memeorandum: Not funny: Barack Obama laughs at Wanda Sykes “joke” … (Toby Harnden/Toby Harnden's blog listings)

8:10 AM ET, May 11, 2009

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Wanda Sykes' Jokes About Rush Limbaugh Prompt Debate — There's some chatter in the blogosphere and on cable TV about comedian Wanda Sykes' routine at the White House Correspondents' Dinner last night, particularly her jokes about conservative talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh.

Discussion: TalkLeft, Michelle Malkin, Balloon Juice, Jules Crittenden and Swampland

Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:

The WHCD Cont'd — It's funny how criticizing the White House Correspondents' Dinner generated piles of really nasty and asinine email overnight. Apparently any dissent from another celebration of Obama is beyond the pale. Anyway, why did I think it was awful?

Discussion: Salon, Sadly, No! and TBogg

Nikki Finke / Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily:
SHE SAID WHAT?! …

Discussion: GayPatriot, Booker Rising, HotAirPundit, Politics Daily, Gateway Pundit, The Rhetorican, Whiskey Fire, Big Hollywood, Neptunus Lex, Weekly Standard, Scared Monkeys and Hot Air

Malcom_X / The Politico:
Obama: ‘Boehner ... is person of color’

Discussion: Wizbang, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and The Fix

Toby Harnden / Toby Harnden's blog listings:
Not funny: Barack Obama laughs at Wanda Sykes “joke” …

Discussion: The Fix, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Huffington Post, Doug Ross, Gawker, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Little Green Footballs, theblogprof, On Deadline and Gothamist

Sean Lengell / Washington Times:

Cheney: Obama endangers the nation — Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday continued his verbal attack against President Obama, saying that the country is more vulnerable to a potential terrorist attack since the Obama administration took power. — Mr. Cheney said that administration's …

Discussion: The Corner, Confederate Yankee and Gateway Pundit

CQ Politics:

CQ Transcript: Former Vice President Cheney on CBS's ‘Face the Nation’ — CQ Transcriptswire — FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DICK CHENEY — [*] SCHIEFFER: Today on “Face the Nation,” former Vice President Dick Cheney , and he's talking. His old boss George Bush has left town …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, New York Times, The American Scene, American Power and CBS News

John / Power Line:
Cheney on Face the Nation

Discussion: Flopping Aces

Amanda Terkel / Think Progress: Cheney May Be Willing To Testify Under Oath About Torture Program

Michael J. Sniffen / Associated Press: Cheney Backs Limbaugh Over Powell on GOP Future

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Harry, Louise and Barack — Is this the end for Harry and Louise? — Harry and Louise were the fictional couple who appeared in advertisements run by the insurance industry in 1993, fretting about what would happen if “government bureaucrats” started making health care decisions.

Discussion: Prairie Weather, The Atlantic Politics Channel and The Treatment

Dan Eggen / Washington Post:

Former Hospital CEO Rick Scott Leads Opposition to Obama on Health Care — Ads Cite Long Waits In Canada and Britain — The television ads that began airing last week feature horror stories from Canada and the United Kingdom: Patients who allegedly suffered long waits for surgeries …

Discussion: Associated Press, Democratic Strategist and Corrente

Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama: Healthcare reform no ‘luxury’

Discussion: Los Angeles Times and The Politico

Ariel Leve / Times of London:

King Abdullah of Jordan's ultimatum: peace now or it's war next year — Richard Beeston and Michael Binyon in Amman — America is putting the final touches to a hugely ambitious peace plan for the Middle East, aimed at ending more than 60 years of conflict between Israel and the Arabs …

Discussion: Harry's Place and Israel Matzav

Richard Beeston / Times of London:

King Abdullah: ‘This is not a two-state solution, it is a 57-state solution’ — How has the Pope's visit gone? — I think it's gone extremely well. I said to His Holiness that this is the right time. You're coming here on a spiritual pilgrimage with a message of peace …

Discussion: Power Line

Stephen Labaton / New York Times:

Administration Plans to Strengthen Antitrust Rules — WASHINGTON — President Obama's top antitrust official this week plans to restore an aggressive enforcement policy against corporations that use their market dominance to elbow out competitors or to keep them from gaining market share.

Discussion: TalkLeft and The Page

Mickey Meece / New York Times:

Backlash: Women Bullying Women at Work — YELLING, scheming and sabotaging: all are tell-tale signs that a bully is at work, laying traps for employees at every pass. — During this downturn, as stress levels rise, workplace researchers say, bullies are likely to sharpen their elbows and ratchet up their attacks.

Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and Charlotte Front and Center

Ann Althouse / Althouse:

The Air Force 1 flight over NYC can't possibly have been made for the purpose of taking that photograph. — Perhaps others are already saying this, and I'm just pointing out the obvious. But here goes. — The official story is: Botched photo op, now fully compensated for by the resignation …

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, pw, TigerHawk, Moe Lane, The Rhetorican, Neptunus Lex, Riehl World View and Christian Science Monitor

Keith Bradsher / New York Times:

China Outpaces U.S. in Cleaner Coal-Fired Plants — TIANJIN, China — China's frenetic construction of coal-fired power plants has raised worries around the world about the effect on climate change. China now uses more coal than the United States, Europe and Japan combined …