Merkel Grab, w/ photos, analyzed by Bagnews:

[elehhhhna]

The thing about those "Merkel massage" video frames is that -- like scanning a flip book -- they are mostly concerned with the story line. In this case, the climatic moment occurs in shot #3, with Merkel doing the big flinch.

Breaking the sequence into "before" and "after" (or, "before," "during" and "after"), however, I was particularly interested in shot #1. Here comes Bush, the boy with the silver spoon. Look at that cocked left arm. I'm the baddest guy in the bar. This is Bush without the script -- but unaware that he needs one.
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[patrice]

1. It feels *very* strange.

To know that I share the "odd-person-out" experience with this 3rd generation super-wealthy guy, president of the U.S.

I definitely would feel compassion for him if it weren't for: the fact that he is responsible for the deaths of thousands, he cares more about an abstraction called "potential humans" than he does for real humans, and he supports and perpetuates economic oppression and the violation of The Bill of Rights.