2015
Sources: EPA Ditches Mandate That Coal Plants Install Non-Existent Coal Technology
The EPA may be trying to avoid a political disaster before the rollout of major CO2 regulations
Perry On Bill Clinton Paid Speeches: 'There's A Clear Quid Pro Quo,' 'It's Getting So Smelly' [AUDIO]
'$30 million dollars...is a stunning number'
Via: The Daily Caller
As the douchebags start piling up in HBO's "Silicon Valley," maybe Erlich isn't so bad?
Forgive the lateness of this: I've been stuck at Sterling Cooper writing 19,000 words about the Mad Men series finale and all 91 other episodes. Silicon Valley isn't anywhere near the same level as Mad Men in terms of documenting the emotional contours of a workplace. Nevertheless, "Homicide," this second season's sixth episode, touches on a number of salient issues facing workers in the new tech economy — and most fascinatingly, accurately paints the Valley as just as ruthless, […]
Source: PandoDaily
Justice Department declines charges in Idaho prison scandal
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department has declined to press criminal charges in connection with an investigation into allegations of contract fraud and public corruption at a private prison in Idaho.
The FBI began investigating the Idaho Correctional Center last year. The facility had been run by Corrections ...
Former CIA Counterintelligence Director Names the 'Big Threat' Facing America That Could 'Paralyze the Country'
"'It's a nightmare in my mind."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
#CutTheCheck: Hired Ferguson Rioters are Angry They Haven't Received Paycheck
"Black Lives Matter" protesters who were apparently hired to cause a ruckus in Ferguson, Missouri, say they are angry because they haven't been paid for their hard work. The hired protesters held a sit-in last week outside the offices of Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment (MORE) – the re-branded Missouri branch of the Association of ...More
The post #CutTheCheck: Hired Ferguson Rioters are Angry They Haven't Received Paycheck appeared first on DailySurge.
Source: DailySurge
Al Franken Pimps Out HIS OWN INFANT GRNADSON In Sad Scramble For Cash
'Birf da. Wooooooo'
Via: The Daily Caller
'A Life Taken Too Soon': Omaha Police Officer Shot While Serving Warrant Dies; Suspect Also Killed
"I just can't even imagine that this has happened. The city of Omaha owes her and her family a debt of gratitude."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
It's Being Called the 'Best Proposal Ever,' but Not for Anything the Couple Did: 'Are You Serious Right Now?'
"Are you serious right now?"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
SC legislators expect to pass domestic violence compromise
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The Legislature appears poised to pass a bill aimed at stemming South Carolina's persistently high rates of domestic violence, after weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiations between a handful of House and Senate members.
The House approved a compromise Wednesday that creates tiered penalties for batterers and bans ...
Beck Responds to Critics of New 'Root' Special Tackling Police Militarization
"The policy is what we're challenging, not the police officers."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Walking with Disruptors: I crashed yesterday's big sharing economy conference in SF
Yesterday, in a windowless, former "Italian men's club" in San Francisco's North Beach, flanked by strip clubs on all sides, the "On Demand Conference" was held to address the surging on-demand economy. All our favorite, "established" on-demand services companies sent reps, from Lyft and Uber to Postmates. Also present were the next wave of companies, tackling food-delivery and valet and shipping and laundry and all the other supposedly excruciating aspects of adult life. There were thought-leaders and journalists […]
Source: PandoDaily
Oregon Tosses $300 Million into the Wind for Political Cover
What is the cost of covering a liberal governor's political back heading into an election year? In Oregon, it appears to be about $300 million. That is the amount of money the state plowed into their own version of ObamaCare only to pull the plug when political advisors to then Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) feared ...More
The post Oregon Tosses $300 Million into the Wind for Political Cover appeared first on DailySurge.
Source: DailySurge
USA Today Hunts The Wrong Witch In Tracking Clinton Comrades
Tapper is interviewing Bill Clinton, not donating to his org.
Via: The Daily Caller
'You're 13′: Mom Shames Daughter in Facebook Video After Learning She Posted Racy Photos Online
"Don't cry now. You wasn't crying when you was posting pictures on Facebook, was you?"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Majority Of Dems Okay With Criminalization Of Hate Speech
41 percent of Americans supported such a laws, while only 38 percent were opposed (22 percent were unsure)
Via: The Daily Caller
Waco Cops Say They've Found 1000 Weapons At Breastaurant After Biker Brawl
'This isn't your church-going crowd that came out to have dinner with the family'
Via: The Daily Caller
Fox News announces its plans for the first Republican presidential debate in August
The countdown is on for the very first Republican presidential debate, set for August 6 in Cleveland - to be moderated by Fox News anchors Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace.
Michael Clemente, executive vice president of News Editorial, has also revealed the entry criteria for candidates: They must ...
Christian Minister In Court: Yep, I Totally Threatened To Burn Down Islamberg, NY
We're not making this up. Islamberg is a hamlet in the Catskills
Via: The Daily Caller
The Living, Breathing, Evolving Book: Why I Published My eBook On Medium
Imagine you just picked up your brand new luxury sedan. It cost you almost six figures, but boy is it worth every penny. It came with all the bells and whistles, and you didn't spare a single expense — cutting edge technology, state-of-the-art features, advanced electronics and display. There is just one problem… The moment you drove it off the lot […]
Source: PandoDaily
Forget About Poisonous Spiders and Snakes, Australia has Deadly, Stinging Trees!
