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LIVE AT FIVE – 08.29.11

Posted on | August 29, 2011 | 2 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Irene Leaves 21 Dead, Estimated $7 Billion In Damage

Highway 12 on the Outer Banks of NC, severed in five places by the storm

Millions without power after the storm, but damage not as severe as expected
NYC Subway Back In Service For This Morning’s Commute
Damage Tally State By State

Yoshihiko Noda Chosen As New Japanese PM
Promoted from finance minister in Kan’s cabinet; known as deficit hawk

Ron Paul: Bernanke Is Out Of Options
Says Fed chairman needs to quit monetizing debt




Lockerbie Bomber “At Death’s Door”
Again?



POLITICS
Perry Surge Forcing Romney To Shift Gears?

Governor Romney speaks during a business roundtable in New Hampshire last week

Romney’s campaign to put more effort in Iowa now that Perry has the lead in Gallup poll?

Federal Government To Reimburse States For Irene Expenses
With what?



Bachmann’s Campaign Miami-Bound Today

Deportation Reviews Raise Illegals’ Hopes

Democrats Now The Ones Complaining About Georgia Redistricting

Thousands Flee Indiana Public Schools As Voucher Law Takes Effect



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asia Stocks Climb For Third Day As Bernanke Says US Economy Improving
Oil Futures Gain In Electronic Trading
New York Exchanges To Open For Business As Usual Today
Is Barack Buddy Buffett Betting On Bank Bailout?
Drought, High Demand Makes Hay Hard To Find
Samsung To Delay Galaxy Tablet Sales In Australia
Cell Phone Networks Mostly Unaffected By Irene
iPad May Give Way To Ultrabooks
GameStop Tries To Win Back Customer Trust After Coupon Bungle
Facebook Ending Daily Deals After Four-Month Trial



SPORTS
Hamilton Lifts Rangers To Win Over Angels

Jered Weaver gets rocked on three days' rest, coughs up seven runs on eight hits and four walks

Rangers’ 9-5 win extends their lead in the AL West

US Edges Japan 2-1 To Take Little League World Series

Yankees Turn Orioles Park Into Launching Pad, Belt 5 Dingers For Split Of Doubleheader


Keselowski Charges Into NASCAR Chase Race

LeBron James, Other NBA Stars To Play In Exhibition Benefit

Gonzalez’ Glove Helps Rockies Edge Dodgers 7-6

Votto Homers In 14th To End Jordan Zimmerman’s Final 2011 Start; Reds Win 5-4 On Walkoff Homer



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Beyonce And Jay-Z Expecting

Beyonce shows off her baby bump at the VMAs

First child for the couple

Sofia Coppola Weds Rocker Thomas Mars

Chelsea Booted From Toilet

Deranged Fans Making Death Threats Over “Big Brother” Eviction

Mel Gibson, Oksana Grigorieva Reach Settlement

Brad Pitt Rescues Woman From Trampling On “World War Z” Set

Martin Scorsese, William Monahan Teaming For “The Gambler”

Katy Perry Wins Top Honors At VMAs, Winehouse & Spears Get Touching Tributes; Meanwhile, The Superficial Mourns Failure of Irene To Wipe Out Whole Sorry Mess
(NSFW)

Some Actor Acts Weird In Public
I know, not really news

“Buffy” Alumnus Lands Five-Episode Arc On “Parenthood”



FOREIGNERS
Gaddafi Opponents Say He’s Still A Threat
Iraqis Mourn Victims Of Mosque Attack
Doctor Says Anna Hazare’s Health Improving After End of 13-Day Fast
Jihadis Claim Responsibility For Nigerian Bombing
Singapore Elects Tony Tan President By 0.3% Margin; Narrow Victory For Rulng Party
Maoist Bhattarai Sworn In As Nepal PM
Ruling Party Minister Quits Karachi Government, Accuses Muttahida Qaumi Movement Of Responsibility For Killings



BLOGS & STUFF
Gateway Pundit: “Scientists” Claim Climate Change Causes Mental Illness
Roger Simon: Krugman Kills Huntsman Campaign With His Endorsement
iOwnTheWorld.com: President’s Illegal Uncle Arrested
Howie Carr: Deval Patrick Laments Tragedy, Fails To Take Action
Weasel Zippers: Ground Zero Imam Calls For Integrating Sharia Law Into US, UK Legal Systems
Power Line: Truth-Telling On The Campaign Trail
WSJ: HP’s One-Year Plan


SOTD: Hammer To Fall

Category: Live at Five

Obama Beats the Hurricane?

