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LIVE AT FIVE: 01.30.13

Posted on | January 30, 2013 | 2 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Mexico Welcomes New Immigration Push

A watch party for Obama’s speech in Las Vegas

Foreign Ministry expresses cautious optimism

Senate Confirms John Kerry As New SecState
Cornyn, Cruz and Inhofe only votes against

Egypt’s Army Chief Warns State Could Collapse
Gen. el-Sissi implies Army will not move to put down anti-Morsi protesters as riots continue, police prove unable to restore order



POLITICS
LaHood To Step Down As Transportation Secretary

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood

Last Republican leaves Obama’s cabinet

Boston’s Mayor Menino Back In The Spotlight

Indiana Couple Fights Charges From State DNR Over Rescuing Injured Baby Deer

New NYC Budget Plans To Cut 2500 Teachers Through Attrition

Obama: Immigration Reform “Within America’s Grasp”

Gun Control Advocates Urge Obama To Bypass Congress

Ted Cruz Introduces Bill To Fully Repeal Obamacare

Governor Perry Proposes Amending Texas Constitution To Allow Return Of Tax Surplus



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Crude Oil Up Again In Asian Trade: NYMEX $97.53. Brent $114.37
Judge Says Samsung’s Infringement Of Apple Patents Not Willful But Denies Bid For New Trial
Amazon Misses Forecast, But Stock Leaps
RIM Reboot: Blackberry 10 Is Key To Its Survival
Embattled Chesapeake CEO To Step Down
U.S. Approves A123 Sale To Chinese Despite Security Concerns
Private Equity Firms Near Deal To Acquire Twinkies, Other Hostess Cake Brands
Philips Exits Shrinking Home Entertainment Business
Steve Ballmer Does Not Fear Dropbox Or An iPad Without Office
YouTube Prepping Paid Channel Subscriptions?
Apple Doubles Down On iPad, Increases Max Storage To 128GB
Disney Closes Down “Epic Mickey” Studio
Google Maps North Korea With Crowd-Sourced Data
Clearwire Shareholder Asks FCC To Stop Both Sprint Mergers
Pinterest Shows Off New Site Design, Invites Users To Try It Out
Google Drops 15,000 Raspberry Pi Computers On UK Kids



SPORTS
Islanders, Nabokov Keep Favored Penguins Reeling

Islanders goalie Yevgeni Nabokov stopping one of 37 Pens shots

Former pushovers wallop Penguins 4-1
Excitement fading fast as problems mount for punchless Penguins

Are The Yankees Done With A-Rod?

Rask, Marchand Help Bruins To Shootout Win Over Devils

At Super Bowl’s Media Day, Spotlight On Head Injuries Shines Harshly

Rangers Get Costly 2-1 Win Against Flyers; Callahan Injured

Minnesota Snaps Losing Streak Against Blue Jackets With 3-2 Win

Leafs Beat The Clock And Sabres In 4-3 OT Victory

Red Wings Beat Stars 4-2 As Filppula Scores 2

Kentucky Quiets Marshall Enderson, Beats #16 Ole Miss 87-74

Gio Gonzalez Under PED Cloud After Miami Clinic Story



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Melissa Gilbert And Timothy Busfield Engaged

Melissa Gilbert and Timothy Busfield

“Little House On the Prairie” meets “thirtysomething”

Noted Jerk Alec Baldwin Expecting First Baby With New Wife

LiLo Claims She’s Too Sick For Court

Ashley Judd Splits From Husband Dario Franchitti

Justin Bieber Gropes Young Fan’s Breast

“Teen Mom” Days Are Numbered

Miley Cyrus And Liam Hemsworth: Secretly Married?

