Berlusconi: Whatever the man does it's a shame!

[Except if he's to give up politics].

All day long, conflicting reports 'on whether Berlusconi would resign' didn't stop on
international press and social media...

- 'Journalists close to Berlusconi say he will resign' Monday [Reuters]
- 'Berlusconi denies rumours he will stand down' [The Telegraph]
- 'Berlusconi to quit within hours' [The Times]


- 'Silvio Berlusconi: 'Rumours of my resignation are groundless' [on his Fb page]

- 'Berlusconi's key ally tells him to resign' [Al Jazeera]
- 'Berlusconi, giallo sulle dimissioni' [La Repubblica]
- 'PM Silvio Berlusconi faces a crunch vote on public finance on Tuesday' [BBC News]
- 'C'est terminé, Silvio, inutile de t'accrocher' [Le Monde]

And The Financial Times: 'In God's name, go!"
[A sentence that echoes the words once used in 1653 by Oliver Cromwell in dissolving the Parliament].


[SkyNews online - Nov. 8/2011]
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Berlusconi, a Sunset with no End?

This wax statue with reptilian eyes - one might think
ready for Madame Tussaud - yet resisted once more
in a country where many have sold their soul to the
devil.
Today was the 'voto di fiducia' day and, yes, the fools
and the Faust-like gave it to him.


Italian menu of December 14, 2010, in Rome :
- morning, peaceful protest of university students
- afternoon, Black blocs attack the police and it is the
guerrilla in central Rome.
... ma il Berlusco ottiene la fiducia, per 3 voti in più !


Through the looking glass of today's international Press...








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When Lady Justice Hits...

"La Corte costituzionale, giudicando sulle questioni di legittimità costituzionale
poste con le ordinanze n. 397/08 e n. 398/08 del Tribunale di Milano e n. 9/09
del GIP del Tribunale di Roma, ha dichiarato l'illegittimità costituzionale dell'art
1 della legge 23 luglio 2008, n. 124 per violazione degli articoli 3 e 138 della
Costituzione. Ha altresì dichiarato inammissibili le questioni di legittimità
costituzionale della stessa disposizione proposte dal GIP del Tribunale di Roma".

La Repubblica - (it)
- La Consulta: lodo Alfano illegittimo - Berlusconi: "Vado avanti, giudici di sinistra".
Times on Line - (en)
- Silvio Berlusconi faces fight for career as top Italian court strips PM of immunity.
Le Monde - (fr)
- La Cour constitutionnelle italienne invalide la loi d'immunité protégeant Berlusconi.


(ItalianSpot)

Lodo Alfano > Wikipedia.it,
Lodo's Text (it) pdf >
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Enough Bananas !

Because the news from Italy are still distressing...
(e.g. : the Mills' affair) since Italians themselves
seem unable to ward off fate...

This is the video document about the Berlusco's Italy, realised
and released two years ago by WNET-channel 13, the most
watched public TV station in the New York metropolitan area.

Part I (of 6)


Part II


Part III


Part IV


Part V


Part VI
(where the immunity bill has been voted).

(Aquilasenzanido)

Does Berlusconi Threaten Italian Democracy?
(Crispian Balmer, Chief Correspondent, Reuters/Italy).

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Discovered on TV news, today...

... I was very busy this morning - the tube draining was blocked, so I was
going to and fro with a plunger and caustic soda when, passing by the TV
in my way from the kitchen to the bathroom, I suddenly froze in front of it.

I wasn't ready to see this before my morning coffee :


The Berlusco and his fave minister in an Αρκαδία-style landscape !
(by Filippo Panseca, Art & Savonnerie exhibition - Priamar/Savona, Italy).

Be sure a little later the water was running free in the bath tube.
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RES PUBLICA !

La post-Présidence n'est pas toujours de tout repos.
Le pire c'est que juste au moment où on aurait le plus besoin de paix et de tranquillité,
après une vie bien remplie, on vient vous reprocher des peccadilles, des erreurs de
jeunesse et que sais-je encore...

L'ex-Président de la République, entendu ce matin par
une juge du pôle financier du tribunal de Paris, a été mis
en examen pour «détournement de fonds publics» dans
l'affaire des emplois fictifs de la mairie de Paris. (suite)
Silvio : ... t'en fais pas, je connais, ce n'est qu'un mauvais
moment à passer. Moi, ça me stimule, ça me donne bonne
mine, ça renforce mes bulbes capillaires et ça me rend plus
créatif... je viens même de me payer un nouveau parti !


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on
wednesday, said that it would investigate allegations of
corrupt enrichment against former President Olusegun
Obasanjo. (Lagos' PUNCH)

Restez au courant avec Nigerian Curiosity de Solomon Sydelle.


"Aucun être humain ne peut prétendre à la perfection" a dit humblement M. Obasanjo, en
demandant pardon au peuple.
C'est si joliment dit que ses amis les plus proches feront des pieds et des mains pour le
tirer d'affaire.

Quant à M. Berlusconi, c'est un battant et grâce à son dynamisme, aux progrès de la
chirurgie esthetique, et à son amour pour l'argent et (aïe!) pour le peuple italien, il espère
encore que ses brébis égarées reviendront - en passant par les urnes - quitte à aller les
chercher sur le Tibre.

On aura tout de même passé de joyeux moments avec lui...

Je ne puis m'empêcher de suggérer, aux jeunes qui souhaitent réussir rapidement, la lecture de
l'excellent ouvrage de Elio Veltri et Marco Travaglio, "L'Odore dei Soldi" (L'Odeur de 'Argent/
The Scent of Money).
Réussite assurée ou remboursement du ticket d'achat garantis.
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