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We’ve noticed that the Runs is carrying an excellent video of a speech by Rowan Atkinson regarding the Freedom of speech. It reminded me of Zizek’s concept of tolerance as a pseudo-principle. Freedom of speech is really a thorny issue in today’s world because of the censorious instincts that are being bred by our modern…
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Dalgħodu qajmuni kmieni il-qtates. Ġew altament jaqaw iqumu mill-fatt illi kelli dritt statutorju nibqa’ rieqed u ngawdi s-siegħa żejda li akkwistajna u ippretendew unanimament illi inqum nitmagħhom bħallikieku il-Ħadd qatt ma eżista u s-siegħa invernali qatt ma tradditilna. Qomt. Tmajthom. Naddaft warajhom kif suppost u wara li aċċertajt ruħi li marti ġewwa Albjuni qiegħdha tħejji…
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Dalgħodu jien u nsuq lejn ix-xogħol minn dari gawdejt festival ta’ lwien li jpaxxi s-sensi. It-temp bħal donnu żamm biss sakemm l-eredi tad-Dukat qal is-sinjorsi u issa beda jħejji għall-wasla tax-xitwa. Il-kuluri tas-siġar ilhom li bdew ikanġu mill-aħdar sal-oranġjo, bil-fided u ħmura okkażjonali. Madre natura wasal żmienha u l-għelieqi fit-tramuntana tal-belt qed jeħilsu mill-mantijiet tagħhom…
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I’ll try to to be brief on this one and avoid excessive legalisms. Yesterday, the European Anti-Fraud Office (affectionately known as OLAF) deemed it necessary to issue “a statement in order to clarify comments contained in media reports”. Allowing sufficient leeway for the dangers of inevitable multi-lingual approaches in European matters, the press statement of…
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The day Dalli resigned from the Commission (or was forced to resign if you prefer) I got a call from Malta. “They’ve just mentioned his resignation on RTK. Is he preparing for the election too?” You couldn’t fault this way of thinking if you wanted to. A man had just resigned from probably one of…