The Other McCain

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LIVE AT FIVE: 09.07.12

Posted on | September 7, 2012 | 4 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
MTV Music Awards Eclipse Lackluster Last Night Of DNC

Brit Boy Band Beats Bieber

One Direction scores three awards, edging out Rihanna

Earthquake Kills 24 In Southwest PRC
20,000 homes damaged in Yunnan, Guizhou provinces


No HOPE For Obama Poster Artist Shepard Fairey
Even the jungle wanted him deadjailed



POLITICS
Primaries Set Stage For Fall Races In Massachusetts

Joe Kennedy III, a/k/a The Young Pretender

JPK3 to face Sean Bielat for Barney Frank’s old district; incumbents won or faced no challenges


Obama’s Convention Speech And The Age Of Diminished Expectations


Giffords Makes Emotional Appearance At DNC

Judge Orders Fort Hood Jihadi To Shave Or Be Shaved

Charlie Crist Endorses Obama

Pentagon: “No Easy Day” Contains Secrets

Chicago Braces For First Teacher Strike In A Generation

Modest Job Gains May Not Give Obama Lift As Campaign Enters Homestretch

…And Then A Bunch Of Speeches Happened



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Continues To Fall On Lackluster Jobs Report: NYMEX $95.15, Brent $113.49
Euro Hovers Near Two-Month Peak, Spurred BY ECB Bond-Buying Plan
Stocks Surge On Eurozone Rescue Plan
ADP Says Companies Added 201,000 Jobs In August
Navistar To Lay Off 200 Workers, May Sell Non-Core Businesses
Delta Airlines To Bring ND Crude To Philly Refinery By Rail
Amazon Updates The Kindle Line
Apple In Talks To Create Pandora Rival
Nokia, Samsung Events Herald WinPhone 8 Surge
Java Still Not Safe, Security Experts Say
Apple Cuts Memory Chip Order From Samsung
US Videogame Industry Sales Fall By 20%



SPORTS
THE NEW BEASTS OF THE AL EAST

Adam Jones and Matt Wieter slap hands after Jones goes yard in the eighth

Orioles hammer Yankees 10-6, claw back into tie for first; NY press begins to ask: What if the Yankees aren’t good enough?

Art Modell Dies At 87, Cleveland Browns Fans Still Filled With Hate

Rangers Need 10 Innings To Beat Royals

NHL Labor Talks Could Resume Soon

Braves Get Second Straight Unearned Win, Top Rockies 1-0

(Baseball) Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend

Clemens Prepares For Second Sugar Land Start; Denies Plans To Pitch For Astros

Benches, Bullpens Clear Twice As Nationals Complete Sweep Of Cubs



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
It’s Not Funny: Amy Poehler, Will Arnett Split After Nine Years

Will Arnett, Amy Poehler

An amicable divorce


Beyonce Accuses K-Dash Of Trying To Steal Spotlight From Jay-Z

Amanda Bynes’ Drivers License Suspended By DMV

Simon Cowell Would Love To See A Britney/Demi Duet


Baby On The Way For Wiz Khalifa, Amber Rose


Camille Grammer To Score $30 Million In Divorce

 Ryan Lochte Says Jeah to “30 Rock” Guest Spot

Alec Baldwin 2.0

Pink: “Having A Child Is The Best Thing That Could Happen”

Cee Lo Green Set For NBC Family Comedy



FOREIGNERS
APEC Seeks Growth Boost Despite Politics, Tensions
France Shooting: Possible Family Row?
Pakistani Judge Grants Bail To Christian Girl Accused Of Blasphemy
Putin Denies Role In Pussy Riot Case
Many Children Among 60 Dead As Boat Full Of Illegals Sinks Near Turkey
Taiwan Warns Japan Against Nationalizing Senkaku Islands
Eritreans Stranded On Israel-Egyptian Border
Save The Children’s Foreign Staff Ordered Out Of Pakistan
Indian Police Arrest 11 In Fatal Fireworks Factory Blaze
A Year Later, Yaroslavl Remembers Plane Crash Victims
Australian PM Cancels Speech Over Gay Lifestyle Row



