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LIVE AT FIVE: 06.12.13

Posted on | June 12, 2013 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Google Chief Legal Officer Pushes Back On NSA Spy Program

h/t Punk Rock Libertarians on FB

h/t Punk Rock Libertarians on FB

Asks Feds for permission to make FISA documents public
Related: The real story in the NSA scandal is the collapse of journalism
Also: Government Reviews Security Damage In Wake Of Snowden Disclosures

Greek State Broadcaster Refuses To Close
Journalist protest splits government




POLITICS
Senate Immigration Bill Clears First Hurdles

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

GOP still pushing for tighter border security; McConnell: “This bill has serious flaws”

Democrats Speier And Gillibrand Say “Military Sex Assault Culture” Needs To Change

Opening Arguments To Begin In Whitey Bulger Trial

State Department Accused Of Covering Up Sex, Prostitution Scandals


Bloomberg Proposes $20 Billion Plan To Protect NYC From Climate Change

States Looking To Tax Hybrid, Electric Car Owners To Recoup Lost Gas Tax Revenue

Justice Says Roe v. Wade Ruling May Have Been Mistake; Gave Pro-Life Groups Target

House Asks IRS About Purported Seizure Of Millions Of Medical Records

Sarah Michelle Gellar Making Child Vaccination A Priority



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Falls As US Inventories Climb: NYMEX $94.62, Brent $102.36
Behind The Rout In Emerging Market Stocks
Volatile Stocks Tumble In Global Sell-Off
US Government Forced To Pay Real Rates On Debt
Sales of Orwell’s 1984 Soar On Amazon After NSA Surveillance Reports
Stocks End Down 1%, Dow Drops 100 In Choppy Session
Microsoft And Sony In Videogame Faceoff
E3: Nintendo Brings Back Mario, Donkey Kong, And Pokemon
Pandora Buys SD Radio Station To Get Lower Rates On Music
Lenovo Rebranding All Iomega Storage, Social Media Products
Apple Dumps Big Cat OS Nicknames, Zips Lips On Price, Release Date



SPORTS
Spurs Shut Down LeBron, Beat Heat 113-77

Spurs guards Neal and Green exchange a hug at halftime

Spurs guards Neal and Green exchange a hug at halftime

With Game Three win, San Antonio leads Miami 2-1; Game 3 winner has gone on to win in 12 of 13 finals when first two games are split


Six Ejected After Dodgers-Snakes Brawl

Tebow Signs Two-Year Deal With Patriots

After Mets Demote Davis, Alderson Says More Changes To Come

Jason Kidd Emerges As Nyets’ Top Candidate

Harang Goes The Distance, Shuts Out Astros


Markakis Makes The Difference For O’s In 3-2 Win Against Angels

Pirates’ Cole Has Debut To Remember With 8-2 Thrashing Of Giants

5-2 Defeat Of Rangers Stops Tribe’s Eight-Game Skid

A’s Pound Sabathia, Hold Off Yanks For 6-4 Win

Reds Skin Cubs 12-2 At Wrigley

Haren Unravels In Fifth As Nats Fall To Rockies



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Salma Hayek Wears Leather To Please Her French Husband

Still going strapless at 47

Still going strapless at 47, because she still can

“I don’t think my first priority in life has ever been beauty.”

Lauren Conrad: Golden Girl

Kate Upton Dating Maksim Chmerkovskiy?

“Man Of Steel” Sequel Underway With Zack Snyder, David Goyer

Jiah Khan’s Boyfriend Arrested After Bollywood Star Commits Suicide

Michael Bay To Develop Ubisoft’s “Ghost Recon” Film At Warner Brothers


Jon M. Chu Re-Enlisting To Film “G.I. Joe 3”

“Dumb And Dumber” Sequel Dropped

Heidi Klum Gets Into Public Fight With Bodyguard Boyfriend

Jennifer Aniston Has Chicken Coop Built At Bel Air Mansion



FOREIGNERS
Erdogan To Convene Public Meeting On Protests After Night Of Renewed Clashes

World’s Oldest Man Dies In Japan, 116

Syrian Rebels Attack Shiite Village, Killing Dozens Of Loyalist Fighters

Austrians Begin Withdrawal Of Peacekeepers From Golan

Norks Call Off Proposed Talks

Riot Police Storm Soho G8 Protest Squat

Pope Laments “Gay Lobby” At Work In Vatican

Russian Duma Passes Law Banning “Gay Propaganda”

JD(U)-BJP Split Certain, Decision Within A Week



BLOGS & STUFF
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: The High Cost Of Free Money
Michelle Malkin: Amnesty? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
Legal Insurection: Lasciviousness In The Defense Of Liberty Is A Vice (h/t Little Miss Attila on FB)
Allahpundit: FBI Requests For Records Under Patriot Act Up 1000% In Four Years
Gateway Pundit: ACLU Sues Administration Over Phone Record Collection
AmSpecBlog: Lawsuits Abound For NSA
Weasel Zippers: Steny Hoyer Claims No Comparison Between Bush, Obama On Domestic Spying
Patterico: Experts Say Snowden’s Claims Absurd
Power Line: Miss Me Yet? Yup.
Althouse: Drudge At His Best – “Wanna Come To Russia?”
Volokh Conspiracy: Did James Clapper Lie To Congress?
Sen. Ron Wyden: Response To Director Clapper


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Comments

One Response to “LIVE AT FIVE: 06.12.13”

  1. jsn2
    June 12th, 2013 @ 7:04 am

    “The real story in the NSA scandal is the collapse of journalism”

    How true that sentence. Our watchdogs have changed sides. They’re not lapdogs, they are unpaid henchmen who actively protect leftist ideologues and their propoganda. They used to protect us from them. Now, journalists are protecting THEM from US. I hope they realize what they are doing before it really is to late.

    Even Disqus seems to have joined THEM judging from my experience commenting at National Journal about Ron Fournier.