July 25, 2015

Trump, it seems, favors amnesty

(Paul Mirengoff) Donald Trump's rhetoric on illegal immigration has helped push him to the top of the polls in the contest for the Republican presidential nomination. His rivals have only themselves to blame. Three of the leading contenders for the nomination — Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and Scott Walker — have been soft or wobbly or both on the issue. Trump simply took advantage of the opening they provided. But Trump himself

Source: Power Line

17 Simply Stunning Photos Of Emilia Clarke [SLIDESHOW]

Did you know she's actually a brunette?

Via: The Daily Caller

All Evidence Suggests That Sandra Bland Killed Herself, But DeRay McKesson Continues To Claim She Was Murdered

Activist has spread false info before

Via: The Daily Caller

Former Gitmo inmates arrested on terrorism charges

(Paul Mirengoff) Reuters reports that Belgium has arrested two former Guantanamo detainees on charges of terrorism. Both were held at Gitmo between 2001 and 2005. They were then sent to Belgium, spent time in prison there, and eventually were released. Now, according to the government of Belgium, they are promoting terrorism. Specifically, they are accused of seeking recruits to fight in Syria. Belgium is, per capita, the largest European supplier of Islamist

Source: Power Line

Turkey Couples Islamic State Bombing Runs With Striking Kurdish Targets

"… the air campaign will be far more intense and far more effective."

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Clinton Seems to Suggest There's 'Confusion' About Email Investigation Among Public, Media

"I am confident that I never sent or received any information that was classified at the time it was sent and received."

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Software For The Full-Stack Era

newspapers The history of software is dominated by companies that automated how the biggest companies in the world did business. IBM automated clerical tasks, SAP unified corporate financials, and Siebel digitized Rolodexes for relationship-driven salespeople. With that focus in mind, it's no wonder that many of the world's largest technology companies survive based on their ties to IT… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Background Check System Failed In Lafayette Murders

(John Hinderaker) John Russell Houser, the "drifter" who murdered two and wounded several more in a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, was crazy as a loon. That isn't unusual in such cases, but what is unusual is that Houser was involuntarily committed to a mental institution in 2008. That fact should have prevented him from buying the gun that he used to commit murder, but the federal government's NICS system failed. The

Source: Power Line

Hillary Clinton Says She Didn't Send or Receive Information Classified at the Time

The debate over whether some messages should have been classified has only become an issue because of her desire for transparency, the candidate argues.

Source: Bloomberg.com news

Satanic Temple to Unveil Goat-Headed Statue of the Devil in Detroit

"Come dance with the Devil and experience history in the making."

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Former Gitmo Detainee Who Wrote Book On Innocence Arrested For Al-Qaida Recruitment

'We have dismantled a serious recruiting network for Syria'

Via: The Daily Caller

Clinton Says Didn't Send, Receive Anything Classified at Time

Source: Bloomberg.com news

Phillies Pitcher Cole Hamels Tosses No-Hitter in What May Be His Final Outing With Team

Hamels struck out 13 in the first no-hitter versus the Cubs since Sandy Koufax pitched a perfect game in 1965.

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Trump Declares 'Finally I Can Attack' Scott Walker, Bans Major Newspaper From Attending Speech

"a feckless blowhard"

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Gillmor Gang: Fare Trade

Gillmor Gang Artcard The Gillmor Gang — Dan Farber, John Taschek, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Saturday, July 25, 2015. Uber takes NY, while The Gang wonders what Windows 10 is or isn't, whether Twitter ain't broke so don't fix it, and nothing whatsoever about Donald Trump. Plus, the latest G3 with Halley Suitt Tucker, Mary Hodder, Kristie Wells, Luke Sontag,… Read More

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Live from Norwalk, it's Carly

(Scott Johnson) Reader Dave Begley has reported for us from Iowa on appearances by presidential candidates including Democrat/Socialist Bernie Sanders and Republican candidate Scott Walker. Dave is a Nebraska resident who, like us, is a representative specimen of the kind of active conservative who participates in Republican caucuses and (in Dave'e case) primaries. Today Dave files this enthusiastic report on the appearance of Republican candidate Carly Fiorina in Iowa yesterday: I wore

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Clinton to Lay Out Climate, Renewable Energy Policy in Iowa

Source: Bloomberg.com news

Democrats woo activists in key Des Moines neighborhood

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Four years ago, the Beaverdale neighborhood in Des Moines organized big for President Barack Obama's re-election, building an uber-volunteer group skilled at phone-banking, door-knocking and boosting caucus and general election participation. The volunteers dubbed their leafy neighborhood Obamadale.

Now the 2016 Democratic presidential hopefuls are ...

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Startups Grow In Africa, But Ecosystems Need More To Flourish

Facebook Africa Obamania has gripped Kenya as the 44th U.S. president lands in Nairobi, the country's capital, for a visit. From t-shirts, mugs, and caps with Barack Obama's name and image to "Obama themed ringtones," ("Yes we can!") it will not be hard for the U.S. president to find entrepreneurs in Kenya. Among East African countries Kenya, Africa's fifth… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Donald Trump: 'Drudge Is Amazing' [VIDEO]

Trump hat-tips influential website

Via: The Daily Caller

Obama Urges Kenya's President to Improve Gay Rights. Here's How the African Leader Responds.

"And that is a fact."

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Donald Trump Turns His Gaze to Scott Walker in Iowa

The real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate, who polls second in the Hawkeye State, turned his fire on the front-runner.

Source: Bloomberg.com news

San Francisco's Chinatown clings to roots amid tech boom

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - For a century and a half, San Francisco's Chinatown, the nation's oldest, has sheltered waves of immigrants seeking a new life.

