DON’T blame it all on Arizona. The Grand Canyon State simply happened to be in the right place at the right time to tilt over to the dark side. Its hysteria is but another symptom of a political virus that can’t be quarantined and whose cure is as yet unknown. If many of Arizona’s defenders and critics hold one belief in common, it’s that the new “show me your papers” law is sui generis: it’s seen
第二回党首討論で、保守党のキャメロンが労働党のブラウンに「わが党をくさすビラをまいているのはおたくか」と勇ましく詰め寄る部分を切り抜いて、ステュワートは「ビラ! どんなひどいことが書かれていたのでしょう! キャメロンが英国をEUに切り売りするとか、ビル・オウ・エアーズ(ははは)のようなIRAのテロリストとつながっているとかでしょう! では続きを見てみましょう!」と引っ張る。そしてキャメロンが言ったのは「保守党政権は、高齢者に支給されているバスの無料乗車券を取り上げるとか書いたビラですが」。ここでステュワートのツッコミ芸が炸裂、チャーチルの物真似(に聞こえないので本人も苦笑)、観客拍手、スチュワートのアドリブ……という辺りは「アメリカ」のコンテクストでの笑い。 それから、第二回討論でのゴードン・ブラウンの「鋭い弁論」を紹介し(そして「イギリス」のステレオタイプをおちょくって)、あのマンチェス
ATHENS — Greece announced on Sunday that it had reached agreement on a long-delayed financial rescue package that would require years of painful belt-tightening, but the deal might not be enough to stop the spread of economic contagion to other European countries with mounting debts and troubled economies. The bailout, which was worked out over weeks of negotiations with the International Monetary
A PowerPoint diagram meant to portray the complexity of American strategy in Afghanistan certainly succeeded in that aim. WASHINGTON — Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the leader of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, was shown a PowerPoint slide in Kabul last summer that was meant to portray the complexity of American military strategy, but looked more like a bowl of spaghetti. “When we understan
Heavily armed police and emergency vehicles then shut down many of the busiest streets in Manhattan, which were filled with theatregoers in the heart of Broadway. Many who had gathered on 43rd Street and Broadway were shocked to hear that the iconic Times Square had been sealed off due to a suspected car bomb. Theatregoers reported that police officers had come onto the stage during and after some
Page last updated at 12:05 GMT, Saturday, 1 May 2010 13:05 UK Kurdish rebels have attacked a military outpost in eastern Turkey killing four soldiers and wounding several, officials sources say. They say militants from the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) used rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles in the attack near Nazimiye. The government has intensified efforts to end the insurgency
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