Comments on: Berlusconi Bye Bye? http://boingboing.net/2011/11/09/berlusconi-bye-bye.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 09:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: jonjonz http://boingboing.net/2011/11/09/berlusconi-bye-bye.html#comment-1266722 jonjonz Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=128343#comment-1266722 Odious debt.  The money they borrowed is fictitious.  It never existed to begin with.  It is all a con.  A fixed shell game.  Its time to call the 1% on these crappy scams and put an end to the out right theft of our world.  Buy Local. Odious debt.  The money they borrowed is fictitious.  It never existed to begin with.  It is all a con.  A fixed shell game.  Its time to call the 1% on these crappy scams and put an end to the out right theft of our world. 

Buy Local.

]]> By: TheMudshark http://boingboing.net/2011/11/09/berlusconi-bye-bye.html#comment-1266597 TheMudshark Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=128343#comment-1266597 Exactly. This fucking crook manages to stay in power until the country goes completely to shit and will suffer not the slightest consequences for it. That he was allowed to take it this far already is proof for the complete lack of dignity that is granted to the people of Italy. They are powerless to do anything but pick up the rubble left by this insane whoremongering criminal while he continues partying with his mafia cronies. And hey, over here in Austria politics are just as corrupt, it´s just not as concentrated on a single person or as openly visible. Exactly. This fucking crook manages to stay in power until the country goes completely to shit and will suffer not the slightest consequences for it. That he was allowed to take it this far already is proof for the complete lack of dignity that is granted to the people of Italy. They are powerless to do anything but pick up the rubble left by this insane whoremongering criminal while he continues partying with his mafia cronies.

And hey, over here in Austria politics are just as corrupt, it´s just not as concentrated on a single person or as openly visible.

]]> By: caipirina http://boingboing.net/2011/11/09/berlusconi-bye-bye.html#comment-1266509 caipirina Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=128343#comment-1266509 He reminds me of my 7 year old son ... makes a huge mess in his room, then steps out and hopes someone else comes cleaning it up ... and when that is underway, he shows up again ...  I doubt we are done with Mr. Bunga Bunga yet. He / his party was briefly out of power in 2005 (if memory serves) .. but that lasted only 11 months or so ...  What maddens me ... with all that he has done, why is that guy not in prison??? Had I boinked a 17 year old in Italy, they would surely come after me ...  He will have a nice 'retirement' with 11 hooker's lined up in a good night ...  He reminds me of my 7 year old son … makes a huge mess in his room, then steps out and hopes someone else comes cleaning it up … and when that is underway, he shows up again … 

I doubt we are done with Mr. Bunga Bunga yet. He / his party was briefly out of power in 2005 (if memory serves) .. but that lasted only 11 months or so … 

What maddens me … with all that he has done, why is that guy not in prison??? Had I boinked a 17 year old in Italy, they would surely come after me …  He will have a nice ‘retirement’ with 11 hooker’s lined up in a good night … 

]]> By: Mantissa128 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/09/berlusconi-bye-bye.html#comment-1266402 Mantissa128 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=128343#comment-1266402 Of course he'll go. It's not like he's a dictator interested in perpetuating his own power or anything. Seriously though, it will give him more time to party. Of course he’ll go. It’s not like he’s a dictator interested in perpetuating his own power or anything.

Seriously though, it will give him more time to party.

]]> By: John Stephens http://boingboing.net/2011/11/09/berlusconi-bye-bye.html#comment-1266205 John Stephens Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=128343#comment-1266205 Before anyone gets too excited, ask yourself if whoever replaces him will be any better. Before anyone gets too excited, ask yourself if whoever replaces him will be any better.

