JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: TRUMP - HERE IS DONALD WEARING A YARMULKE AND LOOKING SOLEMN AT THE WAILING WALL - THIS IS A WORLDLY MAN WITH ABSOLUTELY NO RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS - THIS IS ALSO A MAN ALMOST DEVOID OF ANY KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY - AND A FOUL-MOUTHED MAN TO BOOT - SOME TRIBUTE - SOME SOLEMNITY - YET HE IS COMPELLED TO PUT ON THIS DUMB-SHOW FOR THE WORLD - AMERICAN POLITICS HAVE BECOME AS ABSURD AS A MONTY PYTHON SKIT - MOCK SOLEMNITY BY UNBELIEVERS AT A MONUMENT TO THEFT

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: HALEY - NIKKI'S GLOOMY GROUP AT UN - NIKKI REACHED A NEW LOW BY WARNING COUNTRIES THAT SHE WOULD BE "TAKING NAMES OF THOSE WHO VOTED AGAINST US" IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTE OVER TRUMP'S DISASTROUS EMBASSY MOVE - AND SHE ADVISED "THE PRESIDENT WAS TAKING A PERSONAL INTEREST" - HERE IS A CROSS BETWEEN THE THIRD-GRADE CLASSROOM SNITCH WHEN TEACHER IS OUT AND OUTRIGHT MAFIA-LIKE VOTER INTIMIDATION - SOME RESPECT FOR DEMOCRACY

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: HALEY - NIKKI IN HER BEST BOOTS WITH A RUSTED HULK SHE SAYS IS AN IRANIAN MISSILE - CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT COST TO SHIP THIS HULK FROM SAUDI ARABIA TO MOUNT ON DISPLAY? - BUT NIKKI NEVER STINTS IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM - WELL, TO MY MIND THAT'S PRETTY CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE - CLEARLY IRAN SHOULD BE BOMBED TOMORROW IF NOT SOONER

WORLD-RENOWNED AMERICAN MISSILE EXPERT, NIKKI HALEY,

POINTS OUT SOME THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF AN IRANIAN

MISSILE - JUST SO HER AUDIENCE DOESN'T CONFUSE THIS HULK 

WITH AN OLD NYC SEWER MAIN PIPE    

NIKKI USED THE OCCASION TO SHOW OFF A PAIR OF HER BEST 

NEW KNEE-HIGH SUEDE BOOTS

BEFORE SHE LEFT, SHE TOOK A QUICK STROLL DOWN THE CATWALK

SO THE BOOTS COULD BE SEEN BY ALL THE CAMERAS 

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: BUSH - GEORGE W AND GEORGE H W - H W LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING OUT WITH HIS LAST BREATH PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO GOOD OLD AMERICA - W REMAINS THE SAME SMIRKING DRIP WHETHER HE IS PLEDGING OR PRAYING OR KILLING OR GETTING DRUNK - I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW YOU COULD POSE A MORE ABSURD FAMILY OR POLITICAL PHOTO - THE MORAL: A FAMILY THAT PLEDGES ALLEGIANCE TOGETHER STAYS TOGETHER - THEN AGAIN MAYBE IT WAS JUST A TRY-OUT FOR A SUPER-BOWL TUMS OR ROLAIDS COMMERCIAL?

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: TRUMP - MELANIA WITH DONALD - STAGE PLAY IN HOUSTON - THE ULTRA-CHIC LADY WEARS A PRE-DISTRESSED WORK SHIRT WITH FAKE DIRT AND SWEAT MARKS - HER HAT LOOKS LIKE IT JUST CAME FROM THE FACTORY - HER MAKE-UP IS PERFECTION - NOTE THE HAIR LOOPED THROUGH THE SIZE BAND AT THE BACK OF THE HAT A LA TRAILER PARK - THIS IS AN EMBARRASSING MASQUERADE - OR SHOULD BE - BUT THIS PRESIDENT HAS PROVED INCAPABLE OF EMBARRASSMENT

