Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
5:10 PM ET, January 24, 2009

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Larissa MacFarquhar / New Yorker:
MS. KENNEDY REGRETS  —  She's unable to be in the Senate today.  —  Last Tuesday, Caroline Kennedy attended the Presidential Inauguration.  The sun was shining on the Capitol, the sky was blue, the Marine Band was playing.  Barack Obama, for whom she had campaigned ardently for nearly a year …
RELATED:
New York Post:
GOV SAYS CAROLINE TURNED ‘NASTY’  —  Gov. Paterson rapped Caroline Kennedy at a private event the night before he tapped Kirsten Gillibrand for the Senate, telling guests Kennedy had been “nasty” to him and shown “disrespect” with how she bowed out, attendees told The Post.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama Starts With 68% Job Approval  —  One of the better initial ratings of post-World War II presidents  — USA - Gallup Daily - Government and Politics - Leadership - Presidential Job Approval - Americas - Northern America  —  PRINCETON, NJ — In the first Gallup Poll job approval rating …
Jules Crittenden:
Gaia Re Gaia  —  Proto-warmalist James Lovelock, originator of the “Gaia” theory of self-regulating planet spoiled by evil humans, is interviewed by a chick named “Gaia.”  Gaia the resource user wants to know what can be done to save both Gaias, the planet one and herself, the rather hot in an earthy kind of way if airheaded human one.
RELATED:
Gaia Vince / New Scientist:
One last chance to save mankind
Eric Gorski / Associated Press:
Disgraced pastor faces more gay sex accusations  —  DENVER - Disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard's former church disclosed Friday that the gay sex scandal that caused his downfall extends to a young male church volunteer who reported having a sexual relationship with Haggard …
Martina Stewart / CNN:
Michelle Obama: ‘Inappropriate’ to use daughters to sell dolls  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - They've been in the White House less than a week, but the first daughters have already been co-opted by marketers — and Michelle Obama isn't happy about it.  —  Ty, the toy company responsible …
Charles Hurt / New York Post:
OBAMAS' PICTURE PERFECT 1ST DAYS  —  INTIMATE LOOK AT FIRST FAMILY  —  WASHINGTON - It's good to be the king.  —  These dramatic photos provide an intimate glimpse into the historic first 48 hours of the Obama administration.  —  The President and First Lady Michelle Obama …
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Partisan, Playful and Profane, Obama Aide Tries to Hold It In  —  WASHINGTON — Earlier this month, Barack Obama was meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other lawmakers when Rahm Emanuel, his chief of staff, began nervously cracking a knuckle.  —  Mr. Obama then turned to complain to Mr. Emanuel about his noisy habit.
Discussion: The New Republic
Washington Post:
2 U.S. Airstrikes Offer a Concrete Sign of Obama's Pakistan Policy  —  Two remote U.S. missile strikes that killed at least 20 people at suspected terrorist hideouts in northwestern Pakistan yesterday offered the first tangible sign of President Obama's commitment to sustained military pressure …
RELATED:
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Conservatives' 40-Minute Tribute To Bush On House Floor: He Was A ‘Knowing Lion’ Who ‘Walked Among Us’  —  George W. Bush is gone from office...but he is not forgotten, at least not by Reps. Trent Franks (R-AZ), Mike Pence (R-IN), and Steve King (R-IA).  On Thursday, the three men spent …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
The White House:
President Obama delivers Your Weekly Address  —  In his first weekly address since being sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, President Barack Obama discusses how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan will jump-start the economy.  —  “This is not just a short-term program to boost employment,” he said.
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Despite shrines to Obama, the bookstore was nearly deserted.  —  Shrine #1:  —  Shrine #2:  —  Overview of the deserted place:  —  Where is everyone?  It's about 5:30 p.m. here at Borders, and I feel as though I've stayed until after closing time.  I used to like to go here to browse …
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
First Bailout Formula Had It Right  —  “Blink,” the mega-best-seller by Malcolm Gladwell, is about the importance of first impressions, and Mr. Gladwell's belief that “those instant conclusions that we reach are really powerful and really important and, occasionally, really good.”
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 5:10 PM ET, January 24, 2009.

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: 
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Obama's Signals on Middle East Scrutinized by All Sides
Discussion: Commentary and Podium Pundits
Jim Snyder / The Hill:
Boehner rips Dem stimulus as ‘chock-full’ of spending
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Bush's legal foes, Obama's legal team
NewMajority.Com Scroll:
The Story Behind the Clothes-in-Garbage-Bags-Story
 Earlier Items: 
Patrick Casey / American Thinker:
Murtha-Funded Firms Busted
Discussion: Sweetness & Light and BLACKFIVE
Times of London:
Iran in scramble for fresh uranium supplies
Discussion: The Atlanticist and Israel Matzav
CNN:
Blagojevich's lead attorney to resign
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
We've already done some nationalizing
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Aram Roston / ProPublica:
Bank Employing GOP House Leader's Wife Got Bailout Bucks
 

 
From Techmeme:

Kent Walker / The Keyword:
Google says the DOJ's “wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision”, would hurt US consumers, and jeopardize the US' global tech leadership

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve

 
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