Get ready for it: Al Gore, Nobel Laureate

The signs are lining up:

Sen. Barbara Boxer's office just contacted us to say former Vice President Al Gore has been called "overseas" for a trip related to his work on global warming and has canceled his scheduled appearance Thursday in San Francisco at a fundraiser for Boxer's re-election effort. So the Boxer fundraiser -- which was to include Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne -- is off until Nov. 9.

Here's a note Boxer sent supporters about the change:

I just got a call from Vice President Al Gore. He told me that he needs to travel abroad tomorrow for an exciting and urgent mission that could result in a major breakthrough in the fight against global warming.

*choke* *gag*

Update: From reader gregg in the comments, topical news that a UK judge has ruled that Al Gore's documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, is guilty of nine major untruthful claims itself.