This is a bit of old news, but I stomped over it just today:

German Heirs (and Heiresses, probably) have founded a club to ask the government to allow them to pay more revenue taxesWhile the fact that only 45 people over the required 500.000 €-yearly-income signed his petition makes me a sad troll, I cannot but wonder at the fact that, you ( Read more... )

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7208315.stm

This FAIL is too un-epic to be commented upon.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7191413.stmI'm torn between the sheer awe of a Mastella-free government and a suspicion that whoever replaces him might be even worse.
Government, no matter how often I've spoken ill of you, don't let me down on this! *

*And by "don't let me down" I mean "choose someone who doesn't make sane people want to leave the

Yesterday I came home to hear that the government fell.
I wasn't fond of it but ,should there be elections now, the berluscones would be the winners. Most probably.

I cannot decide if I feel like crying or puking.