November 28, 2015

Legal Streaming: Build Your Audience Without Getting GG'ed

streaming-games Tens of thousands of broadcasters, game developers, and fans converged on San Francisco's Moscone Center during TwitchCon 2015 — Twitch's inaugural celebration for the videogame streaming community. Since its launch in 2007, Twitch has grown into the world's most popular streaming platform for video game and electronic sports Internet streaming, ranking fourth overall… Read More

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Ben Carson Says Syrian Refugees Should Stay in Jordan

Returning from a trip to a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan, the Republican presidential candidate said refugees could "wait" safely in Jordan until they could return and urged U.S. to "do more." "Bringing 25,000 refugees to the United States does nothing to solve this crisis," Carson said in a statement of an alternative plan for refugees. "Jordan already houses 1.4 million refugees. Jordan needs and deserves our help." He said he would outline proposals "in the coming days" NOTE: Earlier this mon

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Aaron Schock, former Illinois congressman, turns over financial records to federal prosecutors

Former Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock has agreed to turn over roughly 3,000 records to federal prosecutors to avoid a "prolonged legal battle."

Mr. Schock's lawyers on Friday agreed to turn over the records, which have been twice subpoenaed in the lengthy investigation into the Republican's use of congressional and campaign ...

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WATCH: ISIS Fighter Sobs After Being Captured [VIDEO]

Terrorist cries like a baby

Via: The Daily Caller

'Deputies Heard a Baby's Muffled Cry': Newborn Rescued After Being Buried Next to Bike Path Under Pieces of Asphalt and Rubble

"Sadly, babies are sometimes harmed or abandoned by parents who feel that they're not ready or able to raise a child."

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Here's What Cards Against Humanity Is Doing With The $71,145 They Made On Black Friday

Screen Shot 2015-11-28 at 1.16.00 PM While a lot of the US was out and about shopping for themselves or others for the holidays, Cards Against Humanity ran their own Black Friday campaign, asking for $5 and in return the buyer would get nothing. Nada. Zip. And the buyers (all 11,248 of them) LIKED it. Today, the team shared that they'd made a grand total of $71,145 in one day and let us in on what they would be buying… Read More

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Pastor Calls Gunman a 'Domestic Terrorist' During Vigil at Colorado Springs Church, Attendee Protests Service's 'Political Statement'

"We're here to honor the lives of those who were killed yesterday …"

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See the Police Records That Seemingly Reveal Planned Parenthood Shooting Suspect's Dark History

The neighbor informed police that she was afraid for her safety. 

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UberChopper Brings Desperately Needed Excess To Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

CUkcLkcUwAA0tUJ.jpg-large Today, as you nurse your wounds from Black Friday stampedes outside your local mall, or sit in traffic as you make your lengthy travel back home from the holidays, here's a reminder that life doesn't have to be so hard. Forget UberBLACK. This weekend, the who's who of wealthy people chilling in Dubai are grabbing UberCHOPPERs to take them on the 130km journey from Dubai… Read More

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Ben Carson after camp tour: Absorb Syrian refugees in Mideast

AZRAQ REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Saturday, after visiting a camp for Syrian refugees, that the displaced should be absorbed by Middle Eastern countries, with the international community sending aid and "encouragement" to the host nations.

Carson toured the Azraq camp in northern Jordan ...

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Colorado Springs Shooter Robert L. Dear Was An Accused Peeping Tom Once Arrested For Animal Cruelty

Gunman also allegedly abused his wife

Via: The Daily Caller

Putin Calls for Sanctions Against Turkey After 'Plane Incident'

"We have seen that the Turkish side hasn't been ready to offer an elementary apology over the plane incident."

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Key Person Insurance Is VCs' Assurance

jenga Founders soliciting venture funds quickly get comfortable revealing details about their operations, vision and finances. They may also need to be willing to step on a scale and get a blood draw. Investors try to ensure that the startups they're funding are healthy, and, strange as it might seem, they like to know that critical founders are in good shape, too. Read More

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Donald Trump Slams Super-PAC With Ties to Ben Carson

Donald Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner, referred to a Los Angeles Times report that claimed Ben Carson, who is vying with Trump for the GOP nomination, helped raise money for a group that only spent 2 percent of its $6 million on candidates. "It's a scandal," Trump said Saturday at a rally in Sarasota, Florida The LA Times reported Nov. 25 that the American Legacy Political Action Committee, with ties to Carson and former House speaker Newt Gingrich, spent most of its funds on "t

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I Question Dana Milbank About His Claim that Trump Is a Racist

(John Hinderaker) When I hosted the Laura Ingraham radio show on Wednesday, one of our guests was Dana Milbank of the Washington Post. I quizzed Milbank about a column he had written two days before, asserting that Donald Trump is a bigot and a racist. Milbank got a little prickly; as a liberal journalist, he apparently isn't used to being challenged. But it was, I thought, a good and civil exchange. The

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Here's Everything We Know About Planned Parenthood Shooting Suspect

"If you talked to him, nothing with him was very cognitive — topics all over place."

