Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
2:45 AM ET, August 28, 2006

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Jeffrey McMurray / Associated Press:
Comair Plane Took Off From Wrong Runway  —  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A commuter jet mistakenly trying to take off on a runway that was too short crashed into a field Sunday and burst into flames, killing 49 people and leaving the lone survivor - a co-pilot - in critical condition, federal investigators said.
Discussion: Althouse
RELATED ITEMS:
Ian / Hot Air:
Video: Emmy Parodies Planecrash Hours After Kentucky Accident  —  This looks like a case of awful timing more than awful taste (and yes, we're aware it's a Lost parody); nevertheless, it's going to be a night to remember for NBC, the Emmys and Conan O'Brien.
CBS News:   U.S.: Comair Jet Used Wrong Runway
Nikki Finke / Deadline Hollywood Daily:
EMMYS: What Was NBC/Conan Thinking?
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
CNN:
NTSB: Crashed jet used shorter runway
Discussion: BluegrassReport.org
Jeffrey McMurray / Associated Press:
Ky. plane crash kills 49 of 50 on board
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and NewsHog
Zeina Karam / Associated Press:
Hezbollah head didn't foresee such a war  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said in a TV interview aired Sunday that he would not have ordered the capture of two Israeli soldiers if he had known it would lead to such a war.  —  Hezbollah guerrillas killed three Israeli soldiers …
RELATED ITEMS:
BBC:
Nasrallah sorry for scale of war  —  Hezbollah chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has said he would not have ordered the capture of two Israeli soldiers if he had known it would lead to such a war.  —  "Had we known that the kidnapping of the soldiers would have led to this …
Jerusalem Post:
Nasrallah: Contacts underway for possible prisoner swap
Discussion: Power Line and Liberty and Justice
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   Nasrallah: Oops! Our Bad
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Lieberman's Run Shadows House Campaigns in Connecticut  —  As Senator Joseph I. Lieberman begins to mount a vigorous and well-financed re-election campaign as an independent, many Connecticut Democrats say they are worried that his bid could jeopardize their party's ability to win in three hotly contested House races this fall.
RELATED ITEMS:
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Slow and Low  —  Rahm oh Rahm, what are we going to do with you?  —  You were showing so much promise the day after the Connecticut primary: … But that was then, this is now.  Today in the NYT: … Say what?  —  I won't descend into cheap, common snark and point out that Joe Lieberman …
Discussion: MyDD
The Raw Story:
Lieberman aide tells NY Times Senator endorsed all Connecticut …
Discussion: LamontBlog and ConnecticutBLOG
Chuck McCutcheon / Seattle Times:
Experts warn U.S. is coming apart at the seams  —  WASHINGTON — A pipeline shuts down in Alaska.  Equipment failures disrupt air travel in Los Angeles.  Electricity runs short at a spy agency in Maryland.  —  None of these recent events resulted from a natural disaster or terrorist attack …
RELATED ITEMS:
RJ Eskow / Crooks and Liars:
The Third-World-ization of the USA
Discussion: Night Bird's Fountain
Dan Gordon / The American Thinker:
Contrary to what is now the accepted wisdom in the media, Hezb'allah in its recent offensive against Israel neither "badly bloodied the Israel Defense Force," nor "fought it to a standstill" in Southern Lebanon.  In fact, the opposite is the case.  By any legitimate measure Hezb'allah was handed …
Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran tests submarine-to-surface missile  —  TEHRAN, Iran - Iran tested a new anti-ship missile fired by a submarine during war games Sunday, raising worries it could disrupt vital oil tanker traffic in the Gulf amid its standoff with the West over its suspect nuclear activities.
RELATED ITEMS:
Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran Test-Fires Sub-To-Surface Missile
Discussion: Pajamas Media and A Blog For All
Hindrocket / Power Line:
REUTERS ALLEGES ISRAELI AIR STRIKE  —  Given Reuters's coverage of the conflict in Lebanon, it would perhaps be understandable if the Israelis started firing on Reuters vehicles.  Which is what Reuters now says they did: … As Israeli missile may well have struck the vehicle, under the circumstances:
