Hi Ho Silvio, Away!

Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) holds and
 hugs a lamb as he poses with Michela Vittoria Brambilla,
 animal right activist and member of parliament for
 Berlusconi's Forza Italia party

I've missed Silvio Berlusconi ever since the Eye-talians kick him out of their Senate for tax fraud, hardly a crime at all in Italy. Fortunately, he's back in the news, and, as always, in the company of a beautiful lady: Berlusconi 'saves' Easter lambs, angering Italy's meat lobby

Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has infuriated Italy's meat industry by joining a vegetarian campaign and "adopting" five lambs that would have been butchered for Easter.

Silvio Berlusconi (R)? What's that all about. But if it comes to that, I encourage him to join the Republicans.

A video by the Italian League in Defense of Animals and the Environment, showing Berlusconi cuddling, kissing and feeding the lambs with a baby's bottle, was circulated widely on social media over the weekend.

The 80-year-old four-times prime minister was filmed in his parkland estate in front of a sign saying "Defend life, choose a vegetarian Easter", while a scrolling message urged viewers to "Be like him. He saved five lambs from the Easter slaughter."

More lamb for me when I visit Italy next month!

Say what you want about his politics, he's got great taste in women.

Previous Berlusconi posts:

Eye-Talians Hava da Besta Scandals
Bonus Berlusconi!
Bunga Bunga, Berlusconi!
Buono Berlusconi!
Berlusconi Forever!
Our Man Berlusconi...
Berlusconi Defense: I Did It For My Country!
Say It Ain't So, Silvo!
Silvio! Silvio!
Tiring of Italy, Burlesconi Set His Sights on Argentina
But, But, But, Berlusconi!
Go, Go Silvio!
Way to Go, Silvio!
Oh No, Silvio!

No, No, No! Not Silvio!

Wombat-socho finally gets around to the long awaited "Rule Five Wednesday: Double-Dip Easter Edition."