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3:10 PM ET, February 14, 2010

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Jonathan Petre / Daily Mail:
Climategate U-turn as scientist at centre of row admits: There has been no global warming since 1995  —  The academic at the centre of the ‘Climategate’ affair, whose raw data is crucial to the theory of climate change, has admitted that he has trouble ‘keeping track’ of the information.
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Michael Tobis / Only In It For The Gold:
Journalism at its most irresponsible.  There really ought to be a law.  At least there ought to be consequences.  —  The BBC interviews Phil Jones: … The Daily Mail headline: … Right.  —  but the text is more reasonable, if also, well, wrong:
Robin McKie / Guardian:   Climate scientists admit fresh error over data on rising sea levels
Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
VP vs. VP: Cheney calls Biden ‘dead wrong’  —  Vice President Joe Biden and former Vice President Dick Cheney hurtled barbs across the airwaves Sunday in a split-screen debate over terrorism, charging each other with being dangerously “misinformed” or just “dead wrong.”
Discussion: CNN, The Note and Taylor Marsh
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Cheney Attacks Biden, Obama on National Security  —  Former Vice President Says Bush-Era Policies Deserve Credit for Successes  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney, in an exclusive appearance on ABC News' “This Week,” offered a sharp critique of the Obama administration's handling …
Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Cheney endorses effort to repeal DADT: 'It strikes me that it's time to reconsider the policy.'  —  On ABC's This Week today, former Vice President Cheney threw his support behind President Obama's efforts to change the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, saying that “things have changed significantly” …
CNN:
Obama adviser suggests Cheney uninformed on national security  —  Washington (CNN) - One of President Obama's top national security advisers suggested Sunday that former Vice President Dick Cheney, a persistent critic of the Obama administration on national security issues, might not be informed enough to criticize the White House.
Carol E. Lee / Politico Live's Blog:
Cheney backs 'Don't Ask' repeal
Discussion: GayPatriot
The Note:
Reconsider 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' Cheney Says
Discussion: The Nation
New York Times:
A Previous Shooting Death at the Hand of Alabama Suspect  —  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The neurobiologist accused of killing three colleagues at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, on Friday fatally shot her brother in 1986 in suburban Boston, and the police there are now questioning whether …
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Boston Globe:
Professor accused in Ala. slayings shot her brother in Mass. 24 years ago
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
CONFUSION-BASED RAGE.... National Review published a couple of items recently about President Obama having cut taxes for 95% of working families.  This is, in reality, what happened, but the conservative magazine was incredulous.  “If the taxes of 95 percent of Americans actully [sic] …
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Joe the Plumber goes off on McCain, says he ‘screwed up my life’  —  Joe the Plumber is no longer a fan of either Sarah Palin or John McCain, it seems.  —  Joe, also known as Sam Wurzelbacher, told an audience in Pennsylvania this week that McCain “is no public servant.”
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Pubradiopolitics / State House Sound Bites:
A few minutes with Joe the Plumber
Discussion: Firedoglake
Frank Rich / New York Times:
Palin's Cunning Sleight of Hand  —  Liberals had a blast mocking Sarah Palin last weekend when she was caught addressing the Tea Party Convention with a cheat sheet scrawled on her hand.  Even the president's press secretary, Robert Gibbs, couldn't resist getting into the act and treated …
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J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Kyl: Dems have already decided how to force health bill through  —  Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl of Arizona on Sunday threw more cold water on the chances that his party would cooperate with a Feb. 25 healthcare reform summit at the White House, protesting that Democrats already seem poised to force a bill through Congress.
Discussion: CNN and MyDD
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Why the House Democrats are about 100 votes short  —  My colleague Mark Tapscott cites an anonymous quote by a House Democratic leader from a Politico story on why the House Democratic leadership can't muster the votes needed to pass the Senate health care bill.
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Afghan Civilians Killed in Offensive on Taliban  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — The top United States commander in Afghanistan confirmed that a rocket went astray during operations in the Marja area of Helmand province, killing 12 civilians, according to a statement issued by the International …
Discussion: Registan.net and Truthdig
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Our human rights v. The Others  —  Ten American Baptists were arrested two weeks ago in Haiti on charges that they exploited the chaos in that country by attempting to smuggle 33 young Haitian children across the border without permission — either to bring them to a life of Christianity or …
 
 
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Rep. Aaron Schock / New York Times:
Meet the Press guest list for February 14, 2010
Discussion: TalkLeft
Yaakov Lappin / Jerusalem Post:
“Hello, police? Screw your sister!”
Discussion: Israel Matzav
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Paul Grimaldi / Projo 7 to 7 News Blog:
Cicilline: ‘Moment’ has arrived to run for Congress
Las Vegas Sun:
Tea Party to field candidate in battle for Harry Reid's Senate seat
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
MICHAEL YON SENDS THIS DISPATCH TO INSTAPUNDIT READERS.
Discussion: TigerHawk
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

 
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