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The Kazakhstan government continues to do PR<\/a> for the new Borat movie<\/a>. The ambassador to the UK wants to know why Sascha Baron Cohen didn’t pick Afghanistan to lampoon. I think the answer is that an Afghan is more likely to kill you for doing something like this than a Kazakh is.<\/p>\n

(Thanks to mah main man Faiz for the link)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Kazakhstan government continues to do PR for the new Borat movie. The ambassador to the UK wants to know why Sascha Baron Cohen didn’t pick Afghanistan to lampoon. I think the answer is that an Afghan is more likely to kill you for doing something like this than a Kazakh is. (Thanks to mah … <\/p>\n

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