memeorandum: TSA to My Mother-in-Law: 'There's an Anomaly in the Crotch Area' (Jeffrey Goldberg/The Atlantic Online)

12:05 PM ET, April 29, 2012

Top Items:

CNN:

TRENDING: Boehner explains jabs at Obama as ‘help’ — Washington (CNN) - House Speaker John Boehner on Sunday described his amped-up rhetoric toward President Barack Obama in recent days as advice. — “The president is getting ... some bad advice,” Boehner said on CNN's “State of the Union.”

Discussion: Politico

ABCNEWS:

President Obama on Palin: What's the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? ‘A pit bull is delicious’ (VIDEO) — During his speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington on Saturday, President Obama used Sarah Palin's recent turn as a co-host on NBC's …

Discussion: Politico, CNN and M.JOSEPH SHEPPARD'S …

Michele Salcedo / Associated Press:

Romney, Secret Service, GOP: Obama mocks them all — WASHINGTON (AP) — This year's primaries, the 2008 primaries, the General Services Administration scandal, even the Secret Service and Donald Trump were targets for President Barack Obama's scattershot humor at Saturday night's celebrity studded White House Correspondents Dinner.

Discussion: JustOneMinute and Politico, more at Mediagazer »

Bill Clinton / CNN:
Bill Clinton to appear at fund-raiser with Obama on Sunday

Discussion: HotAirPundit and Little Green Footballs

Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:

TSA to My Mother-in-Law: 'There's an Anomaly in the Crotch Area' — Okay, I now have definitive proof that al Qaeda has actually won. It hasn't achieved the dissolution of the United States, or succeeded in murdering millions of Americans, or re-established the Caliphate …

Discussion: The Lonely Conservative and Hot Air

New York Times:

The iEconomy: Apple's Tax Strategy Aims at Low-Tax States and Nations — RENO, Nev. — Apple, the world's most profitable technology company, doesn't design iPhones here. It doesn't run AppleCare customer service from this city. And it doesn't manufacture MacBooks or iPads anywhere nearby.

Discussion: New York Magazine, The Big Picture, Jared Bernstein, Runnin' Scared, Althouse, American Power, Business Insider and Truthdig

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Senate Democrats plan another trap for Mitt Romney with female voters — Senate Democrats are planning a new ploy to put Mitt Romney and Republicans on the defensive with female voters. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will bring to the floor in coming weeks legislation …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The PJ Tatler, Prairie Weather and Right Wing News

Steven Hayward / Power Line:

Is There Any Worthwhile Progressive Thing? Yes — Since I spend no small amount of time beating down on Progressivism and all things Progressive here, more than a few folks have noted the irony that I'm currently having my house painted inside and out by . . . Progressive Painting!

Jon Boone / Guardian:

British doctor found beheaded in Pakistan — Body of Red Cross worker Khalil Dale found dumped by roadside in region afflicted by separatist and Taliban violence — The beheaded corpse of a British aid worker has been discovered in the Pakistani city of Quetta almost four months after he was kidnapped.

Discussion: The Jawa Report and Weasel Zippers

Toby Harnden / Daily Mail:

Obama has held more re-election fundraisers than previous five Presidents combined as he visits key swing states on ‘permanent campaign’ — Barack Obama has already held more re-election fundraising events than all five Presidents since Richard Nixon combined, according to figures to be published in a new book.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Doug Ross and Jammie Wearing Fools

Peter L. Bergen / New York Times:

Warrior in Chief — THE president who won the Nobel Peace Prize less than nine months after his inauguration has turned out to be one of the most militarily aggressive American leaders in decades. — Liberals helped to elect Barack Obama in part because of his opposition to the Iraq war …

Discussion: The Agonist and normblog

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Obama got Osama, but lost the Middle East

Discussion: Hot Air, Washington Post, The Other McCain, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, JustOneMinute, Conservatives4Palin, Liberal Values, Booman Tribune, Outside the Beltway and Fausta's Blog

Steven Malanga / Wall Street Journal:

How Retirement Benefits May Sink the States — Illinois is a lesson in why companies are starting to pay more attention to the long-term fiscal prospects of governments. — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently offered a stark assessment of the threat to his state's future that is posed …

Discussion: americanthinker.com, Instapundit, Althouse and The Volokh Conspiracy

David Bernstein / The Volokh Conspiracy:

Elizabeth Warren Herself Claimed “Minority” Status — A controversy has broken out in Massachusetts over the fact that Harvard Law School has claimed professor and current senatorial candidate Elizabeth as a minority member of the faculty based on apparent (but as yet unconfirmed) Native American ancestry.

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Power Line, Boston Herald, Conservative Commune and Boston Globe

Maggie Haberman / Politico:

Cantor-allied Young Guns Network urges non-Republicans to vote in Lugar race — I reported the other day that the Young Guns Network, a group led by two former top aides to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, is spending $100,000 in the primary between Sen. Richard Lugar and state treasurer Richard Mourdock …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Weekly Standard