LIVE AT FIVE – 08.16.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Rick Perry’s Coming On Hard

Texas Governor Rick Perry campaigns in Iowa

Hits Romney on jobs, Bachmann on experience
Accuses Federal Reserve of playing politics with the money supply


Google’s Patent Play: $12.5 Billion For Motorola Mobility

Real prize in Motorola purchase is their trove of seventeen thousand patents

This Is What An “Anonymous” Protest Looks Like
Media seems to outnumber protests as hackers demonstrate against BART’s shutdown of cell service to prevent flash mobs



POLITICS
Starbucks CEO Urges Fellow CEOs To Halt Campaign Donations

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz

Says Congress and Obama need to work on reducing debt, deficit

Obama Says He’ll Challenge Congress With His Jobs Package




NY State Union Ratifies Contract Sought By Governor Cuomo

Tea Party Activist Confronts President On Civility

Osama Raid Movie Faces More GOP Opposition

LA Protesters Turn Out For Secure Communities Meeting



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
RIM Left In “No Man’s Land” By Google Deal
Asian Shares Rise, Euro Steady Ahead Of Summit
Oil Falls To Near $87 As Week-Long Rally Stalls
Red Ink Sinks Evergreen Solar
When Marketing Goes Wrong
Verizon Wireless Testing Entry-Level 200MB Data Plan



SPORTS
Jim Thome Hits Home Run #600

Jim Thome unloads a three-run dinger - number six hundred - in the seventh against the Tigers

At 40, Thome is oldest player to hit 600. Also, Twins win 9-6.

Winnipeg Jets’ Rick Rypien Found Dead At Home

Aggies’ Big 12 Divorce Inevitable?



Jeter Leads Yankees Past Royals, Back Into Tie For AL East Lead

Marcos Ambrose Gets First Sprint Cup Victory

Dodgers Hit Into Triple Play, Four Double Plays, Lose To Brewers 3-0

Fish Flop In Ninth, Fall To Rockies 7-4

Nationals Ink First-Round Pick Anthony Rendon



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
TLC Cancels “Kate Plus Eight” After 150 Episodes

Kate Gosselin and her eight kids

Still no hope of normal childhood for kids

Taylor Swift Has A Marilyn Monroe Moment (Video)

Still A Peach In A Bikini, Halle Berry Celebrates Her 45th Birthday At The Beach



The Curse Of Batman: Another Accident On The Set Of “The Dark Knight Rises”

Charlie Sheen Pelted At Gathering Of The Juggalos

“Glee” Comes To Fashion’s Night Out

Oscars: Billy Crystal “Itchy” To Host Again

Mike Myers Expected To Close “Austin Powers 4” Deal



FOREIGNERS
Gaddafi Isolated As Rebels Advance; Aide Flees To Cairo
Wave Of Bombings In Iraq Kills 60
Iranian Snipers Deployed To Syria As Part Of Crackdown
Is Corruption The Price India Pays For High Economic Growth?
Second Tibetan Monk Sets Himself On Fire In PRC
Heavy Snow Wreaks Havoc In New Zealand



BLOGS & STUFF
NRO’s Agenda: Matthew Yglesias Is Wrong As Usual, This Time About Rick Perry’s “Weird Ideas”
Vodkapundit: The Media Assault On Rick Perry Begins
Sister Toldjah: The Theocracy Is Coming!!!!
AmSpecBlog: Ron Paul And The Media
The POH Diaries: Obama Says, “I Reversed Recession Until…”
Allahpundit: Obama – How About I Show You My Economic Plan Next Month?
Lonely Conservative: Time To Play “Name That Bus Tour”
The Sundries Shack: Obama Tells Business “You Idiots Just Don’t Understand The Free Market!”
Marginal Revolution: How Are Nominal Wages Sticky For The Unemployed?
American Power: Capitalism In Crisis?
Pirate’s Cove: Obama’s Apparently Got A Vision Problem
JustOneMinute: All He Is Saying, Is Give War A Chance


SOTD: Make A Circuit With Me

6 comments

  1. Not to quibble, here, but:

    “Dodgers Hit Into Triple Play, Four Double Plays, Lose To Brewers 3-0?”

    How about: Brewers turn triple play, four double plays, beat Dodgers 3-0?

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