Summer

Boy, am I tired, among other things.



Frank Sinatra - It Never Entered My Mind

So I'll admit, I'm losing a bit of steam for this as the summer is dragging on. And boy is it dragging now. It's just online class and occupying my time from here on out. You'd think that would be the perfect opportunity to write a whole lot for this thing but lately my well of inspiration seems to have run dry. But at any rate, let's see what's been going on...

Obama is going to meet the the Czar of Russia, Vladimir Putin, tomorrow. That's apparently big because it's a first, and hopefully the beginning of a mending in the relationship between the two empires. They both agreed to reduce their stockpile of nukes today, which is a good thing. I guess we'll see where things go.

A lot of people are freaking out because Joe Biden may have "given Israel the green light" to strike Iran. I don't really think that's what he did; I think he was just reiterating the fact that our approach to Iran is going to be diplomatic, and that nobody is going to attack Iran with America's help. It may be one of the smartest things Biden's ever said - we actually can't stop Israel from doing whatever they want. There are also rumors that Mousavi might be looking to form his own political party.

It's not directly news-related, but Sociological Images has a great set of maps I thought I'd share with you. I'm still not sure how to give proper credit for this stuff, but here's the original post, with the maps posted below. The top one represents countries according to how much they contribute to global warming, and the bottom one shows which countries suffer the most from global warming. Read the actual post too, it's got more good info:



Anyway, I guess that's all for now, see ya soon!