Via: The Daily Caller
November 19, 2016
Study: Black police officers more likely than white officers to shoot blacks
(Paul Mirengoff) Michael Rushford of the Crime and Consequences blog calls attention to a new study by John Lott, Jr. of the Crime Prevention Research Center and Carlisle Moody of the College of William and Mary. The two scholars developed a database for police shootings nationwide from 2013 through 2015. Their database is significantly larger and more detailed than the data available through the FBI. Lott and Carlisle found that white officers
Source: Power LinePower Line
Chicago Homicide Rate Reaches Levels Not Seen In Almost 20 Years
'Been skyrocketing this past year'
Via: The Daily Caller
How data science and rocket science will get humans to Mars
President Obama recently re-affirmed America's commitment to sending a manned mission to Mars. Think your data science challenges are complicated? Imagine the difficulties involved in mining data to understand the health impacts of a trip to Mars. When sending humans "where no one has gone before," there are a multitude of variables to consider, and NASA is hard at work… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Zuckerberg Cites Unreliable Liberal Fact-Checker As Objective News Source
It has a known liberal bias
Via: The Daily Caller
This crowdfunded watch looks like the Chrysler Building but was designed in Honolulu
The Skyscraper Art Deco Watch is a new crowdfunded piece by horologist Mark Carson and designer Richard Paige. Based on Art Deco skyscraper decoration – think the Empire State Building's handsome arches or the swooping buttresses of Gotham city – this watch is interesting for a few reasons. First, this team has made some nice watches before. Their DouFace dual face watch… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Xi Meets With Obama, Says U.S. and China at 'Hinge' Moment
The world's two largest economies are at a "hinge moment" as a new Republican administration prepares to take over in Washington, Chinese President Xi Jinping said ahead of a meeting with President Barack Obama.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Conservative lawyers favor Sykes or Pryor for Supreme Court
(Paul Mirengoff) Ten days after his victory, Donald Trump has already made several key personnel decisions. He filled three major staff positions and two extremely important posts that require Senate approval — Attorney General and CIA Director. However, his most important selection, Supreme Court Justice, may not come for a while. Unlike staff and Cabinet/sub-Cabinet jobs, Justices don't have to prepare to administer a bureaucracy. Thus, the need for Trump to select
Source: Power LinePower Line
China's Xi Says Now Is 'Hinge Moment' in Relations With U.S.
Chinese President Xi Jinping comments at APEC meeting Saturday in Lima. Referring to the election of Donald Trump, though he didn't mention him by name, Xi said: "We meet at a hinge moment in the China-U.S. relationship. I hope the two sides will work together to focus on cooperation, manage our differences, and make sure there is a smooth transition in the relationship and that it will continue to grow going forward." NOTE: Tass reporting Vladimir Putin to visit China next May at Xi's invitatio
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Snapchat Spectacle vending bot lands at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena
Another day, another Spectacles vending machine location. This is the fifth place the Snapbot has appeared, to sell its first-person video capturing sunglasses to droves of willing Snapchat fans (or at least people hoping to turn a tidy profit by reselling them on eBay). Today's spot is in Pasadena, at the Rose Bowl Stadium where there's a USC/UCLA game later today. The previous… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Nashville arrest records, photos of civil rights icon found
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - When civil rights icon John Lewis returned to Nashville this weekend, he was greeted just like he was more than 50 years ago - with a mug shot and an arrest record.
But this time, it was in a museum.
Officials in Tennessee's capital city have ...
Congressman's Grandson Is The Latest Fatality In Deadly Chicago
Jovan Wilson, 15, was shot and killed Friday night
Via: The Daily Caller
After decades of dreaming, indoor location's time has come
The precise information you need, delivered exactly when and where you need it. Personalized engagement and experiences. Easy step-by-step navigation. These are just some of the things you get with indoor location-based services. Similar functions have existed outdoors for years, but indoor location services have seen much slower adoption. But that's about to change. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Donald Trump tackles foreign policy with Mitt Romney: 'very thorough and in-depth discussion'
The meeting between former foes President-elect Donald Trump and 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney opened with glad-handing and ended with words of optimism.
Mr. Romney emerged from the one-hour meeting at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, saying they had "a very thorough and in-depth discussion."
"We had ...
Romney Says He Discussed Foreign Policy During Meeting With Trump [VIDEO]
He looks 'forward to the coming administration'
Via: The Daily Caller
Zuckerberg reveals plans to address misinformation on Facebook
He'd been dismissive about the reach of misinformation on Facebook, saying that false news accounted for less than one percent of all the posts on the social media network. But a slew of media reports this week have demonstrated that, although fake posts may not make up the bulk of the content on Facebook, they spread like wildfire — and Facebook has a responsibility to address… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Romney Leads Parade of Hopefuls, Advisers Dropping in on Trump
Mitt Romney and Steve Mnuchin lead a parade of visitors to Donald Trump's golf resort in New Jersey as the president-elect continues to assemble his administration.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to meet with Trump
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is scheduled to meet this weekend with President-elect Donald Trump.
Kobach spokeswoman Desiree Taliaferro told The Associated Press on Saturday that Kobach is on his way to New Jersey. She says she could not confirm details of the planned meeting, ...
Behind The Scenes with the tech powering Cirque Du Soleil's newest show, Luzia
When the folks at Cirque Du Soleil invited us to check out some of the technology behind its latest show, Luzia, I just couldn't say no. They've built all kinds of incredible stuff for this show. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Group wants end to "Zion Curtain" law walling off bartenders
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A group of Utah restaurants wants to scrap a law requiring so-called Zion Curtains that wall off customers from bartenders preparing drinks.
The Salt Lake Area Restaurant Association plans to hire a lobbyist to push the change during the legislative session starting in January.
Association ...
Source: Trump To Offer Mattis, Romney, Mnuchin Cabinet Jobs
'Mad Dog' Mattis: 'Have a plan to kill everybody you meet'
Via: The Daily Caller
Are All Liberals Rude and Arrogant?
(John Hinderaker) Perhaps not, but it often seems that way. Vice President-Elect Mike Pence is in New York, working with Donald Trump on staffing their new administration. He took last night off to see the popular Broadway musical "Hamilton." When he and his family took their seats, some in the crowd booed–although, to be fair, it sounds to me as though more applauded: The real outrage came at the end. As Pence
Source: Power LinePower Line
David Duke, former Klan leader, applauds Trump staff, Cabinet picks as 'great first steps'
Notwithstanding a resounding Election Day defeat in his U.S. Senate bid, former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke appears optimistic about the future of the United States following President-elect Donald Trump's appointment this week Steve Bannon, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, to roles in ...
Gillmor Gang: Real News
The Gillmor Gang — John Borthwick, Keith Teare, Frank Radice, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, October 29, 2016. Mainstream meets streaming media as we await the transition to the new administration. The Gang tackles the fake news pandemic with a requiem for truthiness scheduled for January 20. @stevegillmor, @borthwick, @kevinmarks, @fradice, @kteare Producer… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
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