Bring vodka, forget passport!

At first glance, you’d think this was a US senator on a bender. Doesn’t it look like Joe Lieberman or Paul Ryan letting loose after a day of attacks on working people? But no, it’s former Russian border guards cavorting in Moscow’s Gorky Park to celebrate Border Guards Day. Sound advice to anyone wanting to cross Russia’s border: bring vodka, bribe guard, cross without problem. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel/AP)