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: TRUMP - IVANKA IS A UNIQUELY AMERICAN GROTESQUE - HERE SHE IS PUSHED IN FRONT OF G-20 WORLD LEADERS WHILE DAD SMILES GOOFILY BEHIND - A KEWPIE DOLL AT A WORLD SUMMIT? A SOCIALITE KEWPIE DOLL NO LESS? WHAT ON EARTH IS SHE DOING THERE? - OTHER LEADERS HAVE KIDS TOO - MS. MERKEL TRIES TO LOOK CALM

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: MAY - BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER - THIS IMAGE OF THERESA CAPTURES QUALITIES NOT SEEN IN MOST PHOTOS WHERE SHE RESEMBLES A BARBARA PYM CHARACTER WITH A FRESH HAIR-DO - HERE IS SOMETHING DARK AND SNEAKY WITH DEMONIC TOUCHES - JUDGING BY HER PROMISES TO CONTROL THE INTERNET AND TEAR-UP HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION AND LEGALIZE FOX-HUNTING AGAIN IF ELECTED WE ARE INDEED SEEING THE INNER THERESA HERE

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: HALEY - NIKKI IS THE MOST RECENT IN A LONG LINE OF AMERICAN BIGMOUTH KNOW-NOTHINGS APPOINTED AS UN AMBASSADOR - IT LIKELY REFLECTS AMERICA'S RESPECT FOR THE UN TO SEND SUCH FOLKS THERE - SHE'S A WORLD BEATER IN HER CLASS THOUGH - SHE NEVER STOPS POKING FINGERS AND PREACHING WHILE UTTERING A UNIQUE BLEND OF IGNORANT THREATS AND DOWNHOME BROMIDES - WHERE DOES AMERICA GET SUCH PEOPLE? - IS THE MELTING POT EXPERIMENT A PROVEN FAILURE?

NIKKI IN FULL PREACHER MODE
                   

NIKKI AT MACHINE-GUN SELF-IMPROVEMENT CLASS

NIKKI STUNNED BY BEING BOOED AT THE UN
WELL, THAT DOES HAPPEN WHEN YOU
SPEAK LIKE A FOOL TO A CROWD OF EDUCATED ADULTS

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: MCCAIN - IT REALLY IS HARD TO KNOW WHAT MAKES JOHN-BOY TICK - MAYBE THE TRUTH IS HE IS JUST BORDERLINE INSANE - AN ENTIRE CAREER OF FORGETTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS ACCOMPANIED BY LOUD NOISES AND UGLY BEHAVIOR - HERE JOHN SEEMS TO BE DOING HIS QUASIMODO IMPRESSION AT A COCKTAIL PARTY OR A SENATE HEARING

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: BIDEN - JOE GETS A MEDAL - LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING THE AMBASSADOR FROM LOWER RUTHENGIA WOULD WEAR TO DINNER - PERHAPS THE STAR OF COURAGE GIVEN THE COWARDLY LION IN THE WIZARD OF OZ? - WE DO KNOW JOE IS DEFINITELY A COWARD AS HE HAS PROVED MANY TIMES - I LOVE THE TEARS - IS HE REMEMBERING ALL THE FOLKS HE HELPED DISAPPEAR IN THE INDUSTRIAL-SCALE DRONE-KILLING SCHEME HE ADVOCATED FOR ?

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: OBAMA - BARACK IS GIVEN THE DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF - THE AGGRESSIVELY ANTI-RUSSIAN ASH CARTER PINS IT ON HIM IN A CEREMONY RESEMBLING A SCENE FROM THE MOUSE THAT ROARED - WHAT DOES THIS AWARD REALLY TELL US ABOUT OBAMA? YOU WONDER ABOUT HIS EXTREME ANTI-RUSSIAN MEASURES? OR HIS PHONY ANTI-RUSSIAN DNC HACK CLAIMS? HE LEAVES OFFICE A GENUINELY PATHETIC FIGURE

