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A jailhouse interview with a German man who joined the Islamic State reveals the<br data-owner="balance-text" />workings of a unit whose lieutenants are empowered to plan attacks around the world.</div>
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Germany — Believing he was answering a holy call, Harry Sarfo left his
home in the working-class city of Bremen last year and drove for four
straight days to reach the territory controlled by the Islamic State in
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barely had time to settle in before members of the Islamic State’s
secret service, wearing masks over their faces, came to inform him and
his German friend that they no longer wanted Europeans to come to Syria.
Where they were really needed was back home, to help carry out the
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was speaking openly about the situation, saying that they have loads of
people living in European countries and waiting for commands to attack
the European people,” Mr. Sarfo recounted on Monday, in an interview
with The New York Times conducted in English inside the maximum-security
prison near Bremen. “And that was before the Brussels attacks, before
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masked man explained that, although the group was well set up in some
European countries, it needed more attackers in Germany and Britain, in
particular. “They said, ‘Would you mind to go back to Germany, because
that’s what we need at the moment,’” Mr. Sarfo recalled. “And they
always said they wanted to have something that is occurring in the same
time: They want to have loads of attacks at the same time in England and
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MoGNapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09148965070688425673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805984505121640521.post-55742811902943561602016-08-03T08:59:00.001-07:002016-08-03T08:59:23.278-07:00<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://nypost.com/2016/08/03/dc-transit-cop-charged-with-trying-to-support-isis">DC transit cop charged with trying to support ISIS</a></span><br />
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<span class="separator"></span>ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Prosecutors on Wednesday brought the first-ever
terrorism charges against a law enforcement officer in the US, alleging
that a patrol officer with the DC region’s Metro Transit Police was
caught buying $250 worth of cards for the Islamic State group.</div>
Nicholas Young, 36, of Fairfax, was arrested Wednesday morning at
Metro’s headquarters in Washington. He is charged with a single count of
attempting to provide material support to a terrorist group, and is
scheduled for an initial appearance Wednesday afternoon at US District
Court in Alexandria.<br />
According to an FBI affidavit, Young bought nearly $250 in gift cards
last month that he intended for the Islamic State to use to purchase
mobile apps that would facilitate communication. But Young actually gave
the gift cards to an undercover FBI source.MoGNapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09148965070688425673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805984505121640521.post-37435352111289562232016-08-03T08:33:00.001-07:002016-08-03T08:33:33.237-07:00<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-me-ln-trump-video-20160802-snap-story.html">Judge blocks release of Trump videos in Trump University fraud case </a></span><br />
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A federal judge here has decided that he will not allow the
release of videotaped depositions of Republican presidential nominee
Donald J. Trump in connection with a class-action lawsuit against the
defunct Trump University real estate program.<br />
U.S. District Judge
Gonzalo Curiel — a target of Trump's repeated scorn — also rejected a
bid by Trump’s lawyers to get the lawsuit dismissed, a ruling that
clears the way for a trial that could be costly for the candidate.<br />
Several media organizations had sought release of Trump’s two
videotaped depositions, taken in December and January. Transcripts of
the testimony have been released, but Trump’s lawyers fought the effort
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Most tax strategies center on <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/06/whats-the-difference-between-an-inheritance-and-a-trust.html" target="_blank">minimizing federal income taxes</a>,
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families and their tax advisors. They use trusts to limit their exposure
to state income-tax rates. ING trusts, which stands for incomplete gift
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such as California, to a state with no state income tax, such as
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That's the big takeaway from a Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
report issued over the weekend, which looks at the prospects and
ramifications of bringing back Glass-Steagall, legislation that put a
wall between commercial and investment banking but was done away with in
the late 1990s. <br />
Glass-Steagall <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/20/gop-plan-to-reinstate-glass-steagall-is-dumb-policy-and-dumb-politics-tony-fratto-commentary.html" target="_blank">unexpectedly jumped back into the political conversation</a>
when Republicans referred to their desire to bring back elements of the
legislation in July as part of their campaign platform. Democrats
doubled down, and said they want to restrict Wall Street banks more. Not
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large banks," they wrote. "A Congressional approach to breaking up the
