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LIVE AT FIVE – 10.27.11

Posted on | October 27, 2011 | 4 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

TOP NEWS
#OWS Protesters Find Cities’ Patience Wearing Thin

Protester being hauled off by Atlanta police

Neighbors, businesses, and police getting tired of filthy hippies disrupting business and otherwise being annoying; occupiers ejected in Atlanta, Oakland

European Leaders Agree On Steps To Reduce Greek Debt
50% haircut coming for bondholders; $140B to be injected into banks


Supercommittee Showing Signs Of Life
Democrat offer: serious proposal or just more political posturing?



POLITICS
Ohio Forum Gives Clues To Cain’s Staying Power

Herman Cain: hands-down winner of Ohio forum

“He’s Main Street, not Wall Street, and not a politician”

At Last, Honors For The First Black Marines

Mass. Congressman John Olver To Retire In 2012




Rick Perry Comes Out Against SCV Plate

House Introduces Controversial Internet Piracy Act

Rep. Connie Mack To Enter GOP Senate Race In Florida

Khazei Pulls Out Of Massachusetts Senate Race



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Former Goldman Sachs Board Member Gupta Pleads Not Guilty To Insider Trading Charges
Chrysler’s UAW Workers Approve Four-Year Pact
Asia Shares, Euro Rally On EU Summit
Bank Of Japan Expands Stimulus As EU Crisis Boosts Yen
Visa Posts 14% Jump In Fourth-Quarter Profit
With New Smartphones, High Hopes For Nokia/Microsoft Union
Tango To Be Mango’s First Videocalling Service, Leapfrogging Skype
RIM Faces Possible Class Action Suit Over Blackberry Outages
IBM Seeks Bigger Stake In Big-Data Analytics
New Mac Trojan Proves There’s No Such Thing As A Malware-Proof Platform



SPORTS
World Series Game 6 Postponed

Game Six postponed due to rain

LaRussa’s Gaffes Won’t Wash Away With The Rain

Habs Beat Flyers To End Six-Game Skid

NBA Owners, Players Resume Talks

West Virginia, Louisville Battle For Big 12 Bid

Steen’s Two Goals Lift Blues Over Canucks

Eagles CB Asante Samuel Blasts Front Office, But Not Coach

Azarenka: Nothing Will Stop Grunting



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Full Frontal For Playboy

Lindsay Lohan as Marilyn Monroe

Good deal for Hefner and Lohan both?

Bruce & Emma Willis Expecting

Big Surprise – Amy Winehouse Drank Herself To Death

Spielberg: More Indy, More Jurassic Park?




Eddie Murphy Quits Family Films, Might Return To Standup

Courtney Stodden: Before & After

25 Things You Don’t Know About Zooey Deschanel

Farrellys Planning More “Dumb And Dumber” For Carrey And Daniels



FOREIGNERS
A Battle For Rural Britain
Thousands Leave Bangkok As Flooding Spreads
Gaddafi Son Wants To Surrender To ICC, Says Libyan Transitional Council
Anger Simmers At Turkish Aid Efforts
Twenty Killed In Syria As Assad Meets With Arab Leaders
Musharraf: ISI May Act If Afghanistan Gets Too Close To India
Tenth Tibetan Monk Immolates Himself, This Time In Szechuan Province



BLOGS & STUFF
Dave Weigel: Newt’s Not Here, Man
Allahpundit: Candidate GOP Voters Would Most Like To Have Dinner With? Herman Cain, Of Course
PJ Tatler: Rasmussen – Even Governor Asterisk Is Within Striking Range Of Obama
Gateway Pundit: ACORN Working Behind Scenes To Prop Up #OWS
Weasel Zippers: NYC Board Votes To End #OWS All Night Drum Circles
NRO Corner: Senate Dems Propose Massive Tax Hike, More Stimulus
NY Daily News: Team Lowey Squashes Chelsea Clinton Story (Now With Extra Squashing)
John McCormack: Erickson Calls Jennifer Rubin “Likud”
Ed Driscoll: It’s Midnight In America
Atlas Shrugs: Muslim DHS Advisor Leaked Intel, Shopped Classified Info To Media
Steve Eggleston: PPP – Wisconsin Tiring Of Recall Madness
Tim Blair: Nobody Has Any Money
Michelle Malkin: Live From NY, It’s Progs Gone Wild


SOTD – Travelin’ Man

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Comments

4 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE – 10.27.11”

  1. Cartoon of the day « Don Surber
    October 27th, 2011 @ 7:06 am

    […] Robert Stacy McCain. […]

  2. ConantheCimmerian
    October 27th, 2011 @ 9:18 am

    Perry going against the SCV?

    Yet another reason to hate this spineless jellyfish

  3. Anonymous
    October 27th, 2011 @ 11:45 am

    Yeah, it surprised me too.  I would think the prospect of being on the same side of any issue as Sheila Jackson-Lee would be enough to indicate what the right move would be in this case.

  4. Joe
    October 27th, 2011 @ 5:48 pm

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/us/politics/as-cain-touts-management-skills-ex-aides-tell-of-chaos.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

    Back Stabbing Staffers…

    Does Cain really have a policy no one on staff can speak with him?