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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:25:59 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>New Wind Farms in the U.S. Have Not Led to Jobs (Jonathan Karl/ABCNEWS)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/100210/p1#a100210p1</link>
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<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/100210/p1#a100210p1" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Jonathan Karl / <A HREF="http://abcnews.go.com/">ABCNEWS</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://abcnews.go.com/WN/wind-power-equal-job-power/story?id=9759949">New Wind Farms in the U.S. Have Not Led to Jobs</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Millions Have Been Invested in Wind Farms, but That Hasn't Brought Jobs&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Despite all the talk of green jobs, the overwhelming majority of stimulus money spent on wind power has gone to foreign companies, according to a new report &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Paterson pens J&apos;accuse letter to Times editor (Glenn Thrush/Glenn Thrush&apos;s Blog)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p144#a100209p144</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p144#a100209p144" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Glenn Thrush / <A HREF="http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/">Glenn Thrush's Blog</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0210/Patersons_Jaccuse_agsinst_the_Times_.html">Paterson pens J'accuse letter to Times editor</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; David Paterson's Secretary Lawrence Schwartz has just sent a pretty extraordinary letter to Clark Hoyt, public editor of the New York Times, essentially accusing the paper of doing nothing to counter the firestorm of speculation over its highly anticipated profile of him.</P>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:00:07 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Senate Expels Monserrate Over Assault of Companion (Jeremy W. Peters/New York Times)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p143#a100209p143</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p143#a100209p143" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Jeremy W. Peters / <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/nyregion/10hiram.html">Senate Expels Monserrate Over Assault of Companion</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; ALBANY &mdash; The State Senate on Tuesday expelled a senator convicted of domestic assault, the first time in nearly a century that the Legislature has forced a member from office.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; The Senate voted 53-to-8 to immediately oust the senator &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Gibbs Plays a Palin Hand (Kate Phillips/The Caucus)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p142#a100209p142</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/gibbs-plays-a-palin-hand/"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/i142.jpg"></A>
<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p142#a100209p142" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Kate Phillips / <A HREF="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/">The Caucus</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/gibbs-plays-a-palin-hand/">Gibbs Plays a Palin Hand</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; After President Obama left the White House briefing room today, his press secretary, Robert Gibbs, held up a surprise of his own, literally: a scribbled list of items on his hand, in an obvious mocking of Sarah Palin's weekend crib sheet at the Tea Party Convention.</P>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>China PLA officers urge economic punch against U.S. (Reuters)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p141#a100209p141</link>
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<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p141#a100209p141" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> <A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/i/578">Reuters</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6183KG20100209">China PLA officers urge economic punch against U.S.</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; BEIJING (Reuters) - Senior Chinese military officers have proposed that their country boost defense spending, adjust PLA deployments, and possibly sell some U.S. bonds to punish Washington for its latest round of arms sales to Taiwan.</P>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Palin headlines birther conference; press pretends not to notice (Punkin/Media Matters for America)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p140#a100209p140</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p140#a100209p140" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Punkin / <A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/">Media Matters for America</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/columns/201002090002">Palin headlines birther conference; press pretends not to notice</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; If you don't think there's a media double standard that favors Republicans over Democrats, then let's play a game of what-if.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; What if, in 2006, at Yearly Kos, the first annual convention of liberal bloggers and their readers &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:40:04 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Blogging the Snowpocalypse (Megan McArdle)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p139#a100209p139</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p139#a100209p139" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> <A HREF="http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/">Megan McArdle</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2010/02/blogging_the_snowpocalypse.php">Blogging the Snowpocalypse</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; You will probably have noticed that I did not post this morning.&nbsp; That's because sometime before 8 am, I decided that I should get to the grocery store and pick up my lung medicine in the hiatus between snows.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Four hours later, I returned with a trunk full &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Jobs bill: A chance for bipartisanship or election strategy? (Ed Hornick/CNN)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p138#a100209p138</link>