banks would not be based on economic value creation, but be based on the
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MoGNapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09148965070688425673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805984505121640521.post-43978800425493105342016-08-03T08:04:00.002-07:002016-08-03T08:07:40.431-07:00<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://thehackernews.com/2016/08/bitcoin-exchange-price.html"> Bitcoin Price Drops 20% After $72 Million in Bitcoin Stolen from Bitfinex Exchange </a></span><br />
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another blow to Bitcoin: One of the world's most popular exchanges of
the cryptocurrency has suffered a major hack, leading to a loss of
around $72 Million worth of Bitcoins.<br />
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Hong Kong-based Bitcoin exchange '<b>Bitfinex</b>' has posted a note on
their website announcing the shutdown of its operation after discovering
a security breach that allowed an attacker to steal some user funds.<br />
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While the company did not mention a total amount lost in the breach, one
of their employees — Bitfinex community director Zane Tackett —
confirmed on Reddit that the total amount stolen was <b><i>119,756 bitcoins</i></b> — worth up to $72 Million in cash.</div>
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WASHINGTON—The Obama administration secretly organized an airlift
of $400 million worth of cash to Iran that coincided with the January <a class="icon none" href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/iran-releases-four-unnamed-american-prisoners-state-tv-says-1452955793">release of four Americans</a> detained in Tehran, according to U.S. and European officials and congressional staff briefed on the operation afterward.<br />
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pallets stacked with euros, Swiss francs and other currencies were
flown into Iran on an unmarked cargo plane, according to these
officials. The U.S. procured the money from the central banks of the
Netherlands and Switzerland, they said.<br />
The money represented the first installment of a <a class="icon none" href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-payment-of-1-7-billion-to-iran-raises-questions-of-ransom-1453421778">$1.7 billion settlement the Obama administration reached with Iran</a> to resolve a decades-old dispute over a failed arms deal signed just before the 1979 fall of Iran’s last monarch, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.<br />
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considered himself a friend or a foe to the West- he answered neither.
There is the simple concept of national interests, which may or may not
be at odds with other countries. Diplomacy is the art of being able to
reconcile your national interests, alongside those of other States,
compromising on certain aspects along the way. However, the Atlanticist
world view (EU/US/NATO) has shown not to allow for mutual respect, nor
for cooperation. Through a number of covert means, they ask for nothing
less than for Russia to no longer ascertain its national interests,
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Monday for criticizing the Muslim American parents of an Army officer
killed in Iraq, threatening to undermine Trump’s support among core
Republican voters.<br />
The condemnations by Senate Armed Services
Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.), the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
and dozens of veterans and family members of those killed in the line of
duty served as the most forceful rebuke yet of the mogul’s comments and
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WASHINGTON — In his strongest denouncement of <a class="meta-per" href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/donald-trump-on-the-issues.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Donald J. Trump.">Donald J. Trump</a> so far, <a class="meta-per" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Barack Obama">President Obama</a>
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the leaders of the Republican Party to withdraw their backing for his
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fall, particularly in light of Republican criticisms of Mr. Trump for
his attacks on the Muslim parents of an American soldier, Humayun Khan,
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Wing Receptionist Leah Katz-Hernandez narrates a tour of the West Wing
in American Sign Language, visiting the West Wing Lobby, the West
Colonnade, the Rose Garden, the White House Press Briefing Room, the
Cabinet Room, the Oval Office, and more. A version with full audio
description will be posted this week!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTvsxTgzPjk">Full Event: Donald Trump Holds HUGE Rally in Harrisburg, PA 8/1/16</a></span><br />
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President rally in Mechanicsburg/Harrisburg, PA at Cumberland Valley
High School. <br />
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Full Event: Donald Trump Holds HUGE Rally in Harrisburg, PA 8/1/16<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/aug/02/hillary-clinton-mural-covered-with-niqab-after-public-decency-complaints">Hillary Clinton bikini mural covered with niqab after public decency complaints </a></span><br />
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The Guardian Melissa Davey<br />
Council had threatened Melbourne street artist Lushsux with a fine over
original mural, which depicted Clinton in a swimsuit with $100 notes