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: NETANYAHU - THE REAL INNER BEN - A WEIRD HYBRID OF TENT PREACHER STREET THUG AND INSANELY ANGRY PERSON - A TRULY DANGEROUS MAN WITH UTTER CONTEMPT FOR ALL OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY'S NORMS - THE POSE APPEARS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM AN OLD NEWSREEL OF THE FUHRER GIVING A SPEECH

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: OBAMA - THE BEST PHOTO OF BARACK'S SOMETIMES INSUFFERABLE ARROGANCE - FROM THE FINGER STUCK IN SOMEONE'S FACE TO THE BACK AND HEAD POSTURE WE SEE A PREACHER PRONOUNCING ON GOD'S TRUTH - A KNOW-IT-ALL ZEN MASTER ADDRESSING A NAIVE PUPIL - QUITE UNPLEASANT AND NOT OFTEN NOTICED

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: CLINTON - BILL AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE - THE SECOND TRUMP-CLINTON DEBATE SEEMS TO HAVE LIBERATED HIS INNER UGLY BILL - SEEING SOME OF HIS PAST VICTIMS THE SMILING RUBBER-FACE HAS VANISHED

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: POWER - SAMANTHA - AMERICA'S BIZARRELY AGGRESSIVE AND OFTEN INSULTING UN AMBASSADOR - SHE SURE LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE IN TRANSITION BETWEEN SEXES - IS IT MAN TO WOMAN OR VICE VERSA?

JOHN CHUCKMAN GROTESQUES: BUSH - YES GEORGE IS A MORON BUT THAT FACT ALONE CANNOT EXPLAIN THIS - GEORGE IS BACK INTO THE SAUCE - IT COULD NOT BE CLEARER - IN THE VIDEO HE DOES A LITTLE DANCE TO THE MUSIC BEING PLAYED - ALL THIS AT THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR SLAIN DALLAS POLICE

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: CRUZ - TED'S FAMILY SAYING GRACE FOR THE CAMERA - A LAUGHABLY SHAMEFUL EXPLOITATION OF RELIGION FOR POLITICS - PATHETIC AND HYPOCRITICAL AT THE SAME TIME - IF THERE WERE A GOD ON THE RECEIVING END SURELY HE OR SHE WOULD WINCE AT SUCH EFFORTS - MAYBE EVEN PUKE WHICH WOULD RUIN THEIR COCO-PUFF BREAKFAST

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: OBAMA - MICHELLE AS THE ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS BLACK WOMAN - THOSE TWO INDEX FINGERS LOOK LIKE DEADLY WEAPONS - I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DID BUT A REPEAT WOULD NOT BE ADVISED - NOTE THE BIG CROWD IN THIS SURREAL IMAGE - REALLY SCARY STUFF

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: FIORE - AMERICAN POLITICIAN MICHELE - YOU MIGHT THINK THIS IS FROM A SECOND CITY SATIRE SKIT - BUT NO THIS IS A SINCERE FAMILY CHRISTMAS GREETING FROM A LUNATIC ASYLUM SOMEWHERE IN NEVADA - DO THEY "CARRY" TO CHURCH ON SUNDAYS? TO THE MOVIES? CAMPAIGN RALLIES? IMAGINE WHAT FAMILY ARGUMENTS LOOK LIKE? A QUENTIN TARANTINO MOVIE

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: ERDOGAN - TURKEY'S RECEP IS A SCARY PIECE OF WORK - SEETHING WITH INTENSE HATREDS AND ABLE TO TURN ON A DIME - HE RECENTLY BUILT HIMSELF A ONE THOUSAND-ROOM PALACE OF BREATHTAKING UGLINESS - HE OFTEN MAKES CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS WITHIN DAYS - HE PERSECUTES JOURNALISTS WHO REVEAL ANY UNACKNOWLEDGED TRUTH ABOUT HIS GOVERNMENT - HE IS A SERIOUSLY UNBALANCED MIND GOVERNING A MAJOR COUNTRY - YET HE CAN PLAY DANGEROUS GAMES AS PART OF NATO AND SOME PUSH FOR HIM TO JOIN THE EU

