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LIVE AT FIVEEIGHT: 07.18.12

Posted on | July 18, 2012 | 5 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Damsacus Fighting Enters Third Day

Syrian tank used by loyalist forces in capitol fighting

Rebels claim to have downed government helicopter

Millions Of School Kids Sing “Happy Birthday” To Nelson Mandela
South Africa celebrates its iconic former President’s 94th birthday


Romney Goes On The Attack In Ohio
Condemns President Obama for wanting America “to be ashamed of success”



POLITICS
Cheney To House GOP: Say No To Defense Cuts

Former VP Dick Cheney returns to the House

Says any defense reductions must be driven by strategy, not budget

States’ Fiscal Woes To Persist, Experts Warn

Brown’s Big Bucks Coming From Massachusetts; Warren’s, Not So Much

Arizona Immigration Law Opponents Head For Court Again

Boy Scouts Uphold Ban On Gays

Compton May Declare Bankruptcy By September

Obama Plans To Spend $1 Billion To Create “Master” Science And Math Teachers

WaPo Columnist William Raspberry Dies, 76

President Visits Democrat Island In GOP-Friendly Texas

Sarah Silverman Is Being A (Attention) Whore Again For Obama

Obama Campaign Sues Ohio Over Early-Voting Restrictions



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Falls On Fed’s Gloomy Outlook: NYMEX $88.77, Brent $103.62
Asian Shares Slide After Bernanke Testimony
Earnings Surprises Buoy Wall Street
US Drought Reaching Levels Not Seen In 50 Years, Pushing Up Corn Prices
PRC Companies Warn Profits Plunging As Slowdown Spreads
Intel Lowers Forecasts As First World Economies Fail To Rebound
Heartland Hungry For Engineers Beckons Foreign Graduates
No Office 2013 For Windows XP, Vista
AT&T: Too Early To Comment On Facetime 3G Fees
Texting Overtakes Talk In UK
Washington State Enables Voter Registration Via Facebook App
Secrecy Bid In Apple v. Samsung Patent Fight Denied
GM Owners Now Able To Rent Out Their Cars Using OnStar



SPORTS
Say Goodbye To Linsanity, New York

Jeremy Lin goes to Houston

Knicks fail to match Rockets’ offer
Houston Now Poised To Win PRC

NCAA Action Against Penn State May Be Limited

Trout, Trumbo Spark Angels’ 13-0 Rout Of Tigers


Halladay Solid In Return As Phillies Edge Dodgers 3-2

Ohlendorf, Yonder Help Padres Top Astros 8-2

Youk Goes Yard At Fenway, White Sox Beat Red Sox 7-5

Wild Pitch Gives Nationals Win In 10th



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Tom And Suri Together Again

Tom Cruise and his daughter Suri

First visit with daughter since divorce from Katie Holmes

Jospeh Gordon-Leavitt Rips GQ: Drugs Didn’t Kill My Brother

Russell Brand Dating Isabella Brewster As His Divorce From Katy Perry Is Finalized

Fight Between Demi & Her Daughters Started Over Ashton

Rosie Buys Downtown

Demi Lovato Still Partying Hard, Says Anonymous Coward


“Catching Fire” Eyes Claflin, Leo, Shalhoub

“John Carter” Director Andrew Stanton Back At Work On “Finding Nemo” Sequel

Lady Gaga Bares All In Ad For Black Liquid Perfume

Vera Wang & John Lysacek: How Does An Olympic Skater Fit Into This Designer’s Life?



FOREIGNERS
Syrian Defense Minister Killed In Damascus Bombing
Norks Name Kim Jong Un Marshal
Hungarian War Crimes Suspect Detained
Kadima Bolts Netanyahu Coalition Over Haredi Draft Deferments
Romania PM Seeks To Take Heat Out Of EU Dispute
Libyans Rebuff Islamist Parties In Post-Ghadafi Elections
With UN Summer Camps Closed, Hamas Now Main Source Of Entertainment For Gaza Kids
Greek PM Issues Ultimatum To Ministers Over Budget Cuts
ASEAN War Of Words Over South China Sea Continues
Teenaged Tibetan Monk Immolates Self In Sichuan Province



BLOGS & STUFF
Conservatives4Palin: McCain Says He Picked Palin For VP Over Romney Because Palin Was A Better Candidate
National Review: Release The Returns
Riehl World View: National Review Caves On Tax Returns, Stabs Romney In The Back
Robert Costa: Interview With Mitt Romney
AmSpecBlog: Romney’s Tax Returns Revisited
Weekly Standard: Star Of Pro-Obama SuperPAC Ad Unleashed – “Obama’s a Jerk, A Pantywaist, A Lightweight, A Blowhard”
Right Scoop: Schumer Calls For First Amendment Limits During Debate
Weasel Zippers: Reid Claims Cheney Opposes Defense Cuts Because “He Only Cares About Halliburton”
Power Line: How The Democratic Media Spin The News
Shark Tank: Wasserman-Schultz Has Unreported Second Home In New Hampshire, Lives Large On The High Seas
Israel Matzav: Despicable Debbie Heckled At Pennsylvania Synagogue
American Thinker: Adelson Threatens DCCC With Libel Suit
Scared Monkeys: Romney Rips Obama A New One In Pennsylvania
Rush Limbaugh: The Batman Campaign?
Lonely Conservative: Who Knows, Maybe Obama’s Proud Of These Charts

Category: Live at Five

Comments

5 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVEEIGHT: 07.18.12”

  1. Adjoran
    July 18th, 2012 @ 8:05 am

    Live at Five – West Coast Edition!

    Happy Hunter S. Thompson’s Birthday!

  2. smitty
    July 18th, 2012 @ 8:53 am

    I, for one, rejoice that the Syrian unpleasantness did not occur during a Republican administration, because then those piles of Syrian corpses would be some serious death porn.

  3. Who Knows, Maybe Obama’s Proud of These Charts | The Lonely Conservative
    July 18th, 2012 @ 10:30 am

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  4. Wombat_socho
    July 18th, 2012 @ 10:40 am

     Also, the screams for us to get involved would be much louder.

  5. Wombat_socho
    July 18th, 2012 @ 10:40 am

     Ha! Should remember that for next time I oversleep/get exiled to McD’s. 🙂