Now REALLY!
Was it the Mother or the Boys that were "troubled"? And if the boys were
really "troubled", is the same way that I am "troubled" when I am exposed
to bare breasts on a beautiful woman????? :)
The Dam at Lake
Cingino, a reservoir created by adding a dam and enlarging a small lake
in the Valley of Antrona in the Italian Alps is 160 ft high and Virtually
Vertical, and those spots are Alpine Ibex seeking to lick the salts and
mineral residue from the water overflow.
Generoso Pope
Sr. was born near Arpaise, Italy, in 1891 and came to America at age 15
to strike it big. That he did. For a time, Pope was the king of the New
York City cement world; He became incredibly rich as Manhattan and the
other boroughs used supplies from his Colonial Sand & Stone for their
roads, bridges and skyscrapers.
"The
Arandora Star ", which was transporting to Canada, Italian and German designated
"Enemy Aliens" when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat. Around 800 people
died including 450 Italian internees.
With Italy having
more significant Historical Architectural and Artifacts than all
the Rest of the Europe put together, Italy is having difficulty supporting
the enormous financial burden to maintain the Treasures, and carry out
further digs.
These unassuming,
delicate little puffs of meringue studded with nuts and, in this case,
chocolate, are kind of ugly. But they're also crunchy, chewy and downright
delicious.
Feast of the
Seven Fishes" tradition. The dishes, which typically total seven, representing
the seven sacraments, are each prepared using a different fish, technique
and seasonings.
The seizure
of 22 million euros from six lenders represents the alleged illicit
profit the banks made from selling derivatives swaps to the city of Florence,
the region of Tuscany and three other municipalities in the region, The
local governments have lost about 123 million euros on the swaps
Regarding the
article and author, Oh my God ! So much inaccuracy and prejudice and all
in one article. And reflecting her own Insecurity on ALL Italians. This
is quite an achievement... The reality is that as Mr Blair said when he
came recently to Italy is that if the left in Italy wants to beat Berlusconi
they need to start speaking about politics and stop the personal
attack; of course that would imply having a sensible political agenda which
the left clearly doesn't have.
The mysterious
white-marble figure of a woman in toga and 'beautifully detailed' sandals
was found in the remains of a cliff that crumbled under the force of 60mph
winds and enormous 40ft waves.The statue, which lacks a head and arms,
is about 4ft tall and weighs 440lbs.
Most years Venice
floods, it is usually just a matter of degree. Often Temporary footbridges
in St. Mark's Square need to be erected, but this year they were removed
as the risk rose that they would be swept away by the fast rising waters.
Gennaro Di
Virgilio, creator of the famous Annual Naples, Italy Nativity Scene,
yearly includes at least one contemporary public figure to
be "lionized" or "mocked".
The skepticism
in the halls of Chrysler ran thicker than pesto, when in November 2009,
Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne stood before hundreds of skeptics
and tried to convince the crowd that Fiat would succeed with Chrysler where
German automaker Mercedes-Benz had failed in its ten-year ownership of
the company.
The love goddess
Aphrodite
is going home to Aidone, Sicily Italy, stronger and more stable than
she has been in 2,500 years.The statue, being returned as part of
Italy's decade-old campaign to retrieve antiquities it says were illegally
brought to California, will be the last of 40 artifacts the J. Paul Getty
Museum agreed to turn over.
Italy, no question,
is a must-do for anyone contemplating travel, the picture postcard translucent
skies, breathtaking hills, wafting lavender, fields of bowing sunflowers
and impossibly cute ancient unspoilt towns and villages.
Garibaldi's
thrilling deeds " unfolding day-by-day through 1860 on the front page of
every major US newspaper, alongside stories detailing America's own dissolution"
stood as both an inspiration and a rebuke.
First
of all, the Vikings were not the First to America, they may not have even
been the first Europeans, or even first from the Eastern Hemisphere, And
as best as we can tell, it were the Mongolians that crossed the Bering
Bridge several millenniums ago to become the Native Americans, that beat
the Vikings by several thousand years.
It seems as
if Andrew has learned well from his father, and I would like Obama to not
be SO POLITE to dedicated OBSTRUCTIONISTS, and use some of the Cuomo Machavelian
tactics, (and his judious selected anger outbursts)
Pierre Trudeau
faced Canadian electors five times, four times victoriously. and was the
longest serving prime minister since the Second World War, Trudeau's success
depended greatly on support from Canadians of Italian origin.
People say the
most outrageous things to sell books, and gain profit and infamy, Next
we might expect books asserting Columbus was Albanian, Mongolian, North
Korean or whatever.
Last Night's
Episode, shows Megin "The Truck", preparing to go to the Hospital for baby
delivery, assisted by "someday" Husband, Wimpy Cadaver like Johnny,
making sure that her Makeup is on properly, she says "Because there Maybe
a Hot Doctor there"
More than 4
million Italians, or about 7 percent of Italy's population, live abroad
in search of a work, Europe is the Destination of Choice (55 %) North and
South America follows with 39%.
New York State
Governor Democrat Andrew Cuomo's blond, buxom and uninhibitedly extroverted
live-in undeniably glamorous girlfriend, Food Network superstar 44 year
old Sandra Lee has Two successful TV Cooking shows, and Sixteen best selling
books.
On Saturday,
the US Women Soccer Team followed up it's 1-0 victory over Italy in Padua
last Saturday, to win another 1-0 victory in Chicago, to qualify the US,
but disqualify Italy.
Alyssa Campanella,
represented Hillsborough, CA in winning Miss California Pageant 2011.
Alyssa when residing in Manalapan New Jersey was previously crowned
Miss New Jersey Teen 2007, and was first runner up to Miss Teen USA
2007.
During the Roman
Empire's eastwards expansion, to claim the Riches of Parthian (Persia),
Marcus Crassus, a Roman general, and the wealthiest man in the Roman Empire,
clashed with the Parhians, in 53 BCm near Carrhae, a small town in
modern-day Turkey and was decisively defeated.
The Italian
Coach has selected as Captain, Mario Barwuah Balotelli, born of Ghanaian
parents in Palermo Sicily, an Italian footballer who plays as a "hitman"
striker for Manchester City and the Italian National team
The two Northern
Italian cities, Milan and Turin, are lumped together like reluctant siblings,
both tarred with the same brush. Undeniably, Milan is the ugly sister.
But Turin, in the lee of the Italian Alps, is a fabulous, fascinating and
beautiful city.
This 70-megawatt
photovoltaic (PV) solar plant, the largest single site plant in Europe,
is located in Rovigo a town and comune in the Veneto
region of North-Eastern Italy.
UNESCO World
Heritage Site, the "City of Stone", is a maze of caves, churches "some
dating back to Roman times" zigzagging steps and stone facades carved from
a massive slope of yellowed tufa.
Just as American
Italians, Germans, and Japanese were interred during WWII in the US, likewise
British Italians and Germans were interred in Britain, and in some cases
transported across the Atlantic to the US.
Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that mediation by Italian Foreign Minister
Franco Frattini, had been key to Israel's acceptance of a plan to withdraw
its forces from a disputed village on the Lebanese border.
Eataly, a Manhattan
venture of Mario Batali, Lidia Bastanich and and Oscar Farinetti,
is described as the "largest high-quality food market in the world.
On Saturday,
The
US, rated #1 in the World will meet Italy, rated #11 in Padua, Italy,
and the return match will be on November 27 in Chicago, Illinois, with
the winner qualifying for the 2011 FIFA Cup Final 16 Round in Germany.
Premier Silvio
Berlusconi has been severely criticized for giving ancient marble
statues in his office replacement body parts, to the horror of art restorers.
This is a very
funny, and very informative Comments from a REAL Italian American
about "Jersey Shore" and about REAL Russian Jewish Friends and "Brighton
Beach"
Christopher
Gambale wrote an outline for a show, entitled "Guidos": A Reality Series,
in 2006 and registered the idea with the Writer's Guild of America.
I have read
that "Brighton Beach" has been Green lighted. I now wonder what Abe Foxman/
ADL will do?, Brighton Beach is 90% Russian Jew.
Nancy
Pelosi: Drives Republicans to Froth She is demonized
for being Italian, a Woman, Represents Sodom and Gomorra (San Francisco),
is a Communist, responsible for Foot Fungus, and every other imaginable
thing wrong, including BUSH's Wars in Afghanistan and IRAQ.
Author
Lauren Hillenbrand struck literary gold with her first book, "Seabiscuit".
now, nine years later, she?s unearthed another story of endurance and triumph
with "Unbroken" the harrowing tale of Louie Zamperini
I'm confused
about Sex! 50 years ago on TV, married couples couldn't sleep in the same
bed, although lately in Films and TV, they must almost always simulate
sex, fellatio, cunnilingus to be audience acceptable... Yet we in the US
are considered Puritanical compared to Europeans.
Though not a
fan of Berlusconi, because of his Right wing views, I think until the Left
can get its act together, maybe Italy needs a "strongman", and I am trying
to get on Silvio's Party List. Social Not Political. :) Old
guys need fun too!!!
Meanwhile, Italian
clubs have not performed particularly well in the UEFA Champions League
and in the Europa League even though Inter Milan is the current holder
of the Champions League trophy.
The Italian
Womens Foll Team is a Dream Team. Ranked #1 in the World going into the
Championships, the Italian Womens Team rolled over Venezuela, France, Germany,
and then Poland in succession in almost embarrassing fashion.
In response
to one character, Sibel Atlug, labelled "the Turk" , says in the
trailer, "I'm not racist because I hate everybody equally. Especially
Jewish people."
Thanks to the
hard work of the Italian Embassy and the advocacy of proud Italian-Americans,
the (Italian AP Classes in the State of New York) Program is now fully
funded. This is a great day for the Italian language, the Italian people
and all of us who are enraptured by the culture of Italy and its beautiful
language.
Dino De Laurentiis,
a mogul who moved from Italian postwar masterpieces to Oscar-winning Fellini
films, cult flicks Barbarella and Conan the Barbarian and Hollywood smashes
like Death Wish, King Kong and the Hannibal franchise, received the 2001
Irving Thalberg award for career achievement.
Danielle Rosati
at Temple University is obviously a Joumalism Major, but a mere sophmore
that frames the JS Debacle in such a way I have seldom better seen from
multitudes. Worth a Read !!!
Pecora was able
to crystallize anger at Wall Street in a way that hasn't really happened
today. Pecora's efforts prompted legislative reforms that shaped the industry
for decades.
