"I don't endorse everything Donald Trump says or does…"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
August 10, 2015
Failed U.S. Senate Aspirant in Miss. to Co-Chair Cruz State Team
Chris McDaniel, a Tea Party-backed candidate who fell just short of upending long-time U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran in Mississippi's Republican primary last year, will co-chair Ted Cruz's GOP presidential bid in the state, according to e-mailed statement from Cruz campaign. Joining McDaniel as co-chair is Keith Plunkett; both are state senators Cruz to campaign in Miss. tmrw NOTE: State holds its Republican presidential primary on March 8 Related story: Chamber-Backed Cochran Delivers Blow to Tea Part
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Media Alert
(John Hinderaker) I will be filling in for Laura Ingraham during hours two and three of her radio show tomorrow. That will be from 10 to 12 a.m., Eastern. You can go here find a station in your area. If you miss the show live, you can get highlights via podcast on iTunes. Guests will include Byron York and Alex Epstein, president and founder of the Center for Industrial Progress. It should
Source: Power Line
California governor signs bill removing 'alien' from law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown announced Monday that he signed a bill to remove the term "alien" from the California labor code to describe foreign-born workers.
Brown signed SB432 by Sen. Tony Mendoza, D-Artesia. The new law takes effect next year. Mendoza said removing the term "alien" was ...
Another Major College Rape Case Has Collapsed
Judge blasts school's 'arbitrary and capricious' decision to expel student
Via: The Daily Caller
A Drone was Supposed to be Recording Surfers, Instead it Captured Something a Bit Worrisome
"As I got closer, I see…"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Zeetings Adds Interactivity And Analytics To Your Presentations
Tired of giving (or watching) the same old PowerPoint presentations? A startup called Zeetings gives you new tools to interact with your audience and track their engagement. "Despite the fact that we've got completely new capabilities in our hands in terms of technology, presentations haven't really changed," said Zeetings co-founder and CEO Robert Kawalsky. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Hillary Clinton Explains Why She Went To Donald Trump's 2005 Wedding [VIDEO]
'I didn't know him that well'
Via: The Daily Caller
Editorials from around Ohio
Excerpts of recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers:
The (Toledo) Blade, Aug. 10
Fifty years after President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act that guaranteed African-Americans the right to vote, nearly 1.5 million black men - roughly 13 percent of them - remain disfranchised because ...
Postal Service Posts Half A Billion Dollars In Loses (But Still Way Better Than Last Year)
'Officials continue to oversee an agency that is not covering its costs'
Via: The Daily Caller
Defusing The Internet Of Things Time Bomb
They're coming, and we won't be able to stop them. But will they be friends or foes? What are we talking about? Internet of Things (IoT) devices. And, as with most things, the answer will depend on the details. Gartner predicts there will be approximately 5 billion such devices in use this year, growing to 25 billion (more than half of them consumer-focused) by 2020. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Off Target? Did These Bullies Just End Gender At Retailer?
The latest cause for outrage among America's feminist is Target stores and their insensitive signage that unfairly categorize "girls" and "boys" as two totally different things. After receiving some negative feedback from some offended customers, Target is now calling its decision to use "displays specially designed to help guests get through the store efficiently," offensive and ...More
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Bernie Sanders Wants Unions To Run Their Own Democratic Debates
'I think more debates is better'
Via: The Daily Caller
Hillary Forcefully Responds to Trump's 'Offensive, Outrageous' Megyn Kelly Comment: 'Way Overboard'
"Offensive, outrageous, pick your adjective."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Democrats See Opportunity in Rubio's No to Abortion Even After Rape or Incest
The last five Republican nominees have supported rape and incest exceptions—and, polls suggest, for good reason.
Source: Bloomberg.com news
New Details Emerge In Alleged Federal Building Turned Meth Lab
Former police chief involved
Via: The Daily Caller
Labor Union With 90 Percent Female Membership Makes 2016 Endorsement – and It's Not Hillary Clinton
"It's assumed that everyone is supposed to endorse Clinton."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Meet Alphabet, Google's New Corporate Boss As Sundar Pichai Takes Over The Search Company
Google just rocked the world with some light news on a Monday. It has restructured the company and everything will now report up to "Alphabet" a new corporate name. That includes Google, which will now be CEO'd by Sundar Pichai (one less Twitter candidate?). Its site? https://abc.xyz/. The CEO of Alphabet will be Google CEO and co-founder Larry Page. His missive on… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Why The U.S. Still Needs Its Nuclear Weapons
Whatever one believes, the fight over nuclear modernization must be taken seriously.
