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LIVE AT FIVE – 08.10.11

Posted on | August 10, 2011 | 4 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
London Police Flood Streets As Rioting Continues

Londoners look on as firefighters examine charred remains of store

Riots spread to other cities; EDL announces mobilization to deter rioters
“We Can’t Cope” Police Admit

Stocks Rebound After Fed Pledge On Rates
Bernanke commits to maintaining low rates

Fundamentalist LDS Leader Gets Life In Prison
Eligible for parole in 45 years; opinions differ on whether Jeffs will continue to lead polygamist sect



POLITICS
GOP Holds Four Of Six Contested Wisconsin Senate Seats

Voters line up to cast ballots in yesterday's recall elections

GOP retains control of state Senate, may reverse losses in later recall elections against Democrats

Reid Names Baucus, Kerry And Murray To Debt Committee



Tea Party Faithful Wonder About Rick Perry

Grand Jury Indicts Muslim Wannabee Fort Hood Bomber

Gallup: As Usual, Public Hates Congress, Loves Own Congressman

Facebook To Work With Law Enforcement To Remove Prisoner Profiles



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Apple Flirts With Ranking Of Biggest Company As Market Cap Briefly Passes Exxon Mobil
Swiss National Bank To Boost Supply Of Francs To Counter High Demand
Tokyo Shares End Lower, But Bargain Hunting Tempers Panic Selling
Power Plant Repairs Leave Texas Grid Vulnerable
Gold Firm Near Historic High
Truck Makers Face Fuel Efficiency Standards
Nokia Commits To WinPhone 7; Symbian And Feature Phones To Be Discontinued In US
Samsung Moves Ahead With Tablet Launch Plans For India, Australia After EU Court Bans Sales
PRC Blames US, India For Alleged 500,000 Cyberattacks Last Year
Blackberry Messenger Playing Key Role In UK Rioting?



SPORTS
LA Bid For New NFL Team And Stadium Now Has City Support

Tim Leiweke of the Anschutz Entertainment Group

$275 million in tax-exempt bonds committed, but without team, no deal.

Uggla Extends Streak To 30, Braves Win In 11

Abreu Homers Twice, Leads Angels Past Yankees 6-4


Lee K’s 9 In Eight Shutout Innings, Phillies Tip Dodgers 2-1

Red Sox Send Twins To Sixth Straight Loss; Increase Lead In AL East To 2 1/2

Another Night, Another Rally, Another Win For Mets Over Padres

NCAA Looks At More Benefits For Athletes

Ochocinco To Stay With A Patriots Fan

Starter’s Sinker Bites Well, Cubs Get Wanged 3-1 By Nationals



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Reality Queen: Nicole Scherzinger

Nicole Scherzinger

This will be her year

Who Earns What: TV’s Biggest Salaries

Gavin DeGraw Beating Mystery Deepens

Katherine Schwarzenegger Speaks Out

Lindsay Lohan Wants To Party In Europe, Skip Community Service

Mila Kunis: “People Who Say They Can’t Lose Weight Are Lying”

CBS Twitches Nose, Orders “Bewitched” Script

Anne Hathaway Responds To Catwoman Costume Backlash

Audrina Patridge Says “The Hills” Cast Ready For A Movie

How Angelina Jolie And The Kids Are Handling The London Riots



FOREIGNERS
Norks Planning To Assassinate ROK Defense Minister?
Israel’s Foreign Minister Calls For End Of Relations With PA Over Statehood Bid
London Mayor Calls For Scrapping Of Proposed Police Cuts
Drone Strike Kills 25 Haqqani Terrorists In Pakistan
Mubarak Trial: Justice Or Revenge?
Rioting In Santiago Against Chilean President Pinera



