Lifestyle: Food, Health, Homes, NYC Events, Fashion - NY Daily News

Lifestyle: Food, Health, Homes, NYC Events, Fashion - NY Daily News: "Meet the $250 burger, an umami bomb of Kobe beef, foie gras, truffles & caviar"

A Midtown restaurant will sell a $250 hamburger — an unami bomb comprised of Kobe beef, foie gras, crispy pancetta, white truffles and caviar. Ketchup and mayonnaise are complimentary.

Michelle Obama Promotes Health Insurance In Fla. « CBS Tampa

Michelle Obama Promotes Health Insurance In Fla. « CBS Tampa:

MIAMI (AP) — With just weeks left to sign up for health care under the Affordable Care Act, Michelle Obama zeroed in on recruiting the crucial young adult demographic during a visit to a Miami community health center Wednesday.

The first lady congratulated a handful of residents who had just enrolled during an intimate event, asking one woman whether she had gotten her son to enroll.

“Tell him he could get hit by a car. It’s crazy. They don’t think about that kind of stuff,” said Obama, who moments later applauded another mother for signing herself and adult son up for insurance plans. “Did you get his friends?”

Mitch McConnell Brings a Gun to CPAC - NationalJournal.com

 "POLITICS Mitch McConnell Brings a Gun to CPACThe Senate minority leader is in an odd spot at the annual conservative conference"

Mitch McConnell strode out onto the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday morning, packing heat.

The Senate Minority Leader finds himself in an odd position at CPAC. For one, he's the Republican leader in the Senate and stands to take over as the majority leader next year if some of the audience's favored candidates win control of blue seats in November.

The Face Behind Bitcoin - Newsweek

The Face Behind Bitcoin - Newsweek:

Satoshi Nakamoto stands at the end of his sunbaked driveway looking timorous. And annoyed.

He's wearing a rumpled T-shirt, old blue jeans and white gym socks, without shoes, like he has left the house in a hurry. His hair is unkempt, and he has the thousand-mile stare of someone who has gone weeks without sleep.

He stands not with defiance, but with the slackness of a person who has waged battle for a long time and now faces a grave loss.

Two police officers from the Temple City, Calif., sheriff's department flank him, looking puzzled. "So, what is it you want to ask this man about?" one of them asks me. "He thinks if he talks to you he's going to get into trouble."

"I don't think he's in any trouble," I say. "I would like to ask him about Bitcoin. This man is Satoshi Nakamoto."

They Just Announced Major Changes to the SAT…and There’s a Tie to Common Core | TheBlaze.com

They Just Announced Major Changes to the SAT…and There’s a Tie to Common Core | TheBlaze.com:

"The SAT college entrance exam will no longer require a written essay or penalize students for wrong answers, part of a major overhaul announced Wednesday.
 The sweeping revisions were unveiled by David Coleman, president of the College Board, who also is the architect of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

Coleman said the SAT should offer “worthy challenges, not artificial obstacles.” The new version will be rolled out in 2016.

The New York Times highlighted a sample of the changes coming:"

Good News for Parents: See What a Judge Told a ‘Spoiled’ Teen Who Moved Out and Then Sued Them for College Tuition | Video | TheBlaze.com

Good News for Parents: See What a Judge Told a ‘Spoiled’ Teen Who Moved Out and Then Sued Them for College Tuition | Video | TheBlaze.com: "

“Do we want to establish a precedent where parents live in basic fear of establishing rules of the house?” Bogaard asked.

The New Jersey Star Ledger reported Bogaard’s caution to legal counsel in his initial ruling against an emergency order. It “would represent essentially a new law or a new way of interpreting an existing law,” he said. “A kid could move out and then sue for an XBox, an iPhone or a 60-inch television.”"

