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Yes, I agree they make great looking European cars. But look closely at the logo. Why is there a snake eating a little terrified guy on it? I mean me personally, I’m a human, not a giant snake-dragon. So the fact that a snake is eating a person is unsettling for me because I tend to identify with the person and not the giant crowned snake. If you look at the logo’s history, the ancient ones depicted the guy in a more vivid way.



The official story of the logo is that Romano Cattaneo was given the task to come up with a badge for the then new company, in 1910. While waiting for a train at Piazza Castello in Milan, he gained inspiration from the Visconti family’s coat of arms displayed on a door. It features a “biscione” which is a serpent eating a human child. It reportedly terrified the local populous of Milan in the early part of the 5th century A.D. It has been said that the human being eaten is a Moor, during the Crusades. If that’s the case, who or what does the serpent symbolize?

Some esoteric authors claim that the serpent is actually a kundalini (shakra snake) eating the material nature of man, thus signifying esoteric initiation. It is possible. But why was this symbol placed on Berlusconi’s front lawn?



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Italyian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in fresh row over female escorts

The prime minister is already in the middle of a public divorce battle with his wife, Veronica Lario, who said she could not stay with a man who "frequents minors", after he attended the 18th birthday party of a Naples schoolgirl and aspiring model, Noemi Letizia, in April. Today, he attempted to defuse the latest row.

Berlusconi's lawyer, Niccolò Ghedini, rubbished the allegations peppered across the front pages of all Italian newspapers. "He does not need people to bring him women," he told the newspaper Corriere della Sera. "It seems a bit over the top to think that Berlusconi needs to pay €2,000 for a girl to go with him. He could have them in large numbers for free."

D'Addario said on both evenings she made secret audio recordings in which the prime minister's voice could be heard. Magistrates are examining these.

www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/18/silvio-berlusconi-female-escorts-
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