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LIVE AT FIVE: 01.07.15

Posted on | January 7, 2015 | 3 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
House Re-elects Boehner As Speaker Despite Conservative Opposition

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R) at a December 10 press conference

216 GOP for, 25 against or present
As GOP takes charge, a swift veto threat from Obama
BBC: Five things to watch in the new Congress

Two Dead Including Shooter at Fort Bliss VA Clinic
Doctor killed by patient


Three Arrested In Shooting Of NYPD Officers
Officers shot while responding to armed robbery at shift change; weren’t wearing body armor



POLITICS
Mexican President Offers Obama Help With Amnesty Documents

Presidents Nieto and Obama

Mexico will supply documents to prove that illegals have been in the US since before 2010


Former Virginia Governor McDonnell Gets Two Years For Corruption



GOP To Take Aim At Obamacare’s 30-Hour Work Week

FBI Seeks Suspect After Bombing Of Colorado Springs NAACP

GOP Senate Disinclined To Dump “Nuclear Option”

Navy Commander Pleads Guilty In Massive Bribery Case

Report: New Regulations Cost $181.5 Billion In 2014

Homeland Security IG Slams Border Drones As “Dubious Achievers”



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Remains Near Five-Year Lows: WTI $47.97, Brent $50.95
US Steel Idles Tube Plants As Oil Prices Drop
Wall Street Sell-Off: Dow Falls Below 2000
US Retail Mall Vacancies Rise In Fourth Quarter
JC Penney Shares Jump On Holiday Sales Report
Nikkei Set To Snap Four-Day Slump
Intel Sets Goal For Employee Diversity
Sony Unveils $1100 Walkman At CES
Zuckerberg Brings National Book Club To The Internet
AllJoyn IoT Platform Reaches Out To The Internet For Remote Control
Internet Archive Brings Over 2000 Classic DOS Games To Your Browser



SPORTS
Pedro Martinez elected To Baseball Hall Of Fame

Pedro Martinez at Fenway Park following his election

Randy Johnson, John Smoltz, Craig Biggio also elected

Wall’s Double-Double Helps Wizards Snap Skid

Leafs Fire Coach Carlyle

Pistons Edge Spurs 105-104

Blue Jackets 4, Stars 2

Knicks Trade Smith, Shumpert To Cavs

Is Joe Ross The Hidden Gem In The Padres/Rays/Nats Trade?



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Jennifer Aniston Writes Her Own Tabloid Headline

InStyle’s February cover girl

“When I’m Pregnant And Married, I’ll Let You Know”

Charlie Sheen Grovels To Unspeakable Armenian After Profane Twitter Rant

Nicolas Sparks, Wife Separate

Sam Smith Disses Fellow Musicians: “Some Of These Pop Stars Are Just Awful”

Phylicia Rashad Speaks Out, Defends Bill Cosby

Jamie Dornan: I Think Planespotting Is Weirder Than S&M

Blake Lively, It’s A Girl!

Rosamund Pike Gives Vanity Fair That Gone Girl Scene By The Numbers

Benedict And Sophie Expecting A Cumber-Baby

Matt LeBlanc Splits With Girlfriend After Eight Years Together

USA’s “Covert Affairs” Cancelled After Five Seasons

Cameron Diaz’ Wedding Details



FOREIGNERS
ROK Bond Yields Near Record Lows After Treasuries Rally
Tail Section of Missing AirAsia Plane Found In Java Sea
Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 15 In Yemen Capital Explosion
UN: Syrians Largest Refugee Group After Palestinians
Egyptian President Al-Sisi Makes Surprise Visit To Coptic Church For Christmas Celebration
Kurdish Troops Kill 24 Jihadis In Kobane
Pakistani Parliament Gives Thumbs-up To Military Courts For Terrorism
UN Chief Says Palestinians Will Join ICC April 1
Germany’s Anti-Islamic Protests Spark Fierce Right-Wing Power Struggle
Cameron, Merkel Set For EU Talks



BLOGS & STUFF
First Street Journal: I Is Smarter Than A Harvard Professor!
Doug Powers: Obama To Flex His Job Creation Muscle At Auto Plant – Just One Problem
Twitchy: “The Delautering” – The Internet Takedown Of Kirby DeLauter Continues
American Power: Movement To Stop “Manspreading” Reaches San Francisco
American Thinker: The Obama Economic Record Is Even Worse Than You Realize
BLACKFIVE: Book Review – Tom Clancy’s FULL FORCE AND EFFECT By Mark Greaney
Conservatives4Palin: Gov. Palin Accuses GOP Leadership Of Partnering With Obama
Don Surber: AP Lies
Jammie Wearing Fools: NYPD Officer Wounded In Shootout Not Happy To See Loathed Mayor Paying Visit To Hospital
Joe For America: Kid Rock’s Brutally Honest, Politically Incorrect Message Making Liberals Furious (Again)
JustOneMinute: Keystone, Veto Threats, And Constititional Headscratching
Pamela Geller: Greek Orthodox Priests, Monks Protest Islamic Studies Department
Protein Wisdom: The Revolution Will Be Ignored
Shot In The Dark: Marching Orders
STUMP: Obamacare Tax Watch – H&R Block Survey Bolsters My Prediction
The Gateway Pundit: California To Subsidize Car Insurance For Illegal Immigrants
The Jawa Report: Attention Mujahid CyberCaliphate Ad-Virtuali
The Lonely Conservative: Left-Wing Credit Union Exec Gets Help From Feds In Shutting Down Competition
This Ain’t Hell: Air Force Claims Drone Force At Breaking Point
Weasel Zippers: Vox’s Ezra Klein Hallucinates That “Strong Economy” Would Carry 42 States For Hillary
Megan McArdle: Whining Harvard Professors Discover Obamacare
Mark Steyn: The Nays Had It


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Comments

3 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE: 01.07.15”

  1. Alleged Muslims Allegedly ‘Kill Charlie Hebdo’ | Regular Right Guy
    January 7th, 2015 @ 4:08 pm

    […] LIVE AT FIVE: 01.07.15 […]

  2. John Bradley
    January 7th, 2015 @ 6:35 pm

    As someone who regularly visits eFukt and other such sites — for research purposes, naturally — the phrase “a swift veto threat from Obama BBC” is unintentionally hilarious!

  3. Wombat_socho
    January 8th, 2015 @ 2:32 am

    I really need to find a better way to break those additional stories up…