– We were surprised today to read about a survey that had partly escaped our notice. It dates back to last December and Dayan reports it on Press. When the Wall Street Journal commissioned a survey among 250 students to understand how many of them were aware of what they were shouting by supporting the idea “from the river to the sea,” only 47% knew which river and which sea it was about. So young Americans, but I think also Italians, sing a phrase without having the slightest idea of what it means. And this shows that often certain positions are more a fashion than a real conviction.
– In Rome a Roma lady who lives in the camp Castle Roman She has been a thief by profession since she was 11 years old. Since then she has collected 148 complaints for pickpocketing and theft, accumulating something like 30 years of prison. Small problem: she has never been behind bars, since since she was a minor she gave birth to ten children, thus avoiding prison one deferral after another. Now that they have taken her to Rebibbia, in all likelihood, since she is breastfeeding, she will be released again. But a country that allows an organization like this to perpetrate crimes using little girls (the age of the first theft: 11 years old!) as thieves and newborns as criminal shields is not civilized.
– The spokesperson of the European Commission, Peter Stanosaid that “Ukraine has the legal right to defend itself, including striking an aggressor on its territory.” As you know, yesterday Kiev launched an operation in Russia’s Kursk region. “The EU continues to fully support Ukraine’s legitimate right to defend itself against Russian aggression and its efforts to restore sovereignty and territorial integrity.” I am not surprised: war is war and the rules are written to be broken. The point is the hypocrisy of our rulers. Remember when they said that the most important thing was to prevent the conflict from spreading? When they assured that the weapons would only be “defensive”? When they said “no F16s”, “no long-range missiles”, “no aggression against Moscow”? Here. Empty words. Okay, but at least have the courage to admit it.
– In Austria the organization Letzte Generation, in practice Last Generationhas raised the white flag: the green activists, who have blocked highways and raided several demonstrations, are disbanding. They will no longer do initiatives of that kind. Bye bye. The reason? “We no longer see any prospect of success.” They have finally understood that imagining a “no oil” world is madness that citizens don’t buy and above all that blocking the Grande Raccordo Anulare or defacing works of art makes them unpopular. Welcome to the real world.
– But really, I say really, we are still here wondering if Renzi will be able to broaden the Field Wide? Matteo has changed ideological sides more than his underwear. He allied himself with this one and that one, only to immediately fall out with them.
If Elly Schlein is not stupid, and she is not, she will understand that hugging Matteonzo can help win the elections, maybe, but it will make the government last no more than five minutes. What’s the point, then?
– Migraine, sorry for the short version. See you tomorrow.