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MoGNapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09148965070688425673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805984505121640521.post-60135377006717216322016-08-01T12:27:00.001-07:002016-08-01T12:27:16.391-07:00<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://mashable.com/2016/07/29/star-wars-fan-theory-rey-palpatine/">'Force Awakens' fan theory may crack the case about Rey's origin</a></span><br />
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Andrae Romano MASHABLE<br />
Ever since <a href="http://mashable.com/category/star-wars/"><em>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</em></a> came out in theaters, there has been a lot of speculation about the truth behind Rey's lineage.<br />
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Honestly, no one would be surprised if Luke Skywalker ended up being
her dad — which is exactly why he is least likely to be the father.<br />
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Since the truth has yet to be revealed, fans are left to speculate,
and every character from Obi Wan Kenobi to even Han Solo have been named
as Rey's M.I.A. bio-dad.<br />
But perhaps the real question we should be asking is, "who's your grandpa?"<br />
One theory, which originated on <a href="https://medium.com/@KenjiLopezAlt/rey-is-a-palpatine-f2a0346dd1da#.68urjl2yk" target="_blank">Medium</a>, has been broken down by YouTube user <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKWrXToV8CnuVn4g4gyKEw" target="_blank">Vincent Vendetta</a>, that points to Emporer Palpatine as Rey's grandfather — revealing the truth of her Force-wielding powers.<br />
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Here's how it breaks out, more details are in the video above and on Medium.MoGNapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09148965070688425673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805984505121640521.post-72796741066455241752016-08-01T11:01:00.000-07:002016-08-01T11:01:27.868-07:00<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/world/africa/la-fg-libya-airstrikes-isis-20160801-snap-story.html">U.S. begins launching airstrikes against Islamic State in Libya </a></span><br />
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The U.S. military said Monday it has begun launching airstrikes
against Islamic State inside Libya, a further expansion of the campaign
to defeat the militant group.<br />
Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook
said that U.S. warplanes targeted the militants in a strip of
Libya’s central coastline near Surt after President Obama authorized the
operation.<br />
“These actions and those we have taken previously will help deny
ISIL a safe haven in Libya,” Cookhe said in a statement, using an
acronym for Islamic State.<br />
Libya is now the fourth country in
which the U.S. military is launching airstrikes against Islamic State
militants, including Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.<br />
U.S. officials recently estimated that the Sunni
extremist group has up to 6,000 fighters in Libya, twice as many as a
year ago. The Libya group is considered Islamic State's largest and most
powerful affiliate outside Syria and Iraq.</div>
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton knew that the <a href="http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/05/breaking-hillary-clinton-knew-about-us-weapons-shipments-from-libya-to-syria-back-in-2011-video/">US was sending arms</a> from Libya to Syria <strong>back in 2011</strong>, a year before the Benghazi consulate attacks.<br />
<strong>Hillary Clinton denied she knew about the weapons shipments during public testimony (<strong>under oath</strong>) in early 2013 after the Benghazi terrorist attack.</strong><br />
Senator <strong>Rand Paul</strong> <a href="http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/05/breaking-rand-paul-was-right-obama-admin-was-running-guns-to-syria-hillary-lied-under-oath/">questioned Hillary Clinton</a> about this gun running program back in January 2013 during her testimony on the Benghazi terrorist attack.</div>
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MoGNapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09148965070688425673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805984505121640521.post-57452152505715665152016-08-01T07:57:00.003-07:002016-08-01T08:01:14.376-07:00<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/ny-post-runs-naked-pics-trumps-wife-again-093411944.html">NY Post runs naked pics of Trump's wife... again</a></span><br />
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the U.S. mainland for the first time, health officials said Friday, a
long-feared turn in the epidemic that is sweeping Latin America and the
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three men -- are believed to have contracted the virus locally through
mosquito bites, Gov. Rick Scott said. <br />
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No mosquitoes in Florida have actually been found to be carrying
Zika, despite the testing of 19,000 by the state lab. But other methods
of Zika transmission, such as travel to a stricken country or sex with
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"Zika is now here," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/07/28/fda-temporarily-halts-blood-donation-in-two-florida-counties-over-zika-fears/">FDA temporarily halts blood donation in two Florida counties over Zika fears</a> </span><br />
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking blood centers in two
Florida counties to immediately stop collections. The counties are
investigating possible local transmission of Zika virus.<br />
In a
notice sent to blood centers and posted on the agency's website
Wednesday evening, the FDA said it is requesting all blood centers in
