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  • Quote of the Week

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    “The opportunism beggars belief.” Simon Busuttil, MEP commenting on the MEP election campaign on the Times of Malta. How’s that for an eye-opener? della serie J’accuse does a onenetmaltarightnowstar style “lift” P.S. That’s not what he meant

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  • Lights Out

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    According to reports from the island, the whole of Malta (and Gozo) is currently sans electrique. Smart Island does it again I guess. Which means that the number of readers of J’accuse is probably now down to one. Meanwhile elsewhere on the blogosphere J’accuse has been accused of bitching for pointing out to the owner of Malta’s most popular…

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  • Are we voters, or are we denser?

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    This article and accompanying Bertoon appeared in The Malta Independent on Sunday. Dense and denser Turnout was low. Incredibly low. Notwithstanding heavy investment in a campaign that urged voters to use their prerogative to determine who will best represent them in Brussels, most voters preferred to cock a snook at all things Bruxellois and deserted…

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  • What Joseph Did

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    Or why SuperOneJoseph is bad news…. a post by guest blogger Justin BB What Joseph Did Joseph Muscat won a huge majority. Well done to him. The choice of a number of candidates who are palatable to the middle class helped, but that was not the clincher. No, Muscat won so handily because he ticked…

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  • The Lamppost Movement

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    Moviment Graffitti are organising a “Walk against racism” tomorrow evening. Here is an extract from the invitation I received: Paceville has long been a place where racism is the order of the day. The majority of clubs do not let black persons in and when these persons try to protest this decision they often risk…

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  • I.M. Jack – The EP Sophisms (6)

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    Φ 6. The Knaves with Knives Tribal dualism is what this EP election has reaffirmed in many ways. Never was it more strikingly obvious than when the breeding ground of nationalist gossipry decried “Staunch Nationalists don’t campaign for Labour“. And to think we bothered to even try to argue with these people some time back.…

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