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		By: Edward Clemmer		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/06/the-grass-is-greener-in-brussels/#comment-11006</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Clemmer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[@Amanda Mallia

I haven&#039;t tried a studied and more proper linguistic comparison between Michael Debono&#039;s text and Peter Muscat&#039;s text, but between a car dealer, Satan, and a psychiatrist, his at hand choice of aliases, as a modus operandi, along with his non-parralled poorly written (mispelled or ungrammatical) english, his typical emotional expression, and his network of mental associations (for lack of coherent or worthwhile ideas), gives me the impression that the probability is very high that &quot;Michael,&quot; &quot;Lucy,&quot; and &quot;Peter&quot; are indeed the same person.  You may also be correct about &quot;Said.&quot;  I have not been focused on the issue sufficiently, let alone consciously much to care.

Although these puzzles are fun to engage, my time is too precious to be taken up with a systematic analysis, although I would be interested in doing so.  Thanks for your observations, and the observations of others who have contributed to clarifying this single source.  Rectifying his grammar or clarifying his thoughts may be as difficult as making sense of schizophrenic speech.  The task would be arcane enough to suit an academic, but like other non-rational enterprizes, like creationism or other pseudosciences, there is no useful payoff to the effort.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Amanda Mallia</p>
<p>I haven&#8217;t tried a studied and more proper linguistic comparison between Michael Debono&#8217;s text and Peter Muscat&#8217;s text, but between a car dealer, Satan, and a psychiatrist, his at hand choice of aliases, as a modus operandi, along with his non-parralled poorly written (mispelled or ungrammatical) english, his typical emotional expression, and his network of mental associations (for lack of coherent or worthwhile ideas), gives me the impression that the probability is very high that &#8220;Michael,&#8221; &#8220;Lucy,&#8221; and &#8220;Peter&#8221; are indeed the same person.  You may also be correct about &#8220;Said.&#8221;  I have not been focused on the issue sufficiently, let alone consciously much to care.</p>
<p>Although these puzzles are fun to engage, my time is too precious to be taken up with a systematic analysis, although I would be interested in doing so.  Thanks for your observations, and the observations of others who have contributed to clarifying this single source.  Rectifying his grammar or clarifying his thoughts may be as difficult as making sense of schizophrenic speech.  The task would be arcane enough to suit an academic, but like other non-rational enterprizes, like creationism or other pseudosciences, there is no useful payoff to the effort.</p>
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		By: Amanda Mallia		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/06/the-grass-is-greener-in-brussels/#comment-11005</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Mallia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is the bit I was referring to in my comment aboveL

&quot;Michael Debono Thursday, 19 June 2130hrs
...A few days ago I used a false humoristic name “Lucy Fair” and nobody noticed until I drew my self the attention of a contributor. I had expected to be the subject of who knows how many comments. I invited such comments since they would have been directed to the name Lucy Fair that by itself deserved any insult.&quot;

It sounds very much like &quot;Peter Muscat&quot; to me.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is the bit I was referring to in my comment aboveL</p>
<p>&#8220;Michael Debono Thursday, 19 June 2130hrs<br />
&#8230;A few days ago I used a false humoristic name “Lucy Fair” and nobody noticed until I drew my self the attention of a contributor. I had expected to be the subject of who knows how many comments. I invited such comments since they would have been directed to the name Lucy Fair that by itself deserved any insult.&#8221;</p>
<p>It sounds very much like &#8220;Peter Muscat&#8221; to me.</p>
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		By: Amanda Mallia		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/06/the-grass-is-greener-in-brussels/#comment-11004</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Mallia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How come nobody commented about &quot;Michael Debono&quot; himself claiming to be &quot;Lucy Fair&quot; on another thread?

