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End of an era as Italy’s Berlusconi resigns
msnbc.msn.com/ ^ | 11-12-11

Posted on 11/12/2011 1:42:51 PM PST by Justaham

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To: Justaham

Am I to assume that, now that SB is history, Italian 10-yr bond yields will dive to well below 7% now?


21 posted on 11/12/2011 8:40:48 PM PST by MichaelCorleone (Doesn't anyone love liberty anymore?)
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To: jjotto

That USED to be true, but Bersculoni’s Forza Italia party changed all that. Politically the country has been much more stable since he formed that.


22 posted on 11/13/2011 1:59:43 AM PST by Vanders9
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To: Maine Mariner

No, he has a “very active” libido. (I’m being polite here).


23 posted on 11/13/2011 2:00:49 AM PST by Vanders9
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To: Eleutheria5
You might think US politics can be a nasty business, but Italy is something else. All Italian politicians face constant accusations about sexual impropriety, nepotism, corruption, judicial interference and even murder.

Democracy is not served by all this, because it allows the guilty to hide with the innocent. These constant personal attacks are so common they don't carry much weight anymore. In other words, its not that the mud doesn't stick, its just that there is so much mud around it doesn't really matter if it does.

24 posted on 11/13/2011 2:12:24 AM PST by Vanders9
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To: GeronL

It doesn’t improve their economic situation one jot, but that’s not why he is throwing his hand in.


25 posted on 11/13/2011 2:14:07 AM PST by Vanders9
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To: icwhatudo

Not standing up for Silvio, but the girl was 17. In Italy, she is past the age of sexual consent. In Britain, she would also be, as it is 16.

Silvio isnt a paedophile, lets reserve that for men who sleep or attempt to sleep with girls much younger. He IS a dirty old man though.


26 posted on 11/13/2011 11:58:05 AM PST by the scotsman (I)
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