]]> By: eltiki http://boingboing.net/2011/11/09/berlusconi-bye-bye.html#comment-1266192 eltiki Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=128343#comment-1266192 I wonder if the this is the Black Swan of the global economy. The Guardian posted an apt comment: Italy is too big to bail. In Rome today the mood was apocalyptic, not because of the prospect of Berlusconi's departure (I'll believe it when I see it), but the rapid deterioration of the system. I don't know if the situation can be saved or fixed--and ultimately if this is how the global empire ends because of the domino effect it could have on the banking system. It would be quite ironic, really. I pass by the Colosseum every day thinking about the various empires and political systems that have come and gone in Rome's 3,000 year history. But this one might really be it. At least they had a steady and predictable climate to rebuild with. Sorry to be so down, but things look pretty bad over here. I wonder if the this is the Black Swan of the global economy. The Guardian posted an apt comment: Italy is too big to bail. In Rome today the mood was apocalyptic, not because of the prospect of Berlusconi’s departure (I’ll believe it when I see it), but the rapid deterioration of the system. I don’t know if the situation can be saved or fixed–and ultimately if this is how the global empire ends because of the domino effect it could have on the banking system. It would be quite ironic, really. I pass by the Colosseum every day thinking about the various empires and political systems that have come and gone in Rome’s 3,000 year history. But this one might really be it. At least they had a steady and predictable climate to rebuild with. Sorry to be so down, but things look pretty bad over here.

]]> By: strangefriend http://boingboing.net/2011/11/09/berlusconi-bye-bye.html#comment-1266176 strangefriend Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=128343#comment-1266176 But the solution is  <i>still</i> spending billions more to stimulate the economy, not austerity.  Austerity will only cause Greece & Italy to crash into a depression.  Which doesn't mean you can get away with not re-paying  the debt.  WW2 spending ended the US depression, & that debt was repaid in the 50s & 60s.  We were able to repay it because the US economy was running full bore, due to the stimulus of the 40s. But the solution is  still spending billions more to stimulate the economy, not austerity.  Austerity will only cause Greece & Italy to crash into a depression.  Which doesn’t mean you can get away with not re-paying  the debt.  WW2 spending ended the US depression, & that debt was repaid in the 50s & 60s.  We were able to repay it because the US economy was running full bore, due to the stimulus of the 40s.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2011/11/09/berlusconi-bye-bye.html#comment-1266151 Stefan Jones Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=128343#comment-1266151 Before he resigns he wants an immunity deal, a harem, and safe passage to Minas Morgul. Before he resigns he wants an immunity deal, a harem, and safe passage to Minas Morgul.

]]> By: Stooge http://boingboing.net/2011/11/09/berlusconi-bye-bye.html#comment-1265994 Stooge Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=128343#comment-1265994 Doing exactly that is what got Italy and Greece into this situation. Doing exactly that is what got Italy and Greece into this situation.

]]> By: strangefriend http://boingboing.net/2011/11/09/berlusconi-bye-bye.html#comment-1265933 strangefriend Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=128343#comment-1265933 Austerity is the wrong policy for Europe & Italy.  What works is Stimulus, if you remember your Keynesian theory, IE, a helicopter drop of billions of euros over Spain, Greece, Italy, Ireland. Austerity is the wrong policy for Europe & Italy.  What works is Stimulus, if you remember your Keynesian theory, IE, a helicopter drop of billions of euros over Spain, Greece, Italy, Ireland.

]]> By: Jasmina Tesanovic http://boingboing.net/2011/11/09/berlusconi-bye-bye.html#comment-1265921 Jasmina Tesanovic Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=128343#comment-1265921 that s how how got there! that s how how got there!

]]> By: alrom http://boingboing.net/2011/11/09/berlusconi-bye-bye.html#comment-1265858 alrom Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=128343#comment-1265858 What I find very scary about this story is that it's not the italian people who are going to kick out Berlusconi from the government: it's 'market forces'. What I find very scary about this story is that it’s not the italian people who are going to kick out Berlusconi from the government: it’s ‘market forces’.

]]> By: Strato Head http://boingboing.net/2011/11/09/berlusconi-bye-bye.html#comment-1265812 Strato Head Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=128343#comment-1265812 here's hoping. here’s hoping.

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