January 5, 2016

John Podesta Wears The Pants In His Relationship

At least as it pertains to grocery shopping.

Via: The Daily Caller

Blind Man Tells Ted Cruz Joke He Liked So Much, He Insisted the Man Repeat it to Nearby Reporters

"I'm almost 100 percent blind."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

North Korea Says It Has Conducted 'Successful' Hydrogen Bomb Test

"A complete success."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Toast, A Point Of Sale Service For Restaurants, Raises $30M

img_toast tablet When Chris Comparato joined his former colleagues at Toast, a service that includes a point-of-sale tool for restaurants, raising new financing to continue scaling the company was near the top of the list. And so it happened. Today, the company said it had raised $30 million in a round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with Google Ventures participating. The company says it has more than… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Seven things about Ted Cruz

(Paul Mirengoff) Last night, our Iowa caucuses correspondent Dave Begley covered a Ted Cruz event in Missouri Valley. There, he ran into Washington Post correspondent Katie Zezima. Zezima, I surmised (half facetiously), must be fairly new to the Post because I don't recall attacking her work. But there's alternative explanation; she might be a fair reporter. That's how she seemed to Begley and that's how she comes across in a report called

Source: Power Line

Recent editorials from Texas newspapers

The Dallas Morning News. Dec. 30, 2015.

Could Texas be losing its appetite for the death penalty?

Maybe Texas jurors are finally taking heed of the constant stream of wrongful convictions. Maybe prosecutors find that seeking life without parole instead of capital punishment is much more palatable in today's court ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

DCNF ANALYSIS: In One Year, Gun Owners Stopped Hundreds Of Criminals, Saved Countless Lives [INFOGRAPHIC]

Over 300 potential victims...

Via: The Daily Caller

Cruz Snaps at Media Over Insistent Trump Questions: 'You Don't Get to Give the Answer, You Just Get to Ask the Question'

"It sounds like you're deflecting"

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Donald Trump Says Ted Cruz's Canadian Birthplace May Be 'A Big Problem'

The Republican front-runner suggests that the candidacy of his Canadian-born rival could be "tied up in court for two years."

Source: Bloomberg.com

Securifi's Almond 3 Is A Router And Smart Home Hub In A Nifty Single Box

Almond2016-CES1 Securifi just announced the Almond 3, a brand new touchscreen wireless router that wants to become the central part of your smart home. The Almond 3 will be released in the coming months for $120. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

During Their Interview, Chris Matthews Compares Hillary Clinton to Bobby Kennedy

The post During Their Interview, Chris Matthews Compares Hillary Clinton to Bobby Kennedy appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

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Donald Trump says Obama gun control executive orders 'no good,' 'no fair'

Businessman Donald Trump touted his Second Amendment chops at a rally in New Hampshire on Tuesday by panning President Obama's latest push to tighten the nation's gun-control laws.

Mr. Trump said the executive orders Mr. Obama issued earlier in the day were "no good" and "no fair," and made him ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

WaPo Columnist Claims Racial Double Standards In Oregon Standoff

Because Feds treated Randy Weaver so gingerly

Via: The Daily Caller

Clinton Mercilessly Grilled on MSNBC: 'What's the Difference Between a Democrat and a Socialist?'

"See, I'm asking you!"

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Exclusive: Santorum Slams Cruz for 'Promoting Himself,' Working for 'Own Personal Aggrandizement'

"…literally no experience in national security." 

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Bernie Sanders Takes On Wall Street: Good Politics or Policy?

Mark Halperin and John Heilemann discuss Bernie Sanders' Wall Street reform speech on "With All Due Respect."

Source: Bloomberg.com

Will The Paris Climate Change Deal Prove To Be The Catalyst For Cleantech?

parisfog Back in January 2014, the CBC aired "The Cleantech Crash," which highlighted the difficulty of operating in cleantech in the past few years. The documentary revealed how much the mood had changed since John Doerr's now-famous March 8, 2007, TED talk on climate change and renewable energy. Following the talk, and caught up in the hype, Washington and Silicon Valley poured… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Hillary Clinton Will Not Say What the Difference Between a Democrat and a Socialist Is

The post Hillary Clinton Will Not Say What the Difference Between a Democrat and a Socialist Is appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Inside the Beltway: 'Almost no link between violence and gun laws'

An emotional President Obama has revealed his plans for 10 executive actions meant to reduce gun violence, noting, "The gun lobby may be holding Congress hostage, but they can't hold America hostage. We can't accept this carnage in our communities."

The president's effort "is more about optics than solutions," says ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

INTERACTIVE: Who Runs The VA? Not Veterans.

Mostly career bureaucrats.

Via: The Daily Caller

Glenn Beck Discusses Church Slapped With Criminal Charges for Being Too Loud

"Think if they were coming into people's homes and telling them to turn their dishwasher off."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Gov. Cuomo Pushes to Boost New York's Environmental Protection Fund to Record High Amount of $300 Million

"This year we are going to make big investments that will protect the environment."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Sanders: Clinton's Wall St. Proposals Don't Go Far Enough

On "With All Due Respect," Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders discusses Hillary Clinton's stance on Wall Street, the need to reinstate Glass-Steagall and health care.

