LIVE AT FIVE: 03.12.14

Posted on | March 12, 2014 | 9 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

TOP NEWS
CIA Pushes Back Against Senate Spying Accusations

CIA director Brennan denies agency hacked Senate computers

Senator Feinstein Takes Feud With CIA Public

Cold War Media Tactics Fuel Ukraine Crisis
Former Soviet Agitprop worker Atbashian sees echoes of Cold War in Ukraine debate

Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 Search Widens
Passengers carrying stolen passports identified

POLITICS
David Jolly Says Obamacare Frustration A Factor In Special Election Win

The new Republican Congressman from Pinellas County, Florida

Tops Democrat Alex Sink 49-47, Libertarian candidate gets 5%

Administration Lagging Far Behind Obamacare Enrollment Goals

General Sinclair Won’t Plead Guilty If He Winds Up On Sex Offender Registry, Defense Says

Vermont Lawmaker’s Proposal To Tax Both Plastic And Paper Bags Draws Fire

Records Show Dead Michigan Woman Voted In 2010 Election

Activist Tied To Muslim Brotherhood To Host Fundraiser For Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.)

THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Crude Prices Fall For A Third Day As US Stockpiles Expand: NYMEX $99.52, Brent $108.17
S&P 500 Falls From Record Levels, Commodities Slump
JCP Writing Feel-Good Sequel?
Trade Battle Ferments Over European Cheese
Asian Stocks Give Ground, Copper Takes A Spill
Mens’ Wearhouse Buys Joseph A. Bank
Plug Power Shares Soar On Walmart Deal
Happy Birthday, Internet!
Dong Nguyen Considering Resurrecting “Flappy Bird”
Sprint Owner’s New Appeal For T-Mobile Merger
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Gets Goodreads, Parental Controls In Update
Want To Play Tetris On A Skyscraper?

SPORTS
No Place Like Home: Pens Blank Caps At Consol 2-0

Crosby brings the puck up the ice

Pittsburgh sweeps home & home series as well as season series from fading Capitals

Durant, Westbrook Lead Thunder Past Rockets

Hall Lifts Oilers Over Wild In Shootout

Lakers To Announce Kobe Bryant Done For The Year

Stars Beat Blues In OT After Dedicating Game To Ailing Peverley

NASCAR To Allow Cooling Units In Qualifiers

Vrbata Leads Coyotes To 3-1 Win Over Panthers

Nationals Edge Yankees 3-2 At Space Coast Stadium

FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
“Hogan’s Heroes” Actress Cynthia Lynn Dies, 76

Pictured with (now) sole survivor of cast, Robert Clary (Cpl. LeBeau), Lynn played Colonel Klink’s secretary Helga

Cause of death: multiple organ failure

Unspeakable Armenian Crashes Car In Beverly Hills

Juan Pablo: Worst “Bachelor” Ever?

“Game Of Thrones” TV Show Creators Already Know How Book Series Ends

Tilda Swinton Tweaks Putin At SXSW

“Glamour” Puts Lena Dunham On Cover. Ugh.

Chelsea Handler Sticks It To Piers Morgan

Jason Sudeikis In Talks To Star As Fletch In “Fletch Won”

Britney Spears Plans Attention-Getting Wedding At Graceland

Ed Helms To Star In Comedy “Epic Fail” For Lionsgate

Lorde Responds To Taylor Swift Lesbian Joke, Slams Radio Host After Ellen DeGeneres Comparison

Miley Cyrus Performs In Her Underwear After Missing Costume Change During Milwaukee Show

FOREIGNERS
UN: Front Companies, Embassies Mask Nork Weapons Trade
Turkey Tense Ahead Of Funeral For Teenage Boy Killed By Police During Anti-Regime Riots
Russia Calls US Aid To Ukraine In Crimea Standoff Illegal
Spate Of Reports Sounds New Alarm On Syria’s Humanitarian Crisis
Harper Piecing Together Markets To Diversify Trade Away From US
Indian Maoists Kill 16 Policemen
Pakistani Court Hearing Musharraf Treason Trial Adjourns
Bachelet Sworn In Again As Chile’s President
Haitians Sue UN Over Cholera Epidemic
Swedish Journalist Gunned Down In Central Kabul
El Salvador Conservatives March to Demand Recount

