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10:55 PM ET, August 9, 2007

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Michael Asher / DailyTech:
Blogger Finds Y2K Bug in NASA Climate Data  —  Years of bad data corrected; 1998 no longer the warmest year on record  —  My earlier column this week detailed the work of a volunteer team to assess problems with US temperature data used for climate modeling.
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Coyote Blog:
Breaking News: Recent US Temperature Numbers Revised Downwards Today  —  This is really big news, and a fabulous example of why two-way scientific discourse is still valuable, in the same week that both Newsweek and Al Gore tried to make the case that climate skeptics were counter-productive and evil.
Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
1998 no longer the hottest year on record in USA  —  Here's a story of scientific investigation and discovery I'm proud to have had a small part in.  —  Regular readers may remember that I posted about a climate station in Detroit Lakes MN last week, surveyed by volunteer Don Kostuch …
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Did Media Or NASA Withhold Climate History Data Changes From The Public?
Discussion: Moonbattery and Macsmind
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Bombshell?  NASA revises recent U.S. temperatures downward …
Discussion: TigerHawk and Coyote Blog
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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Bush: No Tax Cut for Corporations
Matt / Think Progress:   Bush On Torture Report: 'Haven't Seen It, We Don't Torture'
TeddySanFran / Firedoglake:
Yay! More Tax Cuts!
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Progressive For Racist Smears?  (Update: Progressive Wises Up A Little Late)  —  Note: the site in question is now Not Safe for Work or family viewing.  See Update III. 5:15 — Now safe; see update IV.  —  It doesn't take long for provocateurs to crawl out of the woodwork to attack candidates, especially in stealth attacks.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Leftist sets up fake KKK site to smear Fred? …
Discussion: Lonewacko
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Dan Whitcomb / Reuters:
Charges dropped against 2 Marines in Haditha case
Discussion: A Blog For All
University of Iowa News Services:
As Straw Poll Approaches, Romney Soars, Giuliani Drops And McCain Collapses  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney appears to have taken a commanding lead in Iowa among registered Republican voters and Republican caucus goers, according to a new University of Iowa poll released today, Wednesday, Aug. 8.
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Hundreds of buses to arrive in Ames
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
Suzanne Gamboa / Associated Press:
Gov't to step up immigration enforcement  —  WASHINGTON — The Bush administration plans to step up immigration enforcement by raising fines on employers who hire undocumented workers, overhauling temporary worker programs and speeding up deployment of border agents, according to a summary of the plans.
Discussion: On Deadline
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CNN:
Dems to debate gay rights; GOP passes  —  (CNN) — Voters concerned about where presidential candidates stand on gay rights may have their question answered tonight.  —  The forum, at 9 p.m. ET in Los Angeles, California, is co-sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign, the country's leading …
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Howard Mortman / The Politico:
Barack's Barry Bonds baseball bust  —  Did Barack Obama swing and miss with Barry Bonds?  —  A rare confluence of two great American institutions - politics and baseball - occurred Tuesday night.  —  Shortly before Bonds hit his record-breaking career home run, Obama was asked …
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Horses Mouth:
Okay, this is getting serious.  The media carnival about alleged war critics Michael O'Hanlon and Kenneth Pollack "suddenly" expressing optimism about the surge is now threatening to balloon into something much larger than those two, a meme much more grotesque and Frankenstein-like.  Call it a Franken-meme.
Matthew Scully / The Atlantic Online:
Present at the Creation  —  The only person the speechwriter Michael Gerson made look better than President Bush was Michael Gerson.  The shaping of a Washington reputation, as witnessed by a White House colleague  —  M ichael J. Gerson, my former speechwriting colleague in the Bush White House …
The Blotter:
Administration Fights Dem Plan to Boost School Aid for Vets  —  Alexandra Bahou and Anna Schecter Report:  —  The Bush administration opposes a Democratic effort to restore full educational benefits for returning veterans, according to an official's comments last week.
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Pearl Jam censored by AT&T, calls for a neutral 'Net  —  A bit of heavy-handed censorship of a Pearl Jam concert by AT&T this weekend led the band to fire off an open letter to fans—a letter in which Pearl Jam railed against media and ISP consolidation and called for readers to support network neutrality.
USA Today:
First lady, Jenna Bush to write children's book  —  First lady Laura Bush and daughter Jenna Bush are writing a children's book about a boy who doesn't like to read.  It is based on their experiences as teachers.  —  HarperCollins plans to announce today that it will publish the as-yet-untitled picture book next spring.
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker and Wonkette
Gavin M. / Sadly, No!:
Police Blotter  —  Some choose virginity, some have it thrust upon them — and unfortunately, some then turn it around and thrust it upon others at Young Republican events: … Above: Why do they all have this exact facial hair? … "Oh whew," Republicans are saying, "I thought it was another closeted-gay sex crime.
 
 
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
RUDY AND THE TERRORISTS....Via Jon Chait, Wayne Barrett has a piece …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Village Voice
Aaron Mannes / Counterterrorism Blog:
Dawood Ibrahim in the Dock?
Discussion: The Belmont Club
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Senator Jim Bunning: "Little Green Doctors Are Pounding at My Back"
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Bush Opposes Raising Gas Tax for Bridge Repairs
Adrian Blomfield / Telegraph:
Russian bombers buzz US base in Guam
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
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Guilty-plea files may be unsealed
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