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LIVE AT FIVESIX: 08.22.13

Posted on | August 22, 2013 | 7 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Bo Xilai Trial Draws Official Tweets, Scattered Protests

Xilai on trial in Shantung province

Former Chungking party boss rejects bribery charges as trial begins


Wikileaker To Ask For Presidential Pardon
Or maybe commutation of 35-year sentence



Britain Calls Emergency UN Security Council Meeting
Accuses Assad regime of “shocking escalation” regarding rumored poison gas use



POLITICS
San Diego Mayor Reaches Settlement With City

Mayor Bob Filner

Settlement reached in former press secretary’s sexual harassment suit against mayor

Deliberations In Ft. Hood Court-Martial To Begin Today

Secret Court Rebuked NSA On Surveillance

SSG Bales Faces Angry Afghans As Sentencing Continues

Obama Launches College Affordability Bus Tour

Judge Awards $3 Million To Parents Of Teen Killed By Plainclothes DEA Men In Error

Kansas, Arizona Unite In Lawsuit Against Feds Over Voter Registration Laws

NYC Mayoral Debate Puts DeBlasio In Hot Seat



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Prices Mixed; Brent Rises On Strong PRC Data: NYMEX $104.35, Brent $109.91
Asian Emerging Markets, Currencies Hurt By Fed Minutes
Rupee Continues To Struggle, Sinks To Record Low Of 65.66/Dollar
PRC Manufacturing Picks Up On Stronger Domestic Demand
Eurozone Private Sector Expands At Fastest Pace In Two Years
Healthcare Premiums Up, UPS Cuts 15K Spouses From Coverage
HP Shuffles Staff, Dashes 2014 Growth Hopes
As Console Battles Heat Up, Hope For Videogame Revival Rises
Ubuntu Edge Phone Misses Crowdfunding Target By $20 Million
Twitter’s Vine Hits 40 Million Users
Omate Truesmart Watch Secures Kickstarter Funds
Sony Drops Cost of PlayStation Vita To $199



SPORTS
Maria Sharapova Withdraws From US Open

Maria Sharapova

Russian bombshell forced out by shoulder injury


Ichiro Reaches 4000 Hits, Soriano Blast Lifts Yanks To Victory

Chris Paul Elected Head of NBA Players Association


Mike Tyson Returns To The Ring As Promoter

Allen Iverson To Announce Retirement

Davis Hits Home Run #46 As O’s Win, Avoid Sweep

LeBron James Channels His Inner Dr. J

Red Sox Hammer Giants 12-1

Rangers Get Sac Fly In 9th, Edge Astros 5-4

Hairston Comes Through In A Pinch, Leads Nats To 11-6 Win Against Cubs



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Olivia Munn In Talks To Join Johnny Depp In “Mortdecai”

Olivia Munn

Movie about an antihero art dealer

Marion Cotillard Replaces Natalie Portman In “Macbeth”

Lance Bass Addresses ‘N Sync Reunion Rumors

Lamar Odom Won’t Be Prosecuted For Camera Smashing

David Cassidy Arrested For Drunk Driving

Co$ Tried To Recruit Brad Pitt, Bono, Says Cult Leader’s Niece

Kelly Clarkson Plans To Elope with Brandon Blackstock

Avril Lavigne Makes Out With Danica McKellar in “Rock & Roll” Video



FOREIGNERS
Mubarak To Exchange Jail For House Arrest
Death Toll Rises To 37 After Overloaded Malaysian Bus Plunges Into Ravine
Thai Court Jails Iranian Pair Over Botched Bomb Plot
Russian TV Kicks US Reporter Off The Air After Gay Rights Protest
Benedict XVI: “God Told Me To Resign”
UN Rights Envoy Claims Burmese Mob Attacked His Car
NZ Opposition Leader Quits Ahead Of 2014 Elections
EU Weighs Aid, Commercial Links With Egypt
ECB, Germany Play Down Talk Of Third Greek Bailout