WB Gives Green Light To “Entourage” Movie

“Boy Meets World” Exclusive: Meet Cory & Topanga’s Daughter



FOREIGNERS
UK Military Personnel Headed For Mali On Training Mission
Canada Pledges $13 Million In Mali Aid – None For African Troops
French Troops At The Gates Of Kidal, Last Major City In Northern Mali
Aleppo Massacre Sparks New Calls For End To Syrian Civil War
Australia’s PM Gillard Calls Elections For September 14
Argentina Reaches Agreement With Iran On Investigation Of 1994 Bombing
Anti-Rape T-Shirts In Vogue For India



BLOGS & STUFF
Daily Caller: CNN Drops Carville, Matalin, Erickson
Pat Dollard: Erickson Out At CNN, In At Fox
Allahpundit: Rubio And Limbaugh On Immigration Reform
NRO Corner: Immigration Reform Threatens To Add 7 Million To Obamacare
American Thinker: Why Immigration Is A Political Landmine For The GOP
Michelle Malkin: How The Liberal Media Spread The Sandy Hook “Heckling” Story – And How We Beat It Back
Ed Driscoll: Another Day, Another Deceptive Edit From NBC
Gateway Pundit: Sad. Lefty Mag’s Shooting Photo Is An Old Obama Golf Pic
Andrew Stuttaford: Exile
Phyllis Schlafly: Panetta’s Cowardly Decision
Jihad Watch” #MyJihadInEgypt – Mufti Calls For Anti-Morsi Demonstrators To Be Killed Or Mutilated
Weasel Zippers: Mayor Bloomberg Says Joe Biden Has Balls
Kirsten Powers: Obama Vs. Fox News – Behind The White House Strategy To De-Legitimize A News Organization
Sense Of Events: Obama, Alinsky, And Fox News
Ramesh Ponnuru: Why Republicans Should Ignore Obama
NewsBusters: MSNBC’s Finney Warns “Crazy Crackers” About “Hateful Language”
Sister Toldjah: Aide To Morsi Says Holocaust Was Faked
Atlas Shrugs: The New “New Republic” Drops Jews
Daily Pundit: Democrat Fifth Columnist David Brooks Calls For Second GOP


Category: Live at Five

Smitty’s Pancake Odyssey, Or:
Owning @ChrisLoesch

Posted on | January 29, 2013 | 11 Comments

by Smitty

Can’t let this pass:

Here was my ‘pancake odyssey’ from a couple Saturdays back.

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Category: Uncategorized

For A Nobel Peace Prize Winner, That President Sure Sows Some Strife

Posted on | January 29, 2013 | 32 Comments

by Smitty

Here is an example of a divisive argument:

“Most of ‘us’ used to be ‘them,'” Obama said. “Unless you were one of the first Americans — a Native American — you came from someplace else,” he added, listing off waves of immigrants. “All of those folks — before they were ‘us,’ they were ‘them.'”

  1. The Native Americans–did they not come from somewhere, too? Or does the doctrine of Holy Progress subscribe to spontaneous generation?
  2. I’m from here Mr. President. 100 years on mom’s side, 150 on dad’s. At what point do I get a pass where I’m considered ‘native’ enough that I’m free of your resentment farming, sir?
  3. How can you possibly claim to be anything like a uniter when you’re deliberately setting people against each other?

I sure hope the idiots who voted for and support you come to understand that you view them as meat, Mr. President.

Category: Barack Obama

Mayor Bloomberg: Ass Man

Posted on | January 29, 2013 | 19 Comments

It’s even more important to him than gun control:

Later in the evening, the host interrupted me to point out that the mayor himself had just arrived. Did I want to meet him? Sure. My friend and I followed the host over, shook Bloomberg’s hand, and my friend thanked him for his position on gun control. Without even acknowledging the comment, Bloomberg gestured toward a woman in a very tight floor-length gown standing nearby and said, “Look at the ass on her.”

This revelation pained the liberal women at Feministing:

He’s an advocate for reproductive rights and sex education, but he’s also apparently a casually sexist douchebag. So now you know.

