Viva Anglu l-Ektink Mexxej
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October 6, 2008 at 3:40pm
The Times reports that Joseph Muscat is on a secretive mission to Libya,and that our friend with the International Affairs Elephant is now acting leader. And they say that this island isn’t fun.
The Times Monday, 6th October 2008 – 09:24CET
Joseph Muscat in Libya
Labour leader Joseph Muscat is in Libya on party business, the MLP said this morning. Dr Anglu Farrugia is acting leader.The party had initially refused to specify where Dr Muscat is, but, within minutes of being questioned, it said he is in Libya.
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True, it was a bit stupidly handled to say the least. You usually have the date by the time a senior politician is expected to return from abroad too.
Libya? Old habits die hard…
“Acting leader” could read “acting Prime Minister” in a few years time…
[Daphne – My thoughts exactly…]
Why in Heaven’s name would MLP have initially refused to specify where Muscat was off to?
[Daphne – maybe they thought it best to be discreet just in case, like JFK’s advisers always did.]
Why Baxxter? We had our President sitting pretty with Gaddafi just a few weeks ago – old habits die hard?
Perhaps that’s what Joseph Muscat meant in going to the root of the immigration problem.
Gerald, so you still think anti-Labour means pro-PN.
If he gets us cheap power station oil,well done!;the oil will be to help us meet the expenses of the immigrants he is sending us.But this is all wishful thinking:a muslim nation will never help a christian one without asking for conversion to islam first.
[Daphne – Ho hum. I shouldn’t really be dignifying this with an answer, but I must point out that there was at least one notable incidence – only the supplicant was Cecilia Sarkozy, not Joseph Muscat.]
Is joey trying to secure an oil deal to sweeten the pot? Ajma xi dwejjaq ta nies. I’m sure Gaddafi will be entertained with joey’s stories from ‘brassils’
[Daphne – Brassil, not brassils, like trawzer and sizer.]
Oh Daphne…. his mission is not that secretive after all. Our Joey went to discuss oil in Tripoli; he will be getting it free for us. Alex Sciberras Trigona is accompanying him… Just think what an honour they will be making for us! What a lovely couple they make, don’t you think?
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20081006/local/muscat-discusses-oil-prices-in-libya
It looks like all MLP leaders need to be endorsed by Gaddafi first. The first visit is always towards the south. Mintoff and KPB legacy.
[Daphne – They go first where they can feel superior.]
Stop it, P Shaw, you’re making Gerald angry.
How naive can you all be? Muscat is aware that Libya and Malta will soon reach an agreement on oil exploration, and when it happens, the Labour Party will claim that Muscat’s intervention clinched the deal. More fodder for One News to feed its gullible faithful
H.P Baxxter – Don’t scare Gerald away, because he might join Victor Laiviera and Frans Sammut …
[Daphne – And do what? Form a witches’ coven?]
@ HP Baxxter
Gerald did not mention the PN, he mentioned the President.However, the fact that you automatically equated the two speaks volumes.I see Amanda Mallia is missing the dissenting voices. It must get pretty boring having to listen to oneself or one’s clones.Enjoy your groupthink. You are so out of touch with what is happening in Malta it’s not even funny.And many thanks to Daphne – she really made my day with her reference to witches of all things!
[Daphne – As somebody who lurks in this blog but pretends not to do so (like so many other of your little Labour friends, including Toni Abela), you should know there are plenty of dissenting voices. You were conspicuous because, unlike many of the dissenting voices here, which are clearly of a much younger generation than you are, you voted for Dom Mintoff, voted for KMB, voted for the return of KMB in 1992, voted for Sant in 1996, voted for the return of Sant in 1998, voted against EU membership and for ‘partnership’ in 2003, voted again for the return of Sant in 2008, and this despite a modicum of brains and some education…..now what would you call a track record like that? Sheer bloodymindedness? Deep denial? Inability to learn from one’s mistakes? Absence of emotional intelligence? Group-think is what happens among Labour supporters, which is how they are persuaded to vote for the political equivalent of a two-headed monkey, but deep in your trough, you can’t see that. It’s the Labour Party which attracts unthinking sheep and headless chickens, and that’s how it can get away with murder. And as for your reference to witches, please (1) know that there are male witches, and (2) read my comment today elsewhere on this blog, in which I pointed out that all the back-biting I have received over the years has come from insecure women and from nondescript men. You fall into the latter category.]
Q; Did Victor Laiviera join the Times lately? Since when did the Times lower its standards for it journalists / reporters? Before we know it, Gerald would be editing the paper.
[Daphne – That’s his son, Nestor, and he shouldn’t be blamed for his father. It’s not his fault.]
Why should a comment about Joseph Muscat turn into a put down of Libya?
Dear, oh dear, what a fulmination – and in bold too! I must have touched a raw nerve.I just chucked in a comment cos I happened to see my name mentioned – looks like my next absence will be even longer than my last. Enjoy your groupthink.
[Daphne – Victor, all my replies are in bold. You didn’t get lucky. Do I detect a hint of that inappropriate cockiness (for a man of your age) that manifested itself all over the internet before the last election? “See you at Castille; bring your red flag.” Amazing what a bottom-of-the-barrel scraping like Muscat can do for the confidence of a bunch of losers. And for somebody who claims to absent himself from this blog, you pop up pretty quickly whenever you see your name mentioned. Go off and enjoy your intellectual conversations with Anglu tal-iljunfant and Toni ta’ Otello. They must be ever so stimulating.]
Victor,
Long time no see old chap. Never did keep your appointment at Castille like you said you would old chap! tsk tsk tsk!
Quite a lot to respond to here but I won’t waste time.
1. I’m not scared off by anyone, least of all you Amanda.
2. Regarding the editing comment, I have edited a few newspapers and a news bulletin before but have no hope of getting The Times job as they usually choose blue eyed boys. And I wouldn’t want it anyway – happy where I am.
3. Nestor Laiviera is a very intelligent chap and is excellent material if The Times lets him evolve. Unlike other journalists who spring to mind and who are constantly falling over to praise the government.
4. An agreement on oil exploration with Libya? You know that Gaddaffi still asks for Karmenu when our politicians go to their humbling experiences in his tent?
His car ran out of fuel after spending a whole day in celebrating prematurely all over the island.
:)
Victor Laiviera – You fell for my bait, as usual. Glad that you confirmed you were “prowling” on the blog, as was suspected.
Daphne – You told Victor Laiviera “now what would you call a track record like that? Sheer bloodymindedness? Deep denial? Inability to learn from one’s mistakes?”
I think that the common factor amongst most diehard Labourites (even ones who claim to vote PN when it suits them) is “hdura u mibeda lejn min (jahsbu li) ghandu”, so yes, people with such inborn “hdura” would generally vote Labour come each election.
Gerald Tuesday, 7 October 1513hrs
4. An agreement on oil exploration with Libya? You know that Gaddaffi still asks for Karmenu when our politicians go to their humbling experiences in his tent?
Wrong again.
He asks for Dom.