SNIPPET OF THE DAY – AT 11:22 A.M. ET: 

From the L.A. Times:  Ban Ki-moon, the normally buttoned-up Secretary General of the United Nations, swept into Los Angeles during Oscar week playing the role of Hollywood pitchman.  His message: Make global warming a hot issue.  "I need your support," he told entertainment industry insiders during a daylong forum Tuesday that focused on recent heat waves, floods, fires and drought, which scientists link to human-induced climate change.

"Animate these stories!" Ban pleaded. "Set them to music! Give them life! Together we can have a blockbuster impact on the world."

With the Middle East in flames, the secretary general goes to Hollywood.  And why not?  The UN produces as much fiction as Hollywood does.

February 27, 2011