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: CARTER - ASH (AS HE'S KNOWN TO HIS FRIENDS BACK AT THE ASYLUM) SERVING AS AMERICA'S DIPLOMATIC POINTMAN WITH RUSSIA - JUST THE FACT THAT THIS FRUITCAKE WAS APPOINTED AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TELLS US MORE THAN WE MIGHT CARE TO KNOW ABOUT THE STATE OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICA

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: CAMERON - DAVID - LOOKING AS SMUG AND SMARMY AS HE CAN MANAGE - AND HE CAN MANAGE QUITE A LOT - LOOKS AS THOUGH HE HAS JUST SETTLED HIS NETHER BITS INTO A PIG'S HEAD AS HE WAS KNOWN TO DO BACK IN UNIVERSITY DAYS

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: HOLLANDE - FRANCOIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CONTEMPORARY POMPOUS ASSES - HERE HE STANDS RIGIDLY IN THE RAIN AS IF TO PROVE SOMETHING ABOUT HIS CHARACTER - AND JUST LOOK AT THAT JACKASS SIGNATURE - HE'S ALL EGO AND VERY LITTLE CONTENT FITTING HIS ROLE AS AMERICA'S FRENCH-SPEAKING HOUSEHOLD HELP - FRANCE HAS FINALLY HIT BOTTOM WITH THIS GUY IN ITS LONG PLUNGE FROM DE GAULLE'S GRANDEUR AND INTELLIGENT INDEPENDENCE

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: ROYAL FAMILY - 1933 PHOTO OF THEM BEING COACHED BY FATHER IN THE FINE POINTS OF NAZI SALUTE - ODD TO SAY THE LEAST - BUT IN THE 1930s THE TRUTH IS HITLER WAS WIDELY ADMIRED IN THE WEST AND WE LIKE TO FORGET THAT - ODD TOO THAT RUPERT MURDOCH'S OUTFIT WOULD RUN THIS - NOTHING BIG HAPPENS WITHOUT THAT DICTATOR'S APPROVAL - WHAT'S GOING ON THERE IS THE BIG UNANSWERED QUESTION

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BUSH - JEB RESEMBLES A STARTLED DEER IN HEADLIGHTS - HE EXPLAINS HOW HE "MISSPOKE" WHEN HE SAID TOO MUCH MONEY WAS SPENT ON WOMEN'S HEALTH - WHAT IS MISSPEAKING ANYHOW? SAYING WHAT YOU REALLY THINK? HOW A MAN OF HIS AGE CAN POSSIBLY MAKE SUCH A POLITICALLY DUMB STATEMENT IS BEYOND ME - I USED TO THINK HE WAS THE SMART ONE COMPARED TO BROTHER GEORGE - BUT THERE APPEARS TO BE A DEEP VEIN OF STUPIDITY IN THAT FAMILY

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: HARPER - STEVE'S SUIT IS UGLY AS IS HIS ILL-FITTING SWEATER AND YOU CAN SEE HIS BELLY BUTTON - A SHIP-BOARD FASHION SHOW FOR SCHMOES? MAYBE HE'S TRYING OUT FOR A MICHELIN MAN COMMERCIAL? NO, I THINK HE'S JUST TRYING DESPERATELY TO SHOW HE ACTUALLY HAS A PERSONALITY - LOOKS LIKE WIFEY BACK ON THE RIGHT EITHER STUDIOUSLY IGNORING HIM THROWING UP WITH SEA SICKNESS