Dem Rep. Explodes at Republican Chairman in Lois Lerner Hearing After He Has His Mic Cut | Video | TheBlaze.com

Dem Rep. Explodes at Republican Chairman in Lois Lerner Hearing After He Has His Mic Cut | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Issa adjourned the hearing after Lois Lerner, the former IRS official at the center of the agency’s targeting scandal who invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, went before the committee but again refused to answer questions regarding her role in applying additional scrutiny to conservative groups.

Lerner responded to each of Issa’s questions by invoking the Fifth Amendment."

I Have the Smoking Gun in Obama’s IRS Scandal | TheBlaze.com

I Have the Smoking Gun in Obama’s IRS Scandal | TheBlaze.com:
"Congress needs to ask Lois Lerner and other IRS officials about the targeting of individual critics of Obama…good Americans with names and faces and families…who they tried to destroy and intimidate…people like me. That story will resonate with the American people. That story leads to the impeachment of the President.

The second of Nixon’s Articles of Impeachment was for the crime of using the IRS to punish his political opponents. The difference is that Barack Obama’s IRS scandal makes Richard Nixon look like a minor league rookie."

History for March 6

History for March 6 - On-This-Day.com

Birth anniversary today Michelangelo (1475-1564)

Happy Birthday! Tom Arnold, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Dave Gilmour 

1521 - Ferdinand Magellan discovered Guam. 


1836 - The thirteen-day siege of the Alamo by Santa Anna and his army ended. The Mexican army of three thousand men defeated the 189 Texas volunteers. 


1857 - The U.S. Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision ruled that blacks could not sue in federal court to be citizens. 


1899 - Aspirin was patented by German researchers Felix Hoffman and Hermann Dreser. 


1939 - In Spain, Jose Miaja took over the Madrid government after a military coup and vowed to seek "peace with honor." 


1944 - During World War II, U.S. heavy bombers began the first American raid on Berlin. Allied planes dropped 2000 tons of bombs. 


1960 - Switzerland granted women the right to vote in municipal elections. 


1967 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announced his plan to establish a draft lottery. 


1970 - Charles Manson released his album "Lies" to finance his defense against murder charges.
 

1973 - U.S. President Richard Nixon imposed price controls on oil and gas. 

House Armed Services Chairman Rejects Defense Review for First Time in History | TheBlaze.com

House Armed Services Chairman Rejects Defense Review for First Time in History | TheBlaze.com:

"“Unfortunately, the product the process produced this time has more to do with politics than policy and is of little value to decision makers. For that reason, I will require the department to rewrite and resubmit a compliant report,” House Armed Services Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) said in a scathing statement after receiving the review Tuesday.

Committee spokesman Claude Chafin confirmed to TheBlaze this was the first time a chairman has rejected the report and asked for it to be resubmitted.

 “In defiance of the law, [the review] provides no insight into what a moderate-to-low risk strategy would be, is clearly budget driven, and is shortsighted. It allows the president to duck the consequences of the deep defense cuts he has advocated and leaves us all wondering what the true future costs of those cuts will be,” McKeon said.

McKeon said he will introduce legislation requiring the Defense Department to resubmit an acceptable review."

Senator Ted Cruz: Obama is most hostile U.S. president to Israel in modern times - Features Israel News | Haaretz

Senator Ted Cruz: Obama is most hostile U.S. president to Israel in modern times - Features Israel News | Haaretz:

U.S. president to Israel in modern times
In interview with Haaretz, the controversial Texas Republican lambasts the president’s 'appeasement' of Iran and Vladimir Putin, tears his Israel policies to shreds and even has an unkind word for AIPAC."



'“President Obama has been the president most hostile to the nation of Israel in modern times” – this is the harsh if somewhat unsurprising verdict of firebrand Republican Senator Ted Cruz.via Blog this'

Fox News poll: Obama's approval hits new low | Fox News

Fox News poll: Obama's approval hits new low | Fox News:

President Obama’s job approval rating hits a record low this week, as a majority of Americans say his administration has mostly failed at growing the economy, creating jobs, improving health care and the country’s image.

