Today I learned about the record heat wave in North India. Temperatures there have gone over 115 degree F and is not getting any better soon. Droughts, water shortages, and dozens of deaths are reported. Back here in the United States there are record droughts all over the country.
Is all this a sign of global warming? You bet. Time to do something about it. But nothing really is changing. The G8 summit meeting with world leaders failed to reach an agreement that would begin to deal with climate change within this generation. Al Gore correctly called the Bush plan "smokes and mirrors."

In others news, the war in Iraq takes it latest sick and ironic turn. As reported on CNN, the US military is now providing arms and ammunition to Sunni groups. Yes, the same Sunni group in Iraq that supported President Saddam Hussein and that has been fighting the Shiite Maliki government since the war began. The same Sunni group that has killed many American soldiers. I guess the US military finally realized that the Shiites were very close to Iran, so they will not back the Sunnis, which is an ethnic group comprising also the Saudi Arabian lands. The Iraqi government was not consulted about this and they are not happy about it.

The hypocrisy of this is astounding. Previously, the Bush administration had strongly denounced the arming and violence of any groups outside of the government and police force. It seems that by funding and providing arms to Sunni groups in Iraq, in addition to the recent reports that the CIA is giving aid to Al-Qaeda terror groups within Iran, it makes you wonder what this "war on terror" really is all about.

Meanwhile most Americans are obsessing over the "Sopranos" finale.

I went to a neighborhood high school graduation party on the weekend, it was great to be part of a happy event.