Cold snap fracture chaos

Over the past three weeks, EDs have been inundated with large numbers of patients sustaining injuries after falling or slipping on snow and ice, said the IAEM last week. These injuries are mainly musculoskeletal and particularly involve the upper limbs, and many EDs have been consistently seeing up to 10 times their normal daily fracture workload, the IAEM stated.

Putin worries about 'global cooling' - UPI.com

MOSCOW, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The Russian energy sector needs to take "global cooling" effects into consideration when addressing national challenges, the Russian prime minister said.  [Does Rush Limbaugh do all of this guy's thinking?!]

Northward Ho: Tom Friedman quote

“I’m gonna tell you a secret. Don’t let anybody else know,” he said. “There are too many Americans in the world today.”It is a blessing that so many people in the world can live like Americans, Friedman said, but “the good Lord did not design our planet for this many Americans.”

Did the mansion-dwelling Friedman ride his bicycle to Asia?