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2011-11-12 Europe

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Posted by tipper 2011-11-12 16:58|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 no more Bunga Bunga?

Posted by Frank G 2011-11-12 17:37|| 2011-11-12 17:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Don't worry, he still controls the media.

Posted by gromky 2011-11-12 17:58|| 2011-11-12 17:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Berlusconi was the best thing to happen to Italy since Giuseppe Mazzini. Managing to get dominance in a political system full of schism and infighting, and keeping it for 17 years, is about miraculous.

His biggest mistake was in not preparing his party and Italy for an orderly succession after he was gone.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-11-12 18:48|| 2011-11-12 18:48|| Front Page Top

#4 there's no Italian phrase for "orderly succession"

Posted by Frank G 2011-11-12 18:56|| 2011-11-12 18:56|| Front Page Top

#5 ...I believe the phrase for transitional government in Rome begins with "et tu..."

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-11-12 21:30|| 2011-11-12 21:30|| Front Page Top

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