Stories to Watch: 11/1/11

OK, so I've got the widget working. It still needs some CSS tweaks (and probably a complete redesign after that), but it works for now and that's what matters. Thanks to frequent commenter Vet for a very helpful suggestion. So now my problem is that the widget doesn't resize videos. No big deal, really. I've been tagging the Tumblr posts "#blogwire" and only feeding the RSS from those posts to the script. The widget actually allows more than one RSS feed, so I'll make a new tag on Diigo -- probably "videowire" -- and feed that along with the other. Diigo just posts the link and summary, so problem solved. When I put a video post up, look for "VIDEO:" in the headline. Now here's the news...


NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg again shows his Wall Street allegiance by talking bullshit about banks and the mortgage meltdown. To hear Mike tell it, Big Bad Congress marched on Wall Street, put a gun to bankers' heads, and made them bundle up bad debt into toxic assets.


Yes, Rick Perry really is extremely dumb.


As Bank of America drops their debit fee plan, Greg Sargent wonders if the big banks aren't getting a little skittish about Occupy Wall Street.


One of the women Herman Cain is accused of harassing wants to come forward, but is barred from doing so by the settlement agreement.


MF Global, under the leadership of former NJ Gov. and Goldman Sachs CEO Jon Corzine, collapses under the weight of its own fuckedupedness.


It's not really news, but Chick-Fil-A is run by one bigoted individual.


Possible big, big, big trouble for Mittens.


The rich congress critters get richer.


Finally, Solyndra hasn't cut American's appetite for solar energy. Nice try, GOP.

Related articles

• BLOOMBERG: This Could Mean Potentially Serious Charges For Jon Corzine (businessinsider.com)
• MF Global may have millions missing (money.cnn.com)
• Mike Bloomberg: Blame Congress, Not Banks For The Mortgage Crisis (businessinsider.com)
• Mitt Romney Entwined with Players In Stanford Ponzi Scheme (crooksandliars.com)

News Roundup for 11/1/11

"Ask me about my sex scandal -- please!"

-Headline of the Day-
"Mark Block Won't Talk About the Other Cain Scandal."

Did you know there were not one, but two scandals following the Herman Cain Train around like a black cloud? It's true! First, there's the sexy boom-chaka-wow-wow sexy sexual harassment sexy scandal broken by Politico and then there's some boring old money-laundering scandal broken by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. One's pretty serious and the other's really serious -- like someone could go to jail serious. So all the news networks are following Cain around with microphones, wondering why he won't shut up about the sexy boom-chaka-wow-wow sexy sexual harassment sexy scandal -- because they're smart like that.

Anyway, it turns out that if -- on the off-chance -- someone accidentally asks the Cain Train about the money-laundering scandal, they run into a brick wall. "We've retained independent counsel to look at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story," campaign manager Mark Block told a reporter when asked about it. What's that mean? You guys hire a lawyer or Sherlock Holmes or what? When asked again, Block gave pretty much the same answer.

When asked a third time, he said, "Why don't we talk about the campaign going forward?"

Or, if you don't want to talk about that, he's probably more than happy to talk about the sexy boom-chaka-wow-wow sexy sexual harassment sexy scandal. "Cain's campaign manager was once suspended from election work in Wisconsin because of election law violations," writes Dave Weigel. "He can't or won't talk now about more possible violations. It might be better for the Cain campaign if we all focus on Politico's story."

That's the sexy boom-chaka-wow-wow sexy sexual harassment sexy scandal, BTW. So if you're a journalist, make sure you ask Team Cain all about that one, OK?

I know they'd sure appreciate it. (Weigel)


-Subtle variations make all the difference-


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(Truthdig)


-Bonus HotD-
"Ann Coulter On Herman Cain: Our Blacks Are Better Than Their Blacks."

For future reference, it's probably a bad idea for white people to refer to black people as a group in possessive terms -- given US history and all.

Try to keep that in mind, Annie. (Mediaite)