Global warming

It's cold as shit here. About a week ago it seemed as though spring had begun its inexorable march, with temperatures reaching the balmy 40's, accompanied by some spring showers and singing birds. Then I awoke on Sunday morning to find the place blanketed with snow. again. In the middle of march, damn it. Apparently global warmiming is going to make Europe colder. Now this continent is sometimes ass-backwards, but even this seemed unbelievable. But apparently Europe is kept unnaturally warm due to the effects of the Gulf Stream, which move tropical water directly from the equator up to the west coast of europe. Global warming has a good chance of shutting this down. So Toronto is going to get hotter, and London will be colder. I have also read the argument that most people don't give a shit about global warming because Humans are essentially a tropical animal - we like the heat. Has anyone noticed that the Europeans are really the only ones shouting about climate change? Did I just blow your mind or what? Anyway, some links: 1) The world history blog: I love this site. 2) Kingsley Amis, Man of Drink: From Modern Drunkard magazine. Wow. 3) Woman gets beer from kitchen faucet: We can all dream 4) Some pictures of Rome: 'Cause who can get enough? (Note: I didn't take these, just found them.) 5) Sidewalk art: This is how it's done. 6) Chongquing, China: This city in China already has 32 million people and takes up more land than Belgium. That's nuts.