LIVE AT FIVE: 08.20.14

Posted on | August 20, 2014 | 6 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

TOP NEWS
52 Arrested, Two Shot; Four Officers Injured In Ferguson

Tonight’s news priorities

93% of those arrested not from Ferguson; 27% not from Missouri
Peaceful protesters plead with people on the streets to go home
Gov. Nixon refuses to remove county prosecutor

Nigeria Scrambles To Contain Ebola
President Jonathan declares national emergency

Egyptian Talks Fruitless As Gaza Truce Broken By Heavy Fighting
Hamas fires rockets, Israel responds with airstrikes

POLITICS
GOPe Favorite Dan Sullivan Holds Early Lead In Alaska Senate Primary

Sullivan, Joe Miller, and Mead Treadwell

With 20% of precincts reporting, it’s Sullivan 40%, Miller 33%, Treadwell 24%

Texas Judge Refuses To Issue Arrest Warrant For Gov. Perry

Suit Claims White House Meddling In Records Requests

LA Schools Ease Discipline To Stem Dropouts

Louisiana Judge Rules Against Gov. Jindal In Common Core Lawsuit

Staten Island DA To Convene Grand Jury In Eric Garner Chokehold Death

Army General Accused Of Blocking Afghan Hospital Probe

Poll: Common Core Standards Losing Support Nationwide

THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Holds Near 14-Month Low On Plentiful Supply: WTI $94.97, Brent $101.07
Asian Stocks Steady On Robust US Data; Dollar Extends Gains
Apple Stock Soars To Record Highs Amid New Product Optimism
Home Depot Profits Jump In Second Quarter
Consumer Prices Edge Up 0.1% In July
Corn, Soy Ease As US Crop Tour Sees Bumper Yields
HTC Releases Windows Version Of One M8 Phone
Sprint Launches $100 Family Plan
Google Courts Controversy With Accounts Aimed At Children
One Big Tablet For Children To Share
Snapchat In Talks To Expand Services

SPORTS
Andrew McCutcheon Returns From DL, Pirates Lose Anyway

The Pirates star: outstanding in his field

Buccos’ skid reaches seven games after 11-3 beatdown from Braves

Gee Loses Fifth Straight As A’s Top Mets 6-2

Fish Edge Rangers In Extras, 4-3

Iwakuma Blanks Phillies For 8, Mariners Win 5-2

Carter Hits Three-Run Dinger In Ninth; Astros Beat Yanks 7-4

Tribe Tops Twins 7-5

O’s Dominate White Sox, Now 20 Games Over .500

Nats Streak Reaches Eight With Rout Of Snakes

FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
I conic Announcer Don Pardo Dies At 96

Dominick George Pardo, 1918-2014: RIP

Probably most famous for 38 years as announcer on “Saturday Night Live”

Benedict Cumberbatch Joins “Jungle Book” For Warner Brothers

Kevin Smith And Johnny Depp Team For Action-Adventure “Yoga Hosers”

Julianne Hough Returns To “Dancing With The Stars” As Judge

Jennifer Lopez And Casper Smart Together Again?

NFL Looking For Acts To Pay To Play Super Bowl Halftime Show

Billy Crudup, Ezra Miller, Michael Angarano To Star In “Stanford Prison Experiment”

We Can Blame TLC For Kate Gosselin’s Continued Notoriety

Taylor Swift Announces New Album, Performs Single “Shake It Off”

“Agents Of SHIELD” Enlists Adrienne Palicki As Marvel Favorite Mockingbird

FOREIGNERS
Kidnapped Journalist James Foley Apparently Executed By ISIS
Pakistan Crisis Puts Army Back In The Driver’s Seat
Landslides Kill 27 In Hiroshima
Pakistan’s Ambassador To India Defends Meeting Kashmiri Separatists
Advancing Ukraine Troops Take Fight To Heart Of Separatist Rebellion
UN Announces Emergency Aid For 500,000 In Northern Iraq
Chinese Media Cautiously Optimistic On Vatican Ties
Boko Haram’s Janissaries
NATO To Shun Eastern Troop Buildup In Nod To Russia
Kasem Family Pleads With Norway To Deny Wife’s Burial Request

BLOGS & STUFF
First Street Journal: We Don’t Know Enough For Informed Commentary, But We Do Know Al Sharpton Is Despicable
Doug Powers: AP Headline Perfectly Encapsulates Obama’s Presidency
Twitchy: State Assemblyman Declines Lunch With Mexican President To Protest Tahmooressi Captivity
Popehat: Crowdsourcing Justice – Help Get Brett Kimberlin Declared A Vexatious Litigant (h/t Joy McCann on Facebook)
American Power: ISIS Beheads James Foley In Warning To Obama
American Thinker: Obama’s Rage
BLACKFIVE: Religion Of Pieces
Conservatives4Palin: Sharyl Attkisson – Obama Released Over 600 Illegals With Criminal Convictions
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, August 19
Jammie Wearing Fools: Illiterates Rally In Ferguson – “This Is Not The Time For No Peace”
Joe For America: Trampling On Coal Country Families
JustOneMinute: The NYT (Finally) Opposes The Perry Indictment
Protein Wisdom: Harry Reid Finds That He May Not Be Eaten Last After All!
Shot In The Dark: Trulbert! Part VI: Currency Events
STUMP: Escheatment – Looking For Change In The Couch Cushions
The Gateway Pundit: Officer Wilson Suffered Blowout Fracture To Eye Socket During Mike Brown Attack
The Jawa Report: Brightstar Energy Creates Bird Death Star
The Lonely Conservative: Not One State Has Seen Employment Increase Since Recession Began
This Ain’t Hell: Bayonets? Really?
Weasel Zippers: Bill Maher Hits Fellow Libs For “Pretending All Religions Are Alike” After Foley Beheading
Megan McArdle: Coming To Your Dinner Table – California’s Drought

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Comments

6 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE: 08.20.14”

smitty
August 20th, 2014 @ 5:59 am

Yep, they shortened a journo. Junk just got real.

Not to go belittling the tragic death at hand; rather, the double standard surrounding People Who Matter.
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Wombat_socho
August 20th, 2014 @ 2:13 pm

You got my point, as I knew you would.
Dennis Mahon
August 20th, 2014 @ 9:05 pm

Last night on ABC World News, I saw Diane Sawyer refer to ISIS as “Barbarians” ( the 1st time I’ve seen a MSM personality do so), and all I could think was – “Oh, sure, *Now* you think they’re “barbarians”…”

Like smitty said: the double standard surrounding People Who Matter.

And the sad fact is – most people never catch wise.
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