Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
2:15 PM ET, December 18, 2012

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
President Delivers a New Offer on the Fiscal Crisis to Boehner  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama delivered Speaker John A. Boehner a new offer on Monday to resolve the pending fiscal crisis — and what may be close to a final deal, which would raise revenues by $1.2 trillion over the next decade …
RELATED:
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Pelosi Backed Boehner's Tax Cut Proposal  —  A new tax on millionaires, if talks fail.  —  Image by Jason Reed / Reuters  —  WASHINGTON — Speaker of the House John Boehner's “Plan B” to avert the fiscal cliff would cut taxes for incomes under $1 million — a higher threshold than the White House demands …
Politico:
John Boehner moving to Plan B on fiscal cliff  —  House Republicans, discouraged by the pace of negotiations with the White House, will move their own bill that would hike tax rates on income above $1 million, according to several sources familiar with the plan.
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
White House Rejects Boehner's Fiscal Cliff “Plan B”
Discussion: Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Poll: Most want ‘fiscal cliff’ compromise but oppose cuts that may be part of deal
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Corker: 'We're not close to a deal'
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Obama's Latest Fiscal Slope Offer: I'm Missing the Part Where Republicans Give Up Something
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Daily Caller
New York Post:
Adam Lanza's weapons  —  Has technology rendered the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution obsolete?  —  That is, has the application of modern military design to civilian firearms produced a class of weapons too dangerous to be in general circulation?  —  We say: Yes.
RELATED:
PR Newswire:
Cerberus Capital Management Statement Regarding Freedom Group, Inc.  —  We were shocked and deeply saddened by the events that took place at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT on December 14, 2012.  We cannot comprehend the losses suffered by the families and friends of those killed …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Sandy Hook: The Corrections Begin  —  I noted here that the news media's performance on the Sandy Hook elementary school murders has been terrible, with news outlets committing one factual error after another.  Yet in all the calls for “soul searching” that have followed Adam Lanza's rampage …
Washington Post:
Obama asks Cabinet members for proposals to curb gun violence  —  President Obama on Monday began the first serious push of his administration to attempt to reduce gun violence, directing Cabinet members to formulate a set of proposals that could include reinstating a ban on assault rifles.
Susan Candiotti / CNN:
Sporting goods chain suspends sale of certain semi-automatic after shooting  —  Mourners leave Honan Funeral Home after attending the funeral for Jack Pinto, 6, one of the youngest victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, on Monday, December 17, in Newtown, Connecticut.
Dan Primack / Fortune:
Cerberus: We want out of gun biz
CEPR:
Thoughts on the Chained CPI, Social Security, and the Budget  —  According to reliable sources, the Obama administration is seriously contemplating a deal under which the annual cost of living adjustment for Social Security benefits would be indexed to the chained consumer price index rather …
RELATED:
Paul Krugman:
The Deal Dilemma  —  First things first: cutting Social Security …
Paul Krugman:
Rumors of a Deal  —  It sounds as if Ezra Klein is hearing …
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Social Security: Will Obama Cave?
Declan McCullagh / CNET:
Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos  —  In its first big policy shift since Facebook bought the photo-sharing site, Instagram claims the right to sell users' photos without payment or notification.  Oh, and there's no way to opt out.  —  Instagram said today …
RELATED:
Roberto Baldwin / Wired:
How to Download Your Instagram Photos and Kill Your Account
Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
Stephens: Chuck Hagel's Jewish Problem  —  The would-be secretary of defense has some curious views.  —  Prejudice—like cooking, wine-tasting and other consummations—has an olfactory element.  When Chuck Hagel, the former GOP senator from Nebraska who is now a front-runner to be the next secretary …
RELATED:
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
EXCLUSIVE: ADL pans possible Chuck Hagel pick  —  Abe Foxman, the head of the Anti-Defamation League, emails me from overseas on the potential for Chuck Hagel to be picked as secretary of Defense: … Foxman's criticism follows in the wake of a column by Bret Stephens who documents Hagel's insinuations about dual loyalty.
