Comments on: Guido the Scarlet Pimpernel in secret assignations with solitary palace maiden

By: Kevin Zammit

Kevin Zammit — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:17:10 +0000

In reply to David Buttigieg. adendum: DeMarco may have met Barabara a couple of times over some crises but I never heard that they had regular meetings

By: Kevin Zammit

Kevin Zammit — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:14:12 +0000

In reply to David Buttigieg.

Ghandhi x-xorti nghid li l-Barbara kont nafa personalment. Mara (u hawn nixtieq nghamel emfazi) ta rieda soghoda li bdiet il karriera politika taghha fi zmien fejn in nisa l-anqas biss dritt jivvotaw ma kellhom u biex tkompli tghaxxaq kollox kella tidhol ma l-uniku partit li kien lest li jaccettaha cioe partit socjalista li kien mdawwar bl-irgiel tat tarzna. Ovjament la n-nazjonalisti konservattivi u kattolici u l-anqas dak ta Strickland ma kien ser jaccettaha. Tant hu hekk li Mable innifisa l-anqas fil bidu ma harget anke jekk kienet hi li biss sahha tal gazetta taghha u bi flusa rxuxtat il partit ta missiera.

Mela ghallura bniedma bhal din bil fors kellha trabbi certu guffagni tal-karatru specjalment fil publiku izda min taht kienet gentili (rajta jiena ta tifel tibki b’sens ta dizappunt dwar xi haga jew ohra), rajta jiena tibghat lil Lorry isaqqi l-hass u ma kenitx tibza xejn minnu. Kienet inteligentissima, makakka u nformatissima.

Issa dwar l-orjentazjoni sesswali taghha la naf u l-anqas qatt kien jinteressani u nahseb li minn jitkellem hekk ikun qied johrog ta persuna baxxa li ma tafx taghraf x’gara fil passat.

By: Joseph A Borg

Joseph A Borg — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:34:54 +0000

In reply to david g.

There was much worst violence in Spain and other countries around us and none have been judged by at least a Truth and reconciliation commission.

Italy preferred to bury the atrocities committed by its own. With the result that things flared into the anni di piombo during the 70s recession. Greece had its brief fascist coup in those years maybe exacerbated by the fascist coup in Greece.

I find it worrying that Spain has two very polarised groups: republican anarchists/socialists on one side and catholic fascists on the other. At this point the liberals seem to be holding sway, but with the economy flushing into the gutter things could flare up again…hopefully less ugly than before. Considering Garzon cannot bring Franco’s minions to a tribunal whilst chasing Pinochet and others…

http://www.counterpunch.org/navarro02222010.html

When it suits them Catholics rally for their inquisitions like when they supported McCarthy and his communist witch hunt, otherwise they prefer to let bygones be bygones, and remember how tolerant they were.

In retrospect we had it relatively easy considering we were a nation struggling to rise out of abject poverty after WWII.

The only exception in Europe was Jews. Because it gave political leverage to the Zionists in their pursuit of Erez Israel in its fullness. The holocaust survivors have gained the Israeli state a lot of money and political clout from Europe but many of them are today living in destitution and abandonment in their promised land.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/apr2007/holo-a18.shtml

