Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:15 AM ET, May 5, 2010

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Security Lapses Let Bomb Suspect Board Plane  —  WASHINGTON — Why was Faisal Shahzad permitted to board a flight for Dubai some 24 hours after investigators of the Times Square terrorism case learned he might be connected to the attempted bombing?  —  Though Mr. Shahzad was stopped …
RELATED:
Associated Press:
NY car bomb suspect cooperates, but motive mystery  —  NEW YORK - A man accused of trying to detonate a car bomb in Times Square had found the stable, suburban life he had spent a decade working toward, then abandoned his house in Connecticut and decided to supplement his business degrees …
John Christoffersen / Associated Press:
Times Square bombing suspect's life had unraveled  —  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Not long ago, Faisal Shahzad had a pretty enviable life: He became an American citizen after emigrating from Pakistan, where he came from a wealthy family.  He earned an MBA.  He had a well-educated wife …
Discussion: Riehl World View, Nice Deb and Moe Lane
New York Times:
Times Sq.  Bomb Suspect Was a Suburban Father  —  They took their places in the wood-paneled courtroom, 58 people from 32 countries.  They listened as a federal magistrate banged the gavel and said it was “a wonderful day for the United States”— the day they would become Americans.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Times Sq.  Arrest Renews Debate on Suspect Rights  —  WASHINGTON — The arrest of a suspect in the attempted Times Square car bombing revived the volatile political debate over terrorism policy on Tuesday, as President Obama's supporters and critics squared off over how the nation should handle those plotting against it.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What did authorities know about Faisal Shahzad?
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Fox News
Associated Press:
Pakistan makes arrests over Times Square bomb
miaminewtimes.com:
Christian right leader George Rekers takes vacation with “rent boy”  —  The pictures on the Rentboy.com profile show a shirtless young man with delicate features, guileless eyes, and sun-kissed, hairless skin.  The profile touts his “smooth, sweet, tight ass” and “perfectly built 8 inch cock …
RELATED:
Joe / Joe. My. God.:
Meet Geo, The Male Prostitute Hired By NARTH Member & Family Research Council Co-Founder Dr. George Rekers  —  I was going to withhold the identity of the male prostitute hired by Dr. George Rekers, the virulently anti-gay NARTH board member and Family Research Council co-founder.
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Black Hopefuls Pick This Year in G.O.P. Races  —  Among the many reverberations of President Obama's election, here is one he probably never anticipated: at least 32 African-Americans are running for Congress this year as Republicans, the biggest surge since Reconstruction, according to party officials.
RELATED:
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Democrats' Worst Fear Is About To Come True
Discussion: theblogprof and Gateway Pundit
James Hohmann / The Politico:
Primaries bruise establishment picks  —  Tuesday's primaries didn't offer any cause for panic.  But the elections in Indiana, North Carolina and Ohio confirmed what both parties suspected going in: it's going to be a very rough year for incumbents and for the Washington establishment.
RELATED:
Charles Murray / New York Times:
Why Charter Schools Fail the Test  —  THE latest evaluation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, the oldest and most extensive system of vouchers and charter schools in America, came out last month, and most advocates of school choice were disheartened by the results.
New York Times:
Amount of Spill Could Escalate, Company Admits  —  WASHINGTON — In a closed-door briefing for members of Congress, a senior BP executive conceded Tuesday that the ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico could conceivably spill as much as 60,000 barrels a day of oil, more than 10 times the estimate of the current flow.
RELATED:
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Wash Post shifts leftward online  —  The once-cautious Washington Post has begun to invest heavily in the liberal blogosphere, transforming its online presence - a combination of accident and design - into a competitor of the Huffington Post and TalkingPointsMemo as much as the New York Times.
New York Post:
Taliban lackey's twisted mission  —  It was payback.  —  The Connecticut man charged yesterday with the botched Times Square car bombing confessed to trying to slaughter innocent people in retaliation for US drone attacks that wiped out the leadership of his beloved Taliban, The Post has learned.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Fox refuses climate ad  —  Fox News last week refused to carry an advertisement from the liberal group VoteVets on the grounds that it was “too confusing,” a spokesman for the group said.  —  The ad, above, seeks to make the familiar case that climate legislation would have national security benefits …
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Marc Cooper / Los Angeles Times:
To replace John Paul Stevens, an atheist  —  It's something Thomas Jefferson might have done: nominate a nonbeliever to the Supreme Court  —  As President Obama considers nominees to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, a debate bubbles as to whether religion should play a role in his choice.
RELATED:
The Huffington Post:
Diane Wood, Supreme Court Contender, Interviewed By Obama And Joe Biden
Discussion: New York Magazine and Daily Kos
Associated Press:
3 dead during Greek riots  —  ATHENS, Greece — Greek fire officials say three people have died in a blaze that broke out at an Athens bank during rioting over government austerity measures.  —  An estimated 100,000 people took to the streets Wednesday during a nationwide wave of strikes …
Discussion: Townhall.com and Joe. My. God.
RELATED:
New York Times:
Three Reported Killed in Greek Protests
Discussion: FT Alphaville
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Lieberman wants to strip citizenship of Americans who join foreign terror orgs.  —  Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is planning to introduce a bill that would allow the government to take away citizenship from Americans who join foreign terrorist organizations.
RELATED:
Washington Examiner:
Time for some oil spill perspective  —  Eleven people died when BP's Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform exploded nearly two weeks ago in the Gulf of Mexico, 53 miles southwest of the Louisiana coast.  It's a sad measure of how much of the subsequent commentary on this disaster …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Marshall favored in runoff  —  Elaine Marshall will begin the runoff election against Cal Cunningham strongly favored.  On our final pre-primary poll, which proved to be pretty accurate in predicting tonight's results, we also asked about a potential runoff election.  Marshall led Cunningham 43-32.
Political Punch:
Obama administration says Emirates Airlines Dropped the Ball; 9/11 Commission Vice-Chair Says U.S. Govt Is Dropping the Ball  —  Senior administration officials say that Faisal Shahzad was put on the no fly list on Monday at 12:30 pm ET.  —  So how was he able to board the Emirates Airlines flight to Dubai?
Ed White / Associated Press:
US takes early lumps in case against Mich. militia  —  DETROIT (AP) — Federal authorities touted the arrests of nine members of a Michigan militia as a pre-emptive strike against homegrown terrorists, declaring at an initial court hearing that the suspects with “dark hearts and evil intent” wanted to go to war against the government.
Discussion: Riehl World View
Cincinnati.com:
Yalamanchili wins 2nd Dist.  Dem primary  —  Newcomer Surya Yalamanchili won the Democratic nomination in the 2nd Congressional District and will meet incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt in the fall.  —  With nearly all precincts reporting in the sprawling district …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:15 AM ET, May 5, 2010.

