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March 20, 2016
All Marines Forced To Go Through Training To Erase 'Unconscious Bias' As Women Enter Combat Roles
Marine leadership wants to eliminate obstacles to female integration
The death of Instagram for brands
Earlier this week Instagram updated its news feed algorithm. Posts will no longer appear in chronological order and instead be sorted "based on the likelihood you'll be interested in the content, your relationship with the person posting, and the timeliness of the post." What this means is that Instagram will choose what to surface and when – essentially mirroring… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Indiana Deputy and Suspect Dead Following Gunfight
"He was an outstanding officer, he had great promise with our agency, and he's going to be greatly missed."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Tweet of the Week
(Steven Hayward) I'm guessing that if any of the mis-employed social scientists in academia ever did a serious content analysis of Twitter wars, they'd confirm my subjective impression that conservatives routinely rout liberals in the superiority of wit, snark, and megatonnage of smackdowns. (Of course, we have Iowahawk on our side—the Twitter equivalent of Robin Williams crossed with General Patton.) Anyway, here's Tweet of the Week, which raises the question—should Hillary be
Source: Power Line
Bernie Sanders' weaknesses strengthen Hillary Clinton
With Hillary Clinton poised to capture the Democratic presidential nomination, political analysts and party insiders say her success is as much about the flaws and limited appeal of her opponent, Sen. Bernard Sanders, as it is about her own evolution as a candidate.
Mr. Sanders undoubtedly has had a major ...
'Looked Like One of Our Zombie Movies': 'Unprecedented' Spice Overdose Epidemic Strikes Florida
"We called the police because there was a guy screaming so gutturally I though he was going to pop a blood vessel."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Anti-Trump Super-Pac Raises $4.8 Million in February
Our Principles PAC, launched by Republican strategist Katie Packer in Jan., has spent $11.7m to date in effort to block Donald Trump from becoming Republican presidential nominee. In Feb., group raised $4.8m, spent $2m and had $3.3m on hand at the end of the month, according to FEC filing Raised $1 million each from: Joe Ricketts, founder of TD Ameritrade and his wife Marlene Ricketts, who'd previously given $3 million to group Private investment banker Warren Stephens, who previously contribute
Source: Bloomberg Politics
CHARLES HURT: Donald Trump may be flawed, but Washington is worse
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Their delusions swarm unabated.
All the political experts and professional politicians here in the beating heart of the federal Leviathan are still stuck in denial over the unstoppable electoral sensation that is Donald Trump.
But he is a crook, a con-man, a cheesy huckster! He doesn't understand that proper ...
More than 50 Protesters Arrested Prior to Obama's Historic Visit to Cuba
"So no matter what Obama says or does, it's impossible to put a good face on the human rights situation here in Cuba."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Trump Supporter Charged With Assault Following Scuffle at Arizona Rally
"I feel great that I'm not dead, but I am definitely in physical pain."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Maryland Senate panel advances tax relief bills for every income level
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland General Assembly is advancing a set of tax-relief proposals for all income levels and to lure multistate businesses by cutting corporate income taxes.
The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee approved the bills Thursday to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit for poor families, as well as ...
Donald Trump's Weekend Defined By Protests [VIDEO]
'What do we want? Dead Trump!'
Via: The Daily Caller
Will apps become the next disability lawsuit target?
Apps have become a driver of the economy. According to the Statista website, leading app stores offer around four million apps. App users are able to engage in commerce, access content and connect with for-profit and not-for-profit entities of every kind and description. If space was the final frontier for Captain Kirk and the Enterprise, digital-app experiences are the heavily explored… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Colorado Middle School Puts GUNS In The Hands Of Kids
The post Colorado Middle School Puts GUNS In The Hands Of Kids appeared first on DailySurge.
