June 30, 2015

After Hillary Clinton's Speaking Fee Was Too Expensive, University Pays $65K for Chelsea Instead

"It created fantastic buzz in the community."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Cliven Bundy Reportedly Turns Up at Rand Paul Campaign Event in Nevada

The rancher is in a long-running standoff with the federal government over grazing fees and was denounced by many Republicans, including Paul, after making incendiary comments about African-Americans.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Who Is Hillary Clinton?

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Gun Test: Kimber Adirondack

This Kimber tips the scale at 4lbs 13oz with a guarantee of sub-MOA accuracy. Nice.

Via: The Daily Caller

The Reference in This Girl Scouts Book Started a Media Firestorm More Than Three Years Ago. But What One Parent Just Discovered Might Stun You.

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

The Reference in This Girl Scouts Book Started a Media Firestorm More Than Three Years Ago. But What One Parent Just Discovered Might Stun You.

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

He Allegedly Tied Up Store Employees, Told Them 'Not…to Be Heroes' and Took $20K in Merchandise. It's Where He Was Just a Few Hours Earlier That's Even More Ridiculous.

"Bound with zip ties and duct tape before the suspect fled."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Amazon Launches Full Retail Operations In Mexico

amazon_topic - NOT FOR FEATURED IMAGE Amazon today formally announced its expansion into physical goods sales in Mexico. The company had previously only offered Kindle e-books on its online site which opened for Mexican customers in 2013. Today on Amazon.com.mx, Amazon will introduce a Spanish-language site featuring millions of items including consumer electronics, kitchen and home items, sports equipment, tools, baby, health… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Florida Driver Jumps Opening Drawbridge

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Ted Cruz on John Roberts: 'He violated his oath,' 'he changed the law'

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas called Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts an "extraordinary lawyer" but said that he "violated his oath" in twice voting to uphold the constitutionality of President Obama's health care law.

"John Roberts is someone I've known 20 years — he is a friend; John and ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

School Warns Parents To Dress Daughters Modestly To Avoid Offending Muslim Refugees

'In their culture bare skin of women is totally frowned upon'

Via: The Daily Caller

Report: Islamic State Group Beheads Two Women for the First Time

"Witchcraft and sorcery."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Carter: U.S. is 'The Most Warlike Country on Earth'

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Environmental Sensor Startup Aclima Is Studying The Air Googlers Breathe

Aclima_Node_City Do Google employees breathe better air than the rest of us? That's what San Francisco-based environmental health startup Aclima wants to know. Aclima stayed hush about what it's been up to for the last several years, but just announced it has been studying the indoor air quality on Google's Mountain View campus and several other Google buildings throughout the world for the… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

CBS: 'Very Little Progress' to Free Americans Held in Iran

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Ted Cruz's plan for Supreme Court retention elections gets cool reception from Jindal, Kasich

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas has been among the most vociferous critics of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decisions on Obamacare and gay marriage, and he has since called for holding judicial retention elections for high court justices.

But at least one rival and one potential rival for the 2016 ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Report: Man In Police Van With Freddie Gray Gave Videotaped Police Interview [VIDEO]

Says Gray sounded like a 'madman'

Via: The Daily Caller

155-Year-Old, Pre-Civil War Baseball Card Found in Secret Drawer and It's Now Up for Auction

"It's the infancy of baseball."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Jeb Bush to Release 33 Years of Tax Information

The returns will shed new light on his earnings since leaving office in 2007.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Goodnight Vienna

(Scott Johnson) The parties have returned to Vienna to wrap up the imminent nuclear deal with Iran. Why not Munich? It would be more fitting, but Vienna signifies in its own way. John Lennon contributed the title song to Ringo Starr for Ringo's 1974 album Goodnight Vienna. As a result, I have come to understand that the phrase Goodnight Vienna is English slang for "it's all over." So "Goodnight Vienna" it is.

Source: Power Line

TAXPAYER-FUNDED Professor: 'Whiteness' Is 'Terror,' Confederate Flag Represents 'Capitalism'

'Whiteness is most certainly and inevitably terror'

Via: The Daily Caller

Three Obama Quotes About 'God' and Traditional Marriage That Bill O'Reilly Just Used to Make a Point About the White House's Rainbow Light Display

"What about all the Americans who believe that a redefinition of marriage is not the job of the Supreme Court?"

