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LIVE AT FIVE: 09.10.14

Posted on | September 10, 2014 | 3 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Raging Monsoon Floods Kill Over 400 In India, Pakistan

Kashmiris cling to a tree to avoid being swept away by floodwaters inundating Srinagar

More than 1.5 million affected
Epic floods link India, Pakistan in disaster
Rescuers scramble to save thousands still trapped by floods




Cuomo Gets Bruising Lesson From Teachout In Democrat Primary
Little-known law prof draws 35% as party’s left wing turns on Cuomo

Detroit, Suburbs Ink Regional Water Deal
Pact still requires approval of bankruptcy judge



POLITICS
Scott Brown Win NH Senate Primary

Former Senator Bob Smith, Scott Brown, and state senator Jim Rubens at a September 4 debate

Will face incumbent Democrat Jeanne Shaheen in November


Is Atlantic City’s Casino “Crisis” A Problem For Chris Christie?



Iraq Vet Moulton Upsets Tierney In MA-6 Dem Primary

Will Obama’s Unpopularity Doom Al Franken?

Raimondo Wins Dem Nod For RI Governor

DOJ Spokescritter Caught Trying To Spin IRS Coverage With Congressional Dems

House GOP Seeks To Avoid Government Shutdown

Breitbart News: IRS Targeted Us For Audit



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Up From NY Close But Brent Still Under $100: WTI $92.96, Brent $99.39
Dollar General To Make Hostile Bid For Family Dollar
Dollar Climbs To Six-Year High Against Yen, Aussie Slumps
Eurozone Banks Reluctant To Lend
Chinese Customers Continuing To Steer Clear Of McDonald’s
Politico To Launch In Europe, Partnering With Axel Springer
Apple Unveils Watch, Larger iPhones
Snapchat Settles Ownership Dispute
Microsoft Close To $2 Billion Deal For Minecraft Maker
Qualcomm Brings LTE To Entry-Level Phones
GamerGate: Why Gaming Journalists Keep Dragging Zoe Quinn’s Sex Life Into The Spotlight



SPORTS
“Miracle On Ice” Team Defenseman Bob Suter Dies, 57

Mike Eruzione ,Phil Verchota, John Harrington, and Bob Suter play some foosball at the Olympic Village in Lake Placid

Father of Minnesota Wild star Ryan Suter died suddenly; no cause announced

Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Sued For Sexual Assault

Angels Win Sixth Straight, Pound Rangers 9-3


Astros Edge Mariners 2-1

Freddy Galvis Carries Phillies To 4-3 Victory Against Pirates

Mets Blank Rockies 2-0; Wright Done For Season

Fish Thrash Brewers Again, 6-3

Lester Finally Gets Some Run Support, A’s Rout White Sox 11-2

Padres Stop Skid, Beat Dodgers 6-3

Nationals Pulling Away In NL East, Top Braves 6-4: Magic Number Now 10



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Mel Brooks Leaves 11-Finger Handprints On Hollywood Walk Of Fame

“I desperately need to wash my hands.”

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Young Frankenstein

Robert Downey Jr. Talks About His Addictions

Source Claims Throat Biopsy Cut Off Joan Rivers’ Air Supply


Sony Sets Rodney Rothman To Script “23 Jump Street”; Will Lord & Miller Return?

Britney Spears Reveals Her BFF Zoe Saldana Is Expecting Twins

Simone Battle – Money Problems Allegedly A Factor In Suicide

Lea Michele Shacking Up With Ex-Gigolo Boyfriend

Danielle Fishel Pens Memoir, Recalls Being Rescued By Ben Affleck

Katy Perry Slams Unnamed Mean Girl After Rumor Of Taylor Swift Feud

Female-Led “Minority Report” TV Follow-Up Lands At Fox



FOREIGNERS
Argentina Admits Investors Uninterested In Bond Swap
Poroshenko Insists Ukraine Will Stay United, Suggests Special Status For Rebel-Held Areas
The Gaza War Is Over, But Violence Still Rampant In Jerusalem
Blast Kills 28 Syrian Jihadi Leaders
British Politicians Hit Campaign Trail To Save Union
Fiji Retracts Claim That Kidnapped Peacekeepers To Be Freed By Al-Qaeda
EU Pledges “Full Support” For New Iraqi Government
UK Arming Kurds As Battle Against IS Intensifies
Franklin Expedition Discovery Solves One Of Canada’s Great Mysteries
Japanese Sentiment Towards China At Worst Level
Death Toll Rises In Pakistani Mosque Collapse



