February 5, 2016

Fake quotes by founding fathers included in gun rights bill

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - A gun rights bill introduced at the Washington state Capitol includes some quotes falsely attributed to America's Founding Fathers.

The News Tribune reports (http://goo.gl/27c7Ti ) Republican Rep. Matt Shea of Spokane Valley introduced the measure Friday.

House Bill 2975 would create penalties for public officials who ...

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Bobby Jindal's Long Crusade Against Common Core Is Finally Ending

New governor scraps 18-month-old lawsuit that cost taxpayers over $800,000

Via: The Daily Caller

The Italian (Startup) Renaissance

tuscany italy landscape 2016 couldn't have started better for Italy's economy and tech sector. In January, Cisco signed an agreement with the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) to provide training to teachers and students through the Cisco Networking Academy. As the first step in developing the Italian startup ecosystem, the tech giant is pursuing investment opportunities together… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Governor Bobby Jindal Endorses Marco Rubio for President

Rubio's "optimistic message is bringing voters from across the party lines, from across different demographic groups," Bobby Jindal says in an e-mailed statement. "Marco has been consistent about strengthening America's foreign policy," Jindal says in statement

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Can Hillary be bought? Elizabeth Warren thinks so

(Paul Mirengoff) Hillary Clinton responds to criticism over the speaking fees she has received from corporate America, and Wall Street in particular, by challenging critics to cite one vote in which, as a Senator, she bowed to these interests. When she used this response last night, Bernie Sanders failed to cite any such vote. But Elizabeth Warren has cited one. America Rising calls attention to the following exchange between Hillary and Bill

Source: Power Line

Missouri defends law capping cities' traffic ticket revenue

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A new Missouri law overhauling the state's municipal courts and police departments violates the separation of powers, defies the state constitution's limits on unfunded mandates and unfairly singles out the St. Louis area, an attorney representing 12 St. Louis County municipalities told a courtroom Friday.

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New GOP Bill Would Slash Congressional Salaries Until Budget Is Balanced

'Grand promises of future savings while our national debt continues to skyrocket'

Via: The Daily Caller

Jeb Bush Grilled Relentlessly: Why Recommend Rubio for VP if He 'Didn't Have the Experience'?

"Why recommend him for vice president, if he didn't have the experience back then?"

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New Air Force Satellites Launched To Improve GPS

GPS image This morning, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched a Boeing-built satellite into orbit as part of the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS). This $131 million satellite was the final addition to the Air Force's most recent 12-satellite GPS series, known as the Block IIF satellites. GPS satellites are operated by the Air Force and provide global… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

With All Due Respect (02/05/16)

Mark Halperin and John Heilemann are joined by former Governor Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, Republican strategist Tom Rath and NBC News' Kristen Welker on "With All Due Respect."

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Group denounces locked-door meeting of New Mexico lawmakers

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government says a House appropriations committee locked out the public from a meeting on the state budget.

Foundation Executive Director Susan Boe wrote to the House speaker and Senate president Friday to urge that all legislative committee meetings be ...

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Chicago's Schools Are More Broke Than Puerto Rico

New debt issued at staggering 8.5 percent interest rate

Via: The Daily Caller

After Complaining About Cost of Benghazi Probe, Dems Are Caught Engaging in 'Height of Hypocrisy'

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Uber Drivers Plan Strike During Super Bowl Weekend

uber car with sign Uber has slashed driver wages in the last month, with some reportedly earning less than minimum wage. Now drivers are planning a protest in San Francisco right when they could be significantly increasing their hourly pay. The city expects roughly 300,000 visitors to begin pouring in this weekend for the Super Bowl and that means a very real increase in traffic and Uber ride requests. Uber,… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

94,062,000 Americans Not in Labor Force While Participation Rate Improves in January

There were 94,062,000 Americans not participating in the labor force in January, a decline of 41,000 individuals from the previous month, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday.

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Bernie Sanders erases nearly all of 31-point deficit to Hillary Clinton: poll

Sen. Bernard Sanders has essentially erased what had been a 31-point deficit to 2016 Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton in December, according to a poll released Friday.

Mrs. Clinton, the former secretary of state, had 44 percent support among likely Democratic primary voters in the national Quinnipiac poll, and ...

