WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton's private email server, which stored some 55,000 pages of emails from her time as secretary of state, was the subject of attempted cyberattacks originating in China, South Korea and Germany after she left office in early 2013, according to a congressional document obtained by The ...
October 7, 2015
Move Over Coal, Natural Gas is Here to Stay
Natural gas now produces more electricity than coal
Via: The Daily Caller
Hillary Clinton to Propose High-Frequency Trading Tax, Volcker Rule Changes
Former New York senator taking aim at dark pools, bank investing in hedge funds.
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Alphabet Now Owns abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.com
Since it couldn't buy ABC.com or Alphabet.com, Google Alphabet has acquired the next best thing. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.com Google announced the structural changes that led to Alphabet back in August, and it just became official. There's nothing there right now, but Google sure does own it (the record was updated on 10/7/15): According to the completely worthless and… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Putin's motives in Syria questioned as Russia targets pro-Western rebels, not Islamic State
Russian President Vladimir Putin, ignoring Washington, escalated his war in Syria against Islamist armies Wednesday by launching a sea bombardment along with air and land attacks.
NATO allies said the Russians are overwhelmingly targeting pro-Western rebels, rejecting Moscow's public relations line that it is going after a common enemy: the ...
Here's The Staggering Price Tag If DC's Family Leave Legislation Were Enacted Nationally
Spoiler: Quite a lot
Via: The Daily Caller
Ahead of Million Man March, Capitol Police Issue Warning to Officers About 'Race-Baiter' Farrakhan
"…there are legitimate concerns that the second march may not be as peaceful."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Drudge: 'Old And Sick' Hillary Is Only A Contender Because Media Is Propping Her Up
The post Drudge: 'Old And Sick' Hillary Is Only A Contender Because Media Is Propping Her Up appeared first on DailySurge.
Source: DailySurge
Hillary on Pacific Trade Pact: She Was For It Before She Was Against It
(Steven Hayward) Hillary must be getting desperate. With news leaking out that organized labor, the Teamsters in particular, are withholding an endorsement and might even endorse a Republican next year, Hillary is desperate to keep unions in the fold. Even if she holds off Bernie Sanders and Slow-Joe, without strong union support she probably can't win in November. So today Hillary announced that she opposes the new Pacific trade agreement that she
Source: Power Line
Inside the Beltway: Bodacious party lampoons liberal media
Yes, it is a bodacious and merry occasion: The Media Research Center stages its annual Dishonors Awards Gala on Thursday night, so large that it can only be housed in the behemoth National Building Museum, a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol. What draws this bustling conservative crowd? It is ...
Obama: The Middle Class Was Built With A 'Union Label'
President Barack Obama argued unions must be strengthened to protect the very middle class they helped create during a Wednesday appearance at the White House Worker Voice Summit. "Labor unions were often the driving force of progress," the president said. "The middle class itself was built on a union label." The president spoke to a […]
Via: The Daily Caller
'He Was Obviously Upset': Megyn Kelly Opens Up About Feud With Donald Trump, How Fox News Handled It
"He's running for president, it's not a fun business."
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Rand Paul: 'It Would Be Terrible' if Hillary Were 'In Charge' of NSA
"I am very distrustful of power in general."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Butterfleye Raises Over $600K On Indiegogo For Its Smart Home Monitoring Camera
When we first checked in on hardware startup Butterfleye, they set out to raise $100,000 on Indiegogo to build its smart home monitoring system. Well, it blew through that goal and has raised an unbelievably impressive $604,451. The camera itself promises to cut out false positives when alerting you of movements in your home. An example? A light turning on and off triggers motion for some… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Revisiting Robert Nisbet on Environmentalism
(Steven Hayward) Since I'm in a mood to beat down on environmentalists today, I decided to dust off the late Robert Nisbet's charming 1982 book, Prejudices: A Philosophical Dictionary. The book was a direct emulation of Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary, and the entry on environmentalism is not to be missed. Samples include: It is entirely possible that when the history of the 20th century is finally written, the single most important social movement
Source: Power Line
Obama campaigns for his legacy as 2016 Republican candidates' attacks hit a nerve
President Obama is making a point of ignoring the Republican presidential debates, but the candidates' campaign rhetoric is obviously hitting a presidential nerve or two.
Time and again in recent weeks, Mr. Obama has launched into an unsolicited, spirited defense of his record, in a tone that sometimes betrays a ...
College Football Coach Prefers His Battle Axe Over His Guns For Self-Defense
'I do have a Viking axe by the bed if I need to whack someone'
Via: The Daily Caller
How Musk's 'Tesla X' Is Just More Welfare For Rich People
'It's less than ideal for a mission-driven startup that has positioned itself as an underdog disruptor while relying heavily on government tax breaks.'
