Photo Fun, Vol. 1
In our first effort to expand the scope of this site, allow me to present our newest feature: Photo Fun! I'm going through the newswires for today, and pulling the best (and worst) pictures of the day, and will be chronicling them below for fun and profit (profit not included).
But enough about that. Let's get on with the links!
Respect my authoritah! Nothing says "respectable" like a world leader posing with an aspiring 70's porn star.
But enough about that. Let's get on with the links!
Respect my authoritah! Nothing says "respectable" like a world leader posing with an aspiring 70's porn star.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Libyan leader Moamar Qaddafi in Sharm El Sheikh. More than 50 heads of state from the developing world are meeting in Egypt to tackle the fallout from the global economic meltdown, with calls for a "new world order" to prevent a repeat of the crisis. (AFP/UN/Ho/Mark Garten)
Pull My Finger. I am pretty sure there was some cheese-cutting involved in this photo.
Musical Chairs. All's well that ends well (so long as Dear Leader gets a seat, that is).
Daughter Transportation Device. And you wymyn think you have it bad here in the United States!
Bagged Produce. Coming to a grocery store near you?
Moonlighting. Could it be that the lone surviving TelePrompTer has been forced to take a second job?
I'll be updating this post throughout the day, so be sure to keep checking back for more. If you want to provide your own funny photos, paste the URL to the photo page in the comments section below. The best places to find news pictures on the Internet are Daylife and Yahoo! News.
Libyan Leader Moamer Kadhafi (R) and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon are pictured at the Group of Eight (G8) summit in L'Aquila, central Italy, on July 10, 2009. G8 leaders, including an Africa-bound Barack Obama, vowed today to stand by the world's poor despite the downturn, unveiling a 15 billion dollar boost for food production. (Getty Images)
Musical Chairs. All's well that ends well (so long as Dear Leader gets a seat, that is).
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (front) visits the newly-built Taedonggang Tile Factory in Pyongyang in this picture released by North Korea's official news agency KCNA on July 14, 2009. KCNA did not state the date when the picture was taken. The Korean characters (top L) read,"Porcelain Tile Factory" and the propaganda sign reads,"More porcelain tiles of good quality for capital construction!". REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA POLITICS)
Daughter Transportation Device. And you wymyn think you have it bad here in the United States!
Pakistani displaced refugees are on way to their homes in Shergarh near Mardan, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 15, 2009. More than 2 million residents of Swat and surrounding districts have fled their homes due to the current offensive, according to the United Nations. A government repatriation program began Monday, and thousands of refugees have been heading back. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
Bagged Produce. Coming to a grocery store near you?
Afghan women sit next to a watermelon stall, as a boy licks an ice lolly, in a market in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, July 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Moonlighting. Could it be that the lone surviving TelePrompTer has been forced to take a second job?
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, seen here addressing the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC, renewed a limited US offer to talk with Iran despite its post-election crackdown and defended the principle of engaging anti-US regimes.(AFP/Karen Bleier)
I'll be updating this post throughout the day, so be sure to keep checking back for more. If you want to provide your own funny photos, paste the URL to the photo page in the comments section below. The best places to find news pictures on the Internet are Daylife and Yahoo! News.