BLOGS & STUFF
Riehl World News: No Bounce, No Boom, No-bama
Valley Of The Shadow: The Masks Of The DNC
WyBlog: The Nuns On The Bus Go Round And Round At The DNC
Modicum Of Insanity: The DNC Has An Age Problem
Weasel Zippers: Keith Ellison (D-MN) Tap Dances Around Jerusalem Platform Change
AmSpecBlog: How Bill Clinton Hogged Up Time At The DNC
GayPatriot: Democrats Brought In Union Activist To Impersonate Worker At Bain Company
Jammie Wearing Fools: Surprise! Steelworker at DNC Didn’t Work For Bain
Moe Lane: The Kinetic Bombardment From Orbit May Now Commence
Hit & Run: Bill Clinton’s Nostalgianomics
AmSpecBlog: Obama’s Hope-A-Dope
Jim Treacher: This Might Be The Dumbest Controversy You’ll See All Day
Ed Driscoll: Hey, The Non-Official Obama Campaign Needs Its Swag
Israel Matzav: Here We Go Again – US State Department Can’t Find Capital Of Israel
Power Line: The Dean Scream Revisited
The Lid: Netanyahu Flips Out At US Ambassador Over Obama’s (Lack Of) Iran Policy
Legal Insurrection: Composite Acceptance Speech
The Blaze: DNC Delegate Makes Death Threat – “Mitt Romney: I Would Like to Kill Him!”
WaPo: Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) Thinks Federally Issued Student Loans Are Unconstitutional; Unfortunately Uses Holocaust As Example of What Happens When You Ignore Constitution
American Thinker: Obama Knew About Omission Of God, Jerusalem From Platform Before Convention
NewsBusters: NYT “Fact Check” Instead Discovers “Startling Truth” From Bill Clinton Against Romney

Category: Live at Five

World’s Youngest Blogger: Doggone Right, This Blog Works!

Posted on | September 6, 2012 | 27 Comments

There has been some recent wincing about over the registration of theothermccain.com. The vig was paid on time, I am informed. The Domain Name Servers (DNS) are apparently taking their own sweet time about propagating the update, so that theothermccain.com in your web browser becomes http://86.75.3.09 for your browser’s sake.

I’m a teenager, now at thirteen months, but some things are admittedly beyond my powers. I can recommend Huggies, for the terminally incontinent. Other than that, one must be patient; DNS moves in mysterious, slow, bureaucratic ways.

Category: World's Youngest Blogger

Democrat Transition Into Communist Party Continues Apace

Posted on | September 6, 2012 | 27 Comments

by Smitty

Let me caveat this video by saying, as when Jay Leno does “Jay Walking”, you aren’t sure how representative this sample is. That is, if you go shoot an hour of video, you’re going to take the most out-to-lunch two minutes for your YouTube summary. Let us not be too quick to generalize from this steaming mess:

As a veteran, I understood that my oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and fall under the UCMJ, as a voluntary abridgment of my liberty in the name of defending that liberty, to which I’d eventually return, God willing. Everybody wants to be the egg yolk, but somebody’s got to be the shell. So you take your turn. Voluntarily.

While falling under the UCMJ, one understands on is, in fact, government property. You do ‘belong to the government’, and that can mean paying an ultimate price, or dropping this or that portion of one’s self. Personally, I never suffered much more than inconvenience. But for the sake of those who sacrificed way above my level, I’ve got to shout out that these Democrats are one sorry, jacked-up, unworthy lot. While supporting their Constitutional right to be a bunch of potted plants if they want to, these sad little proto-Commies and Marxists have got to be separated from all levers of power, lest their degenerate thinking spread.

That is all.

via Red Alexandria

Category: Democrats

LIVE AT FIVE: 09.06.12

Posted on | September 6, 2012 | 3 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Bill Clinton Speech Renews Talk Of Hillary 2016

Did Clinton pull a reverse Eastwood?

Masterful, meandering speech was Clinton at the top of his form

Under Fire, Democrats Revise Plank On Jerusalem
Smooth move there, Ex-Lax.


