Tag Archives: michelle obama

No touching: ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn meets Michelle Obama

Barack Obama seemed to forewarn sleazy IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the G-20′s official dinner in 2009. Image: NY Magazine

Camerons showcase designer kitchen as household spending slumps

New Downing Street kitchen

As new household spending figures hit a two-year low and families suffer the the worst income squeeze since the early 1980s, the Camerons have caught the national mood by, erm, showcasing their newly-fitted £25,000 second kitchen. Both BBC Online and the Daily Mail today carry a photo of Samantha Cameron and Michelle Obama in the flat above Number 11 Downing [...]

Google hypocrisy over Michelle Obama 'monkey' image

Whatever your view on human intervention to remove ‘offensive’ search engine results, it cannot be denied that Google resorted to talking utter crap yesterday while attempting to wriggle away from controversy around the indexing of a photoshopped image depicting Michelle Obama as a monkey. “We do not remove a page from our search results simply because its [...]

GCSE art coursework from Carla Bruni

God forgive the individual who gave French first lady Carla Bruni a pencil and sketchpad gift set (her Sarah Brown and Charles ‘n’ Camilla are nearly as bad). Reminds Scrapbook of a submission to the Hart Beat gallery. But never too late to learn, eh?