Mike Brunker / World News:
Richard Engel and NBC News team freed from captors in Syria  —  Updated at 8:15 a.m. ET: NBC News' Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel and members of his network production team were freed from captors in Syria after a firefight at a checkpoint on Monday, five days after they were taken prisoner, NBC News said early Tuesday.
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Biden swears in Leahy as president pro tem  —  Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) was officially sworn in as the third in line for the presidency as President Pro Tempore of the Senate Tuesday.  —  The change became necessary after the senior-most Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) — the former Pro Tempore — died Monday afternoon.
Discussion: CNN
RELATED:
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Daniel K. Inouye, U.S. senator, dies at 88
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Three Arizona Republicans go ‘birther’  —  Several Arizona Republicans, including the GOP state chair, on Monday cast fresh doubts on President Barack Obama's citizenship, according to a report.  —  Tom Morrissey, the state chair of the Arizona Republican Party, along with two other members …
RELATED:
KTAR:
Obama birth issue raised by 3 Arizona electors
Discussion: The Hill
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Snyder's popularity plummets  —  Just last month when we took a first look at the 2014 landscape we talked about how much Rick Snyder had improved his popularity during his second year in office and how he led a generic Democrat for reelection by 6 points, even as Barack Obama won the state comfortably.
Steven Nelson / US News:
South Carolina Lawmakers Propose 5-Year Jail Sentence for ‘Obamacare’ Implementation  —  Federal officials could face fines and jail terms under proposed legislation  —  Nullification is yet again picking up steam in Dixie.  —  Pursuing an archaic legal theory that punctuated pre-Civil War disputes between …
Leslie Eastman / Col·lege In·sur·rec· tion:
Rhode Island prof demands NRA chief's “head on a stick”  —  Erik Loomis is an assistant professor of American history at the University of Rhode Island.  He also blogs at “Lawyers Guns and Money” blog.  —  In reaction to the murders in Connecticut, Loomis tweeted that he had never …
Investor's Business Daily:
Clinton And Kerry Get A Free Ride From The Press  —  Politics: Diplomacy involves considerable travel.  What it shouldn't include is free rides from both the media and political establishment.  But Hillary Clinton and John Kerry are getting just that as the guard changes at State.
David Kopel / Wall Street Journal:
Guns, Mental Illness and Newtown  —  There were 18 random mass shootings in the 1980s, 54 in the 1990s, and 87 in the 2000s.  —  Has the rate of random mass shootings in the United States increased?  Over the past 30 years, the answer is definitely yes.  It is also true that the total U …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 2:15 PM ET, December 18, 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: 
Jesús Aguado / Reuters:
Spain banks bad loans hit new high in October
Discussion: National Review
David Wells / FOX13Now.com:
Elementary school student brings handgun to school
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Poll: 69% disapprove of GOP on fiscal cliff
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Gregory Gwyn-Williams, Jr / CNSNews:
Gun Maker's Stock Soars More Than 700% Since Obama's Inauguration in 2009
Discussion: protein wisdom
BBC:
International models  —  All major police forces in Europe …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Adam Lankford / New York Times:
What Drives Suicidal Mass Killers
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
TEAM RICE WANTS OBAMA TO NIX KERRY
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Guns Are Different
Discussion: Mother Jones
 Earlier Items: 
Politicker NJ:
FDU Poll: Christie leads Rubio 55-46% in favorability among registered voters
Discussion: Politico and Ballot Box
George Zornick / The Nation:
How Walmart Helped Make Newtown Shooter's AR-15 the Most Popular Assault Weapon in America
Discussion: Quartz and Politicker
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Swift Boat Veterans Set To Give John Kerry A Pass
Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Booker Leaning Toward Senate Run
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Pressure Mounts To Appoint The First Female Secretary Of Defense
Politico:
It's raining men
Discussion: Mediaite
 

 
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