RELATED ITEMS:
Little Green Footballs:
Reuters Urges Investigation of Airstrike
Discussion: Snapped Shot
Nancy Pelosi / Time:
"Anybody knows not to mess with me"  —  Nancy Pelosi leads the Democrats with a fiery style that could make her the first woman Speaker of the House  —  Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the Democrats in the House, portrays herself as a polite, grandmotherly lady.
Dan / Riehl World View:
S R Sidarth Update  —  After discussions with a fellow blogger who linked a previous post on S R Sidarth, I've decided to provide this update.  After discovering some particularly vulgar comments on a posting board made by an S R Sidarth, I made a post critical of S R Sidarth.
Discussion: Hot Air and TBogg
Telegraph:
Compliant and subservient: Jimmy Carter's explosive critique of Tony Blair  —  Tony Blair's lack of leadership and timid subservience to George W Bush lie behind the ongoing crisis in Iraq and the worldwide threat of terrorism, according to the former American president Jimmy Carter.
Tim McGirk / Time:
The High Price of the Fox Kidnapping Release  —  The Hamas-led government won the freedom of the two journalists, but the deal may make it harder to gain the release of a captured Israeli soldier  —  Two Fox News journalists were freed on Sunday in Gaza after a complex deal was hammered …
RELATED ITEMS:
Robert Kuttner / Boston Globe:
The Cheney presidency  —  GEORGE W. BUSH has been faulted in some quarters for taking an extended vacation while the Middle East festers.  It doesn't much matter; the man running the country is Vice President Dick Cheney.  —  When historians look back on the multiple assaults …
Agence France Presse:
'Democracy is under attack': Gore  —  LONDON (AFP) - Former US Vice-President Al Gore warned an audience at the Edinburgh International Television Festival that "democracy is under attack".  —  The former presidential candidate said television networks in the world's biggest …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
The 'Hubris' Of Richard Armitage  —  Newsweek sneak previews an upcoming Isikoff/Corn book confirming the non-news that then-deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage was Bob Novak's primary source for the Plame leak.  We certainly believe Armitgae was Novak's primary source for the Plame leak …
David Cracknell / Times of London:
10m want to quit 'over-taxed' UK  —  ONE in five Britons — nearly 10m adults — is considering leaving the country amid growing disillusionment over the failure of political parties to deliver tax cuts, according to a new poll.  —  The extensive survey conducted by ICM, the polling company …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 2:45 AM ET, August 28, 2006.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Brad Plumer / Bradford Plumer:
WAS WELFARE REFORM A FRAUD?
Ms Underestimated:
"Hamas the Oppressed," by Juan Williams (VIDEO)
Associated Press:
Senate hopeful explains anti-gay columns
Patricia Leigh Brown / New York Times:
California Seeks to Clear Hemp of a Bad Name
Discussion: TalkLeft and Truthdig
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Ethical Realism  —  Your Sunday night reading assignment …
Glenn Greenwald / Firedoglake:
FDL Book Salon — Conservatives Without Conscience, Week 1
Discussion: Daily Kos
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Harris clarifies comments on religion
Discussion: Truthdig
San Francisco Chronicle:
2 Lodi residents refused entry back into U.S.
Dan / Riehl World View:
Evidence Suggests E&P's Mitchell Intentionally Misled Readers
Associated Press:
Gore praises Wal-Mart on environment
Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
Whispers of Mergers Set Off Suspicious Trading
Washington Post:
A Father's Ode to His Lost Son
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple reports Q4 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $24.97B, a new quarterly record, but below est.

Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Amazon reports Q3 ad revenue up 19% YoY to $14.33B, vs. $14.25B est., amid its push to insert ads into Prime Video, and subscription sales up 11% YoY to $11.3B

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to let users search for timely information using GPT-4o, after testing the feature in July 2024, a direct challenge to Google

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page