Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
3:55 PM ET, September 4, 2010

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Jamie Stiehm / Washington Post:
Oval Office rug gets history wrong  —  A mistake has been made in the Oval Office makeover that goes beyond the beige.  —  President Obama's new presidential rug seemed beyond reproach, with quotations from Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
In defense of Alan Simpson  —  The President's Deficit Commission is designed to be as anti-democratic and un-transparent as possible.  Its work is done in total secrecy.  It is filled with behind-the-scenes political and corporate operatives who steadfastly refuse to talk to the public about what they're doing.
RELATED:
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Loving Their Grandkids To Death — sacrificing them to the Market Gods  —  Loving Their Grandkids To Death  —  Howie has a great post up today about the social security con game which you should in full.  I just wanted to riff on one little piece of it because it struck me that we haven't been clear about what's going on.
Discussion: Open Left and Suburban Guerrilla
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
America has a cow over Alan Simpson's candor on deficits  —  There was a time, not too long ago, when a politician could talk about tits in public.  —  In 1992, Sen. Alan Simpson, a Wyoming Republican, complained in a speech to the National Conference of State Legislatures about how Social Security …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Hullabaloo
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Democrats add fiscal austerity as a campaign issue  —  The candidate was outraged - just outraged - at the country's sorry fiscal state.  —  “We have managed to acquire $13 trillion of debt on our balance sheet,” he fumed to a roomful of voters.  “In my view, we have nothing to show for it.”
RELATED:
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
On Economy, Democrats Face a Lack of Unity  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats are entering the fall sprint to the midterm elections lacking a unifying message to address the lackluster economy, scrambling to come up with further job-creating remedies and out of time to show substantial results before voters go to the polls.
Discussion: American Power and Balloon Juice
Gail Collins / New York Times:
The Ungreat Debate  —  We do not generally look to gubernatorial debates for excitement.  But this week there was a fascinating one in Arizona, where Gov. Jan Brewer gave a bad performance of epic proportions.  Really, Richard Nixon in 1960 was Demosthenes in Athens compared with this one.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
RELATED:
New York Times:
30 False Fronts Won Contracts for Blackwater  —  WASHINGTON — Blackwater Worldwide created a web of more than 30 shell companies or subsidiaries in part to obtain millions of dollars in American government contracts after the security company came under intense criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq …
Paul Krugman:
Rahmism  —  Jon Cohn's post about what the administration may be considering, and what it isn't considering, makes we want to cry.  —  Look: early on the administration had a political theory: it would win bipartisan legislative victories, and each success would make Republicans who voted no feel left out …
Aharding / CNN:
Tea Party candidate sparks backlash in Delaware  —  The Tea Party Express launched new ads supporting Delaware Republican primary Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell.  —  Washington (CNN) - Fresh on the heels of Joe Miller's surprising win over Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Alaska Republican Senate primary …
RELATED:
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Graham reaches out to Tea Party
CNN:
Salahi in Playboy?  Just ‘another rumor.’  —  Michaele Salahi (right) has not received an offer to appear in Playboy, her spokesman told CNN on Saturday.  —  (CNN) - A spokesman for Michaele Salahi of White House party-crasher fame batted down on Saturday morning a story that claims the …
New York Times:
Endorsements for New York  —  Like voters around the country, New Yorkers are angry at people in office, and they tend to be most peeved at anybody who works in Albany.  —  That bad mood has even touched two veteran Democratic congressmen who normally coast to re-election in November.
BBC:
Radical Islam is world's greatest threat - Tony Blair  —  Tony Blair has been making the rounds following the publication of his memoirs  —  Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has described radical Islam as the greatest threat facing the world today.  —  He made the remark in a BBC interview marking the publication of his memoirs.
Kathleen Lucadamo / NY Daily News:
Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel's legal tab is $1.8 million and rising  —  The party's over for Charlie Rangel, but not the legal bills.  —  The embattled Harlem Democrat has forked over $111,170 to lawyers since July from his campaign stash, federal filings released Friday show.
Discussion: The Hill and JammieWearingFool
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 3:55 PM ET, September 4, 2010.

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: 
New Zealand Herald:
Mayor: Quake hit city ‘like an iceberg’
Discussion: Crooks and Liars, CNN and This Just In
Yasir Ghazi / At War:
Punk'd, Iraqi-Style, at a Checkpoint
Discussion: Gawker and Hot Air
Rob Crilly / Telegraph:
Pakistan Taliban threaten attacks on US and Europe
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Reuters:
Taxpayers likely to face initial loss on GM IPO: sources
Samuel Goldsmith / NY Daily News:
Former President Bill Clinton: Democrats need more time to undo …
Front Page Magazine:
Reforming Our Universities  —  Posted by Frontpagemag.com on Sep 3rd …
Discussion: American Power
Jerusalem Post:
US envoy Oren warns: Hizbullah has 15,000 rockets on border
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Power Line
William Yardley / New York Times:
Alaska Winner, Lover of Privacy, Loses His Own
 Earlier Items: 
Ben White / The Politico:
Dems have few options on economy
Discussion: Washington Wire and Power Line
Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Israeli spies wooing U.S. Muslims, sources say
David B. Caruso / Associated Press:
Backer of NYC mosque gave to Hamas-linked charity
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Libtalker, Guest Ponder Glenn Beck Torture Methods
Ezra Klein:
Repeal the 17th amendment?
John Cook / Yahoo! News:
Pentagon declined to investigate hundreds of purchases of child pornography
Discussion: Mother Jones and Politics Daily
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Analyzing Comcast's spinoff of cable networks, purposefully structured with low debt: the move might be a signal to the industry that it's time to consolidate

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
Filing: the US DOJ's proposal requires Google to allow websites more ability to opt-out of its AI products and provide more ad placement controls to advertisers

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
James Harding says the Tortoise-Observer deal could create a profitable media group and there isn't a guaranteed future for the Observer with the Guardian

 
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