memeorandum: Obama on Thanksgiving — Coming from a SMOKER, Yeah Right...What a JOKEr! (Ben Smith/Ben Smith's Blog)

6:20 PM ET, November 20, 2009

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blogs.telegraph.co.uk:

Climategate: the final nail in the coffin of ‘Anthropogenic Global Warming’? — If you own any shares in alternative energy companies I should start dumping them NOW. The conspiracy behind the Anthropogenic Global Warming myth (aka AGW; aka ManBearPig) has been suddenly …

Discussion: Clusterstock, Pajamas Media, Gateway Pundit and Don Surber

Watts Up With That?:

Breaking News Story: CRU has apparently been hacked - hundreds of files released — UPDATE: Response from CRU in interview with another website, see end of this post. — The details on this are still sketchy, we'll probably never know what went on. But it appears that University …

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BBC:

UK climate unit's e-mails hacked — The e-mail system of one the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers. — E-mails reportedly from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU), including personal exchanges, appeared on the internet on Thursday.

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Guardian:

Climate sceptics seize upon leaked emails — Hundreds of emails and documents exchanged between world's leading climate scientists stolen by hackers and leaked online — Hundreds of private emails and documents allegedly exchanged between some of the world's leading climate scientists during …

Discussion: Andrew Bolt, Gateway Pundit, Biased BBC and The Air Vent

RealClimate:

The CRU hack — As many of you will be aware, a large number of emails from the University of East Anglia webmail server were hacked recently (Despite some confusion generated by Anthony Watts, this has absolutely nothing to do with the Hadley Centre which is a completely separate institution).

Discussion: Scholars and Rogues, Donklephant, Climate Progress and Tim Blair

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:

Do hacked e-mails show global-warming fraud? — Controversy has exploded onto the Internet after a major global-warming advocacy center in the UK had its e-mail system hacked and the data published on line. The director of the University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit confirmed …

Discussion: Environmental Capital, BizzyBlog, NPR Blogs, Confederate Yankee and The Jawa Report

Michelle Malkin:

The global warming scandal of the century — Anthony Watts of Watt's Up With That? and Stephen McIntrye of Climate Audit broke the story this morning of the hacking break-in at the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit (aka Hadley CRU). — BBC confirms:

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Andrew Bolt:

Warmist conspiracy exposed? — 8.15 PM UPDATE: The [Hadley] University of East Anglia CRU director admits the emails seem to be genuine: … So the 1079 emails and 72 documents seem indeed evidence of a scandal involving most of the most prominent scientists pushing the man-made warming theory …

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Chris Horner / Planet Gore on National Review Online:

The Blue-Dress Moment May Have Arrived — By: Chris Horner — I am not able to fully digest this at present, catching up with the boys from days away and then up at O-Dark-Thirty for a flight to California for a talk, but check out what Anthony Watts among others have posted.

Discussion: Dr. Melissa Clouthier

Iwishart / TBR.cc:
HadleyCRU says leaked data is real

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Ronald Bailey / Hit & Run:
East Anglia University Climate Research Unit Hadley Centre …

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Kevin K. / Rumproast:

Video of Angry Wingnuts Booing Sarah Palin, Calling Her a “Quitter” & Chanting “Sign Our Books” — Teabaggers just aren't happy about anything these days. I guess the Noblesville, Indiana Going Rogue book signing didn't go very well yesterday because 300* or so of the 1000 people with wristbands …

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SoccerSeal / Red, White & Conservative:

The Day I Met Sarah Palin...and the Liberal Media — Where on earth do I begin? This all started as me, a young 17 year old American going to see a woman I admire and turned into this crazy event hah I'll start at the very beginning. — My dad and I arrived at the Barnes and Noble at 11 pmTuesday evening.

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WRTV-TV:

Palin Greets Hundreds, But Not Everyone Leaves Happy — Crowd Flocks To Noblesville Bookstore For Book Signing — NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin was met by a cheering crowd of more than 1,000 people when she arrived in Noblesville Thursday night, but not everyone left happy.

