Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
3:20 PM ET, November 22, 2006

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Jim Stratton / Orlando Sentinel:
Analysis: Ballots favored Dems  —  Sarasota's 'undervotes' were examined in 5 state races.  —  The group of nearly 18,000 voters that registered no choice in Sarasota's disputed congressional election solidly backed Democratic candidates in all five of Florida's statewide races, an Orlando Sentinel analysis of ballot data shows.
RELATED ITEMS:
Sameer N. Yacoub / Associated Press:
U.N.: Iraqi civilian deaths at new high  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - The United Nations said Wednesday that 3,709 Iraqi civilians were killed in October, the highest monthly toll since the March 2003 U.S. invasion and another sign of the severity of Iraq's sectarian bloodbath.
RELATED ITEMS:
Washington Post:
Car bomb rocks shielded district
Discussion: Needlenose and The Road to Surfdom
Libby Sander / New York Times:
6 Imams Removed From Flight for Behavior Deemed Suspicious  —  Six Muslim religious leaders were taken off a US Airways flight in Minneapolis on Monday evening and detained for several hours after some passengers and crew members complained of behavior they deemed suspicious, including prayers at the gate.
RELATED ITEMS:
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
An Ideologue for Hire Gets New Alliance  —  Senator Joseph I. Lieberman announced Tuesday that he had hired a new spokesman, which is not in itself that noteworthy, except that the said spokesman, Marshall Wittmann, is one of the great career vagabonds, ideological contortionists …
Zachary Coile / San Francisco Chronicle:
Pelosi readying a pre-emptive House agenda  —  She's not going to let State of the Union overshadow the state of the nation  —  (11-22) 04:00 PST Washington — House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi made clear Tuesday she's not willing to cede the public spotlight to President Bush in the weeks before his State of the Union speech.
New York Times:
A Parting Shot From George Allen  —  As a last little gift to America, Senator George Allen, who was narrowly defeated by James Webb this month, has introduced what may be his final piece of legislation: a bill that would allow the carrying of concealed weapons in national parks.
RELATED ITEMS:
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
When ads trump news  —  During any election season, responsible voters have a tough job — they have to weigh the information they receive from often-misleading campaign commercials with what they learn from often-incomplete media coverage.  Of course, that'd be a lot easier if one wasn't getting …
Discussion: CBS News and Political Animal
npr.org:
No Set Pattern for Proceedings  —  Testimony at the tribunals doesn't appear to follow any set pattern.  Some start with questioning from the military officers.  At others, the detainee will launch into a speech about how they were arrested and sent to Guantanamo, and how they're being treated at the detention camp.
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Some Curbs on Sex Offenders Called Ineffective, Inhumane  —  As convicted sex offenders go, they seem to pose little danger.  —  One is 100 years old.  Another can barely walk and is in the late stages of Alzheimer's disease.  Another is dying of heart disease in a nursing home.
Jim Krane / Associated Press:
Elder Bush takes on son's Arab critics  —  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Former President George H.W. Bush took on Arab critics of his son Tuesday during a testy exchange at a leadership conference in the capital of this U.S. ally.  —  "My son is an honest man," Bush told members …
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
One Syllable of Civility  —  If he wanted to, President Bush could change the tone in Washington with a single syllable: He could just say "ic."  That is, he could stop referring to the opposition as the "Democrat Party" and call the other side, as it prefers, the Democratic Party.
Jordan Barab / Firedoglake:
Worker Victory In Houston!  Texas? … Houston, we have a solution.  —  You've heard it all before.  Unions can't organize in the South — maybe Florida, but never in Texas.  Immigrant workers are too intimidated to organize.  Blah, blah, blah.  —  5,300 janitors in Houston …
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Social Security Up for Discussion  —  With the elections over and Democrats poised to take control on Capitol Hill, the Bush administration is making a fresh push to persuade them to help rein in the rising costs of Social Security and government health-care programs by offering to open talks with "no preconditions."
Christopher Lee / Washington Post:
HHS Nominee Has Prescribed Birth Control  —  Spokeswoman Stresses Keroack's Private Practice Over Role in Christian Group  —  Despite his work for a Christian pregnancy counseling group that opposes contraception, the physician who yesterday began overseeing federal family-planning programs …
BBC:
Israel to probe cluster bomb use  —  The Israeli army is to investigate the way cluster bombs were used during the recent conflict with Hezbollah.  —  The chief of the defence staff has said he prohibited the wide use of the munitions during the conflict.  —  But human rights observers …
Discussion: Biased BBC and The Big Pharaoh
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Spoils of Prime Office Space Go to Democrats  —  Forget those pesky leadership fights.  The folks who run Congress are now getting down to what really matters on Capitol Hill: dividing up the office space.  —  In something of a break with recent tradition, the incoming Democratic speaker …
Discussion: The Heretik and The Right Angle
Daily Mail:
The first remarkable close-up pictures of animals in the womb  —  An unborn elephant, tiny but perfect in every way.  A dolphin swimming in the womb, just as it will have to swim in the ocean the moment it is born.  An unborn dog panting.  —  Each one amazing and now …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: U.S. Secretary of Education loses big on Celebrity Jeopardy  —  What's more embarrassing than being Secretary of Education and having your ass handed to you on Celebrity Jeopardy?  Being Secretary of Education and having your ass handed to you on Celebrity Jeopardy by Lenny from "Laverne & Shirley."
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 3:20 PM ET, November 22, 2006.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 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: 
Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Pentagon cites alternative to Baker report
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Redstate:
Winning hearts and minds: on America's underlying decency
Ali Waked / Ynetnews:
New in Gaza: Priest, nun human shields
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: 43% Would Never Vote for Mormon Candidate
Beverley Lumpkin / Associated Press:
U.S. to implement passport requirement
Discussion: The News Blog
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Clinton or Obama? Emanuel may hide under desk in '08
worldpublicopinion.org:
Baghdad Shias Believe Killings May Increase Once U.S.-led Forces …
 Earlier Items: 
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Whitewashing Iraq on the Washington Post Op-Ed Page
Discussion: Wake up America
Rep. Charles Rangel / NY Daily News:
Why I want the draft  —  The question of whether we need …
Discussion: Wizbang and Gateway Pundit
Lawrence O'Donnell / huffingtonpost.com:
Rangel Is Right  —  Charlie Rangel is angry about the Iraq war …
Michelle Malkin:
Internet defamation: A dissent
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Reno Joins Criticism of Anti-Terror Strategy
John from WuzzaDem / WuzzaDem:
Hardball: Michael Richards
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Kim Severson / New York Times:
Pass a Drumstick, and an Olive Branch