Memeorandum is a Leftist news portal I use in my daily research for news and points of interest, but my daily review of news sources is much more involved than a quick look at Leftist news sources.

The news portal, below,  Memeorandum (I also use other eight other news portals:   Drudge, Weasal Zippers, Liberty Alliance,  Patriots Update, the Blaze,  the Daily Caller, Breitbart, Fox Business News, and the Daily Kos), along with the Daily Kos,  are the only Socialist/Progressive news portals on my list for daily review.

What seldom appears as news on these two sites  is anything that is ultimately damaging to the current Administration;  virtually nothing on the several big name scandals  (Fast and Furious,  Benghazi, the IRS targeting scandal, "spygate" and the news media, Syria and Obaqma's red-line,  and on and on) for example. Below is a screen view of this morning's Memeorandum.  Headlines on Memeorandum that get the news wrong,  include Palin Hints Mich McConnell will be her next target, as if she made Mitch her primary target of concern,  which she did not; Reid: Cruz acted with an eye on the White House as if that was/is bad thing,  as if that was not the overriding intention for Obama in his life prior to 2008;   and an article that slams "privatization of the food stamp program,"  when,  in fact,  private contractors serve that program under the guidance and demands of the Feds, hardly a program that has been "privatized."   

Point of post: to acquaint the readership with part of the process demanded for a small-time news review blog such as Midknight Review.  I, also,  reference the Washington Post,  the Washington Examinor, the Washington Beacon, CNBC for its finance news,  Zero Hedge and the Department of Treasury (more finance news), and a host of other sources occasionally referenced during the week.  Most of the above,  is viewed each day,  and several of the above sources are visited 5 or 6 times,  daily.  This is a "free" citizen's journal blog, featuring non-gossip political news with my personal commentary.  I make no money for its publication;  I am not one who "profits" from my reporting, as if that was something bad except in the mind of the Slickster.   

Currently,  I have 2,000 to 3,000 hits per day, and am more than content with those numbers. The blog has seen more than a million hits since mid-summer of 2008 and helps keep this old,  retired blue-collar building contractor,  alive and goal oriented.  Having one of the greatest wives in the country, and one of the baddest crusiers of all time (a Honda VTX 1800 that has been riden into 9 western states and as high as 14,200 feet on Mt Evans in Colorado) also helps.  

 More than all of the above,  my faith in the God in Christ personality who visited our world,  more than 2000 years ago,  is the key factor separating me from all my perversions.  The writings of the Swiss theologian, Karl Barth,  and his appropriation of the Christ Message,  are extremely important to me, as well.        

 TOP ITEMS: 

 Eric Stern / Salon:
Inside the Fox News lie machine: I fact-checked Sean Hannity on Obamacare  —  UPDATE I re-reported a Fox News segment on Obamacare — it was appallingly easy to see how it misleads the audience  —  I happened to turn on the Hannity show on Fox News last Friday evening.
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Balloon Juice, Daily Kos and The Dish

 Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Authorities probe threat against Cruz  —  Law enforcement officials are investigating a threat against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who was vaulted into national prominence with his push to defund ObamaCare.  —  A person identifying himself as Troy Gilmore Jr., posted on Twitter Friday morning …

 Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Kansas Supreme Court Suspends Ex-Attorney General Over Abortion Investigation  —  The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday indefinitely suspended former Attorney General Phillip Kline (R), who investigated abortion doctor George Tiller, from the practice of law in the state.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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 Tony Rizzo / Kansas City Star:
Phill Kline indefinitely suspended from practicing law  —  Citing “clear and convincing evidence” of professional misconduct, the Kansas Supreme Court on Friday indefinitely suspended the law license of former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline.  —  The court found that Kline violated 11 rules governing …

 Chris Gentilviso / The Huffington Post:
Sarah Palin Hints Mitch McConnell's 2014 Race Will Be Her Next Target  —  Hours after Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) played an integral role in brokering a deal to reopen the federal government, former Alaska Gov. and tea party favorite Sarah Palin hinted that his reelection race will be her next target.
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 Hadas Gold / Politico:
Nate Silver previews site, hits POLITICO  —  Nate Silver, the statistician who recently joined ESPN from The New York Times, previewed his new website on Friday and dished out some criticisms of the current journalism environment, much of it directed at POLITICO.
Discussion: Poynter and Talking Points Memo

 Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Texans Stick With Cruz Despite Defeat in Washington  —  HOUSTON — Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas and the face of the angry right, has been criticized, lambasted and lampooned for putting the nation through a 16-day government shutdown and the prospect of a financial default.
Discussion: Liberaland
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 Jill Lawrence / NationalJournal.com:
The Truthiness of Rand Paul  —  The junior senator from Kentucky could transform the GOP—if the facts don't get in his way.  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Rand Paul was talking with University of Louisville medical students when one of them tossed him a softball.  “The majority of med students here today have a comprehensive exam tomorrow.
Discussion: Liberal Values, Daily Kos and Yahoo! News

 NBCNews:
NJ Supreme Court rules same-sex couples can marry beginning Monday  —  Same-sex marriages will begin Monday in New Jersey after the state Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state must begin granting same-sex marriage licenses, a rebuff to Gov. Chris Christie.
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 Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Docs worried sick over ObamaCare  —  New York doctors are feeling queasy about ObamaCare — and many won't participate in the new national insurance program because they fear they'll go broke, The Post has learned.  —  “ObamaCare is going to send me more patients to see and then cut …

 Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Reid: Cruz acted with an eye on the White House  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said in an interview set to air Sunday that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) did what he did during the government shutdown because he wants to run for president.  —  “In an effort to help him run for president …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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 Michael Laris / Washington Post:
Jackson's stump stories of childhood deprivation challenged by acquaintances  —  E.W. Jackson, the Chesapeake preacher known for controversial rhetoric, is facing new challenges as his campaign for lieutenant governor of Virginia enters its final weeks.  —  According to interviews …
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Raw Story

 McKenzie Romero / Deseret News:
Video of men toppling rock formation in state park could have criminal consequences  —  HIGHLAND — Two men have come under scrutiny by the public and possibly by prosecutors after a video made the rounds online showing them pushing over an iconic rock formation.
Discussion: NBCNews, Reuters and Little Green Footballs

 Colum Lynch / Foreign Policy:20 minutes ago
Saudis Shock U.N., Quit Security Council Over Syria  —  Saudi Arabia took the extraordinary step Friday of refusing to take its seat on the U.N. Security Council — despite pursuing the position for years.  It's an unprecedented protest over the council's failure to take firmer action in Syria and Palestine.

 Tamara Lush / Associated Press:
Republican Rep. Bill Young, Florida's longest-serving member of Congress and a defense hawk who was influential on military spending during his 43 years in Washington, died Friday.  He was 82.  —  His chief of staff, Harry Glenn, said in an email that Young died at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda …
Discussion: CNN and Business Insider

 Julia Ryan / The Atlantic Online:
Are Private Schools Worth It?  —  A new book argues that public schools are actually academically superior.  —  Sarah Theule Lubienski didn't set out to compare public schools and private schools.  A professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she was studying math instructional techniques …

 Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Family fights to include ‘Jesus’ on grave marker at city-owned cemetery  —  The family of a Colorado preacher's wife is still fuming after the director of the city-owned cemetery refused to engrave her final resting place with the name ‘Jesus’ because it might offend people.

 Reuters:
Exclusive: NSA delayed anti-leak software at base where Snowden worked -officials  —  (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency failed to install the most up-to-date anti-leak software at a site in Hawaii before contractor Edward Snowden went to work there and downloaded tens of thousands …
Discussion: The Verge and Little Green Footballs

 Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Uninsured Americans Still Unfamiliar With Health Exchanges  —  Seven in 10 not familiar with exchanges, unchanged since September  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Although federal and state health insurance exchanges opened on Oct. 1, 71% of Americans who lack health insurance — the primary target group …

 Mike Ludwig / Truthout Stories:
Food Stamp Outage Highlights Problems With Privatization of Public Services  —  The government shutdown was not to blame for the crashing of the food stamp program for poor families in 17 states over the weekend, just the latest in a long line of snafus by private contractors hired by government.
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Discussion: Crooks and Liars and susiemadrak.com
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