Splendid reader Michael Pahre sent this along:
Check out #22, 39, and, of course, your favorite #50:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/12/the_year_in_pictures_part_iii.html
That would be photos from boston.com’s The Year in Pictures: Part III.
#22:
#39:
#50:
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#22 Michelle Obama reacts to a question about taking a few less vacations during these tough economic times.
#39 Former president and national disgrace Jimmy Carter sits alone during book signing in Pyongyang North Korea.
#50, Aung San Suu Kyi thought bubble, “Can I go back inside now?”
Which is why there aren’t any right-wing comedians. Not that white socks, black shoes, and repressed homosexuality aren’t funny — it’s just that sooner or later they stop trying to make people like them, and start shooting.