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LIVE AT FIVE – 12.02.11

Posted on | December 2, 2011 | 4 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Senate Blocks Tax-Cut Bills

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

26 GOP senators break ranks and vote against payroll tax continuation

Hillary Clinton, Aung San Suu Kyi In Burma Talks
Meeting follows private dinner on Tuesday

Senate Ignores Obama’s Veto Threat, Passes $662 Billion Defense Bill
Bill passes 93-7, includes funding for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, is $43 billion than last year’s DoD appropriation



POLITICS
President Redirects $50 Million To Fight AIDS

President Obama greets Bono and Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent

Cites W’s bold leadership in fighting AIDS at home and abroad

Cain: Wife Didn’t Know About Friendship With Ginger White

GOP Leaders Still Torn About Supporting Romney


Gingrich Clarifies Statements On Child Labor

Rick Perry Iowa Mailers Pitch Plan To “Overhaul Washington”

Majority Of Illegals Have Lived En Los EEUU Por Mas Que Diez Años

House Republicans Accuse White House Of Withholding Solyndra Documents



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Global Markets: Stocks Set For Weekly Gains, Eurozone Summit Looms
Auto Sales Accelerate Sharply In November
Massachusetts Files Suit against Five Banks Over Robo-signing
Costco, Nordstrom’s Report Strong Sales In November
Wall Street Slips, Eyes Payroll Report
Obama Renews Push For Consumer Bureau Chief
Frosty Reception For Coca-Cola’s White Christmas Cans
Jobless Claims Climb Back Over 400K
Google Confirms No Affiliation With Carrier IQ
AT&T Slams FCC, Whines That Report Is Unfair



SPORTS
Four Interceptions & Lynch’s Running Lift Seahawks Over Eagles

Seahawks defensive back David Hawthorne

Hawthorne’s 4Q interception seals victory over slumping Eagles

QB Donovan McNabb Cut By Vikings

Aggies Fire Football Coach Mike Sherman

Coach’s Plan To Rouse Ovechkin Produces Little

Busch Brothers Try To Harness Emotions

Pavelec, Little Lift Jets Over Coyotes, 1-0

Stars Use Pair Of Goals In Third To Stop Senators

Nationals Making A List, Checking It Twice For Winter Meetings



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Why Scarlett Johansson Hates Blake Lively

Scarlett, Blake, and Ryan

It’s all about Ryan Reynolds

Demi Moore Isn’t Dating Skin Care Mogul

Judy Lewis, Secret Daughter Of Hollywood, Dies At 76

Brad Pitt Consoles Suicidal Actor At “Moneyball” Event

High Sobriety

Michelle Trachtenberg Was Almost Bella In “Twilight”

“Friday Night Lights” Star Zach Gilford Engaged

Russell Brand: Happily Married And Thinking Babies With Katy Perry



FOREIGNERS
Zawahiri Claims Jihadis Hold Missing US Aid Worker
WSJ: Pakistan Gave OK For Deadly Airstrike
Syria Opposition Groups Agree To Coordinate Efforts
Putin Faces First Setback In Russia Vote
France & Germany To Fight Euro Debt Crisis With New EU Treaty
Netanyahu Scolds Livni For Meeting With Abbas



BLOGS & STUFF
Lonely Conservative: Did Newt Bash Poor Children Before Or After Declaring He’ll Be The Nominee?
Allahpundit: Bret Baier Says Romney Complained After Interview That Questions Were “Uncalled For”
Legal Insurrection: Surrogate Fight Night – Open
NRO Corner: It’s The Other Button I’m Worried About
Gateway Pundit: Pro-Jihadi Amnesty International Calls For W’s Arrest
Sister Toldjah: Like! In New Rick Perry Ad, Candidate Pokes Fun At His “Brain Freeze” Moment
Junkscience.com: Flameout – GM Offers To Buy Back Volts
Rush Limbaugh: The China Myth And Rick Perry
Ed Driscoll: “A Reasonably Enlightened Group Of People”
Steve Sailer: Do College Quotas Hurt NAMs?
Verum Serum: PuffHo Questions Obama’s Progressive Credibility On The Economy
Conservatives4Palin: Insider Trading Hearing Turns Lawmakers’ Scrutiny On Themselves


SOTD: Lucretia My Reflection

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4 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE – 12.02.11”

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