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LIVE AT FIVE – 05.03.12

Posted on | May 3, 2012 | 4 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Questions Mount Over PRC Activist’s Fate

Chen Guangcheng

Was blind activist pressured to leave American embassy?

Federal Judge Throws Out Tribal Lawsuit Supporting UND
Rules no damage to tribes from NCAA prohibition

Forgotten Inmate Drank Urine To Survive
UC Santa Cruz student detained by DEA apparently forgotten by drug agents, never charged or formally arrested



POLITICS
Gingrich Suspends Campaign

“Well, now you’ve done it, you vindictive little nincompoops.”

Plans to endorse Romney at future joint appearance

Warren: I Was Just Trying To Connect

In Texas, How Conservative Is Enough?

Bachmann To Endorse Romney

Now Everyone Can Get Into MIT

Appeals Court Throws Out Terrorist Lawsuit Against John Yoo



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Hovers Above $105 Ahead Of Key US Jobs Figures: NYMEX $105.22, Brent $118.20
Euro Hit By Weak European Manufacturing Data
Dow Average Retreats From Four-Year High On Weak ADP Data
CEOs Rank Texas Best For Business, California Worst
Spirit Airlines Raises Carry-On Bag Fee, Could Hit $200 For Some Passengers
No July Break For Four Chrysler Plants As Sales Jump
Fannie, Freddie To Adopt New Short-Sales Rules
Motorola Wins XBox, Windows 7 Ban In Germany
Target Dropping Amazon’s Kindle
Apple Rejecting iOS Apps That Use Dropbox SDK
RIM To Continue Making Physical Keypads For Blackberries
Microsoft Research Opens NYC Lab
For The First Time, Hacked Websites Offer Android Malware
Unboxing The HTC One X For AT&T
Microsoft Hooks Onto Nook



SPORTS
Former NFL Star Junior Seau Found Dead In California Home

Junior Seau, 1969-2012, RIP

Apparent suicide; Seau is eighth member of 1994 Chargers championship team to die prematurely

Weaver Hurls No-Hitter, Angels Embarrass Twins 9-0

Rangers’ Epic Game 3 Triple-OT Win Monumental

Grizzlies 105, Clippers 98: The Return Of Grit And Grind

Ruiz, Phillies Fall To Braves 15-13 In 11-Inning Slugfest

Arrieta Goes 8, Blanks Yanks As O’s Win 5-0

Nats End 5-Game Skid As Desmond, Harper Bring Offense To Life



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Lady Gaga, Taylor Kinney Split

No time on tour for a relationship

Kings Of Leon Bassist Jared Followill Engaged To Martha Patterson

Lohan & Ronson Together Again?



Miley Cyrus & Liam Hemsworth Adopt A Puppy

Angelina Jolie & Kids Bond With Russell Crowe On “Les Miz” Set

Jay Cutler Baby News: It’s A Boy

First Look: Amanda Seyfried As Linda Lovelace



FOREIGNERS
Ambassador Locke Claims PRC Activist Not Pressured To Leave Embassy
Sarkozy Fails To Score Against Hollande In TV Duel
Yulia Tymoshenko’s Daughter Makes Emotional Plea To Free Her Mother
Syrian Forces Raid University Dorms, 4 Killed
Fierce Clashes Stoke Tensions Ahead Of Egypt Vote
Aung San Suu Kyi Takes Seat In Burma Parliament
Likud Dissolves Knesset, Snap Elections Expected



BLOGS & STUFF
Lonely Conservative: Media Suddenly Takes Interest In Price Of A Candidate’s Wife’s Clothes
Shot In The Dark: Compression
Power Line: Barry’s Imaginary Girlfriend
Breitbart.com: Friendly Fire – Occupier Hits Occupier With Brick To Face
Howie Carr: White And Wrong – On The Reservation With Elizabeth Warren
The Last Tradition: Romney Pokes Fun At Obama’s New “Forward” Slogan
NewsBusters: Overconfident Alec Baldwin Brags Obama Win Is In The Bag
Moe Lane: Hey, Just A Reminder – Nancy Pelosi Lied About Waterboarding, And The Left Let Her
Weasel Zippers: WV Governor, Senator Refuse To Back Obama
Protein Wisdom: It’s Not About Credit, It’s About Leadership
Gateway Pundit: Leftists Ask FCC To Pull Fox Broadcast Licenses

Category: Live at Five

So, Will Lugar Be The New Murkowski?

Posted on | May 2, 2012 | 26 Comments

by Smitty

Legal Insurrection points to some National Journal polling showing Tea Party favorite Mourdock  in a statistical dead heat. Politico notes:

The Lugar campaign’s 3-to-1 spending advantage has allowed it to portray Mourdock as an untrustworthy tax cheat who has “sold out to D.C. outsiders,” practices “the politics of personal destruction” and “will say anything to get elected.”

