Where Colombian openness to nudity as a form of expression is seen from the perspective of Malta’s new Committee of the Wise Committed to Assessing the Obscene in the Name of the Hoi Polloi.
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All's Well?
Franco Debono has made his first intervention in parliament since missing a vote before Christmas. The Times stresses “the government’s decision to bring into force provisions of a 2002 law on legal aid to people under arrest” and that MP Debono is pleased with this decision.
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Bulgaria's Jeleva fails EP test
Bulgarian Commissioner-Designate Rumiana Jeleva failed to answers questions on a company she owns during the hearings at the European Parliament which will decide on whether she becomes the EU’s Crisis Response commissioner. According to latest news Jeleva will be asked to step aside from the Barroso II Commission.
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or why Mark Camilleri (and Alex Vella Gera) really ought to be imprisoned for a sensible period of time
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Censorship
A classic speech from the movie “V for Vendetta”. Big brother and the controls on freedom. The theme is not a new one but remains as relevant as ever.
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It dawned on him…
We didn’t even get enough time to digest the grappa and wish our readers a very prosperous recession-dodging new year that Inhobbkom-J gives us a charming regurgitation of baseless rhetoric on the second day of the new year (and decade – as he seems to be so prone to point out). Latching on to a change in decade in the hope to keep the “tidal wave” (more like squeak) of a revolution of change running is already pathetic as it is. That the attempt itself is couched in fruitless bla-bla and yada-yada only goes to show that we begin this new year (or decade) with much the same meagre prospects for real politics and real direction in leadership. It’s the 50-50-99 rule for us: there’s a fifty-fifty chance that one of the PLPN parties will be in power come next election and whoever it is has a 99% potential to screw the whole thing up.
A new decade has started. The time is now to plan for a better future and what we want Malta and Gozo to be-come. Great opportunities lie before us and there is a chance for everyone to play one’s part. We must welcome new ideas. We must listen to what people are saying. And we should open our doors to everyone who wants to make a contribution to the Labour Party, our new movement, your Malta and Gozo, as it will be in the coming decade. Labour has a record of solid achievement in Malta and Gozo. But it has been out of government for too long. The party at the core of the movement we are building must ensure it is proactive and answers the concerns of the voters of today. We will explain in no uncertain terms a plan that puts our vision into practice, that will be a win for all those who love this country and crave for a change in direction away from mediocrity, a vision that puts our children’s education and our environment at the heart of all we do.
– Inhobbkom Joseph Muscat (A new decade has dawned)
– Times of Malta, 2nd Day of the 1st Month of the First Year of the Second Decade of the twenty-first century
There’s more where that came from. Frankly I got sick after the first two paragraphs. I also picked out this sentence further down since the “uproot ourselves” part struck me as rather prosaic: “Exciting times lie ahead. We can uproot ourselves from the deep malaise of our current government and build a society of enterprise, fairness and equality.”
I’m off to uproot myself away from the pc and watch some ESPN Classic football. Happy New Year folks, looks like there will be much more fodder for the columns of J’accuse for months to come.
