Black hawk down

Mr Renzi wanted a reform. He was not interested in what reform, the point was to show that he could succeed where many others had failed. So he tried to do it fast, without bothering getting different opinions or listening to those who knew something about the Constitution.
Quick and dirty. I would like to think that he failed because some logic remains in the political debate but probably this is not the case. Probably he just underestimated the strength of the different oppositions cumulated or overestimated his own.
Now he is out. And for his own fault.

Trumpster

Adjective. Of someone who needs to continually draw attention to himself to avoid feeling meaningless and lonely.
Also employed for a person who pretends to have an important role or to be successful in a particular domain (scientific, professional, love-life).
Frequently used as a synonymous of jerk.
Jargon: You are a real trumpster!

Q as quack

I have always been a cartoons aficionado. Probably because of their immediacy or because it was more easy than reading a book (but I was a big book-reader too).

The first were probably from the ‘Giornalino’ a comics review oddly distributed in churches, where there were good stories such as those of Blueberry or Michel Vaillant, Lucky Luke or the Schtroumpfs. And Coccobill. And one in some Arab country with a shrewd Gran Vizir, don’t remember any name …..

But maybe even before that I read Il signor Bonaventura and someone (perhaps Auntie Concetta?) gave me as a gift the book entitled Fortunello, la Checca e i loro amici …..

Later on, war stories and Nonna Abelarda, Geppo the young devil, Cucciolo and Tirammolla. And more elaborated series such as Bleck Macigno and Captain Miki.

At this time, or a bit later, there was of course Topolino, I was reading it regularly but never kept a collection. The following step was represented by Tex Willer and Zagor, but at the same time I discovered Alan Ford and the stories in the ‘Intrepido’ or ‘Il monello’.

Some cousins of mine were reading Linus, at the beginning another world, then I get used to it. The Peanuts were among my favorites and the Mondadori Oscar book Il bambino a una dimensione was a reference. And Mafalda.

And Popeye, Beetle Bailey, Andy Capp. Some of these booklets accompanied me for many years. For a carnival party I once dressed up as Corto Maltese, one of my best costumes ever.

And the superheroes: Spider Man, Captain America, the Fantastic Four.

The only collection I ever kept was that one of Tex, which I exchanged for the Russian zoom lens. But recently I have bought the series of different comics published by main newspapers in Italy.

I still like reading comic strips, unfortunately there are no more magazines worth buying it.