Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
7:50 PM ET, January 22, 2008

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
RELATED:
Marc Ambinder:
Thompson Decides To Drop Out  —  Ex-Sen. Fred Thompson has told several Republicans that he has decided to drop out of the presidential race and will make public his intentions by close of business.  —  Thompson does not plan to endorse any rivals for now, even though one of his best friends is Sen. John McCain.
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
With Thompson Out, Who Benefits Most?  —  The decision by former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson to end his candidacy for the GOP presidential nomination removes a conservative voice from the field even as the remaining Republican candidates crisscross Florida in search of votes in advance of the state's Jan. 29 primary.
Discussion: Eunomia and Time
Carl Cameron / Cameron's Corner:
Now it can be told- The Thompson story
Discussion: Hot Air and Riehl World View
Bill Sammon / Examiner:
Fred Thompson quits; may position himself for VP bid
Discussion: Wizbang
Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
D'AMATO DUMPS FRED FOR MCCAIN
Deacon / Power Line:
FRED THOMPSON WITHDRAWS
Discussion: TownHall Blog
Sewell Chan / City Room:
Heath Ledger, Actor, Is Found Dead at 28  —  The actor Heath Ledger was found dead this afternoon in an apartment in Manhattan, according to the New York City police.  Signs pointed to a suicide or an accidental overdose, police sources said.  Mr. Ledger was 28.
RELATED:
CNN:
Actor Heath Ledger dies at 28  —  NEW YORK (CNN) — Actor Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday of a possible drug overdose in a Lower Manhattan apartment, the New York Police Department said.  —  The Academy Award nominated actor was 28.  —  “Pills were found in the vicinity of the bed,” police spokesman Paul Browne told CNN.
Discussion: The World Wide Rant
The State:
Obama most likely Democrat to unify America  —  THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY in South Carolina this year offers voters an unusual choice.  Earlier votes have winnowed out the most experienced candidates, leaving a field with fewer accomplishments and differences on policy, but including two candidates …
John Edwards / CNN:
Clinton, Edwards hold private post-debate meeting  —  MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (CNN) — What were they talking about?  —  Hillary Clinton and John Edwards met privately backstage following a very contentious Democratic presidential debate in this coastal city, sources with both campaigns confirm to CNN.
RELATED:
CNN:
Bill Schneider's take on last night's Democratic debate:
Discussion: The Swamp, The Trail and MyDD
The Prowler / American Spectator:
Huckabee Broke  —  Less than a month after a huge upset victory, and promises that fundraising would be ramped up, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is asking his senior staff to keep working for him without pay, while lower level campaign staff are seeing their salaries cut dramatically or eliminated altogether.
RELATED:
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Huckaproblems  —  As Fred Thompson departs and frees up a share …
Discussion: race42008.com
Ron Word / Associated Press:
Some Huckabee Aides Forgoing Paychecks
Discussion: The Page
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
OBAMA vs. CLINTON....AGAIN....It's possible — likely, even — that everyone is tired of conversations about whether Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton would be more effective if they win the presidency.  That's doubly true since it's essentially unknowable at this point.
Michelle Malkin:
Mystery in Brooklyn: Bomb factory at Columbia University professor's home  —  The NY Daily News reports today on a disturbing discovery at a Columbia University instructor's home: … Clatts cannot be located.  Who is he? … The NYTimes reports on a bizarre twist in the case …
Ian Traynor / Guardian:
Pre-emptive nuclear strike ‘an option’  —  The west must be ready to resort to a pre-emptive nuclear attack to try to halt the “imminent” spread of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, according to a radical manifesto for a new Nato by five of the west's most senior military officers and strategists.
The Smoking Gun:
Hey Kids, Shoot Your Favorite Candidate!  —  Clinton, Obama pace gunners in “Presidential Paintball” online game  —  For the aspiring young assassin, a popular online games site offers kids the opportunity to assume the identity of a leading presidential contender and then shoot …
Discussion: Gawker, Pat Dollard and Hot Air
Philip Giraldi / The American Conservative:
Found in Translation  —  FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds spills her secrets.  —  Most Americans have never heard of Sibel Edmonds, and if the U.S. government has its way, they never will.  The former FBI translator turned whistleblower tells a chilling story of corruption at Washington's highest levels …
Discussion: The Huffington Post and At-Largely
Byron York / National Review:
Why Republicans Fear Obama  —  Columbia, South Carolina — I went to Barack Obama's rally here, on Sunday night, with a Republican friend who had never seen the Illinois senator in action before.  Watching the crowd of more than 3,000 fill up the convention center, watching the people send …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 7:50 PM ET, January 22, 2008.

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: 
Kimberly Hefling / Associated Press:
Army gets fewer high school grads in '07
Badgers Forward:
Setting the Record Staright Regarding Soldiers Deaths while Riding in MRAPs
Scott Horton / Harper's:
The Emails that Dick Cheney Deleted
Amanda / Think Progress:
Petraeus: I Need Another Six Months To Determine Whether 'We've …
Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
Israel Eyes Thinking Machines to Fight ‘Doomsday’ Missile Strikes (Updated)
Rich Lowry / The Corner:
Fred Exits  —  He's a good and talented man, but I'm still mystified …
Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
In the Fatosphere, Big Is in, or at Least Accepted
Discussion: Megan McArdle
 Earlier Items: 
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Hillary Hater is DIY Robo Caller?
Fareed Zakaria / Newsweek:
We're Fighting the Wrong War
RushLimbaugh.com:
Why Should We Shut Up?  —  BEGIN TRANSCRIPT  —  RUSH …
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
What's Gotten Into Bill?
Manu Raju / The Hill:
Attorneys probe deepens
 

 
From Techmeme:

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia announces Blackwell, a new generation of AI chips available later in 2024, starting with the GB200 superchip, which pairs two B200 GPUs with a Grace CPU

Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat:
Stability AI debuts Stable Video 3D, a generative AI tool built on its Stable Video Diffusion model, letting users create 3D video from a text or image prompt

Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk:
Solana memecoin SLERF raised $10M in a presale, hitting $1.7B in trading volume, but the developer claims to have “burned” tokens set aside for an airdrop

 
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