U.S.: Israel military sends message to Iran :

A large Israeli military exercise this month may have been aimed at showing Jerusalem's abilities to attack Iranian nuclear facilities...

The New York Times quoted U.S. officials Friday saying more than 100 Israeli F-16s and F-15s staged the maneuver, flying more than 900 miles, roughly the distance from Israel to Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, and that the exercise included refueling tankers and helicopters capable of rescuing downed pilots.

Cool, you can bet that Israel would not allow nukes in Iran.

Lavrov made the statement when asked to comment on an Israeli Cabinet member's statement earlier this month that Israel could attack Iran if it does not halt its nuclear program.

"I hope the actual actions would be based on international law," Lavrov said. "And international law clearly protects Iran's and anyone else's territorial integrity."

Well now, since Russia has always held both international law and Israel's safety in high regard, Israel should listen to their wise words.

:)

I kid you not.

NewsBusters has a decent overview complete with links to original material .

The whole thing is causing serious embarrassment for CBS News and the AP who are finger pointing after having been so ready to print anything GW related. Nope, no media bias here. Nope.

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Cooling Underway: Global Temperature Continues to Drop in May

Significantly Colder' - 16-month temperature drop of -0.774°C!

Global temperatures continued to slide in May 2008. Meteorologist Anthony Watts details the cooling temperatures in a report titled “Global Temperature Dives in May.” The new global temperature data reveals a whopping three quarters of a degree Celsius drop in temperatures since January 2007. Watts reported late yesterday that the cooling is “equal in magnitude to the generally agreed upon ‘global warming signal’ of the last 100 years.”

“Confirming what many of us have already noted from the anecdotal evidence coming in of a much cooler than normal May, such as late spring snows as far south as Arizona, extended skiing in Colorado, and delays in snow cover melting in many parts of the northern hemisphere, the University of Alabama, Huntsville (UAH), published their satellite-derived Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit data set of the Lower Troposphere for May 2008,” Watts reported on June 3.

“It is significantly colder globally, colder even than the significant drop to -0.046°C seen in January 2008,” Watts explained. (The updated global temperature chart is here )

“But even more impressive is the change since the last big peak in global temperature in January 2007 at 0.594°C, giving a 16 month change in temperature of -0.774°C which is equal in magnitude to the generally agreed upon ‘global warming signal’ of the last 100 years,” he added. [Note: MIT Climate Scientist Dr. Richard Lindzen’s March 2008 presentation of data from the Hadley Centre of the UK Met Office found the Earth has had “no statistically significant warming since 1995.” (LINK ) An April 2008 peer-reviewed study found "global warming will stop." - LINK ]

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Then we have the following observation by Dr. Richard Lindzen via Watts Up With That? regarding whether there has been any statistically significant warming since 1995:

So, where's the catastrophic levels of warming here? More importantly, where's the warming at all?

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Yoo! Where'd everybody go?

and put some green olives and garlic on it, bake it just right, and open a cold beer... did I just cook dinner?

I bet all the crickets are jealous of my gourmet meal!

do crickets know how to read?