Category: Library
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Hello 119
– Hello 119? – Bongu. X’gara? – Sparaw ghasfur iehor. – X’inhu beccun? – Le lapwing – X’inhu? – Lapwing. Illegali jisparawlu. – Ijja imma miet? – Le dan kemm laqtuh imma imwegga’. – Allura ma hix flagranti. – X’ma hix? – Flagranti. – Mela xinhu flagranti? – Flagranti kieku zvojtah fuqu per ezempju. –…
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Automatic for the people
The island of saints and fireworks experienced yet another tumultuous bump on its road to democratic fulfillment yesterday. By late morning you were either looking deep into your soul and trying to decipher the reason why it would still be possible for some of your co-islanders to sport (ha!) a gun and kill birds during…
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Thought for Food
The British election campaign kicked off in earnest this week. The Tory chief has been caught red-handed eating a hot dog with the use of a fork and knife – and nowadays that kind of information hits the headlines just as readily as a decision on nuclear disarmament. Cameron’s error lies in the fact that he…
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The Bird Brainer
This Saturday vote No. Simple. Just vote No. You don’t need to be told why in truth, unless you are one of the horde of energumens who believe that “hunting is a right”. Legally we should not be here. The ‘derogation’ we are reluctantly discussing should never actually be triggered. Someone in the IVA campaign finally decided…
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Or words to that effect
Was it Michael Falzon who insisted that we do not call an amnesty an amnesty? You know that measure being touted by the Taghna Lkoll government whereby any environmental and planning injustices can be righted by the payment of a proportionally small fine? Well he wants us to call it a fine or something like…
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The Infamous Vote
It’s great that people like Joseph Calleja, the Archbishop and other ‘VIPs’ such as Vanni Bonello have lent their support to the “NO” vote. I do find it a little disturbing though that there have been calls from some quarters for more “famous” people to “come out” and proclaim that they too will be voting to…