Reflecting the
still pervasive bigotry at many universities of the era, Talese was rejected
by dozens of colleges in New Jersey and nearby states. He eventually was
accepted at the University of Alabama.
"My
Big Friggin' Wedding" More Italian Defamatory "Reality"Unbelievable!
"Jersey Shore" is about to air a 2nd season, NOW we have the Debut of
"My Big Friggin' Wedding", again focusing on the lowest possible level
of Anti Intellectual Italian Americans.
There's a reason
we recall so many Sinatra lyrics: You always understood the words. Sinatra
began his approach with perfect diction. Phrasing and harmonies provided
subtle layers of interpretation but always in fidelity to the song and
the lyrics as written.
US, instead
seems intent on continuing to act like a Colonialistic, Imperialistic
Superpower INVADING small countries, under false pretenses, spending Trillions
of Dollars, Thousands of American Troops, and spending TEN YEARS destroying
their countries, and calling them fanatics when they retaliate with "guerilla
attacks" against us.
Black political
leader Leon Jordan was gunned down, forty years ago. In the first investigation,
two black supposedly "hired guns" were identified, but not found, indicted
, or convicted. Now the Kansas City Star Gossiper, has come up with
theories, possibilities, anonymous sources, hearsay, and suspect jail house
informants that NOW 40 years later, have pointed the finger at the Black
and Italian Mob
For a Century,
the Swiss have knowingly provided havens for Money Deposits of the Wealthy
to avoid paying Taxes. Recently the USA broke through that veil of secrecy,
brought similar deals with Germany and Britain, that prompted Italy
and France to follow suit.
Since the Regional
government decided to close the town's hospital, the Mayor of Acquapendente,
acting "provocatively", warned that anyone who falls sick, does so "under
penalty of being forcibly transported to the Belcolle Hospital" some 30
miles away, or of being fined in proportion to the seriousness of their
sickness.
Wind-driven
tides coupled with heavy rainfall. and the sirocco winds pushed the
water level to 40 inches above normal sea level, caused 7 percent of the
city center to be flooded.
Luigi Bobbio,
the newly elected Mayor of Castellammare di Stabia, announced that he would
ban Miniskirt, "revealing clothes", like low-cut tops and low-slung jeans.
Four vans drove
from Rome to China - through Siberia, the Gobi Desert, Russia and Eastern
Europe. These vans had no one behind the wheel for the entire 8,000-mile
trek, making it the longest overland journey ever made by an unmanned vehicle.
This is "I'm
not a Witch, I'm just like You" type of book, The book focuses on Knox's
personality, her childhood in Seattle, her hopes for post-prison life.
Los Angeles
now has the fifth largest Italian Community, but no Little Italy. this
also despite the Italians had less Ethnic Conflict, since there was a large
Latino population here, although most of the power lie in the hands of
the Pale Protestants.
Simon Rodia,
an Italian immigrant stone mason, labored on a "personal pet" project,
The Watts Tower, for over 34 years. This Largest Folkloric Architecture
in the US, recently closely avoided demolition, but has now "risen" to
near "iconic" Status
Giovanni Chabotte
(Cabot) - Venetian, according to a bank ledger reference of a London
branch of an Italian Bank to "a 1496 loan received by Cabot 'to go
and discover new lands, that ended up being New Foundland.
Robert Katz,
seemed to try to scratch a nerve, to be "commercial", and in the process
alienated both the Vatican and Jewish groups. He was born in Brooklyn,
but fell in love with Italy where he lived the last 50 years of his life.
Positano, Italy,
is a small scenic resort town situated on dramatically steep seaside cliffs,
perched along Italy's Amalfi Coast, 36 miles from Naples, with quaint multicolored
hillside buildings and sweeping views of the sea, overlooking beckoning
beaches.
The Problem
of Dual Citizenship, and/or Dual Loyalties make one See the Benefits and
even Requirements of the Loyalty Oath that is Now being proposed in Israel,
should also be required in the US.
The Parade will
feature Italian music, dance and street performers, many floats that depict
colorful and dramatic cultural icons, over a dozen marching bands, and
national and international dignitaries.
My good friend,
Rosario A. Iaconis, is arguing that we in the US must give just due to
the Roman Law. I whole heartily agree, but Christopher Columbus,
Giovanni da Verrazzano, Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) and Amerigo Vespucci,
were all outstanding Explorers, Navigators, and Adventurers, and had NOTHING
to do with the Spanish and Portuguese CONQUISTADORS that "raped' North
and South America, and they had no concern for Roman Law, but only the
Sword and the Cross.
The Italian
out migration is happening again, but this time it is not the peasant farmers
and manual laborers, Italy is losing its best and brightest, many of the
country's most talented and educated, to a decade of economic stagnation,
a frozen labor market and an entrenched system of patronage and nepotism.
However a
Panel Discussion, "Legacies of Columbus", is scheduled at Syracuse University
sponsored by La Casita Cultural Center and the SU Native American Studies
Department. intended to look beyond Columbus' legend to make a critical
examination of his impact on indigenous peoples, South and Central Americans
Professor Connell
gives an eye opening historical view of Columbus Day. And while I have
great respect for Prof Connell, I do take issue with his insistence that
we celebrate the EVENT of the European discovery of the New World, rather
than The PERSON who achieved that ACCOMPLISHMENT.
Giorgio Armani,
collection of entirely navy blue and black-- were stunning. Prada,
sent out a parade of eye-blinding combinations, neon, prints and all-around
visual mayhem.
For ten years
Denver Italians have been fighting the 'illegal' protests of Native Americans
against Columbus Day Celebrations, who "symbolically" charge Columbus with
genocide of indigenous peoples in North America, when he never even set
foot on the Continent.
Gilbert said
the prevailing thought is that "because the world is so corrupted, misspoken,
unstable, exaggerated and unfair, one should only trust what one can experience
with one's own senses.".
The Piemonte
region in Northern Italy , is an attractive locale for Israelis because
(1) There is a Prosperous and Strongly entrenched Jewish community
in its capital, Torino, and (2) Torino is ideally located as a launching
pad into the Euro market.
Italy that has
more Cultural History and Artifacts than the rest of Europe put together,
yet is described on an Apple - "What Country?" App. as the home of
"Pizza, the Mafia and Scooters".
La Prima
Cosa Bella (The First Beautiful Thing), directed by 46-year-old
director
Paolo Virzi, is a melancholy comedy about a professor who
returns home to take care of his dying mother.
Having the landscape
cluttered with Wind Mills, (or Oil Rigs, or Mega Billboards) is Anti -
Aesthetical. It is even worse when the Mills Tower over the Ancient
Italian
Mountain top town of Tocco da Casauria.
Latinos accept
the Overwhelming responsibility of the savaging of the Western Hemisphere
(North And South America.) by the Spaniards and Portuguese. Nowhere in
the Western Hemisphere were Italians the Colonialists and Imperialist.
Strangely, that
Colorado, the First State to recognize "Christopher Columbus" Day, on a
bill introduced by the sole Hispanic state senator, Casimio Barela
is the location of the Nation's annual most virulent Anti-Columbus
Protest.
"Miral"
is a Film Depiction by Julian Schnabel, an award-winning American
Jewish film director, of an autobiographical novel and screenplay
by Rula Jebreal
The Italian
"golden" decades in music, was actually from 1947 to 1964,or roughly
from the end of the big band era to the arrival of the Beatles on these
shores.
After reading
the exploits of Giunta's Medal of Honor Commendation, and hear him describe
himself as average and mediocre, it makes you proud, very very proud to
be an Italian American.
At first I was
favorably impressed with the filming of "Eat, Pray, Love", but I have to
reconsider in the face of an almost unanimous torrent of negative reviews
from Italian newspapers
Since Italy
has a shoreline of 7600 km, the number of outstanding beaches is almost
uncountable, especially since it is ALL in temperate Mediterranean weather.
The Italian
market will be the leading market in the next years, at least for the next
two, with a goal of doubling its solar capacity in 2010, to 2,500
megawatts (MW), and have 8,000 MW installed by 2020.
Italian conductor
Riccardo Muti, a world-renowned maestro, made his debut over the weekend
as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's new music director. As befits Muti's
inaugural, Chicago rolled out the proverbial red carpet and threw a public
bash to celebrate his arrival.
It's too Bad
that the US can't Seize Assets Proceeds of Crimes of Fraud, Bribes, etc.
What a an Equitable Punishment (along with Jail time), and great Revenue
Raiser.
The Northern
League is openly hostile to illegal immigration, an increasingly loud theme
both in Italy and Europe, and along with it fears of loss of "Italian"
identity, and fears about the economy. While it is anti -Euro, it is also
anti-Southern Italy, with a "Fiscal Federalism" Policy. It makes the Tea
Party in the United States look quaint.
Francesca Testasecca,
Pics 1-7, a 19-year-old from Umbria was voted winner on September
13, 2010, in Salsomaggiore, Terme. Miss Italy was crowned by still beautiful
75 yr old Sophia Loren.
Vincenzo Milione,
a researcher at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, in 2006,
made a presentation to Italian-American state lawmakers. In the presentation,
Dr. Milione argued that Italian-American representation on the faculty
and the staff had remained flat " between 5 percent and 6 percent" over
three decades, while that of groups like blacks, Latinos and Asians had
climbed.
When Camille
Paglia, an author who has spent her life writing about REALLY serious issues,
ventures into the girl teen pop culture world, she is in treacherous territory
for a 63 yr old grandma, who is about 50 years out of touch.
Immigrating
to the United States, Italians, like all others arriving on America's shores,
were made to fill out a standardized immigration form. In the box for race,
they faced two choices: North Italian or South Italian. On the line requesting
information on color, they wrote simply "white."
The Medal of Honor
is the military's most prestigious award. Staff Sgt Salvatore A. Giunta
is from Hiawatha, Iowa. (Born January 21, 1985) Giunta's exploits are breathtaking.
Matteo Manassero,
The Italian, just 17 years of age, had led the tournament after the first
day but was eventually overhauled by Miguel Angel Jimenez and Edoardo Molinari.
Italy won the
opening match-up by a 6-4 bout margin in the first dual vs US, but Team
USA is hoping to avenge their losses in the second competition of a two-dual
event at the Lyrick Theatre in Assisi, Italy at 9 p.m. on Saturday.
While 100,000
Japanese from California were Interred, and given Food, Housing, and Necessities,
10,000 Italians were merely thrown out of their Homes and Businesses, with
NOTHING.
