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Friday, October 26, 2007

Political Expressions, Part 2


"QUANTUM SHOT" #304
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Who's gonna make a better face decides your fate in politics

Sort of a follow-up to the previous post, this page once again proves that "making face" and "saving face" could be both useful in politics. Besides, the politicians make the same amount of funny faces as any of us, only they have more photographers around them.


(image credit: feelovblog)

Bush & Putin in Lao Cai, Vietnam:


(image credit: sapacat)




Girls are wonderful:







Our leader is funny. Is it a good thing?

President Bush is too obvious subject for funny photographs, but here we go again:













Younger Presidents:



Bill & Hilary Clinton in their more groovy period:


(image credit: strangecosmos)

When politicians mean business:




Russians may look funny, but they're probably not joking







Putin's words can be very ominous (for example saying that "attack on Iran would mean attack on Russia"). I have a gun and I am not afraid to use it:







Even in his funnier moments, he still remains the current Russian "tzar" with plans to stay in power for much longer.





(photos by AP)



(photos by Kommersant)



(image credit: postnext)








George Bush and Vladimir Putin in a Russian 1956 vintage "Volga" GAZ-21.
(see the full set "Presidents & Cars" here)


(image credit: trainthj)

Driving Soviet cars is not easy:


(image credit: dude.rider)


Good Photoshop jobs:
with Putin -



with Bush -




Putin discovered in paintings:








(original unknown)

Other politicians:









Bored...



Here is an interesting photograph of Nikita Kchruschev meeting Fidel Castro in the middle of winter:


(photo by Alberto Korda)


(image credit: sovietposter)

Political Summits can be pretty intense:


(image credit: Yankees Man)

...or rather mellow:


(image credit: VintagePhoto)

Uncovering some interesting resemblances:








Why do politicians keep crossing the road?
Anyway, now we have a sign for it:


(image credit: Gervo)

and again, George & Tony this time:


(image credit: Andy Gosling)


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COMMENTS::

7 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

This page really should have a picture of Angela Merkel's face when Bush tried to massage her shoulders.

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Anonymous yeeliberto said...

I just want to say your blog is very good. So you know you have a loyal reader , at least in RSS.
I do not post very often but I read your posts.
See ya.

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Blogger John said...

Funny pictures, yeah! I have to say your blog is so nice!

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

The seagulls are wandering actors who appear annually at Woodford Folk Festival

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think it needs this, xD. Prince Charles

http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/prince.charles.tits.jpg

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

second pic is an obvious photoshop.

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Anonymous Eugene said...

Haha, wonderful photos

the whole set is dedicated solely to Bush-Putin epoch

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