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LIVE AT FIVE – 10.28.11

Posted on | October 28, 2011 | 6 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Cheers, Skepticism Meet EU Debt Deal

A trader looks on at the German Stock Exchange

Markets get shot in the arm despite widespread doubts

Occupy Oakland Makes Plans For Citywide General Strike
Speakers exhort assembled hundreds; last general strike in Oakland was in 1946

“Supercommittee” GOP Offers Alternative To Democrats’ Plan
$2.2 billion in cuts but no tax increases; predictable whining ensues



POLITICS
Perry Plan To Skip Debates Draws Fire From Gingrich, Santorum

Mitt Romney shakes Rick Perry's hand at the Las Vegas debates

Newt questions Perry’s fitness for the campaign

Corps Of Engineers Seeks $1 Billion For Levee Repairs

Liz Warren Backs Away From Claiming Credit For #OWS

Two Workers Plead Guilty To Third-Degree Murder At Gosnell Abortion Clinic

Gay Troops, Veterans File Suit Challenging DOMA

Herman Cain’s “Smoking Man” Video Goes Viral

Campaign Finance Charges Against Edwards To Go Forward

Business Week: European Debt Resolution Critical To Obama’s Re-Election Bid



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Whitman Unwinds Predecessor’s Moves At HP; No Sale For PC Group After All
Exxon Mobil, Shell Have Big Profits Despite Lower Production

Unemployment Claims Dip
PRC Could Play Big Role In EU Rescue
Redbox Rental Prices To Rise
Wish There Were A Dropbox For Business? Now There Is
Google Integrates Apps Into Google Plus
Samsung Overtakes Apple In Smartphones During Q3
FCC Converts Phone Subsidy Funds To Broadband Subsidy Fund
Facebook To Build Server Farm On Edge Of Arctic Circle



SPORTS
Cards’ Freese Hits Walkoff Homer To Force Game 7

David Freese celebrates sayonara homer

Rangers take 7-4 lead, can’t hold it, lose 10-9 in extra innings

NBA, Players On Cusp Of Agreement?

NCAA Adopts Sweeping Changes




Plekanic Puts One In Each Goal As Habs Edge Bruins 2-1

Penalties Hinder Caps In First Loss Of Season

Coyotes Pull Away For 5-3 Win Over Devils

Rangers Bring Old Problems To New-Look Garden, Fall To Maple Leafs

Jets Earn Wild Win Over Flyers



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Kim Kardashian’s Newlywed Life “Not Ideal”

Kris Humphries & Kim Kardashian

Too many family members in the house for comfort

Frances Bean Cobain: Is She Engaged?

Lindsay Lohan Gets Million Dollar Offer – From Sex Toy Company

First Look At The New “Three Stooges”

Jenna’s New Love Is A Jewel

Charlie Sheen’s “Anger Management” Lands At FX

Nicole Richie: Girls, Don’t Dress Slutty On Halloween!

Jesse James Returns To TV On “American Chopper”

Reuters: Johnny Depp Phones It In For Meandering “Rum Diary”

Sony Eyes Segel And Witherspoon To Star In “Sex Tape”



FOREIGNERS
Interior Minister Named Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince
Queen Calls For Bold Reforms At Commonwealth Meeting
In Slap At Syria, Turkey Shelters Anti-Assad Rebels
Nine Somali Jihadis Killed, Two Kenyan Soldiers Wounded
Thailand May Cut Bangkok Roads To Drain Floods
Israel, Egypt Carry Out Prisoner Swap
Pakistan Denies BBC Report On Taliban Links



BLOGS & STUFF
Hit & Run: Peter Schiff At #OWS – “Walmart Doesn’t Hold A Gun To Your Head!” (Videos)
Proof Positive: #OWS Kitchen Staff Protesting Fixing Food For Freeloaders
Jawa Report: Learning From Hamas – How #Occupy Uses Human Shields
Allahpundit: Hot New Dem Talking Point – Congress Is Actually The “Republican Congress”
Riehl World View: The #OWS Mob And Obama – Democracy Denied
Rich Lowry: The State Of Perry
Via Media: Reality Check In The Eurozone
Big Government: Leaked Progress Ohio Memo Shows Issue 2 May Be Dead Heat
James Pethokoukis: For Liberals, Income Inequality Is The New Global Warming
Jihad Watch: Muslim Students At Catholic U. Complain About Crucifixes In Classrooms
PJ Tatler: Bravo, Richmond Tea Party


SOTD: Sometime To Return

Comments

6 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE – 10.28.11”

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    October 28th, 2011 @ 7:01 am

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  2. Bob Belvedere
    October 28th, 2011 @ 7:33 am
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    October 28th, 2011 @ 8:57 am

    […] Bryan Preston, over at The PJ Tatler, we learn [tip of the fedora to Wombat-Socho's Live At Five]: Like other Tea Party groups, the Richmond (VA) Tea Party has played by the rules. They paid […]

  4. Anonymous
    October 28th, 2011 @ 10:30 am

    How’d I miss that?

  5. Bob Belvedere
    October 28th, 2011 @ 10:50 am

    You were a victim of circumstance! Nyuk, nyuk.

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