Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
5:15 AM ET, October 10, 2007

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Michelle Malkin:
Democrat poster-child abuse, the nutroots' pushback, and the continued campaign to silence the Right  —  I received an e-mail from a NYTimes reporter this afternoon: … I gave him these comments: … I also told him this: … Here's the NYTimes story, which actually turned out much fairer and more balanced than I expected.
RELATED:
Ezra Klein:
What Has Happened To The Right?  —  Something has gone wrong on the Right.  Become sick and twisted and tumorous and ugly.  To visit Michelle Malkin's cave is to see politics at its most savage, its most ferocious, its most rageful.  They say they've spent the past week smearing a child …
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Capitol Feud: A 12-Year-Old Is the Fodder  —  There have been moments when the fight between Congressional Democrats and President Bush over the State Children's Health Insurance Program seemed to devolve into a shouting match about who loves children more.  —  So when Democrats enlisted …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Fred Wins, Chris Loses (Update: My Prediction Comes True)  —  The first debate with Fred Thompson was expected to reveal whether the lanky actor had what it takes to make a national run for the office.  Instead, it revealed Chris Matthews as a hack of the first order, one who tried his best to torpedo Thompson — and failed utterly.
RELATED:
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
And the Winner Is...  ...Fred Thompson.  —  He showed up — a big thing — and he didn't do bad at all.  —  In order?  Might look something like: Thompson.  McCain.  Rudy.  Romney.  ??  —  McCain continues to make a reluctant conservative take a second look.
Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:   Live-Blogging the Republican Debate
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Thompson dull in long-awaited debut
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Spin room open: Thompson's debut, GOP's debate
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
The Smoking Gun:
Dead Reverend's Rubber Fetish  —  Autopsy: Pastor found in wet suits after autoerotic mishap  —  An Alabama minister who died in June of "accidental mechanical asphyxia" was found hogtied and wearing two complete wet suits, including a face mask, diving gloves and slippers, rubberized underwear …
RELATED:
WSFA-TV:
Death Of Montgomery Minister Deeply Affects Snowdoun Pastor
Discussion: Agitprop
Paddy / Cliff Schecter:
Minister dies during bizarre sex ritual
Gavin M. / Sadly, No!:
Fundies In Their Undies, Pt. Infinity-Kabillion
Eric Roper / media.www.gwhatchet.com:
Seven GW students admit to hanging controversial posters  —  A group of seven GW students sent an e-mail to The Hatchet late Tuesday night admitting to hanging hundreds of controversial posters around campus early Monday morning.  —  The students - Adam Kokesh, freshman Yong Kwon …
RELATED:
Little Green Footballs:
LGF Poll: Who Won the GOP Debate?  —  Which Republican candidate turned in the best performance in the October 9 debate?  —  Sam Brownback  —  Rudy Giuliani  —  Mike Huckabee  —  Duncan Hunter  —  John McCain  —  Mitt Romney  —  Tom Tancredo  —  Fred Thompson
RELATED:
CNBC.com:
CNBC.com Poll: Who Won The GOP Debate?
Discussion: Wizbang and LewRockwell.com Blog
Peter Baker / The Trail:
Bartlett Unleashed: On Flip-Flops, a "Dud" and the Guy With the Funny Name  —  Dan Bartlett, formerly one of the closest advisers to President Bush, has been offering a tough analysis of the GOP field.  (White House Photo Office).  —  One of President Bush's closest advisers …
RELATED:
Kelly P. Kissel / Associated Press:
Huckabee: Rivals Might Consider Suicide
New York Times:
An Israeli Strike on Syria Kindles Debate in the U.S.  —  A sharp debate is under way in the Bush administration about the significance of the Israeli intelligence that led to last month's Israeli strike inside Syria, according to current and former American government officials.
Kuwait Times Newspaper:
Iraq: Iran's hand in the Shiite truce  —  Key Iraqi Shiite leaders Muqtada Al-Sadr and Abdel Aziz Al-Hakim announced a truce between their rival movements Oct 6.  Al-Hakim heads the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC), Iraq's largest and most cohesive Shiite political faction, which has close ties to Iran.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
RELATED:
Cernig / The Newshoggers:
Shiite Truce Was Designed In Teheran - Report
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Torture Appeal  —  The Supreme Court today turned down the chance to elaborate for the first time in more than 50 years on the "state secrets privilege" by refusing to hear an appeal filed on behalf of Khaled el-Masri, who claims he was abducted and tortured …
RELATED:
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Secrecy defense prevails in torture case
Discussion: NION
Spiegel Online:
Iranian-Born German Soccer Player Refuses to Play Israel  —  An Iranian-German soccer player who plays for the German national under-21 side has asked not to play against Israel in a friendly on Oct. 12.  The team has accepted his request, angering Germany's Jewish lobby.
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
"Ward Churchill to teach unsanctioned course on CU campus"  —  Dangerous.  Anti-establishment.  Edgy: … If Churchill's special brand of anti-American, white guilt-fueled BDS is strong enough to get college students to attend extra classes — for which they'll receive no credit …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Suitably Flip
Guardian:
Killer law  —  Last November it became a crime for a woman to have an abortion in Nicaragua, even if her life was in mortal danger.  So far it has resulted in the death of at least 82 women.  Rory Carroll reports on the fight to have the law changed  —  María de Jesús González was a practical woman.
Discussion: Digg and Crooks and Liars
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 5:15 AM ET, October 10, 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: 
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
4 Democrats Pull Out of Michigan Primary
Juan Carlos Hidalgo / Cato-at-liberty:
CAFTA Survives U.S. Meddling
Discussion: Redstate
Dan / Daniel W. Drezner:
HILLARY CLINTON REALLY WANTS TO IMPROVE AMERICA'S STANDING ABROAD
Viveca Novak / FactCheck.org:
Cop-Counting Cop-Out  —  Giuliani's wrong when he claims …
Discussion: MyDD
Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
House Passes War Profiteering Prevention Act
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
 Earlier Items: 
Damien McElroy / Telegraph:
Iraq insurgency: al-Qa'eda returns home
Discussion: Power Line and PrairiePundit
The Atlantic Online:
Zoning Ourselves to Death
Discussion: The Bellows
The Washington Post / The Trail:
Michele Obama in Iowa Accident
Satyam / Think Progress:
Charlie Savage: Cheney Plotted Bush's Imperial Presidency 'Thirty Years Ago'
John Tierney / New York Times:
Diet and Fat: A Severe Case of Mistaken Consensus
 

 
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:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

 
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