Via: The Daily Caller
News Anchor Reaches His Kardashian Breaking Point on Live TV: 'You Are on Your Own'
"We're talking about this family every freaking day."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Clinton: Rubio's Comments on Abortion 'Deeply Troubling'
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton outlined her "College Compact" today in Exeter, New Hampshire. After the town hall meeting, she spoke to the press. When asked about remarks Sen. Marco Rubio made on abortion rights during Thursday's GOP debate, she said that was "as offensive and as troubling a comment as you can hear from a major candidate running for the presidency."
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Immigrant women file tort claim alleging harm from detention
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Five immigrant women are seeking millions of dollars in damages from the federal government for what they contend is psychological and physical harm as a result of being held in detention.
A Nashville, Tennessee, lawyer representing the women has filed a tort claim, a precursor to ...
Schumer On Iran Deal: Inspections Come 'With Lots Of Holes' [VIDEO]
Don't let 'pressure, politics, or party influence your decision'
Via: The Daily Caller
A Sneak Peek At ABC Family's New Silicon Valley Reality Show Starring Tim Draper
The latest Silicon Valley reality series Startup U begins tomorrow night on ABC Family and we got a sneak peek at what the show is about. Startup U features 10 student entrepreneurs as they compete in a 7-week program at Draper University. Each of the show's subjects must go through the fundamentals of launching a startup the Draper U way – including wilderness survival training… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Former Clinton Aide Cheryl Mills Will 'Delete' All Work-Related Emails
Cheryl Mills, who served as chief of staff for Hillary Clinton at the State Department, plans to destroy all of her work-related emails after handing them over to the government agency.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
How A Firefight erupts in Ferguson
A day that surely started out peaceful, quickly disintegrated into chaos. The one-year anniversary of Michael Brown's death brought out some of the worst elements of the "Black Lives Matter" movement early Monday morning. According to the St. Louis County Twitter account, "A St. Louis County officer was involved in an officer-involved shooting after coming ...More
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Republican Establishment Playing A Dangerous Game Attacking Trump
The Republican establishment has itself to blame for Donald Trump. Nature abhors a vacuum.
Via: The Daily Caller
Rival Soccer Fans Brawl in Streets of New Jersey Before Match
"This isn't fabricated."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Here Are the Questions Donald Trump Was Asked at the Fox Debate
The billionaire Republican presidential candidate says he was treated unfairly during the first GOP debate.
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Why Trumpism Is a Global Phenomena
(Steven Hayward) Reihan Salam of National Review has a useful essay up on Slate.com explaining why Trump should be understood in the context of the growing popularity of protest candidates in many European democracies (which means Trump or someone like him is likely to have staying power here): Go to almost any European democracy and you will find that the parties of the center-right and center-left that have dominated the political scene
Source: Power Line
Editorials from around Oregon
The Bend Bulletin, Aug. 6, on consumers' involvement in health care reform:
One hope of health care reform is that it will create smart, empowered consumers. They will have the data they need to make good choices about care. And that, in turn, creates incentives for providers and insurers to ...
Ala. State Sen. Introduces Bill Urging Auburn To Claim National Championships It Didn't Win
Go home, Auburn. You're drunk.
