"Those are all people on our list."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
May 16, 2016
Clinton vs. Trump
The Democratic front-runner will try to use the presumptive Republican nominee's own words, and shifting positions, against him.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
It's the Islam, stupid
(Scott Johnson) The professional journalists covering the trial of the "Minnesota men" before Judge Michael Davis include the Star Tribune's Stephen Montemayor. I rely on his work, as well as that of MPR's Mukhtar Ibrahim and Laura Yuen, even when I am sitting next to him in court. Montemayor is a good and indefatigable reporter. If you want to know what's going on during the day at trial, follow him on Twitter.
Source: Power Line
Long Island park removes signs bearing name of Dean Skelos
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (AP) - A Long Island park has removed signs bearing the name of disgraced former New York Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
Skelos was sentenced last week to five years in prison on federal corruption charges.
The park is in Skelos' hometown of Rockville Centre. The playing ...
After spying on social media, UK spy agency GCHQ officially joins Twitter
GCHQ, the UK spy agency which specializes in garnering intelligence from communications, has officially joined Twitter — posting a "Hello, world" inaugural tweet from its blue check verified account. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
'Who Does President Barack Obama Think He Is?': Evangelist Franklin Graham Issues Blistering Reaction to Transgender Bathroom Directive
"The president obviously must have no fear of God, who made us and created us male and female."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Breitbart Labels Bill Kristol 'Renegade Jew' For Not Backing Trump
'Trafficking in straight up anti-Semitism'
Via: The Daily Caller
Why Donald Trump's Tax Returns Matter
Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, has stated to the Associated Press that his income tax returns would likely not be released before the November election due to an IRS audit of his finances. Bloomberg View columnist Timothy L. O'Brien discusses what can be learned from Trump's returns and his expectations for a "brutal" presidential campaign. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance." (Source: Bloomberg)
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Alibaba Pictures raises $260M for its online movie ticket platform
Alibaba Pictures, the film and television subsidiary of Alibaba Group, has raised a 1.7 million RMB (about $260 million) Series A for its online ticketing platform, Taobao Movie. According to a filing made with the Hong Kong stock exchange, the investment gives Taobao Movie a post-money valuation of 13.7 billion RMB (about $2.1 billion). Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Hillary Clinton Plans to Pin Down Donald Trump on Policy
The Democratic front-runner plans to try and use Trump's own words, and shifting positions, against him.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
The Cyber Threat: Government Debates Cyber Counterattacks As Chinese Attacks Continue Unabated
China's aggressive cyber espionage and military reconnaissance operations against both U.S. government and private networks show no sign of abating under the Obama administration's policy of holding talks and threatening but not taking punitive action.
Typical of the administration's approach has been the seemingly endless series of high-level meetings with Chinese officials, such as talks held last week in Washington to discuss "norms" of behavior in cyberspace.
The post The Cyber Threat: Government Debates Cyber Counterattacks As Chinese Attacks Continue Unabated appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
Chat app Line begins offering delivery on-demand services
The future of mobile messaging is pointing towards serves, but don't assume that only applies to digital offerings like money transfers and shopping. Japan's Line, one of the world's most used chat apps, has just made a move into on-demand services. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Undecided
(Paul Mirengoff) Hard core conservatives tend to be puzzled by, and maybe even contemptuous of, undecided voters. They wonder how, for example, anyone could have been undecided about whether to vote for Barack Obama or Mitt Romney, given the sharp philosophical and policy differences between the two. Presumably, most hard core liberals feel the same way. I've never been perplexed by undecided voters. Some people base their vote largely on an assessment
Source: Power Line
In surprising turnabout, Oklahoma eyes Medicaid expansion
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Despite bitter resistance in Oklahoma for years to President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, Republican leaders in this conservative state are now confronting something that alarms them even more: a huge $1.3 billion hole in the budget that threatens to do widespread damage to the state's ...
Rochester shooting survivor from Iran becomes a US citizen
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) - Zahra Zamiri worked for five years to earn her U.S. citizenship, so a few weeks ago, she asked if she could wait a little longer.
She wanted to look nice, Zamiri told officials.
When a woman who survives being shot twice in the chest at point-blank ...
Amazon will reportedly soon sell its own private-label groceries
Amazon will soon roll out its own private-label brands of common household items like coffee, diapers, and other perishable groceries, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The offerings will consist of perishable goods like baby food, tea, coffee, spices, and non-perishables like laundry detergent. These products will live under brand names like Happy Belly, Wickedly Prime,… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Earthquakes and hand grenades
When you pull the pin on a hand grenade, you have four seconds from the time you release the spoon — the aluminum lever that holds down the fuse trigger — until it explodes. Four seconds can be a very long time. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
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