BLOGS & STUFF
First Street Journal: A Very Disappointing Sentence
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: Weiner Gal Pal Does Porn Video Sure To Be Seen By Five People
Michelle Malkin: The RNC’s Horrific Open-Borders Pandering
Twitchy: Ken Cuccinelli Blasts Dems With “Real War On Women” Pic
American Thinker: The Million Muslim Farce
American Power: Michelle Malkin Blasts Leftist Richard Fowler On Murder Of Aussie Charles Lane
Necropolitan Sentinel: ObamaCare Watch – NY Has A Special Announcement!
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard For August 21
Jammie Wearing Fools: Camille Paglia Says “It Is Baffling How Anyone Would Think Hillary Clinton Is Our Party’s Best Chance”
JustOneMinute: Delivering A Message
Pat Dollard: Bar Rafaeli Tells Israel Boycott Supporter Roger Waters To Remove Her Photo From His Performances
Protein Wisdom: “Welfare, A Better Deal Than Work”
Shot In The Dark: Never Waste A Crisis, Mate
Jawa Report: US Stoops To New Low In Torturing Gitmo Prisoners
Chicks On The Right: Kneel Down To Your Public School Principal, Children! KNEEL, I Say!
Megan McArdle: Did ARMs Keep The Housing Crisis From Being Even Worse?


Category: Live at Five

Shocking Claim: #FreeKate’s Mother Is ‘Cool Mom,’ in the Very Worst Way

Posted on | August 21, 2013 | 96 Comments

Kaitlyn Smith with her parents on NBC’s ‘Today’ show, May 23

The following anonymous comment, on a CBS story about the Kaitlyn Hunt case, was left by someone claiming to be an acquaintance:

The comment transcribed:

Sadly I blame her mother, Kelley. Someone I know personally.
Many years ago I knew something like this would happen with one of her daughters. Not to this extent, but something major.
She has always allowed her daughters to do as they please. I know for a fact that the 2nd oldest dated a 20 year old when she was only 14! The mother would allow these things. The girls [were allowed] to have boys over for parties, that would turn into a sleepover, where there would be drug and alcohol use. This was a few years ago, but the kids at that time ranged from 13-15.
They are just like their mother! Unfortunately, it is how they are being raised! This girl is now paying for the way she was raised, all because the mother did not teach right from wrong.
People can say all they want, think what they want. All of this boils down to not being raised properly. Never being told no, sex talk in front of these girls from the mother about her boyfriends. The mom has no filter!
Mom was more worried about getting out with friends and getting laid while these kids would sit home and babysit the younger ones just a few years ago.
Seriously sickens me! Who wants to hear about sex talk from your mom about her sex life. I remember MySpace days, Kelley was having her daughters take pictures of her in lingerie and Kelley would post them to MySpace!
I support Kate! I do not support her mother!

Normally, I wouldn’t quote something like this and, of course, I cannot verify any of the commenter’s specific allegations, all of which may be completely false for all I know, but . . .

But it is self-evident that nobody ever taught Kaitlyn Hunt “right from wrong,” or else she wouldn’t be in the Indian River County Jail.

Furthermore, from the first time I started writing about this story, feminist blogger (and sexual abuse survivor) S.J. Reidhead has been concerned that Kaitlyn Hunt’s behavior was that of someone who had been sexualized at an early age.

Kaitlyn was “acting out,” as the therapists say. Would this commenter’s tale tend to explain some of that “creepy” vibe that’s been emanating from the Hunt family since Day One of this story?

Again, I repeat, I have no way to know if any specific accusation in this anonymous commenter’s tale are true, but the general portrayal of Kelley Hunt Smith’s behavior as the “Cool Mom” when she was divorced, four or five years ago, would certainly be consistent with the anti-social hoodlum behavior of her daughters: “Beat her f–king ass, Emily! Beat her ass! Get that bitch!”

Where do you think girls like that come from, anyway? Violent, foul-mouthed, tattooed — who raises their daughters to be that way?

“She is known as a whore throughout the school . . .
my whole school knows she’s not a good person.”

