Early winter arrival with record lows and snow

There is a lot of support for the Global Cooling crowd this week as signs of winter have arrived across parts of the nation. This morning Minneapolis took it on the chin with a forecast of 2-4 inches of snow and falling temperatures. This just a day after the Twins lost their post season bid to the Yankees. That pales in comparison to nearly 17 inches of snow in parts of Nebraska.
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Denver is known for wacky weather, but it was what they had over the weekend was a bit extreme even for them. They shared in 87 new record lows set this weekend. About 2 inches of snow fell, but a bitter chill forced the postponement of the baseball playoff game with the Phillies on Saturday, after setting the record coldest 'maximum' temperature at 26F and the coldest October 10th in 104 years. It warmed up a little for Sunday night's game, which turned out to be the coldest professional baseball game ever played with a temperature that dropped to 27F in Denver at midnight.

Sen. Boxer Says Obama Admin Could Make Climate Pledge in Copenhagen - NYTimes.com

The Obama administration's negotiators should be able to adopt firm greenhouse gas reduction targets during the meetings in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the basis of what has already been accomplished, Boxer said. "I think the administration is very strong on this, and I do think targets are very important," Boxer said. "My own belief is the genius inventors of the world, the entrepreneurs of the world ... are going to really be working on technologies. And so I don't think it will be that hard to meet these targets."

Global warming comes to the Midwest

Record breaking cold and snow came to the Midwest this weekend. Here in the Des Moines area, we received the earliest snow and the coldest October 11th in recorded history. This follows the coldest July in Iowa history.
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Gore's con ranks right up there with Bernie Madoff's. He has become filthy rich by conning people into believing in something that ranks right up there with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.

Frankly, I would love to have some global warming come to Iowa. The past two winters have been brutal. Summer never really arrived. Now, we have the earliest recorded snowfall in history. Come on, Al. Bring us that global warming. We could really use it this here.

Al Gore's First (and Probably Last) Q&A - WSJ.com

Mr. Gore is simply doing what any propagandist with a weak case would do -- avoiding serious debate or exchange. To quote the late William F. Buckley, "There is a reason that baloney rejects the grinder."