Panem et circenses

"Nell'ufficio di Scaramella, a Napoli, sono stati sequestrati 20 mila dollari in banconote da 100, intonse, con numeri di serie sequenziali e, a un primo esame, non provenienti da istituti di credito italiani. Verosimilmente consegnati da un "corriere", Battistolli. Chi pagava, dunque, Scaramella? "
La Republica, Carlo Bonini and Giuseppe D'avanzo

In Scaramella's office, In Naples, were hidden twenty thousand dollars in $100 [uncut?] bills with sequential serial numbers and, at first glance, not originating from any Italian bank. Apparently delivered by a courier, Battistoli. Who, then, paid Scaramella? (Shopgirlove's translation.)


Oh my, Shopgirlove misses Italian politics. They just have more fun. So, the Italian right is trying to smear P.M. Prodi. Who is the best man for the job? How about that wacko, gun-running, cop-impersonating oh wait, he beat that, psuedo-enviromentalist, spy? Of course! Somewhere along the way, he tries to link everyone on Berlusconi's enemies list to the KGB, including the two reporters investigating the Niger forgeries. Oh, and he got a little dose of radiation poisoning when he had sushi with Alexander Litvinenko. But he's fine now. Well, he's in jail, but in fine health. Now, given Berlusconi's loosey-goosey ideas about bribery and anyone who disagrees with him, Shopgirlove can't help but wonder whether Mario's generous friend might not be Silvio...Don't look for any resolution out of Rome, it's not what they do best.
Shopgirlove wishes she knew what intonse meant...she really wants those bills to be on uncut sheets, but it's no word she's ever met.