Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
History, architecture and fashion might not be enough anymore to keep Milan among the top Italian cities. What the city really needs, according to Mayor Letizia Moratti, is to get its name in the new Italian version of Monopoly coming out later this year. “All I dealt with in these past two days was Monopoly,” [...]
After 17 days as Minister for the Application of the Federalist Reform, Aldo Brancher has stepped down from his government duties to take on a court trial against him and his wife. Brancher was nominated by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on June 19, after which he tried in vain to appeal to a recently approved [...]
On June 19 a new minister, Aldo Brancher, was nominated to take over the government’s efforts to pursue what is known in Italy as “federalism,” a plan long sought after by the separatist party Lega Nord. Brancher is a highly controversial figure in recent Italian history. As journalist Marco Travaglio pointed out on Il Fatto [...]
If you thought former President George W. Bush’s illegal wiretapping spree of a few years ago was bad, think again. Italy and Italians have it much worse. “Everyone is being spied on,” said Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today. Speaking in front of the assembly of Confcommercio, the Italian General Confederation of Enterprises, Berlusconi calmly [...]
Last week, former Cincinnati mayor Ken Blackwell was on Jon Stewart’s Daily Show to present his book: “Blueprint: Obama’s Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency.” Aside from being very bad at making his point, Blackwell wasn’t able to answer a simple question about the TITLE of the book: “Specifically, how is [...]
In a dictatorship it is important to keep all opposing voices quiet. Dissent is not allowed, while cheering and clapping without thinking is always encouraged. This past Sunday, April 25, was the 65th anniversary of the Italian liberation from nazi-fascism. It is a national holiday in Italy and is celebrated, or at least used to [...]
As I was watching live footage of Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his main political ally, Gianfranco Fini, yell at each other during a meeting of their Partito della Libertà Party, I couldn’t stop thinking about Mussolini. For some reason, my mind started imagining how Berlusconi would apply certain fascist techniques to punish his [...]
When it comes to leading a lavish lifestyle and spending heaps of money on extravagant expenses, such as fancy hotels or bondage-themed clubs, some members of the Republican National Committee have lots to learn from one famous Italian politician Starting today, their new model should be Silvio Berlusconi, the ultimate partier. He celebrates the 18th [...]
The next three years – that is, up to the 2013 elections – will be the toughest for Italy’s democracy, its Constitution and Italians in general. In the meantime, the recent regional elections have given a strong boost to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s populist model of governing. Berlusconi believes that by winning elections he is [...]
Italy finally has its own Rambo-style minister. It’s Roberto Calderoli, Ministro della Semplificazione – the minister whose task is to simplify Italy’s bureaucracy. His style is quite unique, as you can tell by the pictures. (Credit: Imagoeconomica) After collecting 375,000 allegedly useless and outdated laws, amendments and other government documents, Calderoli put them all in [...]
