These guys need to take some lessons from Berlusconi.

Neglected his duties? It was a few days off. Even the president gets days off. He probably should have told someone.

Cheating on his wife? Seems like his wifes problem, not ours. C'mon, this is shit; there are a zillion real sins in politics (bribery, lying about torture, you name it) and we get our panties in a knot over some guys wayward dick?

I'll give you that it is good entertainment, but it has no larger significance. Most of the men on this board will cheat on their wives, if they get one.

"If the securities are found to be genuine, the individuals could be fined 40 percent of the total value for attempting to take them out of the country without declaring them, the Asahi said."

So I guess Berlusconi is in for some wild parties, eh?

Ah Italia.

Anywhere else in the world the ramifications of a politicians having so many affairs and girlfriends would destroy their careers. But not Berlusconi.

Hell he even appointed some of his girls to positions of power.

I have no concept of "day". I also have no notion of fallibility in artificial lifeforms.

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Having a tough day, are we?

I understand, I also always found difficulty in differentiating between 1 and 7.

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Having a tough day, are we?

I understand, I also always found difficulty in differentiating between 1 and 7.

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Just to be clear, by "fake," we're not saying Berlusconi doesn't hump meter maids, just that he didn't hump THIS meter maid.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'prime, minister, berlusconi, dry hump, meter, maid' to 'prime, minister, berlusconi, dry hump, meter, maid, italy, italian' - edited by kronosposeidon

This is an impersonator named Maurizio Antonini, Italian Berlusconi-look-alike, who starred in the Italian-German guerrilla comedy "Bye Bye Berlusconi!" by Jan Henrik Stahlberg and Lucia Chiarla.

Apparently, this same impersonator is the one we witness above. I wonder if he's using a stunt dick?

All kinds of fake.

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Well, Berlusconi founded Popolo della Liberta this weekend, which is about as fascist a party as you can imagine in a western European country. And they run the business.

being old coots with berlusconi is not exactly a compliment

Only in Berlusconi's Italy...

I'm betting a lot of women can relate to this when guys fumble to undo their bras.

(the women's bras, not them men's, unless you're into that, which is fine.)

I love the commentary from said article:

"Yesterday’s video of Silvio Berlusconi humping a meter maid is, apparently, a fraud. Some low-budget German satirical film called Bye Bye Berlusconi. Our first defense: who knew Germans made funny movies? ...

The reason we believed the video was real is because it seemed like it came from of the more socially acceptable end of his range of insane behavior."

Well, it is *politics... political satire that is, except the conjugation so to speak doesn't really work hence my awkward senetence here.

thanks for the insight. well made point

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i wouldn't say that the economist is 'conservative' per se...

probably more accurate to say they are 'fiscally' conservative, such as in free trade and free markets, which says nothing of their social policy leanings

they did support the invasion of iraq and continue to do so, but are also vocal critics of how the war has been prosecuted

they've also criticized individuals such as paul wolfowitz, silvio berlusconi, and supported clinton's impeachment, as well as having called for rumsfeld's resignation

they did support g.w. bush's election in 2000, but backed john kerry in 2004

labels are nifty, but are often not very accurate