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Tuesday March 29, 2005 15:11

by advertising it.

from the assassin's guild.

Book worms, and students of Italian here's a new titlie which might interest you.

But if you're a nutter, (like the type who climbed on to the St Peter's basilica dome last saturday and asked for a lottery for orphans) you're *not to* read it. In fact none of you are to read it. Consider it as bad for your moral development as the Da Vinci Code.

If you're very talented, and related to a government member, you might like to write your own Irish take on it and get a salary in addition to your tax free income.

As reported in today's Irish Independent, Berlusconi's party (who control the majority share of Italian print and broacast media) have been unable to stop the latest "hit" to reach the book shelves.

The 2nd novel by Guiseppe Caruso,
"Chi ha ucciso Silvio Berlusconi?"
which translated means :-
"who killed Berlusconi".

Guiseppe Caruso, is not be confused with the legendary singer (who is dead) or the author of "lectromyography in the Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Nerve Injuries". Nor indeed is he to be confused with the famous and revered Italian Architect. http://www.archinform.net/arch/3769.htm?ID=nzm3bFJTlN5rlNIy

Guiseppe Caruso is in fact a journalist with the Italian daily "l'Unita" and writes about basketball and things like that. & like an awful lot of people especially media professionals and activists he doesn't like Berlusconi.
http://www.unita.it

But is that enough to publish a book asking who has killed the man?

Well this is a matter for consequence and futurology, ethics which at present are not that highly developed in the Western tradition since they find it dificult to get past Aristotlean and Pythagorean notions of time, not even Tomas Aquinus could manage to get the debate much further along, and as we all may ruefully ponder Calvin did his bit on the question too. Let us just say, for the moment, that if Berlusconi outlives most and dies in bed in his bunker on Sardinia without ever having suffered respiratory problems or gone on a life support machine, Guiseppe Caruso will not get the blame.
But if "the" Berlusconi or indeed any other "berlusconi" is murdered in the way described in the book, then Mr Caruso will naturally have fingers of blame pointed at him.
Here's an interview with him in which he discusses his hit :-
http://www.infinitestorie.it/frames.speciali/FormSpeciale.asp?ID=355

For their part, the loyal team of Berlusconi have suggested that the names in the book might have been changed.

I suppose they were thinking -

Chi ha ucciso Casini?
= who killed Casini?

Anyway, I'm not going to be tricked into tempting any of you ruffians into buying a book that might be on the wicked index,
i'll just recommend "going postal" by Terry Pratchet which I happily recieved a few weeks ago as a present from Ireland.
It's a really good read, it deals with Lord Vetinari's (the vampire who is absolute ruler of the charming city ankh-morpork) attempts to get the postal service going again by the appointment of a "human skills" expert who working with a very interesting lady Mrs Dearheart of the Golem protection agency and the "smoking GNU" (a bunch of clever semaphorists). This involves a lengthy battle with corporative interests and the lowly professional politicians they've bought, and even the surprise appearance of a banshee.

you can find "Going Postal" in your local library.
Be inspired.

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Or you could always read the charming daughter of an Taoiseach Bertie the little rascal Ahern's latest work-

"where the rainbow ends".
yes quite, that will be when your da's regime collapses.

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update.

by guild of assassins - "you really don't push things too far with us"

Fri Apr 15, 2005 22:00

The Christian Democrat party of Italy, has announced that it is leaving the coalition through which it has shared the task of governing that country with Silvio berlusconi.

