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Comparatively, the UK's National Health Service (NHS) estimates the condition affects half of all men between 40 and 70 in Britain.

Heracleum Persicum wrote:.

Italy has one of the lowest rates of erectile dysfunction in Europe

Comparatively, the UK's National Health Service (NHS) estimates the condition affects half of all men between 40 and 70 in Britain.

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The Wealthy in Florence Today Are the Same Families as 600 Years Ago

New research from a pair of Italian economists documents an extraordinary fact: The wealthiest families in Florence today are descended from the wealthiest families of Florence nearly 600 years ago.

The two economists — Guglielmo Barone and Sauro Mocetti of the Bank of Italy — compared data on Florentine taxpayers in 1427 against tax data in 2011. Because Italian surnames are highly regional and distinctive, they could compare the income of families with a certain surname today, to those with the same surname in 1427. They found that the occupations, income and wealth of those distant ancestors with the same surname can help predict the occupation, income and wealth of their descendants today.

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noddy wrote:i wonder how much of that is the fact that the rich bloodlines had truckloads of kids back in the day and nearly everyone in florence is a medici (or simmilar) now


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... -Khan.html

Europe can go f*ck itself.

ROME (Reuters) - The leader of Italy’s far-right Northern League on Tuesday called the euro “a failed experiment” and presented outspoken anti-euro economists among his election candidates, widening divisions with his ally Silvio Berlusconi.

Amid relentless propaganda about Italy being in the grip of fascism, Italians go to the polls on Sunday. It will be an attempt to produce their first elected prime minister since 2008, when Silvio Berlusconi won. Since his resignation in 2011, Italy has had four unelected leaders.

Italy’s migrant crisis has dominated these elections, . . .

Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Sunday barred a coalition of euroskeptic parties from forming a government despite a clear mandate handed down by voters earlier this spring. The move amounted to nothing less than a bloodless coup d’état and laid bare the naked contempt for the vox populi among the Italian and European liberal establishment. Talk about liberalism without democracy.

The populist Five Star Movement (M5S) won the largest single share of ballots in March’s general election, followed by the hard-right League led by Matteo Salvini. Founded by a comedian, the M5S blends whimsical environmentalism–zero fossil fuels by 2050!–with hard-line anti-immigration and euroskeptic policies. The League, meanwhile, is a more conventional right-wing nationalist party in the mold of the National Front in France.

noddy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 2:29 am Much of the Right hates em for being the face of globalism and multiculturism, and far too many Left hates em for being the face of global capitalism and the middle eastern conflicts.

Its increasingly difficult to feel confident in just how our societies become relaxed and tolerant again, all the voices for that are "Ok Boomer" types, clumsily expressing empty dogmas from a previous age.

kmich wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:12 pm

noddy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 2:29 am Much of the Right hates em for being the face of globalism and multiculturism, and far too many Left hates em for being the face of global capitalism and the middle eastern conflicts.

Its increasingly difficult to feel confident in just how our societies become relaxed and tolerant again, all the voices for that are "Ok Boomer" types, clumsily expressing empty dogmas from a previous age.

Policy and political differences are not that important with hatred. Hatred transforms fear and uncertainty into feelings of empowerment and that is its essential function.   Assorted dogmas are secondary justifications that provide fertile opportunities for those seeking power by championing shared grievances and identifying convenient scapegoats. The Russian pogroms at the beginning of the 20th century were supportive of the Tsarist autocracy by channeling popular fears and discontent into the traditional hatred of Jews.

noddy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2020 3:12 am Its so predictable that when you put a population under stress and insecurity that these folks come out of the gutter and start becoming more visible.

the problem is how can this be addressed - taking racist idiots seriously is outside the scope of reasonable behaviour and isolating yourself from all their poltiics is the first step of identifying as being on the other team, the team of decent people.

this leaves the loonies in control of the narrative for everyone in society who isnt part of the stable middle class world.

Too many folks live week to week and are one set of bills away from being homeless, they arent feeling insecure on current trends for no reason.

this doesnt justify antisemitism or racism, its just obvious now that the conditions in which those things flourish are the conditions in which the bottom half of the middle class loses a bit of carefactor in clamping down on those sorts of people.

crashtech66 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 11:05 pm Wow, that was refreshing! She seems to be having fun at it, too.

Typhoon wrote: ↑Wed Sep 28, 2022 2:47 am

crashtech66 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 11:05 pm Wow, that was refreshing! She seems to be having fun at it, too.

2nded.

Reality-based common-sense.

Typical US MSM headlines: "Fascism returns to Italy", "Extreme Right wins in Italy".

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Parodite wrote: ↑Wed Sep 28, 2022 11:00 am(snip)...I believe women are better at defeating other women; it takes one to know one. Sometimes men have to take a step back. Cancel-culture and woke-ism are by and large (white) female brands and activities. Meloni will be quite effective in the anti-globalist and anti-woke battle with an international impact as she will shake and challenge quite some brains.

crashtech66 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 28, 2022 2:45 pm

Parodite wrote: ↑Wed Sep 28, 2022 11:00 am(snip)...I believe women are better at defeating other women; it takes one to know one. Sometimes men have to take a step back. Cancel-culture and woke-ism are by and large (white) female brands and activities. Meloni will be quite effective in the anti-globalist and anti-woke battle with an international impact as she will shake and challenge quite some brains.

This part in particular I find interesting. Although afaik, "wokeism" started in academia, the way it is being implemented does resemble the way in which women are more likely to do battle with one another, with reputational destruction instead of fists. On one hand you avoid the messiness of a bloody confrontation, on the other, the damage wrought by having one's name dragged through the mud is often more severe and longer lasting than, say, a broken nose.