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LIVE AT FIVE – 05.18.12

Posted on | May 18, 2012 | 8 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Saudi Gulf Union Plan Stumbles As Leaders Seek Details

Gulf Cooperation Council

Rulers more concerned about loss of sovereignty, domination by Riyadh than with threat from Iran – at least for now

Israeli Elite Locks Down As Iran Attack Window Begins To Close
“Nobody is saying anything publicly. That in itself tells you a lot about where things stand.”



Poll Says Half Of US Thinks Mitt’s Swell
Gallup favorables up from 39% in February to 50% in May



POLITICS
Romney Rejects Wright Attack, Rips Obama’s Campaign For Character Assassination

Mitt Romney - following the Surber Rule

Wants to keep his campaign focused on the economy

Florida Voting Rolls May Contain 53,000 Dead, 2600 Ineligibles

Supreme Court Justice Breyer Burglarized Again

Ohio Bill Would Put Planned Parenthood Last In Line For Health Funding

Senate Impasse Over Fed Nominations Ends

Cuomo To Loosen NY Welfare Rules

Battleship Iowa Heads To LA For Afterlife As Military Museum



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Brent Hits 2012 Low On Europe Turmoil, Continued Weakness In US Economy; NYMEX $91.91, Brent $106.40
G8 Leaders Look To Head Off Euro Crisis
European Stocks Slide For Fifth Day On Spanish Bank Downgrades
HP To Cut 30,000 Jobs
Asia Stocks Sink Amid Greek Exit Talk
US Socks PRC Solar Panels With Stiff Tariffs
Japan Successfully Launches ROK Satellite
Berkshire Hathaway Buying 63 Media General Newspapers; Takes 19.9% Share In Media General Itself
US Energy Independence No Longer A Pipe Dream?
Obama’s Unemployment Rate Stuck At 11%
Facebook Prices IPO At $38, Could Raise $16 Billion
Wireless Carriers To Roll Out Data Share Plans
Google Gives Search A Knowledge Graph Makeover
The Ellison Files: Oracle Strikes Back
Comcast Ends Xfinity Data Cap, Adds Charge For High Usage
Twitter Signs Up For Do Not Track
Why Ultrabooks Aren’t Just MacBook Clones



SPORTS
Pacers Crush Heat, Take 2-1 Lead In Semifinals

LeBron James And Dwayne Wade leave the court after getting pwned by Pacers

Surprising Indiana squad throttles Miami 94-75

Streaking Spurs Take 2-Game Lead On Sinking Clippers, 105-88

Saints’ Vilma Sues NFL Commish Goodell For Defamation


Volquez, Padres Lose 8-1 To Dodgers

Bombs Away As Blue Jays Batter Yankees 4-1

Why Wrigley Field Must Be Destroyed

Halladay Earns First Win In A Month

Nats Befuddled By McDonald In 5-3 Loss To Bucs



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Queen Of Disco Donna Summer Dies, 63

Donna Summer, 1948-2012, RIP

Started as backup singer for Three Dog Night, became defining voice of the 1970s disco decade.

John Travolta Attempted To Have His Way With Jeff Conaway While Latter Was Asleep

First Look At Rihanna In Esquire


“Snow White” Co-Stars Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart Strike A Pose In Madrid

Brooke Hogan Goes Pro With TNA

iCarly Ending, Final Filming Set For June

Is Nina Dobrev Considering A “Fifty Shades Of Grey” Role?



FOREIGNERS
Obama Nominates Ambassador To Former Pariah State Burma
Greeks Pull Cash Out Of Banks As Confidence Wanes
UN Report Accuses Iran Of Shipping Arms To Syria
Iran Summons Bahraini Ambassador, Dismisses Charges Of Interference
PRC Netizens Mock Beijing Daily Over US Ambassador Disclosure Call
Writing Out The Non-Han
Agreement Sought For Sudan Border Dispute
The “Illogic” Of Beijing’s Nork Policy
Turkey Suspects Bird Of Being Israeli Spy



BLOGS & STUFF
The Camp Of The Saints: 1991 Booklet Says Obama Born In Kenya, Raised In Indonesia, Hawaii
American Thinker: Obama Literary Agent Touted His Birth In Kenya
Power Line: Does Jeremiah Wright Have A Place In This Campaign?
Legal Insurrection: Evidence And “Ultimately Avoidable” Legal Irrelevancy Released In Trayvon Martin Case
Weasel Zippers: Trayvon Martin Had THC In His System
Protein Wisdom: Politico, Boehner, And The Value Of Trust
Ramesh Ponnuru: The House GOP’s Post-Obamacare Plans
Washington Free Beacon: Bo Xilai’s Base Visit Alarmed CCP Leadership
Rush Limbaugh: Joe Biden Goes Nuts In Ohio
Weekly Standard: Who Is Deb Fischer?
Jim Romenesko: NPR Sees Sharp Drop In Revenue
Lonely Conservative: Vindictive Dems Plan Ex-Patriot Tax To Punish Facebook Co-Founder


SOTD: King Tut (For Bob)

Category: Live at Five

Comments

8 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE – 05.18.12”

  1. Bob Belvedere
    May 18th, 2012 @ 8:36 am

    I got a condo made of stone-ah!

    Double thanks, Wombat.

  2. FenelonSpoke
    May 18th, 2012 @ 9:05 am

    About the Brietbart story-

    Obama was listed by his literary agent in his bio from the 90’s as being born in Kenya. In 2007 (Guess what was happening with Obama then?) it was changed to Hawaii. Now the Breitbart people think he was born in Hawaii and so do I, but what did he lie and allow himself to be promulgated as being born in Kenya until he ran for President? Because it sounded more exotic? Because he got aid to college as a foreign student even though he wasn’t one? Because narcissists habitually lie?

    As a commentator on another political site amusingly  noted,
    “Obama’s birthplace ‘evolved'”

  3. Bob Belvedere
    May 18th, 2012 @ 9:49 am

    His profile was a composite, as well.

  4. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    May 18th, 2012 @ 9:57 am

    I have been thinking of that King Tut bit too!

    You might like this too Wombat and Bob.

  5. Garym
    May 18th, 2012 @ 9:57 am

    ” His profile was a composite, as well. ”
    Never a truer statement has been written Bob.

  6. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    May 18th, 2012 @ 10:00 am

    What is really creepy is how they hid it so long 

  7. Wombat_socho
    May 18th, 2012 @ 2:49 pm

     Too bad we won’t see Steve Martin re-doing the tune to mock Obama, isn’t it?

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