Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
5:10 PM ET, April 8, 2007

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Saad Abdul Kadir / Associated Press:
al-Sadr calls for attacks on U.S. troops  —  BAGHDAD - The renegade cleric Muqtada al-Sadr urged Iraqi forces to stop cooperating with the United States and told his guerrilla fighters to concentrate their attacks on American troops rather than Iraqis, according to a statement issued Sunday.
RELATED:
John McCain / Washington Post:
The War You're Not Reading About  —  I just returned from my fifth visit to Iraq since 2003 — and my first since Gen. David Petraeus's new strategy has started taking effect.  For the first time, our delegation was able to drive, not use helicopters, from the airport to downtown Baghdad.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Sadr: It's On  —  Moqtada al-Sadr has decided to finally acknowledge that the surge strategy in Baghdad will undermine the basis of his power in Iraq, and has ordered the Mahdi Army to resist American and Iraqi forces trying to put him out of business.  In a missive to his forces today …
Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:
U.S., Iraqi troops fight Shiite militia
Discussion: Hot Air and All Spin Zone
Charlie Savage / Boston Globe:
Scandal puts spotlight on Christian law school  —  Grads influential in Justice Dept.  —  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The title of the course was Constitutional Law, but the subject was sin.  Before any casebooks were opened, a student led his classmates in a 10-minute devotional talk …
RELATED:
Dahlia Lithwick / Washington Post:
Justice's Holy Hires  —  Monica Goodling had a problem.  As senior counsel to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Justice Department liaison to the White House, she no longer seemed to know what the truth was.  She also must have been increasingly unclear about who her superiors were.
Associated Press:
Gingrich: Gonzales should consider resigning
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
Michael J.W. Stickings / The Reaction:
Jesus Camp for law students
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Nico / Think Progress:
Lieberman Says Pelosi Syria Visit Was 'Bad For America,' Suggests Syria Was Behind 9/11  —  Today on CNN, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) said he "strongly disagrees" with Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) bipartisan delegation to Syria, calling it a "mistake" and "bad for the United States of America."
RELATED:
Faiz / Think Progress:
Rahall: Pelosi Personally Told Bush Of Syria Trip And He Did Not Object  —  Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV), who traveled last week with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as part of her delegation to the Middle East, said this morning on C-Span that Pelosi told Bush of the trip to Syria a day before they left, and Bush did not object.
Discussion: The RBC
Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
Guess Which One Was Defending Pelosi's Trip?:  Hint: It wasn't Lieberman
Telegraph:
Hero's tale is 'too positive' for the BBC  —  Amid the deaths and the grim daily struggle bravely borne by Britain's forces in southern Iraq, one tale of heroism stands out.  —  Private Johnson Beharry's courage in rescuing an ambushed foot patrol then, in a second act …
Detroit News:
Plug it in, fire it up, Mr. President  —  Credit Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally with saving the leader of the free world from self-immolation.  —  Mulally told journalists at the New York auto show that he intervened to prevent President Bush from plugging an electrical cord into the hydrogen tank …
Telegraph:
Buoyant Teheran warns of further kidnappings  —  Hardliners in the Iranian regime have warned that the seizure of British naval personnel demonstrates that they can make trouble for the West whenever they want to and do so with impunity.  —  The bullish reaction from Teheran will reinforce …
Tim Watkin / Washington Post:
Self-Help's Slimy 'Secret'  —  It's the publishing phenomenon of the year so far, a small book with a parchment-brown cover engraved with the image of a red wax seal.  —  "The Secret," its title proclaims matter-of-factly, as if the slim volume held the answer to life's deepest mysteries.
Discussion: Hot Air and Blue Crab Boulevard
Ned Parker / Los Angeles Times:
Iraqi insurgents recruit among U.S.-held detainees  —  Former inmates say radicals operate with impunity in prison camps.  —  BAGHDAD — U.S.-run detention camps in Iraq have become a breeding ground for extremists where Islamic militants recruit and train supporters, and use violence …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Times of London
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Politics Collide With Iraq Realities  —  There are two Iraq wars being waged, according to military officers on the ground and defense experts: the one fought in the streets of Baghdad, and the war as it is perceived in Washington.  —  Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, who took over as the top U.S. commander …
Nick Coleman / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Turmoil around U.S. Attorney Paulose merits belated scrutiny  —  By all accounts, Minnesota's top federal law officer, U.S. Attorney Rachel K. Paulose, is a charming and intelligent young person.  It also appears she may be incapable of leading her office, which she may have been handed …
Associated Press:
Pope: 'How much suffering' in the world … VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI decried suffering in much of the world in his Easter Sunday message, lamenting that "nothing positive" is happening in Iraq and voicing worry over unrest and instability in Afghanistan and bloodshed in parts of Africa and Asia.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 5:10 PM ET, April 8, 2007.

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: 
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Attorney Inquiry Touches a Pillar of New Mexico
CNN:
THIS WEEK AT WAR  —  Week's War-Related Events Recounted
Faiz / Think Progress:
Kristol: Proper Response To Iran's Kidnapping Of Soldiers …
Alexandra Zacharios-Haight / The Huffington Post:
The Helen Mirren Effect: With Notes on the Diane Keaton Scandal
Discussion: TalkLeft
Doug / GraniteGrok:
No fury like a mother scorned— The Movie
Discussion: Mudville Gazette
Popular Mechanics:
BMW Hydrogen-Powered 7-Series Hybrid: New York Auto Show Test Drive
IMAO:
Former Hostage, Iran, 1979
Discussion: TigerHawk and Power Line
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
What's Leaking Out of the White House
Discussion: Firedoglake
 Earlier Items: 
Angela K. Brown / Associated Press:
Crawford Peace House hit by strife
Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Iran's bluff humbles Britain
Discussion: Times of London
Associated Press:
Iranian diplomat says CIA tortured him
Discussion: NION and The Impolitic
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
2 Years After Big Speech, a Lower Key for Obama
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Fred Thompson's Idea of 'Reform'
Discussion: Bob Krumm and The RBC
Bob Krumm:
no, glenn . . .  . . . he's in Nashville.  —  Nashvillians …
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Piracy Move on China Seen as Near
Discussion: The Glittering Eye
Washington Post:
White House Looked Past Alarms on Kerik
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
How MowPod, which sells podcast advertising tools, uses mobile game ads to incentivize gamers to follow shows on Apple Podcasts in order to earn in-game tokens

New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

 
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