Source: Power Line
October 22, 2015
Hillary Had No State Department Computer. Was She Ever Really Sec. of State?
(John Hinderaker) One of the weirdest moments in today's House committee hearing came when Hillary Clinton testified that she did not have a computer in her State Department office: If you were to be in my office in the State Department, I didn't have a computer, I did not do the vast is majority of the work on my e-mail. Whoa. So the Secretary of State's office is one of the last
Ethics complaints against Baldwin over firing dismissed
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Three ethics complaints filed against U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin over her firing of a top-level staff member have been dismissed.
Baldwin on Thursday released a letter from the Senate's ethics committee notifying her that the complaints related to the firing of her former deputy state director ...
Jeb Bush Says The New Supergirl Is 'Hot,' And That's Super-Wrong
You shouldn't comment on a woman's looks. Especially when she's been cast as the lead character on a TV show because of her looks. When I see things like this, I remember why CNN is #1 at being in third place: Wait, what?? After nearly an hourlong discussion on serious policy, Jeb Bush was thrown […]
Via: The Daily Caller
Researchers Reveal Key Ingredient That Could Help Protect Peoples' Marriages
"A lot of what makes the happiest marriage is very, very simple stuff."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Cummings: Benghazi Panel Set Loose to Take Down Hillary Clinton
Rep. Elijah Cummings, top Democrat on the House Select Cmte on Benghazi, begins hearing with Hillary Clinton by blasting the panel itself as a partisan vehicle designed to attack Clinton for political reasons. Says cmte was given "no rules, no deadline and an unlimited budget"; cites comments from Reps. Kevin McCarthy, Richard Hanna on political cost of panel's investigation to Clinton ''They set them loose, madam secretary, because you're running for president" Earlier: Gowdy Says We Owe the De
Source: Bloomberg.com news
General Assembly And Google Team Up To Crank Out An Army Of Android Developers
Education startup General Assembly, hot off raising a monster $70M round of funding, has partnered up with Google to offer an immersive course on Android development. It's 12 weeks, full-time and will start being offered next year in NYC (January) and San Francisco (February), expanding to other campuses as the year goes on. The cost for students? $13,500, which can be financed. This is… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
First US Servicemember Killed in Fight Against Islamic State
The first U.S. servicemember to be killed in the fight against the Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIL or ISIS) perished in Iraq, sources said Thursday.
The post First US Servicemember Killed in Fight Against Islamic State appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
Iowa judge dismisses lawsuit over proposed oil pipeline
CHEROKEE, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa judge has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the Iowa Utilities Board's authority to give the power of eminent domain to an out-of-state developer of an oil pipeline through Iowa.
The Messenger reports (http://bit.ly/1kv9vWB ) that Judge Carl Petersen said in an order filed Tuesday ...
NHL Rookie Phenom Connor McDavid Strips Down Detroit Goalie For Insane Goal [VIDEO]
McDavid is only 18 and already making waves
Via: The Daily Caller
Israeli Man Fatally Shot After Soldiers Mistake Him as 'Terrorist'
"The soldiers had high suspicions."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Palestinian Activist Claims to Be 'Nonviolent' But Check Out the Fashion Statement She's Promoting
"Anyone portraying her as anything other than a dedicated proponent of violence, is being dangerously dishonest."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Instagram's New Standalone App Boomerang Captures 1-Second Video Loops
Instagram doesn't want its feed getting stale, but doesn't want to bloat its app with extra features either. So today it's launching Boomerang on iOS and Android. It's a dead-simple app where you shoot a one-second burst of five photos that are turned into a silent video that plays forwards and then reverses over and over in a loop. Boomerangs are automatically saved… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Club for Growth Says Carson Has Unsatisfactory Economic Plan
"Ben Carson's life story and his career in medicine are very impressive, but the full measure of his statements on economic liberty seems to indicate significant inconsistencies," Club for Growth President David McIntosh says in statement announcing new white paper on the GOP presidential candidate. "For example, Carson has sharply criticized Obamacare, but has promoted a de facto nationalization of private health insurers. Likewise, he has called for needed entitlement reform, and yet recommend
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Donald Trump: Concept of U.S.-Cuba normalization 'not a bad thing'
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Thursday the idea of normalizing relations between the United States and Cuba is not a bad thing but that the U.S. could have gotten a better deal out of it.
"Cuba's actually now asking for a lot of things that weren't even talked about ...
Scientists Accidentally Create a Material to Remove This Contaminant From the Ocean With Something That 'Literally Grows on Trees'
"Plagues many areas of the world."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Oakland Dad Lost His Son in Senseless Shooting — Listen to His Message on Gun Control and Key to Preventing Gun Violence
"Most criminals in east Oakland, they don't go to gun stores to buy guns."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
With 120+ News Publishers Signed On, Google Opens Applications For $170M DNI Innovation Fund
Search giant Google today is taking the next step in its bid to rehabilitate its relationship with the news and publishing industry. In Europe today, the company is opening up applications for startups and others who are interested in receiving grants from Google's Digital News Initiative Innovation Fund: Google has put aside €150 million ($170 million) for startups and others… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
"Are we living on the same planet?"
