Oh, that global warming ....

Like our friends over at ¡No Pasarán! say - the Gore Effect is in full bloom while the Cancún Climate Conference is going on between paragliding and drinking.

In Britain, Wales saw its coldest ever November reading; in Germany, Der Bild reported the coldest start to December for centuries (!); and here in Northern France, today, snow has been falling all day long, paralyzing the entire Paris region, causing both of the capital's airports to shut down (temporarily), and closing the Eiffel Tower while making the landmark totally invisible from across the Seine (01:08).