BLOGS & STUFF
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: Destiny Review
Doug Powers: Obama Says Amnesty Would Be So Popular That Delaying It Until After The Election Is The Responsible Thing To Do
Twitchy: Keeping It Classy – Lena Dunham Jokes About Aborting Royal Baby
American Power: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell May Be In Trouble Too
American Thinker: The Invasion Of Enterovirus EV-D68
BLACKFIVE: Where Was The Cavalry For Benghazi?
Conservatives4Palin: Majority Of Americans Now Say Obama’s Presidency A Failure
Don Surber: Sadly, Bush Was Right
Jammie Wearing Fools: Holder Stooge Trying To Coordinate IRS Coverup Accidentally Calls Darrell Issa’s Office, Hilarity Ensues
Joe For America: EPA’s Phony “Environmental Justice” Caper
JustOneMinute: Bring On The Pretty Speeches
Protein Wisdom: If You Drag A Government Check Through A Womens’ Studies Department…
Shot In The Dark: Because There Aren’t Enough Unemployed Blacks, Latinos And Immigrants In Minneapolis
STUMP: Public Pensions Watch – Alternative Asset Classes, Part VI – Rhode Island
The Gateway Pundit: Good News! ISIS Now Has Active Supporters In 32 Countries Including Canada, Australia, And 11 European Countries
The Jawa Report: Motley Crew Of Counter-Cyberterror Hacktivists Assrape ISIS Twitter Jihad
The Lonely Conservative: Harry Reid Is Angry The GOP Didn’t Block His Assault On Free Speech
This Ain’t Hell: Salafist Sharia Police Not Welcome In Germany
Weasel Zippers: 22 House Dems Join GOP In Condemning Obama’s Bergdahl Prisoner Swap
Megan McArdle: Why GE Is Walking Away From Your Kitchen


Category: Live at Five

Well, Sink My Car & Call Me ‘Ted’

Posted on | September 9, 2014 | 10 Comments

by Smitty

Emphasis and vomiting mine:

The Naval Academy was ranked 13th in the list of best national liberal arts colleges, above its rival, the U.S. Military Academy, which was 24th. St. John’s College in Annapolis was ranked 56th.

I mean, yeah, you can major in English at Sing Sing on the Severn, but you get a Bachelor of Science for your trouble. It’s an engineering school, for crying out loud! Not the kind of school where you’re

Listening to rock and roll music and bad-mouthing your country

This blog bitterly resents any comparison between Naval Academy Midshipmen and the kind of Godless Commies infesting the rest of academia.

Category: Culture

Krugman, Did You Just Argue Against People Exercising Basic Liberty?

Posted on | September 9, 2014 | 47 Comments

by Smitty

. . .polling suggests that support for [Scottish] independence has surged over the past few months, largely because pro-independence campaigners have managed to reduce the “fear factor” — that is, concern about the economic risks of going it alone. At this point the outcome looks like a tossup.

Well, I have a message for the Scots: Be afraid, be very afraid. The risks of going it alone are huge.

Irrespective of the rational arguments that are to be made, Krugman you’re arguing against the advice of a man who’s boots you’re unfit to polish:

Never take counsel of your fears.

Had I a vote in Alba, I’d straight up vote for independence. Not because of the probability of anything in your cheap parade of horribles coming to pass, Krugman, but just because I can’t think of anything good ever occurring in history through heeding the advice of a craven little pecksniff such as yourself. Yours is the advice that the Orwellian hell of the day is preferable to possible greatness, if the slack-jawed academics can just succeed in dragging enough people into their gloomy swamp.

