Obama and Medvedev quick lunch at Ray’s Hell Burger

Friday, June 25th, 2010 86 views

President Obama treated Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to a conventional American lunch in Ray’s Hell Burger (Arlington, VA)  Thursday before returning to the White House for any joint news conference.

Obama ate a traditional cheeseburger, whilst Medvedev added jalepenos, mushrooms and onions to his. The pair shared an order of fries, according to the White House. No word on which superpower paid for your meal. (Update, 1:47 p.m.: It was Obama’s treat.)

Both sat, scrunched in in the tiny table in shirtsleeves, whilst the packed-in patrons gawked. There was much cheering when the pair came out.

It may not be the most glamorous location to get a visiting head of state, but Obama clearly has a thing for the burger joint.

In May of last year, Obama and vice president Joe Biden stole away to get a similar mid-day lunch, prompting a similar amount of restaurant chaos and forever creating it even harder to get a table in the Virginia establishment.

Medvedev is in town for one-on-one meetings with Obama before the two head up to Canada for that meeting from the G20 nations.

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washingtonpost.com

Obama Checking Out Girl’s Butt

Saturday, July 11th, 2009 412 views

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You may have seen this rather misleading photo doing the rounds this morning. The photo appears to depict President Obama checking out the rear of 16 year old Brazilian girl Mayora Taveres. We admit that the shot is incriminating, but the real story is far less titillating. If you watch the full video you’ll see that Obama was in the midst of an entirely gentlemanly manouvre – he’s about to offer his hand to the girl in the floral skirt and black top behind him to help her step done to his level. So, despite the unfortunate timing of this shot, Obama is innocent.

Not only that, Obama is proving again that chivalry is not dead. (Rememer how he recently whisked his wife off to New York and Paris for dates?) French President Nicolas Sarkozy on the other hand, well, we will leave it up to you to determine what he’s looking at.

source : NewsWeek