That’s what one of her Sebastian River High School classmates said about Kaitlyn Hunt in May, complaining about the media portrayal of her as an “innocent” young girl. And then there was this message that Kaitlyn’s younger sister posted on Twitter:

Kelley to her daughter about how she “whooped her ass,” and Emily reacts: “Lmfao my moms f–king badass!!” As I said when I posted that screenshot in May: “Hunt family values, as it were.”

So, is this the kind of mother who would do the kinds of things the anonymous commenter alleges? And is the behavior of Kelley Hunt Smith’s daughters about what we might expect from someone raised that way? Reader may draw their own conclusions.

Kelley Hunt Smith named the parents of Kaitlyn’s victim nine times in her May 17 Facebook post, accusing them of “trying to ruin my daughters life . . .  trying to send an innocent young girl to prison because they are full of hate and bigotry.”

No, Kelley, they didn’t “ruin” Kaitlyn’s life — you did.

And you should be ashamed of yourself for what you have done.

 

Category: Kaitlyn Hunt

Congratulations On The Little Hammer!

Posted on | August 21, 2013 | 13 Comments

by Smitty

Mary Katherine Ham is a mother! Time to roll out the Ray Charles:

Category: Hot Air

Media Covers for #FreeKate While Her Supporters Attack the Victim’s Parents

Posted on | August 21, 2013 | 153 Comments

Jailbait Kate: Her crazy supporters will do anything for her.

This CNN story about the Kaitlyn Hunt case doesn’t mention that the age of consent is 16 in Florida until the 13th paragraph:

Gay Florida teen Kaitlyn Hunt sent back
to jail over explicit texts, images

The headline conveys a misleading impression of the case, and although the article includes most of the relevant facts, it is clearly intended to generate sympathy for the criminal:

The court hearing Tuesday was graphic and, for Hunt, emotional. She held a tissue in her handcuffed hands that she repeatedly used to wipe tears from her eyes. The proceeding marked the latest turn in a story that first captured the nation’s attention months ago.
Hunt’s family says the relationship was consensual, with their lawyer claiming authorities wouldn’t have gone after her if it had involved a male and a female instead of two teenage girls.

Exactly why should we give a damn what this criminal pervert, her raunchy parents and their worthless lawyer say about the case?

Arguments made by the World’s Worst Lawyer™ Julia Graves in her statement today demonized the family of Kaitlyn Hunt’s victim:

“[The younger girl is] taken to a church that labels being gay a sin, has the Bible thrown at her, all of her thing in her room boxed up and taken from her, is apparently hit by her parents, and clearly yelled at for lying by her father in the presence of Detective Shepherd at the school in a subsequent interview.”

This has been the Hunt family’s strategy from Day One — blame the victim and her family. In her May 17 Facebook post, Kaitlyn’s mother Kelley Hunt Smith named the victim’s parents nine times and smeared them as being “full of hate and bigotry.” And the post by Kaitlyn’s lawyer, alleging abuse by the parents of the victim, seems to have been a signal for Kaitlyn’s supporters to attack:

Perhaps you thought it was rhetorical overkill when I called Kaitlyn’s supporters “amoral scum with no sense of shame,” but do you see the twisted worldview of these people? Do you see how they admire everything despicable and despise everything admirable?

The family that raises a tattoo-covered foul-mouthed hoodlum (“Beat her f–king ass, Emily! Beat her ass! Get that bitch!”) are a family that has love “in abundance.” No one can be judgmental toward the parents who let Kaitlyn bring a runaway 14-year-old to their house for a lesbian sex romp where they “put their fingers inside of each other’s vaginas, put their mouths on each other’s vaginas, and both of them used a vibrator on each other to insert it in each other’s vaginas.” That’s perfectly OK and it would be wrong to call such a family “creepy” or something.

No, there is nothing remotely suspicious about a father like Steven R. Hunt Jr. (Booking #2012-00001721) and everyone must praise a mother like Kelley Hunt Smith who sends text messages telling her daughter’s victim to “delete EVERYTHING.”