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: YATSENYUK - ARSENIY GIVES THE HIGH SIGN - YOU CAN TELL BY THE STRESS ON THE LIPS THAT EVEN DOING THAT IS A BIT OF A TASK - HE MUST FOCUS HARD TO KEEP HIS THUMB POINTING UP - AFTER ALL, HE IS PRIME MINISTER OF THE BASKET CASE CALLED UKRAINE A COUNTRY THAT CAN'T PAY ITS DEBTS, IS GOING TO RUN OUT OF FUEL, HAS BATTALIONS OF ARMED NAZI THUGS LOOSE ON THE STREETS, AND CAN'T EVEN SHOOT STRAIGHT - PROSPECTS DO NOT LOOK GOOD FOR A SECOND TERM

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: CLINTON - HILLARY IS THE POLITICAL GIFT THAT JUST KEEPS GIVING - HERE SHE FIRST BLOWS EVERY GASKET IN HER MOTOR AND THEN DOES AN AWKWARD VERSION OF HER MISS KITTY-FROM-GUNSMOKE COCKTAIL PARTY CHARADE - I DOUBT THERE HAS EVER BEFORE BEEN A PUBLIC FIGURE WITH SO MANY BIZARRE FACES - MAYBE SHE'S JUST BIZARRE? MAYBE SHE'S MAD? - AFTER ALL, SHE MARRIED BILL - COULD THESE PICTURES EXPLAIN WHY SHE USED HER PRIVATE SERVER AND CELL PHONE FOR OFFICIAL BUSINESS AS SECRETARY OF STATE?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: GATES - BILL'S PSEUDO-BENEVOLENCE PUBLIC-MEETING LOOK - SOME CALL IT HIS PARODY OF THE DALAI LAMA - NOTE THE WALLY CLEAVER DRESS CODE - THIS FROM A MAN WHO MADE BILLIONS SCREWING COMPETITORS AND CUSTOMERS - HIS COMPANY IS THE 2000's HI-TECH EQUIVALENT OF 1970's GENERAL MOTORS TURNING OUT BUILT-IN OBSOLESCENCE - THE FIRST COMPANY OUT OF THE GATE WITH A WINDOWS-COMPATIBLE SUBSTITUTE WILL BE TREATED AS ONE OF HUMANITY'S GREAT BENEFACTORS

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: PSAKI - JEN HAS BEEN SPOKESPERSON BOTH FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT - ALTHOUGH NOT ONE PRESS CORPS REPORTER HAS YET DECIPHERED MUCH OF WHAT SHE'S EVER SAID - I SUPPOSE THAT COULD BE THE IDEA CONSIDERING THE POLICIES SHE SPEAKS FOR - THIS IMAGE CAUGHT HER IN ONE OF HER FREQUENT TRANCES

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: NULAND - VICTORIA - GENUINELY SCARY INDIVIDUAL - SHE SURE SCARES THE CRAP OUT OF EUROPE WHERE HER FULL-TIME JOB IS TO VILIFY RUSSIA AND START A WAR IF POSSIBLE - BUT WE CAN THANK HER LOUD MOUTH FOR ACCIDENTALLY TELLING US HOW THE U.S. PAID FOR UKRAINE'S COUP - HER "FUCK THE EU" QUOTE WILL NOT SOON BE FORGOTTEN - SINCE SHE IS A COMPLETE FAILURE AS A DIPLOMAT, SHE COULD LOOK TO GETTING ROLES IN FILMS LIKE THE NEXT REMAKE OF "NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD"

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: MICROSOFT - BING SEARCH ENGINE TRIBUTE CARTOON FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY - AN AMAZINGLY BRAINLESS EFFORT WHICH MANAGES TO INSULT OR DEMEAN EVERYONE PICTURED - BUT THEN IT IS THE OUTFIT WHICH SELLS UNFINISHED PRODUCTS FOR FULL PRICE, PATCHES THEM AS YOU USE THEM, AND SHORTLY MAKES THEM OBSOLETE

