LIVE AT FIVE – 10.16.10
Posted on | October 16, 2010 | 4 Comments
TOP NEWS
No Inflation, No COLA: Treasury Says No Increase For Social Security
Dems pushing $250 bonus instead
Holder Promises To Enforce Federal Laws Despite Prop 19
Because weed is more important than immigration!
U.S. Backs Off Currency Dispute With China
T-men waiting until after election to condemn PRC as currency manipulators
Mozilo Settles With SEC for $67.5 Million
Avoids trial on civil fraud, insider trading charges
POLITICS
National NOW President: Yes, Calling Women Whores Is Wrong
California NOW President: Whitman’s Still a Whore
Donation Site Ends Relationship With Wikileaks
Former SecState Rice Meets With President, Refuses To Join Critics
Obama Might Leave Fed Jobs Open, Furlough Workers
Reuters/Ipsos: Democrats Cling To Narrow Lead In California
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Bernanke Lays Out Case For Fed Stimulus, Acknowledges Risks
Foreclosure Holiday: Who Wins? Who Loses?
Three More Banks Closed In Kansas, Missouri: 132 So Far This Year
Over 300,000 Impalas Recalled By Government Motors
SPORTS
Bullpen Fails Rangers As Yankees Come Back For 6-5 Win
New York now leads series 1-0
How Much Celebrating Is Too Much For The NFL?
Players unhappy with judgment calls by refs
Favre Streak In Jeopardy
Sorry, no Sterger content today
Rod SexRed Sox Net Liverpool Club
It’s soccer, nobody cares
Former Indians Skipper Eric Wedge To Lead Mariners In 2011
It’s the Mariners, nobody cares Nice collection of quotes there!
FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Keef Reveals All In Rock n’ Roll Memoirs
Sex, drugs, and oh yeah, music
Twitter Cuts Off JustSpotted
Work harder, stalkers
Christina Aguilera Had Open Marriage, Claims Woman
It’s Back To Prison For Rapper T.I.
“Hobbit” Movie Greenlighted, Peter Jackson To Direct
FOREIGNERS
Israel Approves New Construction In East Jerusalem
Swiss Complete World’s Longest Tunnel
Pakistan Backs PRC: “Deeply Disturbed” By Xiaobo’s Peace Prize
Possible Rift In CCP As Central Committee Meets?
BLOGS & STUFF
Firedoglake: Treasury Defends HAMP – I Can’t Stop Laughing
Jawa Report: Prosecutors Declare Geert Wilders Not Guilty
Weasel Zippers: Clyburn – “If [Democrats] Keep Majorities…We’ll Revive Public Option
This one’s for you, Congressman.
— compiled by Wombat-socho