July 3, 2015

Churchill on "A Peculiar Type of Brainy People"

(Steven Hayward) As with so many other things, Churchill was on to the problem of the administrative state and today's presumptuous liberal cosmopolitanism from early on.  A 1933 speech offers a perfect description of our Beltway mentality today: The worst difficulties from which we suffer do not come from without. They come from within. They do not come from the cottages of the wage-earners. They come from a peculiar type of brainy

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Kentucky ACLU Is Suing 'Deeply Religious' County Clerk For Denying Same-Sex Couples A Marriage License

'My conscience will not allow me'

Via: The Daily Caller

Pot Activists in a Major American City Are Pushing for 'Limited Social Marijuana Consumption' at Bars

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Often-Violated Fireworks Law Sees Some Changes in Ohio: 'Liar's Law'

"For years has required residents to make empty promises…"

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The NAACP Is Dealing With Another 'Fraud,' This Time In Cincinnati

Civil rights group files suit against rogue leaders

Via: The Daily Caller

'Mystery' Hole Shooting 'Big Plumes of Water' Has the British Cordoning Off Beach Area

"Quite tremendous sight"

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Mitt Romney's New Hampshire B&B

The 2012 Republican presidential nominee to host would-be successor Chris Christie for a sleepover.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Guy Playing National Anthem With His Rifle Is As Patriotic As It Gets [VIDEO]

'Let's go shoot some freedom'

Via: The Daily Caller

A Look at Oregon's Program to Tax Drivers by the Mile

"To put a GPS monitor in everybody's car, the government already knows too much about us as it is."

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11 TechCrunch Stories You Don't Want To Miss This Week

weekly roundup USE This week in tech, we got introduced to Apple Music, learned that Microsoft and AOL will enter a partnership, and much more. These are the stories to catch you up on this week's news. Read More

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Climate Then and Now

(Steven Hayward) From volume 4 of Churchill's Marlborough: His Life and Times, about the winter of 1708-9, near the culmination of the long war against Louis XIV: But there now fell upon France a new and frightful misfortune. Since the beginning of December there had been a hard and almost unbroken frost. On January 6, after a brief thaw, it set in again with a bitterness so intense that two days later

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A Few Fun Facts for the Fourth of July

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Five World War II Veterans Tell Their Stories

Recently the Free Beacon sat down with several World War II veterans to ask them about Memorial Day. After explaining the importance of the holiday, the veterans were kind enough to share their stories. Each veteran told the Free Beacon about their own unique experience in the military.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

NYC Cop Throws Fists To Protect Female Partner From Knife-Wielding Suspect [VIDEO]

Caught on tape!

Via: The Daily Caller

Dashcam Captures the Moment a Trooper Rushes to Stop Runaway Car With a 2-Year-Old Left Inside

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'We Are on a War Footing in This Country': Greek Banks Running Out of Money; Food Imports, Medicine May be Affected

"We are in an extremely dangerous situation."

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John Sculley On Drawing The Mac Phone For Steve Jobs

john sculley We had a chance to sit down with the founders of Zeta Interactive — John Sculley and David Steinberg — last week to talk a bit about their online marketing service. But Sculley isn't just known for that company, or the ones that came just before it where he worked with Steinberg. He also had a stint running Apple, coming from running Pepsi in the middle of its… Read More

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Hassan likely to veto bill removing concealed gun license

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire's gun laws are likely to be the center of debate next week as Gov. Maggie Hassan takes action on a bill that would make it easier for people to carry hidden guns. She plans to veto it.

The legislation passed the Republican-led Legislature earlier ...

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Gallup: U.S. 'Extreme Pride' In America At Pre 9/11 Level

Lee Greenwood, where art thou?

Via: The Daily Caller

The Words Escaped N.Y. Prisoner Wrote to His Daughter That Had Her Asking for Protection During Epic Manhunt

"I always promised you…"

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Aetna To Buy Humana For $37 Billion In Largest Insurance Deal

Aetna to buy Humana

Via: The Daily Caller

A GOP 'Identity Crisis' as Crowded Field Vies in a 'Primary Within a Primary'

"There is a little bit of an identity crisis in conservatism now."

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Huge Piece of WWII Weaponry Discovered Beneath German Man's Villa

"Fondness for certain things."

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Y Combinator-backed Gemnote Saves Companies From Cheesy Gift Baskets

Gemnote packaging This may come as a surprise to anyone who has ever received a rattan basket packed with novelty cheese logs, but corporate gifts are a huge business. According to research from the Advertising Specialty Institute, U.S. companies spend about $19 billion a year sending swag to clients and employees. Gemnote, which just launched from Y Combinator, gives companies an alternative. Read More

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Insurer Aetna to buy Humana in $35B deal

Aetna will spend about $35 billion to buy rival Humana and become the latest health insurer bulking up on government business as the industry adjusts to the federal health care overhaul.

The proposed cash-and-stock deal, announced early Friday, would make Aetna a sizeable player in the rapidly growing Medicare Advantage ...

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Corporal In Clintons' War On Women Is Back

I think I'd hide 'Corporal Cue Ball' James Carville

Via: The Daily Caller

'Shame on You TV Land': Angry Fans of 'The Dukes of Hazzard' Taking Over Network's Facebook Page on Heels of Show's Removal

"TV Land just landed on my list of BLOCKED channels."

