Barack Obama's face on a condom wrapper seems altogether tasteful compared to some of the Obama-adorned ads seen in Russia today.

Two choice examples: the first one, a flier for a dental clinic, shows President Obama flashing his pearly whites below a banner screaming "Full Stomatological Democracy!" (no idea what that means, but the clinic promises "a tried-and-true American approach and service.") The second is infinitely more problematic. It's an announcement for a Moscow tanning salon bearing the face of none other than America's 44th. Yes. You understood correctly. It's as embarrassing to write about as it is to read about.

And we won't even go into the implications of those Russian LiveJournalists who have taken to addressing Obama by the faux-patronymic, Barack Husseinovich.

Обамамания [yashin.livejournal.com]