“We're gonna put $456 million to go to an island of 50 people? You know... The bridge to nowhere. And this is right after Katrina happened. And so I offer an amendment to take that money from Alaska and repair the stuff in Louisiana.” PeopleKnowsStuffMillionsHappenedOffersBridgesIslandsAmendmentsAlaskaLouisianaKatrina Author:Tom Coburn
“Take what happened to me in Bali. I planned on going to Ubud, then met a man on an airplane who told me it was too touristy. He gave me an address on the other side of the island, which turned out to be a palace where I lived for four years.” MenYearsSidesFourHappenedMetsIslandsAddressesFour YearsAirplanePalacesBali Author:Rita Gelman
“Puerto Rico is an island separated by an ocean, a language, a culture. All of that put it in a position where it's like, "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas," but what happened in Puerto Rico never happened at all. It's not like there was a decades-long conspiracy. It's just the aggregation of all these historical forces made it difficult for this information to exist in one place.” LongMadeHappensCultureLanguageForceDifficultHappenedInformationPositionOceanHistoricalDecadesMade ItIslandsConspiracyVegasPuerto RicoRico Author:Nelson Antonio Denis
“A federal grand jury is investigating allegations that David Copperfield raped, assaulted and threatened a woman he took to his private island in the Bahamas in July. What happened to the good old days when a guy would just saw you in half?” GuyHalfSawsHappenedIslandsThreatenedJulyJuryOld DaysInvestigatingGood Old DaysAllegationsBahamasGrand Jury Author:Chelsea Handler