Here we are looking at yet another national election with vital import for the Iraq(n?) war, with a right-wing incumbent mysteriously pulling out an upset victory, completely unforeseen by exit polling, in the first election after the adoption of electronic voting.
I call bullshit.
The only small hope is that the Italians have had some experience dealing firmly with tyrants in living memory. Let's just hope they don't flinch at dealing with Mr. Berlusconi as they did with his predecessor, Mr. Mussolini.
Of course, I take exception to assassination; but if somebody else did this to Berlusconi, I wouldn't weep.
I loath him with the intensity of a thousand suns. I can't bear to watch his hideous visage on the screen. The world's northernmost desert wind.
But hey, Berlusconi was a member of P2. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
