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LIVE AT FIVE: 12.05.14

Posted on | December 5, 2014 | 11 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Marchers Swarm NY, Minneapolis, Oakland, San Francisco For Second Night

Marchers protesting the grand jury decision in the death of Eric Garner block the West Side Highway in New York City

Attorney General Holder pledges full review of the case
Experts: Federal charges in Garner case need to clear high bar
Brown, Garner, Rice police cases collide, forcing debate on tactics
Protesters, police clash in New York City



House GOP Repudiates Obama’s Immigration Actions
Boehner treading carefully as he rounds up votes for the cromnibus

Putin’s State Of The Union Caps A Bad Year For Russia
From Olympic host to rogue state



POLITICS
DOJ: Cleveland Police Use Of Deadly Force Violates Rights

AG Holder holds a roundtable meeting with community leaders, law enforcement, and local officials

A “pattern or practice” of “excessive or deadly” force


Coal States Brace For Plant Closings Over EPA Rules

Defense Asks For Leniency In Gov. Rowland Sentencing


DHS On Hiring Spree To Carry Out Obama’s Immigration Orders

White House Dissatisfied With Number Of Students Opting To Ditch College

After Midterm Whipping, Senior Democrats Voice Regret Over Obamacare

Hagel Touts Sexual Assault Report As Sign Of Progress

Federal Judge Rules Indiana Abortion Clinic Law Unconstitutional



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Set for Second Weekly Drop After Saudi Price Cut: WTI $66.46, Brent $69.21
Starbucks Goes Upscale With Fancy Coffee Emporium
Uber Valued At $40 Billion In $1.2 Billion Equity Funding
Amazon Now Serves Takeout – And Diapers
US Jobless Claims Fall Below 300K
Thirty-Year Mortgage Rates Fall For Fourth Week
Apple, Xiaomi Phones Found Violating Privacy Laws In Taiwan
Wozniak: No, Apple Was Not Founded In A Garage
Norks Still A Suspect In Sony Cyberattack Despite Denial
Deadline Extended In CBS-Dish Negotiations
IBM Partners With Docker, Launches Containers Service



SPORTS
Sputtering Bears Tamed By Cowboys 41-28

Bears RB Matt Forte brought to ground by Cowboys CB Orlando Scandrick

Cowboys run wild as Bears’ ground game stalls


Warriors Whip Pelicans, Streak Now At 11

Canucks Blank Pens, 3-0

Kyrie Irving Leads The Charge For Cavaliers

Texans Lose #1 Pick Clowney To IR For The Season

Devils Top Leafs, 5-3

Oregon State’s Mike Riley Heads For Nebraska


Islanders Win Record 11th Straight With 2-1 Edging Of Sens

Blazers Beat Pacers, 88-82

Blue Jackets Beat Panthers In OT, 4-3

Bad Day At The Office For Coyotes As Jones Shuts Them Out

Lightning Cruises To Shutout Of  Sabres

Sharks Win Third In A Row With 7-4 Drubbing Of Bruins

A.J. Foyt Released From Hospital

Royals Sign Reliever Hochevar To Two-Year Deal

Colby Lewis Signs One-Year/$4 Million Deal

Nationals Tender Contracts To Ten Players



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
“Millionaire Matchmaker” Has Advice For Jennifer Lopez

Stanger: “I think I could help her, easily”

Patti Stanger’s first hint? “Don’t lead with the cooch.”

Miley Cyrus Smokes Weed On Stage At Art Basel

Ryan Reynolds In “Deadpool” Deal

“Biggest Loser” Alum Damien Gurganious Dies, 38

Krysten Ritter Nabs Lead In Marvel’s “Jessica Jones”

Tyler Perry, It’s A Boy!

Chris Rock Blames Hollywood’s Race Problem On White People

Chris Pratt In Early Talks For “Magnificent Seven”

Jennifer Lawrence Debuts On Billboard 100 At #12

“Homeland” Actor Engaged To Paralympic Sprinter



FOREIGNERS
Super Typhoon Strengthens As It Bears Down On Philippines
Pentagon Confirms Failed Attempt To Rescue Hostage In Yemen
Putin Tells Duma West Wants To Weaken Russia
New Violence In Chechnya Leaves At Least 20 Dead
Four Killed As Militants Storm Indian Fort On Kashmir’s Line Of Control
Bahrain Jails Shiite Activist For Insulting King
Thai King Cancels Appearance On 87th Birthday
Modi Refuses To Fire Minister For Derogatory Remark
Australia Toughens Immigration But Lets In More Refugees
Chicoms to Cease Harvesting Organs From Prisoners – Next Year



