The big chill: Baby, it's cold *worldwide* - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

From Courchevel and Chamonix in France to the slopes of Lombardy and the Tyrol, they have seen nothing like it for a generation.

At almost any other time, the best skiing conditions in a quarter of a century would be a cause for celebration for more than 1.3 million British snowsports enthusiasts.
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The skiing is just as good in the United States.

OH CAROL, WHAT'S WRONG WITH BEING A SOCIALIST? - JunkScience.com -- Steven Milloy, Publisher

If there's nothing wrong with an acknowledged socialist [energy/environment czar Carol Browner] being a top Obama administration official, then what's up with the mysterious and Stalinist-like disappearance of Browner from [Socialist International's] web site?

BTW, SI wasn't entirely successful in scrubbing its web site. If you to a site search on "Browner" you'll get (at least for now) a vestigal page indicating her attendance at a November 19, 2008 meeting in London.