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Berlusconi Convicted In 'Sex-With-Minor' Case; Sentenced To 7 Years In Jail

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While appeals will be quick to come, the 'Ruby' trial has resulted in former PM Silvio Berlusconi being convicted in the 'sex-with-minor' case:

  • *MILAN COURT RULES ON BERLUSCONI'S SEX-WITH-MINOR TRIAL
  • *ITALY'S BERLUSCONI CONVICTED IN RUBY TRIAL
  • *BERLUSCONI CONVICTED ON ABUSE OF POWER IN MILAN TRIAL
  • *BERLUSCONI SENTENCED TO 7 YRS IN JAIL
  • *BERLUSCONI BARRED FROM PUBLIC OFFICE FOREVER: MILAN COURT
  • *ITALY'S BERLUSCONI CAN APPEAL CONVICTION

With the central bank backstop seemingly being removed, the impact on Italian politics is unclear (aside from increased uncertainty as his own party may splinter its support for the colaition) but for now his empire - MediaSet is halted down 5.2%...

 

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Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:30 | 3687118 Odin
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It's OK I hear the Bunga Bunga parties in Italian prison are pretty epic...

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:34 | 3687143 camaro68ss
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But she said she was 18

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:37 | 3687163 nope-1004
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"It's a vast right wing conspiracy against my husband."

 

lmao

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:43 | 3687193 jbvtme
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barred from public office for life...that doesn't seem right

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:47 | 3687223 Hopeless for Change
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Too bad he's not a U.S. Democrat, his career would be reborn in 18 months, tops.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:48 | 3687227 pods
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"Da bitch set me up!"

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 17:14 | 3687569 kaiserhoff
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So..., sex with a Moroccan whore is now punishable by a seven year sentence, by a court with the morals of ITALIANS, of all people?

About the same sentence as convicted murderers in the States.

Berlusconi's crime was the same as Snowden's.

Bucking the system.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 13:30 | 3687724 Ignatius
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And, oddly, the least of his crimes.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 13:49 | 3687834 chopper read
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precisely

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:43 | 3687458 XitSam
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Or a director.  Roman Polanski had Hollywood defending him because it wasn't "rape rape".

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 15:05 | 3688200 Frozen IcQb
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Banned from office in Italy but he's going to run in New Jersey.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:16 | 3687357 CPL
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It's okay, he was never elected.  Just sort of put on the hat and everyone nodded.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:35 | 3687437 CheapBastard
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"7 year sentence..." true ...but with visitation rights, yes.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:39 | 3687169 CPL
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...but there was a lingering doubt about the braces and training bra.

Hope he enjoys prison.  Being an unelected official and a pedophile should make him the belle of the shower.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:41 | 3687185 pods
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7 minutes in heaven, 7 years in hell!

pods

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:44 | 3687199 Lebensphilosoph
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More like two minutes.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 14:01 | 3687916 Agent P
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That happened to me once, but hey, you know, at least I got to finish.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:55 | 3687276 ziggy59
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Heaven Can Wait

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:41 | 3687188 LetThemEatRand
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If he ever spends a day in prison (doubtful) he's going to get special treatment.  Two sets of rules and two sets of punishment.  He just made the mistake of violating a rule that the sheeple understand, but he still has the backup plan of house arrest or some other wrist slap punishment, or he'll just die of old age before the appeals are done.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:46 | 3687217 CrimsonAvenger
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Actually, he just landed in Hong Kong carrying four laptops. Don't know where he got the idea.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:40 | 3687452 Headbanger
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Are you kidding??  His fellow prisoners are going to treat him like royalty cause he's one of them and he'll bring the best wine, food and hookers they can dream of!  And the prison will be the best place for all his political cronnies and even enemies to party their ass off!

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:50 | 3687241 _ConanTheLibert...
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17,9 and he's a pedo, 18.0 and he's a hero. Ridiculous world we live in.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:15 | 3687347 CPL
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Probably doesn't have the stamina to take on a woman over 30 so he's got to find someone a little less experienced to convince it was the best twenty seconds of her life.

Othewise he toed the line and gets it cut off.  The rules are the same for everyone, including Bunga bunga.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 14:05 | 3687934 ebear
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"Probably doesn't have the stamina to take on a woman over 30 so he's got to find someone a little less experienced......."

I dunno.  Going by her photo I'd say she has more experience than most women in their 70's.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 14:24 | 3688021 CPL
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I know lots of good looking toys that stay in garages and never get driven.

 

Just pampered and sold at auction.  Besides, that putz should have double checked who her family was and how serious they were in keeping the 'car' in mint condition for future offers.

 

This is Italy.  Not Little Italy USA.  Big difference.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:56 | 3687275 TeMpTeK
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Burlesquemoani

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:25 | 3687364 ebworthen
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camaro68ss said:  "But she said she was 18"

You mean she had a chance to say something?

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:53 | 3687506 CuttingEdge
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Bullish KY Jelly, methinks.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:30 | 3687119 LetThemEatRand
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Free Corzine!

