Via: The Daily Caller
January 11, 2016
College Forces All Freshmen To Wear Fitbits, Track Their Exercise Levels
Oral Roberts brags that students can be tracked even on spring break
Andrew Napolitano: Obama 'Prefers Being Totalitarian' in His Governing
"Why didn't he change the gun laws then? Unless he wants to do it this way."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Here's What Push Notifications Look Like When You Have 8M Followers On Instagram
Here's what push notifications look like when you have eight million followers on Instagram. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Clinton's Tax Surcharge on Highest Earners Would Hit Top 0.03%
Hillary Clinton is calling for a 4 percent tax surcharge on Americans making more than $5 million annually, a move that would lead to the highest top U.S. income tax rate in 30 years.
Source: Bloomberg.com
What's up with the Senate Judiciary Committee? Part Two
(Paul Mirengoff) Today, the Senate easily confirmed the nomination of Luis Felipe Restrepo to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Restrepo spent years as a public defender and in private practice as a criminal defense and "civil rights" attorney. An obvious left-winger, he naturally had the enthusiastic support of groups of that persuasion. Before the vote on Restrepo, Sen. Charles Grassley, the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made
Source: Power Line
Ammon Bundy-led Oregon standoff a mixed bag for Western federal lands crusade
DENVER — The Bundy-led occupation unfolding in rural Oregon may have delivered a public relations blow to the lawful effort to loosen the federal government's grip on Western lands, but in one key respect, the protest may also be helping.
Even as the group led by rancher Ammon Bundy comes ...
Media Narrative Wrongly Ties Oklahoma Earthquakes To Fracking
Reports are directly contradicted by government research
Via: The Daily Caller
NFL Hands Down Punishment to Bengals Linebacker Vontaze Burfict After Ugly Wild-Card Playoff Game
"…placed his opponent at unnecessary risk of injury and should have been avoided."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Sanders Counters Clinton Attacks on Guns
The Vermont senator countered Clinton's characterization of his vote on a 2005 bill that shielded gun manufacturers and dealers in lawsuits.
Source: Bloomberg.com
49 Out Of 50 States Will See Individual Health Care Premiums Go Up In 2016
Almost every state faces a double-digit increase
Via: The Daily Caller
Liz Mair Spars With Ann Coulter in Tense MSNBC Exchange Over Trump: 'You Are In No Way Conservative'
"That's the proof right there…"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
21 Days to Iowa: Who's Got Momentum?
Radio Iowa's O. Kay Henderson discusses the state of the Democratic and Republican races in Iowa on "With All Due Respect."
Source: Bloomberg.com
John Kerry objects to Republican confirmation delays for 17 foreign policy nominees
When President Obama nominated John F. Kerry to be secretary of state, it took less than five weeks for the Democrat-controlled Senate to confirm the choice.
These days, however, Republicans run the chamber and are a lot less willing to sign off on any nominees — let alone for foreign ...
US Attorney Misleads Constituents About Feds Treatment Of Oregon Ranchers
'Overzealous, vindictive prosecution'
Via: The Daily Caller
Rand Paul Vows to Skip Fox Business Undercard Debate After Failing to Make Main Stage
"I won't participate in anything that's not first tier because we have a first tier campaign."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Paul, Fiorina Miss Cut for Main Stage in Jan. 14 GOP Debate
Sen. Rand Paul and Carly Fiorina fall short of qualifying for the main stage in Thursday's Republican presidential debate, as Fox Business Network announces faceoff's participants. Qualifiers for debate in Charleston, S.C.: Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie, Ohio Gov. John Kasich Qualifiers for "undercard" debate that will precede prime-time forum: Paul, Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum NOTE: Criteria for participation on main stag
Source: Bloomberg.com
Jason-3, Sea Level, And Why It All Matters
SpaceX is scheduled to launch the Jason-3 satellite on Sunday, January 17th at 1:42 PM EST from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Jason-3, a mission from NOAA and NASA, will measure sea level heights around the world. It's equipped with a radar altimeter which can track sea surface heights by pulsing microwaves down at the surface of the ocean and measuring the time it takes… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
The Fun Indicator
(Steven Hayward) I recall that during the Reagan campaign in 1980, Nancy Reagan would "bowl" an orange down the aisle of the campaign plane on takeoff. Ronald Reagan would sometimes take part, and occasionally throw an orange down the aisle. The Washington Post reported at the time: Each time the campaign plane roars upward from a runway, Mrs. Reagan assumes a position in the center aisle at the head of the plane.
Source: Power Line
Nangle, former editor of The Times of Munster, has died
MUNSTER, Ind. (AP) - William Nangle, who served 20 years as executive editor of The Times of Munster, has died. He was 70.
Nangle, who in recent years suffered from heart disease and cancer, died Friday at Franciscan St. Anthony Hospital in Crown Point, said a spokeswoman for Geisen Funeral ...
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