By: marcus flores

marcus flores — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:27:30 +0000

(HERE’S A SHORTENED VERSION, DAPH.)
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H.P. Baxxter says:
WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE AT 1151HRS
Dan il-pajjiz, Flores, huwa mnejjek minhabba nies bhalek. Nies tedjanti u patronizzanti. Tfakkarni hafna fil-President Emeritus Ugo Mifsud Bonnici. Kif nista’ nikkontradik jekk lanqas biss naf x’ridt tghid bl-ewwel post tieghek fuq de Marco?
Imbaghad ara min qed jitkellem dwar li ahna “bnedmin mhux allat”. Wiehed li jiftahar bl-ixkafef mimlija “saggi kritici” li kiteb u jsejjahli “habib”, “qalbi” u “sabih”, bil-mod tipiku patronizzanti tal-Maltin.
Il-kitba tieghek ma fiha xejn jekk mhux ekwivoci u ambivalenzi. Qisek de Marco nnifsu. Jew Peter Serracino Inglott. Jew Lino Spiteri xi kultant. Il-generazzjoni tad-diskors ellittiku li ma jasal imkien.
REPLY
Marcus Flores: Kitbietek contradiction-in-terms; oxymoron; u, drabi ohra, inti habsi go hsebijietek stess. Waqt li jien tongue-in-cheek, bla ebda mibgheda go qalbi,inti issa bdejt titfantas, issir arqan xraba, tintela marrara, u tlift il-vigilanza mehtiega biex ma tigix trasparenti.
Ilbierah “gbartli” kitbieti f’sentenza wahda. Ghidtli: “Illostra kemm iddur mal-lewza, Flores. Aqbad u ghid li de Marco kien qed jinnegozja l-emenda fil-kostituzzjoni dwar il-ligi elettorali.” 24 siegha wara qed tghid li ma fhimtnix: “Kif nista’ nikkontradik jekk lanqas biss naf x’ridt tghid bl-ewwel post tieghek fuq de Marco?”.
U issa hiereg il-vernakular, waqt li fl-istess nifs tattakka lill-indigeni nnifishom li, ghal-grazzja taghhom, hallejt ilsienek fih.
Jien BILFORS kelli nghidlek x’ghamilt f’hajti, Sir, ghax inti ghidtli (“Tidher li qatt ma ktibt xejn”.). U, allura, kelli nwiegbek……
Fejnhom l-ambivalenzi u l-ekwivoci tieghi? FIGMENT tieghek?.
Bilhaqq, ma ridtx, forsi, tghid “elitisti” Demarco, Ugo u Serracino, ghax ma jidhirli li ma ghandhom xejn “ellittiku” fl-ghamla taghhom?….. Jew forsi, f’xeba inkubi, qed tarahom, BHALEK, jigru wara dembhom….

[Daphne – Enough, please. Why don’t you exchange email addresses and carry on this bilateral disagreement elsewhere?]

By: red nose

red nose — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:51:06 +0000

Ibqaw cert li tal-Maltastar fid-dlam kienu u fid-dlam ghadhom b’din il “exchange” of views – too high ghalihom. Inzlu ftit fl-livell akar baxx, please.

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:51:01 +0000

In reply to marcus flores.

Dan il-pajjiz, Flores, huwa mnejjek minhabba nies bhalek. Nies tedjanti u patronizzanti. Tfakkarni hafna fil-President Emeritus Ugo Mifsud Bonnici. Kif nista’ nikkontradik jekk lanqas biss naf x’ridt tghid bl-ewwel post tieghek fuq de Marco?

Imbaghad ara min qed jitkellem dwar li ahna “bnedmin mhux allat”. Wiehed li jiftahar bl-ixkafef mimlija “saggi kritici” li kiteb u jsejjahli “habib”, “qalbi” u “sabih”, bil-mod tipiku patronizzanti tal-Maltin.

Il-kitba tieghek ma fiha xejn jekk mhux ekwivoci u ambivalenzi. Qisek de Marco nnifsu. Jew Peter Serracino Inglott. Jew Lino Spiteri xi kultant. Il-generazzjoni tad-diskors ellittiku li ma jasal imkien.

By: Karl Flores

Karl Flores — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:52:25 +0000

Enstein was correct when he said, “Everything must be made as simple as possible, and not simpler.”,,,,,,,this for both of you.

