"But it's a hooooooooaaaaaaaax!"

The debate is over. Climate change is real, and is caused by human activity.

But don't tell this to the wingnutosphere. It seems like every winter lately they've pointed to declining temperatures as "proof" that global warming is a massive hoax by us big, mean, stinky libs. They've never really made it clear why they think anyone would make up climate change.

Um, ever think that maybe the temperatures dropped because it was winter, perhaps? That little factoid never seems to occur to the mental giants who dominate online discourse.

The latest story is further evidence that climate change is very real, and we're running out of time to remedy it. Yet the story has been ignored by the right-wing blogs that I monitor.

Los Angeles is now sweltering in record heat. Yesterday saw a record high of 100° F - shattering the record for that date of 96° that was set way back in 1958. San Francisco saw a record high yesterday of 93°.

Will this silence the wingnuts? Of course not. But that's for the better, because nobody believes them anymore, and they're just digging themselves into a funnier hole. And it helps keep the issue of climate change on the frontburner.

(Source: http://www.kypost.com/news/national/story/California-broils-in-record-heat/6c4Uwg1j0EK4p4X5s-R9KQ.cspx)