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Swifter
10/05/09

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When I was in the Soviet Union in 1988, the only thing you could buy for rubles were tchotchkies from the party store for foreign visitors, so I bought an entire case of porcelain Lenin heads and took them to the rifle range when I got back. True story!
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NorthernLite
10/05/09

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His crime again was what?
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BaldwinPeriphetes
10/05/09

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Oh God, a picture of Lenin? So old fashioned.

Today's with-it techno-anarchist carries a picture of Cory Doctorow, preferably in a red cape.

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leonleonleon
09/30/09

In reply to Italian PM: "Oh, Haha, Obama and Michelle are Black."
Wow. After pointing out the typo, which you originally had as "endless humorous", you've finally changed it to the much better "endlessy humorous". You made a typo when trying to previous your previous typo. That is quite impressive.
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DollaBrand
09/29/09

In reply to Italian PM: "Oh, Haha, Obama and Michelle are Black."
As Ed Lover would say, "C'mon son"
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Mediahohoho
09/29/09

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Mediahohoho
09/29/09

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I'm going to break with the pack and not impugn the Italian people. But (as a short person myself) I feel I have the right to observe that this guy has a classic short guy complex. Also, who in the fucking world does he think he's fooling with that ridiculous rug? That is all.
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Lord Humungus
09/29/09

In reply to Italian PM: "Oh, Haha, Obama and Michelle are Black."
Maybe she wasn't snubbing him. Maybe she just realized that if she accepted his embrace, his face would be right in her boobs.

And you thought this photo was awkward?
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lobstr
09/29/09

In reply to Italian PM: "Oh, Haha, Obama and Michelle are Black."
Wow what a great photo... it's only three people but the body language between the three of them really does say a thousand things.
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lobstr
09/29/09

@lobstr: he almost looks like any decent Robert DeNiro impersonator, as if to say "handshake? c'mon, we do it like dis!"
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Btwbfdimho
09/29/09

@lobstr: Talking about body language, il Primo Ministro has a little problem, as you can see on this pic.
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elizagi
09/29/09

In reply to Italian PM: "Oh, Haha, Obama and Michelle are Black."
As an Italian-American, I am disgusted by the comments in here. Yeah, the current President of Italy is a joke, much like how many countries perceived former President Bush to be a joke, but at what point does that allow Americans to sit here and:
1. Call an entire country of people racist
2. Make value judgments about their culture, unless of course we are talking about spaghetti!
3. Make associations to mob ties and gentrification.

It's rude and frankly, hypocritical. "Hey, we don't like this racist guys, so why don't we call an entire people a bunch of no-good, crime-ridden, racist idiots."
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bowel_and_the_obstructors
09/29/09

@elizagi: I'm guessing you weren't a fan of the Sopranos either.
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09/29/09

@bowel_and_the_obstructors:
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BettyCrocker
09/29/09

@elizagi: You're not wrong, exactly, but... well, it's fair to say that the relationship between Italians and folks of color has been strained on both sides of the pond. Many people of Italian extraction are liberal (in the classic sense), educated and worldly - three of many factors that discline them to be prejudiced. Not to mention that lots of Italians have been victims of prejudice, know how it feels, and aren't in a big hurry to perpetrate it on anyone else.

But try to send Joey Baggodonutz of Staten Island on a blind date with a lady of color and you'll see his head explode. Followed by his mother's, and neither of them would care if the lady in question was Beyonce.
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realafterglow
09/29/09

@elizagi: Ditto. This hurts even more because I'm Italian AND African-American. I have to say that I haven't been waving the "Io amo l'Italia" flag that much at all lately because the PM makes me want to gag.... I bet Michelle could take him.
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SwetaPeafowl
09/29/09

In reply to Italian PM: "Oh, Haha, Obama and Michelle are Black."
Italy a mere joke, Are you serious? you're comment is as ignorant as Berlusconi's. Maybe you should inform yourself a little more about my country of birth and it's contributions to the world before you make such an idiotic comment. Better yet take a trip and actually meet some Italian's and maybe you'll realize that a country of 60 million people don't all have the same opinion SMH.
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Btwbfdimho
09/29/09

@SwetaPeafowl:
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LaneAutesion
09/29/09

In reply to Italian PM: "Oh, Haha, Obama and Michelle are Black."
I would just love if all of you guys would be so kind to not associate all the italian people with this person. He controls the media here, not only the government and he has been involved in many scandals lately. He is the kind of man who always thinks to be funny and this is the reason of this "jokes" about the women, etc...I am italian, live in Rome and I have been an exchange student in NY and love the US and the american people and I can tell you that we are not all like that. Our only fault is that the majority of people voted him, that's why I think it is right that many of you show anger but please have the good sense of thinking about italians as those who voted for this person and those who didn't.
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DevilsAvocado
09/29/09

In reply to Italian PM: "Oh, Haha, Obama and Michelle are Black."
Brave talk coming from a man who's clearly formed an enduring and intimate relationship with a Mystic Tan booth.

Jealousy? Thy name is Berlusconi.
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topsy
09/29/09

In reply to Italian PM: "Oh, Haha, Obama and Michelle are Black."
Obama looks pissed because this piece of shit is disrespecting his wife. Oops sorry this TINY piece of shit. Since Italy matters less than Lower Lichstenstein (sp) on the world stage, this speck is strictly for entertainment value. If the Italians are happy with this guy speaking for them (the US got slammed every fucking day for voting for Bush), then they deserve him.
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Hugh Manatee
09/29/09

@topsy: If my family in Cosenza is any indication, Italians are mortified by this guy.
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i'm a bottle
09/29/09

In reply to Italian PM: "Oh, Haha, Obama and Michelle are Black."
Berlusconi's Il Popolo della Libertà party is a populist party that regularily stokes racist sentiment for political gain. It isn't, however, purely an anti-"black" racism. The population of Eastern European immigrants is also a target.

Also, it's less of a prejudice against blacks because they're black, and more of a prejudice against blacks because they're poor laborers. The ancient racist stereotypes that have always existed have been dusted off and are being redeployed against them. But, make no mistake, it's the class status of the immigrants that's feeding the racist sentiment. For all of this, we've Berlusconi and his populist revolution to thank.
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topsy
09/29/09

@i'm a bottle: No we don't have Berlusconi to thank. Too easy. You can't appeal to something that isn't there. The Italian people are to blame for this clown and the ugliness he represents. The ugliness that was already there.
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i'm a bottle
09/29/09

@topsy: If it wouldn't be for Berlusconi's opportunistic maneuvering between FI and AN, there would be no Berlusconi in power. He veered rightward to woo the AN voters into the FdL fold, which assured him a more stable coalition and a stronger hand in governing. This is a guy who controls the media and has corrupted the government, so I wouldn't solely blame the nation of Italy. The deck is stacked against it. This is just the nature of the mechanics of governing any nation with a fractured left and an aging population.
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i'm a bottle
09/29/09

@topsy: And I recognize that you're trolling. Why don't you give it a rest?
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topsy
09/29/09

@i'm a bottle: Oh shit, I hadn't even realized that it was YOU. The whiff of crazy wasn't strong enough. The war between us is taking place in your mind. I promise to check who I'm responding to more closely.
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i'm a bottle
09/29/09

@topsy: Do that.
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