I love reading foreign news. I like to see non-American perspectives on world events. And it's a whole lot of fun seeing how people can string together words that mean one thing in English and a completely different thing in American English.

Today's Exhibit: BBC News declares Army man wins G Bissau election. "G Bissau" is of course the street rapper name for Guinea-Bissau. Don't pick on them. They've got to protect their reputation if they're going to stand out next to The Republic of Regular Guinea. So this is apparently the next president of Guinea-Bissau:

So then I read the article. Yeah, it turns out they meant "former military dictator." Bummer. My mental image is way more fun.