It's the birthplace of Chinese America, and to some extent, the broader Asian America that descended from immigration over the Pacific Ocean throughout the 19th ...

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Former Clinton Adviser: New Planet Is 'Bad News For God'

Checkmate, theists!

Via: The Daily Caller

AIR CONDITIONING Is A 'Big, Sexist Plot,' Washington Post Investigation Reveals

Office thermostats are 'the Manspreading of Summer '15'

Via: The Daily Caller

Woman Sees Her Father Mauled to Death by Shark During Dive

"It just struck out of the blue …"

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Republicans, Clinton Bicker Over Scope of Benghazi Hearing

Source: Bloomberg.com news

Sick Burn: Kerry Says Iran's Death to America Chants are 'Pretty Stupid'

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Trump Pinata Whacked With Sticks in TV Ad for Los Angeles Car Dealer

"Trumpudo."

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The Three Qualities Twitter's Next CEO Must Have

twitter-search Perhaps you've heard there's a job opening over at Twitter. The blue bird is looking for its next CEO after longtime leader and all-around good guy Dick Costolo decided to step down after a successful run taking Twitter from mid-sized startup to public company. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Will Hillary Clinton Testify Before House Benghazi Committee in October After All?

House committee and Clinton's lawyer were "still in negotiation."

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25 years on, disabilities act has changed lives of millions

NEW YORK (AP) - Five days before he was to start college, Fred Maahs' world turned upside down. Off the Delaware coast in 1980, on the last day of summer vacation, the 18-year-old took a dive from his family's boat into an unseen sandbar barely a foot below the surface, ...

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Gillmor Gang LIVE 07.25.15

Gillmor Gang Artcard Gillmor Gang – Dan Farber, John Taschek, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session today at 10amPT. Gillmor Gang LIVE chatroom HERE Gillmor Gang on Facebook HERE Our sister show G3 on Facebook HERE …and their archives on Ustream HERE Read More

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The Supreme Leader Tweets

(John Hinderaker) I had never looked at the Ayatollah Khameini's Twitter feed until this morning, when Drudge linked to it. Here is the Supreme Leader's latest tweet, from earlier today: US president has said he could knock out Iran's military. We welcome no war, nor do we initiate any war, but.. pic.twitter.com/D4Co7fVuVg — Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) July 25, 2015 I take it that is President Obama. My own view is that we should

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Former NFL Star Has Some Controversial 'Shallow, Short-Sighted' Advice for New Recruits

"I think I got my point across."

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Clinton to Testify Publicly Before Benghazi Panel in October

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Bernie Sanders Demands $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage, Pays His Own Interns $12 PER HOUR

Socialism is comedy gold!

Via: The Daily Caller

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

This week, top tech companies reported earnings, Twitter took away our backgrounds and we saw headlines about Uber, Tesla, and more. Here at TechCrunch HQ, we launched our newest and first ever talk show Bullish, with Alex Wilhelm. Read More

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Iranian Supreme Leader Tweets Warning Message to Obama and United States

"We welcome no war, nor do we initiate any war, but…"

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Obama in Kenya Prods African Leaders to Abandon Anti-Gay Laws

Source: Bloomberg.com news

"Fair Housing" comes to Hillary's home town

(Paul Mirengoff) It's not uncommon for constituents to visit their elected officials to ask for relief from government abuse. Yesterday, an elected official visited a constituent for the same purpose: Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino walked up to the gated entrance to the Clinton home in this leafy hamlet on Friday, telling the guard he wanted to see Hillary. . . . Astorino, a Republican, had summoned reporters to the cul-de-sac outside

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California AG To Probe Group Behind Planned Parenthood Videos

California Attorney General Kamala Harris does not to plan on reviewing Planned Parenthood in the wake of two undercover videos released by anti-abortion activists aimed at discrediting the organization's procedures for selling aborted baby body parts to researchers. Rather, Harris announced Friday she plans to investigate if any laws were broken by the anti-abortion group ...More

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Denunciations Won't Stump The Trump

The Republicans lining up to fight Donald Trump overlook why the mogul is dominating the 2016 field

Via: The Daily Caller

How Much Will Iran Gain from the Nuclear Deal?

(John Hinderaker) If the long-term consequences of the administration's Iran deal are murky, the short-term results are crystal clear: on Implementation Day, estimated to occur in a matter of months, sanctions against Iran will be lifted and Iranian assets that have been frozen abroad will begin to flow back to Tehran. This is, of course, why the mullahs made the deal. Sanctions imposed by the U.S., the E.U. and the U.N. have

Source: Power Line

Wild Animal Found Roaming NYC Streets Has Police Asking 'What's Next?'

"People have never seen it before, let alone in a city street."

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It's Been Six Years Since Feds Raised The Minimum Wage. What Were The Economic Results?

Six years ago Friday marked the last time since the federal minimum wage was increased, and now with talks of raising it again, here is a look back at its impact. The federal minimum wage was increased to $7.25 per hour on July 24, 2009 as part of a three step plan. The Fair Minimum […]

Via: The Daily Caller

Yes, That is a 'Cowboy Monkey' Riding a Dog and Herding Sheep

"There have been monkeys riding in rodeos since the 1930s."

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Technology Is Magic, Just Ask The Washington Post

the_horror Most people don't understand how technology works. When they flip a light switch, or tap their phone, what happens next is essentially magic to them. Oh, they may be able to handwave a bit about electrons and volts and microprocessors and radio waves and packet-switched networks, but they're just mouthing the words. They don't actually understand any of those things. Read More

Source: TechCrunch