With Obama's State of the Union dominating the news, I forgot to post one of the oddest diplomatic moves in U.S. history.

When Obama failed to show up with other world leaders, and neither Comrade Obama, V.P. Biden, Secretary of State Kerry, or any other prominent member of his administration made a solidarity-appearance with other world leaders in Paris (Attorney General Eric Holder was in Paris, and by all accounts was right across the street and still didn't show!) John Kerry brought in James Taylor to sing the U.S.'s apology.



Followed by an awkward, overly long and outright creepy man-hug by Kerry of French president Hollande.