I don't argue that all Italians approve of Berlusconi's publicly flirting with younger women. I find it interesting, however, that his image as a politician is not affected negatively whenever his wife will publish a rebuke of him in the press. What does that say about Italian culture I wonder. Do Italians excuse his behavior because he is a prime minister or because he is a married man? Do Italian men share secret pride when He flirts or when She criticizes him?

His wife is mentioned in the British media as Veronica Lario not as Mrs. Berlusconi, is that deliberate? How about the Italian press? Why do you think she feels compelled to criticize him publicly if the public seems ok with his behavior? If she is so upset at him, why doesn't she divorce him? That would be a strong statement to make about finding her husband's behavior deeply offending. The public letter rebuke seems a business-as-usual response. Is it?

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Google ranks the web by popularity. Wouldn't it be great if we could rank the web by intelligence or other attributes? People's IQ is measured in tests, why not measure the content of websites similarly and then filter search results accordingly?

Google probably has the brains and resources to offer such service in the future. For example, if I do a keyword search for 'subprime market tips', I want to filter the display of my search results so that I get the websites with most intelligent content only and not those with the most popular content. I know it sounds nice but people might say it's not possible to do. Google succeeded as a search engine because it was smarter due to the accuracy of its searches. Why not add intelligence or other attributes in the display of its searches?

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Some men wish they looked better but don't realize that women fall easier to sharp wit and a good sense of humor. Why don't these statistics get published? Wit or humor is not necessarily related to intelligence or knowledge which take years in college to acquire. It's all about training and practice. Men make the mistake to spend too much time at the gym pumping up muscles.

Why not pump up muscles and wit in a gym? A sports gym that promises to train wit and muscles would be value for men's money, time and acuMen. Would women support this initiative?

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what may you think when you heard about sex toys, dildos, masturbation, sex dolls or similar words? well I bet this words just will go directly to your deepest thoughts and after a small research into your brain you'll know if this topic is a taboo or you can be enough open mind to talk about it, I'm just gonna think for this brief moment that there's always a way to improve our sexual life in a healthy and lonely/couple positive ways and its using sex toys, just for some dollars you can get a best way for make your sexual life even more! I can't make a large and complete description about every kind of sex toy and what's the best one for your expectations but I think you make some visit to this website to find out more information:

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isn't it fun to unwrap presents? it adds to the excitement, doesn't it? how can we replicate the experience when it comes to a digital present purchased online and sent via an email link to download? wouldn't it mean more sales if we could somehow produce the effect? one way is to show an animation and replicate the sound of paper torn while the file is downloading. that leaves the hands bare. why do we like unwrapping presents? it's the mystery of not knowing what's inside. or the care that's been taken to present the item as a present. in the latter case it's a symbol that triggers an emotion. how do we come up with that symbol in a digital product offered online?

perhaps watching a video in virtual reality of the gift giver searching for the present, finding it and wrapping it? or a video showing us unwrapping the present which has been rendered to look like it has physical form? does wrapping translate as presentation in the online world? i don't know. can you think of something to suggest?

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You probably know you can make very cheap phone calls with Skype to landlines. Under a monthly subscription of about $12 you can make unlimited calls to more than 40 countries.

SkypeShare is a cheating concept. Share the password to one account with a few others and make unlimited calls driving down the monthly subscription cost even further. To prevent abuse, Skype's fair use policy actually limits 'unlimited use' to 10,000 minutes per month with a maximum of 6 hours per day but still, the restrictions can allow for plenty of time to be shared among a few friends.

Sharing the account could also work with prepaid plans and calls to mobile phones which are more expensive. The idea is nothing new or extraordinary, one account with a shared password to split the monthly subscription bill among a few people. Simple as that!

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I never thought contacting you could be so yummy! The cards exist, I think it is an nice concept for a gift, the person who eats the card might certainly remember the taste of it (good or bad) but forget all about the contact details. In which case what does one do? Vomit? Browse the crap? Just kidding of course! Ok, the business person has to make sure the cookie or chocolate bar on which the contact details are devoured tastes good, is fresh and won't poison the recipient. If you must make the card memorable by taste you might have to buy several of them to satisfy individual tastes which makes it costly. Unless you are a chef! In that job it makes perfect sense to actually use it as a card. Perhaps all chefs should adopt them and it might be the perfect gift to give someone who is a cook :)

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I thought of a small innovation to the Pet Peek window design. Dogs love to sniff and have a more developed sense of smell, thus a small opening for the nose to protrude would make it more fun for the dog as it can see and sniff at the same time. On the company's website we are told their product won the 2006 Silver Medal Product Excellence Award. Why not poke a hole and hope for the Gold next time!

