Boys Behaving Badly - Here...There...Everywhere

I know that you've been waiting for me to weigh in on Weiner
but he is just so pathetic that it's almost not worth commenting on

I do feel bad for his anorexic and now pregnant wife Huma
She didn't deserve a sexting scumbag for a husband

I'm so very tired of the ruling elite,
Republicans and Democrats both
with their 'do as I say, not as I do'  behavior
How do these elected officials have time for the sophomoric silliness of sexting, online flirting with underage girls and posting their photos on twitter and craigslist...
to the even more serious impregnating their of housekeepers and then keeping them under the same roof as their wife?

Unemployment is at Depression Era levels, the dollar is crashing, the deficit is exploding and the economy is imploding and yet these men seem to have all the time in the world to frolic around like overgrown frat boys while picking up a generous paycheck (and benefits) care of the US taxpayers.

Government boys behaving badly isn't just just an American issue
as we all know from Dominique Strauss Kahn.
And once again, it isn't a Left-Right issue
it's all about getting away with it
Take Italy's Silvio Berlusconi

He makes Dominique Strauss Kahn look like a light weight!
Do not miss Vanity Fair's All Broads Lead To Rome
Not only does the ancient Berlusconi have a posse of women who pander for him
providing a nonstop carousel of young (and some underage) hookers,
he then places these women in positions of political power.

here is a photo of one of the women Berlusconi nominated to the European Parliament

she certainly looks qualified doesn't she?


I believe in karma so I can sleep easier knowing that there is a special place in hell for such detritus
but I do feel sad for the citizens of Italy who don't deserve such a leader.

Just Another Reason To Love Men

Because they do crazy ass things like base jumping off of mountains in wing suits.
Happy Monday

Billionaires on Boats or Barrack , Bella and an Appreciation of Anticipation

Just because I love to share all the randomly interesting things that I find out there on the internet
From the Wall Street Journal blog
Bella and Edward Who?  Real-Estate Tycoon Deconstructs 'Twilight'

So what do you get when you put a brilliant billionaire named Tom Barrack on a boat in Turkey with some free time on his hands and nothing to read except 'Twilight'.
What you get is a thoughtful analysis of the book and a brilliant letter to the senior management at his firm Colony Capital.
Here is a brief excerpt
I boarded the gorgeous but stark Turkish Gulet right as the sun was setting. As I made my way into the main cabin I saw something so frightening it left me speechless. There, staring up at me from the ebony coffee table was a book. On the cover was a gorgeous red apple nestled between two soft and caring hands. Between the hands were written the words that strike terror in the hearts of every macho, red-blooded male…TWILIGHT. AAAARRRGGGGHHHH!! Alone, on a boat, with no wifi, no satellite, no magazines, no newspapers, just me and this book. This piece of chick lit, teeny bopper heartthrob stuff. Terror on the high seas! I wanted nothing to do with any of it. Not relevant, not interesting.

As I sat there with nothing to do the book kept taunting me. I began to think that there must be something I don’t understand. What could it be? What is it all about? Women don’t just read these books, they live them. They become each paragraph. I picked it up, but then immediately dropped it like a hot coal. What if someone saw me reading this? My macho reputation would be finished! I would be kicked out of the bench press section of the gym. My polo compadres would send me packing to the pony rides and my surfing buddies would exile me to the kiddie pool.

But it was a long night and there was absolutely nothing, and I mean NOTHING else to do. Long story short – not only did I read Twilight, I read the other two as well!! I was fascinated, captivated even. However, what intrigued me was not the same thing that hooked the millions of women whose lives and had been changed by this series, but something else entirely.
I love the way that Barrack starts his aversion to the book, then goes on with what he finds from reading the Twilight books and extrapolates that into lessons for life.
Also in the lessons for life category, Christina at Fashion's Most Wanted has posted the Dalai Lama's instructions for life. Yes, we've all read them before, but they are always worth re-reading.

Seduction - Mid-Century Style or Plus Ca Change....

Judgement Day

From the Telegraph
Why men will judge a woman in milliseconds
Men take a fraction of a second to decide if they are attracted to a woman or not - but they should not be called shallow because they are genetically programmed to do so, scientist say.
Men weigh up potential partners almost instantaneously based on their appearance because their "ancient" genetic preference for attractive mates leads them to, experts claim.
In contrast women take longer to decide their feelings for a man because they need to weigh up whether he will be a committed partner who will provide for them well – part of their survival programming.
And they needed experts and a study to find this out?

The most amusing thing about this article is the underlying tone
"men are not shallow...no really they're not"