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Hipmunk Makes Trip Planning Easier

2015-06-29_1201 When it comes to booking a business trip or vacation, the actual booking part is easy — what's hard is finding the right combination of flights, hotels and car rentals. If you're anything like me, that means repeatedly doing the same flight and hotel search and maybe screenshotting a few results to share with the people I'm traveling with. Hipmunk now wants to make… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

O'Reilly: White House Rainbow Lights 'Wrong and Insulting,' Slap in the Face

  Bill O'Reilly said the Obama administration's to illuminate the White House rainbow lights to celebrate gay marriage on Friday was an "in your face" gesture to traditional Americans. "I was a bit surprised seeing the White House doing a victory lap, using actual White House property on Friday—The People's House was illuminated in rainbow colors ...More

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Relations between blacks and whites have become worse under Obama, Americans say

While a majority of Americans now approve of how President Obama is handling race relations in the country, more Americans still think relations between blacks and whites have gotten worse under Mr. Obama than those who think they've gotten better or stayed the same, a new CNN/ORC poll ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

How a Woman Stranded in a National Forest Gave Birth Alone and Then Accidentally Started a Forest Fire

"I think mommy just started a forest fire."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

The Definitive H&H Chris Christie Scouting Report

He may be the most charismatic campaigner in the race—but are Bridgegate, his state's economy, and his temper too much to overcome?

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Google Accused of Skewing Search to Favor Its Content…Again

"Google is reducing social welfare."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Network Processing Powerhouse Kentik, Formerly CloudHelix, Raises $12.1 Million in Series A Funding

img_home_todays (1) Kentik (formerly CloudHelix), a cloud-based networking analytics company, disclosed Tuesday that it had closed a $12.1 million Series A funding round in addition to announcing that it was now launching its major service from stealth, Kentik Detect, a SaaS product that enables "full visibility across an unlimited number of networks of any size for real-time, actionable insights… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

NYPD Officer Bumps and Grinds With Pride Parade Marcher

A NYPD officer let a member of the gay pride parade dance behind him and simulate sex on the street in front on Sunday. The dancer, Aaron Santis, said he had been tried to dance with cops all day with no luck, until he spotted the cop and thought he'd try one more time. "I didn't ...More

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What Some Conservatives Aren't Willing To Do To Kill Obamacare

There's an inside versus outside the Beltway divide over strategy.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Klear, Formerly Called Twtrland, Gets $1.5M To Grow Its Social Media Analytics Platform

Klear Twtrland, which wants to make comprehensive social media analytics easy to understand, has raised $1.5 million in new funding from Altair, GIG, and TMT. It is also rebranding as Klear, since the platform now looks at data from Facebook and Instagram in addition to Twitter, and plans to integrate other social networks, including Pinterest, Google Plus, and LinkedIn. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

UN rights office urges Thailand to free 14 student activists

BANGKOK (AP) - The U.N. human rights office called Tuesday on Thailand to release 14 student activists and drop the charges that were filed against them for holding a peaceful anti-coup rally.

The university students, 13 male and one female, were arrested on Friday on the charges of sedition and ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Christie Economic Policy Tied to Corporate, Individual Tax Cuts

The New Jersey governor faults President Obama's focus on "redistribution of wealth'' for weakening the U.S. economy, and vows to reverse course.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Kids March with AK-47s at Palestinian Authority Summer Camp

The closing celebration for a Palestinian Authority summer camp featured children wearing military uniforms and posing with automatic weapons, according to images aired on Palestinian television in June and republished by an Israeli watchdog group on Monday.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Baidu To Invest $3.2 Billion Developing Online-To-Offline Services In China

baidu China's Baidu, the company best known for its dominant search engine, said today that it will invest more than $3 million in its offline-to-online businesses over the next three years. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

US Helped Release Iranian Prisoners As Sweetener for Nuclear Talks

The Obama administration helped to secure the release of several Iranians detained in the United States and the United Kingdom, some convicted of illegal arms smuggling, according to a report that comes as U.S. prisoners languish in Iranian jails.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

New law removes gun restriction for people hunting with bows

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - People hunting with a bow in Louisiana can now carry any size gun they want when hunting.

Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law a bill by Sen. Rick Ward, a Republican from Port Allen, that removes a restriction on the guns that can be ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Indonesia Military Transport Plane Crashes in Medan; 20 Dead

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Amazon Opens Its Prime Now One-Hour Delivery Service In Central London

Prime Now Amazon has expanded its one-hour delivery service for Prime members to parts of central London. An update to the Prime Now app notes the services is now "available in selected London postcodes". Read More

Source: TechCrunch