June 2011
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“Pro-divorce lobbyist and Labour candidate Deborah Schembri says time for...”
– Kudos to Deborah but one question I have asked others before comes to mind. “Why now?” Did she not sit for the Ecclesiastial Tribunal exam under the very same conditions she is now protesting? The Church-State concordat was ALWAYS wrong. Which is why some of us lawyers never wanted the...
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“The bus priority lane in Tigne has been changed to accommodate more parked cars...”
– - you know your country is tiny when parking spaces in Sliema are dealt with by the RURAL AFFAIRS MINISTRY… either that or some other Ministry’s exhausted its fuck-up credit.
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“Richard Spiteri, also known as Raquela, has been jailed after flagrantly...”
– Raquela? The stuff Pulp Fiction is made of.
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“All we liberal PN supporters, some of us leaving the party (like I did) want is...”
– The Great Umbrella Party Scam finally hits other columnists in the face just as J’accuse had bored itself exposing it. Meanwhile the “bloggers-with-pseudonyms” dropping comments like pigeons with diarrhoea give us a liberal sprinkling of descriptive nouns…
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“The country with the most number of cars per inhabitants is Luxembourg. There...”
– révù’s next special covers transport in Malta. got anything for us?
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“Headline on MaltaToday: “Egyptians throw stones at former minister’s trial”
– … the trial escaped unhurt we presume
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“Il-Kunsill Generali tal-PN tefa’ wkoll piz akbar fuq il-Partit Laburista. Jekk...”
– Se vogliamo che tutto cambi? Will this kind of advice be heeded or even heard?
J'accuse on Planking →
the J’accuse column on The Malta Independent on Sunday
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“The sombre vigil was attended by various migrants, Labour MP Evarist Bartolo, AD...”
– no he isn’t (chairperson) … even MT gets it wrong
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“Having Green parliamentary representation, and more importantly Green presence...”
– and then there was the Vote-a-Green-Liberal option
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“The minister (Gatt) said he did not know how much Arriva would be paid in...”
– How about asking Emmanuel? Isn’t he the one who’s pulling the strings on this one?
Watchdino-sore trip avant arriva
“The House of Representatives had lost its ethos. It became a location for a...”
– timesofmalta.com
candidates & liberals
Will someone explain this simple fact to the PN guys in Pietá? It’s not a rainbow of candidates that is needed but clear policy positions.
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“Dr Gonzi’s convictions on divorce are well known enough for a Yes vote to be...”
– and so say all of us. Fsadni concludes with what we at J’accuse have long been saying… there is NO incompatibility for a Christian-democrat to vote in favour of the introduction of divorce legislation.
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“MPs can be excused from attending Parliament if they have leave of absence....”
– €2.33 penalty. Just about says it all doesn’t it? I wonder who wrote these rules.
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“I feel out of place in my own party with the excessive emphasis on liberalism. I...”
– Suddenly attendance (or failure to attend) in parliament is all about being conservative. 90% of sittings Adrian. That was not all dedicated to sinful talk, thankyouverymuch. (Meanwhile the Umbrella in Umbrella Party gets more and more uncomfortable).
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“Deviating the Arriva buses away from Bisazza Street, Sliema, will be a complex...”
– Deviating one (1) route in 2011. What? No contingency plans?
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“But GRTU director-general Vince Farrugia says the new rules are creating unfair...”
– Does anyone see the irrationality of Farrugia’s complaint?
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“In its subtlest sense style is a way of looking at the world, and an unusual or...”
– Time is what you make of it.
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“It is also significant that while Labour retains 63% of its anti-divorce voters,...”
– Wanted. A dummies guide to the Maltese voter’s priorities. How do anti- or pro- divorce voters choose between PL & PN when neither party has a clear position on the issue?
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“The party must not continue to shoot itself in the foot and risk a further...”
– Cyrus Engerer (PN).
Not too sure about the democracy vs morals bit. PN in labour produces fuzzy thinking.
“There is nothing about this result that should impede Turkey’s long, and...”
– The Independent (UK) editorial
“Malta is blessed with MPs who believe that God’s values consolidate the social...”
– Some churches do have them.
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