Source: Bloomberg Politics
August 21, 2016
Powell Says Clinton 'Trying to Pin' E-mail Issue on Him: People
"Her people have been trying to pin it on me," former Secretary of State Colin Powell says of Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail system, according to People magazine. NOTE: Clinton told investigators that Powell advised her to use a personal e-mail account, New York Times reported, citing notes FBI gave Congress "The truth is, she was using [the private email server] for a year before I sent her a memo telling her what I did," Powell said Saturday: People Related: QuickTake Q&A: Hilla
A call for less conservative-on-conservative disparagement
(Paul Mirengoff) Andrew Klavan of PJ Media observes that conservative "NeverTrumpers" tend to be younger than conservatives who are willing to bite the bullet and vote for Trump. He speculates that this is because "for the young, there very much does seem to be a future in which the conservative movement can rebuild no matter what damage Hillary wreaks on the nation." For the old, "this may not be the last election…but
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Billionaire Thiel Has No Plans to Give to Trump Campaign: WSJ
Paypal co-founder and GOP convention speaker Peter Thiel has no plans to donate to or raise money for Donald Trump, WSJ reports, citing a spokesman. NOTE: Thiel in convention speech extolled Trump as the antidote to income inequality and a "broken" govt; see related story NOTE: Thiel last yr gave $2m to a super-PAC that supported former HP CEO Carly Fiorina and more than $8,000 to Utah Sen. Mike Lee's re-election campaign Related: The Strange Politics of Peter Thiel, Trump's Most Unlikely Suppor
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Kellyanne Conway seizes chance to right Donald Trump campaign, says GOP can't do any worse
Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump's new campaign manager, has never managed a political campaign of any kind, let alone a 50-state presidential operation that has more moving parts than a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.
Yet Mrs. Conway, a lawyer and former law professor, said it would be hard to do worse than ...
EXCLUSIVE: Puerto Rico Is Full Of 'Open Dumps' Ripe For Spreading Zika, And EPA's Ignoring Them
Is EPA too consumed with fighting global warming?
Via: The Daily Caller
American broadcasters avoid using word 'terrorist'
Terrorist attacks continue, but Americans broadcasters still avoid using the term "terrorist" in their coverage, says a close new study by Newsbusters.org. "Though perpetrators often claimed allegiance to ISIS and ISIS celebrated the slaughter, the ABC, CBS and NBC evening news shows chose to call the terrorists 'gunmen,' 'shooters,' 'attackers,' ...
With Liberal Media As Bad As Ever, Somebody Needs To Cover The Truth
These T-shirts support unbiased alternative media outlets
Via: The Daily Caller
The Constitution: What Is It Good For?
(Steven Hayward) I got to spend the week before last with the summer honors students of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), and if you're interested in helping counter the rot of higher education, ISI should be high up on your charitable donation list. My lecture topic was devoted to explaining why the idea of a "living Constitution" is so crucial to modern liberalism and so dangerous to our liberties and free institutions.
Source: Power LinePower Line
Obama to visit Baton Rouge; slammed for vacationing amid crises
Even by his own vacation standards, President Obama was nearly invisible over the past two weeks on the island playground of Martha's Vineyard while emergencies mounted on the mainland.
Louisiana flooded while Mr. Obama golfed, and golfed, until he was upstaged by Donald Trump, who toured the flood damage on ...
Al-Qaida Leader Calls On Followers To Reject ISIS, Support Taliban
The jihadi civil war continues
Via: The Daily Caller
Corbyn Clearly Favored as U.K. Labour Leadership Vote Starts
Voting gets under way this week in the contest to be leader of the U.K.'s main opposition Labour Party, with incumbent Jeremy Corbyn the clear favorite to keep his job even though he's lost the backing of most Labour members of Parliament.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Designing for voice differs from traditional UX
Whether designing a software or hardware product, you focus on a few key principles: What you're creating should be easy to use, elegant and intuitive. How does this differ, then, when you're designing something that isn't seen, but spoken? How do users' brains work differently when talking rather than reading, pointing, clicking, swiping and typing? Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Labor, civil rights activists to attend Detroit conference
DETROIT (AP) - U.S. Rep. John Conyers is one of several members of Congress scheduled to attend a labor and civil rights conference in Detroit.
