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10:30 AM ET, February 28, 2010

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Al Gore / New York Times:
We Can't Wish Away Climate Change  —  It would be an enormous relief if the recent attacks on the science of global warming actually indicated that we do not face an unimaginable calamity requiring large-scale, preventive measures to protect human civilization as we know it.
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Gene J. Koprowski / Fox News:
You Can Call Him Al ... But Al Won't Call You Back  —  Al Gore won a Nobel Prize and an Oscar for his film, An Inconvenient Truth.  But in the last three months, as global warming has gone from a scientific near-certitude to the subject of satire, Gore — the public face of global warming — has been mum on the topic.
The Note:
Pelosi and the Tea Party ‘Share Views’  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she has much in common with the Tea Party.  The speaker now says she shares views with movement she dismissed last summer as being “Astroturf” — her suggestion that the grassroots of the Tea Party were a creation of the Republican Party.
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Frank Rich / New York Times:
The Axis of the Obsessed and Deranged  —  No one knows what history will make of the present — least of all journalists, who can at best write history's sloppy first draft.  But if I were to place an incautious bet on which political event will prove the most significant of February 2010 …
Discussion: Osborne Ink and Prairie Weather
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
TEA Party's power: ‘Really in charge’
Discussion: CNN
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Rick Sanchez Asks Scientist ‘Nine Meters In English Is?’  —  CNN's Rick Sanchez Saturday actually needed someone to explain to him what nine meters measures in feet.  —  As tsunamis approached Hawaii following the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile, CNN rushed in a scientist to discuss …
Discussion: Breitbart.tv, Gawker and Pajamas Media
Times of London:
Gordon Brown on course to win election  —  GORDON BROWN is on course to remain prime minister after the general election as a new Sunday Times poll reveals that Labour is now just two points behind the Tories.  —  The YouGov survey places David Cameron's Conservatives on 37% …
Jim Galloway / Political Insider:
John Linder announces retirement from Congress  —  U.S. Rep. John Linder was first elected to Congress in 1992/AJC file.  —  U.S. Rep. John Linder, the Republican from Gwinnett County, this morning announced that he would retire from Congress after 18 years.
Discussion: CNN
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
John Linder to retire
Discussion: MyDD
Elizabeth Landau / CNN:
Liberalism, atheism linked to IQ  —  (CNN) — Political, religious and sexual behaviors may be reflections of intelligence, a new study finds.  —  Evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa at the the London School of Economics and Political Science correlated data on these behaviors with IQ …
New York Times:
Wary Centrists Posing Challenge in Health Care Vote  —  WASHINGTON — The future of President Obama's health care overhaul now rests largely with two blocs of swing Democrats in the House of Representatives — abortion opponents and fiscal conservatives — whose indecision signals …
Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Barack Obama: “We Can't Control Nature” (Video)  —  Barack Obama on the Chilean earthquake, “We can't control nature.”  —  Agreed.  —  So, quit pushing that non-existent global warming junk science crap.  Thank you.  —  Hat Tip Randy Porter
ABCNEWS:
Chile Earthquake: Tsunami Watch Heightened After 8.8-Magnitude Quake  —  Three Americans Missing, Dozens Dead in Quake 64 Times Stronger Than Haiti's  —  U.S. Officials have been unable to reach at least three Americans working with the U.S. Embassy in Chile after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Chile early this morning.
Discussion: LGBT POV
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Wall Street Journal:
Chile Suffers Massive Earthquake
Discussion: New York Times
Michael C. Bender / Post on Politics:
Crist says he would not scrap Dem health care reform, can't identify part worth keeping  —  Gov. Charlie Crist, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate, told The Palm Beach Post editorial board on Friday that, unlike many Republicans in Washington, he didn't think President Obama should scrap his health care reform proposal:
 
 
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Reveals More Missing E-Mail Files
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Karl West / Daily Mail:
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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