Source: TechCrunch
June 25, 2015
LittleBits Raises Big $44.2 Million Round
LittleBits, a 3.5-year-old, New York-based maker of electronic components that both children and designers can snap together to create everything from toy robots to lightweight industrial products, has raised $44.2 million in Series B funding led by DFJ Growth, with managing director Barry Schuler joining the board. Morgan Stanley, Alternative Investment Partners, Grishin Robotics and Wamda… Read More
Whoopsie! Ex-Im Official 'Accidentally' Deleted Election-Week Texts
Watchdog group accuses embattled bank of deleting public records requested through FOIA
Via: The Daily Caller
Rand Paul Said to Take on the IRS, Again
A lawsuit against the tax agency could burnish the senator's anti-government persona.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
George W. Bush jokes: 'I miss having a shower on an airplane. I miss the pastry chef'
Former President George W. Bush, making a rare return to Washington, D.C., Wednesday, revealed what he truly misses about his time in the White House.
"I'm asked a lot, 'Do you miss being president?' " Mr. Bush said. "I miss some things about being president."
"I miss having ...
The White House Wants Your Doctor To Teach You About Global Warming
'We need to engage medical students themselves'
Via: The Daily Caller
Is Having Elective Plastic Surgery a Sin Against God?
"The body is not just a hunk of meat."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Matterport Captures $30M To Scan Rooms Into Virtual Reality
This $4500 camera turns the real world into the virtual one. Today, Matterport's hardware is a hit with real estate agents. But fueled by the $30 million Series C it just raised, Matterport's software and partnership with Google's Project Tango could let you wave your phone around to create VR tours of anywhere you want. It used to take a $50,000 rig to do that until… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
"May fall short"
(Scott Johnson) If one takes the purported rationale of the imminent deal with Iran seriously, the deal is absurd. It will facilitate Iran's development and acquisition of nuclear weapons. It will promote the nuclearization of the region, and this while the Islamic Republic of Iran remains both an avowed and an active enemy of the United States and its allies. President Obama must have some other object in mind than preventing Iran
Source: Power Line
Watch: MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski So Disgusted With Joe Scarborough's Prison Break Comments She Wants His Mic Cut Off
"And this dude, is he banging them too?"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Jindal campaign website: 'Bobby is a scientific anomaly; and scientists should probably study him'
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who jumped into the 2016 presidential race Wednesday, is a "scientific anomaly" worthy of further study — and that's according to his own campaign website.
The contention comes under a section titled "Seven Things You Didn't Know About Bobby," which also says he renamed ...
What This Student Claims a Professor Threatened After She Mentioned the Bible in a Class Assignment Is Being Slammed as 'Blatantly Unconstitutional'
"Students do not lose their First Amendment rights when they sign up for classes at the University of Wisconsin."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
With $13 Million From Maveron, Eargo Is The Hearing Aid Of The Future
After five years of research and $13 million in venture funding, Eargo has created a hearing device that people actually want to wear. Launching out of beta today, Eargo's invisible, rechargeable hearing aid is modeled after the fishing fly, of all things. It's made out of flexi fibers — small pieces of soft, medical-grade silicon — which suspend a tiny speaker in… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Bill Henck: Inside the IRS, part 8
(Scott Johnson) The IRS is at the center of the deepest scandals of the Obama administration. William Henck has given us a look from his perspective inside the IRS Office of the Chief Counsel, where he has worked as an attorney for over 26 years. Last year we posted his personal account of a retaliatory audit conducted by the IRS against him in "Inside the IRS." We followed up with subsequent posts
Source: Power Line
Scientists Discover Unexpected Glowing Coral in the Red Sea
"Beyond the depth limits of standard scuba diving techniques."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
VAT Chance: Rand Paul, Ben Cardin Push to Change Tax Code
Both members of the unlikely duo insist a tax on spending doesn't have to hurt the poor.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Hillary Clinton is not honest and trustworthy, voters say, but is still the Dem frontrunner
A majority of voters say former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is not honest and trustworthy and that her claim to be a fighter for the middle class is just a campaign slogan, but she is still retaining a tight lock on the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination contest and leads ...
