"My God, why is this guy in the NFL?"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
November 9, 2015
Trim Will Find Your Subscriptions, Cancel Those You No Longer Want
Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Birchbox, Spotify, HBO NOW, newspapers, box of the month clubs, meal services, and more: The rise of subscription-based commerce means consumers now pay for a number of items on a recurring basis. But even a few dollars spent here and there have a way of adding up, and eating into your household's budget. A new startup called Trim wants to help you… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
On Being a Happy Warrior
(Steven Hayward) The good folks at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute fielded student questions for me recently about how to exist as a conservative at liberal universities, and the main point of the interview is that the most effective way to get under the skin of campus liberals is to be a happy warrior. Or just be happy, period. They really hate that. Here's one excerpt from their "Office Hours" series: What was the
Source: Power Line
EPA Gave Paid Leave to Drug and Child Sex Offenders
Drug and child sex offenders received paid administrative leave from the Environmental Protection Agency, according to a new audit.
The agency's inspector general found the EPA rehired a child sex offender after they were put on leave for violating probation, in one example of misuse of administrative leave that cost taxpayers over $1 million.
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Source: Washington Free Beacon
Ex-Georgia lawmaker sentenced to year and a day in prison
ATLANTA (AP) - A federal judge on Monday sentenced a former Georgia state representative and civil rights activist to serve a year and a day in prison.
U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg took the weekend to think about the sentence after hearing from ex-state Rep. Tyrone Brooks and lawyers for ...
Engineers Admit To Widespread Cheating At VW
Engineers at Volkswagen have admitted to falsifying carbon dioxide emission data in order to achieve the unrealistic goals of corporate leadership. German newspaper Blid am Sonntag obtained an internal report that found that multiple engineers at VW said they intentionally manipulated data and tampered with vehicles during testing. According to Business Insider, tire pressure was […]
Via: The Daily Caller
'They Get Exactly What They Deserve': Glenn Beck Takes Unexpected Side in Mizzou Controversy
"They created the situation."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
I Took Acid With Ben Carson So You Don't Have To: Read My Lips
I don't recommend conducting interviews on LSD, but it's a good way to get your subjects to open up. (From our "If Only" Department.)
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Google Expands Its VR Program For Students To More U.S. Schools
Earlier this year, Google announced its so-called Expeditions Pioneer Program. This project aims to bring Google's Cardboard VR viewer to students by bringing a full kit of gear for using virtual reality in the classroom to schools. Google started rolling this program out to select schools in September and now it's ready to expand this program to more schools in the U.S., with… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
IRGC Brings Mutiny Charges Against Senior Commanders Refusing to Fight in Syria
JERUSALEM—Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps has brought charges of mutiny against several of its senior commanders for refusing to fight in Syria, according to one of the Arab world's leading newspapers, Asharq Al-Awsat.
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Source: Washington Free Beacon
GOP senators slam Obama for plan to close Gitmo
Three Republican senators blasted the Obama administration Monday for exploring plans to transfer terrorism detainees from Guantanamo Bay to potential sites in their states.
Sens. Pat Roberts of Kansas, Tim Scott of South Carolina and Cory Gardner of Colorado said the administration's plan, expected to be announced this week, would ...
Want to Feel Happier? Try Eating This
"A glimpse into how we subconsciously respond to a product."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
'This Is Not…the Way Change Should Come About': Univ. of Missouri President Delivers 'Apologetic' and 'Defiant' Statement on His Racially Charged Resignation
"And we have to respect each other enough to stop yelling at each other…"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Enterprise Software Co Atlassian Files IPO On Sales Of $320M, Net Income Of $6.8M In 2015
Another enterprise software company has filed to go public: Atlassian, the company that owns services like Slack competitor HipChat, JIRA, and Confluence, has filed an F-1 form with the SEC to go public on NASDAQ under the ticker "TEAM", with the initial public offering expected to raise around $250 million. A draft registration was originally submitted confidentially to the SEC… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Obama Tells Netanyahu Their Differences Can, Must Be Narrowed
President Barack Obama told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that while their differences are well-known, the U.S. and Israel have many shared interests and goals that they must work together to advance.
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Israeli Intelligence Intercepts Indicate Crash of Russian Airliner Due to Bomb
JERUSALEM—Israeli intelligence intercepts of Islamic State communications in Sinai provided the first indications that the crash of a Russian airliner last week was not due to a malfunction but to a bomb, according to foreign media reports.