Fall off the planet, Krugman. The litmus test for any policy decision anywhere ought to be: is it increasing individual liberty and opportunity? If the answer is ‘yes’, then go for it, say I.

Where one could argue against Scottish independence is if the leaders are just planning to sell out to Brussels. However, I should think Krugman would be getting out his best pom-poms to cheerlead such a debacle. Is there a stupid idea under the sun that Krugman has not embraced?

via HotAir headlines

Category: New York Times

The Rocky Horror Parenting Show

Posted on | September 9, 2014 | 95 Comments

Most parenting “trends” are bad. In general, as a parent, you should strive to be as old-fashioned as possible. Even if your children subsequently rebel against your authority — as, predictably, most kids do — you need to give them an actual authority to rebel against. And then you crush the rebellion like Darth Vader wiping out Alderaan.

Trendy progressive parent nowadays are into gender neutrality. They don’t want to impose oppressive gender norms on their kids because having normal kids is wrong, or something. What trendy progressive parents want is for their kids to be hopelessly confused weirdos, so that the parents then have a “cause” to crusade for. Nothing else can explain this Huffington Post column by Erika Kleinman:

When Gender Norms Didn’t Work for My Kid
I cut my 3-year-old daughter’s hair really short. She had asked me, specifically, “Can you cut my hair like a boy? Really, really short?” At first I gave her a bob. Then a shorter bob. Then finally, when she asked yet another time, I said to myself, “Why am I avoiding this? Let’s do it.” I got out the clippers.
Why did it take her asking me three times for me to take action? Because this culture is still very binary when it comes to gender, and never more so than during early childhood. And I’m not immune to my culture, and I feared the reactions of others. . . .

(It’s like a Jeff Foxworthy joke. You might be a trendy progressive parent if you’ve ever written a sentence that includes the phrase, “this culture is still very binary when it comes to gender.” Hint: When it comes to parenting, Judith Butler is not your friend.)

When I was in the fifth month of my pregnancy with my first child, everyone wanted to know the sex. “Boy or girl?” When I said, “Surprise,” they were openly horrified. “No one is going to know what to get the baby!” Pink or blue? Cupcakes or puppy dogs? Butterflies or tractors? These conversations annoyed me. I have a foot in my spleen and no bladder capacity and you want to know pink or blue?
Even without the key information of my baby’s sex, people sounded off on how different boys and girls are. Boys are so bold, so daring. Girls are so sweet, such good listeners. Many of these people were college educated, where they ostensibly took one class which addressed binary gender constructs. One lesbian mother described her son as “all boy.” What does that even mean? I don’t hold gay people to a higher standard when it comes to questioning gender roles, but it is testimony of how deep these perceptions of girls and boys run in this culture. . . .

(Again, she uses the phrase “this culture.” Please tell us, Ms. Kleinman, where can we find a culture without “gender roles” and “perceptions of girls and boys”? Can you point to another culture — and utopian science fiction novels don’t count — where androgynous gender anarchy prevails? This could be an interesting subject for anthropologists to explore. As a practical guideline for successful parenting, however, mere theories about a gender-free culture might not be so helpful.)

Where does the assertion come from that girls and boys behave certain ways, and that this is inherent? They are socialized differently and may have different ways of relating to one another, especially as they get older and these expectations become even more rigid. But are these differences as stark as many parents say they are? Indeed, many of the parents who stated that boys and girls were “so different” were basing this assumption on their uncontrolled experiment of (their own) two children.
Yet gender stereotypes are encouraged in early childhood, especially when it comes to toys. With that in mind, during my pregnancy, I vowed I would empower our girls, and make sure our boys were sensitive. As it turned out, we had two girls. When my youngest daughter was born, I joked to my husband, “Well, who knows? Jury’s still out on gender until they tell us themselves.” . . .
For the first three years of my older daughter’s life, I was careful to say, “Shea, when you get a boyfriend or girlfriend…” until she finally corrected me, at 4-years-old. She said, “Mom, I’m going to marry a boy, so you can stop saying that. I don’t want to marry a girl.” Fair enough.
When my youngest child started pointing at little boys in picture books, saying, “That’s me,” I was surprised. . . .

