August 8, 2017

Daily Show Prep: Tuesday, August 8

 

Good Lord.

Origin of Modern Cows Traced to Single Herd | WIRED

A genetic study of cattle has claimed that all modern domesticated bovines are descended from a single herd of wild ox, which lived 10,500 years ago.

No human interaction: Pizza chain creates self-serve pizza machines, will be nationwide in 2018 – Red Alert Politics

On Monday, the pizza chain unveiled the Pizza Portal, the first heated, self-service pizza station that allows customers to skip the line, grab their pizza, and leave within seconds.

ABC: Cancelling Tim Allen Apolitical | The Daily Caller

No room on the schedule? For a show that pulled in 8 million viewers on a Friday night? It was the second most-watched comedy on ABC, after Modern Family. Meanwhile, lower-rated and presumably more expensive ABC shows like Agents of SHIELD and Once Upon a Time keep limping along, season after season, and the network keeps finding a place in the schedule for them.

Exclusive: Here’s The Full 10-Page Anti-Diversity Screed Circulating Internally at Google [Updated]

A software engineer’s 10-page screed against Google’s diversity initiatives is going viral inside the company, being shared on an internal meme network and Google+.

Media’s Bias Against Google Memo [VIDEO] | The Daily Caller

MSNBC and CNN can’t hide their bias against an internal Google memo that argued the gender gap in tech can be partially explained by women’s choices.

Shameless LIARS! CNN gets DECIMATED for blatantly lying about #GoogleManifesto content – twitchy.com

Damore didn’t say women aren’t suited for tech jobs.

Women Stayed Home From Work at Google Because They Were Upset Over Memo | Truth Revolt

Another software engineer who used to work for Google, Kelly Ellis, says some women who still work at the company stayed home on Monday because the memo made them “uncomfortable going back to work.”

Google CEO: ‘Be Free To Express Dissent’ | The Daily Caller

A day after Google fired an employee who wrote a lengthy memo blasting the company’s diversity policies, CEO Sundar Pichai wrote his own missive Tuesday saying that “people must feel free to express dissent.”


Hour 2

Investigator: Bake Sale Didn’t Break Law | The Daily Caller

An investigator determined that a student accused by his university of discrimination because of a mock “Social Justice Bake Sale” did not violate university policy or federal law, according to a letter obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation Sunday.

California Bakeries Refuse to Bake Trump Birthday Cake For 9-Year-Old Boy – Where’s the SJW Lynch Mob?

The Post reported that, when Dylan asked for a “Donald Trump cake” for his birthday, his mother “made him one herself, because she couldn’t find a bakery willing and able to do it.”

Veteran WH Reporter Schools Trump Haters, Reminds Them Obama Started ‘Real News’ Videos – Breitbart

Steve Thomma, the veteran White House reporter and current executive director of the White House Correspondents’ Association, pointed out on Sunday evening that President Barack Obama’s White House actually started the trend of creating “real news” videos to go around the traditional media’s filters to get its message out more directly to voters

Fried Chicken Beer

Fried Chicken Beer by Justin Page at 9:34 AM on August 7, 2017 Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)More The Veil Brewing Co. and Evil Twin Brewing have worked together to create a “Fried Fried Chicken Chicken” beer that may not taste just like a delicious piece of chicken, but was made with a “VERY small amount of Fried Chicken in one of two of the mashes.” The Veil Brewing Co. released their finger licking good beer on July 25th at their Richmond, Virginia brewery. It is available for a limited run.

Republican donor from Virginia Beach sues GOP, accusing the party of fraud over failed Obamacare repeal | Virginia Politics | pilotonline.com

A retired attorney in Virginia Beach is so incensed that Republicans couldn’t repeal the Affordable Care Act that he’s suing to get political donations back, accusing the GOP of fraud and racketeering.

McConnell to consider bipartisan plan to pay health insurers – ABC News

A week after an attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act failed, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he’d consider a bipartisan effort to continue payments to insurers to avert a costly rattling of health insurance markets.


Hour 3

The Market Has Never Done This Before | Zero Hedge

A fascinating statistic about the current no-vol state of the market, courtesy of Deutsche’s Jim Reid, who points out that the last time we had 13 consecutive days in which the S&P moved less than 0.3% in either direction was… never:

Trump Makes History! Only President in US History to Oversee 2 Stock Market Rallies of 9 or More Record Days in a Row

Only 6 time in US History has the Stock Market had rallies with 9 or more days in a row of all time highs – Hoover in 1929, Eisenhower in 1955, LBJ in 1964, Reagan in 1987, Trump in 2017 and Trump again in 2017.

TRUMP EFFECT: 1.1 Million Drop Off Trump Food Stamp Lists — Mostly Illegal Aliens (Video)

The USDA reported this week that 1.1 million people have dropped off the food stamp lists since the beginning of the year.

Swamp drainage update: Guess how many federal jobs we’ve cut in six months? – Hot Air Hot Air

The Trump administration has shed nearly 11,000 federal employees during its first six months, reversing a two year trend of gains throughout the executive branch.

US T-shirt company sells swastika design as ‘symbol of love and peace’ – Diaspora – Jerusalem Post

Rep Furious Over Confederate Street Names | The Daily Caller

Democratic Rep. Yvette Clarke is vowing to fight the U.S. Army’s refusal to change streets named after Confederate generals at a New York base.

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