June 8, 2016

Editorials from around New York

Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York's newspapers:

The Times Herald Record of Middletown on the New York Senate ignoring climate legislation.

June 7

There's an impressive list of legislation piling up as the term ends in Albany. The problem is, the list is full of bills ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Adam Carolla Movie Takes Aim At The Perpetually Offended [VIDEO]

Liberals will hate this movie

Via: The Daily Caller

Only a few days left to save $1,200 on extra early-bird tickets to Disrupt SF

startup alley Disrupt SF 2016 is only a few short months away, and soon thousands of innovators, investors, entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts will make their way to the lovely Pier 48 for the best startup show in the Bay Area. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Clinton Invokes Historic First in Victory But Knows Her Best Argument Is Still Trump

The Republican had by far the worst week of his campaign at the very moment the nation saw Clinton reach her milestone.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Mitchell: Obama Ready to 'Make Sure' Clinton Succeeds Him in the White House

The post Mitchell: Obama Ready to 'Make Sure' Clinton Succeeds Him in the White House appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Tom Cotton says he's urging Trump to campaign on upgrading military

Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas said Wednesday that he's advised presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to campaign on beefing up military spending.

"That's a very important policy we need to pursue," Mr. Cotton said at a forum hosted by the Heritage Foundation. "It's also a winning political issue ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Guess What Happened After The Orioles' Shortstop Got Beaned With A 99 MPH Fastball [VIDEO]

SPOILER ALERT: a massive bench-clearing brawl

Via: The Daily Caller

Is HTML5 the new Windows?

html5 If you are as old as me, you remember the transition from MS DOS to Windows in the early 1990s. Might the arrival of new cloud-based apps that run in a web browser and store their data in the cloud create enough of an advantage over the common desktop environment to cause a similar shift? There are many parallels between the arrival of cloud-based apps and the arrival of Windows 30 years ago. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Clinton Says It's Unknown If Racism Is In Trump's Heart: ABC

"Well, I don't know what's in his heart," Hillary Clinton says when asked if Donald Trump is a racist, according to ABC News interview transcript. "But I know that that comment about the very accomplished federal judge who was born in Indiana to parents from Mexico was a racist attack," Clinton says Earlier: Clinton Says U.S. 'Maybe' Ready for Two-Woman Ticket: ABC

Source: Bloomberg Politics

CNN Host: How Can Clinton Ask for Republicans' Support When She Called Them Her Enemies?

The post CNN Host: How Can Clinton Ask for Republicans' Support When She Called Them Her Enemies? appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Garland woman helps settle 2 refugee families in Texas

GARLAND, Texas (AP) - When a rocket attack killed his 7-year-old nephew while he was playing outside late last year, Nangialai Hamidee realized that he made the right decision in getting his family out of Afghanistan, even if the road has been bumpy.

The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/1TYxgGD ) reports ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

School Board Will Petition Supreme Court To Decide If High School Girl Can Use Boys' Bathrooms

'This case is one of national significance'

Via: The Daily Caller

GOP Senator: Trump's 'Self-Inflicted Wounds' Will Hurt Support

"The longer these self-inflicted wounds continue, you know, the less support he's going to get," Republican Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan said Wednesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "I think it's a racist statement and he should retract it": Sullivan on Trump's comments on judge overseeing lawsuits against Trump University "On the issue of whether he's fit to be president, the American people are going to decide whether he's fit to be president in the next several months, and they're also going to de

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Can We Take A Joke?

(Steven Hayward) Further to Ralph Nader's comments noted here yesterday that political correctness is killing comedy (Ralph Nader!), I'm delighted to see leading comedians coming together to join the attack in a new documentary, "Can We Take a Joke?" Here's the two-minute trailer, just out yesterday:

Source: Power LinePower Line

Donald Trump: Republicans angry at me have to 'get over it'

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump says Republicans who might be angry about Mr. Trump's recent comments invoking the Mexican heritage of a judge overseeing a case against Trump University need to "get over it."

"I don't care where the judge comes from or where judges come from - I ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Accel appoints ex-Facebooker Nir Blumberger as Venture Partner to focus on Israel

Nir print-101 VC firm Accel's London office has appointed a new Venture Partner to focus on Israel. Nir Blumberger has joined from Facebook, where he was a Corporate Development executive, and, we're told, was involved in M&A and strategy in areas such as virtual/augmented reality, messaging and video. He'll be based in Tel Aviv, giving Accel a much more formal presence in Israel,… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Midokura raises $20M Series B round for its network virtualization platform

2016-06-07_1519 Network virtualization specialist Midokura today announced it has raised a $20 million Series B round with participation from Japanese fintech company Simplex and existing investors like Allen Miner and the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan. With this round, Midokura's total funding has now hit $44 million. As enterprises move away from expensive proprietary networking hardware… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Looking for Early Victories, Sanders Lost Chance to Expand Base

A decision after his Nevada loss set up a dynamic that would haunt the campaign for the rest of the race.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Steve Kornacki Loves Numbers and Drawing Circles

The post Steve Kornacki Loves Numbers and Drawing Circles appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

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Fujitsu signs deal to integrate Box cloud storage into its enterprise software

Box CEO Aaron Levie Box just inked one of its biggest deals in Asia so far as it focuses on international growth. Fujitsu, one of Japan's largest IT services providers, announced today that it has made a strategic partnership with the cloud-storage company and will integrate Box into its enterprise software. Read More

Source: TechCrunch