Robert U. Dini
, University of Chicago-trained lawyer, and Michael Polelle, a professor
at John Marshall Law School et al formed the American Italian Defense Association
(IADA), and filed a lawsuit asking for a jury to censure "The Sopranos."
After succeeding
last year in having the State of New Jersey recognize October as Italian-American
Heritage Month, UNICO National?s Anti-Bias Committee has launched a petition-led
campaign to designate October as National Italian and Italian-American
Heritage Month at the Federal level
Well, let's
just say every Italian-American ethnic stereotype imaginable is unloaded
in Jersey Shore -particularly the worst slurs of them all in referring
to the guys as "Guidos" and the girls as "Guidettes."
A Remarkable
Collection of 1520 Italian Songs, by Performer and Title, with Audio,
and Words In Italian, created by Giuseppe Ulivi on his Web Site: "L'Italia
in Brasile"
"Richard Capozzola wrote and edited
"Five
Centuries of Italian American History," an adaptation of Giovanni Schiavo's
famous book but with a user-friendly, year-by-year calendar of famous achievements
by Italian Americans from 1492 until 1992.
It's difficult
to take seriously any politicians who criticize Qaddafi for advocating
Islam, when each of them, claims their religion is the best, and all other
non believers are infidels and doomed to hell
Gallo
Family Vineyards, started in the 1930s by two Italian-Americans (Ernest
and Julio) and has grown into one of the world oenological superpowers,
producing more wine than many entire countries.
Why do
the British, their wardrobes crammed with clothes, so often look a mess
while the Italians, with generally fewer clothes, invariably look so elegant?
Matteo Manassero,
at 17 just a boy but with the game of a seasoned pro, shot to the top of
the European Masters leaderboard in the Swiss Alps with a seven-under 64
that followed the heroics of countrymen and Ryder Cup-qualifying Molinari
brothers.
The Ocean's
Eleven star fell for his adopted homeland. 'I realised how beautiful life
was in Italy and how it really helped calm me and not feel so pressured,'
Clooney enthused.
Sofia Coppola,
as the daughter of the famous director Francis Ford Coppola, of course,
Ms Coppola is Italian-American, and as such is held in great affection
in the old country.
This important
Italian American Museum seems to have been running its operation with its
heart, rather than its brain, contributing $6 million to scholarship programs
that promote diversity and education, and offering the hall for community
events free of charge, admirable, but putting itself in Financial trouble.
Beatrice Capra,
the daughter of an Italian immigrant and a tennis-playing American mother,
the 18-year-old from Baltimore caused the upset of the day at the US Open
by defeating French 18th seed Aravane Rezai
Aurelio De Laurentiis,
the nephew of Hollywood based movie mogul Dino De Laurentiis, has for 27
years delighted audiences and confounded crtics with his baudy Christmas
Films.
Mat Zelnick
the CEO of publisher of Mafia II should be sentenced to play this game
24/7 for 30 days, as punishment. He may come out mentally disturbed, which
might be a "step up"
Few know that
Italians invented Sophisticated Cuisine during the Medici reign, and that
it was called the "Mother Cuisine of Europe". Catherine de Medici, when
she married the King of France, brought her entire retinue of Chefs, Bakers,
Desert Makers, etc from Florence to Paris, and taught the French how to
cook.
During WWI ,
The Trench warfare on the Western Front as horrendous as it was, was a
cakewalk compared to the Italians fighting the Austrians in the Dolomites,
on the border.
Alessandro Mendini's
"Quali Cose Siamo," or "The Things We Are", exhibition at La Triennale
Design Museum in Milan. It is baffling, thrilling, eccentric, intriguing,
thoughtful, mischievous and seductive.
Unemployment
dropped to a seasonally adjusted 8.4 percent from 8.5 percent in
June. Euro-region joblessness was unchanged at 10 percent in July.
At the same time, Italy Inflation falls to 1.6%
"The
American", Clooney is the strong, silent archetype. The silent
killer whose professional life exacts a toll on his spirit. He wants to
leave behind his life of violence and drifting - and to find the kind of
human connection that his temperament and his job have denied him up to
now.
While the more
sensational reports focus entirely on Gadhafi and his hiring a number of
Italian Models to "enhance" an audience to extol Islam, and his 40 "Amazonian"
bodyguards, his pitching a giant traditional Bedouin tent for his three-day
visit, in the garden of the residence of the Libyan Ambassador, flew 30
thoroughbred Berber horses and their riders for an equestrian show at the
Tor di Quinto cavalry school in the north of the capital.
Very loosely
adapted from British author Martin Booth's obscure 1991 novel, "A Very
Private Gentleman," is a cinematic anomaly: a U.S. production that in look,
pacing and casting is more European than Clooney's own Italian villa.
Not only did
the New Jersey Italian-American Heritage Commission, have its entire state
funding eliminated in the Governor's 2011 fiscal year budget, although,
at least one quarter of New Jersey's population is of full or partial Italian
descent, the State's largest ethnic group, this occurred to the exclusion
of other ethnic commissions !!!!
The West Coast
Region was subjected to the Harshest Actions, since it was considered
Most Vulnerable to Attack after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor and
was subjected to Japanese Submarine shelling of Critical Targets,
and either Japanese Plane or Balloon Fire Bombings of Wilderness areas
to create a Cataclysmic Fire Storm.
Vaginoplasty
and Labiaplasty is Soaring, which should not be Unusual, BUT in a
Miss Cosmetic Surgery Beauty Contest in Rimini, 'Vaginoplasty' will be
one of the Categories for Judging, along with Facial, Breasts, etc.
!!
What compounds
the controversy is that the owners bought it in the hope of having a regular
supply of fresh eggs and gave it a female name, Pia, only to realise later
it was not a hen.
Francesco
Cossiga, who led Italy's fight against domestic terrorism in the mid-1970s
and resigned from the government after the kidnapping and murder of former
Prime Minister Aldo Moro. An astute politician, Mr. Cossiga held a number
of crucial positions during his long political career, from interior minister
to prime minister to president of the republic, Italy's highest office.
I wonder if
Strauss
Zelnick, Take Two Chairman, has considered any Video Games based
on the Jewish Murder Inc, aka the Combination.
the "Syndicate", or the less known but equally vicious
Purple
Gang in Detroit or the current Kosher Nostra, Israeli
Mafia , and Russian-Jewish Mafiya. But it was considered to
be to the best interests to the Jewish Community in Media, Movies, TV,
and now Videos to "ignore" the Predominant Jewish presence in the "Mob",
even to this day, and put the Focus on the Italians, and create "a
Reality" out of a Myth.
Fallan Skidmore,
21, is majoring in fine arts and arts administration at Drury University.
She was in Florence, Italy, from June 1 to 29. Her reaction "I Love Italy"
Anzio Beach
was the location of a famous/disastrous amphibious landing during WWII
by US Troops who were slaughtered by Germans. Given the choice of Bare
Boobs or Bloodied Bodies, I say: Make Love, Not War, !!!!!!!!
It Has been
said thousands of times, and ignored as often by Americans , who are educated
on an all you can eat. Mentality ..and damn the Quality..... SMALL
PORTIONS!!!
If Italy prevails,
do they do the sacrilegious thing and "move" David,, or does Florence charge
Italy Rent to display David in their building, to be paid from Revenues,
or Does Florence merely pay Italy a portion of Revenues.???
Giorgia
Boscolo, will be Venice's first-ever female gondolier, (in 900 years),
a blonde 24-year- old mother of two who passed her final exam last week.
Boscolo says she inherited her passion for navigating Venice's canals from
her
gondolier father, Dante, when she was seven.
I agree, These
Anti-Intellectual Illiterates, make Developmently Disabled seem Brilliant.
They would have every right to plead "STUPIDITY" for any of their Immoral
or Unlawful actions.
La Dolce Vita
, "the sweet life" has now reverted to its literal meaning, or the antithesis
of what Federico Fellini intended when he appropriated the phrase for the
title of his 1960 film.
Count
of Montecristo Island Promoted by Italy In the
Dumas' novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes was Imprisoned on
The French Isle of Chateau De If , But the Tuscan Island of Montecristo
is where Dantes located the hidden buried Treasure as described on the
map.
BP has a rig
in Libya's Gulf of Sirte, about 500 kilometers from Italian and Maltese
territory. The first of five planned wells will be about 200 meters deeper
than the US Macondo well that spewed as much as 184 million gallons of
oil into the Gulf of Mexico for almost three months.
It is rather
amusing that NY Governor Paterson, and NJ Governor Chris Christie are wrangling
over who should accept the resposibility for "Jersey Shore".
They
are both Italian-Americans who like to shock and have taken charge of their
careers with great success. As the new pop queen bares all and says she's
unlucky in love, and her unofficial biographer reveals the parallels
with the Material Girl.
How can Jersey
Shore have overlooked the Much more Prevalent and Long Standing History
of Bennies (Jews from NY) and Shoobies. (Lunch Box Philadelphians) ??
Unfortunately,
Reporters know their subjects only very Superficially, have a tendency
to Follow Ill Informed Stereotypes, and additionally Americans have this
Attitude of American Exceptionalism, that highly distorts their reporting,
especially on Italy.
Reflects back
on the Mafia, when they first were guerillas against oppressive foreign
forces, and later when they exacted retribution against rapacious and greedy
Landlords.
Pisa, once an
imposing Maritime Power, lies on a thin layer of soft alluvial silt, above
a thick layer of even softer marine clay. It's practically a bog. so it
is not strange for the Tower, a World Heritage site, to lean. But Pisans
always felt they would be able to come up with a "solution"
Groups of up
to 150 tourists, Germans, Americans, Swedish, British, many of whom are
under 16-years old roam the capital at night, barge in, drink as
much as possible in 10 minutes and then move on to the next pub.
Pro Football
does exist in Italy, But It’s just a notch above a club sport. Each team
in the Series A gets three American players, and they usually get meals,
maybe some rent.
While 600,000
Italian Americans were required to Register under Enemy Alien Incredibly
Strict Restrictions on their hours, occupations, possessions, etc, 700,000
Italian Americans were serving in in the US Military.
Elisabetta is
Striking on the Outside, but she is already ORDERING George to sell his
Villa on Lake Como????? Oh those Italian Women are a Handful. :)
LOL
It’s great military
theater when two media barons go at it and the artillery fire between Silvio
Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister and head of Mediaset, and Rupert Murdoch,
whose News Corp owns the Sky Italia satellite TV service, has just heated
up a notch or two.
