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Category Archives: election
Personality politics
Local elections are coming up in Fondi and the walls of the town are plastered with advertising for the candidates for town mayor. They tend to appear in pairs, like teenage girls on a first night out. They use as … Continue reading
Posted in election, italy, politics
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Hockey mom alert!
According to Popbitch: “Wasilla was recently named the meth capital of Alaska, with 42 meth labs busted in a single year.”
Posted in election, politics, USA
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Lies, lies and more lies
And talking of Sarah Palin… You can see the interview this comes from here. What’s hilarious is that McCain implies that it was fine for him to use the lipstick on a pig metaphor, but not fine for Obama to … Continue reading
Very important people
Silvio Berlusconi will be making a state visit to George Bush mid-October to discuss world affairs. I don’t know who’s most likely to benefit from this, given that one is totally discredited at home and abroad, while the other has … Continue reading
Posted in berlusconi, election, USA
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Shopping
One of the most intriguing aspects of last week’s elections here in Italy – perhaps the only intriguing aspect – is that so far no one has cried Brogli! Broglio is the catch-all phrase for the dirty business that goes … Continue reading
Posted in berlusconi, corruption, election, italy
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Politometro
You have to live in Italy and speak Italian to get this. It’s one of those tests to see where you stand in the political spectrum. I’m the angry radio. The rest of them are politicians. If you’d like to … Continue reading
Posted in berlusconi, bigotry, binetti, election, italy, politics
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Pride
Recognise this fat buffoon on the left? (Not Berlusconi, the one with glasses.) There’s no reason why you should unless you’re an Italian abroad and received some electoral bumph from his personalissimo party, Italiani nel Mondo – and, I hope, … Continue reading
Posted in berlusconi, election, italy, mafia, politics
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Polls, polls, polls
If you’d like what looks to me to be an extremely well-informed and regular update on the run-up to the Italian elections, and don’t read Italian, and are tired of the desultory way I address the subject, you could do … Continue reading
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