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The G20 Summit Is Turning Into A Farce. Even Before It Opens

Adam Lovejoy writes: The money men and politicians are planning to stage another farce at the G20 Summit of world leaders that will be held on September 24-25 in Pittsburgh, in the United States. Instead of dismantling the current incompetent and corrupt banking system, that has proven to be beyond repair, the world leaders will actually discuss ways of ‘fixing’ and ‘improving’ it, while pretending that capping bonuses that the money men pay themselves will change the whole nature of banking and finance.The charade intensified over the weekend as leading figures from the discredited world of banking got together to set out their own proposals on how to ‘reform’ the financial sector. The talk was about ‘restoring the public’s trust’ (as if any ever existed)... 

More Breaking News Items. From The Stirring Trouble Team

We present more breaking news items from the team at Stirring Trouble. Breaking News: It ain’t other till it’s over, says U.S. President Barack Obama, answering a question about the war in Afghanistan. Breaking News: The American military industrial complex will host a lavish dinner in honour of former President George Bush and his boys. We adore that man, spokesman for the death merchants says. Breaking News: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says that he thought that tongue-in-cheek was a sexual position Breaking News: Asked in Pyongyang whether he still sees Monica, Bill Clinton screams that he did not have sexual relations with THAT woman! Breaking News: When offered to ‘try a dog’ by his North Korean hosts Bill Clinton says that he is not into such stuff. Better give me... 

We Present Some More Breaking News Items

Today we present a new selection of breaking news items from the StirringTrouble team. We had a few email recently with people asking us whether any of the breaking news items we post are actually true. Of course they are all real breaking news stories! We would not invent such things, now would we? Breaking News: President Obama confesses that he initially thought that F22 stood for a street gang from Chicago. He says: I thought I had to bring those punks down. Breaking News: President Obama is overheard saying that he does have a valid birth certificate that proves that he is the true son of his parents. Breaking News: Asked whether he knows where Ukraine is, Vice President Joe Biden says: It’s a trick question, right? Breaking News: Speaker Nancy Pellosey denies that she has ever denied... 

Rubbish Piling Up? We Have An Answer To The Problem

About a year ago we posted a humorous piece on this website about ways of solving problems that occure with garbage collection. It was about the crisis with refuse building up in Naples. We had a message from one of our readers today, Ivan from Moscow, who has stumbled on the article while reading the back catalogue of StirringTroubleInternationally. He asked us to post it once more. We do remind te readers that the initial piece had been written in the summer of 2008 when Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was only recently re-elected as Prime Minister. We hope you will enjoy the articleas much as Ivan did. What I Would Advise Mr Berlusconi To Do About Rubbish In Naples Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is sticking to his election promise and trying to sort out the mess in Naples. By... 

Palermo Is Buried Under Rubbish. We Tell Silvio Berlusconi How To Sort It

You may not know this, but the fine city of Palermo in Sicily is buried under mountains of rubbish as local garbage collectors are stubbornly refusing to clear up the mess, fearing that their employer, the once mighty refuse collector, Amia, is going out of business and would soon not be able to pay them for their hard work. It is a rather silly situation and, as usual, it is the hard working honest people of Palermo who are suffering.We, at StirringTroubleInternationally, hold a cynical view on rubbish. As in litter, that is. We think that rubbish collection is best run by serious people like the mob. They are very good at dealing with rubbish. They are the best. And the Italian government should always remember that and ask the gangsters to sort out the mess when it occurs. Many moons ago... 

Silvio Berlusconi Has Decided To Launch A Revolution. Or Is It A One Man Coup?

Adam Lovejoy writes from Rome: Say what you will about Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi but he is a man who enjoys the trappings of power and is not afraid to show it. He is probably one of the few leaders in Europe who manages to combine his busy official schedule with a colourful private life. One of the young women that he has been linked with, 18-year old Noemi Letizia who calls him ‘Papi’, has landed him in trouble after his wife, Veronica Lario, announced that she was tired of his womanising and was getting a divorce. Although it is quite understandable that young women must be attracted to Mr Berlusconi, what with his rugged good looks, shiny new hair that has settled in perfectly and, most importantly, with all that power that he oozes and the billions that he posses.... 

As Senator Kennedy Is Awarded An Honorary Knighthood We Suggest Some Other Contenders

R.F.Wilson writes: With Senator Ted Kennedy  having been chosen for an honorary knighthood for his contribution to improving US-UK relations – only in his eagerness to please his hosts could the British Prime Minister have come up with such a ludicrous suggestion – we decided to run through some of the names that could be added to the list of recipients of this prestigious title. With the uneventful G20 summit in London approaching Gordon Brown could score some more political points by announcing more honorary knighthoods to serving foreign politicians, if only to persuade everyone to back his bold plan of saving the world from financial meltdown by injecting banks with public money. A honorary knighthood would look good on the CV of the current Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, who... 

EU Summit In Brussels Turns Into A Farce. To The Joy Of StirringTroubleInternationally

We, at StirringTroubleInternationally, welcome any gathering of politicians that turns into a farce. Because then we can have a laugh at the expense of the politicians – which is always a good thing – and entertain our readers. We don’t really like to seriously analyse all those summits and high-level talks – be they multilateral or by-lateral or even strictly private when leaders talk to themselves or to God, like outgoing US President George Bush or former Prime Minister Tony Blair did. We have our reasons for that. First of all, there are numerous media outlets, including most current affairs websites, that like to do that. Analyze things in a serious way, that is. And, secondly, what would be the point of seriously analysing anything that makes little or no sense... 

If I Were An Italian Voter I Would Be Slightly Worried

Now that the Italian people have voted Silvio Berlusconi back into power I have one question for them: was it wise to re-elect a man with ingrown hair? Because in the past Mr Berlusconi was bald and had just a few hairs on the top of his head and now he is sporting an impressive new hair style. You could safely assume that Italy’s next prime minister proudly caries a comb on him and, more importantly, uses it. The only problem is that I have heard a lot of scary stories about operations to moving hairs from one part of the scalp to another and implanting them on new territory. It seems that people who had those things done to them experienced changes in their behavioural patterns, started having delusions of grandeur and considered themselves to be sex gods and gods in general. They have... 

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