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LIVE AT FIVE: 07.12.13

Posted on | July 12, 2013 | 8 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
State Department Official Grilled Over Benghazi At Nomination Hearing

“I did not make any edits,” Nuland claimed

Victoria Nuland raked over coals for role in editing “talking points” on Benghazi

Jay Carney Doesn’t Know About $34 Million Afghan HQ Troops Won’t Use
What boondoggle?

House GOP Stands Together On Farm Bill
Bill passed with no Democrats, 12 Republicans voting against after food stamps carved out


POLITICS
Harry Reid Embraces Nuclear Option He Once Opposed

Because it's not fascism when WE do it

Because it’s not fascism when WE do it

Senate Majority Leader threatens rule change to prevent nominee filibusters


Hillary Keeping Busy Giving Speeches To Industry Groups For $$$


San Diego Mayor Admits He Needs Help Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations

Palin Takes On Begich In War Of Words

Booker Raises $4.6 Million For Senate Race

California Senate Approves Former Critic Beard To Run State Prisons

Federal Appeals Court Rejects Liberty University’s Challenge To Obamacare

US Posts $117 Billion Surplus In June

Fauxcahontas Joins Crazy Cousin John To Push New Glass-Steagall Act



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
WTI Pares Weekly Gain On Job Claims: NYMEX $104.88, Brent $107.61
Unemployment Claims Jump 16K
Asian Markets Soar As Bernanke Promises To Keep The QE Flow Going
Will The Quebec Disaster Derail The Oil Train Boom?
Rate On 30-Year Mortgage Hits Two-Year High
Global PC Shipments Shrink Again
PRC’s Airports, Airlines Worst In Flight Delays
Sprint Guarantees Unlimited Talk, Text And Data For Life
Pebble Passes 275K Orders, 1 Million App Downloads
Google Chromebook Under $300 Defies PC Market With Growth
Surface RT 32GB Tablet Gets Price Cut At Staples
Steam Summer Sale Starts With Steep Discounts



SPORTS
Yasel Puig Won’t Apologize For The Way He Plays

“That’s the way I learned to play.”

Snakes players whine to press about Dodgers rookie’s aggressive playing style


Related: Freeman Beats Puig For All-Star Roster Slot

Lakers Waive Player Formerly Known As Ron Artest


Jeter Returns To Yankees Lineup, Promptly Gets Injured

Devils’ Kovalchuk Retires From NHL, Goes Home To Russia

Dodgers Move Over .500 For First Time Since April

NBA Teams Finding Value In Summer League Players

Chris Davis Sets Career High With 34th Homer As O’s Stifle Rangers

 Salazar Wins In Indians Debut, Jays Fall 4-2

Sox Win Split With M’s In 10th With Nava RBI

Nats Bats Limp Again As Phillies Win 3-1



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
“King Of Queens” Star Leah Remini Reportedly Quits Scientology

Leah posing on arrival at Elton John’s Oscar viewing party, 2011

Tired of interrogations and “thought modifications” for questioning David Miscavige’s rule

Henry Cavill And Kaley Cuoco Break Up

Bieber Sidekick Busted For DUI, Also, Weed

Britney Spears’ Kids Make Music Video Debut

Bieber Apologizes To Bill Clinton For Shocking Video

Ben Affleck To Star In Fincher’s “Gone Girl”

Amanda Seyfried’s Got A Secret

Rihanna Sends $5K Check To High School

“Glee” Books Adam Lambert For Season 5



FOREIGNERS
Egypt To Investigate Morsi For 2011 Jailbreak
Manhunt For Hundreds Begins After Indonesian Prison Breakout
Sergei Magnitsky Verdict “Most Shameful Moment Since Stalin”
Japanese Officials Confused By Google, Spill Confidential Data
Snowden To Meet Rights Groups At Moscow Airport
Malala Defies Taliban To Take World Stage
Mandela Remains In Critical Condition After Month In Pretoria Hospital
Kremlin Security Agency Buys Typewriters To Avoid Leaks
Rio Clashes Follow Day Of Strikes In Brazil
Ireland’s Parliament Approves “Life Saving” Abortion



BLOGS & STUFF
Valley Of The Shadow: Chess, Policy And Tactics For 2014
Daniel Flynn: The State’s Case Against The State
John Fund: Obama’s Alinskyite Administration
Michelle Malkin: America’s Sociopath Fetish
NRO Corner: Senator Hatch – “I’d Fight To My Death For The Rights Of The Minority”
Lonely Conservative: Democrats Infuriated That GOP Took Food Stamps Out Of Farm Bill
Marginal Revolution: Microsoft, Security, And The NSA
Protein Wisdom: Effort To Create New “North Colorado” State Grows
Weasel Zippers: Jay-Z Brags He Still Texts With Obama
Dr. Milton Wolf: Obamacare’s Panicked Democrats
Megan McArdle: The Employer Mandate – A Necessary Impossibility
Bryan Preston: Nancy Pelosi Lives In Her Own Fantasy Reality
Allahpundit: HuffPo Poll Shows Americans Overwhelmingly Support Abortion Ban After 20 Weeks
John McCormack: Cecile Richards Can’t Explain The Difference Between Gosnell Killings, Elective Late-Term Abortions
Mary Katherine Ham: Poll Shows Americans Hate Journalists Even More Than Four Years Ago
American Thinker: Santo Domingo Is Not San Francisco
Clayton Cramer: More Smart Diplomacy From The Obama Administration


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8 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE: 07.12.13”

  1. MrEvilMatt
    July 12th, 2013 @ 5:31 am

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  2. jwbrown1969
    July 12th, 2013 @ 5:31 am

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  3. Lockestep1776
    July 12th, 2013 @ 5:31 am

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  4. Citzcom
    July 12th, 2013 @ 5:31 am

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  5. preciseBlogs
    July 12th, 2013 @ 5:43 am

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  6. Adjoran
    July 12th, 2013 @ 8:27 am

    I am told criticism of Nuland is inappropriate as she is a “career State Dept. employee,” which as far as I know means “imbedded Marxist subversive.”

    If we hanged every traitor at Foggy Bottom, we could stimulate the recreation of a domestic hemp industry.

  7. Wombat_socho
    July 12th, 2013 @ 9:10 am

    Hemp for Victory!

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