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:31 | 3687123 Hopeless for Change
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Didn't see THAT one coming

 

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:46 | 3687218 Buckaroo Banzai
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Why did the international pedophile elite (aka simply the international elite, they are all pedophiles) throw Berlusconi under the bus? That is the question that demands an answer

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:49 | 3687234 _ConanTheLibert...
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Easy. Wasn't Bunga going to bring down the EU or something?

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:12 | 3687338 gratefultraveller
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That's what happens when you don't want to share with the big boys

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:48 | 3687228 _ConanTheLibert...
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Well, he came where he wasn't allowed to come...

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:32 | 3687126 koaj
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this is somehow bullish...

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:32 | 3687130 Buckaroo Banzai
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Gee whiz, if we prosecuted every politician who slept with a child, most of them would be in prison.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:43 | 3687195 johnQpublic
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reagan-bush whitehouse for example

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:47 | 3687226 Buckaroo Banzai
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Don't be a douche. The entire global political elite are pedophiles. Pinning this on one US administration is facile and absurd.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:52 | 3687255 Dewey Cheatum Howe
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Don't be a douche. The entire global Fabian Socialist Marxist political elite are pedophiles. Pinning this on one US administration is facile and absurd.

Fixed that for you.

Read Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and tell me I am wrong once you take a walk down any major downtown in the USA in a 'liberal' area.

They haven't gotten the D.H.C. part down to a science yet but everything reads more like nonfiction than fiction...........

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:32 | 3687133 yabyum
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Bunga Bunga with the Younga Younga

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:34 | 3687146 CrashingDollars
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Are visitors allowed to see him?

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:36 | 3687150 Bearwagon
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Scendere il mio prato!

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:37 | 3687153 sudzee
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Political prisoner for the next 7 years. Should always be carefull WHO you fuck.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:00 | 3687291 CPL
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Three rules.

 

Don't shit in your own sandbox.

Don't fuck yourself out of an opportunity.

When not in doubt, get in doubt.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:37 | 3687155 Inthemix96
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Give me the old man for the weekend my Italian friends.

Nevermind paying top dollar for seven years incarceration, he would be begging for a send off after half an hour.

Same old same old, doesnt matter where you are, these fuckers are all the same.  I assume the power goes to their fucking stupid heads after the shortest of times.  Fat fucking ugly bastard what he is.  Made me smile when that bloke smashed his teeth in with the statue a while back.

Give the greasy fucker to Bubba, he'll sort the pampered cunt out, no doubt.

:-)

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:42 | 3687159 Dr. Engali
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Molesting  a minor is a badge of honor with these slimeballs. His mistake was pissing off the squid who made sure it was brought out in the open.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:42 | 3687190 Lebensphilosoph
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It's Italy. He could have legally fucked her if she were as young as 14, so long as he didn't pay her for it.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:48 | 3687230 Dr. Engali
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Well if that's the case either she/he was 13 or he paid for it, because he was charged and is going to jail.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 16:50 | 3688607 Silveramada
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based on what law that you know of? total BS

 

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:42 | 3687191 Spitzer
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WOPS are a bunch of sick fucks innit....

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:31 | 3687419 Kinskian
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But to their credit,  WOPS haven't retained a team of Swiss lawyers to prevent you from expressing that opinion on ZH.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:43 | 3687201 Bay of Pigs
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Haha Doc....thats the first thing that went through my head. We Zher's think alike when it comes to this "conspiracy" stuff.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:39 | 3687171 Jayda1850
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Sad I have to look to Italy to actually prosecute their politicians, while here in Amerika they don't even make false pretenses anymore. They're just blatanly fucking us in the ass and the majority of americans are oh so happy to take it.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:40 | 3687178 uncle_vito
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If Roman Polanski, Michael Jackson or pretty female teacher would have gotten off.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:54 | 3687264 ziggy59
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Or congress member ...or bankster...or...

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:40 | 3687179 Unprepared
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Some judge will wake up to the smell of wet sardine head wrapped in used newspaper in his bed.

"The horse sleeps with the fishes"

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:43 | 3687192 Seasmoke
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Masturbation is always the safest route

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:14 | 3687342 youngman
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Don´t knock masturbation..its having sex with someone you love....

 

He should have just tweeted his penis...that works for Weiner

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 14:06 | 3687939 Peter Pan
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Masturbation is good but with f....ing you get to meet new people.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:44 | 3687203 Seasmoke
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He will attend his appeals, in a bathrobe, slippers and a wheelchair

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:45 | 3687206 Aurora Ex Machina
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He gets two appeals he can draw out until he's 100, and his age precludes him from doing time anyhow. He'll die laughing on a beach in the sun with a (certified) 18 year old in each arm.

 

The real blow-back is the destabilization of the Italian political scene. Expect childish retaliation. Pronto? Pronta?

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:47 | 3687222 Catullus
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Until they dissolve the government and rewrite their constitution again.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:48 | 3687232 Mi Naem
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So does this mean that the comedian is back in play? 

It would make for interesting rhetorical theater, though he would have a tragic accident before their gangsters would let him take power.  ...kinda like anyone with the last name Paul here in the USA. 