As Doug Ross has pointed out, incumbency, if not the source of our woes, sure packs a heavy correlation with them. Next Tuesday’s GOP primary in Indiana promises to be a humdinger. The question on my mind is, if Lugar gets beat, will he run as an independent, a la Lisa Murkowski? I figure Lugar will, because hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

Richard Mourdock for Senate

Aside: is Twitter toast?

Category: Indiana

I Am Not Consumed With Jealousy!

Posted on | May 2, 2012 | 12 Comments

by Smitty

I do not envy Paul Ryan’s perfect hair, excellent command of facts, sterling reputation, thick head of hair, political courage to dare suggest that Congress balance the budget before the sun burns out, or, for that matter, his rockin’ locks.

No, I am not jealous of posts like this. I just wish the pain would stop. Although, come to think of it, I may have a theory: Ryan has achieved his excellence by draining charisma from Troglopundit. This notion explains both of them in a single sentence.

Category: Paul Ryan, Troglopundit, Wisconsin

Aren’t You Glad You Supported Newt?

Posted on | May 2, 2012 | 48 Comments

It was on Nov. 14 — when Newt Gingrich first emerged atop the polls — that I warned “Newt can’t beat Romney,” and further said that if, after the Florida primary, we were “left with a choice between Newt and Mitt, I’ll endorse Mitt.”

Thank God and Rick Santorum, it never came down to that, eh? By the time Santorum quit April 10, Gingrich had already made himself a ridiculous laughingstock, so that the continuance of his pathetic shuffling zombie campaign resulted in his final humiliation in Delaware.

Wait, did I say “final humiliation”? Spoke too soon:

President Obama’s campaign deployed an unusual surrogate to attack presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney in a new Web video: Republican Newt Gingrich.
The video released Wednesday, titled “Newt Gingrich: Frankly, not Mitt Romney’s biggest supporter,” details a long list of attacks by the former House Speaker on Romney’s business experience, Swiss bank account, immigration policy and accusations of dishonesty and an inability to rally the party.

Look, some of my best friends — genuinely intelligent people — sincerely thought Newt was the ticket to ride. My warnings went unheeded, and my occasional reminders serve only to increase their rage . . . at me.

Why me? Why aren’t they mad at Newt? Why make me the scapegoat for Newt’s predictable failure? Why punish me for having been right?

But if I keep thinking about it, the dark mood will return, and next thing you know . . . Well, not today. It wouldn’t be pretty.

Please, I beg you: Hit the freaking tip jar!

 





 


Category: Election 2012, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich

Obama Voter Lovitz Shows That All Thought Is Not Lost For Dems

Posted on | May 2, 2012 | 5 Comments

by Smitty

Preach it, Jon Lovitz:

Admit it. You know somebody who voted for Barack in 2008 who badly needs to come clean and repent of their silliness.

Category: Barack Obama, Celebrities

‘We Were Just Tired. I Mean, Anarchy Isn’t Easy. This Is A Lot Of Work.’

Posted on | May 2, 2012 | 18 Comments

by Smitty

Harrison Schultz must bethink himself quite the hipster:

I’ve got some lads in uniform in Afghanistan right now that could calibrate this little jackwagon, post-haste.

via The Corner

Category: #Occupy

Ron Paul, Basketball Star? Watch Him Dribble Paul Krugman, Shoot 3-Pointer.

Posted on | May 2, 2012 | 13 Comments

by Smitty

This is just excellent.

Ron Paul actually walks back his position in End the Fed, which is highly interesting.
Krugman, you miserable eclownomist, just retire: “I don’t believe in monetary policies that perpetuate depression.” Yes, you do. Fool.

via Red Alexandria

Category: Economics, Ron Paul

Insults Too Grievous to Be Borne Gladly

Posted on | May 2, 2012 | 18 Comments

The dark mood is on me again, and I keep stumbling across occasions to remember injuries and insults heaped up like a gigantic mountain of humiliation. An inferno of rage burns in my gut, and restraining it takes a constant, conscious effort that exhausts me.

Serial betrayals by backstabbing two-faced “friends” — well, I must put it out of my mind, if possible.

Today, I’ve got business offline that will keep me away from the blog most of the day, and I’ll try to cool my temper. Eventually, some liberal will say or do something stupid, and will regret it: Looks like you done pissed off the wrong redneck today, buster.

Meanwhile, remember me in your prayers.

UPDATE: So now I’m blogging from a coffee shop in downtown D.C.  — got a few meetings today — and what’s the first thing I see when I log on?

Troglopundit wants some of this pent-up rage. Listen here, you overgrown Pleistocene throwback: It’s not my fault the diminutive hipster douchebag Sean Hackbarth moved to D.C. and thereby deprived you of your status as the Second Ugliest Blogger in Wisconsin. Stop blaming me for everything, OK? Blame Telford!

UPDATE II: Helpful advice from Bill Quick:

Well, try not to strangle anybody in the business deal. That’s usually a deal breaker.

Thanks, Bill. Such a reaction would probably be frowned on by the guys with wires in their ears. Kind of an important meeting. IYKWIMAITYD.

Category: Bill Quick, Blame Erik Telford, Blogging, Election 2012, Troglopundit
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