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June 22, 2015
Cloud Giants And The War For Customer Data
Apache Spark's effect on the data landscape is akin to the leap in Internet applications enabled by the move from dial-up to broadband. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Limbaugh on Confederate Flag: 'The Confederate Flag Is the Legacy of Democrats, Not Republicans'
Rush Limbaugh during his Monday radio blasted liberals for casting full blame of the Confederate flag's controversy on Republicans show while Democrats are "responsible" for casting the flag. "Do people even care anymore about truth, objective truth?" Limbaugh asked. "When did this become a Republican problem?" Limbaugh pointed to Democratic governor Sen.Earnest "Fritz" Hollings, who served in 1962 ...More
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Caitlyn Jenner Shares First Family Photo Since Her Transition For Father's Day
Caitlyn Jenner shared a family photo of her first Father's Day since his gender transition on Monday. "Great day yesterday for Father's Day," the 65-year-old former Olympian captioned the image on Instagram and Twitter."We had so much fun off-roading. So much love and support! Love my family!" The photo features her sons Burt with a blond pal, ...More
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Democrats use Confederate flag flap in South Carolina to solicit donations
National Democrats tried Monday evening to raise funds off the South Carolina Confederate flag flap.
In a blast email sent after 7 p.m. Monday, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said the issue of the Confederate flag, which zoomed to the front of national consciousness after a white supremacist ...
Ever Looked Yourself Up? You Won't Believe This New Site is Legal!
Search Your Name to Reveal the Truth Now...
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Whoopi Goldberg and 'The View' Get Fooled by Fake Story About Christian Pastor
"Sir, I don't mean to be a bonehead…"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Oakland Plays Whack-A-Mole With Stadium Subsidies
A's contemplate relocation if forced to share stadium complex with Raiders
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Author Reveals the Five Signs That He Says Are 'Flashing Warning Lights' That the End Times Could Be Nearing
"Virtually all future prophecies assume Israel will be back in the land in the last days."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Playing the "racial differences" game in reverse
(Paul Mirengoff) In the aftermath of the Charleston massacre, the left, predictably, is looking for racial slights in developments ancillary to the shootings so it can attribute them to "systemic, pervasive racism." For example, as I discussed here, it complains that Dylann Roof has not sufficiently been branded a terrorist. Two can play this game, and though we are better advised not to, let me try my hand. In 2011, Jared Lee
Source: Power Line
Russian-Backed Rebels Launch Attacks in Ukraine, Two Ukrainian Soldiers Dead
Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine continue to launch attacks in violation of a ceasefire reached in February, Reuters reports.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
Twitter ramps up commerce efforts with new 'collections'
Twitter's focus on becoming a commerce platform continues with a feature that allows celebrities, retailers, and others to create pages of items people can buy. The company has partnered with William Shatner, Target, and the Wirecutter among others to debut the new feature. Collections are available on Twitter's website and its mobile applications, and are linked to their creators' profiles. Twitter is positioning the feature as a tool through which […]
Source: PandoDaily
AP Photo Shows a Gun AIMED at Republican Ted Cruz's Head
If you read a headline that said a major news organization published a photograph that depicts a politician facing down the barrel of a gun, it would be very easy for you to concluded that that politician belonged to the Republican party. And you would be absolutely correct in your assumption. Associated Press photog Charlie Neibergall ...More
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A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials
Detroit Free Press. June 17, 2015
EMU tuition boost underlines misplaced priorities
What does it mean that Michigan remains one of a handful of states that spend more money locking people up than educating them on college campuses?
For students at Eastern Michigan University, it'll mean digging a lot deeper ...
'Morning Joe' Laughs At, Rips White House For Lies Over Gruber's Obamacare Involvement [VIDEO]
'I think they were not fully forthcoming'
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When a South Dakota Man Saw How Bad an Apartment Fire Was, He Sprang Into Action — and His Camera Was Rolling
"We were thanked by the owners."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Israel, Hamas In Talks to Achieve Long-Term Cease-Fire Agreement
JERUSALEM—A year after fighting a fierce war in the Gaza Strip, Israel and Hamas are engaged in indirect talks aimed at achieving a long-term cease-fire agreement.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
Pope Francis Delivers Tough Message About Weapons Manufacturers Who 'Call Themselves Christian'
"Duplicity is the currency of today."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Dustin Johnson Loses US Open, Fiancee Paulina Gretzky Still Wins Father's Day [VIDEO]
Fiancee Paulina Gretzky is definitely 'Major' quality
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New Video Shows the Moment a Taliban Car Bomb Explodes Outside Afghanistan's Parliament – and One Top Lawmaker's Remarkable Reaction
"There was dust all over the room."
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Why Rand Paul Is Giving a White Nationalist's Money to Charleston Victims' Families
His approach to tainted campaign contributions differ from his father's.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Donald Kagan reflects
(Scott Johnson) Yale history/classics professor Donald Kagan is a great old-fashioned scholar and teacher. The author of a classic four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War, he has written many other books of distinction including Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy and On the Origins of War: And the Preservation of Peace. Professor Kagan retired from his position at Yale in 2013. He gave his last lecture to a packed auditorium.
Source: Power Line
Bernie Sanders gets bad news: Poll shows Americans leery of socialists for president
Less than half of Americans would vote for a presidential candidate who is a socialist, findings in a new poll released Monday that delivered a blow to Sen. Bernard Sanders' presidential aspirations.
The Gallup survey found that Americans have grown increasingly accepting of well-qualified presidential candidates from most ...
