Meanwhile, elsewhere in the world:

Italy ex-PM Berlusconi threatens to topple Monti government

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Earlier on Saturday, Mr Berlusconi said that despite his conviction he felt “obliged” to stay in politics.

He said he wanted to “reform the justice system so that what happened to me doesn’t happen to other citizens”.

“Ours is not a democracy but a dictatorship of the judges,” he told TG5, one of the TV channels owned by Mediaset.

TYRANTS IN BLACK ROBES!!

Maybe Berlusconi could get together with Perry and form an intl. alliance of “conservatives”?