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Economy
Rome on verge of collapse, needs urgent financial assistance.
2015-07-17
Posted by:Besoeker

#8  FYI GROONG > [Sputnik News] ITALY EX-PM BERLUSCONI: GERMANY CONTROLS EU, WHILE STILL UNDER US RULE, [contemporary = post-Cold War/9-11]ITALY HAS NO INFLUENCE ON WORLD STAGE.

> GERMANY = UK, IRELAND = CONSIDERS THE US TO BE GERMANY-ACROSS-THE ATLANTIC = COUSINS TO THE SAXONS.
> WHAT IS ITALIA GOING TO DO TO IMPROVE OR ATTAIN WORLD INFLUENCE???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-07-17 22:55  

#7  ITALIA?

I thought FRANCE said it was the true "Sick Man" of Europe/EU", NOT GREECE???

[VINNY "I'M SO CONFUSED" BARBARINO here].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-07-17 21:18  

#6  But as he wages that fight, historic buildings remain daubed with ugly graffiti, with the culprits hardly ever caught.

The vandals, they're back!
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-07-17 18:22  

#5  476 c.e. and all that...
Posted by: borgboy   2015-07-17 14:05  

#4  Rome collapsed when Nero burned it
Posted by: NOTW   2015-07-17 12:18  

#3  Annexation by the Vatican, tbd.
Posted by: Skidmark   2015-07-17 10:41  

#2  And the lights have gone out in Rome.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-07-17 08:52  

#1  toxic mix of corruption, debt, poor administration and shabby infrastructure

And the decline of our civilization continues apace.

Read the article and see how much would still be relevant if you said Chicago, Detroit, NYC etc.

Posted by: AlanC   2015-07-17 08:10  

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