November 17, 2015

One Thing You Won't Hear Hillary Clinton Say In Texas Today

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2nd Amendment suit hinges on justification for banning guns

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A lawsuit brought by a disabled Mainer who wants to keep a gun to defend himself could come down to how strong the justification is for banning guns in the subsidized apartment complex.

Dmitry Bam, a professor at the University of Maine School of Law, said ...

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Rob Gronkowski Doesn't Have Snapchat Because 'Too Many Chicks' Would Send Him Pics

Gronk doesn't have time for the ladies

Via: The Daily Caller

Ted Cruz Steps Up Ground Game in 24 Early Primary States, Pledges 'Army of Volunteers'

The Cruz campaign claimed over 100,000 people have signed up as volunteers across the U.S.

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In One Sentence, Charles Krauthammer Contrasts French President and Obama's Reaction to the Paris Terrorist Attacks

 "The French has said this is an act of war, and he calls it a 'setback.'"

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Clinton: Turning Refugees Away on Religious Grounds 'A New Low'

"We've seen a lot of hateful rhetoric from the GOP. But the idea that we'd turn away refugees because of religion is a new low," Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says in Twitter post. NOTE: Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz have suggested giving preference to Christian refugees over Muslims NOTE: Bush said Tuesday he wouldn't ban Syrian refugees from entering the U.S. -- as several others in GOP presidential race have urged -- and said protecting religious mi

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Do iPhones Dream Of Twitter Follows? What The AI Arms Race Means For Creative Technology

TC_PeteArticleImg You're a tech giant that has built an artificial intelligence engine 5-7 years ahead of your competition that uses advanced machine learning to power many of your key products to the top of their class in functionality. What's next? Share it with the entire internet. Last week Google open-sourced TensorFlow, the machine learning library that allows Google to recognize spoken… Read More

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Feds Spent $22,500 on Conference on Balding

The National Institutes of Health spent $22,500 on a conference on balding.

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Larry Hogan, Chris Christie join calls to stop refugees in Md., N.J.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan joined the chorus of governors asking President Obama to stop sending Syrian refugees to his state, saying Tuesday that the security situation is too tenuous.

More than half of the country's governors have now expressed concern or opposition to Mr. Obama's pledge to take in 10,000 ...

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I Know Where You Live! – Dating Safety & Stalkers

Use these tips to lower your vunlerability and increase your safety

Via: The Daily Caller

Why Officials Are Going to Be on Lookout for an Unusual Practice Where Paralympians Sit on Their Scrotums, Inflict Other Pain During 2016 Games

Ouch.

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Dozens of Secret Service Agents Will Be Suspended Over Chaffetz Scandal, Supervisors Could Face Worse

"Reprehensible, disturbing, embarrassing. I agree with everything that's been said here today…"

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Kochs' Freedom Partners Raised $126M in 2014: Politico

Freedom Partners gave out $88m in grants last yr to groups including U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Club for Growth, National Rifle Assn, according to tax filings released today, cited by Politico. Group raised $162m in 2013, '14 combined NOTE: Freedom Partners created in late 2011 to increase coordination within billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch's network of conservative public policy, political groups

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Parrot Unveils Bebop Drone 2, With Twice The Battery Life

Parrot Parrot on Tuesday unveiled its Bebop Drone 2, a smaller version of its popular consumer model that has a 25 minute battery life — twice that of its predecessor.  The Bebop 2 will hit stores and the skies on December 14.  It will retail at $550.  Like the first Bebop drone, this model will be able to stream 1080p video to a tablet, phone or Virtual Reality headset. Its 14 megapixel… Read More

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Ferguson Comes to Minneapolis

(John Hinderaker) At 12:45 last Sunday morning, Minneapolis police were called to the scene of an assault that occurred less than two blocks from the nearest precinct station. A 24-year-old man named Jamar Clark had beaten his girlfriend. When police arrived, Clark had returned to the scene and, according to police accounts, was interfering with the paramedics who were trying to treat his girlfriend. A scuffle with one or more of the

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Clinton Foundation Revenue Balloons Thanks to Government Grants

Contributions to Hillary Clinton's family foundation grew dramatically last year to more than $170 million, a record for the group, but it gave out significantly less in grant money than the year before, according to annual tax filings.

