Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:05 AM ET, December 26, 2008

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Little Blue Pills Among the Ways CIA Wins Friends in Afghanistan  —  The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women.  His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an opportunity …
RELATED:
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS.... Conditions in Afghanistan have been deteriorating, and the pressure on U.S. troops and officials is increasing.  Apparently, in some cases, there's been a diplomatic breakthrough thanks to a little blue pill. … U.S intelligence officials use “novel incentives,” but this is not limited to Viagra.
Spencer Ackerman / ATTACKERMAN:
She Said You Couldn't Stay Up  —  The portrait of 2009's passel …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
RELATED:
Ilaina Jonas / Reuters:
Retailers' holiday sales plummet: Spending Pulse
Discussion: 24/7 Wall St.
Heather Burke / Bloomberg:
Holiday Sales in U.S. Fell as Much as 4%, SpendingPulse Says
Discussion: Buck Naked Politics
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Obama is man Americans admire most  —  WASHINGTON — A month before his inauguration, Americans choose Barack Obama as the man they admire most in the world, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll.  It's the first time a president-elect has topped the annual survey in more than a half-century.
RELATED:
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama, Hillary Clinton Share “Most Admired” Billing  —  Palin makes impressive showing as second most admired woman  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A remarkable 32% of Americans choose Barack Obama as the man they most admire living anywhere in the world today, putting him in the No. 1 position on Gallup's annual Most Admired Man list.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Barack Be Good  —  Times have changed.  In 1996, President Bill Clinton, under siege from the right, declared that “the era of big government is over.”  But President-elect Barack Obama, riding a wave of revulsion over what conservatism has wrought, has said that he wants to “make government cool again.”
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Study Criticizes Bush Approach to War Funding, Calls for Changes  —  President-elect Barack Obama's administration needs to monitor war spending much more closely than the current White House has, according to a new study that criticizes President Bush's approach to funding the Iraq and Afghanistan wars …
Discussion: Think Progress and Time
RELATED:
Associated Press:
Blagojevich Attorney Asks Illinois Panel to Subpoena Emanuel and Others  —  An attorney for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) has asked the legislative panel considering impeachment of the governor to subpoena more than a dozen witnesses, including President-elect Barack Obama's incoming chief of staff.
Discussion: Don Surber, Hot Air, TIME.com and RBO
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
New Board Named at Fannie Mae  —  Regulator Picks Members; No Stock Awards for New Directors  —  Fannie Mae, the District mortgage-finance giant taken over by the government in early September, yesterday announced the members of its newly constituted board of directors.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
White House Press Corps Faces Unique Challenges in Hawaii  —  It's prime time and CNN's Ed Henry is standing on the white sand of Waikiki Beach, reporting live on President-elect Barack Obama's holiday vacation in Hawaii.  With the volcanic mountain Diamond Head in the distance …
Turki al-Faisal / Washington Post:
Peace for the Mideast  —  How Our Plan Could Aid Barack Obama's Efforts  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President-elect Barack Obama is about to inherit not just a nation entrenched in two wars but a world of instability and an entire Middle East that is sick with discord.
Discussion: Commentary, Yourish.com and Soccer Dad
Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
Clinton Helping Clinton Retire Debt  —  Clinton Foundation Business Helps Reduce Hillary Clinton's Remaining Campaign Debt  —  Sen. Hillary Clinton's in-the-red campaign committee has found an innovative way to pay down a slice of its debt — and is getting help from President Clinton's foundation …
Discussion: Top of the Ticket
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Chinese Savings Helped Inflate American Bubble  —  “Usually it's the rich country lending to the poor.  This time, it's the poor country lending to the rich.”  —  WASHINGTON — In March 2005, a low-key Princeton economist who had become a Federal Reserve governor coined a novel theory …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:05 AM ET, December 26, 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: 
Military.com:
Police Say Vet Made, Sold IEDs to Gangs
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Michael Saul / NY Daily News:
Caroline has stiffed N.Y. Dems for years
Discussion: TIME.com and JammieWearingFool
Mike Glenn / Houston Chronicle:
Naked man fights Harris deputies; dies after Taser shocks
Discussion: Hullabaloo
 Earlier Items: 
Jerusalem Post:
8 Katyusha rockets defused in Lebanon
Discussion: A Blog For All and Israel Matzav
 

 
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