Every so often, after wrapping up my strip for the week, something coincidental happens that makes the cartoon more timely than I'd anticipated. Such was the case with this week's offering. Today I found out that Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) -- who is the outgoing Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works -- said on FOX News that global warming is not due to manmade gases but to (ahem) "the sun." Here are some more words of wisdom from this Man of Science, via Think Progress:

Now look, God’s still up there. We still have these natural changes, and this is what’s going on right now...

And yet the other side, the far left, the George Soros, the Hollywood elitists, the far left environmentalists on the committee that I chair — all of them want us to believe the science is settled and it’s not.

By the way, there’s all kinds of new things. Gretchen, you’ll enjoy this. Get your violin out and get ready. They came out with a great discovery just a few weeks ago. And this came from the geophysical research letters and you know what they said? Hold on now! They said the warming is due to the sun. Isn’t that remarkable?

GRETCHEN: Wow.

BRIAN: That’s a Fox News alert.

GRETCHEN: That is a Fox News alert.

Carl Sagan, eat your heart out!

On another subject, while doing some Google research on mink coats, I stumbled across an online store called "Glamour Dog," which sells clothes and accessories for dogs. The site features some seriously pimped-out canines.


You know you're hardcore when you're buying your pooch a hoodie.