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Source: Washington Free Beacon
Daniel Craig Might Reprise His Role As Mr. Bond After 'Spectre' Crushes The Box Office
'I've had massive amounts of fun making this film'
Via: The Daily Caller
Former Associate of Black Lives Matter's Shaun King Exposes All in Fiery Twitter Tirade After Disbandment of Activist Group
"I no longer believe in [King's] integrity as an Executive Director, and I have little faith that #JusticeTogether will continue."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Why Fintech Startups Aren't Killing Banks — Yet
"Fintech" is one of this year's most ubiquitous buzzwords; it has spawned any number of colorful infographics about the future of finance and banking. Some of these are merely a collection of logos, while others represent a more structured attempt to classify this new generation of players taking on financial services. All, however, convey the same idea: Tech is coming for… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Piketty Has a Good Idea
(Steven Hayward) Joke: What do you call someone obsessed with income inequality? "Nit-Piketty." (Insert rim shot here.) But seriously folks, as we all know French neo-socialist economist Thomas Piketty electrified the left with his Capital in the 21st Century, which indeed seemed hard to distinguish in substance from Capital in the 19th Century, perhaps better known in the original German (Das Kapital). Right now, however, Piketty has an idea I rather like—with
Source: Power Line
Even This Democrat Admits Media Attacks On Carson Are Unfair
The post Even This Democrat Admits Media Attacks On Carson Are Unfair appeared first on DailySurge.
Source: DailySurge
Two Americans Shot, Killed at Police Training Center in Jordan
Two Americans were shot and killed and two more injured during a gun attack at a police training center in Jordan Monday.
The post Two Americans Shot, Killed at Police Training Center in Jordan appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
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The Latest: Hungary sends 50 police officers to Slovenia
BERLIN (AP) - The latest news as tens of thousands of people fleeing war or poverty make their way across Europe. All times local.
3:55 p.m.
Hungary is sending 50 police officers to Slovenia to help its neighbor with the large flow of migrants traveling through the country.
Interior Minister ...
New York AG Forces Coal Company To Settle In Global Warming Case
'A lot of people haven't seen through the scam that's being perpetrated'
Via: The Daily Caller
Canadian Killed Fighting Islamic State Called Progressives 'Useful Idiots of Jihad' in Impassioned Essay
"With some fortitude and guts, we can purge the sickness that's poisoning our society, and come together to defeat this ultimate evil."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Google Open-Sources The Machine Learning Tech Behind Google Photos Search, Smart Reply And More
Google says today it's making the machine learning technology that powers a number of its products, including Google Photos search, speech recognition in the Google app, and the newly launched "Smart Reply" feature for its email app Inbox. Called TensorFlow, the technology helps makes apps smarter, and Google says it's far more powerful than its first-generation… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Clinton Endorsed by League of Conservation Voters Action Fund
"Hillary Clinton is without a doubt the most effective leader to stand up to Big Polluters and push forward an aggressive plan to tackle climate change and get it done," Gene Karpinski, president of LCV Action Fund, says in statement. LCV said it will now launch its Greenroots program to mobilize members in early primary states to volunteer for Clinton's campaign NOTE: Endorsement is earliest in history of group Previous Story: LCV Action Fund Plans to Endorse Clinton
Source: Bloomberg.com news
WaPo's David Ignatius Agrees With Obama: No One Wants President Who 'Whines About Media Coverage'
The post WaPo's David Ignatius Agrees With Obama: No One Wants President Who 'Whines About Media Coverage' appeared first on DailySurge.
Source: DailySurge
Mike Huckabee on bump from main GOP debate stage: 'Rules are rules'
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Monday he's not exactly pleased with getting bumped from the main stage of Tuesday's Republican presidential debate but that "rules are rules."
"Look, it's obviously not something I'm excited about," Mr. Huckabee said Monday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "I feel like sometimes we let ...
Taxpayer-Funded Diversity Bureaucrats Hound Professor, Compare Reagan Library To KKK CAMP
The strange, terrifying case of a professor who has expressed concerns about gay marriage
Via: The Daily Caller
Palestinian Woman Killed After Approaching Israeli Guards With a Knife Apparently Had a Note on Her: 'I Am Doing This With a Clear Head'
"I am sorry for whatever will happen to me and that this is the way that I am ending."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Apple Announces iPad Pro Availability
Ever wanted a giant iPad? Well, the 12.9-inch iPad Pro will be available for purchase in 40 country's starting on Wednesday, November 11. It will first be available online with retail stores getting the device later in the week. The Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard will also be available on Wednesday. Pricing starts at $799 for the base model, which ships with 32GB of internal memory.… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
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