Posted on | August 29, 2011 | 9 Comments

He saved America!

“I want people to understand that this is not over,” President Barack Obama said Sunday evening from Washington. “The impacts of this storm will be felt for some time, and the recovery effort will last for weeks or longer.”

Wait — “not over”? But by the time it finally came ashore in New Jersey, it wasn’t even a hurricane anymore:

It was raining in Manhattan on Sunday morning, and the dogged correspondents in their brightly colored windbreakers were getting wet.
But the apocalypse that cable television had been trumpeting had failed to materialize. And at 9 a.m., you could almost hear the air come out of the media’s hot-air balloon of constant coverage when Hurricane Irene was downgraded to a tropical storm.
Not everyone was willing to accept this turn of events. When the Weather Channel’s Brian Norcross told MSNBC that forecasters had been expecting the first hurricane to make landfall in New York City since 1893 — “and it didn’t happen” — anchor Alex Witt was openly skeptical.
“Really, Brian?” she asked. Hadn’t Irene technically still been a hurricane when it came ashore in New York an hour earlier? “Can’t we still go with that?”
No, Norcross said.

Now do you see what all that TV hurricane hype was about? Global warming causes a hurricane to hit New York City — a horrific, historic disaster — and then Obama triumphantly leads the relief effort. It was a Hollywood-perfect narrative arc.

Unfortunately, the storm didn’t cooperate:

The three-day count of deaths related to the storm rose to at least 16 in six states . . .

The category “storm-related deaths” is quite flexible — at least one of them was a guy who had a heart attack while working to nail boards over his windows. And then there was that Florida surfer . . .

Well, dead is dead. But 16 deaths? Every year, more than 30,000 Americans are killed in auto accidents — nearly 100 a day on average. And the world-historic cataclysm requiring a “recovery effort [that] will last for weeks or longer”? Give me a freaking break.

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Category: Barack Obama, Media Bias

Rule 5 Sunday: Cuts Like A Knife

Posted on | August 28, 2011 | 8 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


The Pagan Temple observed last week that my choice of Rihanna pics for one of the “Live At Five” posts was less than optimal, and posted what he felt was a better one. Judge for yourself, and enjoy the video. Randy’s Roundtable has the incandescent Tamarra Hey and Holly Weber, and the eye of Polyphemus lights this week on Miranda Kerr. The Rio Norte Line picks up the slack in the SF babe department with Sucker Punch‘s Jamie Chung, while the Pegu Blog returns after a long absence with a little something for the ladies. Over at Reaganite Republican, it’s the second installment of Hot Romanian Chicks – and yes, I know Stacy already did a post on it, but it’s in my in-box and I’m linking it.


A View From The Beach has Milla Jovovich (did you know she has a singing career?) and Kate Winslet – Live Action Heroine! Jake Finnegan’s Burkalesque Babe this week is Katy Perry, and Dustbury this week features Vicky Leandros and Florence Welch of Florence And The Machine.


Soylent Green kicks off the week with Morena Corwin as the Monday Motivationer, provides some titillation on Tuesday, Jessica Burciaga on Hump Day, something about physicals on Thursday, the justly celebrated Corset Friday, and a greeting to Russian Go(oglers).


Proof Positive this week has Clair Cooper, Vintage Babe Yvonne Furneaux, and Miss Turkey in the weekly “Sex In Advertising” feature.


The Camp of the Saints directs our attention to Carla Ossa, who is indeed awesome; also, the Rule 5 News and Carol Ficatier. Maggie’s Notebook observes the passing of Tropical Storm Irene by posting a lot of Olivia Munn in swimwear. Very nice.


The DaleyGator’s DaleyBabes this week include Halle Berry, Catherine Oxenburg, Jamie Alexander, nude Ukrainian feminists, Asian Babe Wednesday, Katerina Graham, Autumn Reeser, and Piper Perabo


We had several late submissions this week; normally I would have gone ahead and done them, but this isn’t a normal weekend. Avoid being held over until mid-September and get your Rule 5 links in to Rule 5 Wombat by September 3; PLEASE do not copy these to my regular mailbox! Thanks to all of you who got your linkagery to me on time. 🙂

Category: Rule 5

Al Gore: If You Disagree With Me About Global Warming … RAAAAACIST!

