What's News
Presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton went to FBI headquarters and was interviewed for over three hours as part of the investigation into allegations involving her use of a private email server during her tenure as Secretary of State. The interview comes in the wake of the impromptu meeting between her husband, former President Bill Clinton and current Attorney General of the United States, Loretta Lynch. Reporter's Note: The AG has said she's going to go with the recommendations of the FBI and DOJ senior attorneys in determining whether or not to bring charges against Secretary Clinton, and that's a good thing. Even if President Clinton did not discuss the investigation and potential charges against his wife with the AG, even the appearance of impropriety is as bad as actual wrongdoing; in the eyes of the public.
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At some point after 2:00 a.m. on a Saturday night, a man was seen jumping off of the Venice Pier. David Rose left some of his belongings behind on the pier and those enabled police to quickly identify him. Authorities searched for him for seven hours before he was located at his home. As jumping from the pier is against the law, he could be charged. Reporter's Note: This moron should be charged for the cost of the search rather than being criminally charged.
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A college student walking in NYC's Central Park lost a foot to what turned out to be a homemade firework. According to the New York Post, 18 year old Connor Golden was injured when he stepped on the device. Reporter's Note: Anyone who is making homemade fireworks and is not an explosives expert is a nominee for a Darwin Award.
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Finding Dory won the weekend box office wars in spite of a 42.6% drop in revenues over the prior weekend. It is the 3rd week in a row for the film to top the weekend box office totals. New releases The Legend of Tarzan, The Purge: Election Year and The BFG took the next three spots with totals of $38 million, $30.8 million and $19.5 million respectively. Independence Day: Resurgence dropped from last weekend's #2 spot to 5th. Reporter's Note: It's a good news/bad news weekend for Disney, as they have a hit with Finding Dory and a big miss with Steven Spielberg's BFG. As for Independence Day: Resurgence, only foreign box office revenues are saving 20th Century Fox from a big loss. The domestic grosses for it are so low because it began with three strikes against it. 1. No Will Smith. 2. Two decades between the two films. 3. Too many movies with cataclysmic plots in too short a period.
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As speculation swirls around who Donald Trump will name as his running mate, Newt Gingrich has made it clear that he is only interested in the job if it involves being more than just a figurehead/president-in-waiting. At an appearance in Colorado the former House Speaker said “I have a very simple test question: If it’s about funerals, I’m not interested.” Reporter's Note: As a former history professor, Mr. Gingrich is well aware of what John Nance Garner, Vice President during two of FDR's terms said about being vice president. Garner said "the vice presidency is not worth a bucket of warm spit."
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AirBNB is using the Communications Decency Act (CDA), the Stored Communications Act and the 1st Amendment as grounds for a lawsuit against the city of San Francisco. AirBNB is saying that the city's new ordinance that calls for fines against AirBNB if it doesn't remove listings from hosts who don't first register their home with the city. The city's law requiring hosts to register has been around but the new ordinance that mandates platforms like AirBNB remove unregistered listings was passed by a unanimous 10-0 vote last month. Reporter's Note: The way the CDA is written, AirBNB is almost certain to prevail in their suit. It wasn't designed to regulate commerce, but to protect websites from being responsible for content their uses posted. I'm working on another blog about the "sharing economy" that I hope to publish soon.
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Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas performed in Orlando this weekend and invited 30 or so of the staff from the Pulse Nightclub to be their guests. They held a meet and greet with the staffers from the site of one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history in the private suite the singers had arranged for them. Reporter's Note: Classy move by Lovato and Jonas.
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A Charleston Gazette article says the largest private-held producer of coal in the U.S. is warning of layoffs that may involve 80% of its workforce. Murray Energy sent out the required layoff warning notices to more than 4,400 workers. U.S. law requires employers of more than 100 employees to provide a minimum of 60 days warning notice prior to a major layoff.
The company's president Robert Murray said its expected layoffs are caused by “the ongoing destruction of the United States coal industry” by the Obama administration and “the increased utilization of natural gas to generate electricity.” Reporter's Note: The fact that the price of coal is roughly half of what it was five years ago might have something to do with the company's poor performance. This is not the fault of the Obama Administration, but the law of supply and demand.
