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Tut tut tut...

G20..

As you might have realised...I love political cartoons. In the run up to the G20 this weekend I found these 3 cartoons that all picture the scene. They come from 3 different countries which makes it interesting to see different perspectives on the power balance in the world right now.

From the UK (Kal @ The Economist) 

The US is already defeated by "recession" and admits now that it cannot do it alone. It is

 interesting here that the leaders are not personified. 

From Spain (Dragan)

Obama is moved to the fore-front with the task of stopping the recession single handedly with the other leaders cheering him on (somewhat) but from a distance hiding behind the G20 conference.

From South Korea

Quite a different perspective - not focusing on the task in hand but instead refers to the perceived balance of power. Obama has his back to the G20 which looks relatively pathetic and irrelevant next to him.

I would LOVE comments on this one...so if you are usually a ghost reader this is the post to come out :-)

Pyongyang Pizza...

According to a Japanese newspaper, the first Pizzeria has opened in North Korea. Pizza is apparently one of Kim Jong-Il's fave dishes and he has spent many years perfecting he perfect pizza to feed his starved totalitarian state including flying in chefs from Italy to teach the North Koreans.

I am wondering how he found these chefs in Italy?