Larry King will retire from CNN. This may be the straw that breaks America’s back.

News

Oil-Soaked Beaches: With Hurricanes pushing the waters, oil is hitting more and more beaches, making this disaster a lot more real to many.

Kagan’s Confirmation: Should her politics matter?

Democrats Still Trying: If Democrats can get unemployment benefits turned back on for a few million, that should help at the ballot box.

Sports

Today in Jail: Cincinnati Bengal’s running back Cedric Benson, busted for assault. Look for Cincinnati to easily cover the Over on “No. of players arrested” this season.

Spain Strong: Simply put, Spain shut down Portugal yesterday in its 1-0 World Cup victory because Spain is damned good. Still, it was good to not have to see much Cristiano Ronaldo.

Blogs

Kevin Drum: Financial reform should pass, and, like many other things, it will be better than nothing.

DagBlog: Republicans say the darnedest things.

Alan Colmes: Sharon Angle is Conservative. A Really Really fundamentalist Conservativist. And a Scientologist. If she beats Harry Reid, we may just have to quarantine everything Nevada not named Las Vegas.

Tweet of the Day

5 applicants for every 1 Job. Four must die. One moves on to $7.25 per hour. Coming next week to Fox – “The Interview”

Tweet of the Day II

I’m no economist, but when Wal-Mart became the biggest employer in U.S., someone should have raised their hand.

–WKW

Crossposted at William K. Wolfrum Chronicles