The Other McCain

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

LIVE AT FIVE – 12.07.10

TOP NEWS President Plays “Let’s Make A Deal” With GOP On Tax Rates Bush tax rates extended two years, unemployment benefits extended 13 months Australian PM Waiting For Police Advice on Assange Refuses comment on cable contents Press Thinks Appeals Court Supports Gay Marriage But no clear proof to support/contradict that from today’s hearing POLITICS […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 12.06.10

TOP NEWS Wikileaks Founder Threatens To Taunt U.S. A Second Time Claims to have 1.3 GB of unredacted files ready to be released Tax Deal Could Have Something For Everyone Reduced tax rates for all taxpayers likely to be extended in return for more unemployment funding Prop 8 Goes Back To Court Today Ninth Circuit […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 12.03.10

TOP NEWS House Votes 333-79 To Censure Rangel For Ethics Violations Long history of violations weighed heavily against him Lame Duck  Congress Does Tax Bill Kabuki Symbolic vote by House to preserve tax rates for lower & middle-class taxpayers unlikely to pass Senate Troopers Report Slow But Steady Progress In Clearing NY State Thruway Highway […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 12.02.10

TOP NEWS Senate GOP: No More Bills Until Bush Tax Rates Extended All 42 Republican senators commit to blocking action until rates extended Data Show Fed Loaned Billions To Megacorps, Foreign Banks Specifics on who got the money not revealed until now Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Presses PRC On Korean Crisis Admiral […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 12.01.10

TOP NEWS Wikileaks Head Makes Interpol’s Most Wanted List Apparently can’t take “no” for an answer in bed either White House, GOP Leaders Hopeful About Deal On Bush Tax Rates After Meeting Something for everyone on budget, tax issues? DoD Study Claims Few Drawbacks To Dropping DADT Resistance to policy change is highest in Marines, […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 11.30.10

TOP NEWS U.S. Fears Iran Has Nork IRBMs, Russians Call BS Wikileaks document dump reveals disagreement over Iranian missile program Assange To Be Indicted Under Espionage Act? WW1-era law doesn’t apply just to U.S. citizens U.S., Japan Reject PRC Calls For Resumption of Six-Power Talks Foreign Minister Maehara: “It’s unacceptable for us to hold six-party […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 11.29.10

TOP NEWS ROK President Lee Warns Norks Against Further Attacks PRC calls for emergency talks to defuse rapidly deteriorating situation Hackers Crash Wikileaks Servers One wonders who the hackers might have been working for. Friends Stunned By Portland Terrorism Arrest Also, why Portland? Ireland Agrees To EU, IMF Terms For Bailout Cash reserves, pension funds […]

LATE AT EIGHT — 11.26.10

Apologies to readers for the non-appearance of “Live at Five,” as Wombat found himself spending the holidays at the home of relatives in Luray, Va., who don’t have WiFi. Also, Wombat is suffering from a cold, if you want to send him get-well wishes. I’ll be aggregating headlines here in the meantime. — RSM TOP NEWS South […]

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