There are several reasons for this.
here are some:-
a) today is LdaV day and they've read good books.
b) they've noticed that Silvio B. is in "grave spiritual error" under the vatican laws I thoughtfully published today for your ongoing erudition and preparation for future events in the "very special arrangements" article in other press.
c) he's just about gone now = "done and dusted".

info english-
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5690003&cKey=1113584735000
info italian (the same daily that the chap who wrote the book above which I'm not telling you to read or copy in any way @ all @ all)
http://www.unita.it/index.asp?SEZIONE_COD=HP&TOPIC_TIPO=&TOPIC_ID=42059

silvio, has of course said "you won't get rid of me so easily".

why not, silvio, you old bastard, we never thought it would be easy, you have served the function for many of papering over the mafia shithole which is italian politics, but hey, you're gonna go.

previous bits and bobs on Silvio-

his losses in the recent municipal elections-
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69242
the miserable shooting incident of a released hostage which prompted him to say he was withdrawing troops _on his tv station_ but not in parliament which legally allowed him to change his mind and confirm to all what a sordid little peice of wrinkly work he is.
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=68868
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69002
the tripod incident
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=68094
the 5th general strike (like Aznar in his time, Mr B. ignores general strikes and instructs his media machine to say they didn't happen)
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=67866
the movie about some of the blood on his hands
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=61950
the campaign to stop his support for the illegal war-
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=30196

& a personal favourite-
the before and after shots of his wrinkles.
just about the time we installed victor in the ukraine and Mr B got acquited for his mafia connections.
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=67887

.:. people think we're joking till it's too late .:.

Fri Apr 15, 2005 22:02

The "Socialist" component of the 4 party coalition have just announced they're leaving as well.

by guild of assassins

Sat Apr 16, 2005 01:31

this rubs a bit more salt in the comment above.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4407046
other mediterranean state media organisations have declared the government to be "tumbling".

wonderful little item on the italian newswire.

by :-)

Sat Apr 16, 2005 23:30

"no government and no pope".
what are we waiting for?
TO THE BARRICADES!

we are all pope now.
we are all black in our guilt and sin
and transgression, and mistakes,
and have learnt that telling another man or woman
that your are their master and that they done wrong
is... the worst evil a monkey may do.

the Da Vinci Code.

by george

Mon Apr 18, 2005 15:21

Let's face it. a lot of the masses are actually going to learn a lot from this book. They might take an interest in history and politics, question their own complacency...

His resignation has been accepted.

by guild of historians

Wed Apr 20, 2005 21:51

he is now awaiting the 4 party coalition he led to call him up and say "non piangi silvio, ch'abbiamo governo con te!" or something like that.
you probably get less points / dosh if you kill him now.
.:. (if you were going for the reward) but the papal indulgence probably still stands give joe benedict xvi a call & ask him +

"we loved you like a brother, but tonight you sleep with the fisheeeees".

please compare the photo below with
the before and after shots of his wrinkles.
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=67887

But don't say he's gone, till he's six foot under.

compare this "after" with the "before and after" the before and after shots of his wrinkles. just about the time we installed victor in the ukraine and Mr B got acquited for his mafia connections. http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=67887

he didn't go 6 foot under yet? did his gob get stuffed with garlic?

by urbane

Wed Jun 29, 2005 19:17

he just got the nomination to run again in 2006.
http://www.centomovimenti.com/2005/giugno/29_premier.htm
http://www.romagnaoggi.it/showarticle.php?articleID=44553§ion=news/Politica&storico=tutti
http://www.ansa.it/main/notizie/fdg/200506291720204719/200506291720204719.html
other Mr B links:-
his fatty bum-
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70276
the eggies-
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70263
the playboy-
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70017
his losses in the 2005 municipal elections-
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69242
the miserable shooting incident of a released hostage which prompted him to say he was withdrawing troops _on his tv station_ but not in parliament which legally allowed him to change his mind and confirm to all what a sordid little peice of wrinkly work he is.
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=68868
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69002
the tripod incident
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=68094
the 5th general strike (like Aznar in his time, Mr B. ignores general strikes and instructs his media machine to say they didn't happen)
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=67866
the movie about some of the blood on his hands
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=61950
the campaign to stop his support for the illegal war-
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=30196

Did anyone read "going postal" the book alluded to above - after all, great idea, what we need is a post office, let's chip in, we'll be on the gravy train, we'll be invited everywhere to talk to people.

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