Luca Guadagnino’s
film, "I Am Love", is the most gorgeously and lovingly photographed,
beautifully directed and acted film, to come out of Europe since Visconti’s
"Death In Venice".
Prosecco joins
Franciacorta, Trento and Asti as the "champagne" or "spumante" in
Italy, terms that are used as a synonym for sparkling wine, although laws
in Europe reserve the word Champagne for a specific type from the Champagne
region of France.
With the European
more Mature, Less Shamed, Less Guilt, Less Puritan Attitude Toward the
Human Body, the Views on the Beaches, where Swim Suits Tops and Bottoms
are Rare, the Views are Magnificent.
Lisa Scottoline
(born July 1, 1955) is an American author of legal thrillers. Her TWENTY
novels have been translated into 25 languages. The central characters of
her most of her books are Extremely Clever Italian American Female Litigators
of Rosatto and Associates.
Why would Italy,
or the Euro Union, need any Grand Military. WHO is a THREAT? Plus Italy
and Europe are overrun with US Air and Military Bases. Let them do what
they are there for. Which is What?
BUT.... MIDDLE
AGED FEMALES are battling Police, while they should be at Work, or taking
care of the Home, and are the same ones that told their Husbands last night
that they had a Headache?
European nationalists,
Catholics among them, worry about the Islamicization of Europe, but the
Vatican itself has been steadfast in its support for immigrants. If anything,
Vatican officials see the growing secularization of Europe as a greater
threat.
"Shoot
the Guido" is real. It is an amusement stand that exists on the Seaside
Heights, N.J. boardwalk. People are encouraged to fire a gun at a real
man in a rubber suit designed to look like the pop-culture version of the
bastardized Italian-American: the stereotype.
Who would root
vs Robin Hood on behalf of the Serfs in his battle vs the Heartless "Nobles"?
Are we Ready for the Revolution that Jefferson said was periodically necessary
in order to preserve Democracy with the blood of Tyrants and Patriots?
I was a very
happy man. My wonderful girlfriend and I had been dating for over a year,
and so we decided to get married. There was only one little thing bothering
me... It was her beautiful younger sister.
"Spaghetti
and Matzo Balls - Fuhgeddaboudit!" - Off Broadway The romantic
comedy tells the story a nice Italian boy (Peter Marinaro) and Jewish girl
(Jennifer Leigh Cohen) who fall in love at first sight - until their immigrant
parents clash of cultural differences.
Mike Tyson in
Italy Promotion Tour; Ryan Seacrest & Julianne Hough Kissing
Photos Taken in Italy; Emily Blunt Weds John Krasinski in Lake Como, Italy,
(at Geo Clooney's Home); Sofia Vergara flaunts her white-hot bikini body
while vacationing in Italy...
Paul the Octopus,
the "psychic" octopus, located in a German Aquarium, has accurately predicted
seven out of seven 2010 FIFA World Cup games, including the final which
saw Spain beat the Netherlands 1-0.
One hundred
and fifty years ago the Swiss art lover and historian Jacob Burckhardt
published his master work, The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy.
It is as important as Darwin's On the Origin of Species.
Barga, a city
of northern Tuscany prides itself by being "the most Scottish place in
Italy". During a festival every July, it is twinned with East Lothian,
Scotland, and you really do hear Italians speaking English with a Scottish
accent.
Andrea Bocelli wowed
the sell-out crowd with his musical ability, charm and good humour, the
latter typified when he carried a vuvuzela on stage during one of his encores,
much to the delight of the audience.
The Pacific
area of WWII, was exemplified by the Battle of Guadalcanal, and John Basilone's
exploits were of Legend. Properly everything else was a background. "Pacific",
with a price tag of $200 million, may be the costliest television miniseries
ever produced.
A treasure hunter
has found about 52,500 Roman coins, one of the largest such discoveries
ever in Britain. The hoard, which was valued at 3.3 million pounds ($5
million), includes hundreds of coins bearing the image of Marcus Aurelius
Carausius, who reigned in Britain from 286 until 293 AD.
At the age of
three he began playing drums. He designed double-bass drum set-up at the
age of 15 and won Slingerland National Gene Krupa contest at the age of
17
The Italian
food sector is the most cloned in the world, and the scale of the thievery
is becoming Alarming. In the US, Australia and New Zealand, only 2% of
so-called Italian produce was actually from Italy.
No horse race
is more sacred in Italy than the Palio, (banner) in Siena which traces
its lineage back 700 years. This year, however, the hotly contested chase
has taken an unexpectedly ecumenical and disputed twist.
The self-described
"guidos" and "guidettes" were seemingly aghast and vowed to switch to spray
tanning. But they have since relapsed. Fortunately, if the Cancer
doesn't get them, Premature Aging, and wrinkling like a Prune is the Alternative.
Lord Spare Us!!!
Enzo Palumbo is probably one of the most outspoken characters Big Brother
has ever cast. Enzo, an Italian-American from Bayonne, New Jersey says
he will bring his four Signature Moves to the Big Brother 12 game.
The action of
Internment of US residents who were Italian, German and Japanese during
WWII was as Reprehensible as was the Internment of Italian residents in
England, and Canada. It is of even more revulsion when the actions were
kept secret, and even more so when during transport to Canada. Four hundred
and eighty-six Italians were drowned when the ship "Arandora Star" was
torpedoed. Those that died and casualties were kept secret.
Germany's World
Cup Coach Joachim Low's tactics have received widespread acclaim after
the substantial wins over England and Argentina, and he has now revealed
the two 'golden rules' that underpin his side's play.
The Joint Venture
does not foresee an eventual Alitalia Merger. The Joint Venture controls
one-quarter of all trans-Atlantic capacity with estimated annual revenues
of $10 billion and will offer 250 flights and about 55,000 seats a day,
that includes 20 flights daily from Rome and Milan to five U.S. cities.
The glut of
Russian Millionaires resulted from the US encouragement of Communist Russia
to embrace Capitalism, sell off its State's Industries to KGB Agents for
pennies on the dollar resulting in one of the greatest transfer of wealth
from The People....... to the Few.
In his sequel
to Calabrian Tales, the historical fiction about the paternal side of his
family, Peter Chiarella comes forth with an account of his maternal relatives,
the Zinzi family from southernmost Italy, in Out of Calabria.
Kobe Bryant
lived in Italy for 7 years, from the age of six to thirteen, while
his famed father, NBA Joe "Jellybean" Bryant, played Pro Basketball
in Italy.
People are protesting
that they don't want Warnings. But, how is it a Warning, simply to
List what is in a food? If it said "Nutella will make you a fat bastard!"
that would be a warning... It baffles me how people will argue for their
'right' to be less well informed.
Chinese criminal
gangs chose to move in to exploit niche markets in the central and northern
cities hosting rapidly growing Chinese illegal immigrants particularly
around the Tuscan cities of Florence and Prato, an industrial town home
to a large community of Chinese migrants.
Visconti pulls
a family of 19th century aristocrats down to earth. Set in Sicily during
the Risorgimento, the period that marked the end of Sicily's existence
as an independent monarchy and the emergence of an Italian state, the movie
exults in the last gasps of the nobility's opulence, even as it acknowledges
and "ambivalently" endorses the necessity of its end.
In "I Am Love",
Emma, a Russian immigrant, living in Italy, has married into an extremely
wealthy family and seems to have everything but risks it all to pursue
a passionate affair with her son's business partner. Because her lover
is a chef, we are treated to yummy shots of pasta and fish mixed in with
sensual images.
The Key to the
game of Soccer is CONTROL, particularly control of the MIDFIELD, MIDFIELD,
MIDFIELD. Slovakia Controlled the Midfield. Therefore Slovakia were
able to blunt any attack by Italy, and able to mount easy attacks against
Italy. The AZZURRI were slow, sluggish, because of age, or because Italy
traditionally starts slow like a thoroughbred winner that runs at the back
of the pack, and then unleashes it's conserved intensity at the end, and
creams it's exhausted adversaries.
These Tax Criminals
got off Easy, and I hope that Italy more vigorously pursues those who haven't
disclosed Evasions, be Uncovered, Investigated, and FINED HEAVILY
to Capture Needed Revenues, and Discourage Future Evasions.
This is a Slideshow
with Video Clips. Throughout the history of the World Cup, there have been
many different moments that have captivated the audience watching the tournament.
When Companies
in Italy (or US or any country) "OutSources" JOBS, or "DownSources"
(Illegal Immigrant Sweatshops) it is not suprising that Consumption of
Goods Drop, with Less Income available, and a Fear of the Future and Companies
also Suffer from Less Profits. One Needn't be a Graduate of the London
Academy for Economics to realize that.
Coach Marcello
Lippi and Captain Fabio Cannavaro have announced they will leave the national
team after the tournament, if the Azzurri do not advance to Round
of 16. A draw could push the Italians into the second round from
Group F, but only if Paraguay beats New Zealand is that assured. A victory
keeps Italy alive without question.
Prior to Thursday's
two matches in Group F, (1) Paraguay, 4 pts; (2) Italy and New Zealand,
2 pts; Slovakia 1 pt. will pit Italy vs Slovakia, and Paraguay vs. New
Zealand. Three of the four teams in the group will advance for certain
with a win. Italy, New Zealand and Paraguay all control their own fate.
Only Slovakia could win and still not advance. Italy could draw with Slovakia
and still advance if Paraguay beats New Zealand.
World Wide Females
who know NOTHING about Soccer are watching the World Cup Matches when Italy
plays, because "Italians set a very cool style statement on the field and
that’s why we always love to see them play. Lot of Indian women find them
hot"
Italy is rated
#5 in FIFA's world rankings, whereas New Zealand rated #79, and the perceived
weakest team in the F group, held Italy to a 1-1 tie, that had Kiwis
ecstatic, and Italians despondent.
"City
Island is consistently charming, funny and always entertaining." A lesser
movie would descend into clichés about the loud and always arguing
Italian-American family, but every time the movie threatens to go that
route, De Felitta pulls back and includes a sweet or funny moment that
surprises the audience.
By 2020, wind
energy will meet 7% of Italy’s energy needs, saving 19,250,460 tonnes of
CO2 a year and 37,770,559 barrels of oil. Additionally, More Wind
Power will encourage Economic development and Job creation.
Arata Isozaki
designed the $2.6 billion CityLife development, which features three skyscrapers.
At 220 meters, Isozaki’s tower would be twice as tall as Milan’s landmark
Il Duomo cathedral.