The A. Philip Randolph Institute's 47th Annual National Education Conference starts Wednesday. More than 500 labor and civil rights activists are expected to take part.
...Obama Strips Down NASA Probe Of Jupiter's Moon To Pay For More Global Warming Research
Europa is one of the most likely places in our Solar System for alien life to have developed
Via: The Daily Caller
The Terrorists Are Winning
(Steven Hayward) You will readily recall that after 9/11 we were exhorted to go on with our daily lives because otherwise, "the terrorists win." It was decent advice in the sense that it allowed us both to mock and defy the terrorists. My favorite was the New Yorker cartoon that showed two guys at the bar: "If I don't drink this martini, the terrorists win." But is it such a joke any
Source: Power LinePower Line
Legal Spat Over Massive Media Conglomerate Hits Key Milestone
Hopefully the deal will let the dust settle
Via: The Daily Caller
How the International Olympic Committee is using technology to educate future host cities
As the Rio Games draw to a close and the competing athletes pack up, leaving the Brazilian metropolis behind, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is already hard at work laying the foundation for the future spectacle of Olympic games. Throughout the Games, the IOC's Olympic Games Knowledge Management program has been collecting data and compiling reports to share knowledge of… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Ryan Lochte: 'I Let My Team Down' [VIDEO]
He fought back tears in this powerful video
Via: The Daily Caller
Tracking the 2016 Presidential Money Race
On August 20, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump--and some of the super-PACs that back them--reported to the Federal Election Commission how much money they raised and spent through July.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
New Trump
For months now we have heard whispers of a "pivot," an overhaul, a change of ingredients—a New Trump, smoother, more sugary, stripped down and brightened up, rebranded to compete with Hillary Clinton in the general election.
For good or ill, I think New Trump may have arrived. Corey Lewandowski and Paul Manafort have been shown the door, replaced by Kellyanne Conway, a longtime GOP hand known for her support of comprehensive immigration reform and for having compared Todd Akin to David Koresh.
The post New Trump appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
Weekend Circuit: Meth Dealer: You Can't Add Time To My Sentence Just Because I Fled To Mexico
Court rejects asylum-seeke's claim of bisexuality
Via: The Daily Caller
Tech and the presidential race
For presidential nominee Donald Trump, the importance of articulating a vision for the tech industry seems to be lost. While nominee Hillary Clinton released a comprehensive technology policy platform that should excite software developers, Mr. Trump doesn't pay much attention to our industry's concerns and is, frankly, on the wrong side of many of the most important issues facing… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
In search of Rachelle
(Scott Johnson) We keep getting personal email messages sent to Power Line from the Clinton campaign mysteriously addressed to "Rachelle." I don't even know a "Rachelle" who spells her name like that. Subject: "Our numbers are dipping, Rachelle" — I guess that's today's good news — here is today's message: Let's talk about the state of the campaign, Rachelle. Our poll numbers are holding steady, which is good. We're growing our field
Source: Power LinePower Line
Ben Cardin, Maryland U.S. senator: Efforts to pry into Clinton emails are a 'partisan witch hunt'
Sen. Ben Cardin on Sunday said ongoing attempts to dig into Hillary Clinton's exclusive use of private email at the State Department amount to a "partisan with hunt" by congressional Republicans and right-leaning groups hoping to distract from Donald Trump's own issues.
Mr. Cardin, Maryland Democrat, said Republicans should be ...
EXCLUSIVE: When Welfare Encourages People To Work
Monday marks the 20th anniversary of landmark welfare reform
Via: The Daily Caller
Clinton's Campaign Manager Defends Foreign Foundation Money
Days after the Clinton Foundation said it would stop accepting donations from corporations and foreign entities if Hillary Clinton becomes president, her campaign manager defended the organization's fundraising after criticism from Republicans and even some Democrats.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Robby Mook, Clinton campaign manager: Is Donald Trump a 'puppet' for the Kremlin?
