Some stuff I thought you'd find interesting.-Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, is facing charges he paid a 17 year-old call-girl to have sex with him. Check out his brilliance in hiding it:
In any case, Berlusconi's efforts to stay ahead of the law were likely numbered in any case. Police say Berlusconi tried to get police in Milan to release her from custody after she was arrested for theft by claiming that Ruby was the granddaughter of now-former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and that her arrest might cause an diplomatic incident. If Berlusconi had paid almost $10,000 to have sex with Mubarak's seventeen year old granddaughter you'd imagine that might have caused an diplomatic. But, alas, she's not. She's the daughter of Tunisian immigrants from Sicily.
-Paul Ryan is apparently really worried about shutting down the government, and looking bad. He's talking about avoiding shut-downs through "short-term" solutions. Could it be that the "mighty" Paul Ryan lacks the fortitude to take this to the mat?
-That Patriot Act extension passed the House anyway. Lame. Everyone acts like two-dozen Republicans voting "no" is some kind of massive ideological revolt by the Tea Party. It's not.
-In South Dakota, self-identified Tea Party members say they are in favor of tax increases on millionaires, but can't agree to majority support on any other cut. Reminds me of the old saying about the British World Cup Team, "great on paper, crap on grass." The idea of cuts and small government sound nice, until you actually have to do it. Then you're more likely to get blood from a stone than consensus.
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