Source: DailySurge
Mistaken Police Raid Sends 82-Year-Old Grandmother to the Hospital
"They damn near killed me."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
The Case for GOP Obstructionism
(Steven Hayward) Further to my observation this morning that game theory argues in favor of Republican obstruction of Judge Garland's Supreme Court nomination, Bay Area Power Line reader Emmett C. Stanton sends along the following article which he submitted to the San Francisco Comical immediately following the death of Justice Scalia, but which the paper rejected. Here Stanton explains more fully why the logic of "prisoners' dilemma," the core exercise of game
Source: Power Line
Cuba Breaks Up Weekly Dissident March Hours Before Obama Visit
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban police backed by hundreds of shouting pro-government demonstrators broke up a march by the dissident group Ladies in White on Sunday, detaining about 50 people hours before U.S. President Barack Obama was due for a historic visit.
The post Cuba Breaks Up Weekly Dissident March Hours Before Obama Visit appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
More Than 100 UK Politicians Tell Obama To Keep Out Of Brexit Debate
MPs sign letter telling Obama to stay out of British politics
Via: The Daily Caller
Twitter looks back at the evolution of Twitter Ads
As part of the flurry of retrospectives tied to Twitter's tenth anniversary, the company is also looking back at the history of advertising on Twitter. Granted, that probably doesn't given you the same nostalgic twinkle as Jack setting up his "Twittr", but like it or not, it's still an important part of the company's story. So in a new blog post, Joel… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Harry Reid Claims That GOP Will Lose Senate Seats For Refusing to Consider Obama's Supreme Court Nominee
"He's marching these men, women over a cliff."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Poland's president: good talks on security with US senators
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's president said Sunday that he had held very good talks with U.S. senators about the security situation in Central and Eastern Europe, before a NATO summit that Poland will host in July.
Andrzej Duda said that the five members of the U.S. Senate's Intelligence Committee ...
Toddler Suffers Second and Third Degree Burns After Mom Confesses to Stuffing Child in an Oven
"It's unimaginable."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Update: Paris Attacks Suspect Reported to Be Planning New Acts
"…he was ready to restart something from Brussels, and it's maybe the reality."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Academics Devise Surveillance System To Identify E-Cigarette Supporters
Paper investigates how to monitor e-cigarette advocates
Via: The Daily Caller
Lessons from starting a company during the last downturn
I started my last company in mid-2009, just as the market was beginning to recover from the fallout of the financial crisis. In the past several years, surrounded by fast-growth startups with sky-high valuations, many of us forgot what the downturn felt like. Today, things are changing. Again, we're facing economic uncertainty on a global scale. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
LAPD: Hikers Find Human Skull Near Hollywood Sign
The search for more bones was expected to continue on Sunday and include cadaver dogs.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
The Supreme Court and the Hypocrisy of the Left
(Steven Hayward) Lately I've been arguing with lefty acquaintances of mine who say, "Isn't it terrible for the Republicans to play tit-for-tat over Court nominations" that surely they don't seriously expect Republicans never to reciprocate for the shameful treatment of Republican judicial nominees, starting with Bork. Over 50 Bush judicial nominees were never given a hearing, let alone a vote—and not just in the final year in office. Democrats blocked a hearing
Source: Power Line
Review: Nikon's D5500 lacks charm, but shoots fair photos
So is the new Nikon D5500 entry-level? After a few glances and general fooling around, I quickly realized the Nikon D5500 has many of the specs found in a better class of camera. Price as Reviewed: $1,049 with 140mm kit lens, at Nikon USA After all, this is a DSLR originally released back in 2015, but image quality only gets marginally better year to year — it's more about… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Microsoft Says Hiring Go-Go Dancers For Xbox Party Was 'Unequivocally Wrong'
The dancers reportedly wore abbreviated school-girl outfits and danced on platforms.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Kenyan Military Says It Has Killed 34 Islamic Extremists of Al Shabaab
The latest fighting raises the number of militants the Kenyan killed in the past week to 53.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Terror Hunt Doesn't Stop With Abdeslam, Belgian Premier Warns
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel warned Sunday that the struggle against Islamic militants in the country doesn't stop with the capture of suspected Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Rhode Island lawmakers consider multiple gun law bills
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island lawmakers are considering more than a dozen bills that would either strengthen or relax gun restrictions in the state.
