• The nation just came through one of the worst winter weather events (in terms of low temperatures and blizzard conditions) in history. Not a peep from the warming zealots! But forecasts suggest we are about to have a significant warm-up. Two bits says those same zealots will be out in force after they spend a day or two on the beach thawing out.
• In the last year Russian citizens (mainly tycoons and oligarchs) have had the highest incidence of falling out of open hospital or high-rise windows of anywhere in the world. Go figure! Do you think it could be bad vodka?