Archive for the ‘Current events’ Category
No news in Italy …
2009.12.03
yep, absolutely nothing going on here … no American college girls and their boyfriends on trial for murder; no transvestite prostitute murdered who had been “seeing” the Governor of Lazio and then the police were trying to extort money from same; no pending legal actions against the Prime Minister; no divorce suit pending against […]
Filed under: Current events, everyday life
Patricia for Prime Minister & Polansky for Ministro delle Pari Opportunita’
2009.10.03
Just kidding, sort of, but I saw Patricia’s interview on L’Anno Zero the other night and thought her quite articulate. Not that prostitutes are all stupid by nature, but I was expecting a ding-a-ling.
And why shouldn’t Patricia be in politics when there is already an ex-porn star in the Italian Parliament?
And, not […]
Filed under: Current events
Karibu Nairobi
2009.09.15
Today, at the Windsor Golf Hotel I heard a former Federal Reserve Banker talk about the US financial crisis and that all the lay offs now would yield a stronger US economy in the future, with new, more productive jobs … I paraphrase but the message was have hope, all will eventually improve yada yada. […]
Filed under: Current events, us financial crisis
“Everybody wants me …”
2009.09.08
Sometimes I am overwhelmed with the blogable material spewn out in this alternative re-alitalia.
For several weeks now, the Prime Minister has appeared in public, ranting, red-faced, and something truly seems amiss. Normally, he is a smiling, jovial character, but suddenly has morphed into an I’m-always-angry Pier-Ferdinando (never trust a man with two first names) […]
Filed under: Current events, Italian politics, Silvio Berlusconi
August News from Italy
2009.08.29
Silvio is threatening to sue La Repubblica based on its 10 questions of him (about inability to keep pants on/up etc.)… hmm good luck with that Sil.
In fact, if you want my pro bono legal advice (caveat: I am not admitted to practice law in Italy, but really who has that ever stopped?), […]
Filed under: Current events, everyday life
American Girl is off to Bucharest …
2008.07.12
You know the country that italiani are terrified of … This will be my second visit and I am looking forward to it and not. I enjoyed it very much the last time I was there; the food is interesting–a blend of German cuisine and what I imagine Russian food to be like goulash-type […]
Filed under: Current events, croazia
From Italia to Utah with Love: Nuclear Waste
2008.04.18
I just read in my reliable International Herald Tribune that a company called Energy Solutions is petitioning Congress for permission to import 20,000 tons of nuclear waste from Italy to Utah. I wonder what all the Utah-ions think about this. Perhaps they are still too enthralled with Warren Jeffs and his ilk & […]
Filed under: Current events
Welcome back Silvi!
2008.04.15
Really, what took you so long? I was hoping you’d come back, mainly so I could continue referring to Italia as Berlusconia.
There was just nothing comparable I could do with Romano Prodi’s last name. That, and I miss seeing your smiling mug on TV all the time. One minor suggerimento from a […]
Filed under: Current events
American Girl is on a work furlough in Chennai, India
2008.04.09
Greetings from “Incredible India,” (their travel motto, not necessarily always how I describe it). It is very hot and steamy here, but I am cloistered in a nice eco-hotel conference room during the day, discussing microfinance related laws.
Life in India, from what I observe is misery for about 80% of the population–the rest live […]
Filed under: Art & culture, Current events
Wanted: One Canon lawyer Needed for Moral Guidance on Vatican’s New Sin List
2008.03.10
Italy is a blogger’s dream, consistently creating such fun, commentable content. The lastest gem comes from the Vatican (.va) in the form of a not-to-do-new sin list, which includes:
1. “Bioethical” violations such as birth control
2. “Morally dubious” experiments such as stem cell research
3. Drug abuse
4. Polluting the environment
5. Contributing to widening divide between rich […]
Filed under: Art & culture, Current events