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A Bikini-Clad Charlotte McKinney Sprints Into The Ocean [PHOTOS]

With visual aids provided

Via: The Daily Caller

Chicago Activist Pushes for 'Sex Strike' to Eradicate Gun Violence in Neighborhood

"The candy shop is closed!"

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Obama Hopes Gun Control Will Be Dominant Issue in Year Eight of His Presidency

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SEIU Endorses Clinton for President

"Hillary Clinton has proven she will fight, deliver and win for working families," Service Employees International Union President Mary Kay Henry says in statement. NOTE: Union has 2m members

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Tumblr Launches A "GIF Maker" For Mobile, Promises More Tools For Creative Expression To Come

tumblrgifmaker Tumblr today is launching a new tool that will capitalize on its community's love for both creating and sharing GIFs with the debut of a mobile-only "GIF Maker." The tool, which lets you quickly turn your iPhone videos or burst photos into GIFs, will not be a standalone application, but will rather become a core feature of the main Tumblr mobile app. "Tumblr is the home… Read More

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Obama Admin Refuses to Testify at Classified Brief on Hack Attack

The Obama administration at the "last minute" on Tuesday declined to allow leading officials to testify before a classified Senate committee investigating a massive hack attack on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that led to the disclosure of millions of personal records, according to a leading lawmaker.

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Ohio's PG Sittenfeld says he's be tough on guns in US Senate

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Democratic Senate candidate P.G. Sittenfeld says he's the only Ohio candidate running for U.S. Senate in 2016 who would fight for further gun restrictions in Washington.

In speech-style remarks delivered to reporters Tuesday, the 31-year-old Cincinnati councilman said he would be a fresh voice in Washington ...

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Bill Clinton The Biter

In truth, Bill Clinton is a "Bill Cosby-like" sexual predator who has assaulted dozens if not hundreds of women.

Via: The Daily Caller

Public Safety Officer Claims 'God' Was There as Officer Knocked on Door of 'Room 142' and Unexpectedly Looked Death in the Eye

"They say God is everywhere.."

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VIDEO: Black Lives Matter Protesters Shut Down I-94 in Minneapolis, Instructed Not to 'Talk to White Media'

"Get the f**k out of here!"

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T. Boone Pickens: Trump Cramming It Down Too Fast

BP Capital Chairman and CEO T. Boone Pickens discusses what he'd tell a President Donald Trump and gives his assessment of Russia's Vladimir Putin. Pickens speaks on "Bloomberg Markets." (Source: Bloomberg)

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BabyCenter Research Says Most US Moms Are Still Unfamiliar With "Sharing Economy" Services

baby One of the recurring questions facing on-demand and "sharing economy" services is whether normal people will actually use them. BabyCenter decided to look at the issue by asking by asking "mobile moms." They found that in urban areas, 42 percent of moms had tried one of those services, a number that dropped to 21 percent outside those major cities. Not surprisingly,… Read More

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Paris Suicide Bomber Entered Europe With Fake Syrian Passport

French officials said Monday that one of the suicide bombers in the Paris attacks used a fake Syrian passport to enter Europe posing as a refugee fleeing the civil war in Syria.

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Donald Trump slams Obama on Syrian refugees: 'Is he insane?'

Billionaire businessman and Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump is questioning the mental soundness of President Obama in light of the administration's plans to allow Syrian refugees into the United States.

"Refugees are pouring into our great country from Syria. We don't even know who they are. They could be ...

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Does The IRS Mistreat Taxpayers?

The IRS will not refocus to its core mission and halt its mistreatment of taxpayers without a new leader

Via: The Daily Caller

Photo of Bullet-Riddled Police Shield Shows Just How Frightening It Was Inside the Paris Concert Hall During Terror Attacks

"They said get out or we will shoot and we will decapitate the hostages."

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Hiker 'Flabbergasted' When He Came Across a Mountain Lion in Battle With a Four-Point Buck. Of Course He Caught It on Camera.

