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Last laugh?

It’s safe to say that Richards is not camera-shy.

“United now know, much as they won’t say it, that we are a genuine threat to them,” said the 23-year-old England defender.

“To get that banner down is quality – we have got the last laugh.

“We are not going out and saying we will win this game or that game, but they call us the noisy neighbours. I think they’re a bit frightened.”

Richards may in fact be right that United are frightened by the freakishly talented City squad, but I’m pretty sure the Red Devils had the last laugh.

The day was 7 August 2011; the location, Wembley Stadium, London, England. United came back from a 2-0 half-time deficit to win the FA Community Shield (2011 FA Community Shield) in front of 77,169 witnesses by a score of 3-2.

Surely that was the last laugh. Well, at least until this Sunday’s clash.

- Micah Richards: ‘We Have Got the Last Laugh’, Soccernews.com, October 21, 2011.

3. Somewhere, Newt Gingrich is laughing. Sure, we made fun of him during the primaries. And we cheered when Mitt Romney poured in the big bucks and crushed him like a bug.

But today Newt’s got the last laugh. Because all those questions he raised about Mitt Romney in the South Carolina primary have now come back to haunt the Republican nominee.

It was Gingrich, not Obama, who first raised the issues surrounding Romney’s inordinate wealth: What was his role at Bain Capital? How could he justify shutting down businesses and shipping jobs overseas? And why won’t Romney release his tax returns?