Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
4:15 AM ET, December 29, 2010

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Jillian Rayfield / TPMMuckraker:
Latest Right-Wing Freak-Out: Obama Wants To Give Manhattan Back To Native Americans  —  The good news is that the right-wing isn't talking about President Obama being a secret Muslim right now.  The bad news is that they're now concerned that he's going to use his honorary status …
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: CNN 2012 Poll: Obama and Palin going in different directions?  —  Washington (CNN) - As the start of the next presidential campaign nears, a new national poll suggests that President Barack Obama's tax-cut compromise with congressional Republicans did not hurt his standing among Democrats …
RELATED:
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
Voters really don't like ObamaCare — still
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Poll shows growing Dem support for second Obama term
Discussion: Weigel
Brian Fitzpatrick / WorldNetDaily:
Biggest conservative names bidding goodbye to CPAC  —  Participation of homosexuals, financial mismanagement cited  —  Two of the nation's premier moral issues organizations, the Family Research Council and Concerned Women for America, are refusing to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference …
The Huffington Post:
Wall Street Execs Whine To Politico About Their Hurt Feelings  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … This morning's Politico features another piece ("Obama and Wall St.: Still Venus and Mars") in a continuing series that present Wall Street people whining about all those times White House higher-ups …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Hullabaloo and Paul Krugman
RELATED:
Ben White / The Politico:
Obama and Wall St.: Still Venus and Mars
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
N.J. Gov. Christie, vacationing during snowstorm, pushes back on criticism  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's office is pushing back against complaints that both he and the lieutenant governor were vacationing during a blizzard that blanketed the state with snow.
RELATED:
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
New GOP House Rules Pave The Way For More Tax Cuts, Deficits  —  In 2007, just weeks after Republicans lost control of the House and Senate and six years after the first passel of Bush tax cuts were signed into law, Democrats made a key change to the budget rules to prevent that episode from repeating itself.
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
As gay becomes bourgeois  —  With 'don't ask, don't tell' repealed and gays seeking marriage equality, the homosexual bourgeoisie is emerging — a concept subversive to both liberals and conservatives.  —  So now openly gay soldiers get to fight and die in neocon-imperialist wars too?
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama: No shirtless pictures  —  The White House is taking extra steps to prevent photos of a shirtless President Obama on vacation in Hawaii.  —  The president and his family are on a snorkeling trip in Hamauma Bay Nature Reserve, and traveling press are under “explicit instructions …
Christopher R. Albon / The Atlantic Online:
How WikiLeaks Just Set Back Democracy in Zimbabwe  —  Last year, early on Christmas Eve morning, representatives from the U.S., United Kingdom, Netherlands, and the European Union arrived for a meeting with Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.  Appointed prime minister earlier …
Bryan Walsh / Time:
The Northeast Blizzard: One More Sign of Global Warming  —  People dig out along 72nd Street in New York City on Dec. 27, 2010, in the wake of a powerful East Coast blizzard that shut down major airports and rail lines  —  It's become as much a winter tradition as eggnog at Christmas …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
DADT DEAD-ENDERS LATCH ONTO ‘SHOWER ISSUE’.... With Congress already having passed a repeal of the “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy, and President Obama gladly putting his signature on the repeal legislation, I'm not sure what more conservatives hope to accomplish.  —  There was a political fight, and they lost.
Bill Dedman / msnbc.com:
Quest for Palin e-mails may exceed her time in office  —  You can do the math.  —  Alaska state regulations require public officials to make public records available to the public within 10 days in most cases.  —  On Monday evening, Sarah Palin's former staff in the Alaska governor's …
Nicolesandler / Crooks and Liars:
Help the 99ers  —  (Ed. note: We invited Nicole Sandler to blog here to announce her new site, designed to help 99ers find support and work.)  —  Last week, while guest hosting The Randi Rhodes Show and discussing the unexpected but wonderful progress made in the lame duck session of Congress …
Lisa Demer / Anchorage Daily News:
Judge tosses Miller lawsuit, clears way for Murkowski swearing-in  —  A federal judge today dismissed Republican Joe Miller's federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the Nov. 2 election, clearing the way for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski to be certified as the winner.
Wall Street Journal:
Transcript: Maliki on Iraq's Future  —  Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki earlier this month won parliamentary approval for his new cabinet, ending months of political stalemate after inconclusive polls in March.  In his first interview since his government was seated …
New York Times:
A Step Toward Fairness  —  This country continues to pay a high price in both security and reputation for the Bush administration's many violations of international law at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.  After more than a year of review, the Obama administration is preparing an executive order intended …
Discussion: Firedoglake and JammieWearingFool
Palestinian Media Watch:
PA daily: Israel's aim is “destruction and ruin of humanity”  —  PA daily demonizes Israel as “a country whose aim  —  is destruction and ruin of humanity”  —  by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik  —  The PA continues to demonize and incite hatred of Israel.
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senator-Elect Calls For Filibuster Reform On Judicial Nominees  —  In 2005, when President Bush was nominating judges, GOP senators almost universally denounced filibusters of judicial nominees as unconstitutional.  Four years later, when a Democratic president moved into the White House …
Wall Street Journal:
How Congress Can Stop the EPA's Power Grab  —  Courts have yet to decide if the agency's proposed controls on carbon emissions are even legal.  —  On Jan. 2, the Environmental Protection Agency will officially begin regulating the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
Lynn Sweet:
Bill Clinton, to stump for Rahm Emanuel, warned by Danny Davis: Stay out of Chicago mayor race  —  Chicago mayoral hopeful Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) shot a warning on Tuesday morning to former President Bill Clinton, coming to Chicago to stump for rival Rahm Emanuel: Stay out.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The New Editor
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A PUBLISHING MYSTERY.... I don't mind admitting when I'm wrong.  Last year, for example, I predicted that George W. Bush's post-presidency memoir would be a flop.  Just the opposite is true — “Decision Points” has sat atop the Times Best Sellers list for the last six weeks, and yesterday …
Discussion: Salon and Balloon Juice
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 4:15 AM ET, December 29, 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: 
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Chris Matthews: Why Doesn't Obama Just Release The Birth Certificate?
Sydney Morning Herald:
Gunmen kidnap town's female lone ranger, 28
Discussion: Babalú Blog and Weasel Zippers
Robert Mackey / The Lede:
Julian Assange's 1.3 Million Reasons to Write
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
What If Israel Ceases to Be a Democracy?
The Huffington Post:
Job Market Booming Overseas For Many American Companies
Dina ElBoghdady / Washington Post:
U.S. home prices drop 1.3% from September to October
Discussion: Truthdig
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Mysteries of Preemptive Fiscal Adjustment
Nicholas Jackson / The Atlantic Online:
Use Social Media to Escape Snowmageddon
Discussion: Washington Post
 Earlier Items: 
Daily Mail:
Dial-a-fatwa that bans naps, raffles and tattoos: Muslim scholars …
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Jana Winter / Fox News:
Indiana Grandmother, a Muslim Convert, Being Investigated for Possible Terror Link
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Peter Lattman / DealBook:
Stock Trading in Private Companies Draws S.E.C. Scrutiny
Lee Ferran / ABCNEWS:
National Film Registry Adds 25 Films
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Ellen Clegg / What Works:
After The Minnesota Star Tribune decided last summer not to endorse anyone for president, 15 former opinion staffers posted their own endorsement online

 
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