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Colorado Springs Mayor Hints at Shooting Suspect's Motive

Mayor John Suthers suggested that police would also analyze the suspect's mental health. 

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Gillmor Gang: More Gravy

Gillmor Gang Artcard The Gillmor Gang — Matt Mullenweg, Robert Scoble, John Borthwick, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Tuesday, November 24, 2015. Matt Mullenweg joins the Gang for a deep dive on Calypso's update of WordPress, complete with social, notifications, and a native Mac client. Plus, the latest G3 with Mary Hodder, Rebecca Woodcock, Francine Hardaway, and Tina Chase Gillmor. From Gillmor… Read More

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Obama Calls for More Gun Control Following Colorado Shooting: 'If We Truly Care About This…'

"We know that more Americans and their families had fear forced upon them."

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Karl Rove Opens His Rolodex for Ben Carson

Donald Trump's team thinks the top-gun Republican consultant is aiming a bank shot at the billionaire.

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Three Killed, Nine Injured In Colorado Shooting

The dead included one police officer and two civilians

Via: The Daily Caller

'We Stared Right at Each Other': Witness Describes Harrowing Moment He Came Into Contact With Colorado Springs Gunman

"He was aiming at my head."

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The Week in Pictures: Climate Terror Edition

(Steven Hayward) The next big UN climate summit opens on Monday in Paris, except—wait!—oops, it's now a "Peace" conference, because climate change caused ISIS, 9/11, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Hmm: global peace conference in Paris. Where have I heard of such a thing before? Maybe people will remember when the climate equivalent of the Versailles Treaty is announced in the next couple weeks, since we're going through the War on Coal to

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Attack on U.N. Base in Mali Kills Leaves Three People Dead, Several More Injured

No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, but Islamic extremists are suspected. 

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Turkey's Erdogan Warns Russia Not to 'Play with Fire'

ISTANBUL/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan warned Russia on Friday not to "play with fire", citing reports Turkish businessmen had been detained in Russia, while Moscow said it would suspend visa-free travel with Turkey.

The post Turkey's Erdogan Warns Russia Not to 'Play with Fire' appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

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Thanksgiving/Black Friday Online Sales Hit $4.5B, 34% Of Purchases Made On Mobile

christmas wrapping The first two days of the holiday sales period have netted $4.45 billion in U.S. online purchases, with mobile devices — led by smartphones — accounting for a record $1.5 billion of that amount, with $2.72 billion spent on BlackFriday and $1.73 billion on Thanksgiving. The figures come from Adobe, which has been tracking some 4,500 sites, including 80% of the top 100… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Syrians in Nebraska plead: Don't turn your backs on refugees

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Rula Jabbour tells of how her father fled Syria when he was tipped off that a terror squad was on its way to kidnap and behead him.

Months later her cousin, pregnant with twins, was obliterated by a terrorist rocket fired on Syria's capital city.

So ...

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Reading Jim Scanlan in Tehran

(Paul Mirengoff) From time to time, I have directed the attention of Power Line readers to the work of James P. Scanlan. Specifically, I have linked to and discussed his analyses of disparate impact theory in various contexts involving allegations of discrimination. Years ago, Jim wrote a piece for the Midwest Quarterly on a very different subject — nuclear deterrence. It was called "Facing the Paradox of Deterrence." The paradox Jim posited

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Gunman, Slain Officer Identified Following Deadly Attack at Planned Parenthood Clinic in Colorado

Police said three people, including a police officer, were killed in the attack on Friday.

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

What Makes An Industry Cloud Leader?

industrycloud Over the last several years at Emergence Capital we have seen an exciting new set of companies emerge that offer cloud solutions within a specific industry vertical — collectively known as "industry cloud" companies. The opportunity is enormous. In fact, many people don't realize that vertical-specific software represented the largest segment of the worldwide… Read More

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