Thank God for Canada:

Group of Eight leaders had to soften a statement urging Israel and the Palestinians to return to negotiations because Canada objected to a specific mention of 1967 borders, diplomats said on Friday.

Diplomats involved in Middle East discussions at the G8 summit said Ottawa had insisted that no mention of Israel’s pre-1967 borders be made in the leaders’ final communiqué, even though most of the other leaders wanted a mention.

“The Canadians were really very adamant, even though Obama expressly referred to 1967 borders in his speech last week,” one European diplomat said.

That was a direct rebuff of the Obama administration’s attack on Israel.

(H/T Gateway Pundit)

This via the Times Online:

President Obama and other leaders backed historic new targets for tackling global warming last night in an agreement designed to pave the way for a world deal in the autumn.

For the first time, America and the other seven richest economies agreed to the goal of keeping the world’s average temperature from rising more than 2C (3.6F).

This is truly historic. This marks the first time in world history that the leaders of the 8 richest countries have agreed to tackle a problem that doesn’t really exist.

Even if global warming weren’t a total sham, the idea that 8 men have the power to control the temperature of the earth is so absurd I question their sanity.

Since we’re talking about phony global warming, I highly recommend the new book “Green Hell” by Steven Milloy.

Green really is the new red.

-Chris Jones

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