Source: Bloomberg.com

Watch Sony's CES Extravaganza Press Conference Right Here

DSC_0057 We're live at the Sony press conference at CES in the Las Vegas Convention Center starting in just a few minutes. We got a lot of… interesting devices all day long, such as Samsung's frankenstein fridge. We have a team on the ground ready to cover the event and give you hands-on impressions if the company has new interesting devices. You can also check it out live via… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Immigration on Cruz Control

(Steven Hayward) Ted Cruz's campaign is out today with a well-produced and effective ad about immigration that I think works on several levels—especially at puncturing the elite insulation from the issue. Indeed, once upon a time liberals opposed unlimited unskilled immigration precisely because they understood that it was bad for unskilled labor in the U.S. But that was back when at least some liberals had a minimal amount of economic literacy. (Heck,

Source: Power Line

Gov. Haley to give Republican response to State of Union

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will give the Republican response to a State of the Union address that is sure to include President Barack Obama's plans for tightening gun sales, seven months after both spoke at funerals for the victims of a massacre at a historic ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

No Wonder Tom Brady Still Plays At MVP Levels — His Diet Is Absolutely Insane

'It takes an insane diet to produce a body capable of performing at the NFL level.'

Via: The Daily Caller

Twitter CEO Suggests Users Might 'Like' New 10,000-Character Limit

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Iraqi Priest Survives Two Kidnappings in Six Months

Roman Catholic authorities announced Tuesday that an Iraqi Franciscan priest who had been abducted twice by Islamist militants in Syria has been freed.

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Porsche Design Revs Up A Drive That Powers Your MacBook

v1yca1td4kturvfri6vz CES is a time of bad photoshopping and the above image is a perfect example. That said, the product it hopes to sell is quite compelling. It's basically a USB-C desktop hard drive that connects to and powers USB-C devices – primarily the new MacBook. Called the LaCie Porsche Design Desktop Drive, the drive has a single USB-C port and a power port. The USB-C simultaneously powers… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Obama's Move on Guns Turns on Murky Definition of Who's a Dealer

What makes a gun dealer?

Source: Bloomberg.com

Malloy Compares Gun Control Measures To Outlawing Human Sacrifices

The post Malloy Compares Gun Control Measures To Outlawing Human Sacrifices appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Sanders vowing to break up banks during first year in office

NEW YORK (AP) - Characterizing Wall Street as an industry run on "greed, fraud, dishonesty and arrogance," Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders pledged to break up the country's biggest financial firms within a year and limit banking fees placed on consumers, should he become president, in a fiery speech on ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Attorneys: VA Hasn't Fired Phoenix VA Exec On Admin Leave Because He Did Nothing Wrong

'The VA has spent the last year and a half squandering taxpayer dollars on repeated internal investigation'

Via: The Daily Caller

Samsung Gear S2 Follows In Apple's Footsteps With iOS Support, Gold And Platinum Variants

GearS2_Classic_Platinum_Rosegold_Main When Samsung unveiled the Gear S2, it looked lot like Samsung's answer to the Apple Watch. And the company announced another move in this direction today by unveiling a new 18-karat rose gold and platinum Gear S2. Like the Apple Watch, it's made of real gold and it's not just gold-colored. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Bush Says Fighting Drug Addiction Should Be a National Calling

Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush called drug addiction one of America's "soft underbellies" and said the fight against it should be a "national calling." His speech at a New Hampshire forum came on the same day he published an online essay detailing his daughter's struggle with prescription-medicine abuse.

Source: Bloomberg.com

Blind Cruz Supporter: 'I Can Still See Through Hillary Clinton'

The post Blind Cruz Supporter: 'I Can Still See Through Hillary Clinton' appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Voters Prefer GOP On Almost Every Issue — Except For Climate Change

Dems lead on climate change and the environment

Via: The Daily Caller

Austrian Man Kills Wife, Then Drowns Himself With Concrete Block Containing Her Head

After strangling and dismembering his wife, a man encased her head in a block of concrete and used it as a weight to drown himself in a lake, police said Tuesday.

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Jennifer Lawrence, Who Grew Up in a 'Jesus Home,' Praises Planned Parenthood in New Glamour Interview

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Rand Paul Will Push to 'Defund' Obama's Actions on Guns

President Obama's plan to expand background checks on gun purchases is "unlawful and unconstitutional, and I will attempt to try to defund it so that he can't do it without our approval," the GOP presidential candidate said at a senior citizen town hall in Concord, N.H. Related Story: Obama Rolls Out Gun-Control Plan, Says Inaction Isn't an Option

Source: Bloomberg.com

Industrial Scale Sexual Assault in Germany

(John Hinderaker) From the New York Times: German authorities said on Tuesday that coordinated attacks in which young women were sexually harassed and robbed by hundreds of young men on New Year's Eve in the western city of Cologne were unprecedented in scale and nature. The assault, which went largely unreported for days…. In Germany, as in the U.S., the liberal media consider themselves gatekeepers whose primary role is to suppress stories

Source: Power Line

Female-Focused E-Commerce Sites Moxy And Bilna Team Up In Southeast Asia Merger

MOXYBilna We're only in the first week of January, but already Southeast Asia has seen its first merger of significance. Female-focused e-commerce players Moxy, which is present in Thailand and Indonesia, and Bilna, an Indonesian startup from ex-Groupon Indonesia founders, have joined forces. Read More

Source: TechCrunch