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At some point after 2:00 a.m. on a Saturday night, a man was seen jumping off of the Venice Pier. David Rose left some of his belongings behind on the pier and those enabled police to quickly identify him. Authorities searched for him for seven hours before he was located at his home. As jumping from the pier is against the law, he could be charged. Reporter's Note: This moron should be charged for the cost of the search rather than being criminally charged.
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A college student walking in NYC's Central Park lost a foot to what turned out to be a homemade firework. According to the New York Post, 18 year old Connor Golden was injured when he stepped on the device. Reporter's Note: Anyone who is making homemade fireworks and is not an explosives expert is a nominee for a Darwin Award.
* * *
Finding Dory won the weekend box office wars in spite of a 42.6% drop in revenues over the prior weekend. It is the 3rd week in a row for the film to top the weekend box office totals. New releases The Legend of Tarzan, The Purge: Election Year and The BFG took the next three spots with totals of $38 million, $30.8 million and $19.5 million respectively. Independence Day: Resurgence dropped from last weekend's #2 spot to 5th. Reporter's Note: It's a good news/bad news weekend for Disney, as they have a hit with Finding Dory and a big miss with Steven Spielberg's BFG. As for Independence Day: Resurgence, only foreign box office revenues are saving 20th Century Fox from a big loss. The domestic grosses for it are so low because it began with three strikes against it. 1. No Will Smith. 2. Two decades between the two films. 3. Too many movies with cataclysmic plots in too short a period.
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As speculation swirls around who Donald Trump will name as his running mate, Newt Gingrich has made it clear that he is only interested in the job if it involves being more than just a figurehead/president-in-waiting. At an appearance in Colorado the former House Speaker said “I have a very simple test question: If it’s about funerals, I’m not interested.” Reporter's Note: As a former history professor, Mr. Gingrich is well aware of what John Nance Garner, Vice President during two of FDR's terms said about being vice president. Garner said "the vice presidency is not worth a bucket of warm spit."
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AirBNB is using the Communications Decency Act (CDA), the Stored Communications Act and the 1st Amendment as grounds for a lawsuit against the city of San Francisco. AirBNB is saying that the city's new ordinance that calls for fines against AirBNB if it doesn't remove listings from hosts who don't first register their home with the city. The city's law requiring hosts to register has been around but the new ordinance that mandates platforms like AirBNB remove unregistered listings was passed by a unanimous 10-0 vote last month. Reporter's Note: The way the CDA is written, AirBNB is almost certain to prevail in their suit. It wasn't designed to regulate commerce, but to protect websites from being responsible for content their uses posted. I'm working on another blog about the "sharing economy" that I hope to publish soon.
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Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas performed in Orlando this weekend and invited 30 or so of the staff from the Pulse Nightclub to be their guests. They held a meet and greet with the staffers from the site of one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history in the private suite the singers had arranged for them. Reporter's Note: Classy move by Lovato and Jonas.
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A Charleston Gazette article says the largest private-held producer of coal in the U.S. is warning of layoffs that may involve 80% of its workforce. Murray Energy sent out the required layoff warning notices to more than 4,400 workers. U.S. law requires employers of more than 100 employees to provide a minimum of 60 days warning notice prior to a major layoff.
The company's president Robert Murray said its expected layoffs are caused by “the ongoing destruction of the United States coal industry” by the Obama administration and “the increased utilization of natural gas to generate electricity.” Reporter's Note: The fact that the price of coal is roughly half of what it was five years ago might have something to do with the company's poor performance. This is not the fault of the Obama Administration, but the law of supply and demand.
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expected layoffs are caused by “the ongoing destruction of the United
States coal industry” by the Obama administration and “the increased
utilization of natural gas to generate electricity.” - See more at:
http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160701/murray-energy-warns-of-mass-layoffs#sthash.K8nhLsxJ.dpuf
its
expected layoffs are caused by “the ongoing destruction of the United
States coal industry” by the Obama administration and “the increased
utilization of natural gas to generate electricity.” - See more at:
http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160701/murray-energy-warns-of-mass-layoffs#sthash.K8nhLsxJ.dpuf
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