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On heat waves
There are heat waves and heat waves. Those produced by mother nature and those produced by humans. It is true that they are different one from the other; but they are also similar. Both tend to be cyclical and temporary. They surface from time to...
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AND AT A STROKE
It used to be that it was one week that was a long time in politics - now, if you're Franco Debono, it's a few minutes that marks the divide between night and day. I'm told that the dear fellow walked into the PN Executive meeting and gave what...
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JPO’S new coat
I keep promising myself that I will not mention Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando Smith or that eternal sidekick of his, Jesmond. Boo to that say I—they too cute and cuddly to forget with their never-ending fomenting of heroic acts. The turncoat and his...
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HE HAS LOST IT
Mr Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando has accused Mr Cachia Caruana of the following, viz. and to whit: 1. Colluding with high ranking members of the Labour administration led by Dr. Alfred Sant between 1996 and 1998 in an attempt at furthering his...
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What about boiling the nanny?
Malta is going to bake and boil they advised us a few days ago. Take precautions nanny state said. Cover your heads. Eat light. Stay indoors as much as possible. Use fans and air-conditioning to cool your temper and temper your rage. Thank you state...
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Maltese migrants, a study in integration?
This might come as no surprise to those of you who follow my posts on a semi-regular basis, but I greet the results of the latest survey about migration with much scepticism. The majority of Maltese, we are told, do not believe that migrants pose...
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Blame or Shame
A man has died in unusual circumstances. He was nothing less than a human being like you and me, and yet he no longer speaks, breathes, lives. His mother is heartbroken, his siblings are devastated and his friends are inconsolable. Whether he...
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Some beautiful (and less beautiful) things in life
Last evening I was on the Granaries for the Joseph Calleja 2012 concert. What a beautiful do it was! Joseph Calleja was superb. No wonder the internationally acclaimed conductor Steven Mercurio declared Calleja as the occupier of the throne...
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Not quite so noble
A bit of lighter topic today, in keeping with the rising temperatures and the (unfulfilled) desire to do jack. I confess that I’ve never quite got the point of titles. By titles I mean the olde-worlde honorifics of baron, duke, count and so forth.
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DUMB AS CHIPS?
Seriously, does that Pullicino Orlando person really think we're all as dumb as his public utterances make him seem that he thinks we are? Yes, I know that the opening paragraph is complex, it's meant to be. When the Lil'Elves don't get something,...
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Plug that hole now
Great land this of ours—I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Well not it because it’s not as if I own it. But grand as our land is, if one were to imagine it being a boat, it has a few holes too many for comfort. The buoyancy is threatened by silly...
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Equality starts with visibility
We're clearly in election mode and with only a few hundred votes separating the two big parties in the last election, who can blame either of them for going after 'the gays'? The Labour party seems to be doing this more tactically and strategically,...
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Bishop Grech is not a big bad wolf!
My dear readers it is now confirmed in the most official way: Bishop Mario Grech is not a big bad wolf. And who declared it to be so?, you may ask. The authoritative daily published by the General Workers Union recently declared so, albeit in a...
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Migrant's murder: the fault is ours
Since Friday night I – together with the sane and humane part of the island – have been following the aftermath to the murder of Mohammed Abdalla (Mamdou Kamara) with shock and disbelief. Some six months ago I had dared point out on my blog how rich...
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Language purists begone
Right let's organise a mini survey. If you are reading this stop and quickly answer a question. OK? No cheating which means any purists out there reading this please blog off. Q: You are searching for something and you have to check Maltese...
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OUT THEY CRAWL, THUGS ALL
In case you were wondering, the filthy racists are alive and well in Malta. They were just cowering under some rock or other, like the revolting cowardly insects that they are. The death in custody that is now the subject of a criminal...
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LONG ENOUGH
My previous blog has been up long enough and my Beck column has added to its already perfectly adequate clarity and Pullicino Orlando has done nothing about it. He is therefore happy to be perceived as someone who lies – in this case he said a lie...
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Damned signatures
I can't say I'm much of a tree-hugger or against all development. Just as trees are good for us and our lungs sometimes they have to be uprooted, trimmed or moved. And let's all admit something. We do seem to be over-developing and raping this...
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Balotelli Vs Barwuah
I’m betting my last dollar that there isn’t one single racist in Italy today. With Balotelli’s performance yesterday, he went from mad Mario to Super Mario and now everybody seems to have turned egalitarian and all-embracing of the darker race. It’s...
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Mafia rules
Let’s take a deserved break from boring politics and move on to more serious stuff like football. Don’t worry I won’t go into too much detail as unlike most of Malta I am no pundit. I just love watching a game every so often and am completely...
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