Elections are over. We don't have a clear majority and forming a government will be nearly impossible. Millions of people still voted for you-know-who after everything he's done. Still a few hours before we find out who the new local governor in my region (Lombardy) will be ( Read more... )

Guess what was the first piece of news on the BBC News website 5 minutes ago?


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These are a bit old, but it's incredible how the first one is still so topical. Even more topical now than when it was first broadcast.

And this is the only reason why I'm proud to come from Milan:

It's funny, yes, but if you really think about it, it's pretty tragic too...

schwimmerin! flaschengeist! I got your cards today! :D

Jenny: your card is adorable, both the illustration and what you wrote, I had a :3 face the whole time I was reading it. <3

Maike: the card is hilarious! Poor Santa, is he allowed to bring liquids on board? XD And the fic was fantastic, especially Lestrade's comment at the end. XD ( Read more... )

On the 28th and 29th March, some Italian regions are going to vote for the local elections. Among others Lazio and Lombardy, two of the biggest and most important regions. Every political group has to collect a certain number of signatures to be able to take part in the elections ( Read more... )

Yes! My home connection lives! :D As I suspected, the problem was the modem, maybe it got damaged during last week's storm, when the elecricity was cut off. I usually unplug the PC during storms, but it happened at night and I had no way of knowing, it wasn't even raining when I went to bed. Luckily I tend to never throw away anything and still had ( Read more... )

I am so fucking angry. Last night I went to the first meeting of the new City Council and you know what's the first thing our new mayor wants to do? Remove all the signs saying "Città per la pace" ("Peace city") that are placed above our town name (like these ones in Monza, which were removed by the new mayor two years ago). Reason: after the ( Read more... )

Look at these pictures ( Read more... )

Great, my new mayor is the pig man. The right-wing alliance won and the mayor is the Lega Nord candidate, the very same person who walked all over the place with a pig a few years ago, because doing so the ground would be "contaminated" and Muslims wouldn't be able to build a Mosque in our town ( Read more... )

I opened Yahoo.de to see the weather forecasts for the next weekend in Zürich (yes, I know it's still early, bear with me) and was greeted by this picture:


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