Almost 14 years after Kazakhstan banned the original “Borat” film for its negative depiction of Kazakhs, the nation’s tourism board is adopting the catchphrase of fictional character Borat Sagdiyev as a new slogan: “Very nice.”
In a tourism advertisement that those who haven’t seen the “Borat” movies might not recognize as anything other than a dreamy collection of travel footage, Kazakh Tourism works the words of fictional TV journalist Borat into several snapshots of the country’s travel offerings. Read More...
DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday rejected a final appeal from sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to decades in prison for sexually assaulting gymnasts, including Olympic medalists.
Attorneys for Nassar said he was treated unfairly in 2018 and deserved a new hearing, based on vengeful remarks by a judge who called him a “monster” who would “wither” in prison like the wicked witch in “The Wizard of Oz. Read More...
PAULDEN, Ariz. — Midway through her statewide bus tour, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kelli Ward alights at a desert shooting range and spends a few minutes firing an AR-15 for the benefit of several dozen supporters, volunteers and news crews in her entourage.
Her newly minted campaign surrogate, the professional conspirator and far right Internet presence Mike Cernovich, is on the other side of a clearing — about as far from Ward’s photo op as he can be without actually abandoning the event. Read More...