The House Judiciary Committee is set to hold a hearing on weapons-related legislation Tuesday.
Two bills introduced by Democrats would block people convicted of certain ...
Obama Supreme Court Nominee's College Record May Show Anti-Military Bent
Garland proposed anti-ROTC vote while he on student government
Via: The Daily Caller
Priebus Rejects Notion That 2012 Rules Committee Should Write Rules for 2016 Convention
"That's really simple to me."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Israel's Netanyahu Says Fight Against Terrorism Is a 'Moral Struggle,' Not Just a Military One
"Terrorism sows death around the world."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
No drinking at shooting ranges under DNR rule proposal
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Liquor, automatic weapons and exploding targets would be forbidden at Department of Natural Resources shooting ranges under a new package of regulations that has gun lovers raising their eyebrows.
The DNR owns eight formal ranges around Wisconsin and operates about half of them; local clubs operate ...
Miguel Estrada: Garland Is 'Astronomically Qualified' And Should Be Confirmed For Supreme Court [VIDEO]
Estrada was nominated to the Court of Appeals in 2001 but was filibustered by Senate Democrats
Via: The Daily Caller
Illinois Lawmaker's Daughter Charged in Connection With Staple Gun Attack on Mother's Political Rival
"'This is Soto's territory! This isn't your territory!'"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Did Trump Just Give 'Credit' to Campaign Manager for Going After Protesters?
"He wanted them to take down those horrible, profanity-laced signs."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
McConnell Rules Out Vote on Garland Even If Hillary Clinton Wins
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ruled out confirming Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland in a lame duck session after the November presidential elections if Democrat Hillary Clinton is elected.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Kersten's discipline
(Scott Johnson) In today's Star Tribune, my friend Kathy Kersten provides a local St. Paul angle to the politically inspired war on standards that Paul Mirengoff has been writing about over the past several years on Power Line. Kathy's lead op-ed column will make heads explode all over Minnesota: "The school safety debate: Mollycoddle no more." There is a relentless quality to Kathy's analysis that extends from St. Paul Central High School
Source: Power Line
John Kasich, Ohio governor: No one is going to have enough delegates
Wants GOP convention fight based on records, not a "parlor game"
Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Sunday he is ready to take his presidential candidacy all the way to the Republican convention this summer and he is disappointed by former Gov. Mitt Romney and others who have called a vote ...
Trump On Campaign Manager Yanking Collar Of Protester: 'I Give Him Credit For Having Spirit' [VIDEO]
'You know what, because security at the arena, the police were a little bit lax'
Via: The Daily Caller
Inside the Starburst-sized box that could save the Internet
Cybercrime is costing us millions. Hacks drain the average American firm of $15.4 million per year, and, in the resulting panic, companies often spend more than $1.9 million to resolve a single attack. It's time to face facts: Our defenses aren't strong enough to keep the hackers out. But there is hope. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
It Took Time Magazine Five Months to Correct a Story That Omitted This Key Fact
"Time fails to mention the three deaths, much less the names of the victims."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Obama Seeks to Make Cuba Thaw Irrevocable With Havana Arrival
President Barack Obama arrives Sunday in Havana seeking to end what he sees as a futile U.S. policy toward the island nation and to lift one of the biggest impediments to closer U.S. alliances across Latin America.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
In Mississippi, retiring officials can pocket campaign cash
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - When former Mississippi Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck shut down her campaign committee in the closing days of 2013, she took a parting gift - the $158,342 remaining in the account.
Tuck had already withdrawn more than $103,000 from the account in late 2007 and early 2008, ...
Trump To Republican Establishment: Don't Be 'Stupid' And Try To Run A Third Party Challenger [VIDEO]
'You might as well just hand the election to Hillary Clinton'
Via: The Daily Caller
These are testing times: mavericks vs. ice people
One of my earliest engineering jobs, before I fled hardware in favor of the (relative) ease and lucre of software, was in chip design. I remember being shocked when I learned just how much of the processor in question was devoted to test circuitry. Why waste so much on testing, I thought, instead of just getting it right the first time? Oh, how young and incredibly stupid I was. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
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