BLOGS & STUFF
AmSpecBlog: Swing And A Miss For Wisconsin Democrats
Weasel Zippers: Congressman Mike Burgess (R-TX) Says Obama Impeachment “Needs To Happen”
Spiked: London’s Burning – A Mob Made By The Welfare State
Stanley Kurtz: LA Riots A Blast From Obama’s Past
Israel Matzav: Norwegian Government May Be Sorry They Messed With Caroline Glick
Allahpundit: Al Gore Screams About Global Warming Skeptics
John Derbyshire: Let Britain Burn!
NRO Media Blog: Eric Boehlert Can’t Read
Houston Press: Whole Foods – “We Should Not Highlight Ramadan”
Jane Hamsher: Obama’s 2008 Hope Morphs Into 2012 Slash And Burn
Sister Toldjah: Racist Philly Mayor Goes Off On Black Flash Mobsters


SOTD: Control Issues

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Meanwhile, on the Cain Campaign …

Posted on | August 10, 2011 | 7 Comments

DES MOINES, Iowa
Because of my late return from Monday’s event in Council Bluffs — I didn’t get back here until nearly 3 a.m. Tuesday morning — I decided to skip the road trip today, and only made one brief outing to the state capitol where I saw the Rick Perry supporters. So I missed the Herman Cain campaign’s Tuesday travels, but my former Washington Times colleague Susan Ferrechio, now with the Washington Examiner, caught up with the “Common Sense Solutions” bus tour:

Cain attracted a large crowd in Cedar Falls, with more than 100 people crowding into a hotel conference room to hear the former Godfather Pizza CEO talk about his plans to turn the economy around and create jobs by cutting taxes and reversing some of the policies put in place by the Democrats, including the health care reform law. . . .
These days, Cain is doubling his efforts here, campaigning non-stop across the Hawkeye State this week with three and four stops each day. . . .
“Some of the other folks may outspend me,” Cain pledged, “but they are not going to outwork me.”

Ferrechio’s story is mainly a harsh bummer, full of doom-and-gloom poll numbers purporting to show Cain’s Iowa support in the single digits. Meanwhile in Davenport, Ed Tibbetts of the Quad City Times reports:

Saying his rivals are trying to “stack the count,” Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain urged supporters in Davenport to “crank it up a notch” before the straw poll Saturday.
“Some of the other candidates, they’re going to be busing folk in, having them parachute in, anything they can do to try to stack the count,” Cain said in a speech outside the Masonic Temple in Davenport. “We’re more concerned about the intensity of our supporters. We want you to be there because you want to be there.”
The straw poll, a fundraiser for the state GOP, has long been seen as an organizational effort for presidential candidates, with campaigns, particularly those that are well-funded, paying for the tickets of supporters and busing them to Ames for the event.
Cain later told reporters he wasn’t suggesting the other candidates were doing anything illegitimate but that his approach is different.
“If they want to do it that way, that’s fine,” he said. “I prefer for my supporters to be there because they want to be there. And I happen to believe they’re going to turn out in big numbers.”

And in Cedar Rapids (not to be confused with Cedar Falls) there was a reunion of sorts:

Cain was introduced to a crowd of about 80 people by Keith Lacie and his son, Gunnar. Lacie began working for Godfather’s Pizza, the company Cain once owned, more than two decades ago. Lacie started sweeping the restaurant floors, and now, owns two Godfather’s Pizza stores in Cedar Rapids.
“I used to work for Herman Cain. Now, I want him to work for me,” Lacie said, endorsing Cain’s candidacy for president.

Wednesday the “Common Sense Solutions” tour continues across the north side of the state, with stops in Clear Lake, Rock Rapids and Okoboji. I’m still trying to catch up with Tim Pawlenty’s campaign, and he’ll have a rally in Ames at 7 p.m. Wednesday, so I’ll figure to go to that. During the day, I’ll probably drop by Iowa GOP headquarters and do some research leading up to Thursday’s Fox News debate.

Today’s most eye-catching Iowa headline is from Craig Robinson of TheIowaRepublican.com: “Perry’s South Carolina Announcement Is A Slap In the Face to Iowa Republicans.” Some readers have been upset by my use of “The Phantom Menace” to describe Perry’s campaign strategy, but as Robinson explains, many Iowans feel that the Texas governor has dissed them.