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Goodnight Vienna (3)

(Scott Johnson) Omri Ceren provides an email update on the latest from Vienna, this one addressing "State Dept vs. State Dept on Iran cheating on deal — State.gov contradicts State Dept damage control on Iran violations." Omni writes: Day 3 of this, and still nothing on the record from the Obama administration about why it's OK to let the Iranians be in violation of the interim JPOA's requirement that they convert their

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New Survey: Freedom Of Speech Is WAY Overrated And The Media Is Biased

"Fear can put at risk even our most cherished freedoms."

Via: The Daily Caller

Soldier Carrying AR-15 Creates Chaos at N.C. Mall: 'Everyone in the Mall Was Panicking'

"It was just scary."

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Thoughts from the ammo line

(Scott Johnson) It feels like we have had to wait too long for relief by Ammo Grrrll this week. She arrives this week with THE THRIFTY TEXAN. She writes: The Paranoid Texan is my regular morning walking partner whenever the temperature in our Dusty Little Village is lower than body temperature. We have our limits, even here in Arizona. Mr. Ammo Grrrll is a runner, not a walker, plus he runs with

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Immigrant To Sweden Rapes 12-Year-Old Girl, Gets Community Service

'Anxiety, sleep problems' cited to justify light sentence

Via: The Daily Caller

Will Churches Lose Tax-Exempt Status in the Wake of the Supreme Court's Gay Marriage Ruling?

"Wholly contrary to the Constitution."

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Alibaba Affiliate Ant Financial Confirms Series A Funding At $45-$50B Valuation

ant financial Alibaba affiliate company Ant Financial confirmed today that it closed a Series A funding round which includes investment from China's largest pension fund, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Eyes of the World

(Scott Johnson) Chatting at a Claremont Institute event ten years ago, Steve Hayward blessed my love of the Grateful Dead. Steve is an expert consumer not only of prog rock, but also of jam bands. He even sent me his own compilation of favorite numbers by the jam band String Theory stringing it out. Essential Dead member Jerry Garcia died in rehab in 1995. The surviving members of the group have reunited

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Germany wants quick clarification of new NSA spy allegations

BERLIN (AP) - Germany's foreign minister said Friday that new allegations of U.S. eavesdropping on senior German government officials' telephones need to be clarified "as quickly as possible" and that he hoped Washington would be forthcoming with information.

Reports two years ago that Angela Merkel's cellphone was monitored by the ...

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Professor: Reason Itself Is A White Male Construct

And he means it in a bad way, we think

Via: The Daily Caller

Judge's Simple Courtroom Question Leaves This Accused Criminal Sobbing

"Mr. Booth, I have a question for you."

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News from around Wisconsin at 5:28 a.m. CDT

Wisconsin budget passes committee, heads to full Legislature

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Legislature's finance committee finally completed its revisions to Gov. Scott Walker's state budget plan after a five-week delay early Friday morning, clearing the way for votes in the full Senate and Assembly.

Republicans who control the panel ...

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Baker Has a Message for the Gov't Official Who Just Fined Him $135,000 for Declining a Gay Wedding Cake: 'He's Doing This With the Wrong Christian'

"It has the potential to financially ruin our family."

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Baker Has a Message for the Gov't Official Who Just Fined Him $135,000 for Declining a Gay Wedding Cake: 'He's Doing This With the Wrong Christian'

"It has the potential to financially ruin our family."

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'That Is Not Racist': Hollywood Actor Who Called Justice Clarence Thomas a 'Clown in Blackface' Doubles Down

"Abdicated and abandoned his African American heritage…"

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Following WikiLeaks Revelations, Julian Assange Asks For Asylum In France, France Rejects His Request

Julian Assange WikiLeaks It was easy to see it coming. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange formally asked for asylum in France in a letter sent to Le Monde. Over the past couple of weeks, WikiLeaks dropped multiple documents related to France and Germany. We learned that the NSA monitored French presidents and officials, spied on top French companies and eavesdropped Angela Merkel for sure. Read More

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Muslim Sheik Was Reportedly Teaching 'Jihad 101′ to Islamic State Terrorists. But Then He Ended Up Asking a Taxi Driver for a Bible.

"I'm sick of the killing."

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Uber Suspends UberPOP In France Following Turmoils And Arrests

uber-Black_Car_Driver_Color Transportation company Uber just announced in an interview with Le Monde that it will be suspending UberPOP in France tonight at 8pm. The news follows a difficult week for the company. Last Thursday, anti-Uber protests turned to guerrilla warfare as taxi drivers flipped over and burnt Uber cars. On Monday, two Uber France leaders were taken into custody following an unrelated investigation. Read More

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SSA Can't Collect Overpayments Without Wasting Money

The Social Security Administration (SSA) spends more money than it collects when trying to recover payments to individuals who received benefits for which they were not eligible. According to the Office of Inspector General (OIG), the SSA issued $128.3 million in "low-dollar" overpayments between 2008 and 2013, and then spent $323 million to collect them. The agency ultimately recovered only $109.4 million.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

500 Startups Adds $5M More To Its 500 Durians Micro Fund For Southeast Asia

durians are yuck There's good news for startup founders and entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia after 500 Startups increased its $10 million fund for the region by a further $5 million. Read More

Source: TechCrunch