Miami-Dade or Broward counties to "cease collecting blood immediately"
until those facilities can test individual units of blood donated in
those two counties with a special investigational donor screening test
for Zika virus or until the establishments implement the use of an
approved or investigational pathogen-inactivation technology.<br />
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action by the FDA comes as health officials in Florida said Thursday
they were continuing to investigate two Zika cases that could have been
spread by local mosquitoes, in addition to two similar cases they
announced last week. Health officials have not confirmed whether <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/28/four-people-in-florida-have-zika-virus-and-worryingly-it-may-not-have-come-from-traveling/" target="_blank">any of the infected individuals</a> acquired the virus from local mosquitoes, but it seems increasingly likely.<br />
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MoGNapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09148965070688425673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805984505121640521.post-73030851805715931832016-07-30T12:22:00.001-07:002016-07-30T12:22:35.156-07:00<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-democrats-investigation-exc-idUSKCN1092HK">Exclusive: Clinton campaign also hacked in attacks on Democrats</a></span><br />
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<span class="byline">By <a href="http://www.reuters.com/journalists/mark-hosenball">Mark Hosenball</a>, <a href="http://www.reuters.com/journalists/joseph-menn">Joseph Menn</a> and <a href="http://www.reuters.com/journalists/john-walcott">John Walcott</a></span></div>
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network used by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s
campaign was hacked as part of a broad cyber attack on Democratic
political organizations, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.</span><span id="midArticle_1"></span>The
latest attack, which was disclosed to Reuters on Friday, follows two
other hacks on the Democratic National Committee, or DNC, and the
party’s fundraising committee for candidates for the U.S. <span class="vm-hook-outer vm-hook-default"><span class="vm-hook" style="border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 153, 0); color: #009900;">House</span><span class="vm-hook-icon" style="display: inline-block;"></span></span> of Representatives.<br />
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Clinton campaign spokesman said in a statement late on Friday that an
analytics data program maintained by the DNC and used by the campaign
and a number of other entities "was accessed as part of the DNC hack."<br />
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campaign computer system has been under review by outside cyber
security experts. To date, they have found no evidence that our internal
systems have been compromised," said Clinton campaign spokesman Nick
Merrill.<br />
<span id="midArticle_4"></span>Later, a campaign official
said hackers had access to the analytics program's server for
approximately five days. The analytics data program is one of many
systems the campaign accesses to conduct voter analysis, and does not
include social security numbers or credit card numbers, the official
said.<br />
<span id="midArticle_5"></span>The U.S. Department of
Justice national security division is investigating whether cyber
attacks on Democratic political organizations threatened U.S. security,
sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.<br />
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involvement of the Justice Department’s national security division is a
sign that the Obama administration has concluded that the hacking was
sponsored by a state, people with knowledge of the investigation said.<br />
<span id="midArticle_7"></span>While
it is unclear exactly what material the hackers may have gained access
to, the third such attack on sensitive Democratic targets disclosed in
the last six weeks has caused alarm in the party and beyond, just over
three months before the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election.<br />
<span id="midArticle_8"></span>Hackers,
whom U.S. intelligence officials have concluded were Russian, gained
access to the entire network of the fundraising Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee, or DCCC, said people familiar with the matter,
detailing the extent of the breach to Reuters for the first time.<br />
<span id="midArticle_9"></span>Cyber
security experts and U.S. officials said earlier this week they had
concluded, based on analysis of malware and other aspects of the DNC
hack, that Russia engineered the release of hacked Democratic Party
emails to influence the U.S. presidential election.<br />
<span id="midArticle_10"></span>The
U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Friday it was "aware of
media reporting on cyber intrusions involving multiple political
entities, and is working to determine the accuracy, nature and scope of
these matters."<br />
<span id="midArticle_11"></span>"The FBI takes
seriously any allegations of intrusions, and we will continue to hold
accountable those who pose a threat in cyberspace," the agency said in
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All the talk of a Donald Trump-Vladimir Putin bromance has been
pretty hard to stomach. Two self-aggrandizers with a penchant for
intolerance and boorish behavior. <em>Spasibo, nyet</em>. And if the
courtship of Vlad and Donald isn't enough of an eye-roller, consider
Contestant No. 3 in this Dating Game: Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks
founder holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London.
