Something about this doll - the dazed look or maybe the excessive blush - reminded me of Sarah Palin's extreme makeover at the hands of her highly-paid Hollywood makeup artist. The New York Daily News says Palin's sheer ineptitude shines through the window-dressing. You can come along on an interactive shopping expedition. Notice her would-be nemesis Vladimir Putin peeking in the window? Hmmm, do we really need a shotgun to go shopping? And what about that flute!!??
My uncle sent this link to Roseanne Cash's witty article in The Nation. Cash writes about why she'd make a better vice-presidential pick than Palin.
On a serious note, Palin continues lying about Obama's statements. But ABC News calls her out, point by point.
Bob Cesca writes in the Huffington Post about The Mandatory Rejection of Sarah Palin. "...There are a lot of things to ridicule about Sarah Palin's incomprehensible speaking style, her pathological dishonesty and her backwards, simplistic views on the issues. But it's her politics of fear and division that must be wholly rejected on Tuesday because it's too terrible to imagine waking up one week from today in an America that rewards the awfulness and fear which she and her subterranean allies require in order to politically exist.
"So before we arrive at the end of the Bush dark ride, let's make sure the Sarah Palin dark ride comes to a complete stop on Tuesday."
Meanwhile, John McCain is criticizing Obama's ties to a respectable Palestinian-American professor - the same professor whose work McCain himself helped fund, to the tune of nearly a million dollars. Read more here.
The early 20th-century porcelain doll pictured is in the playroom at La Pedrera, one of Antoni Gaudi's architectural wonders in Barcelona, Spain.
in a couple of your previous posts you mentioned the 77th Foire Nationale aux Antiquites a la Brocante et aux Jambons. is this on every year?? is there any information you could give me about this event because i love antiques and would love to go next year if it an annual event! thank you
Posted by: Penny | 06 November 2008 at 17:55
I couldn't help but smile. I am a doll maker and collector. What you have there is a boudoir doll...the overly made-up, flapper doll, the diva doll, etc. Sometimes they were dressed as Pierrots and were frequently used as props on "French postcards." They were produced from the 20's to the 40's. They often have what is called "side glancing eyes" making them look......well......shifty.
Posted by: Helen | 31 October 2008 at 02:03
I'm starting to go into hibernation mode. McCain and Palin have disgusted me to the point that it's the only way I'll make it until Tuesday.
Posted by: tangobaby | 30 October 2008 at 18:52
I was in a grocery store with my friend Ramona this afternoon and we were talking about all this stuff, and I was referring to McShame...when a young man joined in and pretty soon we were all standing there by the vegetables saying, please God, let America elect Obama. Otherwise we are all sunk.
This, in a Canadian supermarket. Well, I do live very close o the border!
Obama/Biden 2008
Posted by: Colette | 30 October 2008 at 01:51