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Don't religions implicitly ban use of adult toys in sexual intercourse? How about allowing their use for married couples who don't cheat? This is probably a very unusual thought but in an age where sexual temptations everywhere make it hard for people to stay loyal to their married partner, religions that preach monogamy and ban adultery could consider give their blessing to marital-only use of adult toys and accessories. That would certainly please the faithful and reward their loyalty, don't you think? :P

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What if major websites such as Amazon, iTunes, Netflix, NYT etc teamed up with major ISPs to offer for a flat monthly fee an internet service connection that comes with unlimited download of books, movies, songs, articles, papers, website memberships etc? Say for $100 a month or whatever deal will make sense, I would not only get a fast internet connection but also free access to the iTunes store, Netflix and Amazon where I can download as many movies, songs and books I want.

It sounds like a crazy idea and a business model that is not viable. I believe though that in the future we will move into a model where everything digital will be offered as a package. That's because digitization and the internet cannibalizes prices and in so doing we get to consume it more and more as a way of life. So maybe another 10 years and we will move closer to this all-in-one-package model. The concept is not new, some restaurants offer all you can eat deals, why not the same for internet and online service providers?

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Why can't I have instant refill?? lol
I loved the upgrade, is it open-source or do I have to pay (dinner and stuff) each time I want to use it? :P
Why can't I think of anything? What did we just do?? God! That was Good...
WOW! You're a Woman Of Wonders!! :)
I didn't know I could sweat so much!? :)
first time I had sex the woman was also a virgin and we almost ended up at the hospital because of bleeding. It wasn't a good experience at all!
my thought? Can't even remember. well it was something like.. I'm in love
we have to repeat it. I think I didn't get it the first time
can we try again? I think I can last longer next time :)
I don't know yet :P
oh what a wonderful world

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aesthetics or pleasure? think of fast and tight female pussy spasms as fun, why aren't hiccups during sex a sexy idea? if dry anal is more fun and friction-full for the giver but also a pain in the ass for the hiccuped-receiver, why aren't analgesics a sexy idea? if analgesia is conscious anaesthesia, why aren't ludes over lubes the key to anal paresthesia? what makes an idea sexy? aesthetics or pleasure? which you choose? can you pleaz be honest? :)

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Have Americans lost their minds? Here's a high-IQ question. Did terrorists take down all legal copies of Photoshop from FAA computers Or did they they just hack into officials' common-sense and replaced it with a sick sense of humor?

Before asking why it had to fly Low, I want to ask why Air Force One, escorted by two F-16s, had to actually fly over the New York skyline in order to take shots of the plane! Couldn't an intern edit the photo without authorizing an expensive photo-op flight over NY? I thought there is an economic crisis going on. These flights cost money and if they are not necessary they should not be authorized on economic grounds, not to mention New Yorkers sensibilities.

That was a sick joke for New Yorkers and if Osama-Bin-Laden is reading the story from his laptop cave, he is probably emailing the FAA, the CIA and the White House asking them to authorize low photo-op flights over Pakistan. Like Obama, he must be furious old images of him are still circulating in the media years after 9/11. If Osama's spokesman states that his boss is upset the CIA circulates old copies of him to the media, I am ready to accept that the Afghani guy is actually more grounded in his request than the FAA officials that authorized the flight.

I want to also prepare myself not to be surprised if Osama, out of empathy for the economic pain felt by millions of Americans announces that he is willing to pay for the cost of those photo-op flights over Pakistan.

I don't know what you think of this incident but I think it was a very sick joke to play on New Yorkers and also rude to everyone else suffering in this crisis.

If Americans are running out of common-sense sensitivity, what happened to their common-sense economic sensibility?

What's wrong with using Photoshop?

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The source of the virus reminds me of the Black Swan theory by Nicholas Taleb. A Black Swan is defined as an event which is unpredictable but once it breaks out its consequences are massive.

Experts say up to 30 million people could die if a pandemic breaks out. The economic loss is massive. People fear to go out, buy less and the economy collapses. People order food supplies from home and spray the bags before they take them inside. All life moves online because the virus can't yet transmit through the PC no matter how many peer to peer connections are open or illegal downloads are made. But what if the virus is that of a Black Swan, what if it mutates and starts spreading over the internet all of a sudden? What do you do Then?? Why are you still reading this?

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The love that grows by lips and bounds is bound to happen and knows no bounds..

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On a daily basis we take pain killers for every minor ache in our body. But are these pain killers safe? Or are they causing adverse effect on our health?

