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 …

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 …

Bay Area not maverick enough to read Palin book  —  It might as well have cooties.  Hardly anyone wants to touch the thing, or even get close to it.  —  The new autobiography by moose hunter and failed vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is harder to find in the Bay Area than a hockey mom.

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.

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.

UC Berkeley students end occupation  —  (11-20) 21:44 PST BERKELEY, CALIF. — Forty protesters who barricaded themselves inside Wheeler Hall for 11 hours Friday didn't win back the 38 custodial jobs they demanded, nor did they persuade the UC regents to rescind their decision to increase tuition by 32 percent next fall.

Detainees at Camp in Iraq Use Favre To Tease Wisconsin Soldiers  —  BAGHDAD - It seems that the Brett Favre-Green Bay Packers saga is such a worldwide phenomenon that it's being used by detainees in American military camps.  —  According to a military official, detainees at a Wisconsin National Guard camp …

High-Income Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says  —  Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) — Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for additional troops sent to Afghanistan and that NATO should provide half of the new soldiers.

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 …

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

Joy Behar, George Lopez Label Todd Palin a ‘Bum’ for Being a Stay-at-Home Dad  —  After introducing Lopez on her CNN Headline News program last night, Behar played a clip of Lopez's HBO special in which he said, “There are a lot of politicians that would be Latinos and a lot now who are Latino.

Whistleblower Video Reveals SEIU Ballot Fraud  —  Earlier this week, we brought you the story of SEIU's alleged ballot fraud during a union election in Fresno, CA.  SEIU's fraud wasn't against political opponents or some evil capitalist.  No, SEIU's fraud was against a brother/sister labor union.

Small Town To Liz Cheney: We Want Gitmo Detainees, Not Your Fearmongering  —  Officials in a small Michigan town featured in a new video about Guantanamo by Liz Cheney's national security group want her to know that they're not falling for her “fearmongering” — and tell us they want Gitmo detainees in their town.

The Real Price of Trying KSM  —  Defense lawyers will inevitably create bad law.  —  Sometime in the next few months, a small group of experienced criminal-defense lawyers will be assigned to what is likely to be the case of a lifetime: the defense of admitted 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed …

Beck to announce ‘big plan’ for 2010  —  Glenn Beck, the controversial Fox News television host, is planning on becoming more active in the populist conservative movement he spawned, according to sources familiar with his thinking.  —  At a rally Saturday at a massive retirement community …

Interest rates: the phantom menace  —  From various bat squeaks I've put together a view of what I think lies behind the surprising — and damaging — deficit squeamishness of the Obama administration.  So here's what I think they're thinking — and why it's wrong-headed.  (Fairly wonkish stuff after the jump).

New Consensus Sees Stimulus Package as Worthy Step  —  WASHINGTON — Now that unemployment has topped 10 percent, some liberal-leaning economists see confirmation of their warnings that the $787 billion stimulus package President Obama signed into law last February was way too small.

EXCLUSIVE: Taliban chief hides in Pakistan  —  Pakistani intelligence aids Mullah Omar's move to Karachi  —  Mullah Mohammed Omar, the one-eyed leader of the Afghan Taliban, has fled a Pakistani city on the border with Afghanistan and found refuge from potential U.S. attacks …

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.