June 25, 2015

Michael Oren: 'Close To National Consensus' In Israel That Iran Deal 'Exceedingly Bad'

'Unusual for someone who was actually aspiring to be president'

Via: The Daily Caller

North Charleston Police Officer Fired for Wearing Confederate Flag Boxers in Facebook Photo

"…associated both you and the Department with an image that symbolizes hate and oppression…"

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Judge Napolitano Unleashes Scathing Reaction to Supreme Court Decision — and He Doesn't Hold Back on John Roberts

"This is a weird and and unpredictable outcome."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

These Guys Just Crossed Lake Michigan on One the Most Unlikely of Objects

"The challenge of a lifetime."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Claire McCaskill Tells the Media to Calm Down About Bernie Sanders

He's too liberal and Hillary Clinton's poll numbers are too strong, the Democratic senator says.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Supreme Court upholds Obamacare subsidies

(Paul Mirengoff) The vote was 6-3. Chief Justice Roberts wrote the opinion. The dissenters were Justices Scalia, Thomas, and Alito. Two big wins for the Obama administration today, the other being the housing case (see post below).

Source: Power Line

Pro-Martin O'Malley super PAC goes after Bernie Sanders on guns

A super PAC supporting the 2016 presidential candidacy of former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is going after Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on the issue of gun control.

A video put out Thursday by the group, Generation Forward, says Mr. Sanders voted against items like the Brady bill, ...

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Ground Ball Takes A Bad Hop … GUESS Where This All-Star SS Gets Hit [VIDEO]

Ah, nuts

Via: The Daily Caller

Obamacare Wins Second Big Supreme Court Victory

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

LittleBits Raises Big $44.2 Million Round

LittleBits, a 3.5-year-old, New York-based maker of electronic components that both children and designers can snap together to create everything from toy robots to lightweight industrial products, has raised $44.2 million in Series B funding led by DFJ Growth, with managing director Barry Schuler joining the board. Morgan Stanley, Alternative Investment Partners, Grishin Robotics and Wamda… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Whoopsie! Ex-Im Official 'Accidentally' Deleted Election-Week Texts

Watchdog group accuses embattled bank of deleting public records requested through FOIA

Via: The Daily Caller

Republican Governor Issues Defiant Statement to Obama: We 'Will Not Comply'

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Rand Paul Said to Take on the IRS, Again

A lawsuit against the tax agency could burnish the senator's anti-government persona.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

George W. Bush jokes: 'I miss having a shower on an airplane. I miss the pastry chef'

Former President George W. Bush, making a rare return to Washington, D.C., Wednesday, revealed what he truly misses about his time in the White House.

"I'm asked a lot, 'Do you miss being president?' " Mr. Bush said. "I miss some things about being president."

"I miss having ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

The White House Wants Your Doctor To Teach You About Global Warming

'We need to engage medical students themselves'

Via: The Daily Caller

Is Having Elective Plastic Surgery a Sin Against God?

"The body is not just a hunk of meat."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Matterport Captures $30M To Scan Rooms Into Virtual Reality

Screen Shot 2015-06-25 at 6.01.04 AM This $4500 camera turns the real world into the virtual one. Today, Matterport's hardware is a hit with real estate agents. But fueled by the $30 million Series C it just raised, Matterport's software and partnership with Google's Project Tango could let you wave your phone around to create VR tours of anywhere you want. It used to take a $50,000 rig to do that until… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

"May fall short"

(Scott Johnson) If one takes the purported rationale of the imminent deal with Iran seriously, the deal is absurd. It will facilitate Iran's development and acquisition of nuclear weapons. It will promote the nuclearization of the region, and this while the Islamic Republic of Iran remains both an avowed and an active enemy of the United States and its allies. President Obama must have some other object in mind than preventing Iran

Source: Power Line

Sen. Claire McCaskill: Bernie Sanders is 'Too Liberal' to become President

Source: Washington Free Beacon

UGLY AMERICAN: US Transgender Student Causes English College To Dump 650-Year-Old Dining Hall Dress Code

Goodbye to all that

Via: The Daily Caller

Watch: MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski So Disgusted With Joe Scarborough's Prison Break Comments She Wants His Mic Cut Off

"And this dude, is he banging them too?"

