• Inconvenient Strikes

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    More confused reporting. The Times. Again. This time they report Pulse – a student organisation. I am left wondering whether Pulse got partially quoted or whether Pulse are plain stupid. The subject matter is a very specific ATP strike – a transport strike. The ATP chose to strike where it hurts most and have threatened…

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  • Government Spokespersons

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    Why does the government seem to be replete with spokespersons when it comes to the need to call a spade a spade or say something that is closer to black on white than the catch-all statements of your standard politician? Whether it is Arms or Aviva there seems to have been a proliferation of spokesmen…

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  • The Rules of Engagement

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    Peppi Azzopardi saw fit to celebrate the 500th episode of Xarabank with a US-style debate between the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition. The edifying celebration of the 500 steps towards Malta’s “Xarabanikification” would come to an end after a couple of hours of partisan attrition with Where’s Everybody’s veteran presenter asking the…

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  • I Love Joseph

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    Who’s who? Here’s a comparative set of pics. One of Joseph Muscat from therealbudget.com and one of Malta’s great tenor Joseph Calleja. Who’s been a naughty photoshopper now? Facebook Comments Box

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  • XI

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    November gives us not one but two days of remembrance. Today, the first, is the 5th of November – associated with Guido Fawkes and the failed gunpowder plot against James I of the United Kingdom. In six days time the second day of remembrance – emblazoned with the words “Lest We Forget” will once again…

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  • After the flood, the deluge

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    In Greek mythology, the river Styx divides this world from the underworld. Charon ferries people across the Styx to the netherworld and very few people return from the bowels of the earth (Orpheus and Dante are some examples of men on whom lady luck smiled). The only other people who return from the land of…

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