Putin-Trump-Assange: Cue theme music to "Three's Company."MoGNapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09148965070688425673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805984505121640521.post-82746972062207371452016-07-30T11:10:00.002-07:002016-07-30T11:58:28.541-07:00<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/mitt-romney-thinks-donald-trump-could-win-the-election">Mitt Romney Now Thinks TRUMP Will WIn the Election</a></span><br />
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Former
Republican nominee Mitt Romney said earlier this month he thought
Donald Trump could win the presidency, citing Hillary Clinton’s high
unfavorable numbers and the unpredictability of the race.<br />
Romney <a href="http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/c/c/7/cc706004139e5a06/RFG_0002.mp3?c_id=12216527&expiration=1469836323&hwt=d143bfc7750407c66ddc7c0a52387c26">was speaking with</a> Republican consultant Mike Murphy’s <i><a href="http://radiofreegop.com/mitt-romneys-campaign-memories-donald-trumps-hell-week-and-the-crazy-countdown-to-the-gop-convention/">Radio Free GOP</a></i> podcast <a href="https://twitter.com/murphymike/status/753702020796723200">released two weeks ago</a> when he made the comments.<br />
“You
have to give Donald Trump credit, he was able to bring a rhetoric and a
style that he had perfected over his career to the political sphere and
connect with people and become the nominee,” Romney said. “Despite the
fact that I and a lot of other people thought he would not be an ideal
nominee, he is. At this stage, it’s rougher going, but I can’t predict
what’s gonna happen.”<br />
“To be honest, it’s very possible in my view
that Trump wins,” continued Romney. “I wouldn’t think it’d be by a
landslide, but I think he could win. I think he could lose, I think he
could lose by a landslide. But, I don’t know which it’s going to be and a
lot of that depends on what happens to Hillary Clinton. Is there a
meltdown moment, or some implosion of some kind?”<br />
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governor said he wouldn’t vote for Trump or Clinton and would look at
the other candidates running to see who he would vote for. Romney also
said he could write in the name of another Republican if unhappy with
choices.<br />
Later in the interview, Romney said he never thought
Trump would win the primary, but that because of the crowded field of
candidates he missed being scrutinized in a way that might have kept him
from winning the nomination.<br />
“It was an ideal setting for him, and he was successful going through it, you’ve got to give him credit for that,” said Romney.<br />
Romney stated Clinton was viewed as inauthentic, and she was trying to act like her husband former President Bill Clinton.<br />
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can’t forget that Hillary Clinton is a player as well, and she’s an
awful candidate. People don’t trust her, they don’t like in my view she
comes across as not being at all authentic. I don’t understand why it is
she can’t be what I had expected her to be, which is Angela Merkel or
Kathleen Sebelius,” said Romney. “There are serious women leaders who
don’t go into an audience and put their arms up in the air and make a
big guffaw kind of smile. It’s almost like she’s acting like she’s Bill
Clinton and she’s not Bill Clinton. Nonetheless, it doesn’t come across
well.”<br />
“I think she’s a really challenged candidate and the
unfavorables numbers that she has suggest that it is not going well for
her, so, she could lose this. Right now, Donald Trump has momentum, but
he’s facing some tough headwinds, but Hillary Clinton is also facing
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in a revealing, stars and stripes swimsuit may be taken down, after it
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and who has also painted murals of the likes of Donald Trump and Kim
Kardashian, branded calls to remove it "pathetic".</div>
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suburb of Footscray, and reports say the business has been asked by the
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believe it is offensive because of the depiction of a near-naked woman,
not on the basis of disrespect to Hillary Clinton, in accordance with
the Graffiti Prevention Act 2007," the council's chief executive Stephen
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the mural, adding that the council intended to issue a notice to the
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Congress has prohibited American tourists from visiting what John F. Kennedy once called “<a data-tracker-action="click" data-tracker-category="nav" data-tracker-label="inline_link.01" data-web-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgdUgzAWcrw" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgdUgzAWcrw" target="_blank">that imprisoned island</a>” since
1960, and the resumption of commercial air service won’t soon change
that. A Cuba trip requires that your reason for travel aligns with one
of a dozen permitted categories of activities that the U.S. Treasury
Department has outlined as part of the gradual easing of travel
restrictions.<br />
Hurdles or not, plenty of Americans are likely to hop a plane to see an island that’s been <em>verboten</em>
for decades, mixing wanderlust with the allure of the unknown.
