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Michelle Obama: ‘Just Say No Thank You – May I Please Be Excused To Tend To My Vegetable Plot?’
MICHELLE OBAMA is waging a war on fatty food. Nancy Reagan wanted us to “Just Say No.” Michelle Obama wants us to “Just Say No Thank You – May I Please Be Excused To Tend To My Vegetable Plot?”
All First Ladies like to have a hobby and Mrs Obama’s is to make American youth thinner and fitter with her Let’s Move! campaign to make more people like her.
Says Michelle:
“Collect some fruits and vegetables; bring by some good healthy food.”
She told us:
“It’s like: How do we keep the calories down but keep the flavours up?”
She looked at the carrot:
“And when you’re dealing with kids, for example, you want to get them to try that carrot. Well, if it tastes like a real carrot and it’s really sweet, they’re going to think that it’s a piece of candy.”
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Posted: 19th, October 2010 | In: Politicians | Comment
UN Secretary General Is ‘Spanky Banky’ Moon, Says Kevin Rudd
DIPLOMATIC nicknames: Kevin Rudd on Ban-Ki Moon:
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and his office privately referred to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as “Spanky Banky” according to a new book.
Nice try, Rudd Boy. But Alan Clark’s diaries are hard to beat:
He once called Kenneth Clarke “A pudgy puffball.” As for Douglas Hurd, he said he “might as well have a corncob up his arse”. While he dismissed Michael Heseltine as the kind of person “who bought his own furniture”.
Spotter: Tim Blair
Posted: 18th, October 2010 | In: Politicians | Comment
President Sebastian Pinera Shows Off Miners’ Call For Help
CHILEAN President Sebastian Pinera made sure he was pictured holding the original message passed to rescuers from the mine in Chile, following a visit to the Cabinet War Rooms in central London. Mr Pinera – the billionaire – is in London.
He’s scheduled to meet Prime Minister David Cameron before a trip to Buckingham Palace to greet the Queen as part of a European tour.
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Posted: 17th, October 2010 | In: Politicians | Comment
Is Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera The Most Manipulative Man On Planet Earth? European Tour Begins
CHILEAN miners are released in made-for-TV, stage-managed multi-media marketing drive for Chile and its pragmatic President Sebastian Pinera.
And a couple of days on President Sebastian Pinera is at the Hilton in central London, accompanied by his wife Cecilia, where he was meeting with members of the UK’s Chilean community ahead of a natter with Prime Minister David Cameron before a trip to Buckingham Palace to greet the Queen as part of a European tour.
Daily Star Duped By Spoof Website Into Chile Mine Theme Park Story
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Posted: 17th, October 2010 | In: Politicians | Comment (1)
Belfast Mayor And The Slippery Female Tomato: Photos
BELFAST Lord Mayor, Jim Rodgers, launched the ‘Garden Gourmet’ extravaganza in 2007 by leapfrogging council worker Lorraine Mallon, who was dressed as a tomato. Rodgers’ knee hits Mallon in the head, causing her to suffer a slipped disc. At Belfast High Court, Mallon wins £24,021.75 against the council. It’s a contender for the worst poltical photo op of all time…
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Posted: 16th, October 2010 | In: Politicians | Comment
Ed Miliband Steals David Miliband’s Ice-Cream: A Gallery Of Extempore Eating
ED Miliband, leader of the Labour Party, was at Sheffield Forgemasters’ factory on his first official “I look a pratt in this outfit” outing. Ed was blessed with all the cool of a geography teacher on a GCSE project. He was all Anorak.
Leadership will test him further as photo opportunities come and go.