At least Bloomberg never left a campaign aide to die in a submerged Oldsmobile, unlike some other liberal feminist heroes we could name.

Category: Feminism

New TV Series: ‘Atlanta Blood Money’

Posted on | January 29, 2013 | 11 Comments

Meagan McBrayer: Her daddy got rich by killing babies

No, wait — I’m sorry, the actual name of the new reality-TV show on the Style network is Big Rich Atlanta, but this involves the question of how these shallow trampy women became rich:

The cast includes two women named Marcia Marchman and Meagan McBrayer, the ex-wife and daughter of Dr. Daniel McBrayer, owner of an abortion clinic in Marietta, Georgia, located just northwest of Atlanta. . . .
In 2002, McBrayer admitted to committing illegal second-trimester abortions in his office on Powers Ferry Road in Atlanta. Under Georgia law, it is illegal to perform abortions after the first trimester in a non-hospital or an unlicensed facility. . . .
Dr. Daniel McBrayer’s ex-wife and daughter are starring on Big Rich Atlanta because of the blood money he acquires from the thousands of abortions he commits annually.

The Style network has made itself complicit, with Marcia Marchman and Meagan McBrayer, in this abortionist’s career as a greedy baby-killer.

Category: Abortion, Celebrities, Georgia

Republican Auto-Demoralization

Posted on | January 29, 2013 | 14 Comments

It’s amazing how Obama and the Democrats have persuaded John McCain, Lindsay Graham and Marco Rubio to help them destroy the morale of the Republican Party grassroots at the very beginning the 2014 mid-term election cycle. Democrats know that John McCain’s push for “comprehensive immigration reform” (i.e., amnesty) in 2006 andf 2007 demoralized Republicans and alienated blue-collar conservatives from the GOP, thus helping Democrats win Congress in 2006 mid-terms and win the White House in 2008.

Now, by convincing Johyn McCain to re-launch the “compehensive” amnesty, Democrats have set the stage for a crushing victory over Republicans in November 2014 and, as an added bonus, have ruined Rubio’s future viability as a GOP presidential hopeful by associating the young Florida senator with this shabby betrayal of principles.

Furthermore, the McCain-Graham-Rubio triumverate have steered Republicans right into Obama’s carefully staged ambush. By insisting on legalizing the residency status of foreign same-sex partners, Obama presents the GOP with a lose-lose dilemma. Either (a) prove themselves to be “homophobes” willing to vote down the entire plan over the same-sex measures, or (b) further alienate working-class voters by extending citizenship rights to homosexual foreigners.

John McCain is the most valuable ally Democrats have in D.C.

Category: Barack Obama, Foreigners, Gays, Immigration, John McCain, Republicans

Steubenville Update: Nodianos Video Will Not Be Used as Evidence at Rape Trial

Posted on | January 29, 2013 | 5 Comments

‘Occupy’ protesters in Steubenville, Ohio, earlier this month.

“What is Anonymous trying to accomplish by its digital vigilante act in Steubenville? Who is lurking behind those Guy Fawkes masks and sockpuppet accounts, and what are their real motives? What are we to make of ‘Occupy Steubenville’ and their bizarre claims that the local sheriff is part of a conspiracy?”
— Robert Stacy McCain, “Anonymous and Steubenville: Online Lynch Mob Complicates Rape Case,” Jan. 13

A video that caused an Internet sensation will not be used as evidence in the trial of two 16-year-old Steubenville High School football players accused of sexually assaulting a girl last August.

At a preliminary hearing Friday in the Steubenville case, state prosecutors described the video of Michael Nodianos as “inadmissible and irrelevant” to their case, Lee Stranahan reports.

The video shows Nodianos, who graduated from Steubenville High in June, making crude jokes about the drunken condition of a 16-year-old West Virginia girl who has accused Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond of sexually assaulting her during a night of alc0hol-fueled partying.

