Barack Obama Is American President Of Europe!
Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Every four years, Europeans get mad at Americans because only stupid ignorant U.S. citizens get to elect their president (who is always George W. Bush). So this year our friends overseas were delighted to participate in a meaningless poll conducted by the Telegraph, which showed conclusively that your average bewhiskered European hausfrau is just as hot for Barack Obama as millions of recently graduated American college seniors. But who digs Obama the most? The answer may shock you! MORE »











French president and ladies man Nicolas Sarkozy has bought a new toy, for killing Lobsterbacks. Today he inaugurated “Le Terrible”, which the AP caption describes as “a new generation nuclear-armed submarine.” Rowr! What a perfect complement to his “new generation” wife. [AP Photo]

Each week, veteran Condiwatcher Peter Huestis (also known as
In America, when we debate naughty things, we get Larry Flynt and Tipper Gore and “I know it when I see it” and sometimes, if y’all are lucky, Jenna Jameson before she got scary-skinny. In France, they get Valeria Begue. The recently crowned Miss France (from the island territory of Reunion) stirred quite the controversy (and many, many, um, hearts) when she won the crown and then was forced to contend with the publication of a few clothed-but-suggestive photographs. But, sacre bleu! This is France. And so the bishop of Saint-Denis de La Reunion and the French Minister for Overseas Territories Christian Estrosi weighed in with the Miss France organization and allowed Valeria to keep her crown. Vive la France! [
Look, Nick, I know that after the end of a deep relationship like ours the temptation is to slum it a little to get it out of your system. I totally get it. But, hon, is it really a good idea to