China dumps on California, and other snippets.

* Sulfates from China's smoke stacks are blowing into the West Coast states so densly as to add 12 to 24% to their daily detected pollution, yes every day. Oh, it doesn't stop there either, the jet stream brings it to most all of us.
*At the same time the central and eastern states are in the deep freeze, Australia is setting records too, 122°f and higher in large areas down under, and in Russia a warm winter, will they get enough snow for a good Olympics?  The arctic vortex, a spinning low center over the poll that drafts heat into space has slid off the top, like a toupee hit by the wind, it's just out of place, slid off to one side.