AFTER TAKING four years of her life in an Italian prison, the decision to retry Amanda Knox for murder enraged her, as she vows to fight on. “It was painful to receive the news that the Italian Supreme Court decided to send my case back for revision when the prosecution’s theory of my involvement in [...]
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Secretary John Kerry Sets Intense Itinerary for First Overseas Trip
SECRETARY KERRY is hitting the skies on his first overseas diplomatic mission and it’s going to be a grinding trip. From February 24 to March 6, Kerry is traveling to the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar. From the State Department, some details: The Secretary travels first to London, [...]
Pistorius Bail Hearing: He Said, She’s Dead [Video]
WE CAN’T possibly weigh the level of competence and fairness in South African, or as someone on the cable shows referred to it, CSI Johannesburg. But watching and reading the news reports it’s clear that conflicting stories are swirling at every angle. What isn’t in question is that Reeva Steenkamp was unarmed and shot behind [...]
Painting by Titian of Doctor Who Named “Syphilis” Rediscovered
ANYONE WHO savors art, especially the more erotically sensual varieties as the paintings of Titian (Tiziano Vecellio as he’s known by Italians), will appreciate this piece in the UK Guardian. The rediscovered painting above is of Girolamo Fracastoro, the doctor who coined the name for the virulent sexually transmitted disease that hit Venice back in [...]
Holiday Festivities and Something for Sparkling Wine and Champagne Lovers
FESTIVE NIGHTS! We haven’t had time together since we were married, 10 years ago last week. Not one vacation or even a long weekend alone, let alone when I wasn’t plugged into the world and my devices. It was well earned and deserved, not to mention so very needed. I unglugged completely, which was quite [...]
News Desk: “Bunga Bunga!” Berlusconi Gets 4 Years in Jail for Tax Evasion
THE REPORT is from Reuters: An Italian court on Friday sentenced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to four years in jail for tax fraud in connection with the purchase of broadcasting rights by his Mediaset television company. Berlusconi has the right to appeal the ruling two more times before the sentence becomes definitive and will [...]
Romney Takes Big Lead in South Carolina
**UPDATED** video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Mitt Romney’s opened a whopper of a lead in South Carolina. Who says negative attacks can’t work, this time in reverse, especially when they shoot as wildly as When Mitt Romney Came To Town, and go well wide of the mark. The poll showed 37 percent of South Carolina [...]
Ron Paul Calls Central Banks’ Action ‘a panicky-type reaction’
The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve, and the Swiss National Bank are today announcing coordinated actions to enhance their capacity to provide liquidity support to the global financial system. The purpose of these actions is to ease strains in financial markets and [...]
Stop the debates
A network spokeswoman, Sonya McNair, said its livestream had been overwhelmed by an unexpectedly large audience, and brushed off complaints. The final half-hour had been added, she said, for the benefit of South Carolina viewers. “We weren’t programming it for reporters in Washington D.C.,” she said, even as it emerged that — in an unusual [...]
So Much for Optimism
Paul Krugman tells the story, but here are the bloody facts: At the close, the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index was down 60.27 points, or 4.78 percent, to 1,200.07. The Dow Jones industrial average was off 512.76 points, or 4.31 percent, to 11,383.68, and the Nasdaq was down 136.68, or 5.08 percent, to 2,556.39. It [...]
Panel of Three Women to Judge Berlusconi in Under-Age Prostitution Trial
Enough with the “bunga bunga!” You’re indicted. This is just to deliciously karmic. From Bloomberg: Giulia Turri, Orsola De Cristoforo and Carmen D’Elia were named today as the judges who will preside over the April 6 trial in Milan. Turri, for one, is no stranger to tough cases. In 2009, she presided over a trial [...]
Wikileaks Diplo Docu Dump
Italy’s Foreign Minister Frattini called the Wikileaks release the “Sept. 11 of world diplomacy.” Republicans are jumping on the leak, as expected, because transparency scares the bejeezus out of the Right. Rep. Pete Hoekstra using hyperbole to say what allies might ask, “‘Can the United States be trusted? Can the United States keep a secret?’” [...]
Italy Latest to Fine Woman Wearing Burqa
“Husbands must acknowledge that in Italy, a woman is a man’s equal, freedom is fundamental and there must be mutual respect in a family,” the mayor added. – Woman fined for wearing burqa in Italy Keep the pressure on. In the 21st century, there should be no support for the rightward march against women. Piety [...]
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