Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
9:35 AM ET, November 15, 2010

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The Uncertainty Meme  —  Why does the economy continue to suck?  The LA Times is hosting a symposium on the topic today, and USC business professor Ayse Imrohoroglu says the answer is uncertainty: … OK, let's take these one by one:  — Interest rates will remain very low for a very long time.
RELATED:
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Uncertainty and Aggregate Demand  —  I agree with much of what Kevin Drum has to say about the notion that the economy is being held back by a mysterious increase in “uncertainty.”  —  But a deeper lancing of this particular boil starts with the observation that it's totally unclear what's supposed …
Discussion: Dennis the Peasant
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Tea Party irks new members with tactic to promote its event  —  A Tea Party tactic to pressure new lawmakers not to attend a privately sponsored orientation event in D.C. this weekend was unwarranted, according to frustrated incoming GOP House members.  —  Competing freshmen lawmaker orientation events …
RELATED:
The Politico:
GOP is urged to avoid social issues  —  A gay conservative group and some Tea Party leaders are campaigning to keep social issues off the Republican agenda.  —  In a letter to be released Monday, the group GOProud and leaders from groups like the Tea Party Patriots and the New American Patriots …
Zombie / Pajamas Media:
Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco  —  We here at TLC realize that our fabulous new hit series Sarah Palin's Alaska may not appeal to all our viewers.  We understand that a substantial segment of the population has no interest in watching Sarah Palin or taking a tour of Alaska.
RELATED:
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
Nancy Pelosi's first job: Rally liberals
Discussion: Right Wing News
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Shuler on Pelosi: If 'she doesn't step aside, I will challenge her'
Bruce Drake / Politics Daily:
Heath Shuler Says He'll Challenge Nancy Pelosi for Democratic Leader Post
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
TSA Opt-Out Day, Now with a Superfantastic New Twist!  —  November 24th, as many of you already know, is National Opt-Out Day, when airline passengers should refuse to submit themselves to those privacy-invading, genital-picture-taking, radiation-delivering back-scatter imaging machines now installed at many American airports.
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
House panel to begin Rangel ethics trial  —  With no lawyers expected at his side, Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) is scheduled to begin his defense Monday against allegations that he broke congressional rules in his personal finances and his fundraising efforts for a New York college.
RELATED:
Grace Rauh / NY1.com:
NY1 Exclusive: Rangel Feels “Confident” About Upcoming House Ethics Trial
Discussion: Fox News and Politics Daily
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
BUSH: ‘CLINTON AND I ARE BUDDIES’  —  Despite their political differences, the Bush family has really taken to Bill Clinton.  (Clinton has worked with both the 41st and 43rd presidents on humanitarian efforts.)  —  And CNN's Candy Crowley, during her Sunday interview with George W. Bush and his brother …
Peter Orszag / New York Times:
Safer Social Security  —  Social Security is not the key fiscal problem facing the nation.  Payments to its beneficiaries amount to 5 percent of the economy now; by 2050, they're projected to rise to about 6 percent.  Over the same period, federal health care costs will increase six times as much.
New York Times:
U.S. Plan Envisions Path to Ending Afghan Combat  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has developed a plan to begin transferring security duties in select areas of Afghanistan to that country's forces over the next 18 to 24 months, with an eye toward ending the American combat mission there by 2014, officials said Sunday.
Discussion: FrumForum and New York Magazine
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Paul Krugman Recommends ‘Death Panels’ to Help Balance Budget  —  Although he was likely taking a swipe at former governor Sarah Palin with the reference, Paul Krugman on Sunday recommended “death panels” as a means of helping to balance the federal budget.  —  In a Roundtable discussion on ABC's …
Becky Bohrer / Associated Press:
Murkowski maintains election write-in lead  —  COUNTING: About 89 percent of ballots for senator unchallenged.  —  JUNEAU — Sen. Lisa Murkowski retained 89 percent of the undisputed write-in votes in Alaska's still-undecided Senate race, as the fifth day of the ballot hand count ended.
Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
'Don't ask, don't tell' presents dilemma for Dems in passing defense bill  —  The need to shepherd the defense authorization bill through the Senate in the lame-duck session has left the Democratic leadership with a precarious dilemma.  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) …
Political Punch:
Obama to Redouble Effort on Core Principles  —  From Tahman Bradley:  —  En route back to Washington after a 10-day trip overseas, President Obama was introspective about his first two years in office.  The president told reporters aboard Air Force One that he had an “obsessive focus” …
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
McCain Moves The Goal Posts Again On DADT, Now Claiming The Pentagon Study Isn't Good Enough  —  This week, Cindy McCain caused a stir when she seemingly broke with her husband, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), on the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy when she appeared in an ad calling for repealing the ban on gays serving openly.
RELATED:
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:   TRENDING: McCain vs. McCain
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 9:35 AM ET, November 15, 2010.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
 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: 
Wall Street Journal:
America's Broadband Opportunity
Discussion: Federal Eye
Manny Gamallo / Tulsa World:
Westboro protesters face jeers and slashed tires
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and HotAirPundit
Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Vicious Infighting at NBC News
Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Putting Money on Lawsuits, Investors Share in the Payouts
Discussion: PointOfLaw Forum
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
NBC Ad Urges Recording News
Discussion: Romenesko and New York Magazine
Queerty:
Graeme Taylor, 14, Is Sticking Up For Michigan High School Teacher Jay McDowell.
James Barron / City Room:
Announcing the Subway Announcement Lady
Discussion: Runnin' Scared and Gothamist
 Earlier Items: 
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Boehner tells freshmen to stay humble, fight big government
Discussion: The Politico
New York Times:
G.M. Retirees Weigh Buying Its Stock Again
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
For energy chief, race is on to find fuel alternatives
Discussion: EconLog and The Hill
Tim Graham / NewsBusters.org:
Daily Kos: The American Dream Is a Virus Like AIDS, and Rick Perry is Satan
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
San Francisco Chronicle:
Obama can't get G-20 nations to follow his lead
Discussion: Hot Air and TigerHawk
 

 
From Techmeme:

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: China-linked hacking campaign dubbed Salt Typhoon breached networks of a wide swath of US broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen

Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Google NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature, which was built by Google Labs and has gone viral thanks to its the Deep Dive podcast with two AI hosts

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Meta Movie Gen can create up to 16-second videos based on a text prompt, available to some staff and external partners; Meta plans to add it to its apps in 2025

 
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