Posted on | August 28, 2011 | 14 Comments

Could he possibly get more pathetic than this?

When Bogusky questioned the analogy, asking if the scientific reasoning behind climate change skeptics might throw a wrench into the good and evil comparison with racism, Gore did not back down.
“I think it’s the same where the moral component is concerned and where the facts are concerned I think it is important to get that out there, absolutely,” Gore said.

Sister Toldjah says “the science, no matter what Al Gore says, is far from settled and that we should avoid implementing sweeping policies until we know much, much more. By which time, I suspect, we’ll recognize them for the poisonous cures to a problem that does not exist that they are and can toss them onto the intellectual trash heap with the ‘flat earth’ theories and Piltdown Man.”

Category: Global Warming

In Fairness to Ace …

Posted on | August 28, 2011 | 63 Comments

. . . having decided to side with Pamela Geller in her dispute with Ace over Rick Perry, I am nevertheless obliged to say Pamela struck a low blow in blogging about her allegation that Ace publicly referred to her (offline and in person) as “Atlas Juggs.”

Ace strenuously denies this.

In general, ladies: Don’t ever do that to a guy. And by “that,” I mean casually slinging accusations of sexual harassment. You can file a lawsuit or call the cops or have your boyfriend punch somebody in the nose, but whatever you do, don’t use such accusations as a weapon of personal revenge. I very much empathize with Ace’s indignation at having his character impugned. No argument over mere politics is worth that kind of bad mojo.

It’s bad enough to have my friends at war with one another. It’s worse when they make it personal. Nobody ever asks my advice about this stuff, and nobody ever listens to my advice when I volunteer it, so I cannot be blamed for anyone’s errors but my own.

As to the present unpleasantness, I blame Rick Perry.

Or maybe Grover Norquist.

UPDATE: But having said that . . . I talked to both Ace and Pamela about this fight, and don’t know what can be done to end it. The problem is that someone seems to have issued a Prime Directive: Destroy any conservative who criticizes Rick Perry.

I exaggerate only slightly. There is a lot of pressure being brought against Perry’s critics. The governor of Texas is being sold as All That and a Stack of Pancakes, and anyone who isn’t buying the product is automatically accused of disloyalty or bad judgment.

There have been only a comparative handful of people in the conservative blogosphere — Michelle Malkin’s name leads the list — who have criticized Perry, and you might think that Team Perry would be content to ignore the criticism. But they seem very defensive, and this defensiveness results in harsh attacks on Perry’s critics. I’m sure Malkin was understating matters when she said she’s “gotten heat for not falling in line with the latest GOP bandwagon.”

Judging by the blowback I’ve gotten, I know how viciously personal the attacks can be. Like I said: Nobody ever asks my advice, so it’s not my fault what other people do.

Question: Who’s working on Perry’s campaign? Who are his consultants and top operatives? Because somebody needs to tell them to back the hell off.

UPDATE II: Lisa Graas adds her two cents, offering as the solution to the problem — you guessed, didn’t you? — Rick Santorum. And in all fairness, if what you want in a GOP candidate is a tough stance against the Religion of Peace, Santorum’s worth a look.

Category: Ace of Spades, Atlas Shrugs, Rick Perry

FMJRA 2.0: Take Me Out To The Ball Game

Posted on | August 28, 2011 | 9 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


VIDEO: Exclusive Interview With Young Victim of the East Coast Earthquake UPDATE: Meet the Heroic Survivors

Debbie’s Very Bad Day in Iowa

Not All Feminists Are Ugly and Humorless

The Economics of Wishful Thinking

Governor Brewer Responds To White House Amnesty Grant With Wild. . .No, Not Enthusiasm

Krauthammer On The Vineyard

GOP Presidential Primary Apocalypse

The Perry-Palin Litmus Test

Obamanomics in Action: Houses in Baltimore Selling for Less Than $10,000

Herman Cain: ‘Still in It to Win It’

‘Fight’ Whom, Congressman?

Qaddafi Cornered as Rebels Attack Tripoli

The Infinite Viciousness of the Online Left

Weird News: Nephew of Joe Lieberman Accused of Massive Online Art Fraud

FMJRA 2.0: Let’s Dance To Joy Division

Libyan Regime Collapses; Rebels Enter Tripoli; Qaddafi Sons Reported Captured

Least Shocking 1.2 Teravolt Discharge Ever: The Federal Reserve Is A Conspiracy Against The Public

DNC Quotes Governor Asterisk

Gold Nears $1,900 per Ounce

LIVE AT FIVE – 08.22.11

Herman Cain on Janeane Garofalo: ‘I Wanted to Send Her a Thank You Note’

Because The Olympics Is All About Athletes And Competition, Right?