But Ed need not worry, for now. He has a long way to go before he reaches his brother David Miliband’s standing. As Anton Vowl spots, David has a history with ice-cream. Extempore eating is not easy. But Dave makes it look almost impossible…
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A Syrian vendor passes visiting British Foreign Secretary David Miliband an ice cream in the old quarter of Damascus on November 17, 2008. Miliband arrived in Syria today on the second stop of a regional tour after holding meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials in Jerusalem. AFP PHOTO/LOUAI BESHARA (Photo credit should read LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images)
Posted: 15th, October 2010 | In: Politicians | Comment
Russian Governor Tweets Photo Of Live Worm In Kremlin Salad: Salt Mines Beckon
DMITRY Zelenin, governor of Tver Oblast, Russia, told his followers on Twitter that he’d been served a live earthworm at a Kermlin dinner at a state dinner for German President Christian Wulff.
Alongside a photos, Zelenin told one and all:
“That’s an original way to show that the lettuce leaf is fresh.”
It went down predictably.
Foreign policy adviser Sergei Prikhodko slammed Mr Zelenin for “irresponsibility and stupidity“. Adding, with menace
“I would advise anyone who wants to invite Mr Zelenin as a guest to think hard before doing so.”
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Posted: 15th, October 2010 | In: Politicians | Comment (1)
General David Petraeus, David Cameron And Linda Norgrove’s Death: Photos
MAGGIE Thatcher could not make it see David Cameron today. She has the “flu”. Arnold Swazenegger did make it. And so too did General David Petraeus, Commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan. A statement was issued:
“The Prime Minister confirmed that 320 British troops would be redeployed in training roles to help accelerate the training effort. General Petraeus thanked the PM for the ongoing British commitment to Afghanistan and for the valued contribution made by British troops, civilians and equipment. The PM also raised the case of Linda Norgrove. General Petraeus said that the investigation was a personal priority for him and emphasised that there would be full co-operation between the US and UK.”
Judgement awaits the outcome…
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Posted: 14th, October 2010 | In: Politicians | Comment
When David Cameron Met Arnold Schwarzenegger In Photos
PRIME Minister David Cameron greeted Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger outside 10 Downing Street, today. Says Dave – and start gritting your teeth and cringing now – “He’s going to help me terminate the budget deficit.”
Or not. California has a $19 billion budget deficit. It’s been selling of civic buildings and thinking of taxing legalised marijuana. Still, good joke, Dave. Really…
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Posted: 14th, October 2010 | In: Politicians | Comment (1)
Obama Aide Calls Being Gay A ‘Lifestyle Choice’
ONE of Barack Obama’s senior White House advisers Valerie Jarrett says being gay is a”lifestyle choice”.
Jarrett was senior Advisor to Obama’s presidential campaign.
Here she is:
Are you missing George Bush yet:
Today the Washington Post’s gay kapo Jonathan Capehart shares a video interview he conducted on Monday with senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett. She clearly states a belief that Minnesota gay teen Justin Aarberg [age 15], who committed suicide in July after being bullied, made a “lifestyle choice.”
So much for change…
Posted: 14th, October 2010 | In: Politicians | Comment (1)
Photos Of Democrat Politician Krystal Ball Sucking A Dildo Strapped To A Man’s Face
KRYSTAL Ball sounds like David Beckham’s fortune teller. But she’s a Democrat running for Congress in Virginia’s first district, a Republican hold. And to pave the way for career in big politics she’s sucking a small red dildo her husband has strapped to the end of his nose. This is how you get ahead in politics in Italy. But will it work in the USA?
When the photos emerged, Ball was aghast and affronted:
“I’m angry at the way women in this country are unfairly treated in this regard when they step up and run for office.”
When Winston Churchill strapped a pomegranate to his wife’s face and scooped out the seeds with his tongue, no-one thought any the worse of him. When Mahmoud Ahamdinejad, allegedly, shared a cucumber with an associate, he was patted on the back. Had Stalin sucked off a penis stuck to Roosevelt’s nose, we’d not cared.
Double standards, indeed. But you might suppose that someone called Krystal Ball would have seen the trouble coming when she posed for the photos. But no. As she says:
“They wanted me to feel like a whore. They wanted me to collapse in a ball of embarrassment and to hang my head in shame.”
