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News From Italy
30 NovNews out of Italy today is not good all around. On a variety of issues.
1) More School Protests: Thousands of students took to the streets across the country, protesting cuts in public funding for the university system (already underfunded). These same protests occurred while I was studying abroad in late 2008 and continue. Below is video taken at the train station in Bologna (where I’ve spent much time). Police appear to charge students.
2) More Walls Fall Down: Following the collapse of the House of Gladiators earlier this month, archaeologists in Pompeii were on high alert. Unfortunately, the wall of an ancient garden fell yesterday.
3) A New Economic Disaster Brewing: Following a bailout of Ireland by members of the European Union, several economists are suggesting more countries on shaky economic ground. Italy made the list.
4) Berlusconi— The Joke of the World: It’s been quite a month for the leader of Italy. First, a teen Moroccan girl claimed Berlusconi would host “Bunga Bunga” parties where a group of naked girls surrounded the prime minister in a bizarre underwater ritual. The latest scandal moved the government to the brink of collapse, as previous allies fell left and right. Now, another escort claims those parties were full of underage girls, who were paid handsomely for sexual favors.
5) A Sign of Berlusconi’s Mind: The Prime Minister authorized what amounted to plastic surgery on two statues. Of particular note: he commissioned a penis for a statue of Mars, the god of war.
Slip Sliding Away
24 NovTo quote the song by Paul Simon, “you know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away.” This video of cars and buses failing during Monday’s snowstorm in Seattle has drawn national attention. Watch out, Capitol Hill.
Enough Freak Snowstorms Already
22 NovToday’s is being called WAnina, or Snowpocalypse III by me. I think snow is following me. Yes, more snow in my life. Today, for the first time in more than 20 years, it snowed in Seattle before Thanksgiving. Traffic was snarled, buses didn’t run and the city ground to halt.
That’s the Mullen’s dog, Cinnamon, outside the house. She loved the snow.
In case you’ve forgotten, these are other snowstorms I’ve seen this year.
The Christmas Blizzard of 2009— Snowpocalypse I
The Blizzard of 2010— Snowpocalypse II
OK, not the same amount of snow. But, it is equal to the other storms in terms of being abnormal for the area of the country and time of year.
A Middlebury Snow Day
At Burlington Airport in Early December
This Occurred Three Weeks Before Graduation on April 27
Enough freak snowstorms for the year already!
The Song of Silence
17 NovWell, everyone has always said the British are unconventional.
Fighting it’s way into the Top 20 charts in the UK is a new song called “2 Minute Silence” by the Royal British Legion. What’s unusual about it? Well, for one thing, there is no noise in the song. It’s completely silent.
There is a music video, though. Find it below.
The single raised awareness and honored the fallen in honor of Remembrance Sunday on November 14. Unfortunately, it did not hit the top of the charts. Rihanna took that honor.
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