(You were “surprised”? As if your daughter wasn’t sensitive enough to pick up on her mother’s hostility to “gender stereotypes”? You spent the first four years of your older daughter’s life inciting her to bisexuality, and yet now you’re “surprised” that your younger daughter is confused about her gender? Clueless much?)

When I cut Phoebe’s hair, I used clippers . . . I left some length on top, skater boi style. The difference was pretty striking. She really did look like a boy. After the haircut, I noticed that I felt some loss around my perception of my child as female. I felt fear about how my child might be treated. My child attends a Montessori school filled with people who are like-minded in terms of empathy and rejecting cultural stereotypes, but kindergarten at a public school is only two years away. And what then? . . .

You can read the whole infuriating thing. It seems to have become a trend among progressive parents to promote gender confusion in their children, a practice that allows feminist mothers to challenge “stereotypes” vicariously. If they can raise a sissy boy or a butch girl whose abnormal behavior makes them a target of ridicule and ostracism, these mothers can then spend the rest of their lives as crusaders on behalf of tolerance, and be praised by their progressive peers for so courageously defending the child whose personality they have warped.

Catherine Newman is so proud of her effeminate son, you see? And if Erika Kleinman can “empower” her daughter Phoebe to be a “scary butch lesbian” like Rachel Maddow, this will be counted as success among the feminist peers whose admiration Ms. Kleinman craves. The child’s happiness is ultimately less important to progressive parents than “rejecting cultural stereotypes.”

 

Category: Feminism, Sex Trouble

LIVE AT FIVE: 09.09.14

Posted on | September 9, 2014 | 6 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Chick-Fil-A Founder S. Truett Cathy Dies At 93

Built Chick-Fil-A from a small Atlanta diner to America’s top fast-food chicken chain

Champion of conservatism, Christian values, and chicken; cows hardest hit
Chick-Fil-A rules the roost, even six days a week
“A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.”

Torrential Rains Hit Southwest States
Two killed in Arizona flash flooding; sections of Interstates 10, 15 and 17 closed

Scotland Independence Vote Likely To Be A Nail-Biter
Weekend polls show 51% in favor of independence from UK



POLITICS
Obama Administration Denies “Mission Creep” In Iraq Even As Force Size Grows

WH Press Secretary Josh Earnest dispenses the current pravda

Over 1100 troops in Iraq for first time since 2011

White House Defends Obama Immigration Punt Amid Charges Of “Raw Politics”

Taxpayers Footing Bill For Coast Guard Party Patrols Off Long Island


Former Diplomat Khalilzad Contests Financial Probe

Dems Throw Millions At Clinton Ally In Search Of Win In CO-6

NYC Council Proposes Regulation Of Costumed Characters In Times Square

Ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Reports To Federal Prison

“Abortion Barbie” Faces Ethics Questions As Her Book Tour Begins



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Continues Slide On Limp US Jobs Data: WTI $93.27, Brent $100.71
Home Depot Data Breach Could Be Largest Yet
Job Market’s Lingering Weak Spot: Stagnant Pay
Electrolux Sucks Up GE’s Appliance Division For $3.3 Billion
Dollar Jumps Against Yen, Gives Japanese Stocks A Lift
Rise In Consumer Borrowing Hits 13-Year High
Twitter Begins Testing “Buy” Button For Posts
Amazon Slashes Fire Smartphone Price To 99 Cents
Two Top Democrats Push Back Against FCC’s Net Neutrality Plan
Microsoft’s Office Delve Wants Work To Be More Like Facebook
“Destiny” And The Rise Of Battle-Tested Video Games



SPORTS
Brewers’ Losing Ways Continue Against Marlins

Yovani Gallardo: 10.39 ERA in last two starts

Fish pound Gallardo for six runs in four innings, hang on for 6-4 win

On Further Review, Ravens’ Rice Released For Illegal Use Of Hands


NCAA Rolls Back Penn State Sanctions

Pirates Extend Streak to Four With Win Against Phillies

Mets Rally In Ninth, Edge Rockies 3-2

Tigers Rake Royals 9-5

O’s Blank Red Sox, Push Lead In AL East To Ten Games

Fister Sticks It To Braves, Nats Magic Number Is 12 After 2-1 Win



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Taylor Swift’s New Song “Bad Blood” Is About Another Female Artist

“We’re just straight-up enemies.”

