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The ONLY thing WORSE than Domino's is Papa John's. His business and human ethics are visibly missing.

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Right? There's a piece missing from his brain and soul. Before it's all said and done, we'll find evidence linking him directly to January 6th. He's in THAT deep.

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Well I knew he was a trumpster, but had NO idea THAT deep. If that's the case, you can be sure there'll be some toad that will broker a deal with the DOJ to give up corporate leaders and their involvement with Jan. 6.

I don't see these hearings ending any time soon. Sure with there was a way to keep Liz Cheney on the committee.

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Oh...and the next person to hand me a slice of Hawaiian "pizza" will pull back a bloody stump.

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Hoo boy, I'd love to see that!

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Pull out? That doesn't sound manly to me.... :-)

American fast-food pizza is the fucking worst. It's an assault on the taste buds and sensibilities of anyone with any standards and a sense of their place in the world. Domino's taste like the sort of roadkill you'd find in a Robert Earl Keen song, and Pizza Slut isn't far behind.

Portland was recently named the Best Pizza City (outside New York, of course), probably because there are people here who actually take the art of making pizza seriously. Of course, "best" is highly subjective, but if you know where to look, you can find some pretty decent Neapolitan pizza. I'm guessing, because, never having been to Naples, I have to give them the benefit of the doubt.

As I'm writing this, I'm sipping on a Starbucks iced Oat Milk Latte, and I'm realizing just how corporate good food and coffee has become. Just when something becomes worthwhile and very, very good, along comes corporate America to strip it for parts, milk it for whatever dollars are there to be made, and totally fuck it up. I'll bet Starbucks coffee was pretty good when it was one location at Pike Place in Seattle. Now it takes like the burnt ashes of Uncle Eddie from Malibu, CA, to Bluefield, WV.

American corporations don't know when to leave good enough alone, and they certainly don't understand that going into a country, destroying the business culture, and imposing Americanism on people is a lousy way to do business. You don't save a patient by sucking the blood out of their body. Italy's done just fine for many hundreds of years without Domino's; how arrogant of them to think that they have anything at all to offer the birthplace of pizza.

I love Vincenzo!!

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What's rotten in the state of America is how few options we really have aside from fast food. Nine times outta ten, you eat fast food or you starve.

And yes, Vincenzo is my hero.

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When I was in the army stationed at Wildflecken*, Germany, there was a small M&P joint run, as far as I could tell, by Italians, that served up pizza, mainly to go. It sure beat the hell out of the slop scraped from the grease trap that they served in the mess hall. (For example, it was 20 years before I could stomach the thought of eating ham once I got home.)

Oddly enough, there is a local M&P shop, T-Moe's, that opened after I moved here, and seems to be thriving. This after somehow staying above water through the pandemic. Generous portions, fresh (as far as my undiscerning tastes can tell), and very rich. A 14" pie will supply me with 4 meals.

*Wildflecken, Germany: An old Wehrmacht (some said SS) base so deep in the Central German Highlands that the Americans originally drove right past it w/o ever knowing it was there (so the story goes.) A long winding road lead up from the "front gate" facing the town, into the front gate of the actual base. Here there was a tall, centrally placed concrete pillar with an eagle on top. Originally, the eagle itself had been topped by a Swastika. But the Americans blasted that off and left the eagle because, well, eagle. Decommissioned as an American base some years back, I understand that the Bundeswehr still uses it as a training base. There is a monastery nearby (Kreuzberg, "Cross Mountain", where they brew some of the finest black beer in the world.

http://www.maplandia.com/germany/bayern/unterfranken/bad-kissingen/wildflecken/

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Astute as always. Yes, the eagle is a fascist symbol in Italy STILL. Some of these villas have columns out front where eagle statues on them. We see the statues, you can pretty much guess the politics of the people inside those villas. If you see lions, however, that signifies inhabitants who lean left.

"Left," however, means something different in Italy than it does in the U.S. Most Italians aren't as left as we are. The ones who as left as we are here in Italy are actual communists.

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Do the Italians have a separate Socialist party, or is it basically "Liberals" and then "Communists?"

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I remember a time when there were at least six different flavors of socialism/communism in Italy. There was the standard Communist party (PCI), then you had the Maoists, the Socialist party (PSI), the Marxist-Leninists, the Democratic Sociailists (PSDI), the Socialist party of Italian Workers (PSLI), the Unitary Socialists (PSU) and a left-learning party known as the PSIUP (have no idea). Then you had the Christian Democrats, the Monarchists, several Italian liberal parties as well as a variety of left-over Fascist sects. Elections were rather chaotic.

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Thanks! That really clears things up ...

OK, at least it puts things in context. ;)

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Yes, fast food sucks. Processed garbage that isn’t made with love. Plop, sizzle, drip. Next! It’s convenient until your body rejects it 15 minutes later. Domino’s in Italy is like selling ice to Eskimos. What were they thinking, hide the salami in Italy?

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Yes, and their salami just got chopped ;-)

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I've had Italian pizza and it's amazing. I also like American pizza with thick crust and enough toppings to sink a battleship. Domino's is barely edible, if you're starving and nothing else is available. Plus their founder is terrible. Very happy they're not invading Italy.

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You nailed that. Agree on both counts. American pizza CAN be delicious, but it needs to stay in America. It's like when Taco Bell tried to open restaurants in Mexico and were laughed back over the border. Now that was funny.

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Unbelievable! Italian pizza is amazing. I'm not surprised Italians rejected Domino's.

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The arrogance and presumption of those people!

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Domino’s SUCKS, besides the founder’s fascist politics

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Exactly, precisely, 100% spot on.

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Italian immigrants to New Haven, Connecticut brought pizza to America: Pepe’s is still the best in the United States…

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I've heard that! Wish I could have eaten there before my fun new celiac.

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And...the displays of pizza or so simple and beautiful. I remember strolling through a few narrow streets in Florence and noticing the gorgeous displays of fresh pizza for lunch, each piece lovingly topped with a single, perfect Basil leaf.

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You remembered that perfectly. That's exactly how they look. And that aromatic basil leave makes the whole slice sing.

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I must confess... I do like Hawaiian Pizza! (*runs and hides)

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LOL! You’re allowed to like American pizza! Hey, when I was there, I ate it, too. I just don’t want Domino’s pizza in Italy, for all the reasons stated.

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I actually don't eat much pizza at all. But I do like pineapple on it :) I agree with all of your points and the video you shared was hilarious!

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I love that guy!

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(Me too. But it has to be on a thin & crispy crust.)

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Same. I am not a fan of thick, doughy pizza crust.

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Italy, what a beautiful country _ the country that breeds Da Vinci , Angelo and Tote. Hhh

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It seems I remember the smallest details about food... I might actually have a picture of the window display somewhere...

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