memeorandum: Jihadi told Russians about Tamerlan (Boston Herald)

8:00 PM ET, May 4, 2013

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An Unqualified Apology — During a recent question-and-answer session at a conference in California, I made comments about John Maynard Keynes that were as stupid as they were insensitive. — I had been asked to comment on Keynes's famous observation “In the long run we are all dead.”

Discussion: economistadentata, Wonkblog, Telegraph, Business Insider, Taylor Marsh and Daily Kos

Tom Kostigen / fa-mag.com:

Harvard Professor Trashes Keynes For Homosexuality — Harvard Professor and author Niall Ferguson says John Maynard Keynes' economic philosophy was flawed and he didn't care about future generations because he was gay and didn't have children. — Speaking at the Tenth Annual Altegris Conference …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, National Review, Washington Monthly, Gawker, Business Insider, Guardian, Mediaite, The Raw Story, The Dish, Taylor Marsh, Brad DeLong, AMERICAblog, No More Mister Nice Blog, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Outside the Beltway and The Reaction

The Atlantic Wire:

Niall Ferguson's History with John Maynard Keynes' Gayness — Harvard professor and prominent Daily Beast columnist Niall Ferguson is now apologizing for saying economist John Maynard Keynes' theories about surplus and deficit spending were somehow shaped by that fact that he was gay and childless.

Discussion: Crooked Timber and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Henry Blodget / Business Insider:

Harvard's Niall Ferguson Blamed Keynes' Economic Philosophy On His Being Childless And Gay — Harvard professor and famous historian Niall Ferguson reportedly made some bizarre and offensive remarks about economist John Maynard Keynes at an investment conference yesterday.

Discussion: American Power, Brad DeLong, The Impolitic and The Monkey Cage

Nycsouthpaw / BuzzFeed:
Harvard History Professor Reportedly Trashes John Maynard Keynes Because He Was Gay And Childless

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Streettalk Daily X-Change

Boston Herald:

Jihadi told Russians about Tamerlan — Links to militants explored — By: — A slain Canadian jihadi gave Russian counter-terrorism agents the tip that put alleged Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev on their radar two years ago, Bay State U.S. Rep. William R. Keating confirmed yesterday …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, The Gateway Pundit and Jihad Watch

Boston Herald:

No one wants to bury Tamerlan Tsarnaev — By: — A Worcester funeral home director was scrambling last night to find a cemetery that would bury the marathon bombings mastermind, as protesters jeered outside his door demanding that the bomber's body be shipped out of the United States.

Discussion: UrbanGrounds, Scared Monkeys, The Gateway Pundit, Althouse, Outside the Beltway, Wake up America, Jammie Wearing Fools, Blazing Cat Fur, CBS Boston and Washington Post

Washington Post:

Israel launches second airstrike in Syria, targeting weapons shipment — JERUSALEM — Israeli forces have carried out an airstrike against a shipment of sophisticated missiles bound for the Lebanese political and military organization Hezbollah, officials in Washington, Lebanon and Israel told reporters Saturday.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, National Review and World News

New York Times:

Israeli Airstrike in Syria Targeted Missiles From Iran — WASHINGTON — The airstrike that Israeli warplanes carried out in Syria was directed at a shipment of advanced surface-to-surface missiles from Iran that Israel believed was intended for Hezbollah, the militant Lebanese organization, American officials said Saturday.

Discussion: New Republic, BBC, Gawker, CANNONFIRE, Vox Popoli, CNN and The Right Scoop

Fox News:

BENGHAZI: Names of ‘whistleblower’ witnesses revealed — Their identities have been a well-guarded secret, known only to their high-powered lawyers and a handful of House lawmakers and staff. But now Fox News has learned the names of the self-described Benghazi “whistleblowers” …

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Fox News Insider, BizPac Review, neo-neocon, The PJ Tatler and The Gateway Pundit

Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:

Are all telephone calls recorded and accessible to the US government? | Glenn Greenwald — A former FBI counterterrorism agent claims on CNN that this is the case — The real capabilities and behavior of the US surveillance state are almost entirely unknown to the American public because …

News-Record.com:

Voller: GOP is raping N.C. — N.C. Democratic Party Chairman Randy Voller told a room full of people at the Democratic Women of Guilford County's spring banquet Thursday that the GOP is raping North Carolina with its legislative decisions. — Voller said this afternoon that he meant …

Discussion: BuzzFeed, @NCCapitol and Riehl World News

Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:

NRA ‘Home Defense’ Course Instructs Audience To Store Guns In Kids' Room — Gun owners should store a gun in their kids' room, according to a ‘Home Defense Concepts’ seminar offered at the National Rifle Association's Annual Meeting, comments that came just days after the fatal shooting …

Discussion: The Raw Story

Julian Pecquet / The Hill:

NRA prez: ‘We have turned the tide’ on gun control — The National Rifle Association (NRA) has “turned the tide” on gun control efforts in Washington since the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, but the “war” is not over, the gun lobby's outgoing president said Saturday.

Discussion: CNN