memeorandum: No Criminal Case Is Likely in Loss at MF Global (DealBook)

2:05 PM ET, August 16, 2012

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Joe Biden / WDBJ-TV:

Radford business owner declines request from Joe Biden's entourage to stop in store — The owner of Crumb and Get It says he doesn't agree with the Obama administration's policies. — Vice President Joe Biden visits Danville, Floyd, Wytheville — Republicans seize on Biden's ‘put you back in chains’ comment

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, BREITBART.COM, Weekly Standard, The Jawa Report, The Moderate Voice, Wake up America, Datechguy's Blog, The Gateway Pundit, The Hinterland Gazette, Riehl World View, The Daily Caller, The PJ Tatler and Angry Black Lady Chronicles

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

Is Today the Day? — Perhaps further fueling speculation that Barack Obama may replace Joe Biden on the Democratic presidential ticket with, say, Hillary Clinton, take a look at part of the president's schedule for today: — 10:15AM THE PRESIDENT and THE VICE PRESIDENT receive the Presidential Daily Briefing

Discussion: Power Line, HillBuzz.org, The Daily Caller, National Review, Outside the Beltway, BLACKFIVE, Fox News, Hot Air, Althouse and neo-neocon

Jonathan Martin / Politico:

Mission Impossible: Managing Joe Biden — BLACKSBURG, Va. — The most emotionally powerful minute of Joe Biden's two-day swing through rural Virginia almost didn't happen. — After the vice president paid a solemn visit Wednesday to the memorial honoring the victims of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting …

Discussion: The Fix, Taylor Marsh, Weekly Standard, Guardian, National Review, The Hinterland Gazette, Mediaite, Poynter, Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon, more at Mediagazer »

Dana Milbank / Washington Post:

The ugly presidential campaign — The umbrage industry is working overtime this week. — Mitt Romney, the Republicans' presidential standard-bearer, is so outraged by President Obama's attacks that he called the president a hater: “Mr. President, take your campaign of division and anger …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, p m carpenter's commentary, The Mahablog, Balloon Juice, Daily Kos and Outside the Beltway

Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Mission Impossible: Managing Joe Biden

Discussion: Mediaite and Ricochet Conversations Feed

Fox News:
Ryan takes on Obama campaign over Biden ‘chains’ remark

Discussion: Politico, Conservatives4Palin, The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite

Washington Post:
Mr. Biden's Social Security promise falls flat

Discussion: Power Line

Washington Post:
Ryan pick presents new challenges for Biden

Discussion: WBAY-TV, Washington Wire, The Fix, ABCNEWS, Politico, Ballot Box, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and USA Today

Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
President Obama: No Apologies, No Scolding for Joe Biden's Remark

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Reuters, First Read, Mediaite, Mail Online, The Fix, Politico, Scared Monkeys, USA Today, The Hill, ABCNEWS, New York Magazine, Weasel Zippers, CNN, Hot Air and Washington Post

Rich Lowry / Politico:

Give 'em hell, Mitt! — On Medicare, the Romney campaign is borrowing the strategic logic of a long-ago military legend. — Taking command of the French 9th army in 1914 as it retreated before the Germans, Marshal Ferdinand Foch uttered his immortals words: “Hard pressed on my right.

Discussion: CNN and Cold Fury

Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:

ANALYSIS: Paul Ryan's First Week — ANALYSIS:If Mitt Romney's decision to announce his vice presidential pick earlier than most other presidential candidates in modern political history was supposed to turn the campaign away from the personal (his record at Bain, his refusal to release …

Discussion: CNN, Politico and ABCNEWS

David Fahrenthold / Washington Post:

Artur Davis, who backed Obama in 2008, to speak at GOP convention — Former congressman Artur Davis, who officially seconded President Obama's nomination at the 2008 Democratic convention, said Wednesday that he will cap a remarkable political metamorphosis by addressing the Republican convention …

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, Politico, americanthinker.com, The Fix and The Political Carnival

Artur Davis / National Review:
Obama's Hidden-Hand Politics

Discussion: The Spectacle Blog and AEIdeas

Andrew Malcolm / Investor's Business Daily:
Ex-Obama pal decodes Joe Biden's racial-speak for other Americans

Discussion: protein wisdom, Wake up America, Moe_Lane's blog and CNN

Katie Glueck / Politico:

Marriage advocate pleads for civility — Yesterday's shooting at the conservative Family Research Council in downtown Washington, D.C., is symptomatic of a broader lack of civility in political discourse, the head of an organization promoting traditional marriage said Thursday.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Shooting spurs heated debate on gay rights, ‘hate group’ label

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Hit & Run, Gay Politics, americanthinker.com, Towleroad News #gay, NOM Blog, American Power, Little Green Footballs, Twitchy and Washington Post

Tim Graham / NewsBusters.org:
Only ABC Offers Full Story on Shooting at FRC; CBS, NBC Blow It Off With Tiny Reports

Discussion: Washington Post, LifeNews.com, Associated Press and The Daily Caller

Associated Press:
Cops: LGBT volunteer shoots conservative group's guard

Discussion: Hot Air, GLAAD, BuzzFeed, UrbanGrounds, Shakesville, Power Line, Jammie Wearing Fools, The PJ Tatler, American Power, Truth Wins Out, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Jawa Report, tpmmuckraker … and Washington Times

