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Politically Incorrect Poetry

By mistake I missed the first issue of “10 Politically Incorrect Poetry” (a semantic translation of “10 Poesie Incivili”) from Andrea Camilleri (Wiki in Italian).

A masterpiece. Published by MicroMega, the first issue contained 10 poetry, the second 5 (and sounds like there will be others…).

They are all about Berlusconi, Fini, Bossi and the “Gentle-Opposition” of the Italian Democratic Party.
The only problem: they are in Italian, sorry! But we talk about a “Master”, so a try it’s worth it.


Title: 10 Politically Incorrect Poetry

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Picture of the Day

Beijing 2008
No Comment.

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Nokia should Learn, not Teach

From Slashdot:

Nokia Urges Linux Developers To Be Cool With DRM


superglaze writes in to note that according to Nokia’s software chief, its plans for open source include getting developers to accept things like DRM, commercial IP rights, and SIM locks.

«[Ari] Jaaksi admitted that concepts like these “go against the open-source philosophy,” but said they were necessary components of the current mobile industry.
“Why do we need closed vehicles? We do,” he said.
“Some of these things harm the industry but they’re here [as things stand]. These are touchy, emotional issues, but this dialogue is very much needed. As an industry, we plan to use open-source technologies, but we are not yet ready to play by the rules; but this needs to work the other way round too.”»

So, Nokia wants to EAT using the knowledge and the software that the Open Source Community created… and, at the same time, change it’s culture and impose concepts that are COMPLETELY against the Open Source “philosophy” itself. Interesting…
Instead of learning of the quality of what the Open Source community is capable of doing using a development model built around “equality and quality”, they want to teach/impose? And to who? To the Trolltech employee? They are free to do so… but this does not mean that the rest of the Community will change its mind.
QT? There is KDE that has a foundation to protect it PLUS there is always the Fork option ;-) .
Think about XFree86 and X.org: nowdays they lost all the users… because of the stupid decision of changing the license.

Sorry mates, this is not the right way. And now you are not the only player any more: still the biggest… but this is changing, and the Q4-2007 + Q1-2008 says that more than anything else.

Source: Pollycoke.

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In Italia il crimine paga e potrebbe farti eleggere

Il Papa Silvio
Dopo che la Chiesa l’ha ammonito per essersi elevato al rango di “Salvatore”, si e’ auto proclamato Papa: potra’ ’si farsi “Encicliche ad Personam” per permettere al Papa di rappresentare ufficialmente la reincarnazione di Cristo.

[…]
A beautiful, romantic country of olive-dappled landscapes and cobblestoned piazzas famed for its food, fashion and bella figura, Italy is today a land awash in corruption, economic decay, political ennui, rampant impunity and a fast-declining standard of living. Inflation is among the highest in Western Europe, growth the lowest. Record numbers of people report feeling poorer than ever.
[…]

Volevo andare a correre stamane, ma la pioggia mi ha fatto finire su questo articolo del Los Angeles Times sulle elezioni e le condizioni generali del Italia.

Vorrei tanto che il mio popolo aprise gli occhi. Che realizzasse in quanto lerciume navighiamo.
Poi mi viene da pensare che una buona parte di questo popolo di “ciechi”, neanche sa dove si trova Los Angeles. Ragazzi, e’ dove e’ iniziato CSI Scena del Crimine, ricordate? E’ qui! E’ posto reale. Ci sono persone, vite, case, scuole, amori, dolori, morte. Come da noi. E leggete cosa pensano di noi!!!

[…]
The conduct of business is a murky and frustrating experience — unless you’re the Mafia, now the largest business in Italy, accounting for 7% of gross domestic product, according to the Assn. of Italian Industrialists.

The judiciary rarely functions: Cases can languish not for years but decades. Italian Parliament members are the highest-paid in Europe but, in the opinion of many people, the least effective, a self-perpetuating elite that seems hellbent on taking the country down with it.

“With its byzantine and decadent style of politics, Italy is at a point of no return,” says sociologist Luca Ricolfi, author of a scathing critique titled “The Art of Non-Government.”

Lack of accountability trumps civic duty every time. And don’t expect national elections taking place today and Monday to change things.
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Ci classificano ormai come il paese con l’inflazione piu’ alta e il prodotto interno lordo piu’ basso: non parlano di culi, costantini, e l’ultimo colore della chioma del nano di Arcore. Parlano di numeri. Numeri che, tradotti nel linguaggio di noi comuni mortali, significa poverta’, significa basso potere d’acquisto… significa che i nostri Padri hanno vissuto in un paese MIGLIORE di quello riservato a noi. Ogni regola di progresso e’ capovolta: i figli soffrono di problemi di cui i padri non hanno sofferto.

Qualunque cosa voterete oggi (si, anche per quel frocio demagogo bugiardo e felino del nano), io credo che non cambiera’ ancora niente. Solo una rivoluzione civile potrebbe. Solo.

Continuate a leggere qui, se vi va. Ma, se non vi va, capisco. Non tanto perche’ “ci fa soffrire leggere quando si parla male del nostro paese” (non avrebbe poi senso seguire con tanta attenzione la De Filippi, i culi e le tette di Costanzo, i Grandi Fratelli, gli altri centinaia di Reality e tutti i Lucignoli che classificano il nostro paese come un covo di bimbi-rattusi-malcresciuti-mammoni-poveri-precari-leccaculi), ma perche’…

Ah, ma e’ in inglese???
Allora appena posso…

Anche i Francesi sono meglio di noi in Inglese…

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La figuraccia finale


Title: Matrix (11/04/2008) L’appello di Silvio Berlusconi

Un mandrillo fino alla fine: lui che la TV italiana l’ha praticamente creata (a modo suo), e’ caduto sullo sgambetto di un suo stipendiato. Che bella figuraccia finale.

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Bonino: altra occasione persa

Interessato a seguire ancora un pochino la vicenda di Rete 4 e della MAXI MULTA che la Corte di Giustizia Europea ci fara’ pagare, ho letto questo post di Marco_Travaglio (dal blog Voglio Scendere, su cui scrivono anche Pino Corrias e Peter Gomez): Europa 7: vieni avanti decretino.

Quello che mi va pero’ di riportarvi e’ la Lettera che Emma Bonino scrive all’Unita’ come risposta, e la contro risposta di Travaglio:

La lettera di Emma Bonino e la mia replica

Pubblico la lettera che Emma Bonino ha scritto al direttore de l’Unità in seguito alla pubblicazione dell’Uliwood party di ieri sul caso Europa7, e a seguire la mia replica.

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