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LIVE AT FIVE: 12.31.15

Posted on | December 31, 2015 | 11 Comments

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TOP NEWS
FLOODING THREATENS I-55 NEAR ST. LOUIS

Homes in West Alton, Missouri, surrounded by floodwaters

Officials prepare for possible shutdown amid historic flooding


Donald Trump On The 2016 Race: It’s War
Assails former President Clinton over infidelities, alleged sexual misconduct


Enrique Marquez Indicted By Grand Jury
Accused of false statements on weapon purchase forms, helping plan terror attacks



POLITICS
MAN CHARGED WITH HOUSTON MOSQUE FIRE CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN DEVOUT ATTENDEE

Gary Moore, arrested Wednesday, is charged with first-degree arson

Imam claims to be unfamiliar with Moore, who attended services at the mosque earlier on the day of the fire

Push For Article V Convention Energized By Rubio Backing

Obama Sets Record For New Rules In 2015

Cruz Campaign Raises $20 Million In 4th Quarter

Bush Campaign Redeploys Majority Of Staff To Early Primary States


Ailes, Drudge, And Limbaugh Among Most Influential People In Political News Media

CAIR Passes Off Bacon Prank As Hate Crime; FBI Offers $5000 Reward For Information

Rep. Trey Gowdy Endorses Marco Rubio



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Ends 2015 On Downbeat Note: Brent $36.60, WTI $36.70
Puerto Rico Avoids Loan Default By Dipping Into Cash Reserves
Largest Container Ship In The World Unloads At Port Of Los Angeles
The World Economy’s Winners And Losers, 2015 Edition
Pending U.S. Home Sales Drop Again In November
Asian Markets Flat On Final Trading Day Of 2015
AT&T Ending Most Two-Year Phone Contracts On January 8
Facebook’s Controversial Free Basics Program Shuts Down In Egypt
Microsoft Will Warn E-mail Users About Suspected Attacks By Government Hackers
Debian Founder Ian Murdock Dies At 42 In Unclear Circumstances
India’s Mobile Phone User Base Rises Above 1 Billion



SPORTS
ESPN Hoping For Big Numbers From New Year’s Eve College Football Playoffs

ESPN’s College Gameday crew in Fargo, Sept. 13

Sports network hopes to take over NYE the way the NFL owns Thanksgiving and the NBA wants to own Christmas

Leafs Edge Pens 3-2 In Shootout

Kobe Bryant’s Double Double Downs Celtics In His Boston Finale

Stinking Badgers Edge USC In Holiday Bowl 23-21

Magic Top Nyets, 100-93

Caps Pound Sabres Late For 5-2 Win

Nats Still Looking For OF/CF – The Return Of Denard Span?



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
MARRIAGE NOT A HIGH PRIORITY FOR HILARY DUFF

Redbook’s February cover girl is ready to be a single mom again, maybe

“It’s hard to say that you really can have it all … You’re missing out on something, either on the career or on the family. When I’m really busy with work, I feel extremely guilty,”

Bill Cosby Arrested For Sexual Assault, Free On $1 Million Bail



Dave Grohl Inks Up To Honor Lemmy Kilmister

Girls Under Ten Having Sex Found In Mark Salling’s Computer

Nicki Minaj Goes Bowling With Brother Accused Of Rape

Gwen And Blake Expecting A Baby?

Bruce Jenner Settles Lawsuit From Fatal Crash

Leonardo DiCaprio Reveals Why He Didn’t Take The Role Of Anakin Skywalker

Goldie Hawn On Life In NYC At 19



FOREIGNERS
Daesh Bomb Attacks Kill 16 In Kurdish-Controlled Syrian City
Brussels Cancels NYE Festivities Over Terror Threat
UN Refugee Agency Says Over One Million Migrants Took Sea Route To Europe
Heavy Rains, Strong Winds Continue To Pound Ulster, Scotland
UK Terrorist Couple Wannabees Given Life Sentences For 7/7 Anniversary Bomb Plot
Power To Name Polish State Media Chiefs Passes To Ruling Party
Freakish Weather Around The World – It’s Warmer At The North Pole Than In Chicago
Nigerian President Willing To Negotiate With Boko Haram For Chibok Girls
Freed Afghan Village Reveals Key To Taliban Success
Merkel Warns Germans Against Refugee Hate In New Year’s Speech



BLOGS & STUFF
EBL: #HillaryClintonHealthProblems
Louder With Crowder: 2015 – The Year Liberalism Imploded
The Political Hat: And Public Schools Are His Prophet
Michelle Malkin: Cruz/Sessions Bill Would Stop Sneaky Obama Sabotage Of Skilled U.S. Workers
Twitchy: Obama Family Rings Up Estimated $70 Million In Vacation Expenses

