"It's a dangerous business... going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." -J.R.R. Tolkien
I saw this article on the New York Times and thought that someone had to be making it up. But, apparently it's true. Berliners just elected Pirates- 15 of them- to their legislature! European politics are... interesting.