Backed By Spark Capital, Andela Will Develop A Continent Of Tech Talent
Genius is evenly distributed; opportunity is not. That truth is the driving principle behind Andela, a startup currently building a network of top tier computer science education programs across the African continent. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Watch a Pricey F-35 Jet Complete an Important Milestone in New Test
"A great success"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
The New Law That Would Outlaw LGBT Discrimination Everywhere
Congressional Democrats go for a blanket ban on biased treatment.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Russia Tested Hypersonic Glide Vehicle in February
Moscow is developing a new, ultra-high speed strategic attack vehicle similar to China's hypersonic weapon, according to military analysts.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
Former state lawmaker scheduled to testify in bribery trial
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Stephanie Hall did not look at her estranged husband as she walked into the federal courtroom, but she had plenty to say about him.
The estranged wife of former Democratic state Rep. Keith Hall told a federal jury Wednesday that her husband would often pay people ...
Lost My Name, The Kids "Full-Stack" Personalised Book Publisher, Raises $9M Led By Google Ventures
Lost My Name, the London-based startup behind the hugely popular "The Little Boy/Girl Who Lost His/Her Name", a personalised picture book for kids, has picked a $9 million Series A round. Google Ventures led the investment, along with Greycroft, The Chernin Group, Allen & Co, and former SunGard President and CEO Cris Conde. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Translation And Copywriting Platform TextMaster Scores $5M In New Funding
TextMaster, the Belgium startup that offers a platform for content translation, copywriting and proofreading, has raised a new $5 million round of funding, adding to the approximately $3 million previously raised since being founded in 2011. The lead investor is Serena Capital, along with existing backer Alven Capital. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Uber's Indian Rival Ola Begins Integrating TaxiForSure, Its $200M Acquisition, Into Its App
Ola, India's homegrown rival to Uber, paid out $200 million to buy smaller rival TaxiForSure in March, and now it has begun to integrate the service into its own app. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Louis Farrakhan: 'We Need to Put the American Flag Down'
"Who are we fighting today? It's the people that carry the American flag."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Perry on Nuclear Negotiations With Iran: Obama Has Conceded Over and Over Again In 'Reckless Pursuit of Any Agreement'
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry issued a statement Wednesday encouraging President Obama to abandon nuclear negotiations with Iran for fear that a deal could start a Middle East arms race.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
Inside the Beltway: Bobby Jindal in for the long march towards 2016, promising honesty and energy
He's in the 2016 race whether his critics like it or not. "It's easy to talk about the mess that President Obama has made of our country. Every American knows about it, and every Republican candidate talks about it. That's not even half of what we should expect of the ...
'Are You Homophobic?': Glenn Beck and Don Lemon Tackle Highly Divisive Topics, Leave Many CNN Viewers 'Surprised'
"Check the temperature in hell. Just saw @glennbeck on @donlemon @CNN AND I AGREED WITH HIM."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Freddie Gray autopsy report raises problems for prosecution's case
(Paul Mirengoff) The Baltimore Sun says it has obtained a copy of the autopsy report in the Freddie Gray case. The Sun hasn't published the report but presents a summary of it here. If the Sun's description is accurate, the report will likely hurt, perhaps fatally, the prosecution's case at least with respect to its most serious charges. Before getting into specifics, let me observe that, as described by the Sun, the
Source: Power Line
Farrakhan: Whites 'Don't Give A Damn About Them 9,' 'Put the American Flag Down'
Louis Farrakhan told a crowd of hundreds at the Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, DC on Wednesday that white people don't care about the nine people who killed in the South Carolina shootings. "White folks march with you because they don't want you upsetting the city," he said in reference to protesting against the South Carolina shootings. "They ...More
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Source: DailySurge
Matt Lewis: 'I Went On Real Time And People F**king Hated This Shirt' [VIDEO]
But haters, he's going to wear it again. The insults won't stop him.
Via: The Daily Caller
O'Reilly Unloads on 'Race Baiters' & Fox News 'Smear Merchants': 'You Want a War? You Got a War!'
"I'm not going to sit here any longer and take this garbage!"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
O'Reilly Unloads on 'Race Baiters' & Fox News 'Smear Merchants': 'You Want a War? You Got a War!'
"I'm not going to sit here any longer and take this garbage!"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
June 24, 2015
Environmental Scientists Rank Top 10 Sweatiest American Cities
Boiling hot metropolises
Via: The Daily Caller
Obama To Illegal LGBT Heckler: 'No, No, No…You're In My House!'
President Obama had just begun his remarks in the White House Wednesday celebrating civil rights gains for LGBT Americans when he was interrupted by a rare heckler. Obama said he used to hecklers stopping him during speeches — but he draws the line when the audience interrupts him "in his own house." Obama wasn't hearing ...More
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