News of the Restless

Well, I guess if he calls himself ugly, it must be okay for Reuters to do it too. (The "quotation marks" make it all right, you know.)

Hugo Chavez calls himself ugly and his looks earned him the nickname "Goofy" in the military, but the president's image is changing -- he is now considered one of Venezuela's sexiest men.

A poll said on Thursday the fifth-most desired man is Chavez, whose large nose, protruding lips, forehead mole and gap in his front teeth are easy fodder for caricature artists in a South American nation obsessed with beauty.

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Clearly, all my friends at UNN do. And they all show it in various ways. But Tony "T-Bone" Jones, our multi-talented producer of the Talk and Action (yes, that's T & A for short) progressive women's podcast, has really outdone himself:

...with an outstanding bit of photoshopping.

I should have known someone would send me Chavecito-porn on my birthday. Or is that Chavecito cheesecake? Any way you slice it, it's a hoot. Had me laughing so hard I bumped my head on the wall behind me, and scared my cats. Thanks, Tony! (I owe you several rants, amigo.)

(I have no idea whose body that really is, BTW.)

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Everybody sing!

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Thanks to Dana for the cutest flip-off I've ever received!

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Ever wonder what they're really like underneath it all? Worth1000.com did, and some photoshoppers answered:

Who knew Kim Jong (Mentally) Il was so, er, American?

Somehow, I always suspected Toady Blair was into this.

King Abdullah of Jordan is a perfect gentleman. He pretends not to notice that Auntie Condi forgot her skirt!

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