Stories and News

Stories and News No. 227 If we did not know that we are talking about the government of a country that is officially part of the G8 and participates in all meetings of the most powerful nations of the world, we should simply sit on the couch and watch the show. What kind of show? A farce, a ridiculous farce. How can you not laugh, only a day after the announcement by the newspapers of a so-called good governance accountability group to help Berlusconi, reading that this group is not a group and that it’s soon disappearing? Obviously there's a way: reminding us that we are talking about the government of a country that is officially part of the G8 and participates in all meetings of the most powerful nations of the world… For my part, this story of the group seems to me obscure and I felt again the need to consult the famous American sexologist Lisa Pointgee , an ordinary presence in my blog: The Story: A: Dr. Pointgee, I cannot tell you how happy I am to have you back here! L: ...

Stories and News No. 226 Do you remember the Iraq war ? The 2003 Gulf War? I’m referring to the second, not the first. Let’s talk about the second, it’s enough. Come on, that proud operation to find weapons of mass destruction , that indispensable task to combat Islamic terrorism , especially not to remain armless looking at the human rights violations by the cruel Iraqi regime. Hey, how can you not bless the so-called Coalition of the willing on a mission to bring peace and democracy to the victims of an ugly and bad tyrant like Saddam? Fortunately everything ended well. Well, let’s say it is just finished. That is, the willing show is over, with the end credits launched by Obama on August 31 this year. What about Iraq, now? What about Iraq, after paying at least 600,000 dead for joining the show called humanitarian war ? Behold, now it’s back to being one of too many countries in the world that continues to suffer inhuman crimes. New order, same abuses , as Amnesty International ...

Stories and News No. 225 This morning I read some disturbing news. This maybe happened because I am a father or perhaps because that’s really disturbing. In an Italian town called Adro – a city known for some prohibited to poor children school canteens - was inaugurated the Gianfranco Miglio School. Miglio was an important contributor to the Lega Nord (Northern League) Party ideas. The school is literally recovered with the symbol of the League, the so-called Sun of the Alps : Who can speak Italian should read the interesting witness by Enrico Capoferri, a guy from Adro. Anyway, you can just watch the pictures. I was very impressed. And a parallel with the past was inevitable to me... The Story: Here we go, our first day of school finally arrived. Last night we fell asleep with difficulty. Try to understand, the thoughts in the head and the desires in the heart are billions. The night passed quickly. We slept little and dream a lot. We have seen us in the midst of our new frie...

Stories and News No. 224 Last night Italian TV showed an interview with Giulio Andreotti . At the request of the journalist on lawyer George Ambrosoli ’s assassination, he replied: "This is difficult, I will not replace the police or courts. He was certainly a person who was looking for that ." Ambrosoli was killed in 1979 by a killer hired by Michele Sindona , the famous Sicilian banker felon which he was investigating. The shameful comment by senator Andreotti received a lot of criticism and accusations making him release a weak excuse: "Sorry, I was misunderstood." I take for example, for authority and intelligence, Umberto’s speech, youngest Ambrosoli’s son: " Andreotti is perfectly consistent with his history , with the process of Palermo, with the process for murder of my father. Everybody with this sentence will enrich his opinion on that story about those years and its protagonists. For the rest, anything else is superfluous." That’s a perfect ans...

Stories and News No. 223 The Italian political situation becomes each day tenser. After the attack to Schifani and Letta, Bonanni was the man to risk a lynching. Who’s the next? I would say. The precarious teachers besiege the Parliament, the investigations on the G8 corruption become increasingly hot, the mafia kills another honest politician and what does Berlusconi say? " Be quiet, we have the numbers! " The numbers? The numbers?! Ah, those numbers... I see. Here they are... The Story: Here are the numbers of Berlusconi... 46, the money. The only reason why these people remain faithful to him: 38, the beatings. What some have risked… and the next? I think he will do well to stay at home: 22, the crazy. And who's? 90, the fear. What he feels inside since the beginning: Fear of what? What a question... The 44: The prison… The News: Berlusconi brakes Bossi on the elections: "Be quiet, we have the numbers." Stories and news : “invented” Stories, ...

Stories and News No. 222 Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for the crime of adultery. Iran denies this version and argues that the conviction is for murder and the stoning is an invention of foreign media. But you already know that, isn’t it? Many celebrities are deployed in defense of Sakineh. I followed the facts as you and the first thing I thought is this: we would be so sensitive if instead of Sakineh we were dealing with one of the many people wrongly sentenced to death in the U.S.? Not to mention the innocent persons locked up in Guantanamo. However, one day someone told me that the important thing is to follow one of the many good causes that need our care, without any competition. As the immense tragedy of the Pakistan flood , a country which coincidentally shares a border with Iran. We are talking about two thousand dead , more than a million homes destroyed and at least 21 million people injured and homeless . For this r...

Stories and News No. 221 "Everyone in Europe must respect the law, and the governments must respect human rights, including those of minorities. Racism and xenophobia have no place in Europe. On such sensitive issues, when a problem arises, we must all act with responsibility. I make a strong appeal not to re-awaken the ghosts of Europe's past." These words are taken from the first State of the Union message made today by European Commission President José Manuel Barroso. The very first statement is enough to do not just post but to make an authoritative and detailed request to the President for early intervention in our country: " Everyone in Europe must respect the law... " I did not find this part in any Italian newspapers. Everyone means all , right? That is, all means all people , not just immigrants , isn’t it? No, because thinking about Italy, I have a doubt, indeed, many. If we then add that racism and xenophobia have no place in Europe , the di...