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LIVE AT FIVE: 08.17.12

Posted on | August 17, 2012 | 5 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
At Least 35 Dead As South African Police Gun Down Machete-Wielding Miners

Police surround the bodies of slain miners at the Lonmin mine


New union clashing violently with government-aligned National Union of Mineworkers

Verdict, Protests Loom For Pussy Riot
Put your undies on your hair like you just don’t care

Ecuador’s President Claims Moral Superiority In Granting Asylum To Assange
UK vows not to allow rapist out of the country; critics say Correa using Assange as smokescreen for domestic persecution of press



POLITICS
Beer But No Bumper Cars As Obama Magic Slips In Iowa

President, First Lady speak to small crowd in Davenport


Independents, liberal Republicans not buying the BS this year

Shooting At Family Research Center Sets Off War Of Words

Air Marshals Face Assault Charges After Drunken Brawl In Michigan Bar

Poll: New Yorkers Biased Against Atheists, Born-Again Christians In Politics

Inside The Beltway, The Answer-Free White House Continues

Retired President Of Border Patrol Union Indicted On Fraud Charges

US Chamber Of Commerce Calls Elizabeth Warren Threat To Free Enterprise



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil At Three-Month Peak On Stimulus Hope, Middle East Worries; NYMEX $95.60, Brent $114.23
Merkel Says Germany Backs Draghi’s Conditions For ECB Help
Facebook Stock Slides 6% As Insiders Finally Allowed To Sell
Best Buy, Founder Disagree On LBO
Walmart Slows International Expansion
Who’d’a Thunk It? Tech Stocks The New Dividend Leaders
NOAA Predicts Drought Will Linger But Won’t Get Worse
Apple In Talks With Cable Industry About TV Project?
Verizon, Comcast Agree To FCC Airwave Demands
Twitter Clamps Down On Developers With Restrictive API Rules
Five Ways Windows 8 Overhauls The PC
Apple Accused Of Overstating Damages In Samsung Case
State Department Cancels $16.5 Million Kindle Touch Order
Blizzard Unveils “Mists Of Pandaria”
Nokia/Zynga Partnership Brings Blockbuster Games To Nokia Asha Touch Phones



SPORTS
Backed By Five Homers, Ex-Twin Liriano Notches First Win For Pale Hose

Francisco Liriano making the pitches


White Sox match season record in homers with 7-2 win over Toronto

Rangers Rally, Outslug Yankees To Avoid Sweep

Price Notches 16th Win As Rays Blank Angels 7-0



Red Sox Beat O’s 6-3 To Avoid Sweep

Harvey Drives In Two, Holds Reds To One Run In Mets 8-4 Win

Crisp, Cespedes Homer As A’s Blank Royals 3-0

Yes, The WNBA Is Still Playing



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Jenny McCarthy, Brian Urlacher Split Up

McCarthy & Urlacher


Chicago Bears linebacker officially friendzoned

Did Al Roker Just Call Out Matt Lauer?

Jennie Garth Holds Hands With New BF Noah Abrams



Pattinson Clams Up When NYT Press Drone Compares His Troubles To Those Of British Royal Family

Jen Aniston Hunting Leakers Among Acquaintances By Spreading Disinformation

Katie Holmes Decamps From Beverly Hills Mansion She Shared With Tom Cruise



FOREIGNERS
Pussy Riot Member Claims Victory In Letter To Supporters
Japan To Deport 14 PRC Activists Who Landed On Senkaku Island
Syrian Civil War Spreading To Lebanon?
PRC Court To Announce Verdict In Heywood Murder Case On Monday
Wave Of Attacks Kills Dozens Across Iraq – Yeah, It’s The End Of Ramadan, How’d You Guess?
Indian PM Moves To Cool Panic As Thousands Flee Northeast Cities, Fear Of Muslim Backlash
A Saudi Overture To Iran



BLOGS & STUFF
Riehl World View: Wisconsin Moves To True “Toss Up” Status
John McCormick: Ryan Says “Your Payroll Taxes Should Go To Medicare And Social Security, Not Obamacare”
Breitbart.com: MSNBC’s Toure Claims Romney Engaged In “Niggerization” Of Obama
Power Line: Are Democrats Starting To Lose It Already?
Neo-neocon: White House Announces We Will Have Joe Biden To Kick Around Some More
Weekly Standard Blog: Axelrod Won’t Rule Out Biden Being Dropped, Cracks Joke Instead
Wake Up America: Business Owners Posting Notice – They Built Their Businesses, Not Obama
Duffel Blog: NBC Cancels “Stars Earn Stripes” After Entire Cast Killed In Afghanistan
Lonely Conservative: Small Biz Owner Says No To Joe
Weasel Zippers: Jesse Jackson Says Biden’s “Chains” Rhetoric “Not Helpful”
Legal Insurrection: SPLC’s Hatewatch Gives Cover To Hate
Allahpundit: Oh My! Romney Busts Out The Whiteboard On Medicare
Deroy Murdock: Physician, Heal Thyself
Jawa Report: Obama Is Literally Not His Brother’s Keeper
John Fund: Serial Fraud Kept Congressman In Office
Artur Davis: Obama’s Hidden-Hand Politics

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Comments

5 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE: 08.17.12”

  1. Adjoran
    August 17th, 2012 @ 8:10 am

    One of the current Big Clues being hidden or downplayed is Obama’s drawing power. When the President can’t draw 1000 at several prearranged and announced campaign stops – when he was packing them in four years ago – he should be concerned.

    Another is the volume of the markets. The entire market appreciation under Obama has been on very low volume. This makes it suspect and subject to rapid correction. (If you are considering investment options today, Mason jars buried in the woods offer better chances than equities right now).

  2. Wombat_socho
    August 17th, 2012 @ 10:22 am

    I’m beginning to think this might be an electoral debacle for the Democrats on the scale of Reagan’s crushing of Mondale. I know, I know, “don’t get cocky”, etc.

  3. Garym
    August 17th, 2012 @ 10:38 am

    I’ve had that same feeling.

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