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: CLINTON - HILLARY ON ONE OF HER $300,000 A POP SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - SHE'S "GONE POSTAL" FOR THE PENTAGON - HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU MAKE AMERICA'S MILITARY STRONGER? STATION A NUCLEAR-ARMED B-52 AT EVERY AIRPORT? ISSUE FLAME-THROWERS TO HIGH SCHOOL ROTCs? IS SHE EVEN AWARE AMERICA ALREADY SPENDS AS MUCH AS THE REST OF THE PLANET COMBINED ON ITS FRANKENSTEIN MILITARY?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: CLINTON - HILLARY IS THE LIKELY DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR 2016 - WHY IS IT WHEN AMERICA FINALLY GETS AROUND TO RUNNING A WOMAN CANDIDATE, SHE HAS TO LOOK LIKE RICHARD NIXON IN DRAG? NOT TO MENTION HAVING A WORLDVIEW J. EDGAR HOOVER WOULD HAVE APPROVED OF?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: MACKAY - PETER HAS ADOPTED A NEW TIGHT-LIPPED POLICY - IT APPEARS TO BE THE ONLY WAY THE POOR BOY CAN STOP MAKING DORKY AND EMBARRASSING COMMENTS - MAYBE HE'S GETTING THEM STITCHED UP JUST TO BE SURE - THE HORSE MAY BE OUT OF THE BARN THOUGH: HARD TO THINK OF MANY TOPICS WHERE HE HASN'T ALREADY BLOWN IT

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: POILIEVRE - PIERRE HAS TOUCHES OF MR. MAGOO AND TINTIN AND A CONSTIPATED BOY SCOUT - APPEARANCES CAN BE DECEIVING - HE IS ONE OF THE NASTIEST PIECES OF WORK IN HARPER'S AWFUL CABINET - THE PURPLE TIE SPEAKS VOLUMES

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: KERRY - JOHN IN A TYPICAL NEGOTIATING POSTURE MAKING SOMEONE AN OFFER HE CAN'T REFUSE - AMERICA'S FIRST GODFATHER AS SECRETARY OF STATE - LIKE ALL MEMBERS OF LA CASA NOSTRA JOHN IS VERY PATRIOTIC, NEVER GOING OUT OF HIS HOUSE WITHOUT A FLAG PIN

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: KERRY - JOHN LOOKS LIKE HE'S BEEN INTO THE SAUCE - BUT MAYBE IT'S JUST HIS EFFORT TO SMILE - I GUESS THE FLAG PIN IS IN CASE HE GETS LOST, THEY'LL KNOW WHAT COUNTRY TO RETURN HIM TO

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: CLINTON - BILL AND HILLARY CONFER ON NAMES TO INCLUDE ON HER 2016 ENEMIES' LIST - THIS SMARMY COUPLE IS SURELY AS CLOSE AS WE HAVE TO ITALY'S RENAISSANCE BORGIAS - ONLY THE GOOD TASTE IN ART AND LITERATURE IS MISSING

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BLAIR - TONY'S PORTRAIT FOR THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY - A REMARKABLY HONEST LIKENESS FOR SUCH OFFICIAL PORTRAITS - ALMOST BRUTALLY SO - WE SEE ANIMAL CUNNING AND OPPORTUNISM - COULD EASILY PASS FOR A CRIMINAL - OF COURSE, I FORGET HE IS A CRIMINAL

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: OLMERT AND NETANYAHU - JUST TWO OLD TWO WAR CRIMINALS CONFERRING - MAYBE ON THE BEST WAY TO USE WHITE PHOSPHORUS? OR IS EHUD TELLING BENJAMIN IT'S TIME TO STOP COMBING A ROW OF SIDE HAIR OVER THE TOP OF HIS HEAD?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: OBAMA CAMERON AND DANISH PM THORNING-SCHMIDT - BARACK DAVID AND THE BLOND TAKE A CHARMING "SELFIE" DURING MENDELA MEMORIAL SERVICE - THE MOST GROTESQUELY INAPPROPRIATE IMAGE OF A NATIONAL LEADER SINCE THE ONE OF BLAIR GLARING AT HIS CHARMING WIFE YAWNING (SEE BELOW) - MICHELLE IS NOT AMUSED