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...Space within the castle and other buildings would be set aside for shops, restaurants, gyms, possibly even a school. The Coliseum would double as a performing arts venue. A mock U.S. college campus would house a training center...
...video link last fall, watched in bewilderment as Johnson warmed up the crowd with a speech littered with characteristic digressions. "He's fumbling all over the place," hissed the Governator, unaware that his microphone was switched on. Wags in Westminster have since dubbed Johnson "the Fumbulator." He responds with mock humility: "A man not famed for his eloquence found fault with my delivery and general mastery of public speaking. And these are things I obviously have to overcome...
...article in Foreign Affairs, in which he criticized Bush for an "arrogant bunker mentality," Romney's speeches have been peppered with careful defenses of the current Administration. He says he doesn't know "if the Governor was joking" in the article, "but now isn't the time to mock our President." Even as he offers slightly limp critiques of the initial strategy in the war in Iraq, he plucks up Bush's mantle from the mud and declares, "He has kept us safe for six years. We ought to be grateful...
...Indonesia prepared to send its athletes to the Southeast Asian Games in Thailand last month, a mock government Cabinet on satirical TV show Dreaming Republic discussed why the nation was no longer the regional sporting powerhouse it was during the 1980s and '90s. Actors impersonating leaders past and present blamed the 1997 financial crisis, before appealing to the live audience and viewers at home for more funding to help prepare Indonesian athletes. One of the show's most popular characters, impersonating former President Suharto, had a simpler solution: "Just return me to power...
...having the group decide what their favorite movie is. Placards with movie names such as "Star Wars" and "Grease" are placed around the cafeteria, and people are told to stand by their favorite. "This is what you'll do on caucus day," she tells them. ("The Godfather" wins this mock caucus...