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Posted: 12th, October 2010 | In: Key Posts, Politicians | Comments (2)
EDL And UAF Protest In Leicester: Photos
THE anti-Islam English Defence League were in Leicester today. And so were Unite Against Fascism (UAF).
The Telegraph says coins were thrown at police. There were 13 arrests. PA says a group of EDL supporters confronted a group of local Asian and black youths in the Highfields area of the city.
Sky News says: “English Defence League protesters attacked a Sky News satellite truck.”
The Leicester Mercury reports: “Violent clashes have broken out between EDL supporters and members of the local black and Asian community.”
Incidentally, there was no Premier League or Championship football this weekend.
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Posted: 9th, October 2010 | In: Politicians | Comments (3)
HM Government’s new opposition – the Mummy Bloggers
So forget Ed Miliband and those Lib Dems traditionalists who never liked the Tories anyhow. HM Government has a new opposition, and it is one that’s capable of scaring Cameron, Osborne and the Tory front bench to death. It is the mummy bloggers.
Cast you mind back before the election and you’ll remember how all the party leaders popped over to Mumsnet for a chat and a debate about their favourite biscuits. Now, threatened with losing their child benefits the mums have fought back.
According to this source – ‘Many of the UK mummy blogger community are stay-at-home mums, perhaps with two or more children, who are taking care of house and kids, or a single parent who is dependent on the additional help from the Government.’ Take away that child benefit and they’ll have a serious hole in their income.
At the forum Mumsnet they are absolutely livid.
All those cosy web chats mean nothing when you have comments like this
Bellbird: “The Conservatives are utterly bizarre to bring in this rule. They used to claim to be pro-choice for mothers. Now we seem to have none. They would like to divide and rule out the [stay at home mums] and the working mums! No, they won’t, will they sisters?
and there are already well over 1000 over comments mostly very negative.
Even the official blog of the British Mummy Bloggers social network rails at the unfairness of it all.
“Its simplistic (rather than means-tested) design creates situations in which two-earner families making £86K a year will keep their benefits while a single earner making more than £44K will lose it.”
So have Cameron and Osborne been handbagged already? Looks like it.
Posted: 6th, October 2010 | In: Politicians | Comments (3)
Daily Mirror’s Class Warrior Kevin Maguire Shames Ed Miliband
KEVIN Maguire continues his class war rant in the Mirror, as he thunders on George Osborne:
The Trust Fund millionaire, who will one day inherit a baronetcy to be Sir George, has more money than he can count. So he has no idea what it’s like to depend on benefits, to watch the pennies every week.
Yeah, what could an educated and urbane man – a millionaire whose parents wanted to look after – know about anything about poverty? He cannot even imagine it.
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Posted: 5th, October 2010 | In: Politicians | Comment
Tory Party Conference 2010: BBC Mispronounces David Cameron As ‘David Cock’
THE Conservative Party conference is underway – and it will be televised. The BBC won’t switch it off in protest about pay deals. That would make them look petty and biased.
But the technicians cannot rule out interference making David Cameron’s voice sound like s German chipmunk on acid or BBC continuity announcers pronouncing the Tory leaders name as David Hitler Cockeron and placing a health warning at the end of the news suggesting that if you think David Cockeron is a good bloke then you need urgent medical help and shooting.
On Anorak we bypass bias by showing you pictures. These let your mind run free as to what is being said and thought.
Imagine the bold plans spinning in Dave’s head as Baroness Warsi speaks at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham (Did I load the dishwasher. Yes. And I’m not ashamed to admit it…).
