Jacques René Zammit

  • Your bus is on fire

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    Yesterdays Indy had an article about an “Arriva-like” bus that caught fire in the Land Hesse in Germany. It got me thinking a little about these Mercedes Citaro buses and all the problems they have faced: not just in Malta but also in the UK and Germany to mention but a few. You may probably…

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  • I.M. Jack : An embarrassment to democracy

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    In this latest round up of commentaries on recent events J’accuse takes a look at a number of issues that have been hot in the past week. Unfortunately due to other commitments posting on this blog has not been as regular as I would have hoped. Here then is a look at why J’accuse finds…

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  • Move back

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    Dedikata lit-tlett mitt ruħ li tilfu ħajjithom qrib Lampedusa, fejn il-Gżira tal-Fniek.  “Move back”, serra snienu Idejh imdawra ggranfati ma’ l-istering. Ħsibijietu, bejn it-traffiku infern quddiemu taħt sema’ jnixxi ilmijiet li lanqas Noe ma qatt ra bħalhom, id-dlam li jagħma kesa l-ajru u t-tpaqpiq inċessanti tat-traffiku mat-tpeċlieq reddieni tal-passiġġiera dieħel itambar ġewwa rasu Għajnejh, jilmħu…

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  • Where’s the plague when you need it?

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    It’s become too much of a cliché for people like us to yell “A plague on both your houses” at the PLPN and all they represent. The first line of defence is always that your repetition of the PLPN mantra is an obsession. Hand on heart however, how many can sincerely say that this is…

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  • Di che pasta sei fatto?

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    It appears now that Dario Fo has waded into the fold à proposi the raging controversy provoked by the comments of Barilla Chief Guido Barilla about the place of homosexuals in his company’s advertisements. Interviewed on a radio and asked whether the famous Barilla adverts could be “improved” by including reference to homosexual couples Barilla had…

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  • I know nothing

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    “I know nothing” can be quite an intelligent motto to carry around – particularly if it is as an expression of the Socratic paradox (scio me nescire). An appreciation of the limits of one’s knowledge is an important tool to carry about in life. Ignorance of the kind that is basically the mere absence of…

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