A cold start to fall: over 4500 new snowfall, low temp, and lowest max temp records set in the USA this last week « Watts Up With That?

While there are way too many lowest maximum temperature records set to list here, the record lows and the snowfall records are listed below.

Bono weighs in - Rebranding America - NYTimes.com

The Nobel Peace Prize is the rest of the world saying, “Don’t blow it.”

Nobel Peace Prize: Information from Answers.com

According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize should be awarded to the person who:

“ during the preceding year [...] shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.  [where's the part about getting the prize only on a "don't blow it" basis?]

NYTimes.com: [Reuters article suggests that tens of millions of American hunters and fishermen buy into the climate swindle]

DALLAS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unlikely lobbying group is pressing the U.S. Senate to curb greenhouse gas emissions: American hunting and fishing groups who fear climate change will disrupt their sport.

Hunters and anglers are mainly a Republican Party constituency representing tens of millions of votes in the U.S. heartland and could help swing crucial votes as the Senate tries to pass legislation to cut carbon output.