“Ich bin ein Dubliner, und nach dem mittagessen, ein Berliner.”

While Big Guy was busy charming world leaders, we had lunch.

Fish and chips at Finnegan’s with Bono (!) and his lovely wife Allison, with whom we share a certain savoir faire.

Allison’s a real fashion icon too! Imagine that a black slip – at the beach!

They also dragged brought along their 2 younger children, Elijah and John to enjoy the historic event.

Privileged kids of privileged parents will be privileged kids – I don’t care who you are.

Bono and Allison, like Big Guy and Lady M, also have two daughters; Jordan, in the gladiator outfit and Memphis Eve. I’ve no idea why they named her after a feminine hygiene product.

                 

Lady M and the girls had fish and chips, and Lady M also enjoyed a lobster starter, according to proprietor Dan Finnegan, posing here with his wife Coleen and Lady M.

Someone’s overdressed here!

Then, on to Germany where our Palazzo pants seemed a bit too much for the headwinds coming out of Europe these days.

       

So we changed into something a little bit, uh, clingier:

And please note one and all, MO has finally taken your advice about wearing darker colors around the portions of our geography that we may wish to, uh, de-emphasize. So don’t tell me things aren’t making improvements on the ever important geo-political front.

In fact, we’re so close to achieving that whole Jackie O thing now, we even got a pair of her signature sunglasses:

           

Which is only appropriate as on the eve of the 50th anniversary of JFK’s historic speech, Big Guy is going to once again give an historic read at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. It is expected to immediately top John F. Kennedy’s and Ronald Reagan’s in both style and histrionics historical impact. It will also go immediately to #1 on the iPod download list; if I told you how I know that, I’d have to shoot you. And don’t worry: if you have an Android or iPod on AT&T’s or Verizon’s system, it will automatically be downloaded whether you want it or not. In case you’re busy or something and miss it live.

Anyway, as you can see the Wee Wons continue to enjoy their first summer vacation of the season.

Remember girls, you can’t overestimate the importance of proper footwear.

At least as much as Mom:

Don’t read much into this; remember, BRF is a bitch, and it’s genetic.

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“Because Hope is Contagious.”

“You’re their proof of what is possible — because hope is contagious.”

Boy, tell me about it. Do you know what else is contagious? Bubonic plague, cholera, leprosy, small pox…as a rule, it’s best to stay away from contagious things. It’s unclear at this point if Bitchy Resting Face is classified as a contagious disease.

Anyway, Big Guy and TOTUS gave one of their signature, rousing reads in Belfast before moving on to the G8 meeting where he continued his charm offensive, which may be losing its edge a bit:

“I said you could keep the damn ring.”

Meanwhile, Lady M gave an important speech of her own, butt due to the superficiality of the British press, all they talked about was how distracting her “fringe” was:

Admittedly, it does seem to be making her a little cross-eyed, butt still, that’s no reason to  bring attention to Lady M’s struggle with BRF the way they did in the article:

Back home, Keith Koffler dissed Lady M, suggesting she and the Wee Wons were simply there to squeeze in a quickie, under-the-radar vacay! Can you believe the nerve? If you ask me, Keith and the British press could learn a thing or two about how to treat our royal family FLOTUS properly.

Anyway, Lady M and the Wee Wons spent the day being charmed by their Irish roots,

before heading out for a special evening performance of Riverdance – a spectacular display of disembodied feet, which always creeps me out just a little:

Lady M & The Sassy Lassies: Big White Performance March, 2011

For the occasion Lady M chose a stunning outfit in basic black, creatively accessorized by a pink and orange table napkin:

Néal, aon?

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I Post, You Com-Post

Now Mayor Bloomberg wants mandated composting? Big deal: we’ve been composting and recycling in Washington for years.

Official “Congress In Session” Symbol

Starting with the recycling of your money:

That’s a lot of fraud for just 2 of our 57 (or 60, depending on how you count) states!

The IRS: taking money from you to give to somebody else in order to grow the economy since 1913:

“Let me say that unemployment insurance… is one of the biggest stimuluses (sic) to our economy. Economists will tell you, this money is spent quickly. It injects demand into the economy, and it’s job creating. It creates jobs faster than almost any other initiative you can name.” – Nancy Pelosi

And speaking of Ex-Speaker Pelosi, she’s a huge fan of recycled plastic:

Before recycling, and after: See – plastic recycling works!

Of course Washington compost isn’t limited to taxes. We compost and recycle just about anybody’s bull s**t around here; from the smallest little turds:

Recycled comedians…

and recycled Pocahontases

to the really, really big piles of… garbage:

Well, I think you get the point. Butt just because we’re used to composting in D.C. doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s a good idea for New York. Do you really want to encourage the placement of fertilizer bins on every floor, in every sky scraper in the Big Apple?

