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LIVE AT FIVE – 05.30.12

Posted on | May 30, 2012 | 6 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Romney Clinches Nomination With Texas Primary Win

Mitt speaks to supporters in Vegas

Speech to supporters in Vegas focuses on jobs, jobs and jobs.

White House Defends Drone Attacks, Kill List
Because interrogation is so politically messy

Cruz Forces Runoff With Dewhurst In Texas GOP Senate Primary
Seen as latest victory for Tea Party against party establishment



POLITICS
Pelosi Fights Back For Crony Capitalism

How dare Mitt Romney question the investment wisdom of Obama?

Former Speaker defends loan guarantees to now-bankrupt Solyndra

Foie Gras Feeding Frenzy Grows As California Ban Nears



Bob Dylan, John Glenn, Others* Receive Medal Of Freedom

Obamacare’s Small Business Health Care Insurance Tax Credit Disappoints

Longtime Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) Upset In Primary

ACLU Lawsuit Targets IL Gay Marriage Ban

Michigan Reviewing McCotter’s Nomination Petitions For Criminal Fraud



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Continues Slide As Euro Turmoil Dampens Appetite For Risk; NYMEX $90.01, Brent $105.94
Greek Exit From Euro May Expose Deposit-Guarantee Flaws
Asian Markets Fall On Spain Bailout Fears
Challenges Mount For Chinese Electric Car Maker
Fiat Industrial Proposes Full Integration With US-Based CNH
Kuwaiti Consortium Gets Nod To Explore For Oil In Southern Iraq
Home Prices On The Rise In Most US Cities?
Consumer Confidence Index Falls In May
Japan’s Marubeni Buys Gavilon Grain Company For $3.6 Billion
Spanish Oil Company Repsol To Stop Drilling In Cuba
Apple CEO Tim Cook Hints At End To Facebook Feud; Complains Patent System Is Broken
Iranians Claim They Have Fix For Flame Malware
Google Chromebox Challenges Mac Mini
If Facebook Wants Opera, The Price Just Went Up
Logitech Announces New Solar Keyboard For iOS Products
Menlo Park, California Likes Facebook’s HQ Plans
Nextel Network’s Days Are Numbered



SPORTS
Parker Leads Spurs To 120-111 Win Over Thunder

Coach says Kevin Durant needs to step up for Thunder

San Antonio wins 20th straight game, now up 2-0 on Oklahoma City

Swisher Denied As Angels Crush Yanks 5-1 For Eighth Straight Win

Rangers Sign Roy Oswalt

Mets Rookie Hefner Cleans Up With First Win, Homer

Kemp 1-4 In Return From DL, Dodgers Lose To Brewers 2-1 Anyway

Red Sox Get To Verlander, Down Tigers 6-3, Move Above .500


Terrell Owens Cut, Ousted From Ownership Of IFL Team

Clippers Will Stick With Del Negro For Next Season

SEC Wants Best Four Teams In College Football Playoffs; System Could Include Bowls

Harper, Zimmerman Come Up Empty In Eighth As Nats Fall To Fish Again



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Casting For Finnick Narrows Down To Three

Armie Hammer, Taylor Kitsch, and Garrett Hedlund

Lionsgate narrows options for casting “Hunger Games” sequel’s heartthrob

Phillip Phillips Surgery Postponed

Bieber Beatdown Case Going To Prosecutor

Founder Of TMZ Dies At 58

Kat Von D Sued By Insurer For Burning Her House Down


Kate Joins The Queen (And 8,000 Others) For Tea

“Hatfields & McCoys” Sets Ratings Record With 13.9 Million Viewers

Selena Gomez Tweets Support For Sex-Filled “Spring Breakers”

Britney v. J-Lo: It’s All About The Benjamins



FOREIGNERS
Wikileaks Chief (Alleged) Rapist Loses Final UK Extradition Appeal
Russia Categorically Against Syrian Intervention
Burmese Migrants Workers Speak Of Suu Kyi Joy
Five Arrests After Deadly Qatar Mall Fire
NATO Airstrike Whacks AQ #2 In Afghanistan
Top Philippines Judge Impeached, Ousted
Hard Truths From Pyongyang’s Prodigal Son
Robert Mugabe Asked To Be UN Leader For Tourism



BLOGS & STUFF
*WyBlog: Obama Introduces Presidential Medal Of Socialism
Gateway Pundit: Trump Takes Shot At CNN’s Ratings During Fiery Exchange With Wolf Blitzer
American Thinker: Romney Should Go For The Big Win
The Lid: Forget Trump – Why Won’t Obama Disavow Al Sharpton?
IBD.com: At Kimberlin Hearing, Walker Handcuffed, 1st Amendment Muzzled
Legal Insurrection: What’s Going On In Maryland?
Atlas Shrugs: Free Speech Deathwatch – Speedway Bomber Brett Kimberlin Is Free While Aaron Walker Is In Custody
Pat Dollard: Poles Angry Over Obama’s “Polish Death Camps” Comment
Lonely Conservative: “Smartest President Ever” Misspoke When Talking Of “Polish Death Camps”
Ironic Surrealism: Obama Awards Medal Of Freedom To Honorary Chair Of DSA
NewsBusters: NBC “Today” Panel Rips Chris Hayes – “He Looks Like A Weenie” After Anti-Military Comments
Fausta’s Blog: Robert Mugabe, UN Tourism Ambassador
Moe Lane: Artur Davis Hearing The Siren Call Of The Dark Side
Weasel Zippers: Hilda Solis’ Commerce Department Honors Michelle Obama On Memorial Day Instead Of Fallen Troops
Israel Matzav: Commerce Dept. To Label Arab-Americans A “Disadvantaged Minority”?

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Comments

6 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE – 05.30.12”

  1. smitty
    May 30th, 2012 @ 6:03 am

    Wombat, your girl Nancy is one serious piece of work. And by ‘serious’ I mean ‘insane’, and by ‘work’ I mean something else. 

  2. Adjoran
    May 30th, 2012 @ 6:31 am

     If your skin were stretched that tight, it would affect your neurological functions, too.

  3. Adjoran
    May 30th, 2012 @ 6:37 am

     Cruz has a real chance in the Texas runoff, and should expect a flood of money from conservatives now that he’s forced it (and slightly over-performed the polls).

    Greece isn’t exposing the weakness of the EU deposit-guarantee system, it’s exposing the folly of the EU itself, in concept and execution.

    Aaron Walker’s loss in a Maryland court isn’t “muzzling the 1st Amendment” by any realistic view.  If you expect administrative court judges anywhere in this country to watch out for your constitutional rights without a specific motion on your part, you are going to be very sadly disappointed.  These guys are just lawyers who could make more on a state salary than they could earn in private practice. 

  4. smitty
    May 30th, 2012 @ 7:12 am

    Got a Ted Cruz post later this morning, in fact, and a Greece post for later still.

  5. Wombat_socho
    May 30th, 2012 @ 12:13 pm

     I’m pretty sure that on some of the botox shots, they stuck the needle in too far and hit the brain.

  6. Wombat_socho
    May 30th, 2012 @ 12:15 pm

     I link, you decide…take it up with Dave Hogberg, who wrote the editorial for IBD.