Source: Bloomberg.com news
November 4, 2015
San Francisco Voters Reject Ballot Measure to Curb Airbnb
Airbnb Inc. has fought off a San Francisco ballot measure that sought to limit the short-stay rental service in its hometown, an effort to contain housing costs that some say has made the city a playground for well-heeled techies.
SF voters reject 2 measures prompted by housing crisis
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The latest on Election Day in San Francisco as voters decide on a mayor and sheriff. Also on the ballot are measures to restrict Airbnb and other home-share platforms, and impose a temporary freeze on luxury housing in the city's Mission District. (All times local)
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No Country For Middle-Aged White Men
A depressing new study on the rising mortality rate among a Caucasian age group skewers the idea of white privilege
Via: The Daily Caller
National Review Reporter Asks Jeb if He Can 'Fix' Her 'Messy Room' — and She Gets a Response Back
"Hey my room is a mess can u fix it"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
November 3, 2015
Twitter Found Love In A Fave-Less Place
It's a function of Twitter's largely unfiltered feed. It zips by so quickly that even great content can get lost. Your closest friends and sparring partners might easily miss your tweets. And unless you have some level of offline celebrity or an online soapbox, you might never gain enough followers to get your tweets seen before they're pushed down the timeline. The result… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Veterans Unable to Pay College Tuition Because Of VA Computer "Hiccups"
Around 50 veterans were cut off from tuition funding Tuesday because of technical difficulties at the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), according to KSNT. The vets are participants in the VA's Vocational Rehabilitation program, which aims to help injured veterans adjust to civilian life by providing them with job training, tuition funding, and housing assistance. The VA ...
The post Veterans Unable to Pay College Tuition Because Of VA Computer "Hiccups" appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
Lawmakers Agree To $5 Billion In Defense Cuts, Leave Military Blimp JLENS Totally Untouched
'Now is the perfect time to get rid of a 'zombie program' that provides no strategic value'
Via: The Daily Caller
Pastor Warns That America Is a 'Nation Without a Mission Statement' and Reveals the Tough Choice Christians Must Now Face
"We're not what we once were. We're not sure what we're becoming."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Vicious In-School Assault on 12-Year-Old Caught on Video — and It Seems to Have Been Planned
"My child should feel protected."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Trump: 'Highly Political' Janet Yellen Should Have Raised Rates
"A lot of bad things" will happen, or potentially will happen, when Fed raises rates, and Janet Yellen has been protecting President Obama by not taking action, Donald Trump says at news conference at Trump Tower. Trump says he doesn't care too much about debates, wants to make sure they are staged "properly," and that wounded warriors and veterans should get "enormous profits" from the debates Says he is meeting with Saturday Night Live's Lorne Michaels later today and that protests of his upco
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Slack Improves Slash Commands So You Can Call A Lyft And More From Inside Slack
Slack just unveiled a new way for app developers to create slash commands, letting users interface with their apps from within Slack channels. After being turned on via the "Add to Slack button", these commands will allow users to do things like call a Lyft or ask FourSquare for lunch recommendations, all from within a channel or private message. For example, a user could type… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Recent editorials from Texas newspapers
Houston Chronicle. Oct. 30, 2015.
Voting rights: A system to automatically register people to vote is exactly what we need in Texas
For those of us who have grown accustomed to the red-versus-blue wars about the act of voting in recent years, it may come as a surprise to realize ...
NHL Team Pulls Terrifying Prank On Rookies To Let Them Know They Made The Team [VIDEO]
One player almost cried
Via: The Daily Caller
Donald Trump Gives an Improvised Response When Reporter Asks Him to Do His Jeb Bush Impression
"My Jeb impression?"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Poll: Most Americans Accept Global Warming Is Happening but Many Aren't Too Worried About It
"On my list of things that worry me today, global warming is kind of low."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Republicans Trust Carson, Trump Most on Nuclear Weapons: Poll
More GOP voters would trust Ben Carson with control of nuclear weapons, followed closely by Donald Trump, than the rest of the party's presidential primary field, according to Reuters/Ipsos poll. 39% of the people surveyed said they most trusted Carson with nuclear weapons, followed by Donald Trump at 34%; 27% said they trusted Marco Rubio Reuters/Ipsos poll was taken online Oct. 23-Nov. 2, with a credibility interval of =/- 4.4 ppts
Source: Bloomberg.com news
Audio-Beacon Startup LISNR Raises $10 Million Series B Round Led By Intel Capital
Smart tone startup LISNR just raised a $10 million series B round led by Intel Capital to further advance the product as "a true protocol to connect devices across a number of different verticals," LISNR co-founder and CEO Rodney Williams told TechCrunch. LISNR's technology is an audio-based platform for communicating data across devices. Any brand or device that wants to use… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Soros, Hollywood Among Latest Big Backers of Feingold in Wisconsin
The Soros family and Hollywood bigwigs are among the latest individuals to pump tens of thousands of dollars into the Wisconsin Senate campaign of Democratic hopeful Russ Feingold.
The post Soros, Hollywood Among Latest Big Backers of Feingold in Wisconsin appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
The Latest: Hungary parliament rejects EU migrant quota plan
SID, Serbia (AP) - The latest as people flood into Europe in search of a new life. All times local.
5:00 p.m.
Hungary's parliament has approved a resolution that rejects the European Union's plan to introduce a quota system to share refugees among member nations.
The approval Tuesday by lawmakers ...
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