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If I take this vow and have a happy marriage that I want to keep in heaven, do I have to remarry? What if I die before all my friends do and I can't invite them to the wedding? Who would I invite then? Strangels? And what if I can't afford the divine ceremony? A happy marriage should last forever. The vows changed to "For Better or Worse, For Life And Death...Till Heaven or Hell Together for Ever" :)

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Buy 2 tickets for the next show in town. Check on FB or MySpace for the best-looking girls and send a last-minute message "Hey, I know this is out of the blue, but i got last minute tickets to this tomorrow. Would you like to go? It's so last minute i am asking a few friends, so whoever gets back to me first..." If the event can be during the day it's better. Use your charm and good luck but Remember! You paid for the ticket, so choose the hottest girls to send the message to..:) If you get no one to come with you, don't waste your money, ask your girlfriend. Good luck on the next show :P

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..would it make a vacuum in your tummy??

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Not exactly bring him or her physically. Install touch screen monitors next to gym equipment that are wirelessly connected to the internet. Skype with your personal trainer to show you how to perform the exercises and encourage you to keep going. Good or famous instructors can charge you for their time. Or select from a free range of classes, tips and techniques made by other instructors.

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Here is a very interesting article i read on the concept of fixed term marriages:

Marry with a fixed-term contract, not for 'til death do us part

Article from: The Courier-Mail
written by Helen Goltz
April 24, 2009

ACCORDING to the Australian Bureau of Statistics it appears that lifelong marriages are becoming a thing of the past. Few marry for life any more.

Thirty-two per cent of divorces involved separation within the first five years of marriage, and 22 per cent within five to nine years of marriage.

We have fixed term-contracts for the buying of property, cars and insurance, but there is only one contract available for marriage and it is for life. Is it time to consider introducing fixed-term marriage contracts?

The fixed-term contract is not meant to be a "quick fix" or an "easy out".

It would allow for the celebration of the renewal of vows after a five-year or 10-year term and encourage partners to work towards maintaining a good relationship in effect, it opens communication akin to a marriage performance review.

Or it would allow for the marriage to be dissolved by completing an acceptable contract term, without the shame and stigma associated with the failure of a marriage.

So why bother getting married at all? Because inherently we want to believe that we are making a commitment for life. Surely no one enters a marriage with a view to "give it a shot".

We stand in front of friends, family, even God and promise "until death do us part" and, at the time, we believe it. This only adds to the sense of failure when we can't deliver this promise.

It's a simple process: the standard certificate of marriage becomes a five-year contract. The marriage celebrant would continue to retain a copy for their records; forward the certificate to the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages for the registration of the marriage; and provide the marrying couple with a copy.

The marriage licence would clearly state the start and dissolution date for the five-year term.

The marriage contract dissolves if the parties do not "apply again". This eliminates the stress of dissolving the marriage by having to reopen wounds one year later, file papers together and be issued divorce papers.

The celebration is in the renewing, what better excuse for a party and family gathering?

The marrying couple are responsible for monitoring the date of renewal, signing the renewal form, having it witnessed by a Justice of the Peace and returning the form to the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Perhaps when a couple completes a 10-year marriage term (two five-year consecutive contracts), they could opt to undertake an "eternity" contract.

And what about the children? Divorces are happening irrespective of the family unit. The proportion of divorces involving children was 49.3 per cent in 2007 (ABS). Is a fixed-term marriage contract likely to increase this statistic? Are parents more likely to stay together for the children if they have a traditional marriage licence?

According to Families in Australia: 2008 (released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet), marriage bears a less direct relationship to having children.

By 2026, couples without children are projected by the ABS to be the most common type of family in Australia (44 per cent of all families).

We are a society that has adapted to change: divorce, work contracts, the internet, SMS text, email, digital television, water restrictions and much more.

Eventually a generation may only know of one type of marriage contract: fixed-term.

Have your say: What's the ideal term for a marriage contract?

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How about a same-day divorce service for marriages that are not contracted on a fixed-term basis? The application could be made online and the divorce issued instantly even if both parties do not consent to it. Whatever disputes the couple might have (money, children custody etc) they can be resolved in the court and take as much time is usually needed but from the day the divorce is issued the couple is no longer considered married under the law.

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since nearly half of marriages end in divorce, wouldn't it make sense for couples wanting to get married be required to do a course? in the catholic church it is required for couples to do some sort of course, but i have no idea what's involved since i've never married. apart from the obvious subject of effective communication, including how to read the subtleties of male and female communication, couples could also undergo therapy*, both individually and as a couple. since therapy is effective only after long-term treatment, the course would require, say, 4 years, after which it will earn the couple a degree.

* since a lot of behaviours are learned from negative childhood experiences, negative reactions are commonly transferred into adulthood onto loved ones, most commonly the spouse. the skills they learn would then flow on to their future children and be beneficial for society as a whole.