Rolling Stone interview. Not linking because RS.

Prince William And Kate Expecting Spare Heir

Broadway Won’t Dim Lights For Joan Rivers


Beyonce & Jay-Z Crash Wedding While On Italian Vacation

Ariana Grande Cancels Aussie Photo Shoot After Issuing Laundry List Of Demands

Bill Murray Scares Up List Of Actresses For All-Woman “Ghostbusters” Reboot

“Chicago Fire” Actress Molly Glynn Killed In Freak Bicycle Accident

Patti LuPone Joins “Penny Dreadful”



FOREIGNERS
Bomb Injures 14 In Santiago, Chile; Government Blames Terrorists
Kerry Heads For Mideast Seeking Coalition Against Islamic State
Iraqi Parliament Formally Approves Haider El-Abadi As New Prime Minister
Russia Warns It May Close Its Airspace To Western Airlines
France Seeks To Weaken UNSC Vetoes In Atrocity Cases
India Talks Tough On “One China” Policy, Says Chicoms Should Reaffirm “One India” Policy First
Abdullah Insists He Won Disputed Afghan Election
Obasanjo’s Son Shot By Boko Haram As Military Retakes Bama
Susan Rice Heralds “Strengthened” US/PRC Relations
Death Toll In Kashmir Flooding Tops 350



BLOGS & STUFF
Louder With Crowder Returns!
Michelle Malkin: Carole Malkin, RIP
Twitchy: Wil Wheaton – Republicans Trying To Scare Americans About ISIS To Sway Election
American Power: Fracking, New Energy Production Spur Rust Belt Economic, Industrial Rebound
American Thinker: Our Defining Moral Crisis
BLACKFIVE: Lasers…
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: College Is Back In Session
Conservatives4Palin: The National GOP Should Take Thatcher’s Advice
Don Surber: Obama’s Political Theater Collapses
Jammie Wearing Fools: Painful – Obama’s OFA Clowns Give Boehner “The Pep Talk”
Joe For America: Extreme Wheelchair Hunting With Miss Wheelchair USA
JustOneMinute: One Cheap Shot Deserves Another
Shot In The Dark: “Today Is God’s Gift; That’s Why We Call It The Present”
STUMP: Public Pensions Watch, Alternative Asset Classes Part V – Some Boosterism
Gateway Pundit: Islamic Society Of Boston Linked To Both ISIS, Muslim Brotherhood
The Jawa Report: Sandcrawler PSA – Allah Hates You
The Lonely Conservative: Democrats Against Free Speech
This Ain’t Hell: US Military To Fight Ebola Epidemic
Weasel Zippers: HHS Chief Burwell Says Americans Not Smart Enough To Eat Healthier On Their Own
Megan McArdle: The Truth About Truthiness


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Category: Live at Five

Nate Silver: Almost 2-to-1 Chance Republicans Win Senate Majority

Posted on | September 8, 2014 | 45 Comments

The poll guru himself phrases it as a percentage — 65.1% — but the overall situation looks very good for the GOP:

The bottom line is not much has changed. The FiveThirtyEight forecast model gives Republicans a 65.1 percent chance of winning the Senate with the new polling added, similar to the 63.5 percent chance that our previous forecast gave them on Friday.
But the path to a Republican majority is becoming a little clearer — and the problem for Democrats is that it runs through six deeply red states.
Republicans have long been favored to win back the seats in Montana, West Virginia and South Dakota, three states where Democratic incumbents have retired. Montana and West Virginia are virtual locks for Republicans. South Dakota is slightly less certain only because of the presence of a third-party candidate, the former Republican Senator Larry Pressler. However, Pressler was at only 6 percent of the vote in the YouGov poll, lower than in other recent surveys.
The GOP’s next two easiest targets are in Louisiana and Arkansas, where the Democratic incumbents Mary Landrieu and Mark Pryor are struggling with electorates that have turned much redder since their tenure in office began.