That’s according to a Fox News poll released Wednesday.

WASHINGTON: Military’s top general offers grim outlook on nation’s defense | National | McClatchy DC

WASHINGTON: Military’s top general offers grim outlook on nation’s defense | National | McClatchy DC:

WASHINGTON — The nation’s top military commander painted a dark picture Tuesday of future U.S. defense capabilities clouded by shrinking Pentagon budgets and adversaries’ technological advances that he said would erode American battlefield superiority.

Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provided his sobering views as part of the Quadrennial Defense Review, a congressionally mandated evaluation of U.S. military strength issued every four years.

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/03/04/220134/militarys-top-general-offers-grim.html#storylink=cpy

Code Chaos | The Weekly Standard

 The Weekly Standard: "Code Chaos
Another nightmare for doctors, courtesy of the federal government"

Ever considered suicide by jellyfish? Have you ended up in the hospital after being injured during the forced landing of your spacecraft? Or been hurt when you were sucked into the engine of an airplane or when your horse-drawn carriage collided with a trolley?

Hillary Clinton compares Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine to Adolf Hitler’s in Nazi Germany

Hillary Clinton compares Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine to Adolf Hitler’s in Nazi Germany:

By Karen Robes Meeks, Long Beach Press Telegram

POSTED: 03/04/14, 9:25 PM PST | UPDATED: 4 HRS AGO

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton enters the courtyard at the Union Bank Building where she spoke at the annual Boys and Girls Club fundraiser luncheon in Long Beach, Calif., on March 4, 2014. (Photo by Brittany Murray/Long Beach Press Telegram) 

LONG BEACH >> Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday compared recent actions by Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Ukraine to those implemented by Adolf Hitler in the late 1930s.

Putin’s desire to protect minority Russians in Ukraine is reminiscent of Hitler’s actions to protect ethnic Germans outside Germany, she said.

Putin has been on a campaign to give Russian passports to anyone who has Russian connections, Clinton said.

‘The Romeikes Can Stay!!!’: Shocking 180 in the Case of German Home-Schooling Family | TheBlaze.com

‘The Romeikes Can Stay!!!’: Shocking 180 in the Case of German Home-Schooling Family | TheBlaze.com:

"On Tuesday, the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) announced a drastic turnaround on the part of the federal government: The German Romeike family, which sought asylum in the United States to home-school their children, will now be allowed to stay in America.

“The Romeikes can stay!!!” the HSLDA announced on its Facebook page.

Just one day ago, the Romeikes thought they would be forced to return to Germany, where the state could take custody of their children because of their decision to home-school. At a minimum, they would face increasingly harsh fines for violating Germany’s compulsory attendance law."

Five Questions and Answers That Tell you Everything You Need To Know About US Response to the Ukraine Crisis | TheBlaze.com

Five Questions and Answers That Tell you Everything You Need To Know About US Response to the Ukraine Crisis | TheBlaze.com:

"The question of long-term impact on U.S. national security and global stability, however, requires a more complicated if not contentious answer.

An America whose word isn’t trusted and whose influence is waning leaves the world more open to conflict. Obama’s much derided “Leading from Behind” in Libya has transformed into “observing from behind” in Eurasia.

The President of the United States – and the Commander-in-Chief of the most powerful military in history – promised grave consequences on Friday afternoon if Putin did exactly what he chose to do mere hours later with his non-lethal invasion of Crimea. Nothing happened. Such brazen slaps in the face to the world’s lone superpower are an indicator of grave troubles down the road."

Obamacare Architect: ‘Be Prepared to Kiss Your Insurance Company Good-Bye Forever’ | TheBlaze.com

Obamacare Architect: ‘Be Prepared to Kiss Your Insurance Company Good-Bye Forever’ | TheBlaze.com:

"Once the health systems “make the jump to offering coverage in the exchanges, the health insurance companies will only have a few options if they want to survive, according to Emanuel.

