The Other McCain

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LIVE AT FIVE: 12.10.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Obama, Boehner Go Mano A Mano Sunday meeting apparently without result Morsi Annulls Controversial Decree Opposition calls for more protests after demand for vote postponement rejected Race To Replace Bloomberg Picks Up Speed Lots of hype, lots of secrecy, only two declared candidates so far POLITICS House Democrats Push […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.07.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Egypt Braces For Protests As Morsi Calls For Talks Five dead, hundreds hurt in rioting Senator DeMint Resigns To Head Heritage Foundation “I’m leaving the Senate now, but I’m not leaving the fight.” Pearl Harbor Was In Flames, And Utah Pilot Was Alone In The Sky Colonel Emmett Davis, […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.06.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS TurboTax Timmy Says Administration “Absolutely” Willing To Go Over Fiscal Cliff White House adamant that the top tax rate must be raised Syrian Loyalists Load Nerve Agent Into Bombs Military awaiting Assad’s order Software Pioneer John McAfee Arrested In Guatemala Held for illegal entry; will be extradited to Belize […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.04.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Republican $4.6 Trillion Fiscal Cliff Counter-proposal Rejected Proposal based on Simpson-Bowles committee concepts, though Bowles disclaims parentage Obama Warns Assad Against Using Nerve Gas On Rebels “There will be consequences and you will be held accountable.” Duchess Of Cambridge Pregnant, Palace Confirms Wills & Kate expecting first child; Kate […]

LIVE AT FIVENINE: 12.03.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Fiscal Cliff Brinksmanship Goes To 11 Speaker Boehner condemns White House plan as “non-serious” PRC, Russia Press Norks To Scuttle Rocket Launch Russians cite UNSC prohibition on missile launches OK, France, Sweden Summon Israeli Ambassadors Over Settlement Expansion UK may withdraw ambassador from Tel Aviv consulate POLITICS Obama Golfs […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 11.30.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Obama’s Unbalanced Approach: All Tax Hikes, Zero Spending Cuts Doesn’t understand that he can’t have his revenue enhancement pudding until he eats his spending cuts meat UN General Assembly Votes Non-Member State Status For Palestine Haaretz blames the JooooosIsraeli FM Lieberman Egyptian Islamists Fast-Track Draft Constitution Enshrines Sharia law […]

LIVE AT FIVESIX: 11.29.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Obama Flexible On Top Tax Rates? Susan Collins Latest Stumbling Block For Rice Nomination Moderate GOP Senator not satisfied with UN ambassador’s answers on Benghazi Abbas Seeks Statehood For Palestinian Authority Would change UN status from “entity” to “non-member state” POLITICS Congressional Democrats’ Hispanic Caucus Rejects GOP Proposals On […]

LIVE AT FIVESIX: 11.28.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Ayotte: No Answers On Benghazi? No New SecState Backed by Graham, insists nobody involved in Benghazi debacle will get new job until the Senate has answers Administration Shifts From Negotiations To Brute Force Obama campaign being revved up again to press for higher taxes Marvin Miller Dead At 95 […]

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