Benvenuti in Italia ??

In Italy 90% of the national Broadcasting televisions are under the direct control of Mr. Berlusconi (Italian premier). Three out of seven (Rete 4, Canale 5 and Italia 1) are own by Mediaset (founded and own by Berlusconi's family) and three public ones (Rai 1, Rai 2, Rai 3) are indirectly managed by the Italian government (guess who is leading it? ).

In addition Mr. Berlusconi owns some national newspapers (Il Giornale, Il Foglio) and the main national book publisher: Mondadori.

Sounds quite obvious that blogging in Italy is a such of last hope for free citizens to let their voice heard.

No wonder that a senior Italian politician warned that most of the web activities are likely to be against the law (which one?).

Carlo Ruta, the author of a sicilian blog that were investigating about the links between mafia and politicians, has been judged guilty of the crime of "stampa clandestina" – or publishing a "clandestine" newspaper!

The judge ruled that since the blog had a headline, that made it an online newspaper, and brought it within the law’s remit.

No similar charges could be identified in any western democratic country. I would like to suggest to replacing the current signs at Italian customs office (benvenuti in Italia - welcome to Italy) as Benvenuti in Cina or alternatively Benvenuti a Cuba ...

Pineapple on pizza ...

Yesterday night I've ordered a classic double cheese boorger at sport academy in Helsinki downtown.

They served me a delicious 150 g. double burger with cheese, chips ... melon and of course pineapple.

Seldom I agree with mister Berlusconi and I cannot forget his ridiculous gaffe whit Ms Tarja Halonen, but I would love to know which is the criteria used by Finnish to assemble ingredients in "eatable" food.

source:corriere della sera

A comedian to save Italy ...

For most of you Beppe Grillo is a perfect unknown person. Beppe is a comedian who embraced a crusade: defeating the corrupted Italian political system. How? No bomb no weapons, don't worry ... simply kidding at them.

His Blog the most visited in Italy and on top 10 in the world, has more than 300 thousands hits per day, ignoring it will not be a wise decision for any corrupted politicians.

The Australian TV recently dedicated him an interesting profile ... now you know one of the key guys who may contribute to save the Italians freedom.