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LIVE AT FIVE – 10.25.10

Posted on | October 25, 2010 | 4 Comments

TOP NEWS

Poll: Brown Has Double-Digit Lead Over Whitman

California AG Jerry Brown handwaves, flames at LA rally

LA Times/USC poll shows lead widening among women, Latinos

Diarrhea Death Toll In Haiti Now Over 250
Did we say diarrhea? Oops. Definitely cholera. Definitely.



Secret War At The Heart Of Wikileaks
As Instapundit says, it’s clear that Julian Assange is a tool. But whose tool?

Obama To Focus On Deficit In Next Two Years

Facing up to dealing with a hostile House that’ll want to cut spending, leave Bush tax cuts in place



POLITICS

Dem Leaders Claim They Can Retain Control Of Congress

DNC chief Tim Kaine, Representative Alcee Hastings (D-Fla) discuss the campaign

Kaine: “We’ve got work to do, but we think we can do it.”

Florida Mulls “Sore Loser” Election Law
You lost the primary? You’re done, buddy.

Rove: Oh, NOW Anonymous Contributions Are A Problem, You Say?
“it’s not a threat to democracy when us Democrats do it” Department



THE ECONOMY, STUPID

Geithner Meets Wang In Tsingtao
(No homo. Also, not a beer joke)

Japan September Exports Down From Last Month, Up 14% From 2009

Refis Slump As Rates Rise

Fiat’s Italian Business Still Unprofitable, CEO Says



SPORTS

Pats, Steelers Hang On To Join Jets At League Best 5-1

Pats QB Tom Brady prepares to pass in the first half of a 23-20 win

Chargers blunder, Steelers saved by refs – just another week in the NFL

Giants Beat Phillies 3-2, Face Senators Rangers In World Series

Auburn, Oregon Lead BCS Standings

Seahawks Alone Atop The West After Drubbing Cardinals

Brazilian Nunes Wins Pro Bull Riding Championship

Hamlin Gains Ground On Johnson With Another Martinsville Win



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS

Katy Perry, Russell Brand Tie The Knot India Style

Russell Brand & Katy Perry

Katy: “We just love each other and we want to get married in front of our friends and family and keep it very normal. It ain’t about selling the pictures, it ain’t about doing no pre-nup, it’s just a normal thing.”

Randy Quaid, Wife Seek Asylum In Canada
Guys! Guys! The election’s not over yet! :V

LiLo Update: Rushing Back To Work Could Be Hazardous To Her Health



Taylor Momsen Flashes Fans At NYC Concert (Video)

Paris Hilton Goes Halloween Shopping In Costume

Liam Neeson In For Mel Gibson On “Hangover 2”



FOREIGNERS

Afghan War KIAs For Year Reach 600

British Deputy PM Calls For Investigation Of Wikileaks Torture Memos

Israelis, Palestinians Watching U.S. Midterm Results Closely



BLOGS & STUFF

Ed Morrissey: Hey, Look! Wikileaks Says We Found WMDs In Iraq!

Moe Lane: I Believe The Florida Senate Race Is Now Over

GayPatriot: Old & Burnt – Bush Derangement Syndrome; New Hotness – Tea Party Derangement Syndrome

Cubachi: Even The MSM Thinks Your Attacks On Allen West Smell Of Weakness

Pirate’s Cove: GOP Winning Congress Could Be Good For Obama – Wait, What?



— compiled by Wombat-socho

Category: Live at Five

To Repeat: Beware of Polls!

Posted on | October 25, 2010 | 5 Comments

Sunday morning, I noted Donald Douglas’s dissection of an L.A. Times poll that appears skewed toward Democrats.  Now, Tina Hemond gets inside the numbers in last week’s poll that showed Barney Frank leading by 12 points over Sean Bielat and argues that, in fact, the race in MA-4 is a statistical dead heat.

Of course, we have obvious incentives to discount polls unfavorable to Republicans, but I would also beware of polls that show Republicans winning. Polls are not campaigns and polls don’t win elections. Any poll can be wrong and, especially in the home stretch of a campaign — eight days to go! — you can’t let polls tell you what to think. To repeat what I said last week:

I only want to see poll numbers if the numbers tell me that a Republican underdog is gaining ground on a supposedly “safe” Democratic incumbent, or if the numbers confirm that a vulnerable Democrat is on his way to well-deserved defeat.
Everything else is just a damned distraction from the fight at this point in the campaign, I’m as tired of overconfident Pollyannas as I am of Eeyore worrywarts.

Stop telling me about damned polls!

Category: Polls, Sean Bielat

The First Rule of Cliffs

Posted on | October 24, 2010 | 4 Comments

It seems like eons ago, but actually it was only December 2008, when I examined the proposed neo-Keynesian economic agenda of the ascendant Democrats and said, “It Won’t Work.”

