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Good news.  As I suspected, Global Warming isn't man-made.  It's made by cow farts.

It's true.  There is a 400 page U.N. study to prove it.

Contact Gary Larson to learn if the crisis is worsened when cows light their methane emissions.

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John Bolton resigned his recess appointment as U.N. Ambassador.  Senator George Voinovich was disappointed.

"Republican Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio, a member of
the Foreign Relations Committee, said today: “I am very disappointed
that John Bolton will not continue in his role as ambassador to the
United Nations. Given the fragile nature of the world situation, and
the critical task of reforming the U.N., he should have been given an
up-or-down vote on the Senate floor."

Voinovich even wrote a column for the Washington Post on July 20 titled Why I'll vote for John Bolton.  That was after he said he'd vote against him.

"Standing before the Senate chamber in May 2005,
Senator George Voinovich made a tearful, heartfelt plea to his
colleagues, urging them to vote against confirming John Bolton as U.S.
ambassador to the United Nations. “I came back here [to the Senate] and
ran for a second term because I'm worried about my kids and my
grandchildren,…”

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Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian journalist who wrote about the Dirty War in Chechnya, was assassinated.  She was a constant critic of Vladimir Putin.  She died on his birthday.  Putin is a former head of KGB.

According to USA Today Politkovskaya was working on a story about kidnapping and torture in Chechnya when she was killed.

American reporter, Paul Klebnikov was hit in Moscow in 2004.  The Committee to Protect Journalists says 42 journalists have been murdered in Russia since 1992.

I wanted to work this story it into a cartoon but it lacked gay e-mails so it didn't get much play in the U.S.  The Korean nuke test is big news and Russia is a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council so here it is.

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The U.N. Security Council deadline for Iran to stop enriching uranium passed on August 31. 

Time for sanctions?  It's show time.

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Noam Chomsky could give the Clown Prince of Venezuela a real scare by handing him an autographed copy of his book.  Chavez regrets not meeting his favorite author while he was still living.