August 20, 2015

Oklahoma senator pleads guilty to federal charges in scheme to defraud nonprofit of $1.8M

TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma senator pleads guilty to federal charges in scheme to defraud nonprofit of $1.8M.

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

The Surgeon General Re-Fills His Public Health Prescription

Nations Top Doc doesn't understand "the unfortunate cases of gun violence are not bacteria, viruses or cancer."

Via: The Daily Caller

Rep. Mia Love Has to Wipe Tears Away on the Air While Discussing Planned Parenthood Videos

"Our job is to protect life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness — first and foremost, life."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Israel Demands to Know All Details of Secret Agreement Between Iran and U.N. Agency

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Bad polling news for Hillary Clinton

(Paul Mirengoff) The latest Quinnipiac poll is full of fascinating information, much of it unfavorable to Hillary Clinton. Among the highlights are: In Florida, Bush tops Clinton 49-38 percent; Rubio leads Clinton 51-39 percent; Trump leads her 43-41. In Ohio, Rubio leads Clinton 42-40, but Bush trails her 39-41 and Trump trails 38-43. In Pennsylvania, long a Blue State, Rubio and Bush lead Clinton 47-40 and 43-40, respectively, but Clinton beats Trump

Source: Power Line

Google Photos Introduces "Rediscover This Day" To Help You Reminisce

3383434497_33873e8be3_b Without a doubt, Google Photos wants to be home to all of your photos. Whether you have a thumb drive, CD, DVD or undeveloped film laying around, the team wants you to consider uploading them to the service. Why? Because that's when they can make the "magic" happen. Right now, Google Photos will wade through all of your treasured visuals and turn them into animations and… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

NATO Warns Pro-Russian Rebels Against 'Unacceptable' Seizing of Ukraine Territory

The U.S-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) expressed "serious concern" about current violence in Ukraine, warning pro-Russian rebels Wednesday against seizing more territory in the eastern part of the country.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

The Latest: State senator accused of defrauding nonprofit

TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The latest on the criminal charges filed against Oklahoma Republican state Sen. Rick Brinkley of Owasso (all times local):

10:40 a.m.

Republican State Sen. Rick Brinkley says he will resign his post immediately.

Brinkley submitted the letter of resignation Thursday to Secretary of State Chris Benge's ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Jennifer Lawrence Has A Fat Paycheck

That's a lot of zeroes

Via: The Daily Caller

See If You Can Spot the 'Mona Lisa' Smile Illusion in This Other Painting Also Thought to Be a Leonardo da Vinci Work

"It can be argued that the ambiguity created adds to the portrait's allure."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Watch How Quickly These Guys Come to Regret Pointing a Laser at a Police Helicopter

That didn't last long. 

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Jimmy Carter Says He's Being Treated for Cancer in Brain

Former President Jimmy Carter said he has melanoma in his brain, and that he will receive radiation treatment for the cancer beginning Thursday while scaling back work for his philanthropic foundation.

Source: Bloomberg.com news

There Are Only 2 Days Left To Save $1,000 On Disrupt SF Tickets

Techcrunch Disrupt SF 2013. Photo by Max Morse for Techrunch. The clock is ticking. If you've been holding out on purchasing tickets to Disrupt SF 2015, you have just two days left to score them at the low, early-bird price of $1,995. You seriously don't want to miss out on the opportunity to save $1,000 on tickets to the hottest show in tech. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

American Hero Kate Upton Flies in WWII P-51 Mustang Aircraft

Supermodel and American hero Kate Upton proved again that she is America's sweetheart as she took the sky in a World War II P-51 Mustang aircraft for a flyover at Wrigley Field.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Carly Fiorina pleads for donations to get on 'main' debate stage in September

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is appealing to supporters for donations in a bid to get onto the main stage at the next GOP presidential debate in September.

She wrote in an email missive that millions of Americans saw her speak for the first time on Aug. 6 in Cleveland ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Emily Ratajkowski Is Tired Of Being Hot

Model wants new roles

Via: The Daily Caller

Islamic State Fighters Discussed Harvesting Organs From Sex Slaves: Report

"Spare parts."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Radio Host's Shock Proposal to Get Illegal Immigrants to Leave Iowa: 'It Sounds an Awful Lot Like Slavery'

"Guess what? You will be building a wall."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Booker Torn Between Obama and N.J. Rabbi on Iran Decision

As Cory Booker makes up his mind on the Iran nuclear deal, the New Jersey senator must choose between two close friends and political supporters: President Barack Obama and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.

Source: Bloomberg.com news

Dem Rep Supporting Deal Admits It Doesn't Prevent Iran from Sponsoring Terrorism

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Okta Customer Research Finds Office 365 Most Used Cloud Service

Concept with man looking at apps with lock in the middle to denote security. As a cloud identity management service, Okta collects tons of data about how its customers use other cloud products. Today it released its first Okta Business @ Work Report. Among the many compelling findings was that Microsoft's Office 365 was the favorite cloud service overall so far this year. Okta is not alone in using the data it collects to generate reports. ZenDesk puts out… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Donald Trump tops GOP field in Florida, Pennsylvania, second in Ohio

Billionaire businessman Donald Trump is leading the Republican field in the swing states of Florida and Pennsylvania and is running second to native son Ohio Gov. John Kasich in the Buckeye State, according to polling released Thursday by Quinnipiac University.