(Scott Johnson) A BBC correspondent asked Prime Minister Netanyahu what he would say if urged to resumed negotiations with the Palestinian Authority president who's in the eleventh year of his four-year term. (Congratulations are in order.) Netanyahu wondered if the BBC correspondent follows the news. He pointedly asked her: "Are we living on the same planet?" The video is about two-and-a-half minutes long and well worth your time. Via Tom Gross/Mideast Dispatch
Source: Power Line
News from around Wisconsin at 5:28 a.m. CDT
MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Milwaukee County medical examiner's office says one of two children injured in a suspicious house fire in Milwaukee has died at a hospital.
The children, a 2-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, and their 52-year-old grandmother were ...
Air Force Commander's Response to Furor Over Christian Toy Drive Email Has Military Activist Claiming 'Total Victory'
"Not a victory for anything other than the U.S. Constitution…"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
An Albuquerque Man in Heated Road Rage Incident 'Pulled Out a Gun and Shot at the Red Truck' Where an Innocent 4-Year-Old Sat in Back
"Lilly was hit at least once in the head."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Hillary Clinton Aims to Assert Foreign-Policy Authority in Benghazi Committee Hearing
Under scrutiny for her handling of the Benghazi attacks and her use of a private e-mail server, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday plans to invoke the memory of slain U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens to defend her approach to diplomacy, saying they shared a common belief in the need for America to lead.
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Nasdaq Acquires SecondMarket to Help Startups Sell Shares
Nasdaq has agreed to buy SecondMarket Solutions to combine forces with the Nasdaq Private Market. The group will facilitate the exchange of shares for private companies including DocuSign, Pinterest, Shazam and Tango. Bill Siegel, present CEO of SecondMarket, will lead the expanded Nasdaq Private Market business, which will be headquartered in both San Francisco and New York. The businesses… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Immigrant facing deportation seeks overturned conviction
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - A Long Island immigrant who says his guilty plea made him a deportation candidate is seeking to have his conviction overturned.
Natanael Varenga, a Honduran native, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in March 2009 in a 2008 altercation in East Farmingdale.
Newsday reports (http://nwsdy.li/1MUoTqE ) Varenga ...
Even Police Are Calling This Incident Caught on Camera an 'Epic Crook Fail'
See what she took instead.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
iOS 9.1 Update Also Expands Reach Of Apple's News App
Apple's iOS 9.1 update, which yesterday brought support for new emoji to users of Cupertino's mobile devices among other tweaks, also flicked the launch switch on Apple News for users in the U.K. and Australia. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Over 100 Left-Wing Groups Sourced to DC Dark Money Outfit
A dark money group run by a liberal investor and financed by a handful of seven- and eight-figure donors is bankrolling over a hundred disparate initiatives and nonprofit organizations, some of which have popped up in electoral contests around the country, internal documents reveal.
The post Over 100 Left-Wing Groups Sourced to DC Dark Money Outfit appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
FIFA executive lineup of 2010 scores highly for bad behavior
GENEVA (AP) - In the history of soccer lineups, the 24-man FIFA executive committee of 2010 ranks among the all-time worst for bad behavior.
On Wednesday, two more of the FIFA ExCo team which voted for the 2018-2022 World Cup hosts were formally confirmed as under investigation by the embattled ...
Commission offering ethics training for lobbyists
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The West Virginia Ethics Commission is offering a training session for lobbyists.
The one-hour course on provisions of the Ethics Act relevant to lobbyists is being held Thursday at the commission's office in Charleston.
First-time lobbyists in West Virginia who have not attended lobbyist training must ...
Periscope Data Raises $9.5M Led By DFJ To Build Its "Tableau For Data Scientists"
As data scientists continue to become an ever-prominent part of the IT team in any business (not just tech businesses), we're seeing the emergence of more products and services that are built to cater specifically to them. Periscope Data is a startup that has built a platform for data scientists to create fast but highly detailed and customised visualisations — think Tableau, but… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Lawmakers to try bucking Gov. Christie on mental-health bill
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey lawmakers are set to vote on whether to override Gov. Chris Christie's veto of a bill requiring law enforcement officials to be notified when potential gun buyers seek to have mental health records erased.
The state Senate is expected to vote on the override ...
'I Am Quite Frankly Pissed': Glenn Beck Unloads on House Freedom Caucus Over Support of Paul Ryan
"I am quite frankly pissed…"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
What Grade Level Does Donald Trump Speak At? New Analysis Claims to Have Answer
"It's Trump. It's simple."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Number26 Turns Retail Shops Into Bank Branches For Its Bank Of The Future
Chances are you don't like your current bank. German startup Number26 has been working hard for the past couple of years to bring a new banking experience in Europe. And it is now using a novel approach to bank branches. Instead of playing catch up with good old brick-and-mortar banks, it is partnering with Barzahlen to turn retail shops into branches. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
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