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    Maritsa: Bravo to Napolitano for not signing the stupid decree. I love that Berlusconi is all up the Vatican's butt on right-to-die cases...not so much on divo... more »
    aubonpam: I should take back calling him "probably harmless" the last time he pulled some bullshit. Ugh. more »
    YourScreenplaySucks: I'm willing to bet that Burlusconi considered Almodovar's Talk To Her the feelgood romance of the year. more »
    hussein persepolis hussein: For fuck's sake. This man is a dick to beat all dicks (heh). I am currently reading "The Sack of Rome," which is about Berlusconi imprimatur and destr... more »
    EkaterinaBallerina: I hope this guy isn't a Catholic. As my Catholic grandfather said during the Terry Schiavo debacle, if you truly believed in heaven and the afterlife,... more »
    ALittleBitGothic: Oh right wing Italian politicians, what will you say next? Wait, don't say anything. Thanks. BTW, Did anyone hear about how "foreign" foods are being ... more »
    bowleserised: The world is so sinister just now and Berlusconi so weird, that I wouldn't be surprised if he uses this as an excuse to arrest and imprison/behead the... more »
    pandorasmittens: An egg. is. not. a. human. It is a cell, carrying the same DNA that every goddamned cell in the human body has. The only difference is its primary fun... more »
    Aesop's Foibles. YES.: He's a joke. A walking, talking joke. If you picked any question, and tried to come up with the most ridiculous, senseless, offensive reply, you'd sti... more »
    Rare Affinity: What are the odds the Vatican will now try and make Eluana a saint, following her state ordered marytrdom? more »
    LaComtesse: Guys, maybe if we put her in really tight jeans, he'll let her die. Hear me out. We've established that some of the powers that be in Italy think if y... more »
    million.dollar.mouth.: Yeah, totally. If I am ever in a coma and am still of child bearing age, keep me alive as long as Clive Owen is willing to hop aboard my comatose body... more »
    WaltzingMatilda: Usually when I am being an asshole I go around tangentially accusing others of murder, too. So I can TOTALLY empathize with what Signore Berlusconi is... more »
    bluebears: HA! love the "Buffoons" title. thats such a good word. more »
    SarahMC: I fuckin' hate this man so much. No brain + one uterus = still useful as a woman! more »
  • #righttodie

    Buffoons

    Silvio Berlusconi - who argued that the fertility of comatose Eluana Englaro was justification for keeping her alive - has responded to Englaro's death by accusing Italy's more empathetic president of "murder". [Times of London]
  • #lifeanddeath

    Italy Divided Over Woman In Coma

    38 year old Eluana Englaro of Italy has been in a coma for the past 17 years. Her family is now attempting to pull her feeding tubes, but the Italian government is not allowing it. More »