BLOGS & STUFF
First Street Journal: Ain’t Karma A Bitch?
Doug Powers: Climate Emergency – Global Warming Has Raised Ocean Level So Much, Cory Booker Can No Longer Drive To Hawaii
Twitchy: “Insensitive Morons” – Progress Texas Touts Sleazy Photoshops Of Paraplegic Greg Abbott
The Quinton Report: The Sun Sets On Red Maryland
American Power: Seizing Additional Bases, Russia Cements Control In Crimea
American Thinker: Breeders – How Gay Men Destroyed The Left
Blackfive: If You Are a GWOT Vet Or Know One, Read This
Conservatives4Palin: “What Is Lois Hiding?”
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, March 11
Jammie Wearing Fools: De Blasio Facing Three Lawsuits Over Attempt To Shut Down Charter Schools
Joe For America: Is Facebook Censoring Conservative Content?
JustOneMinute: Upcoming Obamacare Waivers
Pat Dollard: Issa Releases Damning Report On Lois Lerner
Protein Wisdom: McConnell To Tea Partiers – Kneel Before Zod!
Shot In The Dark: Everyone’s A Minstrel
Stump: Obamacare Watch – Holding Them To It
The Jawa Report: Libyan Civil War Not Quite Over
The Lonely Conservative: Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) Claims He Drove To Hawaii
This Ain’t Hell: Who Is On TSO’s Kindle – Fantasy Edition
Megan McArdle: February’s Middling News For Obamacare

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Comments

9 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE: 03.12.14”

Frankly Bored
March 12th, 2014 @ 8:51 am

Meanwhile, back in Vanuatu…
http://gizmodo.com/this-drone-footage-of-an-erupting-volcano-is-absolutely-1541975488
Finrod Felagund
March 12th, 2014 @ 9:33 am

Today is not the 25th anniversary of the Internet– it’s the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web. (I was on the Internet before the web.)
Finrod Felagund
March 12th, 2014 @ 9:34 am

I saw on the Weather Channel bottom line scroll that a tropical storm hit Vanuatu, killing one. Haven’t found a story to link to about it yet, though.
Wombat_socho
March 12th, 2014 @ 10:17 am

I link, you deride. 😉
You are correct, though; I myself remember a day when it was all e-mail and gopher and the images were all binary files.
Neo
March 12th, 2014 @ 11:27 am

There are some claims that some mesenging services are still showing the smartphones of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 as active.
Finrod Felagund
March 12th, 2014 @ 4:17 pm

Sorry for my tone, it’s just that confusing a piece of the Internet for the whole thing has been a long-standing pet peeve with me. (Along with assumptions that everyone runs Windows, or is on Facebook, or insert trendy thing here.)
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March 12th, 2014 @ 10:54 pm

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Neo
March 13th, 2014 @ 10:36 am

The DOJ is opening a criminal investigation of an ignition switch problem related to early 2000 GM cars.

I have to ask .. can the 2001-2007 GM be subject to criminal prosecution ?

According to the terms of TARP, the result of the reorganization is not subject to review by the courts. The liabilities of 2001-2007 GM have be quantified by the TARP settlement (however lousy it is).

DOJ has no say at this point regarding a new civil settlement. That can only be done by Barack Obama.

But does that also apply to criminal activity that might generate a “fine” or legal fees ?

Given the President’s position, does DOJ have a conflict-of-interest ?

Did the government know they might sue GM (the NTSB, a government agency, knew about the problem in 2007) when they sold securities of the new GM to on the stock market ? This might be fraud .. like what DOJ is prosecuting now with Wall Street firms who sold tainted securities to clients, but this would be fraud by the government.
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