Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
10:55 PM ET, December 13, 2006

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
RELATED:
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Sen. Johnson suffers possible stroke  —  WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson (news, bio, voting record) of South Dakota suffered a possible stroke Wednesday and was taken to a Washington hospital, his office said.  If he should be unable to continue to serve, it could halt the scheduled Democratic takeover of the Senate.
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
South Dakota senator hospitalized  —  WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson (news, bio, voting record) of South Dakota was hospitalized after becoming disoriented Wednesday, weeks before his party is to take control of the Senate by a one-vote margin.  —  Johnson, who turns 60 on Dec. 28 …
Argus Leader:
Sen. Tim Johnson hospitalized after possible stroke
Discussion: HorsesAss.Org
Greg Giroux / New York Times:
Rodriguez's Upset Win in Texas 23 Yields Another Seat for Dems  —  Democratic former Rep. Ciro D. Rodriguez upset Republican Rep. Henry Bonilla in a House runoff election Tuesday in southwestern Texas' 23rd District, pushing the Democrats' net gain to 30 House seats and concluding Campaign 2006 …
RELATED:
Hotline On Call:
Did The Latino Vote Sink Bonilla?
Discussion: Daily Kos and Political Animal
RELATED:
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: David Duke calls Wolf Blitzer a Jewish extremist
Discussion: Haaretz and Ynetnews
Salt Lake Tribune:
Federal raid puts families in limbo  —  Immigration agents looking for stolen IDs detain scores in Hyrum  —  HYRUM - If only for a few minutes, Maria felt like an ''illegal alien'' in her homeland - the United States of America.  —  She thought she was going on break from her job …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and The Debate Link
RELATED:
Barry R. McCaffrey / Washington Post:
Beyond Baker-Hamilton  —  One Approach to a Last Try at Stability in Iraq  —  A collapse of the Iraqi state would be catastrophic — for the people of Iraq, for the Middle East and for America's strategic interests.  We need a new political and military approach to head off this impending disaster …
RELATED:
Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush decides direction of Iraq policy
Discussion: Sirotablog and All Spin Zone
Washington Post:
Clinton and Giuliani Have Early Edge in '08 Race, Poll Shows  —  New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) and former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani (R), who briefly competed against each other in a Senate race in 2000, hold early leads over potential rivals for their parties' 2008 …
Discussion: The Corner and Oliver Willis
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Former CNN News Chief To Launch 'IraqSlogger' Site  —  NEW YORK For the past four years there has been no shortage of news and views on Iraq and the long-running war there.  What's been missing: a one-stop-shopping clearinghouse for nonpartisan information, including material coming …
Discussion: Wizbang and Don Surber
Jeff Greenfield / CNN:
Point of personal privilege  —  (CNN) — "Humor is the nitroglycerin of politics," a political analyst wrote long ago.  "Very powerful, but if it's not handled carefully, it can explode in your face."  —  Actually, I wrote those words in a widely un-read book.
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Judge upholds detainee rights terror law  —  WASHINGTON - A federal judge upheld the Bush administration's new terrorism law Wednesday, agreeing that Guantanamo Bay detainees do not have the right to challenge their imprisonment in U.S. courts.  —  The ruling by U.S. District Judge James Robertson …
Mark Bauerlein / Chronicle of Higher Education:
How Academe Shortchanges Conservative Thinking  —  Notwithstanding the outcome of the recent election, in one respect, the last few decades mark a breakthrough era for conservative intellectuals.  Their visibility has soared.  Thirty years ago, the only place to find conservatives on television …
Pauline Jelinek / Associated Press:
Military Meets, Exceeds Recruiting Goals  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Though Americans are increasingly pessimistic about the war in Iraq, the Pentagon said Tuesday it is having success enlisting new troops.  The Navy and Air Force met their recruiting goals last month while the Army …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Bill's Bites
Peter R. Kann / Opinion Journal:
The Power of the Press  —  The media is in need of some mending.  —  Thomas Jefferson, a better president than we've had in a very long time, penned a line back in 1787: "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 10:55 PM ET, December 13, 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: 
Will Dunham / Reuters:
Male circumcision greatly reduces HIV risk: studies
Discussion: GINA COBB
Associated Press:
Leahy promises 'real' oversight of FBI, Justice
Discussion: Firedoglake and Booman Tribune
Robert Berkvist / New York Times:
Peter Boyle, Father on 'Raymond,' Dies at 71
Adam Nagourney / The Caucus:
Giuliani Picks Key G.O.P Figure for 2008
Discussion: Hotline On Call
Pachacutec / Firedoglake:
Government Of the Corrupt, By the Corrupt and For the Corrupt
Discussion: Washington Post and MyDD
Craig Silverman / Regret the Error:
Crunks '06: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Barry Schweid / Associated Press:
U.S. Warns of Threat to Satellites
Bill Gertz / Washington Times:
General foresees 'generational war' against terrorism
Discussion: Daily Pundit and Wonkette
 Earlier Items: 
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Jamilgate: What happened to the morgue? Update: Morgue identified
Discussion: Flopping Aces
Ilene Lelchuk / San Francisco Chronicle:
'Convert or die' game divides Christians
Little Green Footballs:
Democrat Bill Nelson Meets with Syrian Dictator
Allen Salkin / New York Times:
Web Site Hunts Pedophiles, and TV Goes Along
CNN:
Official: Saudis to back Sunnis if U.S. leaves Iraq
BBC:
Turkish Airlines gets the hump
David R. Henderson / TCS Daily:
What's Really Happening in the Economy?
Discussion: WILLisms.com and EconLog
WorldNetDaily:
Muslim Ellison should not sit in Congress
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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