LIVE AT FIVE – 11.12.10
Posted on | November 12, 2010 | Comments Off on LIVE AT FIVE – 11.12.10
TOP NEWS
Iraqiya Bloc Walkout Could Torpedo Fragile Unity Government
Sunni-backed bloc claims promises by other parties already being broken
Cash, Cows And Cars Block US/ROK Free Trade Agreement
No deal before G-20 meet goes down
Bowles Tweaks White House For Lack of Serious Bipartisanship
“I told people in the White House I had spent more time listening to people in the opposition party than they had done as a whole group.” Meanwhile, Obama distances himself from Congressional Dems’ flaming and handwaving.
POLITICS
Nancy Reagan To Host Debate For 2012 Hopefuls
Campaign trail to the White House starts from the Reagan Library next spring
Palin Praises Perry, Blasts Obama As “Most Pro-Abortion President”
AP Poll: Little Hope For Political Compromise
Lots Of Fuss But No Final Answers In NY-25 Yet
Walsh Campaign Confident Of Victory, Gets Lawyered Up and Backup From GOP Anyway
Chances Of DADT Repeal In Lame-Duck Session Fading
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Yahoo Looking Into Job Cutbacks In Its Consumer Service Group
PRC Diesel Squeeze May Push Oil Over $100/Barrel
Christie’s To Auction Apple I; Expected To Bring Over $160K
EWeek Top Ten List: Why The Samsung Galaxy Tab Is A Contender
Firefox 4 Regains Speed Mojo
No need to think in Russian; Clint Eastwood not available for comment
SPORTS
Celtics Beat The Heat Second Time Around, Too
Evidently it takes more than hype to win in the NBA. Who knew?
Lightning Grounded By Caps, 6-3
Thrashers Snap 3-game Losing Streak With Win Over Wild
Sterger Finally Talks To NFL About Favre’s Junk
Clippers’ Blake Griffin Falls Victim To Shake Weight Menace (Video)
FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Due in May 2011. 🙂
National Enquirer: The Fight That Ended Billy Ray’s Marriage
Marie Osmond Opens Up To Oprah About Son’s Death
Gwyneth Paltrow Shows Off Her Chops At CMA
Dick Van Dyke: Porpoise Driven
Jane Fonda Discloses Breast Cancer; Is Now Cancer Free
Hulk Hogan Readies For Marriage #2
FOREIGNERS
Taliban Car Bomb Shatters Pakistani Police Compound; 15 Dead, 100 Injured
Rumors: Aung San Suu Kyi to Be Released Soon
Could Double Agent Have Blown Chapman’s Cover And Other Russian Agents In The U.S.?
Hezbollah Vows To Block Arrests Of Its Members In Hariri Assassination
Cuba Denounces Castro Mission In “Call Of Duty: Black Ops”, Nobody Cares
BLOGS & STUFF
Neo-Neocon: Yes We Will, No We Won’t – The White House Is Waffling Again
Hit & Run: Why Deficit Reduction Is Hard
Atlas Shrugs: Some Attendees At Capitol Hill Muslim Prayer Group Have Terror Ties
William Teach: Ezra Klein Says Midterm Collapse Is Joe Lieberman’s Fault
Don Surber: Tea Party Jumps Shark on DWTS?
Ed Morrissey: TIME Blames Tea Party For Hyperinflation In Advance
Gates Of Vienna: Burning Poppies To Celebrate The English Caliphate
— compiled by Wombat-socho