Meanwhile, David Miliband (not there….yet) was at the screening of Thomas & Friends – Misty Island Rescue, at the VUE cinema in Leicester Square, rubbing shoulders with Jill Halfpenny , Emily Maitliss, Kirsty Gallacher, Javine Hylton and Tina Hobley. This is it, David. This is true victory…
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Posted: 3rd, October 2010 | In: Politicians | Comment (1)
Hillary Clinton, Guatemalan Gonorrhoea And A Times WTF
HOW does the Times illustrates a story that the US deliberately infected Guatemalan prisoners and the mentally ill with gonorrhoea and syphilis as part of medical tests between 1932 to 1972?
Well… Here’s Hillary Clinton to apologise… (click the image on the left to make bigger)
You have been warned – SDT posters from history:
Posted: 2nd, October 2010 | In: Politicians | Comments (2)
Has Holland Sold Out To Anti-Islam Leader Geert Wilders?
GEERT Wilders wants to ban the burqa in Holland. And if he forms a coalition with the Liberals and Christian Democrats it may happen. Fashion matters in the Netherlands.
Wilders is the leader of the – get this – Freedom Party. It is a negative Freedom as in being ‘freedom from’ rather than ‘freedom to’.
In June’s election, Widler’s party increased their nine seats to 24. There are only 150 up for grabs.
The Liberal party (VVD) and the Christian Democrats (CDA) have 52 seats. If they can get Wilders on side they can govern, with VVD leader Mark Rutte as prime minister.
In return for his party’s support, Wilders will back the coalition’s economic plans.
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Posted: 1st, October 2010 | In: Politicians | Comment
Ed Miliband Meets Manchester United’s Alex Ferguson – Now For A Shandy: Photos
TWO days on from telling you how Ed Miliband would soon attempt to colour himself by developing an interest in football he tells us that David Miliband once stole his football and then dashes off to meet members of the Manchester Health Academy at Manchester United’s Carrington Training Ground.
Now for that shandy…
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Posted: 30th, September 2010 | In: Politicians | Comments (2)
Ready For the China – US Chicken Wars?
ARE China and the US heading for a war over chicken? Cheap protein, one of the wonders of the post-war era, is causing trouble. China imports lots of American chicken ($752.2m in 2009). Given the China makes just about everything you want cheaper, the irony is deep.
Jeez, I wonder what that must be like.
I’ll just sit around tonight and ponder this in my $3 Chinese-made t-shirt while I watch a movie on my $20 Chinese-made DVD player after which I will clean the apartment with my $79 Chinese-made vacuum, order some $5 Chinese food from the place on the corner, then drift off to sleep on my $199 Chinese-made mattress between my $19 Chinese-made sheets.
Posted: 29th, September 2010 | In: Politicians | Comment
Labour Party Conference: Harriet Harman’s Flip-Flop Makes Mugs Of The Army’s Dead
ED Miliband confounded all expectations and received a standing ovation at the Labour Party conference. Who would have guessed it.
And David Milband sat and looked principled and honest and consistent when he asked Harriet Harman – who had voted and argued for the War in Iraq – why she was clapping Ed’s statement that the war was wrong? You know, the war British soldiers have been maimed and killed fighting in? Just that morning, the war had been right. What changed?
Says Harman, the jobbing politician: “I’m clapping because he is the leader. I’m supporting him.”
Ed would have voted against the war, of course. Though not in Parliament at the time the war in Iraq began, he’d have been against it. That much is certain. The politicians talk of change and progression. But they are cynical, self-serving and conniving. And that can be good. Everyone needs a representative who’s an utter bastard to see off the common foe.
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Posted: 29th, September 2010 | In: Politicians | Comment (1)
Ed Miliband To Discover Spurs, Shandy And EastEnders
ED Miliband is leader of the Labour Party. And instantly Labour is ahead in the polls. The new man is a miracle worker. If he can now do nothing at all for a few years, the Prime Minister’s job is his.
And Ed is unlikely to do much except talk about politics. He has no passion for football, drink, tobacco, women, pets, sport, board games, fast food, humour, TV, fashion or pop.