Federico Marchetti
is stepping into REAL BIG Shoes, in replacing the injured Gianlugi Buffon,
considered one of the Very best. My heart sank, when Buffon was injured
with a herniated disk in the first half of the Paraguay game, a 1-1 tie.
NY Attorney
General Andrew Cuomo (and favored candidate for NY Governor) is trying
to stay "neutral" in the dispute about the recipes for Lasagna of Andrew's
mother Matilda, and Andrew's girlfriend, Celebrity Chef, Sandra Lee, (not
to be confused with Food company of similar name).
In the USA,
600,000 Italian Americans were required to register as Enemy Aliens, and
subjected to severe limitations on their activities, many dislocated, or
interned, WHILE 700,000 Italian Americans were in the US Military.
Italy's starting
goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon's back injury was diagnosed Tuesday as "serious."
"At the moment no date could be set for his return." Buffon is regarded
as one of the top three goalkeepers in the world, along with Spain's Iker
Casillas and Brazil's Julio Cesar
Italy climbed
back into this match after Paraguay took a surprise lead in the first
half. Antolin Alcaraz put Paraguay in the lead in the 39th minute with
a header off a ball that was delivered beautifully by Aureliano Torres.
Italy looked shocked and lapsed into a daze that carried over into the
second half, until Daniele de Rossi scored to even the match. The Italy
goal came in the 63rd minute off a corner kick.
The big-screen
adaptation of the beloved best-seller "Eat Pray Love" treats viewers to
a visual feast that includes the cafes and countrysides of Italy, the color
and chaos of India and the lush warmth of Indonesia.
With two teams
to advance from each of eight groups, Italy would seem fortunate to have
drawn drawn Paraguay, New Zealand, and Slovakia in Group F. But the
Azzurri seem to be putting their faith in past pedigree rather than current
talent, and are still experimenting with their lineup, caused by injuries,
and unfamiliarity with each other, while Paraguay confidence is high after
an impressive qualifying campaign in which they finished second and beat
Brazil and Argentina along the way.
One of the most
elaborate deceptions of World War II, a plan to disguise the impending
Allied Invasion of Sicily, framed around the body of a dead man.
"The
favorites are rightly Brazil and Spain, but you also have to add
England, Holland, Germany, Italy and France, that don't go just to do well,
they are in it to win it. In response to criticisms of Lippi selecting
an "aged and creaking team", he said "We're not the oldest team here, there
are three or four teams that are older than us," "We've got a good mix,
we have nine players from 2006, that's less than 50 percent".
Verona is a
magnet for "Romeo and Juliet" fans, but despite the romantic fiction, the
town is packed with genuine history and has a wealth of Roman ruins.
Many Italian
surnamed have "americanized" their names in order to avoid discrimination,
or for "marque" acceptance, or as in the case of Madonna and Lady Gaga
for "attention getting."
More than one
in five Italians aged 15-29 are jobless. The stay-at-home generation could
no longer be derided as lazy "bamboccioni", or big babies, since those
actively seeking to flee the nest had tripled since 1983. The downturn
turned them into hostages in their own homes.
A survey attempts
to show that Jews world wide are closely genetically related, in order
to quash the strong theory that the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern Europe were
mostly descended from Khazars in Eastern Europe who converted to
Judaism.
Suze Rotolo
formed Bob Dylans's Humanist Political Views, cultivated Dylan's interest
in Brecht, and in Painting.and inspired a number of songs he wrote
Immediately
after her victory, Francesa Schiavone climbed into a section of the stands,
to a block of Italians wearing T-shirts bearing the words 'Schiavone:
nothing is impossible', to be swallowed by their ecstatic embrace,
and only then returned to field an on-court call from Italian president
Giorgio Napolitano, then sang the Italian National Anthem.
Francesca
Schiavone - "The Lioness" Does Impossible- Wins French Tennis Open !!!! Francesca Schiavone,
at 29, and 17th seeded... beat 7th seeded Australian Samantha
Stosur was the favorite, of course, after beating four-time champ Justine
Henin, No. 1 Serena Williams, and No. 4 Jelena Jankovic.
The 5th rank,
28-year-old Elena Dementieva will play the 17th ranked, 29-year-old
Italian Francesca Schiavone in the semis, who upended No.3 Caroline Wozniacki
to become the first Italian woman to reach a Slam semi in the Open Era.
Italy's Forwards
are
the concern of Italy. Not much scoring is expected, with their hopes pinned
on an even greater "Turtle" defense, with the usual exceptional goal tending
of Buffon.
The Low Birth
Rate in Italy and other European countries is causing concern about the
overwhelming of the primary culture by immigrants, AND their higher birth
rates.
Coach Marcello
Lippi has two Friendlies vs Mexico and Switzerland before the start of
the Cup. Mexico offers a good test for Lippi's new formation because
El Tri's style of play is similar to that of Paraguay, the team that Italy
will face when it opens defense of its World Cup title June 14.
Only two nations,
ITALY, the first, and Brazil, have ever defended their football World Cup
title. And ITALY, reigning world champions of 2006, hopes to become the
first to win back-to-back crowns twice.
Israel claims
it had reacted to a 'political provocation.' which in reality, were not
even protestors, But were merely bring Aid in the form of Food and Medical
supplies to the Gaza Strip, being slowly strangled to death by a Nazi grip
Blockade.
Ivan Basso followed
his Title win in 2006, winning the 2010 Giro d'Italia finishing in Verona,
by 1 minute 51 seconds over David Arroyo, 30, a Spaniard.
What was the
mission statement for this series? It is easy to imagine something like:
"Deliver consistent shots of cleavage and pizza in a two-to-one ratio"
Franchitti wins
the Indianapolis 500 for the second time -- and doing so on little more
than fumes down the stretch -- and was therefore able to elevate team owner
Chip Ganassi into a class by himself in motor sports.
Earlier this
month a survey of Italians revealed more than 50% had lost faith in the
Catholic Church and more than half believed priests should be allowed to
marry.
The Borzas,
Apriles and Mizzonis all hail from a valley halfway between Rome and Naples
and still form a tight community in their new home, where they have just
celebrated 125 years of making fish and chips.
Frank Sinatra's
life was nothing if not epic, so it's perhaps fitting that Martin Scorsese's
attempt to bring the story of ol' blue eyes to the big screen is also turning
into something of a saga.
The Monarchies,
Robber Barons, Corporate Oligarchies, all the Haves keep their position
of Privilege and Greed by keeping the Have-Not "peasants" fragmented and
fighting amongst themselves, so as not to threaten the Haves.
Pro-Palestinian
groups, left-wing Gush Shalom movement call on supermarkets in Italy to
ban Israeli products from West Bank settlements and Golan Heights.
In the US, during
WWII, 600,000 Italian Americans were forced to Register as
"Enemy Aliens". After 50 Years, Italian American Groups were able to have
these "Secret " Archives made available. This was while 700,000 Italian
Americans served in the US Military, and John Basilone was the most famous
"Grunt" of the War.
Italy's Elio
Germano shared the best actor prize with Javier Bardem for his role as
an ambitious construction contractor in Daniele Luchetti's "Our Life,"
a gritty slice of working class life in today's Rome.
The current
Northern Italian climate of high design and gourmet food in places like
Milan is practically on another planet from what passes as "Italian" on
Mulberry Street in NYC, and that's why the Italian government is doing
this, not because they're jealous of the success of the Scandinavians and
the Americans.
The Jewish-American
population wouldn’t have eventually drifted away from an intense connection
with Israel anyway, in much the same way and for many of the same reasons
that Italian-Americans are less attached to both Italy and Catholicism
than they were in 1940 or so, or that Irish-American are far less interested
in the politics of Eire and Northern Ireland than they used to be.
Italy
Readies Austerity Package The Concept
of "Scattered Hotel" is taking hold, where rooms in individual homes are
scattered throughout different buildings within the town but overseen by
one manager.
Italy has been
spared the worst of the market volatility since Greece's debt crisis exploded,
thanks mainly to the cautious fiscal policy of Economy Minister Giulio
Tremonti,meaning it is now under less pressure to adopt draconian cuts.
Apparently,
previous Swiss cooperation dealt with Swiss Headquartered Banks, and this
probe deals with a "Whistle-blower" of a British Bank with a Branch in
Switzerland, a different category.
If So, it would
Not be as a Result of Too Much of a Support Net ("Entitlements") to the
Underclass, as often claimed, never mentioning the CORPORATE WELFARE, that
Exponentially DWARFS such extending a "Helping Hand".
Giulia may represent
too perfectly the plight of the unglamorous, middle-aged woman married
to her work, and the Italians may symbolize too stereotypically la bella
figura, but Shear at least makes a serious attempt to show the grit beneath
the gleam.
Valerie Bertinelli,
now a still very fetching 50 years old, was proposed to by Tom Vitale,
Financial Advisor, 48, on a romantic night in Florence during a recent
trip to Italy, after a six year romance.
The idea of
Catholic celibacy is especially foolish when you realize the reason behind
it. Before the middle ages it was allowable for Catholic priests to have
multiple wives and mistresses (concubines). But with concerns for protecting
Church property from inheritance Pope Pelagius I made new priests agree
offspring could not inherit Church property.
Ronnie James
Dio had passed away. The legendary Italian-American vocalist known for
his work fronting Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath (who toured recently as "Heaven
and Hell"), and perhaps most memorably, his own solo project under the
simple moniker of DIO, had been valiantly battling stomach cancer for the
last six months.
Exactly,
what is the right word to describe the Ferrari California? What single
word would one use to describe that perfect mythical lover -- you know,
the kind who exudes never-ending sexual tension yet engenders none of the
seemingly endless drama that is the reason nobody ever really marries the
one "that got away?"...
Fashionable
Lake Como usually grabs the headlines. Lake Maggiore, Como's less glitzy
neighbour, has slowly been gaining popularity among overseas buyers. More
commercial Lake Garda is great for water-sports, but lacks the cachet of
its grander neighbours. However, it remains popular with the domestic market.
The action actually
begins in Verona, where Shakespeare's young heroine once stood looking
down at her Romeo. While on vacation with fiancé Victor, Sophie
lingers beneath Juliet's balcony, where women tuck love letters into the
ancient wall.
Italian satirist
Sabina Guzzanti, producer of "Draquila" is the daughter of a former MP
in Berlusconi's People of Freedom party, Guzzanti has long been a thorn
in the side of the Berlusconi government.
Italy is in
Group F in the First Round, that includes Paraguay; New Zealand; Slovakia.
