World in pics

Saturday, 8:59 pm

Apr

12

2008

I ran across this photograph in the comments section of The Washington Note last evening. The photograph appears in the online version of Germany’s Der Spiegel, which is about as mainstream as a publication can get. The photograph is of President Bush (and other leaders) during the recent NATO Summit in Bucharest. The accompanying article goes to some length to explain that our dear leader was rather badly behaved and made kind of a shambles of the summit owing to his belligerent ‘my way or the highway’ attitude. And then they said NO to him. Oh dear. The photo caption is roughly translated: Like a defiant child with his head against the wall. Guessing, by the photograph, that being poorly behaved tends to have an isolating effect. It’s a pitiful picture.

On a brighter note...I discovered the link to this stunning 360° photograph of Paris by night in comments on Atrios’s blog last evening. If you’re on dial-up, it’s worth the wait. Really gorgeous.