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(Bali - Dec. 18, 2027) Twenty years after the first Bali global warming conference, delegates from around the world attending the tenth Bali conference (Bali-X) today put the finishing touches on a new agreement to negotiate future reductions in manmade greenhouse gas emissions. According to all UN-certified scientists, those emissions are predicted to once again cause global warming, just as was experienced thirty years ago. 8. Pristine Alaskan Glacier Turns Into Tropical Wasteland EPA Seeks to Have Water Vapor Designated a Pollutant The Arctic Barbecues Global Warming Blamed for Tornado Drought Animal Rights Group Sues For Pet Pay Global Warming...

Oh the weather in Copenhagen is insightful... But what being planned there is so frightful... And since that where they decided to go... Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! They don’t show signs of stoppin... And it causing my head to start a poppin... It’s a hoax and more and more know... Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! When they finally kiss goodnight... How they'll hate going out in the storm... Cause if they’d got things right... They know outside it should have been warm... Their power is slowly dying... Because their e-mails prove...

To the editor: I don't understand why the White House is so upset about two party crashers as Barack Obama's steak dinner the other night. Is it really appropriate and politically correct to call them party crashers just because they trespassed on Mr. Obama? Does that make them criminals? Isn't that discrimination? Shouldn't they be rewarded for such bold and brave behavior? Maybe they were just trying to feed their family? I would suggest that it's more appropriate to call them "undocumented guests." Just because they weren't officially invited doesn't mean they should be treated like criminals. Maybe they should...

My first musical choice was Walk Like a Man but there were copyright issues. Peggy Sue will have to do.

Obama learned in Politician 101 to touch people using two hands to show empathy or dominance

Mr. Obama's attempt to extort a supporting vote out of Ben Nelson by threatening to close Offutt AFB reminded me of a skit from Monty Python. (Most things remind me of Monty Python sketches but that's beside the point.) The "Army Protection Racket" There's a brief sketch before the main sketch which starts at 1:28.

Have the tea parties and some of their leaders sold out to the GOP too soon in the cycle of their power? Have they succumbed to publicity and power at the risk of hurting their own cause? Could they be draining their good will and momentum before 2010 even starts? Rasmussen has recently reported that, were the tea party movement to be a third party, they would do well according to a generic ballot. This must be sober reading for states that have a Republican Party which differs little from the Democrats, either in reality or in the minds of...

President Barack Obama has agreed to deliver a taped holiday message to the troops on NBC's "WWE Tribute to the Troops" special. The special chronicles the three days that the WWE Superstars and Divas spent visiting military bases and features a special live performance in front of thousands of military personnel. It airs Dec. 19 at 9 p.m.

The Santa Llucia Christmas market in Barcelona sells everything you could need for your nativity scene. Little statues of Joseph and Mary? Check. A little baby Jesus? Check. Donkeys, sheep and cows? Check. Defecating world leaders? What? The 'caganer' (literally 'defecator') is a feature of Catalan nativity scenes. The figure is usually tucked away in a corner of the model, far away from the manger itself, for children to find. The caganer represents fertility and equality. The figure was traditionally a representation of a Catalan peasant wearing a red stocking hat, but modern caganers are often caricatures of famous people,...