Mr. Trump was the choice of 21 percent ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Entitled To Be A Nation, By 'The Laws Of Nature And Of Nature's God'

What Trump doesn't get about American exceptionalism

Via: The Daily Caller

The Demand Surrounding This Veterans' Memorial That Left One Mayor Absolutely 'Shocked'

"We don't want to offend anyone."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Jimmy Carter Says He Has Cancer in His Brain

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Illinois Approves Funds for Met Pier Debt Stung by Downgrade

Illinois lawmakers approved a measure that allows Chicago's Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority to make a payment into its debt-service fund that it was forced to skip last month because of the state's budget impasse.

Source: Bloomberg.com news

Israeli App Security Startup Snags $2.3M Seed Round

Many holding tablet with apps flying out against a background of zeros and ones. AppInside, a tool designed to help app developers check for security vulnerabilities, announced a $2.3 million seed round from Boston's Accomplice today. When a company, whether a bank, hotel or car manufacturer (or any type of company), commissions an app, they are putting their brand reputation on the line when people download that app to their tablet or smartphone, Elon Ohevya… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Inspector Clouseau was unavailable

(Scott Johnson) President Obama purports to have a sophisticated theory of international relations supporting his catastrophic deal with Iran. Dealing with the world's foremost sponsor of state terrorism and an avowed enemy of the United States, Obama is lavishly funding the regime and leaving Iran's nuclear program on the path of development to nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles. He proclaims the deal a famous victory, but with the AP's report on the, ah,

Source: Power Line

Cloakroom Confidential: Big Hospital Lobby Strikes Again On 'Two Midnights' Rule

Insiders in Washington understand that lobbyist run this town. For the big hospitals pouring millions of dollars into sophisticated lobbying campaigns, the rules literally do not apply. This week, the Obama administration announced it is continuing a "moratorium" on enforcing a rule designed to crack down on Medicare fraud, the latest in a series of ...More

The post Cloakroom Confidential: Big Hospital Lobby Strikes Again On 'Two Midnights' Rule appeared first on DailySurge.

Source: DailySurge

Quinnipiac: Clinton Has Nearly 2-to-1 Dishonesty Ratings in Key Swing States

A new Quinnipiac poll out Thursday shows Hillary Clinton's trustworthy and honest numbers continue to be low.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Donald Trump: If a Republican did what Hillary Clinton did, 'they would have already been in jail'

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Thursday that former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's actions related to her private email system and server were "almost certainly criminal" and if a Republican were in the same position they would already be behind bars.

"I will say this — what she ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Trump Says Bush Is The 'Unelectable' One

Common Core, immigration, and Iraq are a toxic combo

Via: The Daily Caller

Possible New Health Concern for Those Working 55 Hours or More a Week

"Working conditions are important determinants of people's health."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Mormon Leaders Make History With Appointment of Three Women to High-Level Positions

"Another significant moment."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Mesosphere And Microsoft Bring Mesos To Windows Server

14276323800_80f7a392e7_o Mesosphere, the company that aims to build a container-centric "operating system for the data center" based on the Apache Mesos project, is giving the first public demo of Mesos running on the preview version of Windows Server 2016 at MesosCon today. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

1988 Flashback: Trump Tells Oprah He'd Only Run For President Under One Condition

Long before The Donald officially kicked off his polarizing 2016 run and became the Republican front-runner, he was stirring the pot and boldly saying things liberals don't want to hear. Trump was fiercely talking about things that needed to be talked about decades ago during his appearance to promote a new book and discuss his life as a businessman on ...More

The post 1988 Flashback: Trump Tells Oprah He'd Only Run For President Under One Condition appeared first on DailySurge.

Source: DailySurge

NBC: Democrats Think the Clinton Campaign Is 'In Denial' Over Email Scandal

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Hillary Clinton favorability underwater in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has the support of less than 50 percent of Democrats in the key states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, her favorability rating among overall voters is underwater in all three states, and majorities say she is not honest and trustworthy.

That's according to ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

CNN Host Didn't See This Donald Trump Answer Coming: 'I'm Gonna Have to Scare the Pope'

"I'd say…"

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Scientists Use an Actual Barf Machine in Study That Reveals a Disgusting Thing About a Type of Food Poisoning

"More than enough to infect other people."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Yoogaia's Home Fitness Platform Gets $3M To Push For International Growth

Yoogaia Finnish fitness startup Yoogaia has pulled in a $3 million seed to stretch its home exercise platform into more markets. Investors in the round are Nokia Growth Partners, Inventure, Sanoma Ventures and Point Nine Capital. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Swing-State Poll Suggests Joe Biden Opening

While Clinton's still the top choice of Democratic primary voters, the vice president does better against Republican candidates.

Source: Bloomberg.com news

Why an Iranian Exile Doesn't Trust the Nuclear Deal

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Acts of Violence Prompt Bag Search Policies in Some Movie Theaters: An 'Inconvenience…Minor in Comparison to Increased Safety'

"Security issues have become a daily part of our lives in America."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Global Video Service Viki Buys Soompi, A Fan Site For Korean Dramas, In Sub-$10M Deal

soompi-viki4-800x450 Viki, the global video site owned by Japan's Rakuten, has made an acquisition of its own after it snapped up Soompi, an English-language news and fan site dedicated to Korean cinema and drama, for "less than $10 million". Read More

Source: TechCrunch