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LIVE AT FIVESIX: 11.28.12

Posted on | November 28, 2012 | 5 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Ayotte: No Answers On Benghazi? No New SecState

Senator Kelly Ayotte, R-NH

Backed by Graham, insists nobody involved in Benghazi debacle will get new job until the Senate has answers

Administration Shifts From Negotiations To Brute Force
Obama campaign being revved up again to press for higher taxes

Marvin Miller Dead At 95
Players’ union leader fought to bring free agency to baseball; many argue he belongs in the Hall of Fame



POLITICS
Bob Dole Hospitalized At Walter Reed

Former Senate majority leader Bob Dole

Contra Harry Reid, it’s a routine procedure and he should be out today.

ROK Strips Jill Kelley Of Honorary Consul Title

GOP Senators Unhappy With Susan Rice Meeting; More Questions Unanswered


Female Soldiers Sue Pentagon Over Ground Combat Ban

Senate Democrats Divided Over Benefit Cuts

Kyl, McCain, Hutchinson Introduce Immigration Reform Plan

Pac State Democrat (BIRM) Senators Still Don’t Understand Economics, Call For Gasoline Price Probe



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Prices Slump After OECD Cuts Growth Forecast: NYMEX $87.22, Brent $109.80
Eurozone States Face Losses On Greek Debt
Asian Stocks, Metals Fall On Fiscal Cliff Concerns
Treasury Again Declines To Name PRC A Currency Manipulator
Green Mountain Coffee Profit Up 22% On K-Cups
PRC Stocks Decline To 2009 Lows As Trading Decreases
Barge Industry Wants Federal Action On Falling Mississippi River Levels
Patent Office Rejects Dunkin’ Donuts’ Claim To “Best Coffee In America”
Ericson Files Patent Suit Against Samsung
Manager Responsible For Apple Maps Debacle Has Been Sacked
Commenters Push Facebook Policy Changes To Public Vote
Nintendo Sells 400K Wii U Consoles In First Week
Two Windows 8 Hybrids Work Better As Laptops Than Tablets



SPORTS
#1 Hoosiers Roll Past Tar Heels, 83-59

Indiana head coach Tom Crean encourages his team

Indiana defense proves it’s for real

Lakers Fall To Pacers On Last-Minute Hill Shot

Love Grabs 24 Rebounds As Timbermutts Beat Kings 97-89

Glendale Approves Arena Deal For NHL’s Coyotes

Harden Fuels Rockets’ Fourth Straight Win

Phillies’ All-Star Catcher Carlos Ruiz Gets 25-Game Suspension For Speed

Are The Nationals Better Off Letting LaRoche Walk?



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Charlie Sheen: “Two And A Half Men” Cursed

Charlie Sheen and Angus Jones

Former cast member reacts to flap over Angus Jones’video

Melissa Rycroft Wins DWTS All-Stars Finale

Gabriel Aubry Strikes Out In Family Court

Brad Pitt: Wedding Will Happen “Soon”

Lisa Robin Kelly From “That 70’s Show” Arrested For Assault

“He Plied Me With Booze”

Jessica Chastain Smolders Between The Sheets



FOREIGNERS
Pakistan Fires Nuke-Capable Ballistic Missile
Police, Anti-Morsi Protesters Clash In Cairo
France To Back Palestinian Bid For UN Status
Car Bombs Kill 20 In Damascus’ Loyalist Suburbs
Congolese Rebels Send Mixed Signals On Goma Withdrawal
Neighbors’ Fury: Asian States Angered By New PRC Passports
Tzipi Livni Returns To Politics, Forms Centrist Party To Oppose Netanyahu
Onion Fools Peoples’ Daily With Kim Jong-Un “Sexiest Man Alive” Article



BLOGS & STUFF
Michelle Malkin: Yet Another Interior Department Scandal Unfolds
Brent Bozell: Pushing Conservatives Off The Fiscal Cliff
Lonely Conservative: PoliSci Prof Says Give Up Your Whiteness, American-ness, Maleness, Heterosexuality
Weasel Zippers: Rice – We Didn’t Mean To Lie About Benghazi
Power Line: It Doesn’t Pay To Work
Gateway Pundit: When Work Is Punished – The Sad State Of Obama’s America
Allahpundit: Hey, Remember When Democrats Loved The Filibuster?
Erick Erickson: Regarding Saxby Chambliss
The Blaze: Rand Paul Warns Against GOP Becoming A Dinosaur
Gretawire: Laura Ingraham Off The Air; In Talks With Distributors
Rick Moran: Is The GOP Doomed By The Generation Gap?
Protein Wisdom: After Victory, Liberals Want Income Redistribution

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Comments

5 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVESIX: 11.28.12”

  1. Adjoran
    November 28th, 2012 @ 7:58 am

    You won’t make many friends in Chapel Hill by referring to UNC as the “Wolfpack” – FYI.

  2. Wombat_socho
    November 28th, 2012 @ 8:38 am

    All these college hoops teams look the same to me. (Be glad I didn’t call them the Huskies.)
    Fixed now.

  3. Poli-Sci Professor: Give Up Your Whiteness, American-ness, Maleness, Heterosexuality | The Lonely Conservative
    November 28th, 2012 @ 9:22 am

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  4. Rick Bulow
    November 28th, 2012 @ 11:13 am

    I linked to ya at http://rickbulow1974.blogspot.com/2012/11/in-this-world-there-is-nothing-certain.html (First link is this news link)

  5. Adjoran
    November 28th, 2012 @ 1:45 pm

    Hey, no skin off my nose, I went to UVa (although after Mann & Sullivan, Mr. Jefferson wouldn’t recognize the Academic Fraud Village).

    But there goes your Visiting Professorship at UNC.