Costa Rica Escapes Serious Damage From Huge Quake
7.6 quake leaves only two dead, relatively minor damage



POLITICS
Elizabeth Warren Tells Middle Class “The System Is Rigged”

Elizabeth Warren, trans-Cherokee white girl, speaks to the DNC

“People feel like the system is rigged against them. And here’s the painful part: They’re right. The system is rigged.”

Judge Rules Arizona Police Can Check Immigration Status

Secret Service Investigates Alleged Theft Of Romney Tax Records

Emanuel Takes On New Role As SuperPAC Wrangler

Estranged Wife Of California State Treasurer Busted For Meth Use, Child Abuse

Biden To Make Obama’s Case To The Working Class

Gay Democrats Celebrate Newfound Visibility

The Tony Blair of US Politics?

…And Then Some Speeches Happened


THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Mixed On ECB Expectations: NYMEX $95.86, Brent $113.61
All Eyes On Draghi’s Bond Rescue Plan For Europe
Ailing QANTAS Announces Alliance With Emirates
EU Launches Anti-Dumping Probe Into PRC Solar Panels
Gold Ends Down As ECB, Economy Sideline Buyers
Federal Court Protects Louboutin’s Red Soles
Bill Gross: The Cult Of Equity Is Still Dying
Auditors Slam Cal Teachers’ Pension Fund For Not Controlling Spiking
Amazon Teases Unannounced Kindles During NFL Opener
Lumia 920 Demo Looks Twice As Nice
ROK Antitrust Watchdog Probing Samsung
Should Failed Kickstarter Projects Issue Refunds?
Can “Farmville 2” Save Struggling Zynga?
HTC Going Big On WinPhone 8
NPD: Total Number Of US Videogame Players Drops



SPORTS
Cowboys Pass Gut Check With Opening Win Against Giants

Dallas TE Jason Witten

MENTAL TOUGHNESS
Related: No major blunders by replacement refs


Millwood Shows UP for M’s, Hands Staggering Red Sox Another Loss


Maybin Robs Kemp Of Homer As Padres Keep Dodgers At Bay

Yankees Top Rays, Reclaim First In AL East

Royals Can’t Hold On, Drop 7-6 Squeaker To Rangers

Dickey First To 18 Wins As Mets Beat Cards 6-2

Woeful Astros In A League Of Their Own

Nationals Offense Stays Hot To Steamroll Cubs 9-1



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
LeAnn Rimes Feeling “Better, Stronger” In Treatment, Says Pal

LeAnn Rimes

Getting a handle on emotional issues

More Vileness From Unspeakable Armenian’s Rapper BF

Amanda Bynes Charged With Hit & Run

Britney Spears: The Brit Factor

Triple H Shaves His Head…

…And So Does Kellie Pickler

John Travolta’s Gay Pilot Lover Feels Bad For Kelly Preston


Jessica Simpson: “I’m Ten Pounds Away From My Pre-Baby Size”

Kennedy Family: We Love Taylor Swift! She’s Already Part Of The Family!
Doomed. 🙁

Emma Watson Gets Sexy For Glamour, Dishes On College Life



FOREIGNERS
Iraq Denies US Claims That Iran Resupplying Syria Through Their Air Space
IDF Blocks Two Gaza Attacks, Kills Six Jihadis
Putin: Russia Can Work With Romney
Indian Fireworks Factory Fire Toll Rises To 54
Turkey Ammo Depot Blast Kills 25
Defenders Of “The Chinese Way” Are Off The Mark
Quebec Attack An Assassination Attempt?
Bo Xilai’s Top Cop Charged In Case That Shook The CCP
PRC Firm Urges Beijing Not To Push Nork Investment