Ed can appreciate each thing on its own merit and relatively. He is Ian Duncan Smith unencumbered of a cough.
In other news, David Miliband might or might not leave the Labour Party’s high table, his indecision taking limelight from his little brother’s victory over him. Ed needs to think. Maybe Dave can fill in as leader when Ed is in the bath or doing his shopping list – or developing an interest in something other than politics to woo the voters and make him look interesting?
How long before Ed says he likes Spurs and can drink an entire half of shandy during the EastEnders omnibus?
Posted: 28th, September 2010 | In: Politicians | Comments (3)
French MEP Rachida Dati Campaigns Under Slogan Of More Oral Sex (Video)
RACHIDA Dati is out politician of the week. The French MEP is on the telly in France talking up fellatio as a cure for deflation. Says she:
“I see some [foreign investment funds] looking for returns of 20 or 25% at a time when fellatio is close to zero.”
Can the French economy recover with blow jobs?
Posted: 28th, September 2010 | In: Politicians | Comment (1)
Ed Miliband Is Labour’s Aardman – Literally
ED Miliband is elected leader of the Labour Party, the least worst option of a line up that looked like curtain call from the Addams Family stage play at the Hampstead Playhouse. Of course, Ed might yet be Prime Minister. If he just can find a dog who can help him to build the great contraption……
Posted: 25th, September 2010 | In: Politicians | Comment
Ed And David Miliband Will Soon Be Attacked For Being Jews
WILL it be David Miliband or Ed Miliband to lead the Labour Party? Cranmer explains that it matters not who they are because they are just Jews.
In the Channel 4 show Miliband of Brothers, the producers saw fit to stick a big Palestinian flag on a wall in the Miliband family home. Was it factually accurate or just a cheap nudge? And why the Palestinian banner when in the olden days of the 60s and 70s – before rolling news and a stronger more aggressive Israel – it was the Jewish state that was the underdog?
On October 6, 1973, Syria and Egypt attacked Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. The underdog won. Britain was a less a anti-semitic place then and people cheered.
And what of Labour an the Jews? In June 2008, William Rees-Mogg opined:
“But Labour wants to destroy Mr Howard as a political leader by using his Jewishness against him. They know to a hair’s breadth what they are doing.
Of course, any anti-Semitism has been denied; the purpose of the operation is to raise the controversy and then withdraw. But the Fagin image will linger on, and those voters who do not like Jews will have been reminded of their prejudice, by modern advertising techniques and, alas, even by this article. But it is a dirty, dirty, dirty business and it disgraces both the Labour Party and the Prime Minister.”
The Labour Party also depicted Michael Howard and Oliver Letwin – who are both Jewish – as flying pigs.
Still, needs must. Here’s Cranmer:
THE only thing that is certain about the nail-biting contest to lead the Labour Party is that a Jew will win. In this ‘aggressively secular’, enlightened 21st century, it is supposed not to matter.
But, of course, it does.
David and Edward Miliband (henceforth Daveward) come as a package. Whichever wins, the other will be his symbiotic sidekick. While one half is considered the heir to Blair and the other the political soul-mate of Tony Benn, they are both steeped in Marxism through the influence of their Brussels-born, Polish emigré father Adolphe (Ralph) Miliband.
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Posted: 25th, September 2010 | In: Politicians | Comments (10)
Hans Rudolf-Merz Is Swiss Your Laugh Of The Day: Video
HANS-Rudolf Merz, 67, is the Swiss finance minister with a fit of giggles as he addresses the vital subject of spiced meat imports, the so-called Bündnerfleisch.
This meaty treat is a an air-dried beef product. And it’s funny stuff. Merz is your Laugh In Of The Day.
Question: If Iran’s Ahmadinejad giggled as he said the Holocaust never happened, the9/11 was an American plot to murder their own and up is the new down would we pity him less?
Posted: 25th, September 2010 | In: Politicians | Comment (1)
