Another party heard from
Note from the state parliamentary elections in North Rhine Westphalia (Germany):
"The surging Pirate Party won 7.8 percent of the votes, enough to enter the state Parliament for the fourth election in a row, helping the party firmly establish itself on the national political scene." -
New York Times
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Think about what we have to overcome when teaching about Iran
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Overheard in New YorkHistory buff: So, you've heard about the Boston Tea Party, right? So, what happened is this guy, Christopher Columbus, is sailing around looking for the West Indies but instead finds America. He goes back to mother England and tells them all about it, and mother England sends over all the prostitutes and criminals. So England forgets all about America, but when they check back in, all those criminals survived -- they prospered -- so mother England's like, 'You gotta pay taxes now.' But the criminals say, 'Hey, we didn't ask to get sent here anyway. We're not paying nothing.' And that's how it happened, son. You'll learn about it in high school.
--F train, Brooklyn
Overheard by: baffled colonial historian
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