Thursday with the Wombat

News and other interesting bits recycled from Wombat-socho's "Live at Five: 05.07.15"

Tornadoes Rip Central & Western Oklahoma, No reported deaths; 12 injured in trailer park - Tornado season got off to a slow start this year, but it's in the swing now. Don't believe the garbage you hear about it being caused by global whatever they're calling it this week. In recent years, tornadoes are actually down.

Emily Van Camp

Emily Van Camp Returning As Agent 13 In Captain America: Civil War - Captain America was never my favorite Marvel hero; he probably didn't even make the top ten, but she couldn't hurt.

Chicago Approves $5.5 Million In Restitution For Torture Victims, Payout will go to victims of police abuse in the 1970s, 1980s - Remember that democrats have been in charge of Chicago since time began.

IRS Audit Finds Agency Promoted Tax Cheats - At least they understand the rules well enough to game them. We should "promote" them all to the help lines.

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston Considering Mean Girls Spinoff Mean Moms - Ah, the crises of aging actresses.

Clinton’s Bold Immigration Promises Stun Advocates, Baffle White House - Mickey Kaus has a great article: Call it the Caudillo Test: 

It’s no longer enough for a Democratic presidential candidate to pledge to reform immigration laws. You have to pledge to end-run the nation’s elected legislature if it doesn’t go along. Good to know! … P.S.: Hillary appears to have passed the Caudillo Test. Luckily, there is nobody general election voters trust more with unchecked power. Am I right? … P.P.S.: Immigration activists now want Hillary to talk about amnesty as “part of her stump speech” to non-Latino audiences. In early 2015, or late 2016? I wouldn’t bet on the latter. …

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman Has Opinions - Well yes, don't we all? But just because you are mildly cute and stand in front of a camera for a living doesn't mean your's are worth the electrons to transmit.

Boston Bomber’s Defense Wants Anti-Death Penalty Nun To Testify - Wrap him in bacon and fry him in pig fat.

Disgraced Former House Speaker Jim Wright Dies, 92 - His level of corruption seems almost quaint in light of the billion dollar scale of Clinton.com

Asian Crude Falls On Profit-Taking, Ample Inventories: WTI $60.44, Brent $67.31 - Try harder, Saudies; prices are rising here and my boat is thirsty.

The Mindy Project Cancelled On Fox, May Move To Hulu - A show I've never watched featuring a woman I find mildly distasteful, but hey, to each his or her own. It kind of good that options keep proliferating.

The “Keurig For Cocktails” Among Futuristic Startups At TC Disrupt - A mediocre cocktail at 10 times the price made by a robot? I can't contain my excitement.

Whole Foods Plan To Court Millenials - Who has been buying their over-priced food up until now? Oh that's right. Stupid baby boomers.

Prince Harry Gets A Proposal And A Kiss Outside Sydney’s Royal Opera House - It's good to be the King, or even just 5th in line. Stupid job anyway.

Iran Releases Seized Marshall Islands Vessel - But we should have gone in and seized it back, just to make the point.

Bloggy Stuff:

EBL: Cultural Cowardice - Yes it is, and it may kill us,

Shark Tank: Crazy Cousin John Ripe For The Picking? - Could Stacy become "The McCain"?
American Power: Pamela Geller – “This Is A War.” - Will she be our Joan of Arc?
American Thinker: LGBT Undermining Of The Constitution, Culture, And Conservatives - Yes, that's always been the "Underpants Gnome" theory: 1) Destroy civilization, 2) ???????, 3) Nirvana on earth.
Conservatives4Palin: Obama, Soros Group Stategize About Getting Illegals Naturalized Before 2016 - If you didn't know this already, you haven't been paying attention.
Don Surber: Carly Avenges Sarah Palin In Couric Interview - Give 'em hell, Carly.
Jammie Wearing Fools: Clinton Criminal Foundation Accused Of Taking Money From Controversial Group Accused Of “Serious Human Rights Violations” - The only think they saw was "Money;"

Joe For America: Michelle Obama Says “Museums Are Only For White People” - To visit or be exhibited in?

JustOneMinute: I Think Hillary Has Found A Running Mate - Tom Brady? Nope, too honest.
Protein Wisdom: CA AG Kamala Harris’s Aide Arrested For Running Fake Police Force - This story is bizarre beyond the usual California weirdness.
The Gateway Pundit: Shock Video – Radical Imam Tells Pamela Geller On Live TV She Should Be Slaughtered - Religion of Peace, indeed.
Weasel Zippers: VA Employee Steals $150K, Spends It On Hookers And Strippers - At least he didn't waste it.

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