Italy is rated as 5th in the World. All the Groupings and Schedule are
below.
In an interview
with NY Times "bags to Riches" by Josh Patner, Giuliana says she
belongs to an old Venetian family, that they were Jewish, and that her
parents were very beautiful and very stylish. She says that the atelier
you are sitting in was once her grandfather's pigment factory and that
she learned to compose colors here.
Why would anyone
on earth choose to play for the USA when They can start/sub for Italy?
Maybe if the USA cared about the greatest sport in the world, they might
have a spindly unsteady leg to stand on.
Yet, language
surveys show that many students want to learn Italian, and Italy is second
only to England as a study-abroad destination for college students. New
York University, for one, shuttles thousands of students each year to its
52-acre campus in Florence.
"Old-school
Italians believe that if it's that time of the month, you're not allowed
to make red sauce, because they say that you could spoil the tomatoes."
The tradition
of securing a lock as a symbol of amore to a bridge "and tossing the keys
into the river below " dates back to a 1992 book by sugary Italian novelist
Federico Moccia, but the tradition didn’t take off until the movie version
of "Tre Metri Sopra il Cielo" came out in 2004.
This Event,
the first of its kind in Italy, long thought of a Catholic country, will
proceed despite the stern disapproval of the still-powerful Catholic Church
Brooke Shields
was born in New York City into a well-known American society family with
links to Italian and French nobility.Her grandmother was the Italian princess
Donna Marina Torlonia
Since Giulietta
Simionato retired 55 years ago, few except opera buffs would be expected
to remember the Italian mezzo-soprano who was wildly popular with
audiences, and was compared to Bruna Castagna, and had over a 30-year career
at La Scala, and described as "a small, round-faced woman with an intense
stage personality that matches her extraordinary vocal gifts."
There was Italian
Internment in Canada, similar to the US, where 600,000 Italian residents
were required to Register as Enemy Aliens, and subjected to extreme limitations,
while 700,000 of their sons were in the US Military fighting and dying.
As a share of
GDP, Italy's state borrowing, at more than 115%, is the world's seventh
highest - higher than Greece's. Yet while investors were demanding a yield
of 9.4% on 10-year Greek bonds, they were content with a return of less
than 4.1% on their Italian equivalents.
Giorgio Armani
has lived and breathed the project for the last five years, designing and
planning every aspect from the bespoke furnishings to scents for the spa
accessory range and the restaurant menus: minimalist opulence meets practical
elegance with every detail bearing his Armani signature.
According to
the London Financial Times In Italy's favor is the high level of
savings held by Italians, the relatively low level of household debt –
57 per cent of disposable income in 2008.
Italian is the
fifth most identified ancestry-behind Australian, English, Irish and Scottish.
An estimated 1,000,000 Italian-Australians represent almost five
percent of the Australian population. A whopping 25 percent of Victoria’s
residents have Italian roots.
Renowned Field
Marshal Count Joseph Radetzky, a commander over the Austrian troops at
war with Italy in the mid-1800s, was well known for the military and political
information he fed back to the Austrian Kaiser.
I never spent
much time in Turin, because I knew it only for the FIAT auto industry,
and the Shroud of Turin. This author finds other delights that might compare
favorably with other large European Cities
Scarpelli is
probably best known for "Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo" ("The Good, the
Bad and the Ugly"), the spaghetti-western classic directed by Sergio Leone
and starring Clint Eastwood.
Emoticons,
green smiley face if satisfied, or a red frowning face if displeased,
and areas of service where displeased, are giving City Employees "feedback"
on their performance. :)
My complaint, is the Incentives offered
is "Welfare for the Rich", but Italy is forced to compete with other Countries
that are falling over each other to "Throw money at the Rich". The countries
get NOTHING back regardless of how profitable the Film is!!!
Every other
Language was created by Accident, Coincidence, Evolution and Infusion.
Italian, was deliberately and painstakingly Fashioned in the late Renaissance
by a group of high-spirited Florentine intellectuals who set out to separate
the literary equivalent of flour (good language) from bran (bad language).
The fun- and food-loving members of L’Accademia della Crusca.
In soccer crazed
Italy, with no great tennis tradition, Italy lifted the Womens' Fed Cup
in 2006 and 2009 and have now reached four finals in five years.
Only a brave gambler would bet against them beating the United States or
Russia in November's final.
After the disaster,
the government's response, led by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, was
fast and feverish. The outskirts of L'Aquila were turned into construction
sites to build temporary homes for thousands of displaced people. But then
the Rebuilding stalled.
Raffaele &
Raffaela Zerilli, were Immigrants from Vico Equense, Italy, on Oct. 3,
1900, with five kids in tow. One of those kids, Antonio Zerelli, grew up
and married Adela Sorrentino. Their youngest daughter, Adele Zerelli, went
on to marry Irish-American Douglas Springsteen. Adele and Douglas Springsteens
raised their three kids in New Jersey. One of them was a son, Bruce Springsteen.
Its villains
are the usual Italian-American stereotypes. Its heroine is an 11-year-old
girl who is either cursing someone, shooting someone or getting beaten
up by someone. The violence is unending.
But then with a name like "Kick Ass",
one can not expect Mark Twain.
Although Italian
Americans should continue to fight against Negative Italian Stereotypes,
and wonder why "kikes", "shylocks", "niggers", and other pejoratives are
off limits, and that "guidos", and wops" are fair game.
Sardinians are
always very keen to distinguish themselves from mainland Italians. This
is apparent not only in the food but in every cultural detail. They even
have their own ancient dialect - Sardo.
They came with
little but the hope of starting a new life in a welcoming land. Years later
the story of Italians making their home in Wales is the subject of a moving
exhibition which documents what it was like to up sticks and start afresh
in a new country.
The article
below makes the assertion that the Chinese created Pasta, (not merely Noodles,
but PASTA), not Italians, which is less credible than stating that Chinese
created the Matzo, although more logical.
The Trench warfare
of WWI was horrendous, but was a "picnic" compared to what Italian troops
when faced by Austo-German troops in the Vertical Frozen Slopes of the
Dolomites.
The genesis
of Lamborghini,50 years ago, when Ferruccio Lamborghini, a farm-tractor
magnate and sports car enthusiast, was given a brusque appraisal of his
road skills by Enzo Ferrari, who reckoned that this customer, the prospective
buyer of a 250 GT model, "wasn't able to drive a Ferrari, only tractors,"
In
Italy, The Prosecution can and is appealing the Sentence of 26 years for
"Foxy Knoxy", while she is appealing her conviction. "Foxy Knoxy", now
has to decide whether she thinks her appeal is SO STRONG, or is a DESPERATE
Measure, and try to make a "deal", that the Prosecution will drop its appeal,
if the Defense does.
A Kosher Pizza
looking more like a circular Calzone, and Pizzas that have been taken to
Croatia, or South America, modified to suit local tastes, then imported
into the US.
"I
wrote 'A Bronx Tale' as a tribute to the working man," he says. "People
always think that Italian-Americans are in the mafia. It's just this aberration
in communities. The real Italian-Americans are the cops, the firemen, the
bus drivers. Like my father."
Britain has
long been the greatest recipients of "Looted" Treasures worldwide, made
easy because of its former Empire, and their ownership of Colonies. British
Museums are NOT full of British Artifacts, but "looted" artifacts
from Egypt, India, China, Italy, Africa, etc
UNICO's Hillside
program attempts to correct Mis Impressions that the Jewish Community shows
little Enthusiasm to present .Yet UNICO fails to include several important
facts.
Matteo Manassero
of Italy, at 16 was the youngest player to ever be invited to the Masters
Tournament, which was in itself amazing, but he then beat out 60 other
participants, to make the cut after the first two rounds, tying eight others
at a Tie for 40th at 3 over par with a 71 and 76 = 147.
Bank of Italy
source had said the central bank had ordered a halt to the issuance of
new American Express credit cards in Italy saying that AMEX did not meet
Italian legal requirements "with regard to USURY, MONEY-LAUNDERING, and
TRANSPARENCY".
Mauro Pino,
who has managed the Fiat Termini Imerese factory for three years, started
work in Toledo on Monday, managing both plants. Chrysler makes the Jeep
Wrangler at the Toledo Supplier Park factory, while the Jeep Liberty and
Dodge Nitro are made at the adjacent Toledo North Assembly Plant.
The SuperTomato
is not genetically altered, but a simple blend of two existing varieties:
the San Marzano, famed for its taste and anti-inflammatory properties,
and the Black Tomato, a purple fruit high in anti-oxidants to fend off
Cancer.
Although a Fiberglass
Exact Replica Gondola would be Less Expensive, and require Less Maintenance,
the Venice Gondoliers Association branded the idea as "outrageous".
The newly published
photographic epic of The Journey of the Italians in America, by Seattle-based
Italian/American author and academic Vincenza Scarpaci, reflects upon hundreds
of individual experiences of Italian/American immigrant families
The Italians
invented pizza in Naples, in the 1700s, when it was made with just
a few ingredients: bread topped with garlic, butter and salt, and most
pizza was sold on the streets as a cheap meal for the poor.
Fernet Branca,
is made up of over 40 different kinds of herbs and spices, the drink is
often consumed as a digestif -- to help aid digestion after a large meal
-- or as a hangover cure. It was first developed in Italy in 1845, by man
named Bernardino Branca.
Matteo Manassero,a
16-year-old from Italy is set to become the youngest player to compete
in the Masters at Augusta,GA. The top-ranked amateur in the world has played
in the swelter of Dubai, the wind of Scotland and the humidity of Florida.
The US and Italian
teams met March 27 in Harvey, Ill., and the Italians won nine of the 12
matches. Friday, April 2, in Reno, Nevada at the Eldorado Hotel Casino,
Convention center, there will be 11 fights, 10 male and one female.
The Bad News
is: Italy has slipped to 5th Place, behind Spain, Brazil, Netherlands,
and Portugal. The Good News is Germany in 6th, England in 7th, France is
in 8th.
To my knowledge
Shatner has NO knowledge of Italian Culture. Would it not be better
for him to do a series on "Kikes in the Catskills", "Hebes in Hymietown",
"Jews, Christ Killer", "Shylocks of Wall Street ", or "The Yid Kids" ???
No recognition
is given Not only to the 10,000 Italians relocated on the West Coast, and
thousands of others through out the US, (and what chance was there
of Italy invading the West Coast. let alone the East Coast) but that 600,000
Italians in the US were required to Register as "Enemy Aliens"
The
political comedian and blogger Beppe Grillo's (likened to Michael Moore)
Five Star Movement has made a stunning debut in Italy's regional
elections, after last October being prevented from running in primary elections
for the leadership of the PD (Democratic Party).
