Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:55 AM ET, August 17, 2012

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Matt Rhoades / Barack Obama:
Letter from Jim Messina to Matt Rhoades  —  Dear Matt:  —  I am writing to ask again that the Governor release multiple years of tax returns, but also to make an offer that should address his concerns about the additional disclosures.  Governor Romney apparently fears that the more he offers …
RELATED:
Politico:
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan pursue united front strategy  —  Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan plan to campaign together again sooner than aides had originally planned, likely twice next week, as part of a new offensive to take on the touchy issue of Medicare, campaign officials tell POLITICO.
Carol E. Lee / Washington Wire:
Obama Campaign Asks Romney for 5 Years of Tax Returns
Discussion: GOP 12
CNN:
TRENDING: Obama camp: Let's make a deal on tax returns. Romney camp: No.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Outside the Beltway
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney's Whiteboard Blues
Discussion: CNN, ABCNEWS and Politico
Alexander Burns / Politico:   Messina writes Rhoades on Romney taxes
David Jackson / USA Today:
Romney declines Obama deal on tax return releases
Lean Forward / msnbc.com:   Sandra Fluke: Paul Ryan on women's issues — so bad it's unbelievable ... but true
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Romney raises $10M in week since Ryan selected as VP
Discussion: GOP 12
BBC:
Pussy Riot members jailed for two years for hooliganism  —  Judge Marina Syrova: “These three plus others... plotted together to undermine civil order, motivated by religious hatred”  —  Three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot have been jailed for two years after staging an anti-Vladimir Putin protest in a Moscow cathedral.
RELATED:
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Russian Punk Band Is Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Anti-Putin Stunt  —  MOSCOW — A Moscow judge handed down stiff prison sentences of two years on Friday afternoon for three young women who staged a protest against Vladimir V. Putin in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior last February …
Marcin Sobczyk / Emerging Europe Real Time:
Russian Punk Band Members Get Two Years in Prison
Christopher Bedford / The Daily Caller:
Biden's ‘good friend,’ donor receives $20M federal loan to open foreign luxury car dealership in Ukraine  —  In late July, John Hynansky — a longtime friend of Vice President Joe Biden, and a major donor to Biden's campaigns as well as President Barack Obama's — was awarded a $20 million taxpayer loan …
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Cold Fury
RELATED:
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Family Research Council head puts blame on Law Center  —  Family Research Council president Tony Perkins on Thursday said the shooting at the conservative Christian organization's Washington, D.C., headquarters was an act of terrorism and he accused the Southern Poverty Law Center of fostering …
RELATED:
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Hateful speech on hate groups
Mark Potok / Hatewatch:
SPLC: Family Research Council License-to-Kill Claim ‘Outrageous’
Gregory J. Krieg / ABCNEWS:
Presented With Letters, Ryan Admits Requesting Stimulus Cash  —  After repeated denials, Paul Ryan has admitted he requested stimulus cash even after sharply criticizing the program.  —  Ryan had denied doing so as recently as Wednesday, when he spoke to ABC's Cincinnati affiliate, WCPO, in Ohio.
RELATED:
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Romney's present, Ryan's future  —  Vice-presidential picks are always judged by their effect on the coming election.  They rarely have any.  —  They haven't had a decisive influence since Lyndon Johnson carried Texas for John Kennedy in 1960.  (That and Illinois put Kennedy over the top.)
RELATED:
David Simon:
Mitt Romney paid taxes at a rate of at least 13 percent.  And he's proud to say so.  —  Can we stand back and pause a short minute to take in the spectacle of a man who wants to be President of The United States, who wants us to seriously regard him as a paragon of the American civic ideal …
Matthew Mosk / ABCNEWS:
Secret ‘Menu’ Details Perks for Big Democratic Donors  —  Those seeking invites to the most lavish receptions at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, “gold ticket” access to “dialogues,” and private breakfast briefings with party luminaries, can expect a hefty price of admission.
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Obama's betrayal  —  In the innocent, bygone days of February, President Obama told NBC News that the campaign would get negative against him, but provided this assurance: “I think that you will be able to see how we conduct ourselves in the campaign.  I think it will be consistent …
Jen Chung / Gothamist:
Islamophobic Billboard At Metro-North Station Encourages Hatred, Says Local Pol  —  On the heels of a pro-Palestine ad at Metro-North stations and a judge ruling that the MTA shouldn't have rejected Islamophobic pro-Israel ads is a new poster controversy: At the Hartsdale Metro-North station …
Discussion: New York Magazine and Atlas Shrugs
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Exclusive: White House studying potential oil reserve release  —  (Reuters) - The White House is “dusting off old plans” for a potential release of oil reserves to dampen prices and prevent high energy costs from undermining sanctions against Iran, a source with knowledge of the situation said on Thursday.
TMZ.com:
Paul Ryan — THE TOPLESS PHOTO  —  THE TOPLESS PHOTO  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Here it is ... the very first photo of Paul Ryan's mysterious athletic physique ... REVEALED!!!  —  TMZ has (finally) obtained a photo of Mitt Romney's running mate — sans shirt — taken roughly 6 years ago ... right before Ryan got hooked on the P90X workout.
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
MSNBC's Touré: Romney Engaging In The ‘Niggerization’ Of Obama  —  On Thursday's edition of MSNBC's The Cycle the group discussed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's assertion that President Obama should “take [his] campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago.”
BBC:
Moscow bans gay pride for century  —  Nikolay Alexeyev has been campaigning for years for the right to stage gay parades in Russia  —  Moscow's top court has upheld a ban on gay pride marches in the Russian capital for the next 100 years.  —  Earlier Russia's best-known gay rights campaigner …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:55 AM ET, August 17, 2012.

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: 
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
CBS, AP: Dem chair of House Oversight covered up ties to Countrywide for himself, colleagues, and staff
Discussion: protein wisdom
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Geraldo Investigates: Is There A ‘Lesbian Cabal’ Leading The Department Of Homeland Security?
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Mitt Romney's Transition Team Is Hard at Work
Discussion: NY Daily News and The Caucus
Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:
Time and CNN Reinstate Journalist After Review
Patrick Gavin / Politico:
Fit for office: Candidates in best shape ever
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
 Earlier Items: 
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
The Obama Campaign's Forlorn Hope: Just Get Unlikely Voters to Turn Out
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
New rules expose bigger funding gaps for public pensions
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Finland prepares for break-up of eurozone
Gallup:
In U.S., Majority Overweight or Obese in All 50 States
Discussion: CBS Boston and ThinkProgress
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
New York Democrats Skipping Convention for, Well, You Name It
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza

Devin Gordon / New York Times:
AI in Hollywood is a tech leap with a vast impact but remains a tool, not a replacement, for creatives; its speed, quality, and cost allow for VFX breakthroughs

Ben Jacobs / Slate:
A profile of John Avlon, former CNN anchor, former Daily Beast EIC, former speechwriter for Rudy Giuliani, and now a congressional candidate running in New York

 
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