Mitt Romney is having a bad week. And so is Rupert Murdoch. Hump days don't get much better than this.

Squashed: Earning minimum wage but think you should have some "skin in the game?" All you need to do is work 24 hours a day.

Paul Bibeau: The Middle East exists, even when we aren't thinking about it.

Scary Lawyer Guy (well worth following on twitter, btw): Mitt Romney is bad at running for President.

And then there's this, Wally. Lapham's Quarterly: Campaign Promises from Mark Twain, 1879.

Round-up by Bill Wolfrum of William K. Wolfrum Chronicles. Send tips to mbru AT crooksandliars DOT com