After going through the key races state-by-state, Silver says:

But we shouldn’t lose sight of the big picture. Republicans can win the Senate solely by winning Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, Montana, South Dakota and West Virginia, states which voted for Mitt Romney over Barack Obama by an average of 19 percentage points in 2012.

(Via Memeorandum.) This isn’t saying the GOP is a lead-pipe cinch, however. Two months is a long time in politics, and the Democrats will unleash hell between now and Nov. 4. Still, with the fall campaign season in full swing, the basic advantages belong to Republicans, and polls show that the Senate majority is within the GOP’s reach.

 

Category: Election, Polls, Senate

LIVE AT FIVE: 09.08.14

Posted on | September 8, 2014 | 4 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Virus Hitting Midwest Kids Could Be “Tip Of The Iceberg” CDC Says

Doctor examines hospital patient (file photo)

Ten states request CDC assistance in dealing with enterovirus
Over 900 children sick
Rare, serious virus affecting kids across the Midwest



Ukraine Cease-Fire Threatened As Fighting Breaks Out In The East
Fighting reported near Donetsk, Mariupol

Over 300 Killed In Monsoon Flooding
India and Pakistan both affected; Srinagar in Kashmir inundated by floodwaters



POLITICS
Obama Claims Authority To Go Solo

Random jihadis and other idiots

Says US will go on the offensive against Islamic State, will outline plans in Wednesday speech

Illegals Butthurt Over Obama Indecision On Immigration


Romney: Obama’s Out Of Touch On Islamic State, Other Global Threats

Ted Cruz Stumps For Marilinda Garcia In NH-2

US To Help Boost Georgia’s Defenses

Ninth Circuit To Consider States’ Appeals In Gay Marriage Ban Cases

IRS Says It “Lost” E-mails From Five Other Employees In Probe

NBC Poll: GOP Senate Candidates Opening Leads In Key States



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Continues Decline As Markets Await Data From PRC: WTI $93.30, Brent $100.69
Red China Posts Record Trade Surplus In August
Asian Stocks Meander After Mixed China Trade Data
Boeing, Ryanair To Announce Major Jetliner Order
Alibaba Hits The Road To Promote IPO
The 2000-Day Bull Market
GM Plans To Launch Hands-Free Driving By 2016
New Intel Core M Chip To Supercharge Future Tablets
Facebook’s Auto-Playing Videos To Blamer For Higher Data Charges
Dish To Bid For T-Mobile?
BlizzCon Virtual Tickets Now On Sale For $40



SPORTS
Questions Regarding Tony Romo’s Back Gone; Now They’re About His Head

Dez Bryant dying on the Cross for Romo’s sins
(h/t @tonestradamus on Twitter)

Romo throws three interceptions in 28-17 season opening loss to 49ers

Alabama Crushes Florida Atlantic 41-0, Roll Tide!

Atlanta Hawks Owner To Sell Team After RAAAAACIST E-Mail

Yankees Celebrate Past Glory With Derek Jeter Day, But Present Sure Looks Ugly; Royals Spoil The Day With 2-0 Win

Fish Blank Braves 4-0 To Take Series

Mets Edge Reds 4-3

R.A. Dickey Notches Win #12 With 3-1 Win Against Red Sox

Cruz Carries O’s Over Rays With Sayonara Homer In 11th

Astros Rally Past Slumping A’s For 4-3 Win

Pirates Wallop Cubs 10-4

Angels Pummel Twins 14-4, Win First Four-Game Sweep Since 1964

Rangers Blank M’s 1-0

Tribe Sweeps Pale Hose With 2-0 Win

Gonzalez Sparks Dodgers’ Defeat Of Snakes With Twin Three-Run Dingers

Rockies Blank Padres 6-0

Nats Turn Back Phillies 3-2 As Storen, LaRoche, And Gonzalez Save The Day



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Joan Rivers’ Private Funeral A Star-Studded Sendoff

