LIVE AT FIVE: 02.28.13
Posted on | February 28, 2013 | 2 Comments
— compiled by Wombat-socho
TOP NEWS
Obama To Meet With Congressional Leaders On Ways To Avoid His Sequester
GOP uninterested in tax hikes, fine with letting cuts go forward
Voting Rights Act’s Section 5 Draws Skepticism From Justices
Kennedy leaning toward conservatives?
Pope Benedict XVI Bids Farewell To Faithful On Eve Of Retirement
150,000 pack St. Peter’s Square for his final audience
POLITICS
Senate Confirms Lew As Treasury Secretary
Confirmation vote 71-26, with 20 Republicans voting for, Bernie Sanders against
Newtown Dad Makes Tearful Plea To Shred Second Amendment
Wisconsin Senate Approves Mining Reform Bill By One Vote
Rhode Island House Committee Holds Hearing On Pot Decriminalization Bill
South Dakota Senate Approves Bill On Arming School Teachers
White House Blames Illegal Immigrant Release On Impending Budget Cuts
Administration Reportedly Considering Direct Support Of Syrian Rebels
WaPo Rips Education Secretary For Lying About Teacher Pink Slips
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Crude Rebounds Slightly But Italian Concerns Linger: NYMEX $92.84, Brent $113.05
Foreclosure Deals Drop As Banks Approve More Short Sales
J.C. Penney Reports Huge Loss, 30% Drop In Revenue
Groupon Drops 24% On Weak Results, Forecast
EU Agrees To Cap Bankers’ Bonuses
U.S. Durable Goods Orders Slide In January
Is Outrage Over Yahoo Telecommuting Decision Misplaced?
Bernanke: 6% Unemployment Still Three Years Away
Clearwire To Take Sprint Financing, Hindering Dish Deal
Apple Shares Slip More After Cook Speech
Urine Tests? There’s An App For That
IE10 Comes To Windows 7
Pandora To Cap Free Mobile Listening As Costs Surge
Google’s Brin Says Smartphones Antisocial, Emasculating
Firefox In The Spotlight, Nokia Introduces New Lumias, And More At Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress
SPORTS
Upset Of The Year? #4 Michigan Falls To 0-14 Penn State
Sloppy Wolverines get mauled 84-78 by hungry Lions
Habs Score Three In Third, Beat Leafs 5-2
Curry’s 54 Points Not Enough As Warriors Lose To Knicks
49ers Trade QB Alex Smith To Chiefs For Draft Picks
Caps Score Late But Not Enough To Stop Flyers
Mavericks Blow 25-Point Lead In Loss To Grizzlies
Palmieri Scores Hat Trick As Ducks Stomp Predators 5-1
Suns Snap Spurs’ 18-Game Home Win Streak
Durant Records Third Triple-Double As Thunder Rout Hornets
NASCAR Suspends Clements For Racial Slur During Interview
Porter Jr. Saves #7 Hoyas From Going To The Dogs As GU Beats Huskies 79-78 In Double OT
Kurt Suzuki Keeps Nationals Teammates Smiling
FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Harry Styles Takes Shoe In The Nads During Concert
Recovers quickly, goes on with the show
Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen Split
Did Liam Hemsworth Cheat On Miley Cyrus With January Jones?
Jennifer Aniston Planning Wedding To Justin Theroux
Report: Lindsay Lohan “Reeked Of Alcohol” At Crash Scene
Tina Fey: I’m Not Going To Host The Oscars In 2014
Stone Temple Pilots Fire Scott Weiland
FOREIGNERS
As Dennis Rodman Visits, Norks Pledge “Bitter Hatred” For U.S.
West Offers Iran New Deal, Drops Demand To Close Fordow
Thailand Agrees To Peace Talks With Muslim Rebels
Afghan Police Officer Drugs, Kills 17 Colleagues With Taliban
The $200 Million Downfall Of Elba Esther Gordillo, Head Of Mexico’s Teachers’ Union
US Appeals Court Declares Sea Shepherd Pirates
Fisheries Minister: Japan Will Never Stop Whaling
BLOGS & STUFF
Michelle Malkin: The White House Court Jesters Of Sequester
Ed Driscoll: “You Will Regret Doing This”
Atlas Shrugs: White House Threatens Bob Woodward
Stephen Kruiser: Lapdog Media Wag Tails In Overdrive To Defend Team Lightbringer Against Woodward
Legal Insurrection: We Have Officially Reached Third World Political Status With Release Of ICE Prisoners
Jennifer Rubin: A Kind Of Madness
Twitchy: Justice Scalia Speaks Truth About The Politics Of The Voting Rights Act, Liberals Freak Out
Althouse: “Majority Of The Court Seems Committed To Invalidating Section 5 Of The Voting Rights Act”
Bryan Preston: AP’s Claim That DHS Official Resigned Over Release Of Illegals Turns Out To Be False
Gateway Pundit: White House Blames Big Sis For Release Of Illegals
Ed Morrissey: Obama To Finally Meet With Congressional Leaders On Sequester – After It Takes Effect
Allahpundit: John Kerry Says It’s Okay To Talk To Iran Because Their Government Was Elected
Protein Wisdom: Only 27 Republicans Vote To Keep Democrats From Confirming Anti-Semite Hagel
Sarah Palin: D.C. – Cut The Drama. Do Your Job.
Comments
2 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE: 02.28.13”
February 28th, 2013 @ 5:33 am
[…] it’s Friday, it must be time for girls. Oh, and Live at Five, […]
February 28th, 2013 @ 6:22 am
Obama creates a shit sandwich and calls it chocolate pie when he tries to serve it to the public, but blames the republicans when word leaks it’s his recipe. Meanwhile SCOTUS hears arguments on case to allow corrupt DOJ to continue obstruction of states attempts at strengthening voting laws against democrat voter fraud. Time to change the name of the capitol from D.C. to Washington T.Z. (Twilight Zone)