July 16, 2016

A Quadrennial Republican Smear

(John Hinderaker) I have noticed this for a long time: every four years, when a Republican national convention is in prospect, national news outlets will do stories on strip clubs and prostitutes who are eagerly awaiting the Republicans' patronage. Of course, the much-hoped-for scandal never happens, and when the convention is over there have been a few stories about disgruntled prostitutes and strippers complaining that Republicans are no good for business. But

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Green Billionaire Joins Infamous Labor Union In Fight To Defeat Trump

'Stopping the party of Trump is our number one priority this year'

Via: The Daily Caller

Simversity's Neeraj Bansal talks about the future of education

oldschool This week on Technotopia I talked to Neeraj Bansal the co-founder of education startup Simversity. He has a deep understanding of what it takes to build an online education platform and he also notes that the only jobs worth having in the future are the ones that can't be replaced by machine learning. Education right now, he says, is a form of data replication. But when computers and… Read More

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RNC Staffer Publishes Diary Filled With Mindless Details

Some are embarrassed by her inane musings

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Hillary's First Priority If She Wins? To Shut Up Her Critics

(John Hinderaker) Hillary Clinton is giving a speech today in which she describes one of her top priorities as president: Hillary Clinton will pledge on Saturday to introduce an amendment to the Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court's Citizen United decision within the first 30 days of her administration, an aide said Saturday. A reader writes: Global terrorism, coup in Turkey, unrest in USA, cops killed in cold blood by sniper in

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Bursting the chatbot bubble

Speech bubble hanging in a fresh blue sky Chatbots seem to be climbing the proverbial peak of the tech hype curve with every passing day. Popular messaging apps have been attempting to outdo each other in terms of making their platforms open for bot development. The frenetic action notwithstanding, the moot point is whether bots actually solve any real end-user need. The answer is not as clear as the chat platforms would have us believe. Read More

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Turkey's Erdogan Links U.S. Alliance to Extraditing Old Enemy

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, newly emboldened after crushing a coup attempt, is testing his country's key defense relationship by demanding the U.S. turn over a cleric he accuses of inspiring the uprising.

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Obama Vindicates 8 Years Of Foreign Policy Critics In One Week

After 8 years, Obama got it right

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The state of the race

(Paul Mirengoff) I'm aware of four polls of the presidential race conducted since the McClatchy/Marist survey that I wrote about here. Two of them have Donald Trump ahead: Rasmussen by 7 points and USC/LA Times by 3. One poll, CBS News/New York Times, has the race dead even. The other, Economist/YouGov, has Clinton ahead by 2 points. If one throws in the McClatchy survey (Clinton +3) and the two conflicting battleground state

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Hillary Clinton promises to propose constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United

Hillary Clinton will promise to introduce an amendment overturning Citizens United, the Supreme Court ruling that opened the door to a flood of corporate and union spending in politics.

Her campaign says the Democratic presidential candidate will make her announcement in a video shown on Saturday to liberal activists meeting ...

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Ronda Rousey Looks Amazing In These Photos [SLIDESHOW]

She looks stunning

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Ohio GOP Delegation Snubbed For Prime Host State Seating At Convention

'Conventions are a time that bring our party together in one space'

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Big data and its developer fallout

humanpie As the internet social turf wars continue to mature, the land grab is becoming much better understood. With a few companies controlling 95 percent of the social data, the internet is more closed and much more controlled than ever before. Read More

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Walther: Sanders' Lukewarm Endorsement of Clinton Shows Lack of Party Unity

The post Walther: Sanders' Lukewarm Endorsement of Clinton Shows Lack of Party Unity appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

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Turkey Warns America: Hand Over Exiled Cleric OR ELSE

'Any country that protects Fethullah Gulen will be an enemy to Turkey'

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Trump's Formal Introduction of Mike Pence is Mostly About Trump

Indiana governor's positions on a host of issues have run contrary to Trump's.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Will Japan Become The Next Big Military Superpower?

already a "world leader" in missile capability

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Donald Trump and Mike Pence Make First Public Appearance as Running Mates

Bloomberg Politics' Megan Murphy discusses the rollout of Indiana Governor Mike Pence as presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump's running mate.

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Trump announces Mike Pence, Indiana governor, as running mate

Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump made his vice presidential pick official Saturday by introducing Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate, adding a heft of political experience to the GOP ticket ahead of the Republican National Convention.

Standing before a podium that read: "TRUMP New York, New York," Mr. ...

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NOSTALGIA ALERT: Nintendo To Release Mini NES With 30 Games Built In

Relive the agonizing feeling of losing to Mike Tyson in Punch Out

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Finding a film

dory-hero-image Have you ever stopped to think about what it takes to bring an animated fish to life? How a team of people can take a spark of an idea and make it a reality so millions of pairs of eyes can stare in amazement at the big screen? I spoke with Pixar's president and one of the tech leads on "Finding Dory" to find out more about the creative and technical journey behind the… Read More

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Donald Trump: Mike Pence Was 'My First Choice' for VP

At an event at the Hilton in New York City, presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump officially introduced Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate.

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Analysis: Rule shows religious objections debate not over

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - For critics of Arkansas' religious objections law, a new rule allowing counselors to refer clients elsewhere if they have a religious or moral objection to treating them shows the Pandora's box the majority-Republican Legislature opened last year. It also is a sign that the debate ...

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Investment Analyst: Elon Musk May Not Be The 'Right CEO For Tesla'

'The time has come to ask whether Elon is the right CEO for Tesla'

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With All Due Respect: Best of the Week (07/16/16)

Bloomberg Politics' Mark Halperin and John Heilemann present some of the biggest moments from the political week that was on "With All Due Respect."

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Why We Must Elect Donald Trump

(John Hinderaker) Some people think that Hillary Clinton, for all her corruption, is at least smarter than Barack Obama. Others observe her ruthlessness toward political opponents and infer that, unlike Obama, she will be a tough defender of American interests. No: for goodness' sake, the woman has a four-year history as Secretary of State! If there is one thing we know for certain about Hillary, it is that as president she would

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