Temple Emanu-El; Joan Rivers (inset)

Exactly the kind of send-off she wanted – and deserved


G.R.L. Singer, “X Factor” Contestant Simone Battle Found Dead In Apparent Suicide



CeeLo Green Dropped From Two Concerts After Rape Tweets

Beyonce Does Bikini-Clad Cartwheel While Vacationing In Italy

Artist Defends Decision To Display Leaked Nude Pics In Art Exhibit

Jenna Dewan Tatum Talks Baby Everly’s Latest Adventures

Mila Kunis “Nervous” About Giving Birth

Jennifer Garner Talks About Raising Kids In A Technological Era And Ben Affleck’s Buff Body

Lindsay Lohan Faces Legal Battle Over Fashion E-Commerce Site



FOREIGNERS
Japan’s Economy Shrinks 7.1% In Second Quarter
Britain Promises Scots More Autonomy If They Reject Independence
Arab League Ministers Agree To Confront Islamic State
Pound Falls On Fears Of Scottish Independence
Iraqis Secure Strategic Haditha Dam Area After US Airstrikes
Israeli Foreign Ministry Urges Force Deployment In Gaza
Afghanistan Court Sentences Seven Men To Death For Rape
Meteorite Hits Nicaraguan Capital Managua
Petrobras Scandal Shakes Up Brazil’s Presidential Race
Mogadishu Suburb Mortared After Al-Shabaab Leader’s Death
Norks To Put Detained American Tourist On Trial
Poll: Majority Of French Don’t Want A Second Term For Hollande
Boko Haram Takes More Towns In Northeast Nigeria



BLOGS & STUFF
Proof Positive: The Return Of Ten Buck Friday
American Power: California SecState Debra Bowen, Suffering From Depression, Now Lives In Trailer Park
American Thinker: Yes, I Blame White Liberals
BLACKFIVE: Obama Unveils ISIS Strategy, Sponsored By Letter D
Conservatives4Palin: Byron York – Harry Reid’s Nutty Anti-Koch Crusade Eating Precious Senate Time
Don Surber: A Broad Died
Jammie Wearing Fools: Irony – Debbie Wassermann-Schultz Campaigns For Woman Who Defends Abusive Husbands
Joe For America: Stay On Your Side Of The Border Or These Chicks Will Kill You
JustOneMinute: Magical Thinking From Tom Friedman
Protein Wisdom: Amanda Marcotte And The Unbearable Unfairness Of Ideals
Shot In The Dark: Things I’m Supposed To Hate, But Secretly Enjoy
STUMP: Public Pensions Watch – Alternative Asset Classes, Part IV (San Diego)
The Gateway Pundit: Greta Van Susteren – White House Pressured Me To Get Fox Reporter To Drop Benghazi Investigation
The Jawa Report: ISIS Gets On With The Mundane Business Of Traffic Fines
The Lonely Conservative: Cuomo Calls Debates “A Disservice To Democracy”
This Ain’t Hell: Rented Boots On The Ground In Iraq
Weasel Zippers: DHS Advisor And Muslim Brotherhood Supporter Mohamed Elibiary Has Left The Building
Megan McArdle: While The Rich Rebound, The Poor Sink


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Category: Live at Five

Boosting The Signal: Pray For Mandy Nagy

Posted on | September 7, 2014 | 8 Comments

— by Wombat-socho


According to Legal Insurrection, Mandy, sometimes known as Liberty Chick, suffered a stroke yesterday and underwent surgery to relieve the cranial pressure today. She would have started full-time at LI tomorrow. Your prayers are definitely requested; she has fought the good fight, and God willing, she’ll live to fight another day.
h/t: Jeff Quinton on Facebook.

Category: Legal Insurrection
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