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Marc Morano / Climate Depot:
Climategate Professor to Skeptic on Live BBC TV: ‘What an Assh*le’ — Professor in at University in Center of Climategate Loses Cool on Live BBC TV Debate — A professor who is accusing global warming skeptics of engaging in “tabloid-style character assassination” of scientists caught …
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Steven F. Hayward / Weekly Standard:
Scientists Behaving Badly — A corrupt cabal of global warming alarmists are exposed by a massive document leak. — Slowly and mostly unnoticed by the major news media, the air has been going out of the global warming balloon. Global temperatures stopped rising a few years ago, much to the dismay of the climate campaigners.
Ben Webster / Times of London:
Met Office to re-examine 160 years of climate data — The Met Office plans to re-examine 160 years of temperature data after admitting that public confidence in the science on man-made global warming has been shattered by leaked e-mails. — The new analysis of the data will take three years …
Washington Post:
In e-mails, science of warming is hot debate — Stolen files of ‘Climate-gate’ suggest some viewpoints on change are disregarded — It began with an anonymous Internet posting, and a link to a wonky set of e-mails and files. Stolen, apparently, from a research center in Britain …
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The Politico:
Obama to Hill as Dems discuss deal — President Barack Obama will meet Sunday with Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill, as a group of moderate and liberal senators plan to negotiate through the weekend in hopes of striking a deal on the public option by early next week.
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Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Sherrod Brown Co-sponsors Coburn-Vitter Public Option Amendment — Sherrod Brown explains to David Shuster why he signed decided to co-sponsor Tom Coburn and David Vitter's amendment which would require members of Congress to enroll in whatever version of the public option ends up being passed in the health care bill.
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
No Way, No How, to the Public Option — The Connecticut senator, free of partisan loyalties, has a pivotal role in the health-care debate. — Printer — Friendly — 'About two months ago my wife and I were out with another couple, and they said 'So, how's it going?'—and I knew what they meant.
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John Stanton / Roll Call:
Baucus Nominated Girlfriend for U.S. Attorney — Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus' office confirmed late Friday night that the Montana Democrat was carrying on an affair with his state office director, Melodee Hanes, when he nominated her to be U.S. attorney in Montana.
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Andrew Ramonas / Main Justice:Baucus Girlfriend Withdrew as U.S. Attorney Candidate
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
How Obama Came to Plan for ‘Surge’ in Afghanistan — WASHINGTON — On the afternoon he held the eighth meeting of his Afghanistan review, President Obama arrived in the White House Situation Room ruminating about war. He had come from Arlington National Cemetery, where he had wandered among …
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Alexandra Berzon / Wall Street Journal:
The Gambler Who Blew $127 Million — LAS VEGAS — During a year-long gambling binge at the Caesars Palace and Rio casinos in 2007, Terrance Watanabe managed to lose nearly $127 million. — The run is believed to be one of the biggest losing streaks by an individual in Las Vegas history.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Obama supporters get a dose of reality — Some parishioners in the Church of Obama discovered last week that their spiritual leader is a false prophet. — Consider the blow suffered by the liberal filmmaker Michael Moore, who issued a plaintive plea to the president on the eve of his announcement …
Brad / Think Progress:
Watergate redux: Break-ins reported at another climate research center. — Burglars and hackers have attacked the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, apparently in an attempt to further the “Climategate” intimidation of global warming researchers.
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Political Punch:
Gibbs Tells a Female White House Correspondent to ‘Calm Down’ — ABC News' Jordyn Phelps reports: — White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and American Urban Radio's White House Correspondent April Ryan have long had a contentious relationship. An exchange they had yesterday has started …
Grist:
In last-minute stunner, Obama changes plans to attend final day of Copenhagen talks — A couple of hours ago, the Obama administration announced a startling shift in plans: rather than stop by the Copenhagen climate talks on Dec. 9, Obama will be going on the 18th, the final day of the meeting …
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