Category: Election 2012, Fear and Loathing in Iowa, Herman Cain

Don’t Let The Plural Mislead You, Barbara

Posted on | August 9, 2011 | 9 Comments

by Smitty

Barbara Espinosa is an excellent friend of this blog. She’s lovely, fun, busts Stacy McCain’s chops at a pleasant frequency, and supports any American running against a RINO with admirable aplomb.

Yet, at times, we all can use a bit of help with the modern nuance. See, when the President says “My Singular Focus” Is on Jobs.., that is best understood to read “My focus is on a singular job*”. Modern word processors can so make a mess of the order of words, with deadlines, copy/paste errors, software versions, markup bugaboos and such.

By having all attention drawn, for the gazillionth time, to jobs, the President is freed up from publicly announcing the pesky new regulations that decorate the citizens like a necklace, or a noose, depending on your viewpoint.

President Obama was supposed to travel to a trucking comany in Springfield, Virginia Tuesday to announce new fuel-efficiency standards for heavy trucks, buses, and other heavy-to-midsize vehicles, but the public event was scrapped without explanation two hours before it was supposed to begin.

My take is that the POTUS figures each page of regulation is worth about $10, and he’s just going to regulate us to solvency.

The poor President. Workin’ hard, tryin’ to fix stuff, and getting thrown under the bus by his owner. Is that a twinge of sympathy I feel in my left foot, or did a blister give way?

*Mine

Category: Barack Obama, Barbara Espinosa

Young Minions of the Sith Lord of Texas UPDATE: Perry Coming to Iowa Sunday

Posted on | August 9, 2011 | 67 Comments

DES MOINES, Iowa
For the past several days I’ve been referring to the prospective Rick Perry 2012 candidacy as the “Phantom Menace” looming over the Ames Straw Poll. Today I unexpectedly encountered the menace in the form of perky Texas coeds in burnt orange “Americans for Rick Perry” T-shirts:

While I’m usually very much pro-coed — especially the perky Texas kind — the appearance of these girls in Des Moines clearly represents a disturbance in The Force. Don’t doubt my Jedi senses on this one, folks. I’m getting spooky vibes. Readers will remember that I wrote Friday:

My phone just rang with a tip from a source who says his Texas sources tell him that Rick Perry is going to unofficially announce this weekend that he’s going to make an official announcement next week.

That tip was just slightly off as to the timing: The unofficial announcement came Monday via a Politico story. Now, let me ask you something: Why would a Republican save a big exclusive like that for Politico, while a conservative journalist like me was left to rely on secondhand (if quite accurate) rumors?

This is just one of those tiny little things, perhaps utterly insignficant, but perhaps an ill omen. Yeah, I know political journalists aren’t supposed to believe in “omens.” Still, there’s something vaguely . . . hinky about the way Perry’s stealth campaign has been operating here in Iowa.

Call me crazy. Attribute my forebodings of doom to irrational prejudice. Say what you will, and I don’t care, but I felt a need to put on the record my instinctive sense that there’s something fundamentally wrong about the Perry campaign. And if Jan. 20, 2013, brings the joyous inauguration of President Perry, then you can say my fears were mistaken. Yet I can’t shake my gut hunch is that it won’t work out that way. Some kind of catastrophe will result, one way or another.

Anyway, my apologies to any Rick Perry fans whose mellow has been harshed by these gloomy reflections. Here’s my video inteview of the perky Texas coeds Minions of the Sith Lord:

Oh — almost forgot: They were on hand for what had been billed as an event at the state capitol featuring Tim Pawlenty. I showed up a few minutes late, and Pawlenty had already split the scene, having refused to answer questions from reporters. But these Texas girls were still there and, after I finished getting them on video, I couldn’t resist the temptation to tell them: “We killed your quarterback. Roll Tide!”

UPDATE: Be afraid. Be very afraid!

