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HOW FRANK SCIAME SAVED CHRISTMAS 2004

FRANK SCIAME SAVED CHRISTMAS ...... 2004 CHRISTMAS TREE 30,000+ LIGHTS Gather round girls and boys of all ages. I have a wonderful Christmas story to tell you That gives us hope for this Christmas still. Back in fall 2004 I met a very successful and acclaimed Italian American builder Frank Sciame at an… Continue

Added by ARTHUR PICCOLO on November 10, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Spence on Creeping Totalitarianism

"A new fascism promises security from the terror of crime. All that is required is that we take away the criminals' rights -- which, of course, are our own. Out of our desperation and fear we begin to feel a sense of security from the new totalitarian state." - -- Gerry Spence - Lawyer and author - Source: Give Me Liberty, 1998 Continue

Added by Robert A. Williams on November 10, 2009 at 2:56am — No Comments

YES WORLD’S BEST BAGELS ARE ITALIAN

VISIONS OF THE PREFECT ITALIAN BAGEL Let the Word go forth. In a contest between Jewish bagels and Italian bagels We won ! Heavenly choir of Angels sing !! To be slightly more specific the Bagel Hole of all places in Park Slope, Brooklyn, was declared the WINNER as the best bagels in the bagel capital of… Continue

Added by ARTHUR PICCOLO on November 9, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

INCIPIT DALL'ITALIA ALL'AMERICA - IL MIO LIBRO, LA MIA EMIGRAZIONE

Ci sono stati dei sogni che si sono rincorsi nell'arco della mia vita. Sogni ricorrenti, bellissimi, ma così impossibili che potessero riflettere una realtà futura e neppure remota, che ho lasciato riempissero le mie notti fatte di inconsci viaggi fantasiosi. Un grattacielo solitario e di fronte il mare, la mia casa, persone che appartengono alla mia vita ed altre sconosciute, eventi del quotidiano ed un senso di pienezza ad ogni mio risveglio. Solo oggi, dopo anni, ricollego quel sogno ad un mi… Continue

Added by Rossana del Zio on November 8, 2009 at 2:55pm — No Comments

MEZZA LUNA

Dalla finestra di casa, dietro una tenda aperta per caso, è spuntata con la sua luce. Magnetica, come sempre, e non ho potuto fare a meno di affacciarmi. Ho aperto la finestra ed il vento mi ha violentemente investita. Così lei, mezza luna, è scomparsa dietro i rami colmi di foglie mosse dal vento ed un gioco di luci e di ombre ha animato la scena. Scompariva e riappariva e mi piaceva questo suo giocare a nascondino con me. Mi è sembrato un po' di rivivere questi ultimi giorni passati ed il nost… Continue

Added by Rossana del Zio on November 6, 2009 at 11:15pm — No Comments

TIME FOR THE ITALIAN CHRISTMAS MIRACLE !

2004 CHRISTMAS ABOVE BOWLING GREEN ... ITALIAN FLAG ATOP THE TREE Watch snowflakes fall Amid all this splendor Crowds gather Buildings glisten Children caroling Santa reigns above in his dazzling silver coach it’s Pietro Alberti’s Sleigh gaily harnessed to Arturo’s Italian Bull Christmas tre… Continue

Added by ARTHUR PICCOLO on November 6, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments

The Love of Justice

Today an Italian court convicted 23 American state terrorists involved in the CIA's kidnap and rendition/torture program. Twenty-two of the convicted American state terrorists were immediately sentenced to five years in jail. One other convicted American state terrorist, Milano CIA station chief Robert Seldon Lady, was given the harshest sentence: eight years in prison. "I am not guilty. I am only responsible for following an order I received from my superiors," said Lady who was quoted by the… Continue

Added by Robert A. Williams on November 5, 2009 at 1:32am — No Comments

MAGICAL CHRISTMAS AT BOWLING GREEN – AND THE MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN IN AMERICA

ALBERTI SLEIGH AT BOWLING GREEN .... MOST IMPORTANT ITALIAN IN AMERICA Words have Power. We all know that all our lives. Even if we sometimes forget. Or ignore the fact. Language is the most powerful force in our civilization. Words are at the core of everything any of us believe in. Words drive revol… Continue

Added by ARTHUR PICCOLO on November 4, 2009 at 10:45pm — No Comments

WHERE ARE THE ITALIAN JUDGES ?

