December 20, 2015

Host Steve Harvey Leaves Contestants, Audience Mystified With 'Horrible Mistake' in Final Moments of Miss Universe Pageant

"It was my mistake…horrible mistake."

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Join Me on the Laura Ingraham Show Through the Holidays

(John Hinderaker) I will guest host the Laura Ingraham radio show four times between now and the end of the year, starting tomorrow. I will host on December 21, 22, 28 and 30. The show airs live from 9 to 12 a.m. Eastern time. Tomorrow Bill Kristol will be one of my guests. You can go here to find a station in your area. If you miss the show live, you can

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Obama Administration Enacts Protections for Lions, Says Outrage Over Cecil the Lion Killing Not Related to Move

"If we want to ensure that healthy lion populations continue to roam the Africa savannas and forests of India …"

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Rookie Cardinals Running Back Stuns Eagles Defense With TD Run Described as '47 Yards of Pure Beast Mode'

NBC Sports announcer Chris Collinsworth said the monster run is worthy of the "Beast Mode" designation and one of the best runs he's seen all year.

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On "60 Minutes" Apple CEO Tim Cook Bats Away Car Talk, Criticisms Over Tax Picture, Low-Wage Workers

tim cook Tonight, "60 Minutes" is airing a segment on Apple, in which interviewer Charlie Rose talks with CEO Tim Cook about running a modern-day tech giant and the challenges the company faces daily, from a world filled with terrorists to criticisms that its manufacturing operations in China have everything to do with low-wage workers. Unfortunately, Rose doesn't get much new out… Read More

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Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell win tax battles, Republican Party unity despite concessions

Republican leaders closed their first year in complete control of Congress with an impressive show of support among their members for spending and tax cuts, avoiding a government shutdown and demonstrating striking party unity despite being unable to rein in President Obama's expansive agenda.

Lawmakers cleared a nearly $2 trillion ...

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Celebrity Blogger Perez Hilton Gets Big Cheers From Miss Universe Crowd With Just One Phrase About Donald Trump

Hilton was asked by co-host Roselyn Sanchez what was different about this year's contest.

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Inside the Beltway: Hollywood eyes attack on Ronald Reagan

He was once one of their own, a matinee star who later became America's 40th president. Hollywood has not always been kind to Ronald Reagan, his life or his legacy; made-for-TV movies and feature productions often sidestepped his authentic accomplishments for cheap shots and melodrama, or cast in the leading ...

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Sarah Palin Likens Republican Congress to 'Our Abuser' — and Those Who Voted for Them to a 'Battered Wife'

"It's time to kick our abusers out of the House, change the locks, and keep a loaded shotgun next to the bed."

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Jeb Bush to Get Beverly Bruce Endorsement in New Hampshire: CNN

"Beverly Bruce just said she was going to support me after the holidays," CNN reports, citing Bush in front of cameras after a New Hampshire town hall. Bruce was Mitt Romney's state finance chair in 2012, has network of activists and donors: report Bruce declined to speak with reporters about decision:

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The Iran Deal: From Bad to Worse

(John Hinderaker) The Iran nuclear deal has faded from the headlines. That must mean things are going well, right? Just kidding. Amir Taheri brings us up to date: Last month the president sent his Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to Vienna to twist the arm of International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano into issuing a favorable report on the state of the Iranian nuclear program. The yes-or-no question Amano faced was simple:

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Bernard Sanders spat with DNC over Hillary Clinton data breach stretches on

Sen. Bernard Sanders' bizarre spat with the Democratic National Committee stretched into a fourth day Sunday, with the grass-roots contender for the 2016 nomination tempering apologies for staff who breached his rival's campaign files with new swipes at the party's leaders, saying they've treated him unfairly.

For the most, Democrats ...

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Report: Norway Is Offering Classes To Teach Muslim Immigrants Not To Rape

'We have to help them adapt to their new culture'

Via: The Daily Caller

This Nation's Voters Just Rejected Same-Sex Marriage by a Large Margin

"This result presents a victory for our children."

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The Entrepreneurial Journey Is More Darkness Than Light

dark path Looking at startups from the outside, it's easy to assume the startup game is just that, a game. A game with big winners and glorious and rapid rises to the top. Of billion-dollar valuations and worldwide conquests. Of apps serving hundreds of millions of people and liquidity to ensure glory for one's heirs for generations to come. But entrepreneurship is not a game. Read More

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Longtime civil rights activist Ozell Sutton dies at 90

ATLANTA (AP) - Ozell Sutton, a longtime civil rights activist who was associated with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died, his daughter said Sunday. He was 90.

Alta Sutton told The Associated Press that her father died at Saint Joseph Hospital in Atlanta on Saturday. She said the ...

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After Racism Accusations, Hollywood Comedy Queen Explains Why She's 'Opting Out' of Our 'Culture of Demanding Apologies'

"Steer clear of the Internet and you'll live forever."

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With RAISE Act, Congress Paves Way For Private Secondary Markets

U.S. Capitol Included within the FAST Act is a section, the Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises ("RAISE") Act, which codifies a previously unwritten means through which startup employees, ex-employees, early investors, and other shareholders have been legally allowed to sell their shares. Read More

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Rubio Lands Support of Devon Energy Co-Founder Larry Nichols

Larry Nichols, co-founder and former CEO of the Oklahoma-based oil company Devon Energy Corp, says he thinks Rubio "is the candidate that's most likely to be able unite this fractured country and move the United States forward," according to The Hill.

