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	Comments on: One of Astrid&#039;s smart friends (not Jo Meli the Blackshirt) rushes to her defence	</title>
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		By: Gerry Adamms		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Adamms]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/one-of-astrids-smart-friends-not-jo-meli-the-blackshirt-rushes-to-her-defence/#comment-47494&quot;&gt;Alan&lt;/a&gt;.

James Tyrell is just one of those fascists in the RUC who is running away from something sinister he and his RUC mates did in framing  Catholics and sending them to prison without trials or with bogus trials.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/one-of-astrids-smart-friends-not-jo-meli-the-blackshirt-rushes-to-her-defence/#comment-47494">Alan</a>.</p>
<p>James Tyrell is just one of those fascists in the RUC who is running away from something sinister he and his RUC mates did in framing  Catholics and sending them to prison without trials or with bogus trials.</p>
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		By: Gerry Adamms		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Adamms]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/one-of-astrids-smart-friends-not-jo-meli-the-blackshirt-rushes-to-her-defence/#comment-47483&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

HP Baxxter, we don&#039;t give a damn what you stand for. But truth hurts. Yes the RUC was a criminal organisation which colluded with criminals like the Malta police colluded with criminals in 1971 to 1987.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/one-of-astrids-smart-friends-not-jo-meli-the-blackshirt-rushes-to-her-defence/#comment-47483">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>HP Baxxter, we don&#8217;t give a damn what you stand for. But truth hurts. Yes the RUC was a criminal organisation which colluded with criminals like the Malta police colluded with criminals in 1971 to 1987.</p>
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		By: Corinne Vella		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Corinne Vella]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/one-of-astrids-smart-friends-not-jo-meli-the-blackshirt-rushes-to-her-defence/#comment-47516&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

I agree.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/one-of-astrids-smart-friends-not-jo-meli-the-blackshirt-rushes-to-her-defence/#comment-47516">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>I agree.</p>
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		By: Grezz		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Grezz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/one-of-astrids-smart-friends-not-jo-meli-the-blackshirt-rushes-to-her-defence/#comment-47516&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

Amusing?  James Tyrrell sounds more like a sad sod.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/one-of-astrids-smart-friends-not-jo-meli-the-blackshirt-rushes-to-her-defence/#comment-47516">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>Amusing?  James Tyrrell sounds more like a sad sod.</p>
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		By: Dolor		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dolor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/one-of-astrids-smart-friends-not-jo-meli-the-blackshirt-rushes-to-her-defence/#comment-47493&quot;&gt;freefalling&lt;/a&gt;.

Hear, hear.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/one-of-astrids-smart-friends-not-jo-meli-the-blackshirt-rushes-to-her-defence/#comment-47493">freefalling</a>.</p>
<p>Hear, hear.</p>
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		By: Dolor		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dolor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/one-of-astrids-smart-friends-not-jo-meli-the-blackshirt-rushes-to-her-defence/#comment-47490&quot;&gt;Sinn Fein&lt;/a&gt;.

Was he there in body or simply in spirit himself?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/one-of-astrids-smart-friends-not-jo-meli-the-blackshirt-rushes-to-her-defence/#comment-47490">Sinn Fein</a>.</p>
<p>Was he there in body or simply in spirit himself?</p>
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		By: Bidwi		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bidwi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/one-of-astrids-smart-friends-not-jo-meli-the-blackshirt-rushes-to-her-defence/#comment-47489&quot;&gt;Gerry Adams&lt;/a&gt;.

U fejn joqghod Ghawdex, ha’ nsakkar l-annimali jekk hu gar tieghi?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/one-of-astrids-smart-friends-not-jo-meli-the-blackshirt-rushes-to-her-defence/#comment-47489">Gerry Adams</a>.</p>
<p>U fejn joqghod Ghawdex, ha’ nsakkar l-annimali jekk hu gar tieghi?</p>
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		By: Marku		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marku]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/one-of-astrids-smart-friends-not-jo-meli-the-blackshirt-rushes-to-her-defence/#comment-47500&quot;&gt;Head Boy&lt;/a&gt;.

From Maltastar:com comes this self-indulgent bio note for Pia. Here&#039;s the opening sentence:

&quot;Pia Micallef is an 18 year old, private school educated girl from St. Julians with a taste for Left wing Politics&quot;

Bil-mod hej.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/one-of-astrids-smart-friends-not-jo-meli-the-blackshirt-rushes-to-her-defence/#comment-47500">Head Boy</a>.</p>
<p>From Maltastar:com comes this self-indulgent bio note for Pia. Here&#8217;s the opening sentence:</p>
<p>&#8220;Pia Micallef is an 18 year old, private school educated girl from St. Julians with a taste for Left wing Politics&#8221;</p>
<p>Bil-mod hej.</p>
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		By: Paddy		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paddy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[@baxxter You should have given it a wide berth yourself by not involving yourself with your comments on the 27th March 0022, then you would have never imagined yourself as being a Loyalist Prod scum, your words.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@baxxter You should have given it a wide berth yourself by not involving yourself with your comments on the 27th March 0022, then you would have never imagined yourself as being a Loyalist Prod scum, your words.</p>
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		By: Joseph A Borg		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph A Borg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/one-of-astrids-smart-friends-not-jo-meli-the-blackshirt-rushes-to-her-defence/#comment-47508&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

You&#039;re uttering the same words rightwing Israelis say when they are shown how disgraceful their oppression of the Palestinians is… or apartheid South Africa or… you get the gist.

But I agree with you, we are digressing into unrelated territory. What worries me is that you come across as being a very intelligent person, it shouldn&#039;t be too difficult for you to neuter these arguments that you feel so much about with some good work the RUC did before the British govt changed tack from a military to a civil solution for NI.

I don&#039;t mind you obliquely calling me names, after all this is the internet, and as you said, N.I. is not my fight…]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2010/03/one-of-astrids-smart-friends-not-jo-meli-the-blackshirt-rushes-to-her-defence/#comment-47508">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re uttering the same words rightwing Israelis say when they are shown how disgraceful their oppression of the Palestinians is… or apartheid South Africa or… you get the gist.</p>
<p>But I agree with you, we are digressing into unrelated territory. What worries me is that you come across as being a very intelligent person, it shouldn&#8217;t be too difficult for you to neuter these arguments that you feel so much about with some good work the RUC did before the British govt changed tack from a military to a civil solution for NI.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t mind you obliquely calling me names, after all this is the internet, and as you said, N.I. is not my fight…</p>
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