– I read the portrait of Andrea Delmastro on the Corriere and I say to myself: Wow, where have I seen a piece like this before? Then I understand the mistake: I didn't read this article, I actually wrote it, in the sense that the Corsera colleague took a big portrait of me from 2021, mixed it up a little, added the latest news and voilà . At least he had the good taste to mention us. Chapeau.
– However, I don't understand: but why make a portrait of Delmastro, who doesn't do anything right with the weapon, instead Emanuele Pozzolo?
– Two days later, the following occurs to me: Of course, Mattarella could have said a few words about the Ferragni case. It would have added a little sparkle to the sermon.
– Mattarella complained about the extension of the concessions (beach and street vendors), as they were valid for another 12 years, “an extremely long period of time”. However, if you think about it, it is less long than his dual mandate at the Quirinale.
– To put them all in a row, the problems of Volodymyr Zelensky they look huge. The West, which no longer believes in it and doesn't pay a cent. The internal polls show that his popularity is at its peak. The counteroffensive failed clumsily. The disagreement with military leaders, including Zaluzhny, who could take his place in the next elections. And finally Putin, who should find himself with a destroyed economy and a destroyed army, but instead – after burying Prigozhin – appears more stable than ever. We wouldn't want to be in Zelensky's place.
– While Argentine progressives complain about the “tears and blood” decrees of Javier MileiTheir leader Fernandez, a former president, was caught at a luxurious New Year's Eve dinner. In Madrid. And they haven't forgiven him: But how do you denounce a country that is in ruins, poverty-stricken, with inflation at 140% and having fun with ricotta and champagne? What a beautiful inconsistency.
– Il Domani writes that it was “the shooting on New Year's Eve” in which the deputy was involved Emanuele Pozzolo, “awakens the opposition.” If they are only revived by news like this and not by serious issues, they are not in a very good situation.
– Filippo Facci's piece in the Giornale must be read again and again. Theme: pink odds. Why, we ask briefly, is a realignment of gender already taking place in demanding professions such as “lawyer, manager, doctor and board member”, while chauvinism continues to prevail in foundries, oil wells, mines and on construction sites? It's time to act, right?
– Il Giorno sells the “calendar of Umarells“. For each month, a photo of an old man looking at the construction sites. I want it.
– Today's contribution from Repubblica on the Verdini case is shocking. In the sense that we are fresh when the “smoking gun” is a ticket to the Scala offered to the undersecretary of the Mef, Federico Freni. So much so that even the reporter has to write: “No compromising favors emerge from the intercepted telephone conversations.” At most, a courtesy.” I remind everyone: It's one thing to brag about connections and acquaintances or to try to make friends with one It's another to befriend powerful politicians, it's another to commit a crime. But explain it to the justice activists of today and tomorrow. Can we at least wait for due process?
– I can imagine the relief league to have discovered this Emanuele Pozzolo he left the Northern League about eight years ago. Now he's causing damage, at least at FdI.
– Javier Milei says “no” to Argentina joining the Brics countries, which include Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. If anyone else had taken this step, he would have already praised him for abandoning the axis with Putin and Xi Jinping. To turn against him, the progressive newspapers assume, for some reason unknown to me, that he has “snubbed” the alternative economic and geopolitical alliance to the US. Meh.
– Chiara Ferragni Complete with hearts, properly made up (goodbye gray pajamas) and with a short text that wants to put an end to the controversy, he returns to social media. But there is something unbearable in this note: the desire to pose as a victim, in the midst of suffering attacks and the few true friends who remain by your side. The truth is: If you've built your career (and wealth) by exposing your life to the public, you need to be able to experience the joys and sorrows of it. You can't throw it into the victim role at the first level of difficulty. Because if there is anyone who got Chiara Ferragni in trouble with the Pandoro case, it is Chiara Ferragni (and her associates).
– Congratulations to Federica Pellegrini on the birth of little Martina. What a beautiful life.
– There's this story in there Emilia-Romagna: The region issues a notice allowing some farmers to “create small forests in the valleys of the Po Delta” instead of cultivating the land. Technically speaking: “withdrawal of arable land from production”. Now Bonaccini explains in a note that he has never financed measures to abandon cultivation, that the region invests a lot in the sector and that everything “only” refers to 840,000 euros. But my question is: Why should I use my taxes to pay those companies that “in addition to traditional production, have decided to create small groves”?
– Press conference tomorrow Giorgia Meloni It's going to be a minefield, and who knows how much he'll regret having to postpone it twice for medical reasons. Fellow reporters will not be as lenient towards her as before Mario Draghi (Remember? “I won’t answer any questions about the Quirinale,” clap, clap) and at the end we talk about weapons, the Verdini case and, at most, his health. The rest remains in the background, whether you like it or not: Pnrr, maneuvers, forecasts for the future. Thanks to an armed MP, the Prime Minister faces a siege of sorts. And he would certainly have done without it.
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