Erick Erickson / RedState:
Human Rights Campaign Maintains Family Research Council is a “Hate Group”

Discussion: Good As You, NOM Blog and NewsBusters.org blogs

New York Times:

Ecuador Grants Asylum to Assange, Defying Britain — CARACAS, Venezuela — Ecuador said on Thursday that it had decided to grant political asylum to Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. Mr. Assange has been holed up for two months in the Ecuadorean embassy in London …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Guardian, TechCrunch, American Spectator, Media Decoder, New York Magazine, News Desk and americanthinker.com, more at Mediagazer »

Reuters:
Britain warns Ecuador it could enter embassy to get Assange

Discussion: BBC, Taylor Marsh, National Review, US Politics and LewRockwell.com Blog, more at Mediagazer »

Lizzy Davies / Guardian:
Diplomatic row intensifies as Ecuador grants asylum to Julian Assange

Discussion: News Desk, New York Times, Crooks and Liars, Balloon Juice, Gawker and BBC, more at Mediagazer »

DealBook:

No Criminal Case Is Likely in Loss at MF Global — A criminal investigation into the collapse of the brokerage firm MF Global and the disappearance of about $1 billion in customer money is now heading into its final stage without charges expected against any top executives.

Discussion: Hot Air, The Jawa Report, Outside the Beltway, New York Magazine, emptywheel, The Awl, Brad DeLong and Jammie Wearing Fools

Rolling Stone:
Goldman Non-Prosecution: AG Eric Holder Has No Balls

Discussion: Firedoglake and CBS DC

Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:

President Obama Takes Questions from People Mag, Entertainment Tonight, Disses White House Press Corps — President Obama hasn't formally taken questions from the White House press corps in more than two months, while on the campaign trail in Iowa yesterday he made time for reporters from People Magazine and Entertainment Tonight.

Discussion: Hot Air, Pundit & Pundette, Weasel Zippers, Riehl World View, ETonline.com and Politico

Amie Parnes / The Hill:
White House says Obama will stick with Biden as running mate

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The PJ Tatler

BuzzFeed:

Romney: I've Never Paid Less Than 13% In Taxes — Calls a reporter's questions about his tax returns “small-minded.” — From the press pool, here's what Romney said when asked about his tax returns:

Discussion: Mediaite and Gawker

Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney Says He Never Paid Less Than 13 Percent In Taxes

Discussion: New York Magazine and p m carpenter's commentary

Nick R. Martin / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:

TPMMuckraker — Brewer's Immigration Blast At Obama Looks Like A Dud — At first blush, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer seemed to be defying the federal government once again on Wednesday night. — The Republican governor signed an executive order saying Arizona had no plans to give government benefits …

Discussion: Firedoglake, Los Angeles Times, KNXV, Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Raw Story, Business Insider, The Political Carnival, ThinkProgress, The Maddow Blog and Talking Points Memo

Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Gov. Jan Brewer defies W.H. on immigration

Discussion: U.S. News and ImmigrationProf Blog

Matt Ferner / The Huffington Post:

Dave Mustaine, Megadeth Singer, Says Obama ‘Staged’ Aurora Shooting, Sikh Temple Shooting To Pass A Gun Ban (VIDEO) … FOLLOW: — Barack Obama , Denver News, Video, Dave Mustaine, Gun Rights, Aurora News, Aurora Shooting 2012, Batman Shooting 2012, Colorado Shooting 2012, Colorado Theater Shooting …

Discussion: ThinkProgress

TMZ.com:
Megadeth Singer Dave Mustaine — Barack Obama ‘Staged’ Aurora Shooting Massacre

Discussion: Rolling Stone, Wonkette, Reuters, Mediaite, SQUATLO RANT, The Moderate Voice, BuzzFeed, Shakesville, Gawker and New York Magazine

Karah-Leigh / Athens Daily News:

Red & Black student staffers walk out — The student editorial staff of the University of Georgia's The Red & Black newspaper walked out Wednesday evening after a non-student was named editorial director with final say on all editorial content. — The Red & Black's student editor-in-chief …

Discussion: Red & Dead, Sense of Events, Poynter, Instapundit and Inside Higher Ed, more at Mediagazer »

Louis Woodhill / Forbes:

General Motors Is Headed For Bankruptcy — Again — President Obama is proud of his bailout of General Motors. That's good, because, if he wins a second term, he is probably going to have to bail GM out again. The company is once again losing market share, and it seems unable to develop products …

Discussion: Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon and Jammie Wearing Fools

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

CNN's O'Brien, Sununu wring fun from Medicare — Upon the selection of Rep. Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney's running mate, Washington's chattering class predicted a turn toward substance, toward discussions of budget numbers and the tough choices faced by the country. They were right.

Discussion: The Atlantic Online and Balloon Juice

Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
CNN's Soledad O'Brien Responds to Critics Who Claim She's Biased (Exclusive)

Discussion: National Review, NewsBusters.org blogs and NewsBusters.org

Investor's Business Daily:

Look Who the Press Is Blaming for the Ugly Campaign — Media Bias: What a surprise. Mitt Romney finally throws a counterpunch to a series of outrageous Obama campaign lies, and the press accuses Romney of going negative. The media's pro-Obama bias is a wonder to behold.

Discussion: NewsBusters.org