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:49 | 3687233 Dineroguru
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To quote a recently elected father of the year award winner..."I did not have sexual relations with that women".....I guess it all matters which side of the cabal you are on!

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:51 | 3687243 NoTTD
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This being Italy, his re-election is now assured.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:53 | 3687262 AGORACOM
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Cockmeat Sandwiches For 7 Years http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yWX7ToaaRk

George ... The Greek ... From Canada

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:57 | 3687280 ziggy59
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He just needs Skillings' attorney...he will be out in a month

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:01 | 3687292 B2u
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Pardon Holder.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:16 | 3687354 Colonel Klink
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Jail Holder.

Fixed it for you.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:10 | 3687332 jesusonline
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There's been a number of rulings like this one before, Berlusconi will slime through this like you know what.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:11 | 3687336 krispkritter
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A man takes the day off of work and decides to go out golfing. He is on the second hole when he notices a frog sitting next to the green. He thinks nothing of it and is about to shoot when he hears, "Ribbit. 9 Iron."

The man looks around and doesn't see anyone, so he tries again. "Ribbit. 9 Iron." He looks at the frog and decides to prove the frog wrong; he puts his other club away, and grabs a 9 iron. Boom! He hits a birdie. He is shocked. He says to the frog, "Wow! That's amazing! You must be a lucky frog, eh?" The frog replies, "Ribbit. Lucky frog. Lucky frog."

The man decides to take the frog with him to the next hole. "What do you think, frog?" the man asks. "Ribbit. 3 wood," was the reply. The guy takes out a 3 wood and Boom! Hole in one. The man is befuddled and doesn't know what to say.

By the end of the day, the man golfed the best game of golf in his life and asks the frog, "Ok! Where to next?" The frog's reply: "Ribbit. Las Vegas."

The frog and the man go to Las Vegas and the guy says, "Ok, frog; now what?" The frog says, "Ribbit. Roulette." Upon approaching the roulette table, the man asks, "What do you think I should bet?" The frog replies, "Ribbit. $3,000, black 6." Now, this is a million to one shot that this would win, but after the golf game, the man figures - what the heck. Boom! Tons of cash comes sliding back across the table.

The man takes his winnings and buys the best room in the hotel. He sits the frog down and says, "Frog, I don't know how to repay you. You won me all this money and I am forever grateful." The frog replies, "Ribbit. Kiss Me". He figures, why not, since after all the frog did for him he deserves it. So, he kisses the frog. All of a sudden, the frog turns into the most gorgeous 16 year old girl in the world.

"And that, your honor, is how the girl ended up in my room."

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:30 | 3687410 falak pema
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ribbit, rub it in. 

Damn, who squeeled it to the press?

Is this croaking contagious? Watch out oligarchy crowd; two down : DSK, Berlu; who's next?

 

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:14 | 3687344 Father Lucifer
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Seconds Of Pleasure

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:15 | 3687345 Colonel Klink
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17 will get you 20, 18 will get you off!

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:16 | 3687353 W74
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First, he won't see a day behind bars.

Second, OH COME ON!!!!  It's not like this girl didn't know what she was doing.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:48 | 3687474 Lebensphilosoph
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If what I was doing looked like that, I'd call it an "it" too.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:24 | 3687361 ebworthen
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Panic ECB meeting imminent.

Italian coalition on austerity likely broken if Silvio goes to the slammer.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 15:47 | 3688380 PontifexMaximus
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That's the real story! Letta is off til September 22nd, waiting for Angela winning (again). But inbetween, no money, no honey! And the real one and only of Euroland, MD himself is setting the rules....lets wait and see.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:30 | 3687413 Cacete de Ouro
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Where are the Super Mario brothers when you need them?   .... in this case its the Cruise Liner Crooner who needs saving....

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 12:54 | 3687519 ZeroPoint
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No Child's Behind Left!!!

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 13:05 | 3687581 mickeyman
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I'll miss Burlesque-oni

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 13:08 | 3687593 Peter K
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Should have changed his name to Bubba Clinton, and be parting with the judges and the underage prostitutes. :)

Just sayin.....

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 13:18 | 3687646 Wakanda
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Bunga Fallire

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 13:37 | 3687761 Freewheelin Franklin
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I remember seeing a movie from the 50s.  I can't think of the name. It started out with  cops throwing some guy onto a cargo train and telling him to stay out of town. The guy said, "how was I supposed to know she was only 16. Should I have checked her ID?"

The cop says, "if you had, you would have seen that she was the Mayor's daughter."

D'oh!

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 13:55 | 3687875 Peter Pan
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At the earliest Berlusconi will be jailed on the day of his funeral.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 13:56 | 3687876 Peter Pan
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At the earliest Berlusconi will be jailed on the day of his funeral.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 14:02 | 3687877 Peter Pan
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Brrlusconi will plead and the court will find that the girl is no longer a minor given the passage of time.

I wonder how some Catholic priests are feeling?

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 14:09 | 3687959 Agent P
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I wonder if she'll wait for him?

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 15:51 | 3688397 tradermonkey
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Bunga Bitchez!

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 21:02 | 3689363 esum
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Does this mean he will miss the P2 meetings.......

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