YOUR CHOICE TAKE A "CRUISE" ON THE TITANICO ....... OR FOLLOW DIANE SAVINO PRESCRIPT ...... all important CHRISTMAS At Bowling Green - Part 2 shortly next post ! NY State Senator Diane Savino is an Italian American Warrior. God we sure need more Italian American Warriors. Why must there be so f… Continue

Added by ARTHUR PICCOLO on November 3, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

ELOGIO DELL’EBBREZZA ma anche IL MITO E IL SENSO EROICO

La poesia di Angelo Lippo e la pittura di Nicola Andreace a Monteiasi, domenica 8 novembre, nell’Ex Casa Comunale

Ottobre piovono libri. I luoghi della lettura

Nell’ambito del progetto “Ottobre piovono libri. I luoghi della lettura" , promosso dal Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali e dal "Centro per il Libro e la Lettura… Continue

Added by LEONARDO BASILE on November 1, 2009 at 8:41pm — No Comments

MAGICAL CHRISTMAS BULL AT BOWLING GREEN – PART 1

CHRISTMAS BULL STORY .... CHARGING BULL & CHRISTMAS TREE @ BOWLING GREEN I told you there was more to the Charging Bull story here it is … I’m on a mission to make Christmas Italian in New York City this year. And for every year from now on. Some scoff at the notion out of Ignorance. Imagine where we… Continue

Added by ARTHUR PICCOLO on October 26, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

EN-DIX ENCHANTE

Mostra d'arte contemporanea dal 28 ottobre al 4 novembre 2009 presso il Castello di Bitritto

catalogo

Esporranno : Leonardo Basile, Cesare Cassone, Umberto Colapinto, Amedeo Del Giudice, Salvatore Fiume, Roberto Masia, Massimo Nardi, Francesco Silvestri, Emanuele Rubini e Jovan Vulic. L'event… Continue

Added by LEONARDO BASILE on October 25, 2009 at 7:49am — No Comments

RIGHT WING SAVAGES ITALIAN CANDIDATE

" HI I"M DEDE SCOZZAFAVA " ................ " NO STOP SCOZZAFAVA IS THE ENEMY " BOOOOOOOO Rick Santorum ( half Italian ) BOOOOOOOO Sarah Palin CHEEEEERS for Newt Gingrich* BOOOOOOOO Steve Forbes, Dick Armey, Fred Thompson, and all these other Republican “leaders” maybe next Tim wanna be president Pawlenty… Continue

Added by ARTHUR PICCOLO on October 24, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

CATHOLIC CHURCH'S ITALIAN FACE

" NOW PLEASE DON'T GO PUTTING WORDS IN MY MOUTH " Federico Lombardi is the Pope’s public face. Father Lombardi was born in Saluzzo, Italy near Torino back in 1942 and appointed by Pope Benedict XVI upon his ascension to the Papacy making Father Lombardi director of the Holy See Press Office. T… Continue

Added by ARTHUR PICCOLO on October 23, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

RIGGIO BROTHERS DECLARE WAR

NEW FACE OF LEN & STEVE RIGGIO .. THE NOOK Yesterday afternoon Len and Steve Riggio changed the Game. They declared war on Amazon’s Kindle. On a lovely afternoon at Chelsea Piers in New York City, Tuesday, October 20, 2009, before an audience of a few hundred publishing industry insiders and a h… Continue

Added by ARTHUR PICCOLO on October 21, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

WAKE UP OR ELSE – PART 3

LET THESE COCA COLA CANS SERVE AS A METAPHOR FOR OUR ITALIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ............. No we sure aren’t awake yet. This series continues. Why do I have the image of Coca Cola cans at the top of this post. It has absolutely nothing to do with anything or does it. Am I an idiot ? I doubt it. That imag… Continue

Added by ARTHUR PICCOLO on October 20, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

DE ANGELO’S 4 STAR MARIJUANA SHOP

ENTREPRENEUR STEVE DEANGELO ............. AND THE BUSINESS OF MARIJUANA WARNING. If you are not reading this post in California or to a lesser extent the 13 other states that allow for some limited legal use of marijuana, it is a crime conceivably punishable by life sentence in some states t… Continue

Added by ARTHUR PICCOLO on October 19, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

MR. PRESIDENT INVITE ANI DIFRANCO

ANI DIFRANCO PERFORMING AT THE ARTIST'S DEN ON PBS RECENTLY Following my last post yesterday – about President Obama hosting a big musical event at The White House this week Fiesta Latina then broadcast on PBS across the nation in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, I made the obvious point there is NO comp… Continue

Added by ARTHUR PICCOLO on October 16, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

HEY OBAMA WHAT ABOUT US ??

" I HAD NO IDEA THERE IS ITALIAN HERITAGE MONTH " President Obama and Michelle Obama have no doubt October is Hispanic Heritage Month. There is no proof they have any idea it is likewise Italian Heritage Month. Or is it that they don’t care. Take your choice. I'm undecided. If you are reading this post be… Continue

Added by ARTHUR PICCOLO on October 15, 2009 at 6:00am — 2 Comments

WAKE UP OR ELSE – PART 2

THE GREAT ITALIAN AMERICAN FIGHTER ROCKY MARCIANO Fight back. Do not go meekly into the night of despair. Or worse indifference. Italian Americans lose Italians lose because we let ourselves get beat. Because we accept a defensive position when attacked. Because as opposed to good strategy we d… Continue

Added by ARTHUR PICCOLO on October 14, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments