October 6, 2015

4 Issues to Watch When Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Debate Next Week

Unlike their Republican counterparts, leading Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have eschewed personal attacks. But there are plenty of policy differences they could debate when they meet next Tuesday.

Source: Bloomberg.com news

NH Democrat's First Move as Senate Candidate: Endorse Iran Deal

New Hampshire Democrat Maggie Hassan opened her campaign for the U.S. Senate by announcing her support for the nuclear deal with Iran.

The post NH Democrat's First Move as Senate Candidate: Endorse Iran Deal appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

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Europe's Top Court Strikes Down 'Safe Harbor' Data-Transfer Agreement With U.S.

google-servers-datacenter The European Court of Justice has today declared invalid the Safe Harbor data-transfer agreement that has governed data flows from European users of U.S. cloud services to the U.S. for processing. "The Court of Justice declares that the Commission's U.S. Safe Harbour Decision is invalid," the ECJ said in a statement today, reported by Reuters. Some 4,000+ U.S. companies… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

The Trump swagger is seen, not always loved, worldwide

BALMEDIE, Scotland (AP) - Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is well-known in this serene coastal section of Scotland, where shimmering golden sand dunes meet the ice-blue North Sea and people play on his golf course. He's known in the Himalayas, too, far from any sign with his name on it. ...

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We Asked New Yorkers to Describe Donald Trump Using Just One Word — Take a Look at Their Answers

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Football Media Platform 90min Scores $15M Further Funding

90min_2 There's money in the beautiful game, even if it's not very evenly distributed. London-headquarted 90min, which describes itself as a 'contributor-driven' football media platform (meaning that it relies largely on unpaid, volunteer writers) has raised a further $15 million. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Apple Shows Off The Watch's Fun Side With Six New Bite-Sized Ads

Watch ad Ride Apple just unveiled six new 15-second Watch ads highlighting the instantaneous utility that the device offers. The ads feature color gradient backgrounds, pop tunes and beautiful people wearing Apple Watches. These ads are a bit of a departure from the previous more cinematic Watch ads that have focused largely on the emotional integration of the device into users' lives.… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

The Washington Nationals horribly disappointing season, what went wrong?

(Paul Mirengoff) The regular baseball season ended yesterday, which means the end of the line for the disappointing 2015 Washington Nationals. The bookmakers pre-season favorites to make the World Series limped home in second place in their division, 7 games behind the New York Mets, with a record of 83-79. Today they fired manager Matt Williams. Washington fans are debating whether the Nats season represents the biggest disappointment by a Washington team

Source: Power Line

McCain To Colbert: Bachmann-Cain Admin Could Have Done Better Job Than Obama [VIDEO]

John McCain didn't exactly play to the crowd Monday night. While appearing on CBS' "The Late Show," the Arizona Republican senator tried to explain why outsiders were doing so well in the Republican presidential race while predicting a more establishment-friendly candidate would ultimately emerge to win the Republican nomination. "There is that anger out there," McCain […]

Via: The Daily Caller

Apple Acquires Perceptio, An Artificial Intelligence Startup

apple-logo-dark Apple confirmed today to Bloomberg that it has acquired deep learning company Perceptio, which uses artificial intelligence to classify photos on smartphones. Read More

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Phot-Obama: Pic Of Michelle Fixing Barack's Tie Gets Gut-Busting, Photoshop Makeover [SLIDESHOW]

Check out a SLIDESHOW of the funniest edits

Via: The Daily Caller

October 5, 2015

Labor, civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs dies at age 100

DETROIT (AP) - Grace Lee Boggs, a longtime activist who was part of the labor, civil rights, black power, women's rights and environmental justice movements, died Monday at her Detroit home. She was 100.

Boggs and late husband James Boggs were involved in advocacy for decades. She helped organize a ...

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New Hillary TV Ad Stars House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy [VIDEO]

Spins GOP leader's Benghazi Committee comments

Via: The Daily Caller

Brother of Oregon Shooting Survivor Has a Strong Message for Obama: 'I Would Tell Him…'

"If you had the opportunity to meet with him, what would you say?"

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Hillary Clinton Shifts to Offense Ahead of Debate and Benghazi Committee Testimony

The Democratic front-runner has sharpened her rhetoric on the campaign trail in recent days.

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Tech Innovations That Will Make You Want To Live In Your Car

tesla_model_s America has a well-known love affair with the open road — and it's a good thing, because we're also known for spending a lot of time in our cars. According to DOT statistics, the average driver logs 13,476 miles per year (that's 37 miles a day) and spends 34 hours a year sitting in traffic, a figure that has more than doubled in the last 30 years. So if our cars are… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Modest Proposals On Gun Violence

(John Hinderaker) White House spokesman Josh Earnest was asked several questions about gun control during his press briefing today. Breitbart summarizes his responses, which were more of the same: endless references to "common sense" reforms which are never specified. Earnest wants to keep firearms out of the hands of "criminals and others who shouldn't have them"; so do we all, but how? To state the blindingly obvious, mass murder is, and always

Source: Power Line

House Speaker vote date buys GOP time for leadership choice

Speaker John A. Boehner set an Oct. 29 date for the full House to vote on his replacement, giving Republicans three weeks to get their troops in line and rally around Rep. Kevin McCarthy or whoever else emerges from this week's internal GOP vote.

But the votes for the rest ...

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These Celebrities Have Piercings In Strange Places [SLIDESHOW]

They put metal where?!

Via: The Daily Caller

'How Can They Have Prevented This?': Manifesto Reveals Oregon Shooter's Chilling Answer

"My success in Hell is assured."

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