Uber stops people from carrying guns on vehicles it doesn't own driven by people it doesn't employ
Uber has changed its legal policy to stop drivers and passengers from bringing firearms onto any "ride arranged through the Uber platform." The New Republic draws a connection between Uber's new policy and an incident earlier this year which saw an driver in Chicago fire his gun — for which he had a concealed carry permit — at someone else shooting into a crowd. I'm going to […]
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If You've Ever Been Annoyed by a Huge Truck Blocking Your View, Samsung Hopes to Change That With This New Tech
"Give drivers behind the truck a view of what is going on ahead."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Kim Kardashian — KIM KARDASHIAN! — To Give Lecture On Objectification Of Women
Let's count the number of times she's posed nude in the past year
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Obama Uses N-Word in Podcast Interview
"Racism, we are not cured of it."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Pro-Rand Paul PAC attacks Jeb Bush as 'Bailout Bush'
A pro-Rand Paul Super PAC is out with a new "Bailout Bush" digital advertisement Monday that criticizes former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush for his position on the 2008 Wall Street bailout and accuses him of taking a bailout of his own when his father was president.
The ad ...
'Bailout Bush' – That's What A Pro-Rand Paul Super PAC Is Calling Jeb
'Opposition to bailouts launched the Tea Party movement'
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Christian-Owned Wedding Venue That Doled Out $5,000 After Refusing to Host Gay Wedding Will Shut Down: 'It Was Only a Matter of Time'
"We hung on as long as we could."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Louisiana Governor Vetoes Police License Plate Readers Because the Data Collection Is 'Fundamental Risk to Personal Privacy'
"Create large pools of information belonging to law abiding citizens."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Israeli Media Personality Accused of Racism After Tweeting Joke About Obama and Black Coffee
"[T]hat was a stupid joke somebody told me."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Wife Of Israel's Vice Prime Minister Makes Racial Obama Joke, Apologizes
The wife of Silvan Shalom, Israel's vice prime minister and interior minister, tweeted and quickly deleted a "stupid joke" about President Barack Obama and race Sunday. Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes, who usually tweets in Hebrew, tweeted in English, "Do u know what Obama Coffee is? Black and weak." She quickly deleted the tweet and apologized. I apologize, that […]
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Popular Megachurch Pastor and Grandson of Evangelist Billy Graham Resigns After Admitting 'Moral Failure'
"Both my wife and I are heartbroken over our actions…"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Martin O'Malley Says 'White Racism' Is Partly to Blame for Gun Gridlock
The Democratic presidential candidate also blames the NRA.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
From the mixed-up files of Jonathan Gruber
(Scott Johnson) You have to wonder if the Obama administration has ever uttered a true word about Obamacare. I say no. President Obama has shifted the prevarications into overdrive in anticipation of the Supreme Court's imminent decision on the IRS's regulatory revision of the Obamacare law in King v. Burwell. On the issue before the Court in the case, we await a true word from the Obama administration, but we're not holding
Source: Power Line
Charlotte working on city ID card despite state opposition
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Charlotte officials are going ahead with plans to develop a city identification card, despite legislation in the North Carolina House that would make such cards useless.
The Charlotte Observer reported (http://bit.ly/1CnAo0R) the city is working on plans for an official ID card for all city residents, ...
Wrong-Way Driver Dazed, 'in Shock' After Hitting at Least Eight Cars on a Busy Saturday Afternoon
"He just started hitting cars. 'Boom, boom, boom.'"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Rick Perry Is Not Quite Transcending the 'Oops'
He says he's healthier and better prepared than he was in 2012—but on the stump and in interviews, he still tends to ramble.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Homeland Security found in violation of open-records law
SEATTLE (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that the Department of Homeland Security has violated the Freedom of Information Act by failing to respond to a request for information about the telephone costs for immigrant detainees.
The Seattle Times reports (http://bit.ly/1K5JGoG ) that U.S. District Chief Judge Marsha Pechman ...
Budget Brawl Gives Ted Cruz, Rand Paul a Chance to Break Out
A long, hot summer of budget battles could have a political payoff.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Report: Iran Boosts Terror Activities Across Globe
Iran has increased its efforts to finance and carry out terrorist activities across the world and a remains a top nuclear proliferation threat, according to a new State Department assessment. Iran is funding and arming leading terrorist groups in the Middle East and elsewhere, according to the State Department's 2014 Country Reports on Terrorism, which thoroughly documents how Tehran continues to act of a leading sponsor terror groups that pose a direct threat to the United States.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
Monument to labor activist Mother Jones rededicated
MOUNT OLIVE, Ill. (AP) - The monument to "the grandmother of all agitators" in Mount Olive has been rededicated.
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones requested burial among the rank-and-file workers in the Union Miners Cemetery when she died in 1930.
The (Springfield) State-Journal Register reports (http://bit.ly/1TFRVwa ) that more than $76,000 ...
Report: Leader of White Supremacist Group Apparently Linked to Suspected Charleston Killer Donated Thousands to Republican Campaigns
Texas Sen. Cruz on Sunday night told the Times he will return all $8,500 in donations from Earl Holt III, president of the Council of Conservative Citizens.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Thug Launches Multiple Punches at Pair of Surrounded NYPD Officers While Crowd Hoots and Hollers in the Street
The officers didn't appear to use any force against their assailants.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Charleston shooting brings out the worst in race-mongering radical profs
(Paul Mirengoff) Anthea Butler, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, takes to the pages of the Washington Post to advance the proposition that "racial hatred and white supremacy. . .continue to pervade our society." She relies mainly on media coverage of the Charleston massacre and other instances of racial violence. In doing so, she commits a series of howlers. For example, Butler argues that "Michael Brown stole cigars. . .and many.
Source: Power Line
What's Pointing Right Between Ted Cruz's Eyes in AP Photo Has More Than a Few Folks Just a Bit Upset
"…that is not a normal angle from which to take a picture UNLESS you're trying to do this."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
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