Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
9:20 AM ET, July 14, 2007

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
The Blotter:
Exclusive: Terror Commander: New Attack Will Dwarf Failed Bomb Plot  —  Brian Ross and Maddy Sauer Report:  —  As senior intelligence and law enforcement officials met again today in the White House Situation Room to deal with the "summer terror threat," a top terror commander said an attack …
RELATED:
Ynetnews:
Iranians arrest 14 squirrels for spying  —  Islamic Republic's intelligence agents allege rodents were carrying advanced Western spy gear  —  Iranian intelligence operatives recently detained over a dozen squirrels found within the nation's borders, claiming the rodents were serving as spies …
RELATED:
David Litterick / Telegraph:
Conrad Black guilty of multiple fraud charges  —  Conrad Black, the former media tycoon, last night faced years in jail after an American jury found him guilty of criminal fraud and obstructing justice.  —  Conrad Black arrives at court before the verdicts were delivered
Discussion: Samizdata.net
RELATED:
Deacon / Power Line:
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOT MUCH, PART TWO  —  It occurs to me that my discussion of lobbying Fred Thompson may have performed in 1991 on behalf of an abortion rights group is somewhat superficial.  It's true that traditionally in this country lawyers are not identified with the positions of their clients.
Discussion: TBogg
RELATED:
MattC / race42008.com:
Thompson's Trouble With Abortion
Discussion: The Corner
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
AP Poll: Public gives Congress low marks  —  WASHINGTON — In the eyes of the public, Congress is doing even worse than the president.  —  Public satisfaction with the job lawmakers are doing has fallen 11 points since May, to 24 percent, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll.
Discussion: Riehl World View
Washington Post:
Rivalries Split McCain's Team  —  After Months of Staff Fights, Rick Davis Emerges as the Leader of a Diminished Campaign  —  After weeks of internal struggles over who would run John McCain's presidential campaign, three key aides went to the candidate in January and told him he had to take action.
Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
New GOP bill challenges Bush Iraq policy  —  WASHINGTON - Two top Republicans cast aside President Bush's pleas for patience on Iraq Friday and proposed legislation demanding a new strategy by mid-October to restrict the mission of U.S. troops.  —  The proposal, by veteran GOP Sens. John Warner …
RELATED:
Satyam / Think Progress:
Discussion: Washington Times and Daily Kos
RELATED:
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:   Benchmarks and Bickering: Where Are Dems on Iraqi Security?
Richard Allen Greene / The Politico:
Kucinich challenges Edwards and Clinton  —  Dennis Kucinich has challenged Hillary Clinton and John Edwards each to debate him one on one.  —  He has been on the warpath since the two were caught on open mics yesterday at the NAACP debate, apparently proposing to have debates without the long-shot candidates.
Discussion: The Daily Background
David Beckham / CNN:
Release of tape in teen sex case may violate child-porn law  —  ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — A federal prosecutor wants a Georgia district attorney to stop giving out copies of a videotape used as evidence in a teenage sex case that has drawn national attention.
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
McCain's Florida Campaign Co-Chair Arrested For Solicitation  —  Another day, another sex scandal involving a god-fearing republican who just happened to be a key supporter of John McCain.  That and the fact that this legislator had also co-sponsored bills on public sex is pretty much par for the course with these guys.
Discussion: State of the Day
Atrios / Eschaton:
Late Night  —  Reader s sent this in.  —  ...it's Glenn Gould, late in life, performing the first 7 of Bach's Goldberg Variations.
Discussion: Suburban Guerrilla
Paul Joseph Watson / Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com:
Ron Paul: U.S. In "Great Danger" Of Staged Terror  —  Congressman & presidential candidate warns of economic collapse precipitated by bombing of Iran  —  Presidential candidate Ron Paul says the U.S. is in "great danger" of a staged terror attack or a Gulf of Tonkin style provocation …
Discussion: Human Voices and Hot Air
Wall Street Journal:
We're Number One, Alas  —  Some good news on the tax cutting front: Last week lawmakers approved an 8.9 percentage point reduction in the corporate income tax rate.  Too bad the tax cutters are Germans, not Americans.  —  There's a trend here.  At least 25 developed nations …
Discussion: Economist's View
RELATED:
Editor and Publisher:
EXCLUSIVE — Novak on C-SPAN: "I'm Never Going to Retire"  —  NEW YORK Brian Lamb interviews Robert Novak this Sunday on his "Q & A" program on C-SPAN, coinciding with the publication of the famed columnist's memoir, "Prince of Darkness: 50 Years of Reporting in Washington."  E&P has been sent a transcript.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 9:20 AM ET, July 14, 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: 
Aaron Mannes / Counterterrorism Blog:
CAIR & Hamas: Implications and an Illustration
AlterNet.org:
Republican State Rep. Exposed Himself to Female Employee …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
[TS] Op-Ed Columnist: An Unjustified Privilege
Discussion: Brian Beutler and Norwegianity
Booman Tribune:
Karbala Kidnapping: Another Lie Exposed
Business Week:
When Do You Stop The Presses?  —  Why the San Francisco Chronicle …
Discussion: CBS News and Attytood
New York Times:
The Land of Opportunity?
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Al Qaeda and its role in the Iraq insurgency
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Iraqi Military's Readiness Slips
Discussion: ThreatsWatch
 Earlier Items: 
Amanda / Think Progress:
Lieberman: Bush's 'Ratings Among Historians Will Be Greater …
Rusty / The Jawa Report:
An American al Qaeda Devotee in New York
John W. Dean / FindLaw's Writ:
Harriet Miers's Contempt of Congress: Are Conservatives About To …
USA Today:
McCain can still joke about his troubles: 'I fired 'em all' he quips
Arlen Parsa / The Daily Background:
Exclusive: "Swift Boat" Ad Firm Linked to Viral Videos
hughhewitt.townhall.com:
Michael Yon reports from Baquba, Iraq that the surge appears to be working.
WRAL-TV:
Edwards' Headquarters Becoming Nuisance to Neighbors
Discussion: Hot Air and Confederate Yankee
ShadowTV:
ShadowTV Viewer  —  pending amendment.  The presiding officer: is there objection?
 

 
From Techmeme:

Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Google announces Android theft protection features, like Theft Detection Lock, which detects motion indicating theft, and Private Space, to hide sensitive data

Sheena Vasani / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils the Proteus Controller, a $299 modular game controller kit for disabled Xbox and PC gamers by peripheral company ByoWave, shipping in the fall

Cherlynn Low / Engadget:
Apple unveils accessibility features, like Eye Tracking, to let users with physical disabilities control iPads or iPhones with their eyes, and Music Haptics

 
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