Instead, according to the “Free Kate” crowd, what needs to be investigated — the family that should be condemned for “abuse” and accused of having “zero good intentions” — are the parents who objected to their 14-year-old daughter getting dildoed by Steve and Kelley’s perverted criminal offspring. You know, the one who likes to send masturbation videos of herself to minors?

That’s the way people think, see, if they’re the kind of amoral scum with no sense of shame who support “Free Kate.”

Do I hate these scum too much? No.

It’s impossible to hate them as much as they deserve to be hated.

 

Category: Kaitlyn Hunt

More #FreeKate Arguments: Want to Let Heather Wirth-Dalager Babysit Your Kids?

Posted on | August 21, 2013 | 143 Comments

Kaitlyn Hunt’s got a fever, and
jailbait poontang is the only cure!

That’s really the core of the “Free Kate” argument and, again, if you watched yesterday’s hearing where Kate’s bail was revoked, you understand this argument carries no weight in Florida courts. Kaitlyn Hunt is guilty and belongs in jail, and the fact that prosecutors were willing to offer her a plea deal — even after her violations of the no-contact order were discovered — ought to be understood as a humane effort to avoid a trial that would require that the underage victim be compelled to testify about their sordid and perverse relationship.

No sane or decent person ever supported the “Free Kate” movement, and only the most indecent and insane fanatics continue to support Kaitlyn Hunt now that her deviant criminality has been demonstrated by evidence that Judge Pegg called “overwhelming.”

“Free Kate” supporters are amoral scum with no sense of shame, nor do they have any respect for law or understanding of basic logic. Where only bad arguments are possible — because all the good arguments are for Kaitlyn Hunt’s conviction — one becomes accustomed to dishonest blame-shifting. Heather Wirth-Dalager:

This is a variation of an argument “Free Kate” supporters have made for the past three months: The problem is not that Kaitlyn Hunt broke the law; the problem is that somebody called the cops.

Really, it’s just Thug Logic: “Snitches get stitches.”

The argument from Heather Wirth-Dalager is a bit more nuanced than that, but boiled down to its essence, that’s it:

I am curious what the teacher who violated these teenage girls privacy by announcing this relationship to the younger girls parents, kicked Kate of the team, and facilitated Kate being expelled from school is thinking now? . . . .

(My guess: She’s probably thinking you need to improve your punctuation and syntax.)

Sounds like a strong discrimination suit against the school district and this teacher personally due to these girls sexual orientation!!

(That required two exclamation marks!!)

Regardless of this ludicrous law that doesn’t protect kids in this age group, punishing someone for that in and of itself is simply wrong.  This isn’t just a case about same sex relationships, its discrimination and seems to hold some strong privacy violations as well, a doctor would be bound to privacy due to HIPPA Laws based on these girls ages, why does the school have the ability to release anything to the younger girls parents about Kate’s sexual orientation or about Kate at all? . . .

(Translation: “If a lesbian wants to play Spin the Dildo with your 14-year-old daughter, it is ‘discrimination’ and ‘privacy violations’ for anyone to tell you what’s going on, because ‘sexual orientation’ means that the law against having sex with 14-year-olds is ‘ludicrous.'” Does that argument make sense to you? If so, seek psychiatric help immediately.)

We need to remember these are CHILDREN even at 18 years old and still in high school, they do not carry the life experiences to understand ALL consequences of a relationship. . . .

(In case the double exclamation marks weren’t helping, now she’s going to CAPITALIZE random WORDS, and hope you don’t notice the inherent contradiction of her argument. Heather Wirth-Dalager thinks it’s OK for a 14-year-old to be having sex, and “ludicrous” that the law should forbid it. Yet at the same time, while she argues that minors deserve no legal protection against being sexually exploited by adults, she also argues that 18-year-olds are just children — CHILDREN — who are so naive they can’t be expected to understand consequences. Again, if her argument makes sense to you, seek psychiatric help immediately.)

