August 27, 2016

Gillmor Gang: Unborn Child

Gillmor Gang Artcard The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, Frank Radice, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, August 26, 2016. Oh no, Volumetrics meets the Beatles in a trip forward down memory lane. Eventually we discover the chewy center. Plus, G3 with Mary Hodder, Elisa Camahort Page, Francine Hardaway, and Tina Chase Gillmor. @stevegillmor, @scobleizer, @kteare, @kevinmarks… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Michael Bennet, Colorado Democrat, hit for declaring Iran nuclear deal 'going well'

DENVER — Sen. Michael Bennet prompted a few double-takes this week by saying that he believes the one-year-old Iran nuclear deal is "going well."

In an interview, the Colorado Democrat, who is up for reelection in November, defended his vote last year in favor of the agreement, saying it was ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Yes, Malia Was At A DC Club Last Night

"OMG she's dancing next to me!"

Via: The Daily Caller

What this month's Jet.com sale means for the future of retail

jet.com-alt Retailers grasp the web-focused future of the industry, but the sale of Jet.com to Walmart earlier this month has sped up the shift and validated the online marketplace approach to e-commerce. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Tech Insiders Are Raising Red Flags On Elon Musk's Erratic Business Moves

Worried the purchase is a sign of disaster for the under performing solar company.

Via: The Daily Caller

Weekly Roundup: Zero-day hacks rock Apple, WhatsApp changes privacy policy

facebook-whatsapp-tilt August, the weekend of months. This week a zero-day hack rocked Apple, WhatsApp announced a major privacy change and Tesla announced a new model that takes Ludicrous Mode to the next level. Would you rather get the Weekly Roundup in your inbox? Same, TBH.  1. Hackers are honing in on mobile devices. The latest example was an Apple zero-day hack targeting activist Ahmed Mansoor that… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Greenfail Number–What Are We Up To Now? Ethanol

(John Hinderaker) From the Telegraph, a report on a new study that finds "Biofuels are 'worse than petrol' for the environment." "Green" biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel are in fact worse for the environment than petrol, a landmark new study has found. This, of course, assumes that emitting CO2 is bad. The alternative energy source has long been praised for being carbon-neutral because the plants it is made from absorb carbon

Source: Power LinePower Line

Toomey crosses gun-rights divide in Pennsylvania Senate race

CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) - Freshman U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey is the rare conservative Republican who is running for re-election with the support of leading gun-control groups, but it may not be enough to save him in Democratic-leaning Pennsylvania in this unusual election year.

Toomey, who also has separated himself from ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

EXCLUSIVE: Here's What Life On The Newly-Discovered 'Second Earth' Would Probably Look Like

'Would be a different color, perhaps blue, perhaps red, perhaps even black.'

Via: The Daily Caller

Understanding debt

Business man and computer at beach. Familiar feeling of working hard and still sinking in debt, pinching. Without leverage, the private equity sector as we know it wouldn't exist. While some tech execs and VCs recoil at the thought of using leverage, the truth is that the Innovation Economy has accessed debt for more than 35 years. Given that, debt is worth spending the time to understand. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

New laws on ethics, Pledge of Allegiance set to take effect

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - More than 100 new Missouri laws will take effect Sunday, ranging from tougher ethics policies for lawmakers to a requirement that public schools give students time each day to say the Pledge of Allegiance.

House Speaker Todd Richardson made tightening the state's loose ethics laws ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Atheists Sue Pa. State Legislature For Right To Lead Opening Prayer

Speaker, five legislators named

Via: The Daily Caller

Hillary Clinton Being Briefed by FBI on Intelligence Matters

The Democratic presidential candidate arrived at the FBI office in White Plains, N.Y., this morning for the briefing, her campaign said.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Continetti: Alt-Right Allowing Clinton to Drive Wedge Between Trump and GOP Base

The post Continetti: Alt-Right Allowing Clinton to Drive Wedge Between Trump and GOP Base appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Shinning more light on Fluvanna's African-American history

PALMYRA, Va. (AP) - Pages of books and museums are filled with documents and artifacts from historical moments, to give people a snapshot of another time. Behind those items are people who grew up during the Great Depression, lived through the Jim Crow South, or who remember stories from their ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

CCW Weekend: Why You Should Never Fire Warning Shots

VP Joe Biden recommends warning shots but we will tell you why this is very bad advice

Via: The Daily Caller

Tech and Trump

trump-taj-mahal I won't insult your intelligence by pretending to be unbiased. I think exactly what you'd expect a Canadian who lives in San Francisco to think: how could anyone with a reasonable command of the available evidence even consider voting for Donald Trump? …But my search for an answer has led me to the uncomfortable sense that the tech industry is partly responsible for… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

The Omar case: Curiouser and curiouser

(Scott Johnson) The case of Minnesota DFL House candidate Ilhan Omar and her marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi grows curiouser and curiouser. Is Ahmed Nur Said Elmi the brother of Ilhan Omar? Was the marriage entered into for dishonest purposes? These are the question we have raised in a series of posts over the past two weeks. I summarized the case yesterday in "Omar so far." This much we know with

Source: Power LinePower Line

California Bill Will Allow Special TEACHERS-ONLY Public Housing Projects In San Francisco

Forced rent control causes shortages, which leads to special privileges for government workers

Via: The Daily Caller

Poor Little Rich Girl

Who now remembers Barbara Hutton, the poor little rich girl? Oh, we might be able to dredge up from the recesses of memory or the depths of Wikipedia a few stray facts about her—the much-married heiress of the Woolworth five-and-dime fortune, perhaps the richest girl in the world, who managed to fritter away the equivalent of a billion dollars between her coming-out party at age 18 in 1930 and her death at age 66 in 1979.

We might even remember the original cause of her fame or infamy: that coming-out party, a debutante ball that cost nearly a million dollars (in today's terms) during the depths of the Great Depression.

The post Poor Little Rich Girl appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Small gun manufacturers a growing force in Florida

MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) - At FrogBones Family Shooting in Melbourne, you'll find rows of handguns, rifles and shooting accessories.

You'll also hear the constant "thud" of guns being fired in the indoor range.

Many probably would be surprised to know that FrogBones also is considered a gun "manufacturer," meaning it ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Opera says its service for syncing web browser data was hacked

Screenshot 2016-08-27 13.24.19 Opera, which recently agreed to sell its browser business in a Chinese consortium, has reset user passwords for one of its services after it servers were breached by hackers. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Another reason why liberals hate Trump

(Paul Mirengoff) Steve has started a series called "Why do liberals hate Trump?" The first installment is here. I look forward to reading the subsequent ones. I think one reason why liberals hate Trump is the same reason why many conservatives dislike him: He's not one of theirs and he's an awful guy. Suppose Trump were the Democratic nominee running against, say, Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio. Might not conservatives hate Trump

Source: Power LinePower Line

Trump Obliterates Clinton's Lead In Latest Reuters Poll

He picked up seven points in three days

Via: The Daily Caller

Crunch Report | Justin Kan Talks YC

Justin Kan swings by the TC studio to talk YC, Snapchat and a new app he is working on, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is working on a proposal to retain foreigners who build startups, a new type of shape-shifting material is created out of MIT, three tech stories about cars, and Rackspace is going private. All this on Crunch report. Read More

Source: TechCrunch