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Christie: 'I Didn't Hug' Obama

'I hug everybody. So it was a disappointment probably for him that I didn't hug him'

Via: The Daily Caller

Ex-Christian College Counselor Once Said She 'Can't Get Behind' God Blessing a Gay Relationship. Now, She Has a Surprisingly Different Message.

"Your beliefs don't shift in an instant." 

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No-Nonsense Signs Just Posted at These Oklahoma Schools Warn That Attempts to Harm Students May Come at a Price

"If something were to ever happen and I didn't try to defend my kids, I couldn't live with that."

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Hamster Pad Helps You Find Cool Slack Communities

output_J9Ai8f Are you a Slovenian web dev? A French iOS programmer? A sad person in need of friends? Get thee to the Hamster Pad. This new site Matt Schlicht and his buddy Adam McKenna aggregates hundreds of Slack communities, from programming-centric rooms to rooms for writers. "Nothing like Hamster Pad exists right now. We have literally taken the Slack API and started to create an entire social… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Trump turns to New Hampshire town halls, with a twist

He made a name for himself with his ability to draw massive crowds to rallies, a feat his presidential rivals could only dream of. Now, his campaign is thinking small.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Donald Trump leads in New Hampshire; Marco Rubio moves into second place: polls

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leads in New Hampshire just days away from Tuesday's primary, with Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida moving into second place, according to a pair of polls conducted after the Iowa caucuses.

An NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll released Friday showed Mr. Trump in the lead ...

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Heidi Klum Wears An Extremely Short Dress On Live TV — You Can Guess What Happens Next

Heidi Klum just flashed an entire talk show audience. The 42-year-old model wore an incredibly short black dress during her interview with Ellen DeGeneres Thursday, and when DeGeneres questioned her about her skimpy outfit choice, Klum clarified that she was indeed wearing underwear. "Did you test that dress out before you came out?" DeGeneres asked her. […]

Via: The Daily Caller

Airbnb Handed Over $1.3M In Tourist Taxes To The City Of Paris In Q4 2015

Paris-3 The city of Paris has disclosed that Airbnb handed over nearly €1.2 million in tourist taxes in the last quarter of 2015. The actual figure was €1.169 million euros ($1.310M), generated by 1.4 million overnight stays during this period, according to AFP. Read More

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Trump Leads With 30% in New Hampshire : WSJ/NBC/Marist

(Corrects dates poll was conducted in second bullet.)

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Thoughts from the ammo line

(Scott Johnson) Ammo Grrrll is thinking ABOUT LAST MONDAY…She writes: My candidate did not win in Iowa. Who was that, you ask breathlessly? Donco Cruzabee, that's who. I want someone with Ted Cruz's brains and debating skills, with the youthful good looks and inspiring backstory of Marco Rubio, the genial warmth and personality of Mike Huckabee, and the cojones, minus the gratuitous rudeness, of Donald Trump. As I read the many many

Source: Power Line

Techcrunch Mini-Meetup During Mobile World Congress, Feb 24

gaudi's guell park, barcelona We are planning on holding a mini-meetup in Barcelona during MWC, offering you a chance to pitch TC writers and hold a pitch-off, with pinners getting free tickets to Disrupt New York. We need your help. We have a venue, but we need more sponsors. Things are still in the planning stage but we will hold the event on Wednesday, February 24 in the evening. Sponsors would be responsible for… Read More

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How Trump's Failed NFL Bid Led to His Political Super Bowl

Bluster, seduction, and a hail of insults: an invariable game plan, no matter what the game.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Presidential Race Turned Sharply Negative After Iowa, Analysis Shows

More than half of the presidential election ads over the past week carried a negative message.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

The Spartan Version

In his cute, brief poem, The Persian Version, written between 1938 and 1945, Robert Graves speculatively lampooned how he imagined Achaemenid elites must have rationalized their defeat at the hands of some quarrelsome, backwards Greeks located at the very western extreme of their magnificent empire. You can get the sense from the first two lines: "Truth-loving Persians do not dwell upon /

The trivial skirmish fought near Marathon…"

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Just Eat Pays Rocket Internet $140M For Takeout Startups In Spain, Italy, Brazil, Mexico

food The great takeout shakeout continues apace. Since going public in 2014, Rocket Internet has been trying to simplify and reorganize the tangle of e-commerce startups funded and grown by the Berlin-based incubator to make the main business more profitable. Today comes the latest move on that front: Rocket Internet is selling food takeaway operations in Spain, Italy, Brazil and Mexico to Just… Read More

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