By: marcus flores

marcus flores — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:10:29 +0000

H.P. Baxxter says:
TUESDAY, 22 JUNE AT 2359HRS
Int mhux biss ma tafx tikteb b’mod konciz, imma lanqas taf tuza punteggatura u paragrafi.
P.S. Tidher li qatt ma ktibt trattat xjentifiku, la fuq ir-Relatività u lanqas fuq hwejjeg ohra, ghax ir-regola tad-deheb hija appuntu li “tfiehem fl-iqsar kliem.”
Marcus Flores: Bakksi, l-inkorriggibbli, baksi; ser nippronik ghal Giegh Ir-Rebus Pubblika Maltija ghall-uzu tal-punteggjatura. It-tfal ta’ l-iskola kollha bhalek juzawha.
Bakksi, qalbi, meta trid ejj’ ghoqod u nurik xkaffa shiha ta’ files ta’ artikli, saggi kritici u x’naf jien li jien KTIBT u ippublikajt bl-Ingliz, Taljan, Franciz, Germaniz, Spanjol, u Norvegiz.
Nurik ucuh li pingejt meta kont ghadni 18 il-sena gewwa Londra. It-traduzzjonijiet li ghamilt ghal l-agent tal-Mercedes fil-Libya qabel ir-revoluzzjoni, mill Germaniz u l-ingliz ghat-taljan. Insomma, the works……………….kif jghidu!
Veru li kultant il-punteggjatura tieghi idiosinkratika, u kultant nghamel ukoll xi zbal tipografiku fil-genn tal-mument.Nurik ukoll il-korrispondenzi li ghandi ma xi whud mill-aqwa politici ta statura mondjali. Mhux one-offs, ta’, hi, izda ghexieren ta snin ta kuntatt.
U hemm iktar x’nurik li ma semmejtx; izda jekk tkompli tipprovokani…………. Kultant, mit-turn of phrase tieghek, nisthajjlek certu Godwin. Int taf………! Jien, ghall-inqas ma hbejtx l-identita’ wara nome-de-plume……
“Tfiehem fl-iksar kliem”, veru, izda ma tfisirx li thalli lok ghal ekwivoci, ambivalenzi, debbolizzi, ecc., jew li tkun telegrafiku. Nirrakomandalek “A tale of Two Cities”……………………….
Mill-bqija, antika Ruma, minn ma jistghax iwwaqqalek kliemek jipprova jfittixlek il-qamel f’rasek, u xi wiehed forsi jsibu; u mn’Alla, ghax forsi minghajr xi qammlu, ninsew li ahna bnedmin u m’hux allat.
Nghidlek, ohra, habib: X’inhu l-ahjar, ras bla xaghar jew xghar bla ras?; (punteggjatura sic); li tkun taf kif haga ssir, jew li tkun taf tghamilha?
Insomma bakksi, meta tikkritika jew tghamel gudizzja, applika l-kriterji gusti (addattati u flokhom): Nghid jien, mhux ahjar, sabih, li thares lejn wicci mill tipprova xxommli il-warrani……….????
Marcus Flores

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:59:38 +0000

In reply to H.P. Baxxter.

Int mhux biss ma tafx tikteb b’mod konciz, imma lanqas taf tuza punteggatura u paragrafi.

P.S. Tidher li qatt ma ktibt trattat xjentifiku, la fuq ir-Relatività u lanqas fuq hwejjeg ohra, ghax ir-regola tad-deheb hija appuntu li “tfiehem fl-iqsar kliem.”

By: marcus flores

marcus flores — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:28:23 +0000

In reply to H.P. Baxxter.

H.P. Baxxter says:
TUESDAY, 22 JUNE AT 1927HRS
Illostra kemm iddur mal-lewza, Flores. Aqbad u ghid li de Marco kien qed jinnegozja l-emenda fil-kostituzzjoni dwar il-ligi elettorali.
Marcus Flores: Prosit!, bakksi, ma kontx naf li inti daqshekk spiccattiv,hi. Ma taqrax “l-Orizzont”, ghal li jista’ jkun? Naf li ghamlu deccenni shah igibu “kliem tad-deheb” ikkwotati.
Jghidu li “Is silenzu l-aktar risposta insopportabbli ghall-kritici tieghek”, izda zgur mhux f’dal kaz.
X’ridt habib? Li niktbu: Pont 1. Pont 2, Point 3 ???
Min jaf xi jmur, jaf ukoll li mhux bizzejjed taghti l-infurmazzjoni, izda trid ukoll issahhaha bl-argumenti sodi, u trid tghamel kaz b’sahhtu ghall validita’ ta’ l-argumenti favur il-fatti. U hemm iktar ukoll,fil-kitba perswassiva……
Ma tahsibx, ghaziz bakksi, li hija assjoma li ma tistghax tfisser suggett f’inqas kliem milli JEHTIEGLU?
Mur gibni ktibt trattat fuq It -Teorija tar-Relattivita'” ta’ Bertu Einstein. X’kont tghidli, sabih: “Fhemni fl-aktar kliem semplici u fl-iqsar kliem!”, forsi, bakksi, hi?
marcus flores