LIVE AT FIVE: 08.09.12

Posted on | August 9, 2012 | 20 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

TOP NEWS
Website Scrubbing A Sign For Pawlenty?

Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty

As with Palin in 2008, so with Pawlenty in 2012?

Gu Kailai’s Murder Trial Begins
Former PRC party boss’ wife and her aide charged in death of British businessman

Curiosity Rover Ponder Panoramic View, Self-Portrait
Treasure trove of pics coming back from Mars

POLITICS
Panetta Abandons Push For 2013 Base Closings

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta

No budget request for BRAC as Congressional opposition to closings mounts

Census Bureau Wants To Reclassify Race, Ethnicity

Friends Say Petraeus Would Make Good VP, Even As Rumors Denied

Terrorism Expert May Tesify At Major Hasan’s Court-Martial

Hundreds Attend San Jose Vigil For Slain Sikhs

THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Futures Mixed After Surging On US Stockpile Drawdown; NYMEX $93.35, Brent $112.14
PRC Reports Slowing Inflation
ROk Central Bank Pessimistic About Growth
Productivity Increases 1.6% In Second Quarter; 2011 Revised Upward
Declining Output Highlights Europe’s Weakness
HP’s Whitman Dismantles Hurd-Era Empire
Foreclosure Filings Drop In July, But New Foreclosures Rose
Freddie Mac Not Keen On Local Governments’ Plans To Use Eminent Domain In Mortgage Takeovers
Google Goes After Siri, Merges Web Search With GMail
Lenovo Rolls Out ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook, ThinkPad Tablet 2 For Windows 8
Ouya Kickstarter Ends With Over $8.5 Million In Funding
Samsung Investigating Child Labor Claims
US Judge Backs RIM In Patent Battle With Mformation
Android Dominates Smartphone Market
Metro Whining And Other Windows 8 Madness

SPORTS
American Girls Go Out On Top

Kerri Walsh celebrates getting gold in the finals

Walsh, May-Treanor win third straight gold medal before hanging up the bikinis

Yankees Barely Manage To Avoid Blowing 12-8 Win Over Tigers

Dodgers Hold Off Rockies, Avoid Sweep

Stanton, Reyes Lead Fish To 13-0 Humiliation Of Mets

Johnson’s Debut For O’s A Beauty: 9 K’s In 9-2 Win For Sweep Of M’s

Giants Stomp Cardinals 15-0

…And Then Some Other Stuff Happened At The Olympics

Gio Goes The Distance, Goes Yard In 4-3 Win Over Astros

FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Buck Naked & Drunk: Randy Travis Busted Again For DWI

Randy Travis

Also threatened police after being stuffed into police car

Another Fine Mess: Joan Rivers Arrested At Costco

K-Dash Spawns Daughter

WB Eyes Ben Affleck To Direct “Justice League”

Ryan Lochte Fielding Multiple Reality Show Offers

Super-Slim Jennie Garth Talks “Adult Adolescence” Post-Split

FOREIGNERS
Murder Trial Of Former PRC Party Boss’ Wife Ends Quickly
Rebels Pull Back From Parts Of Aleppo
Egypt Aims To Rein In Militants
Libyan Transitional Council Hands Over Power To National Assembly
Philippines Ramps Up Flood Relief Efforts
Underground Muslim Sect In Russia Charged With Child Abuse
Belarus Orders Sweden To Close Minsk Embassy
Taiwan, PRC Sign Investment Protection Pact
US Starts Agent Orange Cleanup In Japan

BLOGS & STUFF
WyBlog: Camden Surrenders – City To Lay Off Entire Police Force
Rush Limbaugh: Obama Ad Claims Romney Is Murderer
Power Line: Has The Obama Campaign Finally Gone Too Far?
Moe Lane: Collusion Between Obama For America, Priorities America On “Their” Lying Soptic Ads
Viallainous Company: Apparently We Womynfolk Have Good Reason To Fear Mitt Romney
Allahpundit: Obama Campaign Now Pretends It Didn’t Know Details Of Soptic’s Story – After Featuring Him In Two Ads
Joshuapundit: Obama Claims “Romney Wants To Take Women Back To The Fifties
James Pethokoukis: The Anti-Stimulus Study The Washington Post Ignores
Jammie Wearing Fools: Massachusetts Mails Out 500K Voter Registration Forms To Welfare Recipients In Effort Led By Former ACORN Honchos
PJ Tatler: A Bill To Repeal Everything Obama Has Signed Into Law?
Lonely Conservative: The Expanding Welfare State – Over 100 Million On Some Form Of Federal Assistance
Fox News: Documents Show White House Told Police Not To Crack Down On Occupods
Veronique De Rugy: “Les Riches” Are Leaving France, And Recession Is Moving In