“First, they can refuse to change, in which case they will eventually go out of business,” he writes.

“Second, they can shift their business to focus on offering services they have expertise in, particularly analytics, actuarial modeling, risk management, and other management services.”

 Finally, the “third evolutionary path is that health insurance companies may transform themselves into integrated delivery systems.”

 “So be prepared to kiss your insurance company good-bye forever,” Emanuel concludes."

Fed-Up Navy Veteran Forewarned Conn. Lawmakers on Gun Registration: ‘I’m Telling You Right Now, I Will Not Comply’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Fed-Up Navy Veteran Forewarned Conn. Lawmakers on Gun Registration: ‘I’m Telling You Right Now, I Will Not Comply’ | Video | TheBlaze.com: "

“I’m a 30-year public servant, 20-year career fireman, OK? United States Navy veteran, upstanding citizen all my life, three children — and with the stroke of a pen from the ivory tower with the gold top, you’ve decided to create me to be a felon. A class D felony for doing absolutely nothing wrong.”

He also warned lawmakers that gun control advocates would not simply stop at gun registration.

“You people really think they’re going to stop? I’m telling you right now, I’m will never vote for any of you again, I’m done,” he added.

History for March 5

History for March 5 - On-This-Day.com

Birth anniversary of cartographer-geographer Gerhardus Mercator (1512-94).

On Mar 5, 1940, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin ordered the killings of more than 21,000 Polish prisoners of war. In early April, the killings began at sites across Russia, with the largest mass graves in Katyn Forest. The USSR denied the massacre until 1990.

In 1946, at Westminster College, Fulton, MO, Winston Churchill gave his famous “Iron Curtain” speech that defined Cold War boundaries.

Happy Birthday! Samantha Eggar, Penn Jillette, Dean Stockwell

1623 - The first alcohol temperance law in the colonies was enacted in Virginia. 



1624 - In the American colony of Virginia, the upper class was exempted from whipping by legislation. 


1770 - "The Boston Massacre" took place when British troops fired on a crowd in Boston killing five people. Two British troops were later convicted of manslaughter. 



1845 - The U.S. Congress appropriated $30,000 to ship camels to the western U.S. 



1922 - "Annie Oakley" (Phoebe Ann Moses) broke all existing records for women's trap shooting. She hit 98 out of 100 targets. 


1933 - The Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections. 


1940 - Soviet leader Joseph Stalin ordered the killings of more than 21,000 Polish prisoners of war. In early April, the killings began at sites across Russia, with the largest mass graves in Katyn Forest. The USSR denied the massacre until 1990.


1984 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that cities had the right to display the Nativity scene as part of their Christmas display. 


1993 - Cuban President Fidel Castro said that Hillary Clinton was "a beautiful woman." 

Facebook Wants to Build 11,000 Drones to Bring Internet to Africa | Betabeat

Facebook Wants to Build 11,000 Drones to Bring Internet to Africa | Betabeat:

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Nope — it’s a Facebook drone.

The social media site reportedly wants to use drones to bring Internet connection to the two thirds of the world that still lack connectivity, starting with parts of Africa. The initiative is part of the internet.org project, which Facebook backs.

To do so, Facebook could have bought some individual drones. Instead, overachievers that they are, they bought a drone company. According to TechCrunch, Facebook is shelling out $60 million to acquire Titan Aerospace, a company that makes “atmospheric satellites” — basically, solar-powered drones capable of staying in the sky for up to five years.

Iranian general: Obama's threats are 'the joke of the year' | The Times of Israel

Iranian general: Obama's threats are 'the joke of the year' | The Times of Israel:’Masoud Jazayeri says the ‘low-IQ’ president’s ‘all options are on the table’ remarks are a farce; warns against US strike"

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President Barack Obama is a “low-IQ US president,” whose threat to launch a military offensive should nuclear talks fail is an oft-cited punchline in the Islamic Republic, particularly among children, an Iranian general said on Tuesday