“There are many bad men around the world who run countries and we don’t topple them, and indeed in earlier years we had actually supported Saddam Hussein when he was fighting against Iran. The argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and certainly an inadequate and unacceptable argument for [...]
Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, reiterated during a recent visit to Russia that the meaning of turquoise socks worn by one of his country’s judges may be the most important issue facing Italians this year. Brushing aside complaints about a recent alleged sexist remark made to a female opposition leader and a perceived snub [...]
Silvio Berlusconi, the uber man’s man of Italian politics, arrived in Pittsburgh this week for the G-20 summit and appeared to have lots of energy, judging by these pictures wherein he greets First Lady Michelle Obama – and the other fellow. He’s my kind of guy! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/25/silvio-berlusconi-greets_n_299973.html
On the eve of the G-8 summit, set to convene Wednesday in Italy, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi threatened to fly to Alaska to advise Sarah Palin, the state’s resigning governor, on her political future amid reports that Italy may be bounced from G-8 membership. Critics of the prime minister’s relationships with young starlets and models [...]
Just checking the news wire on this Sunday night. Here’s the latest on the Silvio story. See first comment …
Two more Italian women have stepped forward to allege Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi entertained them privately, perhaps paying for sex or accepting a suggestion of bribery for sex. CHNN’s Harlan Harrington has been hop-scotching around Italy in the CHNN flying boat – from Rome to Naples to Sardinia and Milan – trying to stay [...]
Italians may be yawning more than chattering about the sudden appearance late last week of pictures of nude Italian women, published by the Spanish newspaper El Pais and reportedly taken at Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s Sardinia retreat. The pictures, also distributed widely on Italian news websites – and in defiance of legal threats issued by [...]