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump should explain whether he is "just a puppet" for Russian interests in the presidential race, a top aide to Hillary Clinton said Sunday, even as her critics say foreign contributions to the philanthropic Clinton Foundation are becoming a liability for Democratic nominee.
Clinton campaign manager ...
Parents Can 'Filter' Content In Movies: Good Or Bad Idea?
"Watch movies your way—however the BLEEP you want." That's the motto of a new company that wants to change the way we consume video. At issue is the question over whether Hollywood studios and auteurs can force us to consume their vision in toto, or if consumers—who purchase a movie or TV show—have the right to filter […]
Via: The Daily Caller
How government can unlock three trillion dollars of value in the digital economy
The traditional Silicon Valley view is that innovation happens in spite rather than because of government. But according to Accenture Senior Director of Strategy, Anand Shah, government does have an important role to play in stimulating growth. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Trump Campaign Manager On If He'll Keep Deportation Pledge — 'To Be Determined' [VIDEO]
Conway says Trump wants to make sure 'we are fair and humane to those who live among us in this country'
Via: The Daily Caller
Trump Campaign to Get More Help From RNC's Chief Strategist
The top strategist for the Republican National Committee will take an expanded role with Donald Trump's presidential campaign, a sign of greater unity within Republican ranks with less than three months to go before Election Day.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Poll: Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 6 points in Ohio; dead heat in Iowa
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads GOP rival Donald Trump by 6 percentage points in Ohio, according to a YouGov/CBS poll released Sunday that also shows an even race in Iowa.
Likely voters in Ohio prefer Mrs. Clinton over Mr. Trump, 46 percent to 40 percent, with Libertarian Party candidate ...
More Than 50 Sex Assault Cases Reported At Swedish Festival
'Counted on getting a lot of complaints'
Via: The Daily Caller
The new, scary face of auto insurance
Self-driving cars may never reach accessible autonomy and might only be an add-on feature. It is very likely that the driver will still be liable for the actions of their vehicles. This means that drivers will still need auto insurance. Driving technology may never replace drivers, but it could help us become less injury prone. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
50 Killed In Wedding Suicide Bombing
'If she had not fallen on me, I would have died, too'
Via: The Daily Caller
Donald Trump Bets Big on Online Advertising
Clinton's main super-PAC ended July with over $38 million cash in hand, filings show.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Sunday morning coming down
(Scott Johnson) This is another installment in my series of personal notes on lesser known songs that have meant a lot to me personally over the years. My intention is take a break from politics and offer a few songs interested readers might enjoy. I hope they may even provide a spur to your own explorations. Richie Havens grew up in Brooklyn singing with a choir in church and with doo wop
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In Defense of Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover has gotten a bum rap. If he is not being conflated with a vacuum cleaner magnate or the first director of the FBI, chances are our 31st president is recalled as a synecdoche for the Great Depression, an event over which he ably presided, but did not—and could not—bring to an end. Assessed poorly by political scientists, ignored by historians in favor of more exciting fare, and painted as a fool by partisan journalists, even-handed political biographies on Hoover are a treat; but well-written, steely-eyed assessments of the man are a gift, and this is what one receives in Charles Rappleye's Herbert Hoover in the White House: The Ordeal of the Presidency.
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Source: Washington Free Beacon
Trump Campaign Raises $36.2m in July
Of the $80m that Republican nominee Donald J. Trump said he raised in conjunction with the Republican National Committee and his joint fundraising committee in July, $36.2m went to his campaign, according to his latest report filed with the Federal Election Commission. The campaign spent $18.4m and ended July with $38.4m cash on hand. Campaign raised $12.7m from small dollar donors giving $200 or less Joint fundraising committee with RNC transferred $14.5m to the campaign Trump contributed anoth
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Election-time trio of exhibits on display in Texarkana
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) - If "politics ain't beanbag," as the saying goes, then the reality seems to be that political jousting is a time-honored tradition in our body politic.
While the current presidential election campaign in the U.S. may be knuckle-dragging its way through the pit of incivility, politics has ...
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