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LIVE AT FIVE – 09.02.11

Posted on | September 2, 2011 | 9 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
White House Forecasts High Unemployment Through 2012

Thousands of unemployed people wait to speak with employers at an LA job fair

Report sees unemployment rate not returning to 5% until 2018
Democrats Urge Obama To “Go Big” With Jobs Package

Gaddafi Promises “War Of Bees” In Audio Message
Deposed leader threatens guerrilla warfare

Federal Housing Finance Agency To Sue Banks Over Subprime Mortgages
“You did exactly what we told you! Now you must PAY!”



POLITICS
New Hampshire GOP Chairman Resigns

Jack Kimball, former NH Republican Party chairman

Tea Party favorite done in by inexperience, establishment Republicans, but mostly the latter; pleads for unity as he resigns “for the good of the party”

Border Patrol Intercepts 520 Pounds Of Meth Ingredients Being Shipped To Mexico

Florida Lawmaker Reprises Effort To Decriminalize Shacking Up

Former SecState Rice Fires Back At Accusations In Cheney Memoir

Feds Request Dismissal of DADT Suit

California Lawmakers Aim To Ease Business Regulations

Usual Suspects Butthurt Over GOP Gun Raffle In Giffords’ District



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Judge Throws Out $1.3 Billion Verdict Against SAP
Greek Financial Review By EU, IMF To Resume Later This Month
Car Sales Surge During August; GM, Chrysler, Nissan Post Largest Gains
European Shares End Rally Ahead Of US Jobs Data
Crude Oil Prices Dip Slightly, Natural Gas Rises
Bank Stocks Lead Wall Street Lower
Asian Stocks Snap Six-Day Winning Streak Ahead Of US Jobs Report
AT&T Willing To Make Concessions To Save T-Mobile Deal?
Apple Stonewalls SF Cops On Allegedly Lost iPhone
Motorola’s Photon 4G Best Android Phone Yet?
Lenovo Heats Up Tablet Wars With $199 Android Tablet
After 17 Years, Germany OK’s “Doom” For Sale



SPORTS
Grim Shadow Cast On Fighting In NHL

Toronto forward Wade Belak watches teammates celebrate winning goal

Recent deaths demand fresh look at fighting in the NHL
Former Enforcer Belak Hanged Himself

Yankees Rally To Beat BoSox 4-2, Stay Close In AL East

Cam Newton Named Panthers’ Starting QB

Mets Nix $200 Million Deal With Stunned Investor

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Signs 5-Year Extension With Hendrick Motorsports

Frank McCourt Offered $1.2 Billion To Sell Dodgers

Pujols Tells Brewers: “No Champagne For You Just Yet”

Jones, McCann Homers Lead Braves To Win Over Nationals, 5-2



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Lindsay Lohan Gets Tattoo Of Billy Joel Lyrics

Lindsay Lohan

Chooses lyrics from “I Go To Extremes”

“Dancing With The Stars” EP Addresses Chaz Bono Backlash

A-List Catfight: Jennifer Lopez v. Cameron Diaz

Marc Anthony: The (Boring) Truth About His Split From J-Lo

Taylor Swift, Resse Withserspoon Do Lunch, Chat About Jake Gyllenhaal

Did Taylor Armstrong Start An Affair Just Weeks Before Russell’s Suicide?

Taylor Lautner, Dwayne Johnson Offered Roles As David & Goliath

Rihanna Dropping Jay-Z As Manager

Braless Vanessa Hudgens Rocking…Some Lind Of Look, You Tell Me



FOREIGNERS
UN Says Libya Short Of Water, Fuel, Medicine
Syria Faces New Sanctions Push As Fresh Protests Loom
UN Finds Israel’s Gaza Flotilla Interception Legal But Used Excessive Force
Japan’s PM Names His Cabinet
Gillard Defiant As Critics Say Her Time As Australia’s PM Is Up
PRC Sends First Shipment Of Humanitarian Aid To Horn Of Africa
India’s Phony Tea Party



BLOGS & STUFF
Lonely Conservative: White House Furious That Joint-Session Political Ploy Backfired
PJ Tatler: Adventures In Idiot Punditry – Tommy Christopher Has Hissy Fit Over “Insult” To President
Weasel Zippers: Almost Half Of NASCAR Drivers Decline White House Invite
Moe Lane: When JAMES CARVILLE Won’t Carry Your Water…
Troglopundit: More Obama Vs. The NFL
Byron York: Left Paints The Campaign As A Religious War
Atlas Shrugs: Horowitz & Specer Debunk Center For American Progress’ Pro-Sharia Report
The Truth About Guns: AZ GOP Raffles “the same type of gun used in the attempted assassination of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords”
Hot Air: Issa, Grassley Make Good On Promise To Expand “Fast And Furious” Investigation
NRO’s Corner: Polls Say Race For Weiner’s Seat Tied
Israpundit: Obama In Cahoots With CAIR, OIC – Kiss Your Free Speech Goodbye
Allahpundit: Rasmussen – Perry 44, Obama 41
NPR: Justice Department Tougher On Abortion Protesters
Cafe Hayek: I’m From The Federal Family And I’m Here To Help You


SOTD: All These Things That I’ve Done (h/t TLCplMax)

Category: Live at Five

Comments

9 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE – 09.02.11”

  1. Zilla of the Resistance
    September 2nd, 2011 @ 11:49 am

    So now the handwringing ninnies want to stop hockey players from fighting? That’s at least half of why anyone watches hockey in the first place! I’m getting really tired of the pussification of our entire culture. Some needs to just go and beat the shit out of everybody – for the good of our civilization. 

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  3. Anonymous
    September 2nd, 2011 @ 12:13 pm

    I know the NHL was pushing “European-style” hockey, with more flashy bladework and less brawling, for a while, but I gather that petered out and now we’re back to the normal (violent) state of affairs. I’m not a hockey fan myself, but it sure seems to me that most of the agitation to stop the fighting isn’t coming from the fans but the press. And you know what we think of the press around here. 😉

  4. Zilla of the Resistance
    September 2nd, 2011 @ 12:26 pm

    “European style” – anything with that label instantly translates to “sucks”, health care, immigration, economics, you name it.  The only thing we ever got of any value from Europe is the LEGAL immigrants who came here to escape European bullshittery, and the tasty foods and beers that they brought with them.

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    September 2nd, 2011 @ 2:46 pm

    Exactly how many bees are we talking here, Muammar lol

  7. Anonymous
    September 2nd, 2011 @ 9:41 pm

    Probably best summed up by this license plate

  8. Anonymous
    September 2nd, 2011 @ 9:42 pm

    This many?

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