Daily : Thursday, April 7

by | Apr 7, 2016 | Blog, Daily Show Prep

Obama administration pushes banks to make home loans to people with weaker credit – The Washington Post

The administration is engaged in a broad push to make more available to people with weaker credit, an effort that officials say will help power the economic recovery but that say could open the door to the risky lending that caused the housing crash in the first place.

Tesla has received 325,000 preorders for the Model 3 | The Verge

 announced Thursday that it has received 325,000 preorders for its recently unveiled Model 3. If it sells every car that’s been reserved, the company says it will earn enough revenue to make this the “biggest one-week launch of any product ever.” A few days ago, the electric car company was saying it had received twice the number of preorders it originally expected to get. Now it’s quickly approaching three times that number, which raises questions about the company’s ability to meet its increasingly complex production goals.

Americans Will Spend More On Taxes Than Basic Necessities | The Daily Caller

The Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan think tank said Americans will pay a total of $4.9 trillion in taxes this year – 3.34 trillion in federal taxes and $1.64 trillion in state and local taxes. The combination of the three basic necessities totals $4.105 trillion, with $1.629 trillion spent on food, $360 billion on clothing and $2.117 trillion on housing.

McDonalds Responds To Minimum Wage Hikes, Launches McCafe Coffee Kiosk | Zero Hedge

When it comes to jobs growth in the US, all one can say is thank god for waiters and bartenders: after all, a Starbucks barista is precisely what a recently fired oil chemical engineer making half a million dollars really wants to do with their life.

Indiana trooper sued a second time for proselytizing

An State trooper faces a second lawsuit accusing him of preaching to citizens while on duty.

Army Chief of Staff Opposes Private Weapons for Protection on U.S. Military Installations

“I’ve been around all my life. I know how to use them, and arming our people on our military bases and allowing them to carry concealed, privately owned weapons — I do not recommend that as a force protection,” Chief of Staff General Mark Milley told Congress on Thursday.

School’s new policy bans parents from walking children to school | KRIV

Pick your child up from school and you could be charged with trespassing. That’s the threat against parents at Bear Branch Elementary School in Magnolia ISD. This is the school’s tactic to keep parents who live close to the school from walking on school grounds.

Young kids walk to McDonald’s alone; Mom charged

A Spartanburg woman has been arrested after police say she allowed her 3-year-old son and 9-year-old nephew to walk, unsupervised, to a McDonald’s restaurant near her home.

Bill Clinton Wants ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protesters To Shut Up

One of the activists reportedly carried a sign that referenced Clinton’s use in 1996 of the term “super-predator” to describe young black people. That sign prompted to launch into a lengthy defense of his administration’s crackdown on crime and welfare abuse in the 1990’s, policies which have come under repeated attack by black activists.

Listen: ‘I Think My Dogs A Democrat’ By Bryan Lewis | The Burning Truth

Bryan Lewis’ original song ‘I Think My Dogs A Democrat’

Court hears case of teen who sent beau texts urging suicide

Dozens of text messages that a teenage girl sent to her boyfriend that encouraged him to kill himself were just words and do not constitute a crime, her lawyer told the state’s highest court Thursday.

Daily : Thursday, March 10

by | Mar 10, 2016 | Blog, Daily Show Prep

Smoking ban to be considered again by South Bend Common Council – 953MNC.com

“Ultimately it comes down to public health and protecting employees,” Ferlic told the Tribune. He proposed similar ordinances twice before, but they didn’t pass.

Is It Safe Yet to Have an Honest Conversation About Secondhand Smoke and Lung Cancer? – Hit & Run : Reason.com

Several years ago I was talking to an epidemiologist who is skeptical of the idea that smokers pose a mortal threat to people in their vicinity.

Lungs from heavy smokers may be effective for double-lung transplant

Lungs from heavy smokers may be effective for double-lung transplant

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“The results do not support a causal relationship between environmental tobacco smoke and tobacco-related mortality. The association between tobacco smoke and coronary heart disease and lung cancer may be considerably weaker than generally believed.”

California Town Rocklin Considering Total Outdoor Smoking Ban — Even on Private Property

California Town Rocklin Considering Total Outdoor — Even on Private Property

Dan Coats is angry about ‘hangry’ study funded with taxpayer dollars – 953MNC.com

U.S. Sen. is fed up with a recent study on whether or not “” exists.

Here’s Sen. Coats (R-IN) doing a terrible job of explaining ‘hangry.’ This is a story from March 2015 fyi, but he finally learned of it.

UK Government Spends $54,000 On Toilet Based Art | The Daily Caller

Toilets are deeply problematic for feminists because they reinforce the idea that there are differences between men and women, according to research that cost U.K. taxpayers $53,731.

Boy Named Goodell Proves Tom Brady’s Deflategate Innocence at Seventh Grade Science Fair | VICE Sports

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Namibia Crushes Anti-Hunters By Banning All Hunting Bans | The Daily Caller

According to All Africa, the cabinet voted to go on the record as a pro-hunting nation, opposing any and all hunting bans-and to campaign against any bans proposed in the future. Cabinet members were directed to promote the through public forums and to “communicate at all possible opportunities its importance to national conservation and sustainable development programs.” So let’s help them spread the news!

Poetic Justice: Judge Slams NLRB for Not Bargaining in Good Faith with Its Own Union | U.S. Chamber of Commerce

As they say: What goes around, comes around.

AG Lynch Testifies: Justice Dept. Has ‘Discussed’ Civil Legal Action Against Climate Change Deniers | TheBlaze.com

“This matter has been discussed. We have received information about it and have referred it to the to consider whether or not it meets the criteria for which we could take action on,” Lynch answered. “I’m not aware of a civil referral at this time.”

