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Berlusconi: certainly not a master of subtle WTF

Started by Cain, June 17, 2009, 08:04:41 PM

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Triple Zero

#15
August 20, 2009, 11:33:38 AM
ok thassit then, i have never been to italy but if this is how they wanna "defend their culture" they can suck it, they wont get my tourist money anymore.
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#16
August 20, 2009, 10:39:33 PM
Cain, my best friend is a native italian speaker, maybe I can ask her to translate some bits for you/us?

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#17
August 21, 2009, 05:11:57 AM
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Cain

#18
August 21, 2009, 08:53:05 AM
Quote from: Pixie O'Fubar on August 20, 2009, 10:39:33 PM
Cain, my best friend is a native italian speaker, maybe I can ask her to translate some bits for you/us?

Sure, go for it.  I got these from my girlfriend, who speaks some Italian and is in Rome at the moment, but she certainly isn't that fluent.

Verbal Mike

#19
August 21, 2009, 09:04:13 AM
Can't believe I missed this first time round. I was gonna visit Italy again some time, but FUCK THAT SHIT.

Also, it really worries me that the EU isn't so much as getting annoyed at this... Democracy my ass.
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#20
August 21, 2009, 03:53:37 PM
Quote from: [uV*] on August 21, 2009, 09:04:13 AMAlso, it really worries me that the EU isn't so much as getting annoyed at this...

I suspect the EU is doing nothing because Berlusconi is a member of the majority, centre-right bloc that has control of the EU Parliament, which also includes Merkel and Sarkozy.  Neither of them are probably very happy about this, but David Cameron has already jumped ship, so they may feel they cannot afford further defections and fighting.

Verbal Mike

#21
August 21, 2009, 04:53:50 PM
UNG. But how the hell was there no noise about this shit in the EP elections in July? The left could have made a killing on this! The timing was perfect as well, three weeks before the elections!
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#22
August 21, 2009, 04:55:20 PM
Quote from: [uV*] on August 21, 2009, 04:53:50 PM
UNG. But how the hell was there no noise about this shit in the EP elections in July? The left could have made a killing on this! The timing was perfect as well, three weeks before the elections!
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You still believe that there's a left and a right.

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Cain

#23
August 21, 2009, 07:26:57 PM
Quote from: [uV*] on August 21, 2009, 04:53:50 PM
UNG. But how the hell was there no noise about this shit in the EP elections in July? The left could have made a killing on this! The timing was perfect as well, three weeks before the elections!
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This is the same liberal-left bloc whom, despite years of neoliberal economic policies and mostly conservative governments being in power in Europe, still failed to gain a plurality (let alone a majority) in the European Parliament, in the worst recession in 70 years.

The answer is simple: they are morons.

The most cut-throat group that is part of that bloc is the Liberal Democrats in the UK, which tells you everything.  Its like the Republican election machine under Rove...but run by someone who drinks green tea and goes to bed by nine o'clock every night.

Cain

#24
August 21, 2009, 07:32:54 PM
Also the media in Europe is like "LOLOLOLOL BERLUSCONI IS A DIRTY OLD MAN WHO FUCKS TEENAGE MODELS.....*ALLEGEDLY*!!!!!" because covering actual politics is too much like hard work.
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