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Retired Baltimore Police Officer's Shocking Accusations of Corruption Within the Force: Illegal Searches and Even Defecating on Suspects' Beds

"I haven't even started."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Jindal campaign website: 'Bobby is a scientific anomaly; and scientists should probably study him'

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who jumped into the 2016 presidential race Wednesday, is a "scientific anomaly" worthy of further study — and that's according to his own campaign website.

The contention comes under a section titled "Seven Things You Didn't Know About Bobby," which also says he renamed ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

What This Student Claims a Professor Threatened After She Mentioned the Bible in a Class Assignment Is Being Slammed as 'Blatantly Unconstitutional'

"Students do not lose their First Amendment rights when they sign up for classes at the University of Wisconsin."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

With $13 Million From Maveron, Eargo Is The Hearing Aid Of The Future

eargo2 After five years of research and $13 million in venture funding, Eargo has created a hearing device that people actually want to wear. Launching out of beta today, Eargo's invisible, rechargeable hearing aid is modeled after the fishing fly, of all things. It's made out of flexi fibers — small pieces of soft, medical-grade silicon — which suspend a tiny speaker in… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Bill Henck: Inside the IRS, part 8

(Scott Johnson) The IRS is at the center of the deepest scandals of the Obama administration. William Henck has given us a look from his perspective inside the IRS Office of the Chief Counsel, where he has worked as an attorney for over 26 years. Last year we posted his personal account of a retaliatory audit conducted by the IRS against him in "Inside the IRS." We followed up with subsequent posts

Source: Power Line

Scientists Discover Unexpected Glowing Coral in the Red Sea

"Beyond the depth limits of standard scuba diving techniques."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

VAT Chance: Rand Paul, Ben Cardin Push to Change Tax Code

Both members of the unlikely duo insist a tax on spending doesn't have to hurt the poor.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Bloomberg Poll Has Hillary Clinton Losing Support In Democrat Primaries

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Hillary Clinton is not honest and trustworthy, voters say, but is still the Dem frontrunner

A majority of voters say former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is not honest and trustworthy and that her claim to be a fighter for the middle class is just a campaign slogan, but she is still retaining a tight lock on the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination contest and leads ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Backed By Spark Capital, Andela Will Develop A Continent Of Tech Talent

andela1 Genius is evenly distributed; opportunity is not. That truth is the driving principle behind Andela, a startup currently building a network of top tier computer science education programs across the African continent. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Watch a Pricey F-35 Jet Complete an Important Milestone in New Test

"A great success"

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The New Law That Would Outlaw LGBT Discrimination Everywhere

Congressional Democrats go for a blanket ban on biased treatment.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Russia Tested Hypersonic Glide Vehicle in February

Moscow is developing a new, ultra-high speed strategic attack vehicle similar to China's hypersonic weapon, according to military analysts.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Former state lawmaker scheduled to testify in bribery trial

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Stephanie Hall did not look at her estranged husband as she walked into the federal courtroom, but she had plenty to say about him.

The estranged wife of former Democratic state Rep. Keith Hall told a federal jury Wednesday that her husband would often pay people ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Lost My Name, The Kids "Full-Stack" Personalised Book Publisher, Raises $9M Led By Google Ventures

Founders1 Lost My Name, the London-based startup behind the hugely popular "The Little Boy/Girl Who Lost His/Her Name", a personalised picture book for kids, has picked a $9 million Series A round. Google Ventures led the investment, along with Greycroft, The Chernin Group, Allen & Co, and former SunGard President and CEO Cris Conde. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Translation And Copywriting Platform TextMaster Scores $5M In New Funding

TextMaster TextMaster, the Belgium startup that offers a platform for content translation, copywriting and proofreading, has raised a new $5 million round of funding, adding to the approximately $3 million previously raised since being founded in 2011. The lead investor is Serena Capital, along with existing backer Alven Capital. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Fan Scored a Baseball From the Ballgirl, but It's What He Did With It After That Is Causing a Stir

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Uber's Indian Rival Ola Begins Integrating TaxiForSure, Its $200M Acquisition, Into Its App

ola tfs Ola, India's homegrown rival to Uber, paid out $200 million to buy smaller rival TaxiForSure in March, and now it has begun to integrate the service into its own app. Read More

Source: TechCrunch