Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:15 PM ET, October 18, 2007

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Exclusive: Senator Chris Dodd Will Put A Hold On Telecom Immunity Bill  —  Senator Chris Dodd plans to put a hold on the Senate FISA renewal bill because it reportedly grants retroactive immunity to telephone companies for any role they played in the Bush administration's warrantless eavesdropping program, Election Central has learned.
RELATED:
Atrios / Eschaton:   Doddmania  —  While Senate rules are confusing to mere mortals …
New York Times:
House Fails to Override Child Health Bill Veto  —  Supporters of a bill to provide health insurance for 10 million children failed this afternoon, as expected, to muster enough support in the House to override President Bush's veto.  —  The vote to override the veto was 273 to 156 …
RELATED:
Amanda / Think Progress:
Rep. King's new name for SCHIP.  —  Today on the House floor, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) introduced a new name for the acronym SCHIP — "Socialized Clinton-style Hillarycare for Illegals and their Parents":  —  For the record, SCHIP stands for the "State Children's Health Insurance Program" and does not cover undocumented immigrants.
Martin Kady II / The Politico:
House fails to muster SCHIP veto override
Discussion: The Swamp and Truthdig
MSNBC:
Blasts aimed at Bhutto kill more than 100  —  Ex-prime minister not hurt, but at least 115 others killed, 248 injured  —  DEVELOPING STORY  —  KARACHI, Pakistan - A suicide bombing in a crowd welcoming former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed at least 115 people Thursday night …
RELATED:
Sky News:
Bhutto's Return Rocked By Explosions  —  Dozens of people have been killed in two explosions near to where former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was being welcomed home.  —  Ms Bhutto's truck had just passed when the blasts happened in Karachi, only hours after she ended her eight-year exile.
Discussion: A Blog For All
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Welcome back, Bhutto: Dozens dead in jihadi assassination attempt …
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Richardson: Pakistan's Musharraf deserves no help
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
Michelle Malkin:   Bloody (un)welcome: Assassination attempt on Bhutto
Houston Chronicle:
Paul, Obama draw support from military voters  —  WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, the congressman from the Houston area who opposes the Iraq war, has gotten more contributions than any other White House contender from donors identified as affiliated with the military.
RELATED:
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:   The Fantasy of Ron Paul's Military Support
Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
Mukasey: President Can Break Some Laws  —  While Mukasey doesn't think there's an inherent presidential right to torture — which he said is explicitly prohibited by the Constitution — that's not to say he doesn't take a broad interpretation of the president's Article II authority.
RELATED:
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Is Waterboarding Torture?  Mukasey: Yes, if It's Torture  —  Mukasey has firmly established that he's against torture — yesterday he even compared it to the Holocaust (see also here).  —  But what exactly does that mean?  Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) asked Mukasey if he thought waterboarding was Constitutional.
CNN Political Ticker:
Clinton blasted over 'hippie museum'  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hippies used to say if you remember Woodstock, you weren't really there.  Republicans say presidential contender Hillary Clinton can forget about getting $1 million in taxpayer funds for a Woodstock museum.
Mike Potemra / The Corner:
Does Israel Have to Be a Convent?  —  Anti-Iraq War blogger Mark Shea is trying to drive a wedge between U.S. evangelicals and Israel, by posting a video on his website that he hopes will shock us into realizing that Israel is just another "secular nation-state."
Discussion: BitsBlog
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Rush Limbaugh eBay Auction, Anti-Conservative Smear Campaign  —  SMASHING EXPECTATIONS  —  Reid Smear Letter Bidding Reaches Shocking Level  —  *** FLASH - $851,000!  When bidding reached $10,000, we were amazed.  And when it ratcheted up to $45,000, many were astounded.
Ideas Primary:
ENDING THE STALEMATE ON IRAQ  —  President Bush's approval rating is in the low 30s.  Congress's is even lower.  Voters want a new strategy in Iraq, and they are clearly disgusted at the inability of the President and Congress to agree on one.  —  The logjam in Congress on the most pressing issue …
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Lawmakers blast DHS for building border fence with Chinese steel  —  House members allied with the domestic steel industry blasted the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday for building a fence on the Mexican border with Chinese steel.  —  "By allowing the use of Chinese pipe …
Discussion: The Newshoggers and Cliff Schecter
Scott Shepard / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Clinton Pollster Predicts Defection Of GOP Women  —  Mark Penn, the pollster and senior strategist of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, predicted Thursday that nearly a quarter of Republican women would defect from the GOP if the New York senator is the Democratic presidential nominee in 2008.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:15 PM ET, October 18, 2007.

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: 
Naomi Wolf / The Huffington Post:
Finally, Action! Ron Paul Introduces Bill to Defend Constitution!
Kristin Bender / Contra Costa Times:
Recruiting facility at center of storm
Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:
Colbert Consulted Parties Before Announcing Run
Discussion: Open Left
John Derbyshire / Media Matters for America:
NRO's Derbyshire on percentages of Hispanics enrolled in school …
Discussion: culturekitchen
Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Splitting The Pringle  —  Sam Brownback, we hardly knew ye:
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
McCain Back at Scene of Collapse in S. Carolina
Discussion: Amygdala
The Raw Story:
Bush on Israel: I don't remember 1981
Discussion: Pam's House Blend
 Earlier Items: 
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
When Mediocrity Attacks!
Discussion: Frog
Townhall.com:
Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz takes a hard look at network news.
Discussion: Think Progress
Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Polling Shows Increased Support for Surge
Discussion: Associated Press
Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
Yee-haw  —  So later this month, according to THIS INVITATION …
Bobbie Johnson / Guardian:
Murdoch has drastic plans for WSJ
Discussion: Wake up America and Romenesko
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Painter Presses His Cause on Canvas
Discussion: Solomonia and bustardblog
Multi-National Force:
72-year-old concerned citizen takes down suicide bomber
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider:
Apple News adds a Live Activity widget to track the results of the US elections in real time on iPhone, iPad, and Watch

 
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