Ruby Heartbreaker

Ruby Heartbreaker: Until Silvio Berlusconi’s trial  which, amusingly, will be before three women judges  we will not know for sure what he got up to with the teenage pole dancer Karima el-Mahroug, otherwise known as Ruby Heartbreaker or Ruby Heartstealer (depending on your translator), or with the dental hygienist Nicole Minetti. But I think we all have a fair idea. Berlusconi is a huge embarrassment to Italians  though they did vote for him, so one’s sympathy is a bit limited but OMG he and his harem have been good for my blog stats. As mentioned before, people all over the world i.e. men, possibly lonely men come here because I included photos of the comely Ms el-Hahroug and Ms Minetti in a post that I thought would amuse readers. Attracting pervs has never been the purpose of the blog but never mind. One is increasing the sum of human happiness, and that can only be a good thing. Except that this case is not amusing at all because it shows up the abuse of power that these men indulge in. Frankly, they wouldn’t get shag based on their looks or, one suspects, their charm or sense of humour. The Economist has had a beady eye on Berlusconi for years and has long been the best place for coverage of his sins  not so much the sex stuff which is trivial, really, compared to the corruption and abuse of power. I’m not sure if non-subscribers can get to this but here is the magazine’s interactive guide to Silvio Berlusconi’s legal troubles.