But before U.S. travelers can start cursing spotty Cuban Wi-Fi, they’ll
need to run a modest regulatory gauntlet, from satisfying the proper
travel category to obtaining visas and health insurance, plus sorting
out whether a U.S. bank-issued credit card or debit card even works
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/justin-bieber-offered-5-million-to-perform-at-the-rnc-2016-7">Justin Bieber was reportedly offered $5 million to perform at the RNC, but turned it down</a></span><br />
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$5 million by the RNC to perform at the convention nominating
Donald Trump as the Republican candidate for president.
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But Bieber ultimately turned down the offer, after his manager
considered quitting over the potential gig and LeBron James urged
Bieber to stay away from the convention, according to the site.
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It would've been a windfall for an apparent 45-minute show, and
according to TMZ's sources connected to CAA (Bieber's talent
agency), the promoter for the event assured Bieber's team the
performance was "not political." But Bieber's manager Scooter
Braun and CAA felt differently.
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Mr Bezos owns 18% of Amazon's shares, which rose 2% in trading on
Thursday. Forbes estimated his fortune to be $65.3bn (£49.5bn). <br />
<a class="story-body__link-external" href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2189739">Amazon's revenue</a> beat analysts' expectations, climbing 31% from last year to $30.4bn in the second quarter. <br />
Profit for the e-commerce giant was $857m, compared with $92m in 2015. <br />
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to Forbes estimates, Mr Bezos's fortune is only surpassed by Microsoft
founder Bill Gates, worth $78bn (£59bn), and the $73.1bn (£55bn) fortune
of Zara founder Amancio Ortega.<br />
Amazon had developed a reputation
for announcing little or no profit each quarter, but appeared to hit a
turning point last year and has seen improving earnings since. <br />
Amazon shares have spiked 50% since February.MoGNapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09148965070688425673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805984505121640521.post-19090494536975864302016-07-29T09:23:00.002-07:002016-07-29T09:27:52.189-07:00<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbzX6igjGQk">Chelsea Clinton Introduces Her Mother, Hillary Clinton At The Democratic National Convention </a></span><br />
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like we’ve never seen before,” Mr. Comey said at a cybersecurity
conference at Fordham University. “Not all of the Islamic State killers
are going to die on the battlefield.”<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ubers-history">How Uber grew up to become the world's most valuable startup</a></span><br />
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The office building on Facebook Way is in
the unfinished style that honors materials like plywood, concrete, and
steel. The I-beams supporting its soaring walls still have the builders’
chalk placement instructions on them. It takes a business making
billions of high-margin dollars to make plywood and concrete seem so
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On Wednesday evening, Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, took to Reddit for an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) session.<br />
Trump didn’t extensively answer many science and technology-related questions—responding to just 12 total questions during the hour—and ignored other crucial issues, such as intellectual property law and Edward Snowden. His answers were very short and sounded very similar to previous things he’s said on the campaign trail.<br />
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In response to “What role should NASA play in helping to Make America Great Again?” Trump answered: “Honestly I think NASA is wonderful! America has always led the world in space exploration.”<br />
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Times posted a net loss of $211,000 attributable to shareholders for
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<span class="article-updated meta-separator">SAN DIEGO, CA — The record 135,000 attendees at Comic-Con
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restaurants, but a whole lot of trash.<br />
The Downtown San Diego Partnership reported Wednesday that workers on
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