"She described the pain, 'as bad or worse as childbirth.'"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Jim Harbaugh Meets Students Upset About American Sniper
Reporters barred, told they made students feel 'unsafe'
Via: The Daily Caller
About 1,000 Weapons Were Recovered From Scene of Deadly Waco Biker Shootout — and Some in Places You Likely Wouldn't Expect
"It's the most surreal thing I've ever seen."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Deal near on bill requiring public bodies to have agendas
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - House and Senate members are nearing a deal on a bill that would require government bodies in South Carolina to publish agendas before public meetings.
The solving of a problem created by a state Supreme Court ruling last year looks like it will be the only ...
Police Say Intruder Broke Into Home, Attacked Homeowner — but He Should've Been Worried About the Man's Wife
Don't mess with Texas women.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Capitol Cops To Get More Training After Leaving Guns In Bathrooms
Chief gets grilled in House committee
Via: The Daily Caller
MICHAEL HAYDEN: The chasm between the security agencies and the Obama administration
One way of looking at the federal government is that part of it is permanent and another part of it is transient. The transient government comprises those elected officials and political appointees who change when administrations change.
There are exceptions (like Bob Gates staying on at Defense), but presidents work ...
EPA's Gift Horse – Governors Have A Better Choice
Governors should call the EPA's bluff: decline the state plan and let them try to impose costly conditions through a federal plan.
Via: The Daily Caller
Beck Says This News Report 'Must End the Hope of Any Presidency for Hillary Clinton'
"You lie, lie, lie, lie. Drag it out. People get sick of it."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Flickr's and Google's algorithms are behaving badly
Flickr and Google are offering a case study in the dangers of faulty algorithms. Flickr's problem stems from a system that automatically tags images shared to its service with what it sees in the photos. A black-and-white photo is tagged "blackandwhite," for example, while a nature shot can be tagged with "outdoor." The problem is that this system automatically tagged several images — one of a black man, another of […]
Source: PandoDaily
Islamic State Close to Seizing Ancient Town of Palmyra in Syria
"Unclear how close to the famed archaeological site they have come."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Michelle Malkin: Hillary 'Lays It On Thicker Than A John Deere Manure Spreader' [VIDEO'
'The Clintons never really answer questions, they evade them.'
Via: The Daily Caller
Seahawks' Richard Sherman Travels Back to His Old High School in Compton to Deliver Some Truth
"Don't allow people to say that you're just a kid from Compton."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Poet Fired For Tweeting 'Gone With The Wind' Line By Line Because RACISM
'Unmediated quotes of Margaret Mitchell's novel' are 'unacceptable provocations'
Via: The Daily Caller
Lift 50 Pounds With Your Pinky? No Problem With This Hydraulic Exosuit Designed by High School Teens
"Detects its user's movements with force sensors."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Benghazi panel subpoenas former Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal
The House Select Committee on Benghazi has subpoenaed former White House aide Sidney Blumenthal, whose memos on Libya sent to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton have received renewed attention this week.
"I can confirm Mr. Blumenthal has been called for a deposition by the committee," a committee spokesman ...
He Might Be the MVP, but It's His Daughter Who Stole the Show Last Night
"She's so funny."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
New Campaign Ad Features All Original Drone Footage
A candidate for Lt. governor in Louisiana has released a new ad featuring "all original footage shot with the Inspire UAV drone." "Having traveled to every corner of our great state, I'm convinced that we are blessed with the most breathtaking natural scenery in the world," said candidate John Young. "Our new campaign ad offers […]
Via: The Daily Caller
N. Korea Claims It Can Make Small Nukes to Be Mounted on Missiles
"Entered the stage of producing smaller nukes and diversifying them."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
China denying passports to restrict critics, minorities
BEIJING (AP) - Hand your passport to police or it will be canceled, read the notice to all 4.4 million residents of far-northwestern China's Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture.
The demand would now seem outrageous to most Chinese, who more than a decade since passport restrictions were eased have become increasingly ...
Some see differences between perceptions of Waco, Baltimore
WASHINGTON (AP) - The prevailing images of protests in Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri, over police killings of black men were of police in riot gear, handcuffed protesters, tear gas and mass arrests. The main images of a fatal gun battle between armed bikers and police in Waco, Texas, also showed ...
New nominees gird for Pennsylvania high-court campaign
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Party endorsements and money made the difference in who was nominated for state Supreme Court in Pennsylvania's primary election.
In Tuesday's statewide primary, Republicans and Democrats nominated all the party-backed candidates for an unprecedented three openings on the state's top court.
Democrats nominated Philadelphia Judge Kevin ...
Matt Bevin, James Comer in Virtual Tie As Kentucky's GOP Primary for Governor Remains Too Close to Call
"[T]he dirtiest campaign that I've ever witnessed in Kentucky history."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
With $7M in new funding, BookBub is poised to become a global force in e-book marketing
VC firm Founder Collective has two e-book startups, Oyster and BookBub, in its portfolio. Which would seem to be a conflict of interest, right? But while both are in the same broad space, they serve very different purposes for the electronic publishing industry. In fact, Founder Collective's backing of both seems like a savvy move in that they are backing two parts of mutually beneficial parts of the supply chain for a single, […]
Source: PandoDaily
Dem Rep Says 174k Annual Gov't Salary NOT Enough
Democratic Rep. Alcee L. Hastings of Florida Rep. believes that he and his colleagues in Congress are vastly underpaid and deserve raises even though the average member's salary is $174,000. "It's kind of a sad state of affairs that we are entering the seventh year of Congress not receiving a raise," Hastings said at a ...More
The post Dem Rep Says 174k Annual Gov't Salary NOT Enough appeared first on DailySurge.
Source: DailySurge
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)