One-Year Anniversary Of Hillary UN Speech | The Daily Caller

Thursday marks the one year anniversary of Clinton’s UN press conference in which she first publicly addressed her use of a private email system as secretary of state, and the Republican political action committee America Rising is out with a video to commemorate the event.

Army Seminar Warned Soldiers About The Dangers Of ‘White Privilege’ | The Daily Caller

The government watchdog group Judicial Watch has obtained documents showing the U.S. held a seminar in April 2015 for 400 soldiers of the 67th Signal Battalion at Fort Gordon on “.”

FBI could force us to turn on iPhone cameras and microphones, says Apple | Technology | The Guardian

If the FBI wins in its case against to help it unlock the San Bernardino killer’s 5C, it won’t be long before the government forces Apple to turn on users’ iPhone cameras and microphones to spy on them, according to the company’s head of services Eddy Cue.

Senate bill will impose fines on tech companies that refuse to unlock smartphones | ZDNet

The bill would compel companies to comply with court orders to bypass the security of devices or “backdoor” the encryption, or face civil fines, similar to contempt of court charges.

Surprise! NSA data will soon routinely be used for domestic policing that has nothing to do with terrorism – The Washington Post

What does this rule change mean for you? In short, domestic law enforcement officials now have access to huge troves of American communications, obtained without warrants, that they can use to put people in cages.

Daily : Tuesday, March 8

by | Mar 9, 2016 | Blog, Daily Show Prep

Report: GOP Leaders Met With Elon Musk, Tim Cook To Discuss Stopping Trump

The was held at Sea Island, Ga., the site of the American Enterprise Institute’s World Forum. GOP figures at the gathering reportedly included Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , House Speaker Paul Ryan , and Karl Rove. Sens. Tom Cotton , Rob Portman , Tim Scott , Cory Gardner and Ben Sasse (who has already said he would not back in the general election) where also present, while House representation included Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers , Tom Price , Kevin Brady , and Fred Upton , among others.

Stabbing victim pulls knife out of own neck, kills terrorist | The Times of Israel

The attacker, a Palestinian, died a few minutes later, said. The victim, an ultra-Orthodox man of about 40 who suffered multiple stab wounds to his upper body, was hospitalized in moderate condition. The store owner was not injured.

Jury Acquits Woman Arrested for Protecting Her Dog From a Cop – Hit & Run : Reason.com

Cook “testified that he was not afraid of the dog, but was following training that required him to kill all dogs that approach him, even if it was chained and wagging its tail as Buddy was doing in this case.”

State Department Fights Microaggressions | The Daily Caller

Robinson did put forth a handful of example microaggressions in the letter, such as asking an Asian person “Where are you from?”

Army Rescinds Order to Remove Combat Patches – Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children

“This was a well-intended action taken by a leader that was not well thought out and was quickly corrected. This division is amongst the most storied, battle-tested and prideful in all the . We are proud of all of our combat veterans and never want to take for granted their efforts and sacrifices.”  Brig Gen Scott Brower, acting commander

De Blasio credits less guns for more stabbings – Fox 5 NY | WNYW

“I’m not a criminologist but I can safely say that are being taken off the street in an unprecedented way. Some people, unfortunately, are turning to a different weapon,” says.

Pittsburgh man pleads guilty to robbing bank with sex toy bomb | TribLIVE

In a move of desperation, his attorney Bruce Carsia said, Stein made a fake out of what police would later identify as phone wires, duct tape and a sex toy, and he used it to threaten tellers and rob a PNC Bank on June 15 in Crafton. He wore an Iron Man mask to hide his identity.

Authors Of Anti-Fracking Study Have Ties To Green Activists | The Daily Caller

The authors of a recent anti- study have close personal and financial ties to anti-fracking groups.

FBI quietly changes its privacy rules for accessing NSA data on Americans | US news | The Guardian

The has quietly revised its privacy rules for searching data involving Americans’ international communications that was collected by the National Security Agency, US officials have confirmed to the Guardian.

Mt. Pleasant woman admits fabricating attack story

After publicly sharing the details of an alleged attack motivated by her sexual orientation in August, a Central Michigan University instructor was sentenced last month for filing a false police report regarding the assault.

‘President Petty strikes again’: Obama will reportedly skip Nancy Reagan’s funeral for THIS? – twitchy.com twitchy.com

President Obama will be speaking that day at the South by Southwest conference in Austin.

Daily : Friday, March 4

by | Mar 4, 2016 | Blog, Daily Show Prep

No, Trump Did NOT Lie About Trump University BBB Rating. Here’s The Proof.

Here’s how this all went down with University:

Knife reportedly found on ex-O.J. Simpson estate, police say – CNN.com

learned within the last month that an ex-Los Angeles traffic officer received the item from a construction worker who found it “back in the 90s,” possibly when the estate was being demolished, Los Angeles police Capt. Andy Neiman said.

Romania to extradite hacker ‘Guccifer,’ who first revealed Clinton’s private email

Notably, was also the first source to uncover [email protected], Clinton’s private email account, into which the is investigating.

Story is from 2015, but circulating as if new: BCT banishes combat patches, badges to boost morale

But while in the field, the commander of Fort Carson’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team wants soldiers’ uniforms to be bare to the bone, only showing name, rank, American flag, U.S. tape and the unit’s 4th Infantry Division insignia.

Memorial to LaVoy Finicum on a Car Causes Wife to be Pulled Over by Cops – Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children

Memorial to on a Car Causes Wife to be Pulled Over by Cops