Via: The Daily Caller
Officials: Russian Jets Intercept Several U.S. Drones Over Syria
"The first time it happened, we thought the Russians got lucky."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
'Cowards!': Gay Marriage Supporters React Following Officials' Quick Move to Shelve Proposed Resolution Begging God to Spare County His 'Coming Wrath'
"We adopt this Resolution before God that He pass us by in His Coming Wrath and not destroy our County…"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Red Bear Angels Backs Startups From The Cornell Community
How's this for school spirit? A group of alums have come together to invest in startups connected to Cornell. Chairman and founder Sam Sezak (also a partner at Blue Heron Capital) has both a BS and an MBA from Cornell. He said the idea began a few years ago, after he attended a cornell entrepreneurship event — the event impressed Sezak with the community's entrepreneurial… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Stop Anti-CFPB Bill, Clinton Tells House Democrats: Politico
H.R. 1266, which would replace CFPB director with 5-person commission, is part of Republican effort to "defund and defang" CFPB, Hillary Clinton tells lawmakers in a letter, according to Politico. "I also hope you'll stand with me in opposing any other efforts to roll back the Dodd-Frank Act's financial reforms in the upcoming budget and debt ceiling negotiations": Clinton NOTE: House Financial Services Cmte on Sept. 30 voted 35-24 to approve H.R. 1266
Source: Bloomberg.com news
"Covering up some shady s–t"
(Scott Johnson) In the adjacent post, Paul considers the news that Madam Hillary sought reduced her email storage maintained by Platte River in late 2014 and early 2015, after she had turned over the paper copies of the emails she turned over to The State Department. Her team twice instructed Platte River to reduce the amount of email data stored during each server backup by decreasing the backup time period for email
Source: Power Line
Donald Trump leads 2016 GOP field in Fla., Ohio, Pa., but trails in general election match-ups
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has maintained his grip on the race for the 2016 GOP nomination in the swing states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, but retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson performs best among the Republicans in general election match-ups, according to polling released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University.
...Congress Can Now Get A Brand New Set Of Undercover Videos In Planned Parenthood Investigation
'Congress has the power to investigate'
Via: The Daily Caller
69-Year-Old Man Camps Outside His Own Million-Dollar Home During Divorce With Wife — but There Seems to Be More to the Story
"If you want to feed him, take him to your house."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Biden Backers Release Ad Recalling 1972 Accident
Group pushing for Vice President Joe Biden to enter presidential race releases television ad focusing on 1972 car accident that killed Biden's wife, daughter. Ad includes audio of speech Biden gave at Yale University recounting how his life was shaped by the accident Pro-Biden group spending $250k on advertising time, New York Times reports 90-second ad to air during NBC's "Today Show" and ahead of Tuesday's Democratic debate on CNN: NYT
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Obama, Hillary Clinton not agreeing on many issues lately
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama seemed to call Hillary Rodham Clinton's idea of a no-fly zone in Syria "half-baked." Clinton described the president's immigration strategy as "harsh and aggressive." And as Obama tries to rally Democrats around the chief economic proposal of his second term, the party's presidential front-runner ...
It Might Look Like This Drone Is Carrying a Torpedo but It's Really an Experiment From the Department of Agriculture
"We are investigating using remotely piloted aircraft capable of eliminating small-scale outbreaks."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
France Launches New Anti-Jihad Campaign Featuring Messages From Mourning Family Members of People Who Fled to Join Terrorism Abroad
"We are not the parents of a terrorist. We are victims."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Enterprise SaaS Marketplace AppDirect Raises $140M Series E Round Led By J.P. Morgan
AppDirect makes it easier for enterprises to buy cloud services from the likes of Box, Google, Symantec and others (and serves as a kind of referral service for these businesses). The company today announced that it has raised a $140 million funding round led by J.P. Morgan. All of the company's existing institutional investors, including Foundry Group, iNovia Capital, Mithril Capital… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Bloomberg Politics Focus Groups: Iowa, New Hampshire Democrats Not Sold on Clinton—or Biden
Democratic voters tell Bloomberg Politics' Mark Halperin and John Heilemann why they're worried about Clinton, what they like about Bernie Sanders.
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Use This Investing "Swiss Army Knife" to Get the Trade You Want Every Time
Editor's Note: We're sharing this Power Profit Trades with you today because, once you see how this works, you'll be able to get the best possible entry and exit points on every trade. It's that powerful. Here's Tom… Prior to moving into trading full time, I spent a number of years with a leading global […]
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Lumo Aims For The Running Market With Launch Of "Smart" Pants To Improve Runner's Posture
Lumo, makers of the Lumo Lift posture correcting device, have released something to help runners create better form, too. Called Lumo Run, it's a wearables system consisting of Lumo "smart garments" – shorts for men and capris for women – and a device that fits inside the pocket of these garments that gives real-time feedback on an app to show the runner how they… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Wall Street Ignores Summer of Trump
Wall Street sentiment on the presidential race mirrors betting venues more than polls.
Source: Bloomberg.com news
White House Labor Summit Participant: Stop Targeting Franchisors
One of President Obama's invitees at his worker summit is hoping to educate policymakers about the franchising model targeted by labor regulators.
The post White House Labor Summit Participant: Stop Targeting Franchisors appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
How Google Thinks About Hiring, Management, and Culture
During Laszlo Bock's nine years as Google's SVP of People Operations, the company has won more than 100 awards for its employment practices. Bock, who came to Google after stints at McKinsey and GE, recently collected his thoughts about management and culture into "Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead," a New York Times… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
'You Thought Obamacare Was Shocking?': Drudge Reveals What Supreme Court Justice Said 'To My Face'
"You thought some of these other decisions were shocking?"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Ivy League Professor Uses Racial Slur to Refer to Ben Carson, Deletes Comment When Reporter Uncovers
"If only there was a…"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Tado Scores Further $17.1M As Smart Thermostat Market Heats Up
The smart thermostat market continues to heat up, not least in Europe where Munich-headquartered Tado is aiming to become the leader. The German company, which counts Google-owned Nest as a competitor, along with the likes of the UK's Heatmiser and Hive from British Gas, has raised further $17 million in backing, bringing total funding to $34 million since being founded in 2011. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
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