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and JammieWearingFool

Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Palin's on the road again, with Hoosiers in sight

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Rasmussen Reports:

Election 2010: Arizona Senate GOP Primary — 2010 Arizona GOP Primary: McCain 45%, Hayworth 43% — Senator John McCain's future in the U.S. Senate may be a little less assured than previously thought. — A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely 2010 Republican Primary voters …

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias, Hot Air, MyDD, Ben Smith's Blog, Swing State Project, The Conservatives, The Plum Line, AmSpecBlog, TPMDC and The Hill

William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
How Palin Will Help McCain

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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:

Obama Job Approval Down to 49% — President becomes fourth fastest to slip below the majority approval level — PRINCETON, NJ — The latest Gallup Daily tracking results show 49% of Americans approving of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, putting him below the majority approval level for the first time in his presidency.

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
It's [Still] The Economy, Dumbass

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:

Vitter predicts Reid will get exactly 60 votes on first health test — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will get exactly the 60 votes he needs to pass healthcare reform legislation through its first test tomorrow, Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) said Friday.

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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Landrieu, Nelson Win Goodies As Reid Seeks Their Vote On Reform

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Chris Frates / The Politico:
Durbin walks back comments about Lincoln's vote

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CNN:

CNN Poll: Blame for recession shifting from GOP to Democrats — Washington (CNN) - Nearly two years into the recession, opinion about which political party is responsible for the severe economic downturn is shifting, according to a new national poll. — A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation …

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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
WHEN THE MAJORITY IS MISGUIDED.... A new CNN poll shows …

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias, CANNONFIRE and Open Left

Publius / Big Government:

Breitbart to AG Holder: Investigate ACORN or We'll Release More Tapes Just Before 2010 Election — Earlier tonight Andrew Breitbart, James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles discussed the final chapter of the ACORN L.A. saga on “Hannity,” but more interestingly, Breitbart disclosed where the story goes from here.

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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Charles Krauthammer on the perverse logic of Attorney General Eric Holder

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Washington Times:

EDITORIAL EXCLUSIVE: On terrorists, Justice recused — Attorney general's advisers have conflicts on detainee cases — The Obama Justice Department is having problems prosecuting terrorist cases because top department attorneys have conflicts of interest.

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Weekly Standard, Michelle Malkin and AmSpecBlog

Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Report: ACORN got $200,000 in Justice Department funds

Discussion: Big Government and Michelle Malkin

Washington Post:

Obama faces congressional anger about economy — House Republicans call on Geithner to resign — Growing discontent over the economy and frustration with efforts to speed its recovery boiled over Thursday on Capitol Hill in a wave of criticism and outright anger directed at the Obama administration.

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Crist Not Embracing Palin — Yet

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Zaid Jilani / Think Progress:

Utah lawmaker claims he doesn't ‘mind’ gays, but 'I don't want ‘em stuffing it down my throat all the time.’ — Earlier this month, the Church of Latter Day Saints made headlines when it threw its support behind a measure in Salt Lake City that barred “landlords and employers from discriminating based …

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Kevin Sack / New York Times:

Screening Debate Reveals Culture Clash in Medicine — This week, the science of medicine bumped up against the foundations of American medical consumerism: that more is better, that saving a life is worth any sacrifice, that health care is a birthright. — Two new recommendations …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, NewsBusters.org and Washington Post

Denise Grady / New York Times:
Guidelines Push Back Age for Cervical Cancer Tests

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San Francisco Chronicle:

UC Berkeley students take over building — (11-20) 12:56 PST BERKELEY — A group of about 60 UC Berkeley students and supporters barricaded themselves inside Wheeler Hall early this morning in the most dramatic display of disobedience on the campus since the UC regents voted …

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Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:

Oprah Promises Cable Show “Smaller & Different”; Wants Biz In LA Not Chicago; “Why Would Anybody Stay? It's Freezing Here, And I Have A Mansion In Montecito That I Haven't Been Able To Enjoy” — NEW: Oprah Says “Much Prayer And Months Of Careful Thought” Led To Her Decision

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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:

Obama on Thanksgiving — Coming from a SMOKER, Yeah Right...What a JOKEr! — A nice eagle scout volunteer to clean up a local park in PA. The SEIU threatened him with bodily harm and a lawsuit. So, before you follow Obama's demands, make sure the local union official isn't going to whack you when you do your volunteering.

Discussion: Weekly Standard and The Political Carnival