Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
12:30 PM ET, November 16, 2011

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
RELATED:
Morgen / Verum Serum:
OWS Protester: In a Few Days You're Going to See What a Molotov Cocktail Can Do to Macy's  —  Just in time for the Thanksgiving Day parade!  The headlined quote comes at about a minute in, but there is plenty more of the sort of “non-violent” talk OWS has become known for leading up to this point.
Harry Siegel / NY Daily News:
How Bloomberg and Kelly's aggressive crackdown at Zuccotti Park will backfire
Michael / Occupy Wall Street Library:
State of Seized Library
Bloomberg:
Gingrich Said to Be Paid at Least $1.6 Million by Freddie Mac  —  Newt Gingrich made between $1.6 million and $1.8 million in consulting fees from two contracts with mortgage company Freddie Mac, according to two people familiar with the arrangement.  —  The total amount is significantly larger …
RELATED:
O.Kay Henderson:
Newt responds to $1.6 M Freddie Mac payment (audio)
Pierre Thomas / Yahoo! News:
DC Shooting Suspect Could Be Threat to Obama, Police Say  —  ABC News has learned authorities are increasingly concerned that a man sought in connection with a bizarre shooting incident on the Washington Mall last week may pose a threat to President Obama.  —  The Secret Service now suspects …
RELATED:
Thomas Tobin / NBC Washington DC:
Bullet hits White House Window  —  Round of Ammunition Stopped by Ballistic Glass  —  The Secret Service is investigating how a bullet hit an exterior window of the White House.  A round was stopped by ballistic glass behind the historic exterior glass.  The Secret Service also tells News4 …
Erik Wasson / The Hill:   White House opposes GOP-led balanced budget amendment
ABCNEWS:
DC Gun Suspect May Be Obama Threat
New York Times:
Paterno Turns Home Over to Wife for $1  —  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Joe Paterno transferred full ownership of his house to his wife, Sue, for $1 in July, less than four months before a sexual abuse scandal engulfed his Penn State football program and the university.
RELATED:
Sara Ganim / PennLive.com:
Mike McQueary says he stopped attack on child and told PSU police of Sandusky sex abuse allegations  —  A new email from Mike McQueary, obtained by The Patriot-News, describes in greater detail what he saw when he allegedly witnessed a boy being assaulted by Jerry Sandusky in 2002.
Allentown Morning Call / Morning Call:
McQueary on alleged rape: ‘I did stop it,’ did have discussions with police  —  2011 file photo of Penn State Nittany Lions wide receiver coach Mike McQueary.  McQueary is seen here during Penn State action against the Temple Owls at Lincoln Financial Field.  (HOWARD SMITH / US PRESSWIRE / November 15, 2011)
Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Obama Loses to Romney in New Hampshire Poll  —  Driven down by economic forces, President Barack Obama is running poorly in New Hampshire, a state he carried in 2008 and one that has been a swing state in recent presidential elections.  —  Obama trails Republican Mitt Romney among likely …
Discussion: ABCNEWS, Hot Air and The Hill
RELATED:
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:   SEIU endorses Obama for reelection
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Endorsing Obama, SEIU says president for 99%
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans Tilt Toward Favoring Repeal of Healthcare Law  —  Nation is divided on whether ensuring health coverage is the government's responsibility  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Given a choice, 47% of Americans favor repealing the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, while 42% want it kept in place.
RELATED:
Wall Street Journal:
Another ObamaCare Glitch  —  Congress made a legal mistake while rushing through the health law.  Now it's come back to haunt the administration.  —  Even if ObamaCare survives Supreme Court scrutiny next spring, its trials will be far from over.  That's because the law has a major glitch that threatens its basic functioning.
Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC  —  Top GOPer On Super Committee Says No New Revenue, Games Out Strategy If Panel Fails  —  It's hard to see how the Super Committee can possibly reach a consensus by this time next week after Republican co-chair Jeb Hensarling's appearance on CNBC Tuesday night.
RELATED:
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid: Grover Norquist Is Thwarting Super Committee … WASHINGTON — A new wave of pessimism colored super committee talks on Tuesday as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) blasted anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist for meddling with the panel's progress and suggested that the American public “impeach” him.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats gain upper hand in deficit-reduction negotiations
The Politico:
Supercommittee on the brink  —  It's one week from a drop-dead moment …
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Candidates' Gaffes Dismay Some Republicans  —  The Republican presidential candidates have served comedians a full platter of laughs this year — a steady diet of gaffes, misstatements, puzzled looks and long, awkward pauses.  —  To a remarkable degree, the candidates have turned …
NBC Chicago:
Teacher Masturbated in Class: Police  —  Investigators said they believe Paul LaDuke may have engaged in activity several times in the last decade  —  A teacher at a northwest suburban Christian school has been charged with with sexual exploitation of a child for allegedly masturbating during class …
Discussion: The Raw Story
Stephen Baxter / Santa Cruz Sentinel:
Santa Cruz officials not expected to dismantle Occupy camp Wednesday  —  SANTA CRUZ — Even if a judge rules Wednesday that the Occupy Santa Cruz campsite is a public nuisance, Santa Cruz leaders said they don't plan to dismantle the camp that day.  —  Instead, they said the injunction …
RELATED:
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Eeww... Gross! Ringworm Outbreak at Occupy Santa Cruz (Video)
John Mackey / Wall Street Journal:
To Increase Jobs, Increase Economic Freedom  —  Business is not a zero-sum game struggling over a fixed pie.  Instead it grows and makes the total pie larger, creating value for all of its major stakeholders, including employees and communities.  —  Is the United States exceptional?  Of course we are!
RELATED:
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Oh.  Homeland security AND the FBI  —  “If you build it” update: … Obviously unconfirmed, but in light of what the Oakland mayor said this morning, certainly not unlikely.  —  I'm not surprised by this, but I am curious as to how they are going to justify the federal government's interest?
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 12:30 PM ET, November 16, 2011.

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: 
Lynn Sweet:
Rahm Emanuel in Iowa Saturday to plug Obama record
Craig Gilbert / JSOnline:
Cain took campaign on wild ride through Wisconsin
Discussion: Mediaite
Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
Dissed Iowa leader says Romney might not be ‘smart enough’ to be president
ABCNEWS:
Communist Protesters Throw Red Paint on Clinton's Motorcade
 Earlier Items: 
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Obama: Cutting carbon emissions is ‘good for our economies’
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Mrs. Polly / Rumproast:
Urgent Message to the Rumproast and Blogging Communities Concerning StrangeAppar8us
Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Morning Jay: Four Enduring Truths of American Elections
Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
Obama administration quietly bracing for debt supercommittee failure
Discussion: Eschaton
 

 
From Techmeme:

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

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

The Information:
Sources: OpenAI considered making a browser, discussed deals to power AI features on Samsung devices and search on sites and apps from Condé Nast and others

 
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