"Dangerous"

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Sanders Camp: Tax Hikes Only for 'People Making a Lot of Money'

"I don't really see that," says Tad Devine, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders's senior strategist, of a proposal to raise tax rates on middle class, according to Politico. "I don't see tax rate increases involving anyone other than people making a lot of money." "I don't know if the Congressional Budget Office itself will be involved, but it's going to be legit. The think tanks are going to say these are real numbers. This is not somebody's tax plan that makes no sense in the real

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Dartmouth's disgrace [updated]

(Scott Johnson) I'm a proud alumnus of Dartmouth College. Apart from my family, I attribute all the good things that have happened to me in my life to my four years on campus and in the classroom there. I remain grateful to the great teachers with whom I had the privilege of studying at Dartmouth. They opened my mind to the great tradition. I identified several by name in "Notes on Dartmouth

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Yes, Millennials Do Buy Cars

coolteenscar History is littered with bad predictions. In 1876, Sir William Preece, Chief Engineer of the British Post Office, claimed that his countrymen and women would never adapt what was then a just-emerging technology. "The Americans have need of the telephone," he quipped, "but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys." Read More

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U.N. Torture Watchdog Questions China Over Crackdown on Activists, Lawyers

GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. rights experts pressed senior Chinese officials on Tuesday about persistent allegations that torture is rife in their police stations and prisons, especially of political prisoners, and about deaths in custody.

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Dianne Feinstein breaks with Obama: Islamic State 'is not contained'

Sen. Dianne Feinstein argued Monday that the Islamic State is indeed expanding, despite President Obama's declaration just one day before the Paris attacks that the terror group had been contained.

"I have never been more concerned. I read the intelligence faithfully. ISIL is not contained. ISIL is expanding," the California ...

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How DOL's Newest Proposal May Encourage A State Takeover Of Retirement Benefits

The rule would allow for automatic enrollment into state-sponsored retirement plans.

Via: The Daily Caller

Researchers Trying to Figure Out How to 'Overcome the Polarization' in Politics Find This is Key

"Start thinking about how your political opposition thinks."

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Ted Cruz: There's 'Not a More Stunning Indictment' of Obama's Presidency Than This Statement on Fight Against Islamic State

"I don't mean that as a compliment.."

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Sona Sona Is A Stylish Bracelet With A Built-In Biometric Sensor To Help You Find Your Zen

Sona_Gunmetal_Black Caeden, maker of earphones and connected jewelry, is launching a connected bracelet that aims to help you chill out when you need it most. Called Sona, the bracelet helps users improve mind and body wellness through activity tracking. Unlike other activity trackers like Jawbone or Misfit Shine, the focus is on overall wellbeing instead of weight loss or steps. Sona monitors subtle changes… Read More

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State Dept. Rebukes Huckabee on Syrian Refugee Vetting

"Mike Huckabee is 100 percent wrong," tweets Marie Harf, senior adviser to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. "US has incredibly strict vetting for refugees BEFORE they can come to the US." Huckabee, a GOP presidential candidate, said earlier on MSNBC, "If you have a process where you're going to have tens of thousands of people coming here from the Middle East, you have no idea who they are. There's no way to check them" NOTE: Huckabee on Monday urged House Speaker Paul Ryan to block U.S. acce

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Feds May Force Irving Teachers, Cops Into Re-Education Workshops Because Of 'Clock Boy'

Meanwhile, Clock Boy has left for dictatorial Middle East theocracy full of slaves

Via: The Daily Caller

Jesse Watters Confronts Mizzou Students Over Racial Demands, Gets Hilarious (and Worrisome) Responses

"Becoming an adult, especially in this day and age, can place a lot of stress on a young person."

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On Day of Paris Attacks, French Imam Calls on Muslims to Use Western Laws to One Day 'Rule' France, Belgium, Germany and Britain

"If you play by your own rules, you will never get there."

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The Nvidia Shield Tablet K1 Is A Gamer's Dream That Won't Break The Bank

SHIELD_tablet_K1_and_SHIELD_controller What if you're a gamer at heart and want a tablet? The latest iPads have been powerful tablets with some great games. But Nvidia has been trying to go one step further with its Shield Tablet, a device specifically made for gamers. The company is updating its Shield Tablet K1 with a new cheaper price tag. Read More

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