The announcement at Copenhagen by the World Meteorological Organization that the current decade will be the warmest on record and that 2009 will be the fifth hottest year since 1850 has been met by, well, deafening silence in Wingnutlandia. Full Article at Sadly, No!

It is not clear to me why the above statements should be against the law, or why one should be required to defend them in court. Full Article at The Corner

Jonah, Ramesh: While we're arguing for the introduction of mistress quotas and affirmative action for non-Caucasian cocktail waitresses, possibly under a federal regulatory authority (the EPA, depending on what that many mistresses does for your carbon... Full Article at The Corner

"Today 56 newspapers in 45 countries take the unprecedented step of speaking with one voice through a common editorial," announces that editorial, produced by London's Guardian. "We do so because humanity faces a profound emergency. Full Article at The Corner

Since you ask, Derb, I'm on the road so can't check, but I'm 90 per cent certain, re that "Time Without End" song, that the music is by Anne Dudley, who wrote the theme tune to "Jeeves & Wooster" (which is just terrific), and the lyrics are by the... Full Article at The Corner

By James Taranto The latest global-warmist email is revealed not by the East Anglia whistle-blower but by Steven Hayward (who by the way has a fine overview of the climate-science scandal in The Weekly Standard). Full Article at Wall Street Journal