Category: Live at Five

Comments

20 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE: 08.09.12”

sheryl
August 9th, 2012 @ 7:44 am

Well, if it is Pawlenty, I think we all know why he dropped out so quickly.
Red
August 9th, 2012 @ 9:04 am

“I’m gonna be drunk and naked whenever,
Whenever I feel like,
Whenever, whenever,
whenever, forever,
Amen.”

Silly Randy, stay home if you’re going to get yer drank on…and for pete’s sake keep yer clothes on!
Wombat_socho
August 9th, 2012 @ 9:48 am

Apparently he still likes to get drunk and get loud; one of Hank’s rowdy friends that hasn’t settled down.
Evilbloggerlady
August 9th, 2012 @ 10:02 am

Off topic but OMG, OMG, OMG…

I am on FMJRA today?

I thought I was completely and utter-ly dissed. Now today is like Christmas, New Years, and the Fourth of July all rolled into one.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!
Evilbloggerlady
August 9th, 2012 @ 10:06 am

In my enthusiasm over getting FMJRA have to resist getting drunk and wandering around neck-ed–although being a cow the naked part is no big deal.

TMZ noted that Randy was not entirely naked. He was wearing a Longhorns hat. http://www.tmz.com/2012/08/08/randy-travis-paper-suit-arrest-naked-dui-drunk-driving/
Garym
August 9th, 2012 @ 11:03 am

Hey Wombat, you missed this news item:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/08/08/gay-rocker-supports-free-speech
Red
August 9th, 2012 @ 11:12 am

Hank probably would have told him the same thing. “Dadgum Randy! Put yer clothes on dude!” lol
Evi L. Bloggerlady
August 9th, 2012 @ 12:25 pm

All I can say is he’s lucky he was not wearing a Sooners hat!
Red
August 9th, 2012 @ 1:54 pm

I don’t think the hat really mattered. No points were scored either way. I’m guessing it was a game of rock-paper-scissors between the cops as to who got to cuff him.
Evi L. Bloggerlady
August 9th, 2012 @ 2:25 pm

You mean the loser has to go approach Naked Randy?
Red
August 9th, 2012 @ 2:28 pm

@TheEBL:disqus Or the “winner” if one was into that sort of thing.
Adjoran
August 9th, 2012 @ 2:32 pm

Maybe Randy believes that “anywhere you hang your hat is home.”
Wombat_socho
August 9th, 2012 @ 3:51 pm

Keep in mind the FMJRA on the main page (chosen by Stacy) is not the same as the weekly FMJRA post, which has been delegated to Yr. Obdt. Servant. I will be happy to continue meeting your minimum weekly requirement for disdain and rules lawyering. 😉
Wombat_socho
August 9th, 2012 @ 3:54 pm

As a serious Judas Priest fan, I am sorry to have missed this. Curse you, Memeorandum, for ignoring the important news of the day!
K-Bob
August 9th, 2012 @ 5:28 pm

I can hear Hank Hill saying, “I don’t wont ta see that!”
K-Bob
August 9th, 2012 @ 5:30 pm

I think they teach how to “sidle” in the police academies, right?

I mean, you don’t “walk” or even “mosey” up to arrest a drunk, naked man. It has to be sidling.
Red
August 10th, 2012 @ 8:35 am

Totally! LOL! Dont forget Hank’s signature exclamation, “BAH!” I’m sure there’s a ‘dammit Randy” in there somewhere…
Red
August 10th, 2012 @ 8:38 am

I think any cop whose ever participated in 4-H would know that move.
Red
August 10th, 2012 @ 8:41 am

Rob Halford rocks!
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