Texas Governor Rick Perry will make a his first trip to Iowa Sunday, Perry’s campaign confirms.
Perry will speak at a fundraiser hosted by the Black Hawk County Republicans in Waterloo, Iowa, just one day after he gives a speech in which intends to make clear he will seek the presidency.
The Texas governor’s trip to the Hawkeye state will round out a tour of key early primary and caucus states for the 2012 election. He begins the weekend in South Carolina, speaking at the RedState Gathering, a conference for conservative bloggers and privately meets with GOP leaders in South Carolina.
Perry will then fly to New Hampshire for a house party hosted by state Rep. Pamela Tucker to meet Granite State Republicans in Greenland.

Which means that I’ll need to stay here through Sunday. Which means you’ll need to hit the tip jar.


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Category: Election 2012, Fear and Loathing in Iowa, Iowa, Rick Perry, Texas

Council Bluffs Loves Herman Cain

Posted on | August 9, 2011 | 12 Comments

One of the phenomena I’ve struggled to explain to those who haven’t traveled with Herman Cain is how, wherever he goes, people want to shake his hand, talk to him, get their picture taken with him. Here’s a brief video clip from Council Bluffs, where Cain had just finished his speech and his campaign staff were trying to get him back on the bus, yet the crowd just followed him and kept getting autographs, pictures, etc.:

Category: Election 2012, Herman Cain, Iowa, Video

I Would Just Like To Point Out. . .

Posted on | August 9, 2011 | 10 Comments

by Smitty

. . .that anybody who is surprised that a mortal man cannot magically fix the economy ought to have their head examined.

Yeah, he was supposed to be all that and scoop of ice cream, the most over-sold thin since XML.

Sure, it’s a bad thing that his ideas aren’t proving much.

But it’s an order of magnitude worse that a supposedly liberty-based country has gone so far in abdicating that liberty to some finite individual. It’s disgusting. Knock it off. Scale back this government, and let’s be about digging ourselves out, people.

Category: Barack Obama, Uncategorized

The Cain Train Keeps Rolling

Posted on | August 9, 2011 | 8 Comments

Herman Cain speaks at Monday’s rally in Council Bluffs.

Last night there was no time to blog about the late-afternoon Herman Cain rally at Bayliss Park in Council Bluffs. Dave Weigel, who had been there for Michele Bachmann’s earlier event, said Cain actually drew a slightly larger crowd than Bachmann. But I didn’t have time to blog it, because I was working on my American Spectator column:

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Lois Vanderbur drove 30 miles from her home in Mapleton to attend Herman Cain’s event Monday in Denison. When the event was over, she went to eat at a nearby McDonald’s, where I overheard her tell her friend Rose Wolden: “Obama was an hour late for his speech and promised to raise taxes, and then the Dow fell 550 points.”
Mrs. Vanderbur, 68, is a very well-informed grandmother. When I asked her about the stock market tumble, she whipped out her iPhone, called up the latest numbers and told me that the Dow Jones Industrial Average had, in fact, closed at 10,809.85 for a one-day loss of 634.67 points. Forget all that stereotypical talk about Iowans being a bunch of ignorant hicks from flyover country. Their state’s most famous product is still corn — and the cornfields here are better measured by the square mile than by the acre — but the first-in-the-nation Iowa Caucuses have made politics at least the state’s second-most important export, and few Americans are more civic-minded than a politically active Iowan.
Mrs. Vanderbur and Mrs. Wolden were among more than 60 area residents who crowded into Cronk’s Café in downtown Denison for Cain’s mid-afternoon event, the second stop on his statewide “Common Sense Solutions” bus tour. . . .

Please read the whole thing at The American Spectator. And here are a couple more photos from the Council Bluffs rally:


I’m in Des Moines today, and am taking the day away from the Cain campaign to catch up with Tim Pawlenty, who will speak at the state capitol this morning. Please hit the tip jar!