You might want to think about dropping that one in the recycling bin, Bloomie.

Although I can see how his plan might create needed new jobs for the godfathers of the New Jersey Mafia Waste Management companies.

“It was a terrible, terrible accident: He was laying in the middle of the road and a garbage truck ran over him. Twice.”

Butt enough about that compost - Big Guy, Lady M the Wee Wons and moi are now in Ireland, getting in touch with our black Irish roots again.

Sláinte!

This, despite Prime Minister Cameron’s not-so-subtle suggestion that “world leaders leave their spouses at home” for this G8 visit. Oh, wait; he said world “leaders” didn’t he?)

Stay tuned, there will be much more composting news to follow.

Here are a couple of recent pictures of our “firm” commitment to plastics: on the left, Lady M and her new face leaving for Ireland last night, and on the right, addressing her fans in Belfast this morning:

 

Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.

Benjamin: Yes, sir.

Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?

Benjamin: Yes, I am.

Mr. McGuire: Plastics.

Benjamin: Exactly how do you mean? – The Graduate

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Happy Father’s Day!

May I be the first to wish Kanye West Happy Father’s Day?  His current squeeze, the lovely Kim Kardashian,

just gave birth to a baby girl yesterday.

So he’s technically got the “dad” box checked, and as soon as his lovely baby-mama, Kimmy, gets her youthful figure back,

they’re going to throw themselves a big party and pretend they’re getting married “forever.” Again, in Kim’s case.

Maybe wedding  #3 will be the magical one

I know, I know – Kimmy’s mom said they’ll have a “private wedding” and you think that means “small,” and “private.” We’re talking “Kimye” here: everything is relative. I mean, she spent $15 million on wedding #2 that lasted exactly 2 New York minutes. “Small” doesn’t mean what you think it means to these people. It’s just like in politics.

“Obamacare will reduce everyone’s healthcare premiums by $2500/yr, cover an additional 11 million people and provide better care for all. And if you don’t believe me, you’re an idiot. And a racist.

Anyway the lovely Kim and her baby-daddy had a little girl. Lucky little lady; she’s got a couple of classy parents who know how to capitalize on their considerable talents.

Baby-Mama & Baby-Daddy

A Daddy who knows how to grab the spotlight:

Grabbing the mic and Grammy from Taylor Swift in order to give it to someone Kanye thinks is more deserving. Again, just like in politics.

“So we gave your tax dollars to the green energy companies we picked to win. And we did better than Wall Street!”

And the new baby will have the most famous-for-being-famous mommy, evah!

Add famous-for-being-pregnant to the list of Kimmy’s talents.

           

In case Kim’s primary talent has slipped your mind, maybe this will tweak your memory:

Butt back to Father’s Day: how important is a father in a child’s life you ask? Big Guy tells us in his weekly address:

… I still wish I had a dad who was not only around, but involved; another role model to teach me what my mom did her best to instill – values like hard work and integrity; responsibility and delayed gratification – all the things that give a child the foundation to envision a brighter future for themselves.

Apparently Mom did okay in the envisioning a brighter future part, butt apparently it really does take a father to actually instill those values of “hard work and integrity; responsibility and delayed gratification.” 

Big Guy even admits as much:

That’s why I try every day to be for Michelle and my girls what my father was not for my mother and me.

Then, because Big Guy has fundamentally changed America, and American family life, he went on to give a shout-out to all kinds of dads - birth-dads, sperm-donor dads, second-daddy dads, and dads-who-used-to-be-moms dads:

Being a good parent – whether you’re gay or straight; a foster parent or a grandparent – isn’t easy.  It demands your constant attention, frequent sacrifice, and a healthy dose of patience.  And nobody’s perfect.  To this day, I’m still figuring out how to be a better husband to my wife and father to my kids. 

Let’s hope Big Guy figures out that husband-father thing pretty soon so he can concentrate on learning to be Commander-in-Chief. Because things seem to be heating up all over the world, and I’m not talking about global warming.

And I want to do what I can as President to encourage marriage and strong families. 

So far, so good

We should reform our child support laws to get more men working and engaged with their children.

Some jobs might help

 

I’m working on that, ladies.

 

“And I will not rest until every American who wants a job has one.”

Any bets on how Big Guy will work on being a better wife to Lady M and father to Sasha and Malia today?

Notwithstanding any of the preceding:

There are baby-daddies and there are Fathers:

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO ALL THE FATHERS OUT THERE!!!

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

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