American Power: Voters Seek Vengeance Against Obama’s “Fundamental Transformation Of America”
American Thinker: The Obamacare Wolf, Scratching At Your Door
BLACKFIVE: A National Shame
Conservatives4Palin: The Worst Of MSNBC, 2015
Don Surber: That 90s Campaign!
Jammie Wearing Fools: Of Course – Fight Breaks Out At Newark Anti-Violence Rally
Joe For America: Pesky Facts About Hate Crimes And The Religion Of Peace
JustOneMinute: Trump Plays The “Bill’s A Predator” Card
Pamela Geller: German Anti-Islamization Group’s Anthem Dethrones Adele From Top Spot On Music Charts
Protein Wisdom: Houston Mosque Set On Fire By…Wait For It…Muslim Attendee
Shot In The Dark: The “Honesty” Cult
The Gateway Pundit: Bakery’s Bank Accounts Seized For Refusing To Bake Gay Wedding Cake
The Jawa Report: Extreme “Right Wing Fundamentalists” Ostracize Feminist For Breastfeeding In Public
The Lonely Conservative: Eighteen Things That Became Racist In 2015
This Ain’t Hell: Three Marines Saving The World Near Detroit
Weasel Zippers: Biggest Paper In Germany Reports Government-Ordered Cover-up Of Migrant Crime, 1.1 Million Refugees Taken In
Megan McArdle: Sanders’ And Clinton’s Fake Middle Class
Mark Steyn: Societal Stockholm Syndrome


I’m going to be out tomorrow night getting hammered and have similar plans for New Year’s Day, so Live at Five will be on hiatus until Monday.
Happy New Year!


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Comments

11 Responses to “LIVE AT FIVE: 12.31.15”

  1. WarEagle82
    December 31st, 2015 @ 9:09 am

    How long before the MSM starts referring to Enrique Marquez as a “White Hispanic?”

  2. CaptDMO
    December 31st, 2015 @ 9:17 am

    Gosh, that whole Reichstag fire thing is soooooo yesterday….
    Except Iran, I guess nobody got the memo.

  3. CrustyB
    December 31st, 2015 @ 11:10 am

    MAN CHARGED WITH HOUSTON MOSQUE FIRE CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN DEVOUT ATTENDEE

    To paraphrase ExJon:

    “I’m so sick and tired of white Christians committing crimes against…oh, it was a Muslim? Well, hey, let’s not judge an entire race or religion here!”

  4. Wombat_socho
    December 31st, 2015 @ 4:52 pm

    Fuck Salon, seriously.

  5. Wombat_socho
    December 31st, 2015 @ 4:52 pm

    Probably never, since he was working with those innocent Muslims who prematurely reacted to the backlash and snapped…or some such bullshit.

  6. Matt_SE
    January 1st, 2016 @ 11:49 am

    “Imam claims to be unfamiliar with Moore, who attended services at the mosque earlier on the day of the fire.”

    And THIS is why you don’t hear more backlash from the “moderate” Muslim community. They are insular and xenophobic, and do not generally cooperate with law enforcement.
    I’ll bet the imam knew every single member by name.

  7. Daniel Freeman
    January 1st, 2016 @ 4:51 pm

    It’s literally against their “religion” to say anything to an infidel that would cast Islam or a Muslim in a bad light. If he hadn’t done taqiyya (lying jihad), he would’ve been apostate.

  8. Daniel Freeman
    January 1st, 2016 @ 5:04 pm

    I’ve come to the conclusion that you can either be a good American or a good Muslim, but not both. They’re fundamentally incompatible if practiced as originally intended, because Islam demands submission, and America was founded on rebellion.

    I’ve decided that we should give every American Muslim a choice: leave, recant or die. Any who refuse to either leave or recant is clearly a soldier, including the women and children, invading the Dar al-harb. They can go back to the Dar al-Islam, or recant or die.

  9. Daniel Freeman
    January 1st, 2016 @ 5:04 pm

    I’ve come to the conclusion that you can either be a good American or a good Muslim, but not both. They’re fundamentally incompatible if practiced as originally intended, because Islam demands submission, and America was founded on rebellion.

    I’ve decided that we should give every American Muslim a choice: leave, recant or die. Any who refuse to either leave or recant is clearly a soldier, including the women and children, invading the Dar al-harb. They can go back to the Dar al-Islam, or recant or die.

  10. Wombat_socho
    January 1st, 2016 @ 9:46 pm

    Remember when Ann Coulter got thrown out of NR for proposing this? I’m beginning to think she was just ahead of the curve.

  11. Daniel Freeman
    January 1st, 2016 @ 10:45 pm

    No, I was not paying attention back then. But yeah, if she was saying it before, then ahead of the curve.

    I have some friends that I hope will recant. Great guys (because they’re apostate).