Author: Jacques René Zammit
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Oh! Yes You Will!
“You will not read about this in J’Accuse even though at one point it seemed that the man could not get enough reminding us that the Nationalist slogan for the 2008 general election “Flimkien kollox possibli” was plagiarised from Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential campaign slogan. Sarkozy’s slogan, by the way, was “Ensemble tout devient possible” (”Flimkien kollox isir possibli“)…
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Purchasing Power
This article and accompanying Bertoon appeared in yesterday’s edition of the Malta Independent on Sunday. The next time you will be reading this column there will be five new Maltese MEP’s and one MEP in waiting. The people will have spoken and the verdict will have been read out. In all probability everyone will claim…
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Me Gusta El Vino
Tito Fernandez – El Temucano
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I.M. Jack – the EP update
Is it just me or does the idea of a ‘naturalist’ enjoying the sight of a ‘painted lady’ conjure up weird images in everyone’s head? Apparently the ‘painted ladies’ reported to have invaded the Maltese islands in their thousands are not tattoed babes but rather colourful insects. It’s been a bit hard finding time to…
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Googled League
Google (Europe) has hooked onto the spirit of tonight’s Champions’ League. Google.it and Google.fr both sported a special logo for tonight’s occasion. It seems (at least from here) that the main Google page did not deem the World’s greatest sporting event of 2009 sufficiently important. Hell, after all it ain’t the Superbowl isn’t it?
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J’accuse : Taste
This article and accompanying Bertoon appear in today’s edition of the Malta Independent on Sunday. I type this article to the noises and sounds of the Carrer de Blai in the Poble Sec district of Barcelona as it wakes up to a new day. I’m renting an apartment for a few days in this bubbly…