LIVE AT FIVE: 01.23.14
Posted on | January 23, 2014 | 12 Comments
— compiled by Wombat-socho
TOP NEWS
“Thousands” Brave Cold To Join March For Life
Annual protest of Roe v. Wade adds adoption to the mix
Texas Executes Mexican Cop-Killer Despite State Dept. Whining, Foreign Protests
Executed for 1994 murder of Houston policeman
Treasury Secretary To Congress: My Bad
December estimate too optimistic; now says Congress needs to raise debt limit by late February
POLITICS
Former EPA Official Briefs Congress On EPA’s Project To “Modify The DNA” Of Capitalism
Institute For Energy Research seizes on “smoking gun”; e-mails show cozy relationship between EPA, green groups
Conservative Super PAC To Fund Secretary Of State Hopefuls
Christie Drawing Increased Hispanic Support Despite Scandals
Obama Comments Not Meant To Endorse Weed Legalization, White House Claims
Independent Review Board Condemns NSA Phone Data Collection As Illegal, Calls For Its End
Energy Secretary Brushes Aside Speculation On Ending Oil Export Ban
Virginia’s New Attorney General Won’t Defend Gay Marriage Ban
Pentagon Relaxes Rules On Religious Apparel, Facial Hair
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Profit-Taking Pulls Asian Crude Down From US Highs: NYMEX $96.42, Brent $107.95
Asian Shares Lower After Weak PRC Data
Icahn Increases Pressure On Apple, Raises Stake To $3 Billion
IBM Drags On Dow, But Stocks Mostly Rise
Target To Drop Health Insurance For Part-Timers
Hyundai Profit Misses Estimates On Strong Won, ROK Slowdown
Descent Of Man: How Texting Stops Us Walking Tall
Google Dismisses Eavesdropping Threat In Chrome Feature
PRC Blames Hackers For Internet Disruption; Experts Say It Was Probably Censors
Valve Releases SteamOS Beta
Microsoft Offers To Store Foreign Users’ Data Outside US
SPORTS
Tanaka Of The Yankees
Signs seven-year, $155 million deal
Flames Edge Coyotes, Stop Seven-Game Home Slump
Jefferson Outduels Griffin As Bobcats Beat Clippers
Jokinen Scores Two As Pens Rally To Crush Canadiens
Grady Sizemore Returns To The Majors With The Red Sox
Wings Edge Blackhawks In Shootout 5-4
Federal Baseball Lexicon, 2014 Edition
FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Selena Gomez On “Really Bad Split”
The Seventeen cover girl’s interview. No loss of IQ required.
Patti LaBelle On “Little Heifers Who Can’t Sing”, Why She’s Not A Diva
Love Won’t Keep Them Together: Captain & Tennille Divorcing
Bill Cosby Returning To NBC, Will Star In Family Comedy
Tension On “Fifty Shades Of Grey” Set As Director, Author Clash
Vanessa Paradis “Not Bitter” Over Johnny Depp’s Engagement To Amber Heard
It’s A Girl For Jenni “JWoww” Farley
Leah Messer To Reveal Daughter’s Muscular Dystrophy On “Teen Mom 2” Premiere
Jonah Hill Took Just $60K For “Wolf Of Wall Street” So He Could Work With Scorsese
Shia LeBeouf Claims Recent Bizarre Behavior Was “Performance Art”
Lorde Texts Taylor Swift For Advice
Lena Dunham Helps Man Sell Couch On Craigslist
“I’m Not Your Daddy, So Back Off!” Eddie Murphy On The Attack
NBC Shelves “Murder She Wrote” Reboot
FOREIGNERS
Ukraine Opposition Gives President Election Ultimatum
Defiant Rob Ford Attacks Toronto Council On Drinking, Tax Hikes
ROK Economic Growth Slows
India Police Accuse Village Elders Of Ordering Woman’s Gang-Rape
Israel Busts Al-Qaeda Plot To Bomb US Embassy In Tel Aviv
Abe: No Heroes Buried At Yasukuni Shrine
Pakistani Shiites Rally For Third Day Of Protests, Refuse To Bury Dead From Bus Bombing
Putin Spokesman: Russia Won’t Intervene In Ukraine Protests
South Sudan Blasts Calls To Put Country Under UN Trusteeship
PRC Dissident Rejects Court’s Authority, Refuses To Defend Himself
Syrian Peace Talks Open With Vitriol
BLOGS & STUFF
Proof Positive: Showdown At The AC Corral
First Street Journal: More Foreign Policy Brilliance From John Francois Kerry
The Looking Spoon: It’s A Good Thing Liberals Think Gender Is An Artificial Construct, So This Shouldn’t Offend Them
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: Meet The Obama Voter Running As A Republican In California
Michelle Malkin: Lessons For Shove Guv Andrew Cuomo
Twitchy: “So Full Of Sh!t” – Wisconsin Lawmaker Slammed For “Profane” Reaction During Scott Walker Speech
American Power: Older Americans Finding Community At McDonald’s
American Thinker: Obama The Ingrate
The Necropolitan Sentinel: Obamacare Watch – Congrats To Cover Oregon, The Worst State Exchange!
Conservatives4Palin: Governor Palin – NAACP Leader Shows True Colors
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, January 22
Jammie Wearing Fools: Another Obamacare Success Story – Disabled CA Woman Signs Up For Obamacare, Can’t Find Doctor
Joe For America: Scott Walker Tells Wisconsin, Here’s An $800 Million Tax Cut – It’s Your Money
JustOneMinute: The Ten Thousand
Pat Dollard: Obama Celebrates 41 Years Of Abortion – An “Opportunity To Fulfill Dreams”
Protein Wisdom: Planned Parenthood Claims Healthcare Inequality Undeniably Tied To Racism
Shot In The Dark: 14:59
The Jawa Report: Guy Who Got Stuck In Antarctic Ice Gets Award For Super-Accurate Global Warming Model
The Lonely Conservative: GOP Senators Tell Sebelius To Stop Calling Medicare Benefits Free
This Ain’t Hell: Jay Kerwin Meets Don Shipley
Megan McArdle: Better Isn’t Happening At Sears
Comments
12 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE: 01.23.14”
January 23rd, 2014 @ 6:01 am
RT @smitty_one_each: TOM LIVE AT FIVE: 01.23.14 http://t.co/xGONttVstb #TCOT
January 23rd, 2014 @ 7:41 am
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January 23rd, 2014 @ 10:24 am
“US Secretary of State John Kerry said threatened to strain relations between the two countries”
Not the murder of a US police officer by a Mexican, but the execution of a Mexican cop-killer will “strain relations.” Liberals and Mexicans don’t give a shit about Americans.
January 23rd, 2014 @ 11:34 am
[…] Wombat featured this story in his “Live at Five” roundup this morning: Pop starlet Selena Gomez, 21, is on the rebound, looking for a new boyfriend after being dumped by Justin Bieber: […]
January 23rd, 2014 @ 5:15 pm
If only we could deport all the commie pinko “liberal” socialist Democrats to Mexico.
January 23rd, 2014 @ 7:29 pm
“commie pinko “liberal” socialist Democrats” but, you repeat yourself!
January 23rd, 2014 @ 9:24 pm
Can we just give them John Kerry to make up for it, or would that be a war crime????
January 23rd, 2014 @ 9:34 pm
It’s a bad habit.
January 23rd, 2014 @ 9:34 pm
Casus belli at the very least, I would think.
January 23rd, 2014 @ 9:57 pm
Happens to the best of us!
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