Snow on the palm trees in Marseille France (M4GW)

My friend's son was in Europe for 2 weeks and he's in France right now. He said they got almost 6 inches of snow in Marseille yesterday! He sent these photos. So I guess it hasn't snowed there in like 20. Everything is shut down and kids are playing in the street. Their palm trees are covered in snow, yet we who are always covered in snow never get palm trees, the injustice!

What to do if your global warming-fighting vehicle won't start due to global cooling

Owners of popular hybrid vehicles such as the Toyota Prius also must take extra care if the cold weather kills their batteries and a jump start is required. Smart Motors sales consultant John Dolan noted there are differences in jump starting hybrids and non-hybrids - the biggest being that jump cables must be connected to the fuse box in a hybrid, while in non-hybrids they connect directly to the car's battery.

In a hybrid, Dolan noted, the battery is "not really very accessible, so we just bypass it entirely and go to the fusebox (for jump starting)."

Investor's Business Daily -- Carbon Tax: The Lesser Of Two Evils

Climate Change: Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, long reviled by environmentalists for his skepticism of extreme global warming claims, now supports a tax on C02 emissions. A new convert to the cause? We doubt it.

Since climate realists are allegedly paid off by Exxon, should we now expect lots of them to endorse a carbon tax? Let's watch and see...