Two things in the news that don't go together

Mitch McConnell, who I really wish would end up going the way of Bob Livingston, who was nearly Speaker of the House* before it turned out he was silverbacking, is positively glowing and crowing about the Scott Brown win in Massachusetts.

Top Republican sees little cap and trade support

U.S. vote dims hopes for stronger world climate pact

Meanwhile, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, headed by James Hansen, finds that 2009 was the 2nd warmest year ever (in their analysis), and the decade 2000-2009 was the warmest by far -- which is also stated by NOAA.

2009: Second Warmest Year on Record; End of Warmest Decade

From NOAA/National Climate Data Center's "State of the Climate":

"The 2000-2009 decade is the warmest on record, with an average global surface temperature of 0.54°C (0.96°F) above the 20^th century average. This shattered the 1990s value of 0.36°C (0.65°F)."

Why do I anticipate a problem? And why are Senate Republicans such fricking idiots about this?



* (I am sorry for him and his wife about the death of his son, of course.)