Obamanomics is still not working and a new blog points out that, in the case of our president, persistence is more vice that virtue:

Obama gave a speech in Los Angeles [Friday], where he hailed the accomplishments of his administration (most money wasted? record budget deficits?). He said “This is a choice between the past and the future, between fear and hope, between moving backwards and moving forwards. And I don’t know about you, but I want to move forward”.
Mr Obama, you’re ignoring the First Rule of Cliffs – when you’re headed off one – stop moving forward.

That’s from Free to Assemble, which you should check out.

Category: Barack Obama, Economics

Yeah, We’re Cribbing That

Posted on | October 24, 2010 | 6 Comments

by Smitty

The quest of for a memorable tag that, ahem, sticks to the propaganda media may have climaxed:

Category: humor

To Go With The ‘Barbi Cam’

Posted on | October 24, 2010 | 6 Comments

by Smitty

The news of McCain’s taste for front-end venison is of course well known. Slightly less notorious is the ‘Barbie Cam’, a scarred-yet-miraculously-functional bubble gum pink affair similar to this:

The Barbie Cam is rumored to have criss-crossed Europe before falling out of Skippy’s luggage:


That lonely Barbie Cam may soon be joined by an equally snazzy go-kartchariot, tip jar willing:


Stacy is on record as saying that no interviewee can resist the Barbie Cam. The question will then move to whether any interviewee’s composure can resist Stacy pulling up to the interview site in a Hello Kitty Car. In defense of Stacy, more traditional ice breakers are unsuitable for land use.

Category: Blogging, R.S. McCain School of Journalism

Bill Whittle’s ‘Firewall’ As Self-Reflection

Posted on | October 24, 2010 | 5 Comments

by Smitty

You’ve probably seen Whittle’s concise, eloquent, simple clips. They’re getting linked and liked all over the blogs:


These ideas are not terribly new with Whittle, but he brings at least two crucial ingredients to these timeless questions of societal organization, one relatively obvious, one less so.
1. Bill is an excellent communicator. He has acquired knowledge and broadcasts it smoothly. He’s spent enough time doing media work that he knows well what not to do. Over on PJTV, he did an obituary for someone you’ve likely never heard of, and made it interesting for a solid 10 minutes. Granted, the subject was interesting, but the skill in play held the audience all the way to the conclusion. That ain’t beanbag.
2. More important than Bill’s communications skill is the vision involved. Unlike the vast sea of people yelling at their televisions over what is wrong with modern culture, more than those doing the important work of writing blogs and supporting useful candidates for office, Bill’s Declaration Entertainment is going to have a lasting impact on the culture.

The reason for the last sentence is that the notion of aggregating the audience beforehand to break the grip of the Left on the movie making business is as brilliant as the mind behind these Firewall essays. The market for new movie production is relatively sewn up, and the movies being made are such dreck that the silent majority steers clear of the stream of filth. Leveraging the internet to break into the market with fresh ideas seems, in retrospect, obvious. Yet there is Bill with the timing and location to pull it off. Building the budget for professional movie productions one small nibble at a time overcomes the otherwise daunting funding challenge.
Whether Declaration Entertainment is a reflection of the genius behind the Firewall (and older Afterburner) essays, or the reverse doesn’t matter much. What does matter is that liberty be preserved.
Thus, whenever you’re linking or reviewing a Firewall essay, consider plugging the bigger idea of Declaration Entertainment that they are driving. Also, consider subscribing to DE. Once it reaches critical mass, and has a few releases under its belt, the care and feeding won’t be as crucial as they are now.
Still, all participants can know that each drop of blog post adds to the tsunami that is going to wash the Progressive deadwood off the beach, lead to a renewed American vigor in human history, and dismay for authoritarian clowns the world over. Screw those clowns. Go, DE!

Category: Blogging

Beware of Polls!

Posted on | October 24, 2010 | 6 Comments

I get tired of saying this, but we can’t let polls do our thinking for us. A Los Angeles Times poll appears to have oversampled Democrats, as Professor Donald Douglas explains at American Power.

Disinformation is the new objectivity.

Category: American Power, California, Election, Polls

Have We Had A Bellyfull Of Voter Fraud Yet?

Posted on | October 24, 2010 | 2 Comments

by Smitty

Just reading this post by Gateway Pundit about allegations in AZ and CO. There have been startling developments in Texas, as well as the infamous DOJ New Black Panther dismissal.

The sanctity of elections is as crucial as the dollar remaining the currency of the land. The country very literally cannot function in its current form if our elections are as queered as those of countries we grew up silently thankful that the Almighty had not chosen to place us within.

Reforming our voter registration processes has got to be among the top 10 priorities of the next Congress. It may not be the absolute #1 priority, but, in the long run, it is way up there. The currently reported shenanigans invite questions about other recent elections that could evolve into unhelpful distractions.

Category: Election
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