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LIVE AT FIVE – 12.08.11

Posted on | December 8, 2011 | 7 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
New Romney Ad Turns Up The Heat On Gingrich

Still image from new Romney video

Ad stresses length of Romney’s marriage and commitment to LDS church, contrast to Gingrich pretty obvious




Sandusky Facing New Charges In Sex Abuse Case
More accusers come forward; Sandusky jailed pending $250K cash bail

Protests Continue In Moscow As Gorbachev Calls For Nullifying Elections
When even the Communists accuse you of rigging the elections, you know you’ve f***ed things up



POLITICS
Aging Survivors Mark 70th Anniversary Of Attack On Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor Survivors' President William Muelhieb salutes the Color Guard during the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor

120 survivors among the crowd of 5,000 commemorating Pearl Harbor Day; largest turnout since 50th anniversary in 1991

Cop Killer Mumia Spared Death Penalty

Protesters Arrested In DC After Shutting Down K Street

White House Pushes For Cordray Vote But Senate GOP Not Budging

Grassley Calls For Ouster Of Justice’s Breuer Over “Fast & Furious” Scheme

Occupy SF Cleared From Plaza But Reconstruction Work Remains



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Investors Await Outcome Of EU Emergency Meetings
Asia Stocks Fall On Aussie, Japan Economic News
Federal Panel Says Government, Industry Need To Do More To Address Fracking Environmental Concerns
Delay Of Wal-mart In India Means Politics Is Killing Cucumber Farmers
Martha Stewart Bringing Products To Penney’s
Gold Declines As European Leaders Gather
Justice Department Investigates E-Book Pricing
OnLive Brings Cloud Gaming To Tablets, Mobile Phones
Verizon Puts Down Its Big Red Foot
Android Users Can Detect Carrier IQ, Everyone Else Out Of Luck
PRC Pad Peddler Wins Rights To iPad Name From Apple



SPORTS
Big East Adds Boise State, Four Other New Teams

Boise State now in Big East...what?

Conference now spans all four time zones; San Diego State, Houston, SMU and Central Florida the “other four”

The Albert Pujols Derby: Is Everyone Nuts?



Pens’ Crosby To Sit Out Two Games As A Precaution

Mark Buehrle Joins Free Agent Migration To Miami

Ex-Syracuse Coach Not Charged Despite Evidence

Lakers Owner Buss Hospitalized For Blood Clots In Leg



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Lindsay Lohan To Unveil “Playboy” Spread On “Ellen”

Lindsay Lohan

Cover’s already leaked to the intertubes


“Teen Mom” Amber Portwood: “I’ve Been Diagnosed With Extreme Bipolar And Disassociative Disorder”

Brad & Angelina’s Family Toy Shopping Trip


Alec Baldwin Deletes Twitter Account After Getting Kicked Off American Airlines Flight

Harry Morgan Dead At 96, Played Colonel Potter On “M*A*S*H”

Different Stroke For Kristen Wiig

Giuliana Rancic: “My Breasts Have Never Defined Me”



FOREIGNERS
“Assad’s Story Is Not Believable” (Video)
Mexico Claims To Have Foiled Plot To Smuggle In Kadafi’s Son
Generals Reassert Power In Post-Election Egypt
NATO Chief Rebuffs Russian Threats To Missile Shield
EU Summit Signals Crunch Time For UK’s Cameron At Home And Abroad



BLOGS & STUFF
Don Surber: Poll Says Newt Is Tea Party Favorite
Weasel Zippers: McRINO Will Probably Endorse Romney
Power Line: Was “Fast & Furious” All About Gun Control?
American Thinker: Plan B – Barack Obama And The Morning After Pill
Sister Toldjah:: The Moron Alec Baldwin
Jihad Watch: Imam Bans Women From Touching Bananas & Cucumbers
Blackfive: Fort Hood Massacre Nothing More Than “Workplace Violence” Per DoD
Legal Insurrection: The Company He Still Keeps
Lonely Conservative: Democrats Lose Nearly One Million Voters In Battleground States
Volokh Conspiracy: Did Gingrich Break The Law With Bolton Promise?
Atlas Shrugs: 5th Circuit Upholds Holy Land Foundation Convictions
PJ Tatler: Pearl Harbor Day Menu For Obama Kids At Sidwell Friends? Teriyaki Chicken And Edamame
Big Hollywood: Michael Moore Stops Lying Long Enough To Call Obama Wall Street’s Man
Boston Herald: Mayor Menino Tells Occupy Campers To Take A Hike
Rush Limbaugh: The So-Called Conservative Media Attacks Newt Gingrich


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Comments

7 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE – 12.08.11”

  1. Cartoon of the day « Don Surber
    December 8th, 2011 @ 7:06 am

    […] links: Lucianne’s Must Reads. Robert Stacy McCain. Maggie’s […]

  2. Bob Belvedere
    December 8th, 2011 @ 7:39 am

    Screw M*A*S*H and the pencil-neck Bolshes who wrote it! 

    Harry Morgan will be best remembered as Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet.

  3. Garym
    December 8th, 2011 @ 9:18 am

    Wombat, you had to use a pic of Boise State rolling over my pathetic UNM Lobos …. thanks alot. ; )

  4. Well, doesn’t this sheikh think highly of himself. « The TrogloPundit
    December 8th, 2011 @ 10:26 pm

    […] tip Live at Five. This is the second time I’ve hat tipped Wombat in the last two days, and we seem to be […]

  5. Anonymous
    December 8th, 2011 @ 10:53 pm

    No problem. I live to serve. :V

  6. Anonymous
    December 8th, 2011 @ 10:53 pm

    The radio version, c/d?

  7. Bob Belvedere
    December 9th, 2011 @ 7:22 am

    Dragnet 1967, 1968, 1969.
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061248/