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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

First Lady Michelle Obama In London

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arriving in London for the G20 world leaders' summit. Michelle look amazing as always in a sleek Michael Kors black coat, chartreuse Jason Wu sheath dress and black studded Azzedine Alaia belt. It's like watching Jackie O come to life again!

Sarah Brown,Prime Minister Gordon Brown, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are visiting 10 Dowing Street for breakfast.

This is why I love First Lady Michelle Obama, she is not afraid of color. She looks fabulous in a J.Crew champagne embellished sweater and mint green textured skirt paired with her trademark kitten heels. It's so refreshing to a First Lady who is not stuffy!

Imaginary animals are supposed to, oh, I don't know, require imagination

>>FANTASY ANIMAL WEEK<<

COME ON, JACKALOPE. A rabbit with antlers? This was the best you losers could come up with? You know, if I was a fake animal, I'd throw in some cool shit, like wings, and laser eyes. All you did was put one thing from another animal onto a completely normal animal! Um, okay, a puppy with a trunk for a nose! I call it a elephuppy. A fox with a beak! I call it a fuck, and then I'll let it glance in your general direction.

Don't even look at me that way, because even if I could pet you I probably wouldn't, since you failed so royally. You had an infinite number of possibilities, Jackalope, and you picked this one. And now you are going to have to not live with it for the rest of your non-existent life. Deal with it.

Which Diva Wore It Better? Joy Bryant or Vanessa Williams

Joy Bryant

Vanessa Williams

Joy Bryant first wore this fabulous printed Matthew Williamson dress to the VH1 Hip Hop Honors. I have to admit that first I didn't care for this dress but it grew on me. Joy paired it with matching neon heels which was too much for my taste.

Vanessa Williams recently wore the asymmetric version to the 20th Annual Glaad awards. I looooove this version on her. She paired hers with simple black sandals.

This was easy for me because Vanessa Williams makes everything look effortless chic so she wins!

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Germans Aren't Buying This Stimulus Nonsense

The President's car-salesman abilities might be put to the test in trying to convince the G20 that they have to pump a bunch of stimulus Euros into their economies. Germany's chancellor is saying "nein" to any prospect of government intervention for Europe's largest economy. From CSM:

But Merkel, diplomats say, has combined a profound German instinct against debt – and its accompanying inflation – with a widely held sentiment here that the US and Wall Street are to blame for creating the global crisis. Ahead of German elections in September, the chancellor is also arguing that Europe's social safety net already constitutes enough of a stimulus and a higher percentage of debt than what's been offered by the US and Britain.

"We were living beyond our means," Ms. Merkel said at a meeting March 28. "After the Asian crisis and after 9/11, governments encouraged risk taking in order to boost growth. We cannot repeat this mistake."

Seeing how hyperinflation and overspending brought down the Weimar Republic and led to the rise of the Third Reich, which didn't work out so well, the German Chancellor seems knowledgeable of history repeating itself. But CSM notes that the Germans might be trying to sandbag their stimulus in the hopes that other countries do it and they can live off the exports. Since American TARP funds going to AIG payed off billions to German banks, I'd say the Germans have a pretty crafty strategy going.

London Calling

I found this little tidbit of agitprop on the G20 Meltdown site, which promises a "Financial Fool's Day" tomorrow in London followed by "storming" the Bank of England at noon. Guess you can't have a decent protest without breaking some shit, spraying graffiti about corporate pigs, and hanging some effigy with a left arm longer than Wilt Chamberlain's. What's odd about these unemployed low-life protesters is, when there is too little police presence, they cause millions of dollar worth of property damage (see Seattle 1999), but when the police actually enforce the law, the cries of "police brutality" and subsequent legal action makes martyrs out of them (see Minneapolis 2008). A true Catch-22 for law enforcement, so they seem to be taking the pragmatic approach. From BBC:

But Scotland Yard is concerned the demonstrations may be "hijacked" by people intent on using violence.

Commander Simon O'Brien - who has been meeting some of the protest groups - said people had a democratic right to protest and that police would always respond to threats "proportionately".

Best of luck to them, and hopefully the Secret Service brings their A-game as well, since Obama landed there today. However, from an OPSEC perspective, it wasn't helpful that the Daily Mail published the President's itinerary and a detailed diagram of his Cadillac. D'oh!

Monday, March 30, 2009

Red Carpet Transformation: Marisa Tomei

RED CARPET GLORY

I still stand by this dress

Beyond Fabulous!

RED CARPET HOT MESS!

What the hell was this about?

Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei has come a long way from her nondescript wardrobe. Remember her from "Different World" with Lisa Bonet? It took a while for the actress to find herself but eventually she did. It should be a law in Hollywood to have a fashion stylist and make-up artist at all times. Thank God Marisa decided to hire both.

I adore Marisa because she has her own individual style. Everybody hated her mustard Elie Saab rosette dress she wore to the 2009 SAG awards but I appreciated that she took a risk. Her style is much like mine edgy but yet chic!