Pot Holes, are
jarring, damaging to your auto, and unnecessary, and the Brits are in swooning
admiration, and we in the US should consider Italians idea to pour a level
of yellow paint into pot holes, which would help a driver to avoid them,
but also present a patchwork of yellow embarrassment to local officials.
Europe's largest
undersea volcano could disintegrate and unleash a tsunami that would engulf
southern Italy "at any time". The Marsili volcano, with a magma chamber
of sizeable dimensions," has "fragile walls" that could collapse,and
presents an immediate danger, with the volcanologists say it could happen
"tomorrow"
Laskin follows
a dozen men, four Italians, three Jews, two Poles, an Irishman, a Norwegian
and a Slovak - from their homes in Europe to what they'd hoped would be
the promised land in America, their return to Europe as part of the American
Expeditionary Force, and for nine of them, their homecoming.
Margaret "Midge"
Costanza was one of four children of Sicilian immigrants Philip Joseph
Costanza and Concetta Granata Costanza. Midge was a mini mini-whirlwind
Idealist, but a little outspoken, and not much a pragmatist.
Italians
Saved Jews from Germans - Who Saved Armenians and Palestinians from Zionists? The individual
cases of Italian Rescue and Protection of Jews from the Germans during
WWII keeps trickling out, but two of the better books on the subject
that give a greater overview are: Bad Times, Good People and It
Happened
in Italy
Italy's Federica
Faiella and Massimo Scali delivered an extremely emotional performance
of their "Immigrants" free dance, which held the audience spellbound throughout
all four minutes of the program.
Freelance journalist,
Tommaso Debenedetti, a bearded, curly-haired young hipster with a goofy
expression, FABRICATED out of thin air Interviews with Top Selling US
Authors Philip Roth and John Grisham, that were critical of President Obama
It
is not clear whether Mussolini was so harsh on Ida Dalser because she would
not "fit her place", and was "too temperamental and strong willed", and
not an appropriate spouse for Il Duce, or her non deferential attitude
caused him quickly to lose interest.
Constantly reviled
as the Wicked Witch of the West by Republicans, Pelosi, as a member of
the Obama and Reid Triumvirate is now looked upon with stunned admiration.
Pelosi is without peer. No speaker in the past century has played such
a key role in enacting major reforms.
Badda thing:
the not-so-lovable youth of Jersey Shore. Think of it as the US equivalent
of Blackpool beach circa 1985, except the sewage is ambulant and the turds
won't stop talking.
In the accompanying
Letter, Italic Institute is challenging the "Columbus Citizens Foundation"
straying from it's stated Mission, of Preservation of Italian heritage.
The retrospective
on the five-time-Oscar-nominated actress Anne Bancroft eleven films
starring the vivid Bronx-born, Italian-American Anne Bancroft are featured
from March 8-11 at the Lincoln Center.
The Allies had
STILL only advanced as far as Rome, and the Invasion of Normandy
FINALLY began, June 1944,and it took another year before the Germans
surrendered in Italy, May 1945. What a fiasco, blunder, miscalculation.
This is a tongue
in cheek commentary, But OMITTED really the most important, the CULTURAL
PATRIMONY. ITALY is AWASH in Historical Artifacts. You Google
"Ireland Culture", and it's embarrassing.
Even the Harshest
Critics of Pius XII, agree the Catholic Church under Pius XII
orders saved Hundreds of Thousands of Jews. Their Complaint was, he was
Not Vocal Enough, He didn't "Grandstand" enough!!!!! So as to Raise Hitler's
Ire even further, and cause even more Catholics and Jews to be persecuted.
Why don't the
Irish give us Italians/Romans any credit at all, invite us to participate
in their Parade, or at least raise a brew or two for "their Italian Saviour"
. Otherwise I may get irritated and let them know that Patrick rose to
be a Bishop, but was NEVER canonized as a Saint.
The Brits already
think Americans are Oafs. "Jersey Shore" should seal the Deal. Whereas
other Reality shows might show Selfishness, Self centeredness, Vanity,
Shallowness, Stupidity, Obnoxiousness. "Jersey Shore" sinks to the
bottom of the Cesspool.
No question,
a number of American women engage in "Slutty" behavior here in the US,
ala "Girls Gone Wild", but it seems to increase when those who might be
well behaved in the US, go to Europe to "Sow their Wild Oats"
They are going
to treat one of the Greatest Minds of all time, that was an Incredible
Multifaceted Inventor, Engineer, Mathematician and Master Painter,
that made Einstein who was merely a patent clerk who stole DePreto's papers,
....as an Action-Hero?
Bar Refaeli,
born 4 June 1985) is an Israeli model and occasional actress, most known
for her modelling work and for her relationship with American actor Leonardo
DiCaprio. She was the cover model of the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit
Issue
There was immediate
response to my List of Italian Crooners, even though I said it wasn't Totally
Inclusive, Johnny Desmond, born Giovanni Alfredo De Simone in Detroit,
Known as the 'Creamer' for his smooth baritone, he had countless Top 40
hits; among them songs like "C'est si bon," "Just Say I Love Her," "Because
of You," and "The High and Mighty"
SunEdison, a
division of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. received final approval
from the Italian government to develop and construct a 72 Megawatt (MW)
photovoltaic solar power plant in Northeastern Italy, near the town of
Rovigo.
Sheldon Adelson,
Jewish-American billionaire and self-described "sworn Zionist." in a seeming
plan to imitate Silvio Berlusconi to Monopolize the Media, but
in Israel.
With a New Museum
of Tolerance popping up in every city in the world -it seems- And the Jewish
Community casting itself as the Protector of the Minorities, and Urging
Diversity, and to judge people not by their Race, Religion, Nationality,
but by their Character.
Caravaggio certainly
deserves more research, and to appreciate him more, of course, BUT, using
Celestial vs Earthly as a measuring stick of "Greatness" is ridiculous.
The Calandra Institute has announced
a dedication Ceremony on March 25, 2010, the 99th Anniversary of
the Most Tragic Disaster in NYC History, that is until the Twin Towers
on 9-11.
Giotto is considered
one of the artists who sowed the seeds for the Italian Renaissance, and
is believed to have had a major influence on Michelangelo, who was born
nearly 140 years after Giotto died, and who painted the Sistine Chapel
in the early 1500s.
What a List:
Enrico Caruso, Russ Colombo, Francis Albert Sinatra, Dean Martin, Perry
Como, Mario Lanza, Al Martino, Tony Bennett, Jerry Vale, Enzo Pinza, Frankie
Laine, Vic Damone, Bobby Darin, Louis Prima, Julius La Rosa, Lou Monte,
Sergio Franchi, Don Cornell, Luciano Pavarotti, and Andrea Bocelli, among
a host of others.
Even with the
high standard of food in France, Italy can still rule the food world. There's
a strong tendency to promote local foods and, the local food and
wine always matches.
Parliament Speaker
Ali Larijani strongly criticized "Italy's blind obedience to Israeli demands."
for arresting an accredited Iranian television journalist (IRIB) for alleged
arms sales to Tehran.
It came down
between Jewish and Italian bagels. Phil Romanzi, an Italian American owner
of the Bagel Hole in Park Slope, Brooklyn took the coveted prize of making
the ‘best bagels.’
Many thought
Jay Leno a "sell out" for inviting the cast of Jersey Shore. I was Optimistically
Apprehensive, and was relieved to see that he used it to do what he had
done the first time, to show how ridiculously STUPID these GUIDOS were.
"The
Messenger" (2009) is a sensitive drama about two American soldiers whose
job is to inform families that their loved ones have been killed in Iraq.
It was nominated for an Academy Award for best original screenplay.
Italy is Not
Following ITALY's Laws in this recent Google case, BUT is following
European Union's today effective sovereign of global privacy law.
Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights says, "Everyone has
the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his
correspondence."
Well actually,
Italy's Giuliano Razzoli, participating in his first Olympic Games, survived
a blazing second run from Croatia's Ivica Kostelic to win Gold in Saturday's
Olympic Slalom at Whistler, BC .
Brighton Beach was initially developed
as a beach resort in 1868, and is adjacent to Coney Island. The 1950s
brought with it a neighborhood consisting mostly of second generation Jewish-Americans
and a number of European Jew refugees.
The Giro d’Italia,
Italy’s famous 21-day cycling race that spans 2,000 miles,start biking
in the Netherlands in May before flying to Italy for the rest of the race.This
year "The Giro" could start outside of Europe for the first time. Washington,
DC is in considration for that honor.
100% of Israelis
are Self Admitted Racists, compared to a suspect SWG poll (the questions
framed in a dubious manner, and results skewered, and conclusions slanted),
that says that 50% of a mere 2,085 Italian youth of ages between
18-29 are "racist", which includes anyone with strong "nationalistic" feelings.
If "patriotism", and "nationalism" is Racist, we are now witnessing the
"Racist Olympics"
New York Gov.
David Paterson's decision Friday to drop his bid for election clears a
major obstacle to state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's longtime dream
of claiming the seat once held by his father, Mario Cuomo.
While people
will hear about Riots vs Immigrants in Italy, IN REALITY these
RIOTS are between North Africans and Latin Americans, who compete
for jobs and "underworld" power, previously solely held by Romanians and
Albanians.
Sicily was the
center of Culture and Learning when Northern Italy was uncivilized, and
again was so, after Rome was temporarily reduced to a village by the Barbarians.
Italians
Take Lead in Recovery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Italy, with
one-fifth of the population of the US Super Power, comes half
way around the world, to just off the shores of the US, and Shows Americans
how to get the job done.
Jenni "J-Woww"
Farley, obviously, and admittedly is NOT Italian American, and like the
other cast members is "Dumb as Dirt"
But also "Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi
is neither Italian,but a Chilean orphan/or for sale that was flown to and
adopted by Italian parents in NJ.
I am Not a Berlusconi
supporter, I will say that these Reviews are like done in a vacuum,
as if the US is Not worse in it's Idiocy Reality Shows, and the US with
300 Million people, and Italy has 60 Million
I had hoped
that I would not have to write any more about the "excrement" called "Jersey
Shore", and the "misfit" Guidos. But since it appears a second season is
a certainty, with either the original, or mixed cast. Can someone Please
give me ONE redeeming quality about a Guido.