BLOGS & STUFF
Cobb: It’s The Stupid Economy
WyBlog: Cory Booker Channels Joe Biden In His DNC Speech
Washington Free Beacon: Debbie Downer Definitely Won’t Apologize To Examiner’s Klein After Being Caught Lying
Weasel Zippers: DWS Cancels Interviews After Denying Discord On DNC Floor Over Jerusalem Platform Plank
Joshuapundit: DNC Overrules Delegates, Rams God & Jerusalem Back Into Party Platform
Sacred Monkeys: Delegates Boo As DNC Forces God & Jerusalem Back Into Party Platform
Belmont Club: Three Strikes, And You’re Not Out
Riehl World News: DNC Not-So-Secretly Schedules Johansson, Kerry Washington And (Natalie) Portman To Speak
Jennifer Rubin: Bill Clinton’s Long, Long Speech About The Mean, Mean Republicans
Babalu: Fear Of Lightning Bolts?
Jawa Report: Empty Chair Moved Indoors
Rush Limbaugh: Obama Cancels Stadium Speech
Jammie Wearing Fools: Romney Campaign To Obama – How About Cooling It With The Hitler Nonsense?
Breitbart: First Lady’s False Fairy Tale Of Struggle
Wizbang: Mom-In-Chief
Frank J: Obama’s First Term Has Been A Failure – Of America

Category: Live at Five

I’d’ve Been All: ‘Speaking of ObamaCare, Estimate Its Half-Life If Romney Wins’

Posted on | September 5, 2012 | 15 Comments

by Smitty

Durbin, trying to downplay the recently God-less Democrat platform:

“I’m just telling you, you are harping on a trifle,” Durbin said, adding that the Democratic Party platform was “the most unread document in the history of American politics.”

I’ll bet a soda that, unless Durbin is personally sponsoring legislation, he reads, roughly none of what passes through the Senate.

via Instapundit

Category: Democrats, Instapundit

DNC Charlotte: Warming Up

Posted on | September 5, 2012 | 27 Comments

Arriving at the Democratic National Convention, Sept. 5, 2012

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina
Ali Akbar and I drove all night to get here, and the worst part of the drive was passing through the mountains on I-77 at 4 a.m. when the fog was so thick you couldn’t see 10 feet in front of the car. We pulled into a garage in downtown Charlotte at 7 a.m. and had to wait three hours until the media credentials office opened.

It is Ali’s impression that everything here at the DNC is smaller than at the RNC. He particularly noticed open space in the corridors of the arena that, at the Republican convention, would have been rented to vendors. His Tweets:

Of course, Ali is not a Neutral Objective Journalist like me, so it’s possible that he is prejudiced, but indeed we seem to be a long way from the Hope-mania that pervaded Denver in 2008. As soon as we walked into the Time Warner Arena today, I scored my first interview:

Here’s the video of Joe Trippi:

A little more news: President Obama will do a conference call with the 40,000 or so ticket-holders who got stiffed because they moved his Thursday speech has been moved indoors. Also, the Democratic National Convention is one of the few places on the planet where anybody recognizes MSNBC anchors.

Inside the Time-WArner Cable Arena

The National Affairs Desk, 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012

 

 


Category: Fear and Loathing at the Democratic National Convention

DNC Charlotte: Obama’s Thursday Apotheosis Gets Rained Out

Posted on | September 5, 2012 | 18 Comments

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina
While I was waiting to pick up my media credentials this morning, the official word came that Thursday’s final night of the convention will be moved indoor due to a severe weather forecast. CNN reports:

After days of bad weather, President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign and Democratic National Convention organizers have decided to change the venue of the president’s acceptance speech Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Instead of holding the final night at the Bank of America stadium as planned, the event will move indoors to the Time Warner Cable arena, where the first two days of the convention have taken place.

This means 21,000 seats inside the arena instead of 65,000 seats in the stadium and some Republicans on Twitter are suggesting the real reason for the move was that Democrats were afraid of having empty seats at the stadium. But even if the weather explanation is legit, it’s still kind of embarrassing for Obama, as Rocco Cavallo said on Twitter: “So the guy who slowed the rise of the oceans can’t stop the rain?”

Category: Barack Obama, Democrats, Election 2012, Fear and Loathing at the Democratic National Convention

Conservative Ad Claims #OccupyResoluteDesk Lacks Values

Posted on | September 5, 2012 | 1 Comment

by Smitty

The Campaign for American Values is way off here:
Obama totally values the votes of the alternative lifestyles crowd. Too bad those lifestyles don’t tend to beget more voters. But if the North American Man/Unicorn Love Association had some votes, then we can be sure Obama would get behind their efforts, which is his favorite position from which to lead.

Via American Power

Category: Barack Obama
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