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2015-07-17 Economy

Rome on verge of collapse, needs urgent financial assistance.

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-07-17 06:32|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#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|| 2015-07-17 08:10|| Front Page Top

#2 And the lights have gone out in Rome.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-07-17 08:52|| 2015-07-17 08:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Annexation by the Vatican, tbd.

Posted by Skidmark 2015-07-17 10:41|| 2015-07-17 10:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Rome collapsed when Nero burned it

Posted by NOTW 2015-07-17 12:18|| 2015-07-17 12:18|| Front Page Top

#5 476 c.e. and all that...

Posted by borgboy 2015-07-17 14:05|| 2015-07-17 14:05|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2015-07-17 18:22|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2015-07-17 21:18|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2015-07-17 22:55|| Front Page Top

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