Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
12:50 AM ET, December 2, 2007

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Franklin Foer / The New Republic:
Fog of War  —  The story of our Baghdad Diarist.  —  For months, our magazine has been subject to accusations that stories we published by an American soldier then serving in Iraq were fabricated.  When these accusations first arose, we promised our readers a full account of our investigation.
RELATED:
Confederate Yankee:
TNR Folds  —  It took fourteen pages—13 of those geared towards Franklin' Foer's attempt to keep his job—but here's the punchline: … Stay tuned.  I'll have much more later, including why Franklin Foer said nothing to justify keeping his job.
Michelle Malkin:
Bombshell...TNR 'fesses up: The Beauchamp stories are bullcrap  —  Well, well, well.  Ready for your weekend schadenfreude?  At long last, TNR 'fesses up to the Scott Thomas Beauchamp debacle.  In an act of grace, the magazine has thanked its critics and apologized to the military.
Bob Owens / Pajamas Media:
THE NEW REPUBLIC TRIES TO COME CLEAN ON BEAUCHAMP SCANDAL  —  After more than five months, New Republic editor Franklin Foer has finally responded to allegations of untruths in the Iraq War reporting of Scott Beauchamp in TNR.  But as Bob Owens points out, it takes Foer thirteen pages …
Discussion: QandO and BLACKFIVE
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
TNR: We can no longer stand by Beauchamp's stories  —  Hot off the presses.  It's 14 pages and will take awhile to wade through but here's the big finish:
Discussion: Jules Crittenden and Dean's World
Patterico's Pontifications:
BREAKING: The New Republic Retracts Beauchamp Stories  —  On October 12 — shortly after the news broke that Scott Beauchamp had spoken with editors of The New Republic and refused to stand by his story — I asked a very simple question: … As it turns out, they can't.
Jonathan Roos / Des Moines Register:
Huckabee new GOP leader in Iowa Poll  —  Mike Huckabee has leaped ahead of Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney in Iowa, seizing first place in a new Des Moines Register poll of likely Republican caucus participants.  —  Huckabee wins the support of 29 percent of Iowans who say they definitely …
RELATED:
Leslie Wayne / New York Times:
Huckabee's Stature Rises, Mobilizing Tax Critics  —  As Mike Huckabee rises in the Republican presidential polls, fiscal conservatives have been raising alarms about a series of tax increases he oversaw while governor of Arkansas — new taxes on gasoline, nursing home beds and even pet groomers.
Discussion: The Mahablog and race42008.com
Thomas Beaumont / Des Moines Register:
Obama pulls ahead for Democrats in Iowa Poll
Discussion: MyDD, Open Left and Riehl World View
Tim Rutten / Los Angeles Times:
CNN: Corrupt News Network  —  A self-serving agenda was set for the Republican presidential debates.  —  THE United States is at war in the Middle East and Central Asia, the economy is writhing like a snake with a broken back, oil prices are relentlessly climbing toward $100 a barrel …
RELATED:
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   Was It Corruption?  —  Plenty of accusations have flown …
Charlie Savage / Boston Globe:
Signing statement is president's first since 2006  —  Had used tactic often before power shift in Congress  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush this month issued his first signing statement since the Democratic takeover of Congress, reserving the right to bypass 11 provisions in a military appropriations bill under his executive powers.
RELATED:
Michael Savage / savage-productions.com:
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT  —  Defendants.  —  COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES  —  FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION  —  1.  —  Michael Savage is the radio show star of "The Michael Savage Show".  "Michael Savage".  Michael Savage is the owner of copyright interests in his show, "The Michael Savage Show" also known as "The Savage Nation".
Lindsay Hamilton / Political Radar:
Clinton Booed at Heartland Forum  —  ABC News' Eloise Harper reports: A day after dealing with a hostage crisis, Sen. Hillary Clinton faced a tough crowd in Iowa.  Clinton did not receive the warmest of welcomes at the Heartland Form in Des Moines, IA, and although the hostage scare was mentioned …
Discussion: BitsBlog
RELATED:
Jamiecnn / CNN Political Ticker:
Winter weather keeps candidates off the stump
Discussion: The Swamp
Owen / Boots and Sabers:
B&S Commenter Arrested  —  Would you like to know more about this? … Yes, the comment in question was posted in a comment thread on B&S. Let me fill in the details...  Late on the evening of Friday, November 16th, Jed and I received an email from a detective with the West Bend Police Department asking me about the above comment.
Mark Landler / New York Times:
U.S. Credit Crisis Adds to Gloom in Arctic Norway  —  At this time of year, the sun does not rise at all this far north of the Arctic Circle.  But Karen Margrethe Kuvaas says she has not been able to sleep well for days.  —  What is keeping her awake are the far-reaching ripple effects …
Discussion: Discourse.net
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
Rudy, Iowa Christians, a tough sell  —  From NBC/NJ's Carrie Dann  —  DUBUQUE, IA — It's no secret that Iowa Christian Alliance president Steve Scheffler isn't a Rudy fan.  But tonight, within spitting distance of Giuliani's rival GOP candidate Romney, Scheffler explicitly urged Iowa Christians …
Discussion: Stop The ACLU and Donklephant
Robin Toner / New York Times:
Feminist Pitch by a Democrat Named Obama  —  In the intensifying battle for the votes of Democratic women, Senator Barack Obama's campaign is trying to turn years of feminist thinking on its head and argue that the best candidate for women may, in fact, be a man.
Discussion: The Swamp
RELATED:
Los Angeles Times:
Democrats' battle shifts to healthcare
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 12:50 AM ET, December 2, 2007.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 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: 
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
The Shock Doctrine: The evil of "Disaster Capitalism"
Discussion: Liberty Street
Heidi Evans / NY Daily News:
Mayor Bloomberg's girlfriend Diana Taylor says no need for police escort
Discussion: TalkLeft, MoJoBlog and Daily Kos
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Nonstop Theft and Bribery Are Staggering Iraq
Discussion: Don Surber and BartBlog
Kim Severson / New York Times:
Effort to Limit Junk Food in Schools Faces Hurdles
Discussion: Don Surber
Ryan Sager / New York Post:
CRACKPOT REVOLUTION  —  FOLKS in Washington seem to think that …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Mothers Scrimp as States Take Child Support
Reuters:
Mafia boss arrested while watching Mafia TV show
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Union Leader to Endorse McCain?
 Earlier Items: 
George F. Will / Washington Post:
None of The Below  —  Arthur Balfour, the British statesman …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Marc Santora / New York Times:
Thompson Bid, Criticized as Sleepy, Is at the Least Unconventional
Tim Craig / Washington Post:
Va. GOP Abandons Loyalty Pledge
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
KEILLOR'S DEEP THOUGHTS ON SUBPRIME MORTGAGES EXPLAINED
Max Blumenthal / AlterNet.org:
Tom Tancredo Hired Illegal Laborers to Renovate His McMansion
 

 
From Techmeme:

Shakeel Hashim / Transformer:
Musk v. Altman: email shows Brockman and Sutskever had concerns about Altman in 2017, Musk claims Altman proposed OpenAI sell its own cryptocurrency, and more

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Bluesky says it has “no intention” of taking user content to train AI tools, ahead of X implementing new terms of service that let it train AI on user content

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Report: Samsung plans to release its smart glasses in Q3 2025; the glasses will be powered by Qualcomm's AR1 chipset and use Google's Gemini to handle AI tasks

 
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