Via: The Daily Caller
The Movement Both Glenn Beck and Mark Levin Believe America Needs to Survive
"We don't need everybody. We just need more people."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Apple Addresses Bendgate Complaints With Sturdier iPhone 6s Shell
Supply chain leaks have indicated that Apple is working on an iPhone 6s, and details of the new device have been surfacing one at a time for the past few weeks. Unbox Therapy has obtained the rear casing of the 6s and meticulously compared it with the iPhone 6. Apple is reinforcing some weak points with this year's new iteration, and the company is also switching to lighter, stronger… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Power Plant CO2 Emissions Hit 27-Year Low As Obama Pushes New Regulations
The Obama administration points to U.S. carbon dioxide emissions to justify its new power plant regulations, but government data show the power sector's CO2 emissions are the lowest they've been in nearly three decades.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
Clinton: 'No Student' Should Borrow to Pay for Public College
"It's time to show some tough love to colleges and universities that let significant numbers of students" fall behind, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton says during town hall in Exeter, N.H. "No student should have to borrow to pay tuition at a public college or university" Fed govt "will not profit any longer off of student loans"; existing student debt should be refinanced at lower rates NOTE: Clinton is rolling out her $350b college affordability and student debt relief plan, which include
Source: Bloomberg.com news
The Week's #Climatefail News
(Steven Hayward) Everything related to climate change is settled science, of course (by a 97 – 0 margin we're told endlessly), except that no one seems to have told the scientific journals. For example, one of the parade of horribles we hear about is ocean acidification, which will kill the oceans! Sounds likely in theory, but what do the actual data say? Never mind data, which seem to be scarce. Turns out
Source: Power Line
Russian Warships Dock In Iran for War Training
Two Russian warships have docked in northern Iran for a series of naval training exercises with the Islamic Republic, according to Persian-language reports translated by the CIA's Open Source Center.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
United Express Plane Makes Emergency Landing After 10,000 Feet Descent
'Passengers aboard United Express Flight 5919 suffered one of the most terrifying experiences of their lives on Monday'
Via: The Daily Caller
Terrorists Invent New Sick Way to Execute Prisoners in Latest Purported Islamic State Video
Like a horror movie, it rewinds and replays the horrific moment of death.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
States that embraced Obamacare see progress in cutting uninsured rates: Gallup poll
States that embraced Obamacare — particularly its expansion of Medicaid — saw the sharpest drops in their uninsured rates between 2013 and today, according to a Gallup survey that also says no state reported a significant increase in its share of uncovered residents since the law took root.
...What Hillary Clinton Needs to Secure a Win in 2016
Bloomberg Intelligence's Carl Riccadonna and Bloomberg's Hans Nichols report on the 2016 presidential elections. They speak on "Bloomberg Surveillance." (Source: Bloomberg)
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Questions for our Supreme Leader
(Scott Johnson) In a notorious passage of his disgusting speech at American University this past Wednesday, President Obama asserted: Just because Iranian hardliners chant "Death to America" does not mean that that's what all Iranians believe. (Applause.) In fact, it's those hardliners who are most comfortable with the status quo. It's those hardliners chanting "Death to America" who have been most opposed to the deal. They're making common cause with the Republican
Source: Power Line
A Look at the $350 Billion College Affordability Plan Hillary Clinton Plans to Unveil
"There's something wrong when students and their families have to go deeply into debt to be able to get the education and skills they need in order to make the best of their own lives."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Donald Trump up double digits in post-debate poll
Donald Trump was up double digits in an overnight poll conducted in the wake of Thursday's 2016 GOP presidential debate, with the real estate mogul maintaining a healthy lead amid blowback from remarks he made about Fox News host Megyn Kelly, one of the debate moderators.
Mr. Trump was the ...
Couple Whose Pregnancy Announcement With a Twist Went Viral Shares News That 'Hit Us Like a Bomb'
"The Bible says to weep with those who weep and mourn with those who mourn."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Video: Flurry of Gunfire Interrupts Interim Ferguson Police Chief's Interview About Being 'Patient' With Protesters
"We just want to be as patient as possible."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Reminder: Two Days Left To Sign Up For 2-for-1 Tickets To Disrupt London
If you haven't yet signed up to win the chance to buy two tickets to Disrupt London for the price of one, what are you waiting for? You have just two days left to get your name on the distribution list, so be sure to fill out this form before August 12 for the opportunity. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Hillary Clinton to propose $350 billion college affordability plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling for a "new college compact," Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday will unveil a $350 billion plan aimed at making college more affordable and reducing the crushing burden of student debt.
At a town hall meeting in New Hampshire, the state with the highest average student debt ...
A Mnemonic Acronym for 17 Republicans
My Very Excited Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies. King Philip Came Over For Good Spaghetti. R.I.C.E.! If we need an acronym to remember how to treat a sprained ankle, there's no way we'll get through the Republican primary season without one. Here goes.
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Xiaomi Is Now Making Smartphones In India
Xiaomi, the company that topped China's smartphone market in the last quarter, has begun manufacturing devices in India in another move to localize its brand in the South Asia country. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
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