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)

Stories to Watch: 2/24/11

Hey, Google has a recipe search now. Pretty cool. Now here's the news...


That didn't take long. The Wisconsin AFL-CIO already has an ad featuring Scott Walker's phone call with "David Koch."


This shows that, far from being the "prank" the media has tried to put it across as, the phone call is a real problem that brings up substantive issues. And it's not going away any time soon.


Rolling Stone reports that the Army tried to pull Jedi mind tricks on Senators. This is bad, bad news and the second scandal among top military brass the magazine has exposed.


Kaddifi still clings to power. It seems to be an ever thinner reed, though. And yeah, I spell that differently every time I write his name.


Coverage of the issues behind Scott Walker's battle with unions is dominated by "Economic nonsense" being "reported as fact," says investigative journalist David Cay Johnston. Long story short, the coverage of the issue has been ridiculously simplistic and way too accepting of Walker's mumbo-jumbo. As a result, it's been all wrong.


Some crazy leftie organization claims the GOP's budget plans are a recipe for economic disaster. Who are these wild-eye commies? Goldman Sachs.


Finally, 22% of Americans believe the healthcare law has already been repealed. 26% don't know for sure. This is actually really bad news for Tea Party types, since it means everyone's tired of the issue and have wandered off.