Select every second clip in Premiere Pro
When I'm editing my YouTube videos, my footage comprises silence, then a shot I want, then silence, then a shot I want, etc.  I do this as follows:


Select the whole clip.
Click on the timeline where I want to cut.
Press Ctrl-K to cut there.
Press Shit-Delete to delete the first part of clip.
Click on the clip again to select it.
Click on the timeline where I want to cut.
Press Ctrl-K to cut there.
Click on the clip to the right.
Click on the timeline where I want to cut.
Press Ctrl-K to cut there.
Press Shift-Delete to delete the clip to the left (the currently-selected clip).
Repeat.


This isn't exactly what you want, but it sounds as though our workflows are similar.  I just delete the clips I don't want as I'm making my cuts, by using Shift-Delete.