Think Progress » Koch-Funded Oil Rally Calls Global Warming A ‘Hoax,’ Dismisses Oil Spill, And Attacks Democrats

ThinkProgress attended one of the rallies yesterday in Canton, Ohio. What was billed as an organic grassroots jobs rally quickly descended into attacks on three things the Kochs most oppose: global warming science, oil safety regulations, and Democrats. One of the speakers, Sgt. Dennis Bartow, called global warming a “hoax.” He was joined by Karen Wright, CEO of the gas company Ariel Corporation, who ridiculed climate change as “questionable science” and referred to pollutants as “so-called carbon dioxide emissions.” Wright went on to rail against “so-called green jobs” that were “dubious” and “phony.”

Expert fears Nebraska crop damage from early frost - BusinessWeek

Officials fear record low temperatures in the Nebraska Panhandle have damaged crops.

The season's first frost usually comes around the last week of September. But in some low-lying spots, overnight lows hit the mid-20s.

Alliance radio station KCOW says the temperature hit a record low of 29 degrees on Tuesday morning and a record low of 33 on Monday.

Agrimoney.com | Canada grain export guess 'pessimistic' - Viterra

...the board earlier said that some frost had struck Alberta over the weekend, with temperatures falling to -3 Celsius, "resulting in some frost damage to immature crops".

"The forecast continues to call for cool wet weather. Warm and dry weather are urgently needed to increase the harvest pace," the CWB added, saying harvesting was 18% complete, about one week behind normal.

American Thinker Blog: If you have bedbugs, thank Al Gore

In the meantime, if you kiss a bedbug (ugh!) or a mosquito (ugh!) and it turns into Al Gore (eek!) do remind him that people's health and lives are at stake because of his radical and unproven environmental theories.