Awesome news, knighthawk! Thank you for posting it!
"perma-tanned billionaire"
I need to get me one of those...perma-tans, that is. ;o)
An alliance of communists and environmentalists, the Arcobaleno party, apparently failed to capture a single seat in either house.
"This is a debacle!" said Nino Frosini, the leader of the Communist Party in Tuscany. That is awesome -- no communists in either legislature. Amazing. Plus, Berlusconi clearly has a large majority in both chambers, so he's going to be there for a while.