The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

LIVE AT FIVE: 01.29.14

Posted on | January 29, 2014 | 4 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
President Ignores Obamacare Stumbles While Taunting GOP

President Sham-Wow bores the cr@p out of an already apathetic nation.

As Obama talks, GOP fires back on Twitter



Commie Folksinger Pete Seeger Assumes Room Temperature
Faithful Stalinist finally shuts up



Ukraine Government Resigns, Narrowly Avoiding No-Confidence Vote
Putin warns West against meddling



POLITICS
Supreme Court Grants Stay Of Execution To Missouri Murderer

On death row since 1993 for first-degree murder

Lawyer whines that unknown execution drug mix could cause pain & suffering


Democrat Senators Urge Supremes To Deny Religious Exemption In Hobby Lobby Case


Abortion Barbie Fires Back At Critics

GOP SOTU Response: Look Outside Washington To See What Really Matters

Sen. Coburn Says Obamacare Cost Him Coverage For Cancer Doctor

Panel That Cleared Sen. Mark Udall? All Democrats.



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Falls On Increased US Inventories: US $97.18, Brent $107.40
Asia Enjoys Relief Rally As Turkey Takes Bold Step
Alibaba Quarterly Profit Rises Ahead Of IPO
Ford Posts Second-Highest Profit In Last Ten Years
Icahn Ups Apple Stake After Stock Price Drops
Indiegogo Raises $40 Million Ahead Of Global Expansion
Feds To Allow Firms To Release Data On NSA Requests
AT&T Posts Strong Q4 Profits But Loses 27% Of Customers
Google Releases Chrome-Based Lego Set
Nintendo Denies Smartphone Software Rumor
Silicon Valley Is Now Public Enemy #1, And We Have Only Ourselves To Blame



SPORTS
Knicks Win Third Straight With Celtics Rout

Carmelo Anthony scores 24; four other Knicks in double figures too

NY 114, Boston 88: early-season rout avenged


Spezza Scores In Third As Sens Edge Blue Jackets

College Athletes Take Steps To Form Labor Union


Bruins Rout Panthers 6-2

Rockets Rally For 97-90 Win Over Spurs

Predators Edge Jets 4-3

Jimmie Johnson Shocked, Supports Potential Chase Changes

Leafs Post 3-2 Win Against Lightning

Anthony Rendon Is Ready For 2014



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Zooey Deschanel Teams Up With Tommy Hilfiger

From Zooey, To Tommy: not a love note, but a clothing line

They say they’re flirty but they look nicely modest to me

Toni Braxton Buys $3 Million Mansion Just Six Months After Bankruptcy

Rosie O’Donnell Returns To “The View” As Guest Seven Years After Bitter Exit

Bieber To Be Arraigned February 14

Miley Cyrus, Madonna Performing Together For Miley’s “MTV Unplugged” Special


Kanye West Settles With LA Beating Victim

“Captain America 3” Takes Shape At Marvel

Vin Diesel’s One-Man Dance Party To Katy Perry Jam

John Noble, Lyndie Greenwood Promoted To Regulars On “Sleepy Hollow”

Alyson Hannigan Cries When Saying Goodbye To “How I Met Your Mother” Husband Jason Segel

Will Guy Ritchie Pull Sword From Stone After All And Make King Arthur Movie At Warner Brothers?

George Clooney’s Reddit AMA: The Ten Best Questions And Answers



FOREIGNERS
India Raises Interest Rates To Stem Inflation
Putin: We Stand By Ukraine Commitments
Are Queen Elizabeth’s Advisers Wasting Money While Palaces Crumble?
Pope Francis Makes The Cover Of Rolling Stone
Trierweiler: Outside Forces Killed My Marriage
Indian Court Refuses To Review Gay Sex Ban
HK Tycoon’s Lesbian Daughter Pens Open Letter To Dad: Stop Trying To Buy Me A Husband
South African Opposition Groups Merge Ahead Of Vote
Karzai Suspects US Is Behind Recent Insurgent Attacks
Turkish PM Delivers Speech As Ten Foot Tall Hologram
GCHQ Chief, Buffeted By Snowden Leaks, To Step Down



BLOGS & STUFF
First Street Journal: Looks To Me Like Someone Else Needs To Go To Jail
Doug Powers: CNN Host Apologizes For Making It Look Like Hillary Is Laughing About Benghazi
Twitchy: Is This The Most Unsettling Part Of President Sham-Wow’s SOTU Speech?
Moe Lane: NYT – TREMBLE, Mortals, At The Power Of The Koch Artillery War-Zeppelin! (N.B.: He’s taking volunteers for crew in the comments. ^_^)
American Power: “America’s Most Successful Communist” Trending At Memeorandum
American Thinker: Guns Don’t Kill People, Democrats Kill People
Blackfive: Snowden, The Government, And You
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: From The Comments At Talking Points Memo
The Necropolitan Sentinel: Obamacare Watch – The GOP Alternative
Conservatives4Palin: McCain, Palin, And The Difference Between Support And Agreement
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, January 28
Jammie Wearing Fools: Historic! Record Number Of Americans To Ignore King Obama’s Rant
Joe For America: Christian Grammy Nominee Natalie Grant Walks Out On The Awards Show
JustOneMinute: I’m Not Having A Senior Moment, I’m Just Accessing My Vast Database
Pat Dollard: ICE Officers Plead With GOP To Stand Up To Obama
Protein Wisdom: The Price Of Liberal Cosmopolitanism
Shot In The Dark: What Could Go Wrong?
The Jawa Report: Muslims Massacred At Mosque By Christian Extremists
The Lonely Conservative: Obama’s Ambassador To PRC Admits “I’m No Real Expert On China”
This Ain’t Hell: Pelosi Has Brain Fart, Complains “We Did Not Treat President Bush This Way”
Megan McArdle: Not All Democrats Want A Higher Minimum Wage


Comments

4 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE: 01.29.14”

  1. Political Rift » LIVE AT FIVE: 01.29.14
    January 29th, 2014 @ 5:05 am

    […] Wombat-socho – compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS President Ignores Obamacare Stumbles While Taunting GOP As […]

  2. LIVE AT FIVE: 01.29.14 : The Other McCain | Dead Citizen's Rights Society
    January 29th, 2014 @ 7:30 am

    […] LIVE AT FIVE: 01.29.14 : The Other McCain […]

  3. NeoWayland
    January 29th, 2014 @ 7:59 am

    All hail the Imperious Leader, the semi-awesome and not-so-mighty emperor wanna-be who might rate a footnote in the history books on how to hide an economic depression.

    If he eats all his vegetables, that is.

  4. From the Comments at Talking Points Memo | Blackmailers Don't Shoot
    January 29th, 2014 @ 3:03 pm

    […] Update: Thanks to Robert Stacy McCain, Erick Erickson and everyone else who blasted this out on Twitter. Also linked in Wombat-socho’s Live at 5. […]