Thursday Morning News and Notes

It's cold but pitchers and catchers report in 23 days so life is starting to look better.

Here's the news of the day:

Welcome to Washington, Obamatons.

Shocker! The oceans of the world have been cooling according to NASA.

I don't know what's funnier; the fact that Jacques Chirac has a poodle, that he was mauled by it or that it was considered "clinically depressed". Dude, I have an Akita that weighs a buck ten but a poodle?

Obama blows off Medal of Honor winners at ball.

A Conservative icon passes.