How Many Ounces of Gold Does It
Take to Buy a House in Baltimore?

Rule 5 Monday: Prairie Rose

LIVE AT FIVE – 08.23.11

Who Should Be Embarrassed, Mr. Yoo?

Mixed Signals from Sarah Palin Produce Pure Frustration for the Political Press

Tea Party Now ‘the Real Enemy’?

Obamanomics Helps Wall Street Fat Cats?

Chuck Norris And The NRA Vs. The DOJ: One Nearly Feels Sympathy For Holder

Virginia Feud: Radtke vs. Red State UPDATE: Palin/Perry ‘Proxy War’?

Let’s Cut The Superstition Out Right Now

VIDEO: ‘Herman Cain Stands With Us’

Obama’s Erstwhile Allies: Left-Wingers Attack Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller

LIVE AT FIVE – 08.25.11

Two Words: ‘Bench Strength’

Radtke, Red State and Riehl
UPDATE: Radtke Campaign’s Attorney Demands Retraction and Apology
UPDATE: Radtke Denounces ‘Scurrilous Behavior’ by GOP ‘Establishment’

$5 Billion To B-of-A, And All The IRS Got Was A Lousy T-Shirt Full Of Platitudes

A. Probably Worse Than You Think

‘Ed Schultz With a Smaller Rack’

The Plural of ‘Anecdote’ …

‘Operation Destroy Romney’ in Action

LIVE AT FIVE – 08.26.11

StormWatch 2011: Mass Hysteria!

A: He Couldn’t Lead Two Nuns In One Minute Of Silent Prayer?

Guns Better Than Gold?

‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Money Man Accused in Insurance Fraud Scheme

Unlike Ukrainian Feminists, This Hot Romanian Chick Is Not Topless


Top linkers for last week:

  1. The Pro From Poca (13)
  2. Lonely Conservative (11)
  3. The Camp Of The Saints (8)
  4. Daily Pundit (7)
  5. Instapundit (6)


Thanks to everyone for their links! For inclusion in next week’s FMJRA, please submit your links to Wombat-socho by Friday, September 2 with “FMJRA” or “Shameless Blogwhoring” in the subject line.

Category: FMJRA Award

Catastrophic Damage

Posted on | August 28, 2011 | 47 Comments

No, I’m not talking about Hurricane Irene, although the storm has turned cable TV news into an endless, boring hype-a-thon, which I consider catastrophic. Joe Biden went golfing before the storm hit, which I consider about the most useful thing Biden could do in any crisis.

Neither am I talking about the catastrophic damage that Irene did to the global-warming scaremongers by failing to live up to the pre-landfall hype. New York Times writer Justin Gillis gives away the game:

The scale of Hurricane Irene, which could cause more extensive damage along the Eastern Seaboard than any storm in decades, is reviving an old question: are hurricanes getting worse because of human-induced climate change?

See? Like hurricane cheerleader James Wolcott, Gillis and other liberals wanted Irene to be a disastrous cataclysm of historic proportions — “Katrina Does Manhattan” — so they could claim it as evidence of their pet theory.  And this morning, a couple hours after the storm made landfall near Atlantic City, N.J., as I watched MSNBC, the anchorette was blabbing about the monster hurricane in an interview with a meteorologist who interrupted her to say: “Uh, tropical storm.”

The meterologist then explained that for Irene to be a Category 1 hurricane would require winds of 75 mph and . . . nope.

Irene may have been Category 1 before it came ashore, but it quickly dropped its windspeed after making landfall so that what hit New York City was, in fact, a mere tropical storm.

F–k you, global-warming hysterics. Read more

Category: Ace of Spades, Atlas Shrugs, Election 2012, Rick Perry

I Was Just Wondering On Twitter. . .

Posted on | August 28, 2011 | 10 Comments

by Smitty

Given all the flood damage from Hurricane Irene, what’s the over-under on the amount of stimulus for the Northeast that the good President will call for in his Great Big Cure-What-Ails-You Speech in September? I’m saying $350 billion. Is that a sufficiently big number? We’re all surfers of economic fantasy now, For The Win. What say you?

Category: Barack Obama
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