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LIVE AT FIVE – 07.29.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Conservative Resistance Sinks Boehner Plan President Obama threatens default; PRC criticizes Congress Prosecutors Say DNA, Sex Tape Implicate Sect Leader FLDS leader remains silent after discharging attorneys AWOL Soldier Arrested; Planned Attack On Fort Hood Muslim soldier arrested after buying weapons, explosives at Lubbock gun shop Special Ops Commander […]

LATEST: BOEHNER CANCELS VOTE! EARLIER: Pizza Delivery to Boehner’s Office Could Signal an All-Nighter UPDATE: Boehner Yanks Debt-Ceiling Bill at Last Minute! Vote Postponed UPDATE: Sarah Palin Sends Cryptic Message to Republican Freshmen UPDATE: Boehner Now 2 Votes Short?

UPDATE 10:33 p.m. ET: NO VOTE TONIGHT! Boehner couldn’t get enough Republican votes to pass the bill. UPDATE 10:39 p.m. ET: Chad Pegram of Fox News got the word from GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy at 10:24 p.m. ET. UPDATE 10:47 p.m. ET: The Hill: House Republican leaders have postponed indefinitely a vote on Speaker John […]

Bad News, America: NASCAR Is Now Allowing French-Canadian Drivers …

… Good news? She’s a smokin’ hot brunette: Next month, Quebec native Maryeve Dufault will attempt to qualify for the NASCAR Nationwide Series NAPA Auto Parts 200. The race will be Saturday, August 20th at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve road course in Montreal. This will be Dufault’s first race in the Nationwide series. Dufault, 29, […]

Wow. Just … Wow.

Just caught a glimpse of a TV commercial for this new movie and had to grab the full-length HD theatrical trailer: The Devil’s Double — a movie based on the true story of Saddam Hussein’s evil son Uday — hits theaters Friday night, that has been called “Scarface of Arabia.”

Pamela Geller Vindicated, Again, While the LGF Auto-Beclownment Continues

Donald Douglas at American Power has a post about how LGF’s Charles Johnson bullied a Forbes writer into removing a reference in her article to an incontrovertible fact: Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik cited Little Green Footballs in his “manifesto.” Breivik linked LGF 20 times, mostly while quoting anti-jihad blogger “Fjordman,” a former LGF commenter. […]

House Will Vote Today on Revamped Debt-Ceiling Bill; Senate Dems Say ‘No’

Despite the fact that 53 Senate Democrats have signed a letter vowing to vote against it, John Boehner is pushing ahead to bring his budget bill to a vote today in the House of Representatives: The new measure depends on caps on agency budgets to cut more than $900 billion from the deficit over the […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 07.28.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS House GOP Sets Vote On Revamped Boehner Bill Despite Senate Dems stomping their little feet and Obama threatening to hold his breath until he turns blue, the Speaker presses on Tea Party Leaders Cite Member Concerns Over Boehner’s Leadership (Video) Texans Expect Tropical Storm Dan To Bring Rain, Not […]

Dear Rich Liberals …

. . . given that you keep demanding higher taxes to deal with the debt-ceiling crisis, Don Surber offers this helpful suggestion: Write a big fat check to the Treasury and mail the check to: Bureau of the Public Debt P. O. Box 2188 Parkersburg, WV 26106-2188 This money will be used to pay down […]

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