These young girls will probably never trust an authority figure again in their lives and especially the younger girl who will have life long emotional damage from the actions of first the teacher/coach that they trusted, the school for punishing them for being individuals and their sexual orientation, her parents for trying to fore her out of a situation with someone she cared about, and then the law which is supposed to protect her and has grossly failed to do so.

Well, there you have it, eh? “Authentic frontier gibberish.”

Apparently, in Heather Wirth-Dalager’s demented mind, finger-sex in the school restroom toilet stall is just “being individuals.” Also, according to  Heather Wirth-Dalager, running away from home to spend the night satisfying the lusts of a dildo-wielding pervert doesn’t cause nearly as much “emotional damage” for a 14-year-old as having her tattoo-covered lesbian partner get arrested for her crimes.

Because “sexual orientation” and “privacy,” you see.

Also, if you ever decide to record a video of yourself masturbating and want to send it to a 15-year-old girl, Heather Wirth-Dalager would be OK with that. You’re just “being individuals,” right?

 

 


Category: Kaitlyn Hunt

Kaitlyn Hunt’s Lawyer, Having Failed Her Client, Now Scapegoats the Prosecution

Posted on | August 21, 2013 | 153 Comments

Kaitlyn Hunt: Now she’s where guilty perverts belong.

Anyone who watched Tuesday’s hearing in the Kaitlyn Hunt case knows two things: “Free Kate” is guilty as hell, and her lawyer is an idiot.

Let’s admit that even a good lawyer would have difficulty representing a client as guilty as Kaitlyn Hunt. Bad cases require bad arguments, and if the guilty client insists on fighting the case all the way to trial, any attorney who accepts the fee is going to be obliged to look like an incompetent idiot from time to time. But read this statement issued by Kaitlyn Hunt’s lawyer today and see if you can spot a certain — what shall we call it? — ironic lack of self-awareness:

Translation: “My perverted client is guilty as hell, and it’s so unfair of prosecutors to keep pointing out what a guilty pervert she is!”

SHE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE PLEA BARGAIN!

 

Category: Kaitlyn Hunt

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.21.13

Posted on | August 21, 2013 | 9 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Man Charged In Shooting At Atlanta-Area Elementary School

Staff and students gather outside the Ronald McNair Discovery Learning Center

Shooter surrenders; nobody hurt

Senseless Killing Of Aussie Ballplayer By Oklahoma Teens Sparks Calls For US Boycott
Baseball player shot in random attack by bored teenagers


Excising The Cancer In Egypt
MuBros at risk of falling apart under the Army’s crackdown?



POLITICS
State Dept. Employees Suspended For Benghazi Security Lapses Returned To Work

“What difference, at this point, does it make?”

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) “How is it (after) 29 systemic failures and two bombings no one is held accountable? That’s ridiculous.”

Judge Excludes Evidence For Shooter’s Motivations At Ft. Hood Trial


Spitzer Unveils First Policy Plans

NSA Reportedly Covers 75% Of  US Internet Traffic

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) Rejects Government Shutdown Over Obamacare

Maine Governor Denies Saying Obama Hates White People

Administration Misses Half Of ObamaCare Deadlines

California Business Owners Ordered To Repay Millions In Tax Breaks



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Crude Oil Prices Down Ahead of US Energy Data: NYMEX $104.83, Brent $109.71
Asia Stocks Get Reprieve, But Fed Could Make It Fleeting
Dow Drops For Fifth Straight Day; S&P 500 Rises
Kaiser Survey Finds Health Insurance Costs Outpacing Wage Gains
India Eases Cash Curbs As Surging Bond Yields Imperil Growth
B&N Plunges 12% On Poor Earnings
Sony To Launch PS4 On November 15
Facebook’s Zuckerberg Forms Group To Address Global Digital Divide
Twitter Expands Context with Related Headline Links
Google Patents System For Tracking What You See
Groklaw Blog Shuts Down As Post-Snowden Chilling Effect Continues
CCP’s Oculus Rift Demo Becomes EVE:Valkyrie, Space Dogfighting Game Due in 2014