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'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Blasts Off to Biggest N. American Opening Weekend of All Time

"The enthusiasm has really turned into a cultural event."

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What's Really Going On With the Earth's Climate

(John Hinderaker) The Earth's climate is changing, as it has for millions of years. Recent changes, however, are mild and benign, as opposed–for example–to being plunged into another ice age. The most accurate record we have of modern temperatures comes from satellites. Their readings are, in fact, the only transparent, uncorrupted temperature records in existence. Surface temperature records are unreliable because of siting issues, poor coverage of the oceans, failure to recognize

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Iran: Changes to US visa waiver program contradict nuke deal

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Changes to a U.S. visa waiver program that impose travel restrictions on those who visit Iran contradict the landmark nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers, Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday.

The U.S. in recent days tightened security requirements of its visa waiver program, ...

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Four Passengers Arrested For Bomb Joke That Caused Emergency Landing Of Air France Plane

'Something like a kitchen timer'

Via: The Daily Caller

Former Republican Congressman Calls for Political 'Revolution' Among GOP — and Has Eye-Opening Words About Violence

"Our founders believed that it may take violence to take back our country every now and then."

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Putin: Russia Will Develop, Not Use, Nuclear Weapons

"Russia as a leading nuclear country will be improving this weapon as a containment factor …"

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An Investment Opportunity In Trash

shutterstock_320894498 As incredible as it might seem, processing trash may represent a future unique investment opportunity. Consider the new technologies that will operate on the micro scale, breaking the bonds of molecules through bio-mechanical means, which could be applied to recycling trash completely. It is quite possible that many of these innovations may emerge from our efforts to explore and live in space. Read More

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Jimmy Carter Announces Grandson's Death: AJC

Former President Jimmy Carter announced Sunday his grandson, 28-year-old Jeremy Carter, had died that morning in a hospital, according to AJC.com. The cause of death was not immediately clear Carter made announcement to his church in Plains, Georgia On Dec. 6, Carter, 91, declared tests had found no signs of recent cancer

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Leonard, who created Harvard affirmative-action policy, dies

WASHINGTON (AP) - A man who designed an admissions process at Harvard University that led to more minority students being admitted has died.

Walter Leonard was 86 years old. His wife, Betty Leonard, says he died earlier this month in Kensington, Maryland, of complications from Alzheimer's disease.

In 1971, Leonard ...

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Sanders Campaign Blasts Debate Moderators For Ignoring An Issue He Only Mentioned Once

Socialist upset there were no questions about climate change in the debate

Via: The Daily Caller

Republican Natl Committee Says $95.6m Raised for the Cycle

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Sunday in statement that the party "is on pace to have one of the most successful presidential off-years in history." RNC raised $6.3m in Nov., has $18.3m on hand

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College Substitutes 'BIG BANANAS' For Phallic Props In Ancient Greek Play, Fires Professor

The single father was also sacked from his second job scrubbing campus toilets

Via: The Daily Caller

Whistleblower: Islamic Groups Control Narrative Of American Law Enforcement

'The Obama administration had a deadly blind spot when it comes to Islamic terrorism'

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On Her Way Home to Tennessee, Taylor Swift Decided to Make a 'Special Stop' in Colorado — Here's Why

"Literally speechless…"

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Sanders Campaign Suspends Two More Staffers After Clinton Data Breach

The campaign fired its data director this week.

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Hillary Clinton on Islamic State: We're Where We Need to Be

At an ABC News Democratic debate in Manchester, New Hampshire, 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton clashed with her Democratic rivals on Islamic State and regime change in Syria. The former secretary of state blamed the mess in Syria on President Assad and said "we now finally are where we need to be, we have a strategy and a commitment" to go after Islamic State.

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Hillary Clinton Once Called Assad a Reformer, Now Says He Can't Stay in Power

The post Hillary Clinton Once Called Assad a Reformer, Now Says He Can't Stay in Power appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

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Sanders' Apology Over Data Breach Comes Six Months Faster Than Clinton's Apology Over Private Server

'I'm trying to be as transparent as I possibly can'

Via: The Daily Caller

Thump Trump: Democratic Hopefuls Attack 'The Donald' at Debate

At an ABC News Democratic debate in Manchester, New Hampshire, 2016 presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley had one thing they could all agree on: Donald Trump. They hit the billionaire Republican hard early in the debate. The former secretary of state said Trump is becoming Islamic State's "best recruiter." O'Malley called Trump "incompetent" and said we must never surrender our American values "to the fascist pleas of billionaires with big mouths."

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Mobile Virtual Reality Is The Ghost Of Christmas Past

scrooge-ghost-crop The worlds of gaming, sports, live music, commerce and adult entertainment are all primed for a revolutionary consumption shift with the advent of virtual reality (VR). Fantasy shall become reality; a new age of immersive entertainment lies just around the corner. And just as the world progressed from radio to television, so too shall it do so with VR. Read More

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Hillary Clinton: Everybody Should Love Me

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