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If Slumdog Millionaire didn't deserve so many Oscars this year so was the case with other movies who got it in previous years but didn't deserve it. Stage a Super Oscars night to set the record straight. Nominees will be the actors and movies who got Oscars in previous years. A Top Gun for movies. The public can vote online or through mobile phone and the best movie will not only get a Super Oscar, it will most likely deserve it too. Slumdog Millionaire won the Oscars for 2009 but if it was not good enough for a Super Oscar then it's Top Gone and Everyone becomes a little happier :-)

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I live in Sydney, and the City Council has removed a lot of public bins to combat the problem of littering. It seems when people see a bin that's full, they'll just continue chucking stuff on top of it even if it means it will fall off onto the ground. What we're expected to do now is to take our trash home. Which is what I do.

Gripe before thought:

I end up taking my empty takeaway containers and drink bottles home in my handbag (gone are the days when I could carry around little handbags that just accommodated my makeup and wallet), and find on too many occasions that when I get home, somehow traces of my leftover lunch have managed to leak all over my bag.

So here's my thought:
How about placing little machines all over the city that will compact your rubbish. Better still, place them on top of "mailbox" litterbins, where you "slot" in your rubbish once they've been compacted. That would solve the problem of overflowing. Non-recyclable items can then go in the regular bins.

So, Sydney, bring our bins back!

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That's possible, right? If his performance was good enough to earn him $12.5 million, why not 60? But maybe he wasn't That good and had hard time getting an FDS (Fuck Default Swap). A $60 million fuck is a Big Fuck to insure you know. I think we should keep an open mind and accept that this exact same thought might have also crossed Susanne Klatten's body and mind before she reported him to the police. I thus propose a Gigolo training and evaluation center whereby all aspiring Gigolos can get tested to learn their true worth before they make unrealistic demands and end up in jail. The difficulty will be stuffing the center, a lot of female volunteers will be needed. Any women NOT willing to sign up for this? Please make your wish known here :))

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If Susanne Klatten is worth $13.2 billion, shouldn't Sgarbi have asked for at least $1 billion? That's about 10% when the tip at a restaurant in the US is normally between 15-20%. With the global economic crisis in full swing, I'd say $2-$3 billion would have been the right amount. The $60 million seemed suspiciously low and probably that's why the short-cut heiress reported him to the police. Something wasn't making sense. $60 million? Come on people get serious, this is a Real economic crisis to be blackmailing at the low end!! What kind of example do we set for our children, the Somali pirates and others here? Seriously now don't You think...

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Having grown up in the Swiss slums a married man will do anything to escape the harshness of his life. Married with three children he leaves his family to work as special representative in crisis zones in India. When all the poverty and dirt of Mumbai won't be enough to bring him redemption, Sgarbi will seek love. Pure, romantic, untainted love. His fortunes change when he meets Susanne Klatten, a generous $13.2 billion sexless blonde who falls victim to Sgarbi's most innocent instincts and his new passion for photography. Be sure to see this $60 million epic film production directed by life itself. Critics say it'll definitely change your views on the cost of love, romance and amateur photography. Coming soon to a theater near You! :)

PS: All proceeds go to the BMW Special Trust Fund for the Redevelopment of Swiss slums. Let no kid go through what Sgarbi had to go through...

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Here's my worldview on this. I don't think it does because it would have driven Hollywood out of business. Imagine a world of action movies where there is no torture, no violence and no pain during interrogation. Can you imagine Kiefer Sutherland in 24 dressed in a kitchen apron preparing truth-syrup psychoactive cookies to be served with tea and coffee at CTU? It takes all the fun away.

The truth about a pain-free maple-sweet truth syrup is that it doesn't exist because it would lead to a wonderful world in real life and to a very boring one in the movies. To tell you the truth, the only syrup that exists is the Fake Syrup which forces honest people to lie all the time. It's real, fun and tastes better. I just had some this morning and as you can still read I have been enjoying my(honest)self lying around :)

So what's the truth about the syrup then? The best we can have so far is Lie To Me scientists that can get to the truth by detecting when you lie. No cookies, no syrup but no telling the truth either. Just a Tim Roth wireless lie detector that requires no torture, no violence and no physical pain during interrogation. Is that change we can believe in?

When I take a look at what's happening with the state of the world right now I find it hard to believe we can clean our mess without pain, violence or torture. It's not that I can't believe in the power of the truth syrup, it's just that when I do it's always after I had a few sips of the fake one. Wanna have some? :))

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Obama is talking of a new Green Economy and governments all over the world spend billions of dollars to spur economic growth. What if all unemployed people were immediately hired to work part-time to clean up the environment? Restore polluted sites, clean up beaches and cities from litter, install renewable energy infrastructure.

They would be paid for their work on top of the unemployment benefit and use their spare time to look for another job. It's better than no work at all and the government can hire them right away.

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