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...mogul-turned-politician is dismissive of immigrants, throws bricks at passersby, boasts of having bought Italian democracy and, naturally, gets a custard pie in his face. The 37-year-old Guzzanti says her satire is "a way of showing people they're not alone in noticing the lack of logic in Italian politics." She has made a point of mocking the bite-size electoral messages the opposition leader has plastered on billboards across the nation. In one sketch, her Berlusconi reveals the secret of his political success. "I got it from advertising," she has him say. "You choose your message...
...mandated executions, we guarantee that they can never murder again. But this is not the way our criminal justice system operates; criminals are punished for crimes they have already committed, and not for those they may commit in the future. Of course, we fortunately do not generally employ this logic in our criminal justice system. Criminals must be rehabilitated so that they can operate within society; they should not be incapacitated by a brutal system of retribution...
...Related-But-Equally-Pathetic department, Steven Seagal is recording an album, with Wyclef Jean producing. I guess the logic was that if DMX can be an actor, Steven Seagal can be a musical star. Ick. Does anyone remember Don Johnson’s musical career? I thought not. Me, I’d settle for Seagal actually acting...
...good guy whose columns I have enjoyed on many occasions. Nevertheless, I find it amusing that Douthat, who has probably never been exposed to danger a single time in his life, sees fit to fault the Bush administration for its “zero casualty” logic in his column “Appeasing the Chinese” (Opinion, April 16). Apparently, George W. Bush is a coward for having the patience and humility to bring our boys back home safely with relatively little damage to Sino-American relations. Ross, on the other hand, is more than willing...
...memo on pollution trading has been forwarded, without comment, across several campus e-mail lists. The lack of meaningful discussion accompanying the letters seemed to be an attempt at shocked silence, letting the memo’s statements—notably, its assertion that “the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable”—speak for themselves. I had never before realized that emails could be sent in hushed tones...