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Its all going pair shaped for Berlusconi’s PDL.  The scene of the crime is Lazio, where election expenses have disappeared.   There is so much money swilling around in the collective trough, that a large PDL treasurer has managed to put 800.000 euros in his own bank accounts over the last couple of years.  And…

We are gearing up for the new elections in Sicily after the resignation of the President Lombardo.   What a dunghill.   We have 47 logos registered for the elections at the end of October, and very few people know what they are or who they stand for.  As usual in Sicily, it will be…

Its not surprising that the Italian media has not reported the last interview of Cardinal Martini who died last week.  EVen teh Corriere della Sera who did the interview didnt publish it until there was a query about it.   The rest of the press has stolidly ignored it, as have all the TV news…

The scale of the planned MUOS system in Sicily is becoming apparent.  MUOS is a new communications system for the US armed forces, and allows stuff like drones to be operated from a desk in Washington.  There are 4 MUOS stations in the world, 3 in the unpopulated zones of America, Australia and Hawaii.  The…

Sicily has over 1500 auto blu – they have just announced their great cost cutting campaign.  They are to get rid of 20.  Phew!

Mr Toad announces formally his intention to return to front line politics – already he has lost touch with the sliver of reality that intruded after his ignominious exit from the scene last year. Yesterday he tells us that all is not lost – Putin sees him as his big brother and they’ll have a…

19 November 2011 – At the primaries next spring, I will not be a candidate 4 February 2012  In an interview with the FT Berlusconi says he has no intention to run for office – he has put himself to one side. 18 February 2012 – Berlusconi in an interview with the Spanish press excludes…

So, as all Italy vibrates under a constant series of earthquakes, Monti has decided to sell of the public buildings.  Who the heckety is going to buy a town hall which will collapse next week? They pass the law on corruption which finally will stop a guilty criminal standing for parliament, but from 2018.  Another…

So Berlusconi has a busy week.  His pal is trying (again) to get the law changed to get Berlo out of the Ruby trial.  This time its presenting an amendment whereby the law on ‘concussion’ will be only valid if it is for monetary gain.  Money is about the only thing Berlo doesn’t need, so…

In the election run offs this weekend, the PDL (Berlusconi’s centre right party) lost everything, along with the Lega Nord.  Grillo’s 5 star movement won Parma, and became an official party of government.  Other ‘civic lists’ and minority parties did well – the monolithic PD (Labour) held its own.  All of which goes to show…