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<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p138#a100209p138" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Ed Hornick / <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/">CNN</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/09/jobs.bill.politics/">Jobs bill: A chance for bipartisanship or election strategy?</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Washington (CNN) &mdash; As Senate Democrats look to pass a jobs bill before Presidents Day, experts say the debate is an opportunity to see if calls for bipartisanship will be answered.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; With record high unemployment &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:15:01 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>In Albany, a Rumor of a Rumor Catches Fire (New York Times)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p137#a100209p137</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p137#a100209p137" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/in-albany-a-rumor-of-a-rumor-catches-fire/">In Albany, a Rumor of a Rumor Catches Fire</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Albany &mdash; long a place of scandal, the rumor of scandal and the echoing talk about the rumor of scandal &mdash; has had a week a bit unlike any other.&nbsp; Newspapers, blogs, reputable outfits and fringe gossip sites have worked themselves into a frenzy &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:10:05 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>New York governor vows to stay in office (Fhardingj/CNN)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p136#a100209p136</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p136#a100209p136" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Fhardingj / <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/">CNN</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/09/new-york-governor-vows-to-stay-in-office/">New York governor vows to stay in office</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Washington (CNN) - New York Gov. David Paterson vowed Tuesday that he would not allow unfounded rumors to drive him from office and pledged to run for his own four year term in November.&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; &ldquo;Let me let you know this: The only way I am &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Obama: &apos;Put Aside Matter of Party&apos; (ABCNEWS)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p135#a100209p135</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p135#a100209p135" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> <A HREF="http://abcnews.go.com/">ABCNEWS</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-obama-jobs-health-care-put-matter-party/story?id=9789277">Obama: &lsquo;Put Aside Matter of Party&rsquo;</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; During Surprise Press Conference, Obama Condemns &lsquo;Obstinacy,&rsquo; Outlines Proposal for Health Care Summit This Month&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; President Obama appealed for bipartisanship from the podium of the White House briefing room today, calling on Democrats and Republicans to &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:40:01 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Phony Centrists Pay the Price for ObamaCare (Jennifer Rubin/Commentary)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p134#a100209p134</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p134#a100209p134" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Jennifer Rubin / <A HREF="http://commentarymagazine.com/">Commentary</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/234071">Phony Centrists Pay the Price for ObamaCare</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; In observing the unraveling of the governing coalition and the vicious infighting breaking out in the Democratic party ("Who lost ObamaCare?" will obsess the Left for years, I suspect), James Taranto writes:</P>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Michelle unveils &apos;Let&apos;s Move&apos; initiative (Nia-Malika Henderson/The Politico)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p133#a100209p133</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p133#a100209p133" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Nia-Malika Henderson / <A HREF="http://www.politico.com/">The Politico</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32760.html">Michelle unveils 'Let's Move' initiative</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; First lady Michelle Obama unveiled a national campaign to combat childhood obesity Tuesday, saying it will take an ambitious &mdash; and bipartisan &mdash; effort to fight a problem that affects one of three American children.</P>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Commented: Don&apos;t let the achievable be the enemy of the perfect (Ezra Klein)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p132#a100209p132</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p132#a100209p132" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> <A HREF="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/">Ezra Klein</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/02/commented_dont_let_the_achieva.html">Commented: Don't let the achievable be the enemy of the perfect</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Commenter Burndtdan wasn't impressed with my post this morning arguing that you can't confused fantasy plans with realistic legislation. &hellip; I actually agree with much of this, which is why I tried hard to highlight Ryan's proposal &hellip; </P>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:15:17 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Talk of Assistance for Greece Propels Markets (New York Times)</title>
  <link>http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p131#a100209p131</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<P><A HREF="http://www.memeorandum.com/100209/p131#a100209p131" TITLE="memeorandum permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.memeorandum.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/business/10markets.html">Talk of Assistance for Greece Propels Markets</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Hopes that the wealthy nations of Europe would come to the aid of Greece galvanized financial markets on Tuesday and, for a day at least, soothed fears that the economic troubles on the fringes of the Continent might spread.</P>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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