tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post5123191893301564328..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: I'm on a PlainGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-51551058843839758672010-10-20T01:53:41.856+13:002010-10-20T01:53:41.856+13:00@maps: The "secessionist village in the far n...@maps: The "secessionist village in the far north of Italy" may be Seborga in Liguria, but its independence claims were more a PR stunt, not a serious political challenge.<br /><br />As a sidenote to the Adro case, conservative commentators and politicians (including Minister Gelmini herself) have had some success in uncovering a similar leftist scandal, namely <a href="http://claushttp://clausmoser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-54110590649605227722010-10-15T03:31:38.655+13:002010-10-15T03:31:38.655+13:00Sì, Nichi Vendola al momento sembra essere l'u...Sì, Nichi Vendola al momento sembra essere l'unica persona del centro-sinistra in grado di parlare un linguaggio nuovo a un pubblico più ampio di quello del suo ristretto bacino politico d'appartenenza.<br /><br />Temo che però sia troppo poco per rovesciare un'inerzia politica che vede le cose precipitare - con l'apparente consenso della stragrande maggioranza della popolazione -Iguana Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16949162244968292957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-27559911808795599942010-10-14T09:10:50.223+13:002010-10-14T09:10:50.223+13:00Interesting development: it appears that the Parti...Interesting development: it appears that the Partito Democratico (the aforesaid main party of Italian parliamentary Left) has introduced a document at its congress proposing the iontroduction of a points scheme for immigration, modelled on what happens here and elsewhere (New Zealand is in fact mentioned in the first line of the document), and <a href="http://www.agoravox.it/Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-14366101149872035042010-10-14T09:06:16.366+13:002010-10-14T09:06:16.366+13:00Isn't there a secessionist village in the far ...<i>Isn't there a secessionist village in the far north of Italy which has been making its case for decades, or even longer? </i><br /><br />I'm not aware of any single one, although we do have historical secessionist pockets in the North, especially in South Tirol. And some of our border regions have special statutes that make them partially autonomous, although now with the introduction Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-91579735481711962162010-10-14T05:20:31.705+13:002010-10-14T05:20:31.705+13:00We don’t have boat people at our shores, or porous...<i>We don’t have boat people at our shores, or porous borders, yet when we that took some of the Tampa refugees, we did so without increasing our quota for that year – could we really not afford to?</i><br /><br />It shocks Australians when I explain this - that NZ's gesture was not one of generosity, but realpolitik. Still members of both countries prefer to pretend otherwise.George Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-72589350945945678692010-10-14T02:34:30.086+13:002010-10-14T02:34:30.086+13:00Padania sounds a bit like the New Munster of xenop...Padania sounds a bit like the New Munster of xenophobic South Island nationalists, though of course it actually resonates with a mass audience. Isn't there a secessionist village in the far north of Italy which has been making its case for decades, or even longer? Does the existence of micronations like San Marino embolden separatists? I wonder if you've ever looked at the sinister mapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209906216745532870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-87516427066025782152010-10-13T10:48:55.122+13:002010-10-13T10:48:55.122+13:00The forcible removal of the Lega symbols from the ...The forcible removal of the Lega symbols from the school in Adro <a href="http://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2010/10/12/foto/adro_la_rimozione_dei_simboli_leghisti_dalla_scuola-7972261/1/?ref=HREC2-2" rel="nofollow">has begun</a>. To my surprise, the Ministry is also going to change the name to those of two of our default Risorgimento patriots, the Dandolo brothers. <br /><br />The Mayor will take Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-88622146019212236592010-10-13T09:30:32.796+13:002010-10-13T09:30:32.796+13:00@IguanaJo
Concordo con te quando scrivi che senza...@IguanaJo<br /><br /><i>Concordo con te quando scrivi che senza la capacità di creare una narrazione migliore, un'identità ideale altrettanto forte e positiva, non c'è nessuna speranza che i tempi migliorino.</i><br /><br />(Ti rispondo in inglese, ma tu continua tranquillamente a scrivere in italiano). I like what Nichi Vendola is doing in Puglia; and I like his language a lot. In a <a Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-44463794676639907302010-10-13T09:23:14.992+13:002010-10-13T09:23:14.992+13:00It was surreal to begin writing this in Italy whil...It was surreal to begin writing this in Italy whilst following NZ media (both mainstream and social) obsessing over the Paul Henry controversy – the sideshow to a sideshow – without so much as touching upon the widening gaps and the structural racism that afflict the country. Just like the clean and green image of New Zealand ought to be viewed critically in light of its sparse population densityGiovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-24292815939131262572010-10-13T04:24:26.728+13:002010-10-13T04:24:26.728+13:00There's a lot in this beautifully illustrated ...There's a lot in this beautifully illustrated piece. I defer to you on anything to do with your northern land, because I know nothing.<br /><br />I think one of the most awful experiences for me politically was seeing the 'vision' of the Labour-Alliance Goverment, buttressed by the Greens, of a new and confident NZ with a clear and defined future, slip quickly into a hollow bed of George Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-60648380410025841522010-10-12T20:11:38.714+13:002010-10-12T20:11:38.714+13:00Grazie per questo sguardo impietoso sul nostro pre...Grazie per questo sguardo impietoso sul nostro presente. Come hai ben evidenziato, noi qui siamo nella cacca, e non si vede una via d'uscita.<br /><br />Concordo con te quando scrivi che senza la capacità di creare una narrazione migliore, un'identità ideale altrettanto forte e positiva, non c'è nessuna speranza che i tempi migliorino. <br />Ma la sinistra sembra aver perso ogni Iguana Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16949162244968292957noreply@blogger.com