Berlusconi to resign after parliament OKs reforms

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garbon

November 08, 2011, 02:16:44 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/berlusconi-resign-parliament-oks-reforms-190121172.html

QuotePremier Silvio Berlusconi promised Tuesday to resign after parliament passes economic reforms demanded by the European Union, capping a two-decade political career that has ended with Italy on the brink of being swept into Europe's debt crisis.

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano met for about an hour with Berlusconi after the premier lost his parliamentary majority during a routine vote earlier Tuesday. In a statement, Napolitano's office said Berlusconi had promised during the meeting to resign once the economic reforms have passed parliament.

A vote on the measures is planned for next week.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Drakken

#1
November 08, 2011, 03:24:32 PM
No more Cavaliere. :(

Razgovory

#2
November 08, 2011, 03:34:18 PM
I thought he said yesterday he was not going to resign.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

garbon

#3
November 08, 2011, 03:35:21 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 08, 2011, 03:34:18 PM
I thought he said yesterday he was not going to resign.

He got crushed today on the vote to confirm his majority.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

JonasSalk

#4
November 08, 2011, 03:38:36 PM
No more bunga bunga. :(
Yuman

Drakken

#5
November 08, 2011, 03:40:30 PM
Quote from: JonasSalk on November 08, 2011, 03:38:36 PM
No more bunga bunga. :(

He can retire to Capri for more bunga bunga.

Viking

#6
November 08, 2011, 03:47:39 PM
Does his immunity expire?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Drakken

#7
November 08, 2011, 03:48:24 PM
Quote from: Viking on November 08, 2011, 03:47:39 PM
Does his immunity expire?

IIRC, it does.

Razgovory

#8
November 08, 2011, 04:08:25 PM
Maybe he'll flee to Russia.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

garbon

#9
November 08, 2011, 04:11:33 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 08, 2011, 04:08:25 PM
Maybe he'll flee to Russia.

Can't go to Libya. :(
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Viking

#10
November 08, 2011, 04:17:36 PM
Quote from: Drakken on November 08, 2011, 03:48:24 PM
Quote from: Viking on November 08, 2011, 03:47:39 PM
Does his immunity expire?

IIRC, it does.

Oh sweet, Christmas came early this year.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

jimmy olsen

#11
November 08, 2011, 04:41:49 PM
Quote from: Drakken on November 08, 2011, 03:48:24 PM
Quote from: Viking on November 08, 2011, 03:47:39 PM
Does his immunity expire?

IIRC, it does.
Will he lead his legions across the Rubicon?
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Viking

#12
November 08, 2011, 05:46:45 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on November 08, 2011, 04:41:49 PM
Quote from: Drakken on November 08, 2011, 03:48:24 PM
Quote from: Viking on November 08, 2011, 03:47:39 PM
Does his immunity expire?

IIRC, it does.
Will he lead his legions across the Rubicon?

googling "bunga bunga lorica segmentata" didn't yield any results.. so no pics follow, but history nerds already have the image in their head that I hoped to post here.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Malthus

#13
November 08, 2011, 06:05:24 PM
Quote from: Viking on November 08, 2011, 05:46:45 PM
googling "bunga bunga lorica segmentata" didn't yield any results.. so no pics follow, but history nerds already have the image in their head that I hoped to post here.

:lol:
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Sheilbh

#14
November 08, 2011, 10:38:59 PM
Quote from: Viking on November 08, 2011, 03:47:39 PM
Does his immunity expire?
Yes, but only on the crimes that he isn't already being prosecuted for (underage prostitution) or that he hasn't tailored the statute of limitations.
Let's bomb Russia!
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