BLOGS & STUFF
First Street Journal: We Told You So!
Doug Powers: Obama’s 2011 Prediction Of A Million Electric Cars On The Road By 2015 “Barely” Missed
Twitchy: Occutard Claims Peter Pan “On The Side Of The Oppressors”
The Quinton Report: Maryland Man Lied About Being Vietnam POW
American Power: Foer, Weseltier Out At The New Republic
American Thinker: Profiling – Sin Or Survival Instinct
Conservatives4Palin: Poll – Cassidy Crushing Landrieu By 24 Points
Don Surber: Supremes To Baby Killer – Drop Dead
Jammie Wearing Fools: After Wasting Trillion Dollars On “Stimulus”, Obama Whines US Infrastructure Is “Embarrassing”
Joe For America: Girls Just Wanna Have Guns – Powerful New Documentary In The Works
JustOneMinute: The Most Astonishing And Disturbing Story Yet In Ferguson/NY/Cleveland
Pamela Geller: Muslims Of Switzerland Declare “Beginning Of The Islamic Revolution”
Protein Wisdom: Trey Gowdy Demonstrates How To Fold, Spindle, And Mutilate The Race Card
Shot In The Dark: Maybe Dog Whistles Just Jumped The Shark
The Gateway Pundit: Black Female Police Sergeant Supervised Eric Garner Arrest
The Jawa Report: AQAP Threatens To Murder US Citizen Luke Somers And Invade Israel
The Lonely Conservative: Why Are Parks, Museums And Wilderness Included In Defense Bill?
This Ain’t Hell: Purple Hearts For Ft. Hood Shooting Victims? Maybe
Weasel Zippers: MSNBC – We Must Retrain America On Racism “So White Tongues, White Brains Can Follow Suit”
Megan McArdle: What’s So Bad About Low Gas Prices?


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11 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE: 12.05.14”

  1. JadedByPolitics
    December 5th, 2014 @ 10:19 am

    Gotta say loving the “protests” in all these leftist collective cities, I myself live in the suburbs, so am enjoying the spectacle. I enjoy the officers getting all that overtime for their Christmas!

  2. CrustyB
    December 5th, 2014 @ 12:25 pm

    These mindless protests are good in a way. In the 60s the dumb hippies did the same thing; sit-ins, banal chants, fists in the air, blocking traffic, public profanity, defying police, etc. People got sick & tired of it and the next election went overwhelmingly Republican.

    Keep it up, boneheads!

  3. richard mcenroe
    December 5th, 2014 @ 2:46 pm

    Putting a bag over Ryan Reynolds’ head is not the worst choice a director could make…

  4. Finrod Felagund
    December 5th, 2014 @ 3:59 pm

    Rolling Stone has apologized for the UVa fraternity gang rape story:

    http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/05/us/rolling-stone-uva-apology/index.html

  5. Adobe_Walls
    December 5th, 2014 @ 4:44 pm

    My take from CNN’s story is that it’s more likely than not that the entire incident is a fabrication. The reaction’s from other campus groups is bizarre to say the least.

    ACE has this

    http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=353563

    WaPo has this

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/u-va-fraternity-to-rebut-claims-of-gang-rape-in-rolling-stone/2014/12/05/5fa5f7d2-7c91-11e4-84d4-7c896b90abdc_story.html?Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost

  6. Adjoran
    December 5th, 2014 @ 6:08 pm

    Somebody drag McCain out of whatever dyke bar he’s doing ‘research’ in – Mandy Marcotte had a complete meltdown when the UVA rape tale collapsed, apparently she was even on a streaming ‘HuffPo LIve’ show making a huge fool of herself when the retractions and corrections started coming down.

    It’s not the sort of thing a Great White Hunter wants to miss, real trophy material.

  7. M. Thompson
    December 5th, 2014 @ 9:48 pm

    Just means we get Nixons.

  8. Wombat_socho
    December 5th, 2014 @ 10:32 pm

    I think he’s on it.

  9. Julie Pascal
    December 6th, 2014 @ 12:00 am

    The protests that shut down shopping are a nefarious plan by Amazon to corner the holiday shopping market and kill local jobs.

  10. Wombat_socho
    December 6th, 2014 @ 1:21 am

    Well, they hired Jeff Quinton for a seasonal gig, so they can’t be completely nefarious.

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