Category: American Spectator, Election 2012, Fear and Loathing in Iowa, Herman Cain, Iowa

LIVE AT FIVE – 08.09.11

Posted on | August 9, 2011 | 9 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
LONDON IN FLAMES

Riot police stand by as a store burns in Tottenham, north London

Hundreds arrested in London, violence spreads to Birmingham, Bristol, and Liverpool
Reuters live coverage
Race sensitivity making policing impossible?
Incidents map


Turks Warn Assad Not To Follow Gaddafi’s Example
Syrian Defense Minister replaced, attacks on dissidents continue
Kuwait, Bahrain join Saudis in withdrawing ambassadors
Anonymous Hacks Syrian Defense Ministry Site, Encourages Protesters



POLITICS
Recall Elections Put Spotlight On Wisconsin

At the Wisconsin State Capitol, you make justice blind!

Can Democrats take three seats from GOP on Republicans’ home turf?

Philadelphia’s Mayor Nutter Announces Curfew To Curb Violent Flash Mobs

Mitt: Obama Can’t Mind His Business

House Page Program Falls Victim To E-Mail, Budget Cuts

Perry To Test Waters In South Carolina, New Hampshire

GOP Pushes Back On Higher Taxes



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Stock Slide Eases On Bets Intervention Will Curtail Market Losses
Dow Responds To Ratings Downgrade By Plunging 600 Points
Market Turmoil Turns All Eyes To Fed
Freddie Mac Seeks $1.5 Billion From Taxpayers
Gold Shoots Past $1750
Wells Fargo Reaches Settlement In Wachovia Securities Class Action Suit
Oil Keeps Falling; September NY Futures Hit $77.84
HSBC In Talks To Sell US Card Business
Hacker, 10, Finds Flaws In Mobile Games
IBM, NCSA Pull Plug On Petascale Supercomputer Project
Social Networking Fanning Flames Of London Riots?



SPORTS
Down Two Players And Four Runs, Mets Rally To
Win

Mets mob Duda after game-winning hit in bottom of ninth

Mets score three off Padres closer Heath Bell to squeak out 9-8 win

Uggla Extends Hit Streak To 29 As Braves Beat Fish

Paterno Injured During Practice


Astros Pound Snakes For 9-1 Win, Hold Arizona Back From NL West Lead

Twins’ Baker To The DL After Pounding At Hands Of BoSox?

Dodgers Get Nine Hits Off Halladay, Still Lose 5-3 To Phillies

Nyad Abandons Second Attempt To Swim To Cuba
UR DOING IT RONG



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
J-Lo Deal sparks “Idol” Envy

"American Idol" judge and Rule 5 fave Jennifer Lopez

Tyler & Jackson now hungry for more money

Singer Gavin DeGraw Beaten, Hospitalized

Sarah Palin’s A Grandma Again

Kenny Ortega Comes Full Circle To Direct “Dirty Dancing” Reboot

Kate Gosselin Reduced To Luring Potential Dates With Cupcakes

“Eureka” Canceled, Plans For Sixth Season Dropped

Zoe Saldana Is Latina’s Cover Girl

Kanye West: People Look At Me Like I’m Hitler

Some Skank Gets Naked In Playboy, Disses Bristol Palin



FOREIGNERS
Could Somali Famine Deal Fatal Blow To Al-Shabab?
Libyan Rebels Take Bir Al-Ghanam
Ukraine Judge Refuses To Release Tymoshenko
Thai King Endorses Yingluck Shinawatra As PM
The White Mouse Who Roared
Norks Funding Nukes With Online Game Gold?
Tibetan Exile Government Swears In New PM



BLOGS & STUFF
Weasel Zippers: Gallup Has Obama Ahead In Only 16 States
Lonely Conservative: Why Is Nobody Talking About the $1 Billion Bet On US Downgrade?
PJ Tatler: Michael Moore Wants S&P Heads Arrested
Daily Caller: NOW Defends Bachmann Against Newsweek
Samizdata.net: The Problem With The Riots In London
Allahpundit: “We’ve Always Been, And Always Will Be, A AAA Country”
Sarah Palin: Conquering The Storm
Left Coast Rebel: Meanwhile, Waiting In The Wings…Here’s Hillary!
Rush Limbaugh: Obamageddon, Barackalypse Now! Obama Is Debt Man Walking
Zilla Of The Resistance: If You Want To Troll Me, You Have To Pay


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