LIVE AT FIVE – 08.09.11
Posted on | August 9, 2011 | 9 Comments
— compiled by Wombat-socho
TOP NEWS
LONDON IN FLAMES
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
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 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
Tyler & Jackson now hungry for more money
Singer Gavin DeGraw Beaten, Hospitalized
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
SOTD: It Takes A Worried Man
Comments
9 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE – 08.09.11”
August 9th, 2011 @ 7:18 am
[…] Morning links: Blogs Lucianne Loves. Doug Ross. Maggie’s Farm. Robert Stacy McCain. […]
August 9th, 2011 @ 7:31 am
[…] The Other McCain has a couple of good links in their Live at Five. […]
August 9th, 2011 @ 11:50 am
Thank you for including my post, Wombat!
August 9th, 2011 @ 8:34 am
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August 9th, 2011 @ 8:44 am
[…] The Lonely Conservative, we learn [tip of the fedora to Wombat-Socho's Live At Five*] On July 21, 2011 a mystery investor made a $1 billion bet on the United States credit rating […]
August 9th, 2011 @ 1:24 pm
How could I not? 🙂
August 9th, 2011 @ 2:28 pm
Shame on the SciFi channel (I *refuse* to use the dumbass name they changed it to) for canceling Eureka, their best show. What are they going to replace it with, more wrestling? Dumbfucks.
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August 9th, 2011 @ 3:22 pm
Meh, SciFi/SyFy/whatever they’re calling themselves has been going downhill ever since they cancelled MST3K (and replaced it with the type of movies with which MST3K would have had a field day).
August 9th, 2011 @ 7:17 pm
It’s Shaun Of The Dead – LIVE!
http://constitutionclub.org/2011/08/09/london-riots-deja-vu/
Those rioters had better hope burning down a pub doesn’t constitute smoking indoors or they’ll be in BIG trouble!