So Michael Debono = Lucy Fair = Peter Muscat = Said?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How come nobody commented about &#8220;Michael Debono&#8221; himself claiming to be &#8220;Lucy Fair&#8221; on another thread?</p>
<p>So Michael Debono = Lucy Fair = Peter Muscat = Said?</p>
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		By: chris I		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/06/the-grass-is-greener-in-brussels/#comment-11003</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chris I]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My God, Daphne, you&#039;re scaring me. You can actually read Muscat&#039;s mind and understand him? Isn&#039;t that a bit like looking into the dark side? :)
I think i shall have to go and pray for your soul :) :)(with apologies to all bible bangers who read this blog!)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My God, Daphne, you&#8217;re scaring me. You can actually read Muscat&#8217;s mind and understand him? Isn&#8217;t that a bit like looking into the dark side? :)<br />
I think i shall have to go and pray for your soul :) :)(with apologies to all bible bangers who read this blog!)</p>
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		By: Daphne Caruana Galizia		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/06/the-grass-is-greener-in-brussels/#comment-11002</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daphne Caruana Galizia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[@Chris 1: that his daughter will be running his business during his two-month stay in Monte Carlo. This man is maintaining the fiction that he is a tycoon (Porsche, yacht, secretaries and assistants....chase the threads)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Chris 1: that his daughter will be running his business during his two-month stay in Monte Carlo. This man is maintaining the fiction that he is a tycoon (Porsche, yacht, secretaries and assistants&#8230;.chase the threads)</p>
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		By: chris I		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/06/the-grass-is-greener-in-brussels/#comment-11001</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chris I]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[@Peter Muscat
&#039;From tomorrow my daughter would run all.&#039;
erm... which translated into Maltese or English would mean what exactly?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Peter Muscat<br />
&#8216;From tomorrow my daughter would run all.&#8217;<br />
erm&#8230; which translated into Maltese or English would mean what exactly?</p>
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		By: cikki		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/06/the-grass-is-greener-in-brussels/#comment-11000</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cikki]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Re: Peter Muscat

Does this mean he&#039;s gone for two months?!!

Thank goodness for that! What a relief!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Re: Peter Muscat</p>
<p>Does this mean he&#8217;s gone for two months?!!</p>
<p>Thank goodness for that! What a relief!</p>
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		By: Peter Muscat		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/06/the-grass-is-greener-in-brussels/#comment-10999</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Muscat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[@ Daphne ... &quot;Knowing which way to turn gives you self confidence. Taking a chance and going the opposite way gives you a chance to see what you are made of.&quot;

Hope you read Bob Perks. He also said:&quot;Take the most difficult challenge you are now facing and turn it into the greatest opportunity to grow simply by changing how you see it. Dead ends then become turning points.&quot;

Finally I hope one day you find real happiness. Just remember that &quot;Happiness is not getting what you want, it&#039;s wanting what you&#039;ve got.&quot;

I wish all wonderful vacations wherever you chose to go. From tomorrow my daughter would run all. Hope I catch on you all by end of August.

Take care and behave.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Daphne &#8230; &#8220;Knowing which way to turn gives you self confidence. Taking a chance and going the opposite way gives you a chance to see what you are made of.&#8221;</p>
<p>Hope you read Bob Perks. He also said:&#8221;Take the most difficult challenge you are now facing and turn it into the greatest opportunity to grow simply by changing how you see it. Dead ends then become turning points.&#8221;</p>
<p>Finally I hope one day you find real happiness. Just remember that &#8220;Happiness is not getting what you want, it&#8217;s wanting what you&#8217;ve got.&#8221;</p>
<p>I wish all wonderful vacations wherever you chose to go. From tomorrow my daughter would run all. Hope I catch on you all by end of August.</p>
<p>Take care and behave.</p>
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		By: Andrew Borg-Cardona		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/06/the-grass-is-greener-in-brussels/#comment-10998</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Borg-Cardona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;Peter Muscat&quot;, for the benefit of those of us who have to manage without private insight into your thought processes, such as they are, could you sometimes translate your comments into something approaching lucidity?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Peter Muscat&#8221;, for the benefit of those of us who have to manage without private insight into your thought processes, such as they are, could you sometimes translate your comments into something approaching lucidity?</p>
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		By: Corinne Vella		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/06/the-grass-is-greener-in-brussels/#comment-10997</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Corinne Vella]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Peter Muscat: It&#039;s &quot;gracias&quot;, actually. Glad to oblige. Try these:
www.englishprimer.com
www.economist.com/style/
www.wikihow.com/Use-English-Punctuation-Correctly
spanish.about.com/cs/writing/a/spanengspell.htm]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Peter Muscat: It&#8217;s &#8220;gracias&#8221;, actually. Glad to oblige. Try these:<br />
<a href="http://www.englishprimer.com" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.englishprimer.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.economist.com/style/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.economist.com/style/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Use-English-Punctuation-Correctly" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.wikihow.com/Use-English-Punctuation-Correctly</a><br />
spanish.about.com/cs/writing/a/spanengspell.htm</p>
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