Today, Austrian
physicist Victor Hess is largely credited with the
discovery of cosmic rays. In
the early part of the 20th century, the
large amount of ionising radiation
in the Earth's atmosphere caused
a great deal of head-scratching.
"Hero
of the Pacific: The Life of Marine Legend John Basilone," by James Brady.
Basilone was the only enlisted Marine in World War II to receive the Medal
of Honor and the Navy Cross.
Italian. It
sounds like poetry even when you're saying something mundane. Speaking
in Italian can make you feel more sophisticated and a hell of a lot sexier.
Here are a Dozen to get you started.
This NY Times
article discusses Belmont "Little Italy", and What you will Find, What
you'll Pay for Housing, What to Do, The Schools,The Commute, The
History.
"Israel's
settlement policy could be an obstacle to peace. I would like to say to
the people and government of Israel, as a friend, It will never be
possible to convince the Palestinians of Israel's good intentions while
Israel continues to build in territories that are to be returned as part
of a peace agreement.
Jews in Italy,
especially in delicate positions in the government were required to sign
Loyalty Oaths to Italy, so that their decisions would not be to the advantage
of Zionists, and to the disadvantage of Italy. Yet most Jews continued
to be loyal to Mussolini, and he protected the Italian Jews, and Non Italian
Refugees despite extreme heavy demands from Hitler.
The new Disney
romantic comedy "When in Rome," starring Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel,
is just the latest film to use the Eternal City as its backdrop.
While it gives
a broader view of "Jersey Shore" than found elsewhere, it never the less
uses the commonly used descriptive terms, buffoons, disgusting conduct,
drunk people make asses of themselves, tasteless, offensive, shocking,
laughably absurd, abrasive, bellicose girl, unwillingness to work, showing
off her breasts, cheating, ignorant, oblivious, self absorbed, aggressive,
and aspirations that are composed of only "dreams" with no intent
on effort.
The Jewish Community
should be holding a "RIGHTEOUS ITALY Day", to commemorate that Italy was
Not only the most Hospitable Country in Europe to Jews, and made the greatest
efforts in protecting and aiding Jews, that ITALIANS put their lives
at risk, and in many cases paid with their own lives
Italy's Carolina
Kostner the 2007, 2008, and 2010 Euro Skating Champion, and
2008 World Silver Medalist, exuded confidence, in looking toward the 2010
Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada between February 12 and 28.
I resent that
according to Joanna Weiss, that "Italians have more fun in an afternoon
than a lot of ethnic groups have in six months,’’
Jews have been prevalent in humor,
and "Kikes in the Catskills" (or "Borscht Belt", or Jewish Alps")
Italy has more
"priceless" ancient artifacts than all of the rest of Western Europe combined.
Italy has well known areas of "rich targets", and there are excavations
for new buildings that continue to unearth valuable treaures.
The documentary
follows the events of 50 Italians who saved 50,000 Jewish Lives from June
1940 until the proclamation of the Armistice between the US and Italy on
September 8th, 1943, in Italy's occupied territories - Croatia and Yugoslavia,
the South of France and Greece.
Opening ceremonies
take place on February 12. Italy will send about 110 athletes to Vancouver,
down from the 180 in Turin when as host country the Azzurri qualified automatically
for each team event. This time, Italian teams did not qualify for ice hockey
or curling.
Reacting to
a VERY Stupid Court Decision to Require a Farther to pay his 32-year-old
graduate daughter a €300 ($492) a month allowance, Italian minister
Renato Brunetta proposed an Even STUPIDER ruling to stop over 18s living
with their parents.
John Fontanelli,
former Italian-American pizza delivery boy, all-around loser, inherits
$1 TRILLION, with the proviso to use the cash to give the world back its
future. He just doesn't have a clue how in Andreas Eschbach's "Eine Billion
Dollar"
Muslims mimic
threatened actions of Jews in Boycotting Pope's visit to Rome Synagogue,
by Canceling of Rome Mosque's Imam to Rome's Synagogue. Jews make
weak case vs Pius XII during WWII, while Muslims cite Israel continued
to "refuse to restore the rights" of Palestinians and the Israeli blockade
of Gaza had been "the final blow".
"The
Athlete of Fano" aka "The Getty Bronze", an icon of the Getty Villa Museum's
collection, is displayed in its own climate-controlled room in Pacific
Palisades, Los Angeles, CA may be returned to Fano, Italy if an Italian
judge rules the Getty acquisition was not proper.
Simplicity
is the hallmark of the cuisine. Despite its ancient reputation as the voluptuous
capital of an empire with a taste for peacocks at banquets, Rome offers
more-basic satisfaction, food that fed shepherds and peasants reaching
back over time. Roman food is comfort food.
Joe Rollino
once lifted 475 pounds. He used neither his arms nor his legs but, reportedly,
his teeth. With just one finger he raised up 635 pounds; with his back
he moved 3,200. He bit down on quarters to bend them with his thumb. At
the height of his career, he weighed between 125 and 150 pounds and stood
about 5-foot-5.
MTV has done
away with its The Real World's halfhearted nods to diversity and
focus unapologetically on a narrow slice of humanity meant to yield maximum
vulgarity and slapstick.
The New York
Post's Linda Stasi waded in with a fiery column in which she accused MTV
of stereotyping Italian Americans as "gel-haired, thuggish ignoramuses
with fake tans, no manners, no diction, no taste, no education, no sexual
discretion, no hairdressers (for sure), no real knowledge of Italian culture
and no ambition".
This
most recent Debacle could have been Avoided, if the Legislation spawned
by the "bulldog" investigations of Sicilian-born immigrant, Ferdinand
Pecora, a NY Prosecutor appointed by FDR in 1934, had been properly enforced,
and not watered down.
It can save
you a lot of reading. Choose QUALITY Food (No Junk Food), and Keep the
QUANTITY Moderate. If you don't put it in, you don't have to take it off
!!!!!!!
The outrage
expressed by some Italian-Americans over MTV's "Jersey Shore" marks a late-in-coming
epiphany about reality TV programs -- namely, how many traffic in stereotypes
that, in a scripted context, would result in the writers being crucified.
In popular folklore
Befana (Epiphany) visits all the children of Italy on the eve of
the 6th of January, in a similar way to Saint Nicholas or Santa Claus,
to fill their socks with candy and presents if they are good or a lump
of coal or dark candy if they are bad.
The Treaty of
Versailles, June 28, 1919, was a galactically stupid document, that sowed
the seeds of WWII. Britain was the most content, having kept its empire
and control of the seas. France had succeeded in imposing harsh terms
on Germany -- its traditional foe. Promises to Italy were largely ignored,
and created so much resentment in Italy that Mussolini was able to exploit
the anger of the War Veterans, that formed the core of the Fascist Party,
that took control in Italy in 1922. Germany was so harshly punished in
so many ways that Hitler was likewise able to exploit the resentment, and
took control in Germany in 1932.
Maaza Mengiste
describes Selassie's six-decade rule, as less than the Conquering Lion
of Judah, and more of a coward that fled to England when Italy annexed
Ethiopia (rather than to neighboring Egypt), and once the British (Not
the Ethiopians) pushed the Italians out of Ethiopia from Neighboring Egypt
where they had overwhelming numbers of men and materials.
The shooting,
which came just hours after a public plea that residents not discharge
firearms in celebration of the New Year. Bullets fired vertically can travel
up to two miles, and fall back to earth at speeds up to 700 miles an hour.
The more cultured Italians are ill prepared for the Oakie, Arkie, Cowboy,
Redneck, Appalachian, Swampers who LOVE their Guns.
I propose that
the Mayor of Perugia immediately suspend "Sister City" Relations with
Seattle, AND Require all Students from the State of Washington be required
to sign a "Morality Conduct Code".
Perugia doesn't need any more Boozy,
Drug Crazed Sluts from Washington treating Perugia with its rich History,
as a cheap resort town. Also, see viewers comments!
Giorgia
Boscolo, will be Venice's first-ever female gondolier, (in 900 years),
a blonde 24-year- old mother of two who passed her final exam last week.
Boscolo says she inherited her passion for navigating Venice's canals from
her
gondolier father, Dante, when she was seven.
They
are both Italian-Americans who like to shock and have taken charge of their
careers with great success. As the new pop queen bares all and says she's
unlucky in love, and her unofficial biographer reveals the parallels
with the Material Girl.
"The
favorites are rightly Brazil and Spain, but you also have to add
England, Holland, Germany, Italy and France, that don't go just to do well,
they are in it to win it. In response to criticisms of Lippi selecting
an "aged and creaking team", he said "We're not the oldest team here, there
are three or four teams that are older than us," "We've got a good mix,
we have nine players from 2006, that's less than 50 percent".
Exactly,
what is the right word to describe the Ferrari California? What single
word would one use to describe that perfect mythical lover -- you know,
the kind who exudes never-ending sexual tension yet engenders none of the
seemingly endless drama that is the reason nobody ever really marries the
one "that got away?"...
Fashionable
Lake Como usually grabs the headlines. Lake Maggiore, Como's less glitzy
neighbour, has slowly been gaining popularity among overseas buyers. More
commercial Lake Garda is great for water-sports, but lacks the cachet of
its grander neighbours. However, it remains popular with the domestic market.
In
Italy, The Prosecution can and is appealing the Sentence of 26 years for
"Foxy Knoxy", while she is appealing her conviction. "Foxy Knoxy", now
has to decide whether she thinks her appeal is SO STRONG, or is a DESPERATE
Measure, and try to make a "deal", that the Prosecution will drop its appeal,
if the Defense does.
The
political comedian and blogger Beppe Grillo's (likened to Michael Moore)
Five Star Movement has made a stunning debut in Italy's regional
elections, after last October being prevented from running in primary elections
for the leadership of the PD (Democratic Party).
"The
Athlete of Fano" aka "The Getty Bronze", an icon of the Getty Villa Museum's
collection, is displayed in its own climate-controlled room in Pacific
Palisades, Los Angeles, CA may be returned to Fano, Italy if an Italian
judge rules the Getty acquisition was not proper.
Simplicity
is the hallmark of the cuisine. Despite its ancient reputation as the voluptuous
capital of an empire with a taste for peacocks at banquets, Rome offers
more-basic satisfaction, food that fed shepherds and peasants reaching
back over time. Roman food is comfort food.
This
most recent Debacle could have been Avoided, if the Legislation spawned
by the "bulldog" investigations of Sicilian-born immigrant, Ferdinand
Pecora, a NY Prosecutor appointed by FDR in 1934, had been properly enforced,
and not watered down.