SPORTS
Giants Rally Past Red Sox, Rays Take Lead In AL East

Marco Scutaro gets it done

Scutaro ends game with bases-loaded walk in 9th

Broncos Fuming Over Von Miller Suspension

Yasiel Puig Ends Slump As Dodgers Beat Marlins 6-4

Chip Kelly Picks Vick As Eagles’ Starting QB

NCAA Backs Down, Allows Former Marine To Play For MTSU

Dempster Suspended Five Games, Fined For Plunking A-Rod

Cano Hits Homer #200 In Opener, Nix Leads Yanks Over Jays

Rays Open Gap With 7-4 Beating of Birds

Morneau Gets Four Hits In Twins’ 6-3 Upset Of Tigers

Haren’s Second-Half Surge Continues As Nats Beat Cubs 4-2



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Melanie Griffith Lashes Out At “Superficial” Hollywood Machine

Mrs. Banderas says your movies stink, guys

Doing more TV and indy projects because Hollywood scripts are horrible


Lindsay Lohan No Ratings Boost for “Oprah’s Next Chapter”


Taylor Swift Ties Record For Most Sold-Out Shows At LA’s Staples Center

“True Blood” Star Rutina Wesley’s Marriage Sucks, Divorce Impending

Husband Of Unspeakable Armenian Turns Down Judge Gig On “American Idol” As “Too Mainstream”

Justin Timberlake, *NSYNC Bandmates To Reunite At MTV VMAs

Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner May Get Married After 42 Years Together

Legendary Hollywood Writer Elmore Leonard Dies, 87



FOREIGNERS
Japan’s Fukushima Reactor Leaking Again, EVERYBODY PANIC
Syrian Rebels Claim Assad Forces Used Poison Gas Near Damascus
UK Women Charged With Drug Smuggling In Peru
Chancellor Merkel Visits Dachau
Israeli, Palestinian Negotiators Hold Unannounced Jerusalem Meeting
Egypt’s Political Strife Puts Christians In Peril
US Sanctions On Zimbabwe To Remain After Flawed Election
Chicoms Demonstrate For Bo Xilai On Eve Of Trial



BLOGS & STUFF
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: California Doesn’t Deserve Democracy
First Street Journal: #FreeKate Now Really Needs To Be Freed; She’s Wearing The Orange Jumpsuit
Doug Powers: Michael Bloomberg, Gun Safety Expert
Twitchy: Will Obama, Sharpton Weigh In On Thrill Killing Of White Jogger?
Pat Dollard: Nashville Copts Chant “Obama, Obama, Don’t You Care? Christian Blood Is Everywhere”
American Thinker: Obamacare And The Food Police
American Power: Michelle Malkin Throws Down The Common Core Gauntlet
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard For August 20
Jammie Wearing Fool: Justice – Texting Driver Crashes Into Liquid Manure Trailer
JustOneMinute: Warming Up
Protein Wisdom: Not Content To Sit On Your Asses And Let The Progressives Run Your Lives?
Shot In The Dark: A Thought Exercise
The Jawa Report: Egypt’s Kristallnacht
Chicks On The Right: Hey Kids! Become A STAR! Just Sell Your Soul To Dear Leader’s ObamaCare!
Megan McArdle: Best Buy’s Last Hurrah?


Category: Live at Five

Medicare Expansion Set To Dilate A Budget Near You

Posted on | August 20, 2013 | 29 Comments

by Smitty

I had already planned to take a long weekend when I heard about Americans for Prosperity’s Hands Off My Healthcare rally in Richmond.

It was a drizzly affair, with roughly 500 in attendance from all over the state. Speakers included Delegate Steve Landes, who dared to ask questions like “Aren’t we already broke?” and Dr. Clara Belle Wheeler, who did not exactly characterize the existing Medicaid program as an Oldsmobile Delmont 88 with submarine dreams, but certainly expressed misgivings:
Follow the links above for more details, stay tuned as I work through the rest of the video, and above all: STAY ENGAGED.

Category: Health Care, Virginia
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