Nodianos, who had been on academic scholarship as freshman at Ohio State University, dropped out of the university earlier this month after he became a target of threats and harassment. Some bloggers and media accounts had erroneously described the so-called “Steubenville Rape Video” as a confession. In fact, Nodianos was neither a participant in nor a witness to the alleged sexual assault. The video was reportedly recorded in the early morning hours of Aug. 12, after the alleged assault had occurred at another location.

Mays and Richmond are scheduled for trial next month, although Judge Thomas Lipps did not rule at Friday’s hearing on whether the trial would be delayed or moved from Steubenville.

The Nodianos video was originally recorded and posted to YouTube by Steubenville student Evan Westlake and then removed from the site in response to complaints. When the video was reposted to YouTube in January by KnightSec, a cell of the online hacker group Anonymous, it provoked extensive media coverage of the Steubenville case, which gained widespread attention in December after the New York Times published a long article about it. A number of bloggers have portrayed the case as a “cover-up,” alleging that police and school officials were protecting the football program at Steubenville High. Those sensational charges helped inspired protests in Steubenville by the “Occupy” movement, as well as threats against Nodianos and others whom Anonymous accused of being part of the “Steubenville Rape Crew.”

Lou Grieco and Mary McCarty of the Dayton Daily News reported:

An anonymous blog makes sweeping, unsubstantiated accusations against many Steubenville residents and students, targeting everyone from the prosecutor to the sheriff to the head football coach. The blog describes Steubenville as a “town rife with corruption, cronyism, illegal gambling and fixated upon their star high school football team.”
[Ohio Attorney General Mike] DeWine disputes the notion that team members are being protected because of their status as football players. “We have an outside judge, outside prosecutors, outside investigation,” DeWine said. “There’s no coverup here. There are so many rumors going around Steubenville that I know are simply not true, but we can’t comment on every rumor. We need to present the case in court.”

Cliff Pinckard of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported:

Steubenville residents, spooked by threats to their schools and their children, have started to speak out at rallies, dubbed “Stand up for Steubenville Youth.” Steubenville officials launched a website and have been trying to combat rumors they say are sullying the image of their town. They have also offered counseling to kids upset by the negative attention. . . .
Sasha Brown-Worsham of the cafemom.com blog says Steubenville is the “most hated town in America” because of attention from online media and hackers.

Lee Stranahan’s reporting on the case showed that much of the online lynch-mob fury against Steubenville was led by fugitive hacker Christopher Doyon (“Commander X”) and convicted drug trafficker Frankie Francis (“Occupy Steubenville”). While sensationalized accounts of the Steubenville case led to claims of a “cover-up” and denunciations of the town as symbolic of a “rape culture,” Stranahan says the controvery has obscured the real lesson of the story:

There is a serious, nationwide problem involving teenage drinking and hook up culture. . . .
There’s been a cultural shift and it’s impacting teenagers today. The mainstreaming of stripper/sex tape/porn star culture seems to have finally pushed activities that were previously not discussed or considered for consenting adults only into the lives of America’s children. MTV shows like Jersey Shore and Buckwild glamorize constant parties with red solo cups, hooking up and fighting. Now add in social media and the constant presence of smart phones with cameras, and you have an incendiary mix.

In an e-mail thanking him for his coverage of the case, one Steubenville resident wrote to Stranahan: “There have been so many rumors and lies circulating about this case and the masked group was never needed here; they have only proven to show hate and chaos to our community.

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Category: Crime, Ohio

“What Difference, At This Point, Does [A SuperPAC] Make?”

Posted on | January 29, 2013 | 8 Comments

by Smitty

Fans of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have launched a super PAC on her behalf as speculation continues to swirl about her 2016 ambitions.
“Ready for Hillary” on Friday filed with the Federal Election Commission, following on the heels of another group called “HILLARYCLINTONSUPERPAC.”

Hillary is sooo (not) not running.

via preciseBlogs

Category: Hillary Clinton
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