The NAIL just got hit on it's HEAD!  Sunspot activity or solar flares have been at the lowest rate for a while now.  That translates into a cooling period.  The nitwit libers refuse to accept that simple reason for hot/cold periods!  WE cannot do anything about the sun, but what if we could send a contingent of liberdems to the sun to check it out - they could land on the other side where the sun's not shining!