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: 
The Note:
Reid Says Gulf Spill Will Spur Climate Change Bill
CNN:
Jeb Bush formally endorses Marco Rubio
Discussion: The Page
Michael Ferraresi / Arizona Republic:
Widow of officer slain by illegal immigrant criticizes new law
Jay Heflin / The Hill:
Baucus: Bank tax in financial reform is unlikely to happen
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Shiite Blocs Join, Ensuring Dominance in Iraq
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
Wall Street Journal:
What-Ifs for Goldman Sachs
Derrick DePledge / Honolulu Advertiser:
Obama urges Hawaii to vote for a Democrat
Paul Krugman:
Default, Devaluation, Or What?  —  Is there anything more to say about Greece?
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Karlin / BuzzFlash.org:
Bush, Slave Labor and Arizona
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
GOP could gain by raising Arizona
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
CBS News and CNN Are Back in Partnership Negotiations
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Iran's Leader Says Sanctions May Ruin Relations
Discussion: The Page
Patten Fuqua / Section 303:
We Are Nashville  —  Allow me a moment to step away from the usual voice of this website.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Henry Farrell / Washington Monthly:
Reading Milton Friedman in Dublin
Discussion: Mother Jones and Matthew Yglesias
 

 
From Mediagazer:

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

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

Nicola Agius / Search Engine Land:
Google blocked or removed 5.5B ads and 12.7M advertiser accounts for violating its policies in 2023, up from 5.2B ads and 6.7M advertiser accounts in 2022

 
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