The Other McCain

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LIVE AT FIVE – 05.16.11

TOP NEWS Euro Slumps To Seven-Month Low As IMF Head Arrested Not the first time Strauss-Kahn has had female trouble, either; chances of defeating Sarkozy as Socialist candidate next April now pretty much zero unless he’s cleared of rape charges Lebanon Complains To UN After Border Protests Result In Ten Dead, 112 Wounded Palestinians shot […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 05.13.11

TOP NEWS Pakistan Army Chief Alleged To Resist US Demands More proof that Pakistan isn’t a country with its own army, it’s an army with a country attached Suicide Bombers Kill 70 Outside Pakistani Paramilitary Base Recruits for Frontier Constabulary targeted Levee Inspectors Hunt For Stealthy Leaks Along Mississippi Inspectors keeping a wary eye out […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 05.12.11

TOP NEWS Whose Side Is Pakistan’s ISI On? A good look into the murky, sometimes two-faced Pakistani intelligence agency Jury Scuttle “Jolly Raj-er” Galleon Group founder  convicted of insider trading Flood’s Crest Delivers Fresh Misery In Mississippi Nine of the eleven counties affected in Mississippi have poverty rates of 27% or more POLITICS Gingrich Courts […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 05.11.11

TOP NEWS Flooded Mississippi Taking Aim At Delta River likely to devastate poorest part of country with record-high floodwaters Obama’s Immigration Speech Offers Nothing New “Big policy speech” offers no new proposals, no new legislation, and no idea how he’s going to win over a hostile Republican majority in the House Syrian Army Shells Homs, […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 05.10.11

TOP NEWS SEALs Ready To Fight If Pakistan Got In The Way New York Times report liable to further aggravate US-Paki tensions; in other news, US may get access to Bin Laden’s wives for questioning Mississippi Expected To Crest Today At 48 Feet In Memphis Beale Street, Graceland, Sun Studios, other landmarks safe Senate GOP […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 05.09.11

TOP NEWS In Wake Of Bin Laden Raid, The Heat Is On In Pakistan Maybe we already know who helped hide Osama in plain sight. Maybe we don’t. But it sure looks like we’re going to push Pakistan into telling us. Floods Along The Mississippi Lead To Calls For New Strategies “For decades we’ve treated […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 05.06.11

TOP NEWS Herman Cain Makes Splash At First GOP Debate Pollster Frank Luntz gobsmacked by focus group’s response to Cain Al Qaeda Plotted 9/11 Anniversary Attack On US Rail System Planes, automobiles and then trains? Deficit Reduction Talks Sidestep Medicare, Taxes Democrats and Republicans agree to focus on areas of potential compromise POLITICS Air Force […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 05.05.11

TOP NEWS Signs Point To Pakistan/Al-Qaeda Link Suspicion Falls On Pakistani Intel Service; Links Between ISI and Other Muslim Terrorist Groups Cited; Did ISI Factions Help OBL Hide In Plain Sight? First GOP Presidential Debate Missing Key Players Tim Pawlenty only participant regarded as serious contender Engineers To Blow Third Hole In Levee As Floods […]

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