A Very Happy Birthday to you Daphne with Best Wishes

[Daphne – Thank you.]

The Libyan Government? The Maltese Government?

Is there some sort of agreement between the two governments?

Or would the Maltese Government have to sue Libya at the World Court?

(Last time we did that, in 1984, and once again on oil-related matters, ma qtajniex sandar! Now how to convey the same effect of that phrase in English?)

Whilst I can live with this state of things when the MP concerned is just an MP, I shiver to the thought that in three years time Joe Muscat will be Malta’s PM.

He is not only lesser than mediocre but his insensitivity to truth knows no limits. Sunday morning at 00:27 his similar minus Kurt Farrugia sent me an email titled “Tkun Ewropew bil-fatti u mhux bil-kliem”

Please refer to :

“An internal Audit by BP found 390 overdue maintenance problems on the rig in September 2009 – Financial Times 23 August”

Daphne , accidents DONT just happen. Also dont think that big players like BP dont cut corners . The push to show glowing Financial results is just tremendous – just as what happened in the Banking meltdown . To add insult to injury
many times you have the regulators closing an eye to the big boys, and auditng firms pussyfooting , so as not to risk losing the client.
May I remind you that Lehman Bros had a Triple A classification on the Friday , and collapsed on the Monday !
Madoff was not investigated by the regulator ( actually 3 audits were stopped in their tracks) notwithstanding GLARING irregularities
Unfortunately greed for money in a poorly regulated and highly connected capitalist network leads to disasters as in the BP oil rig explosion , and the financial meltdown

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7d66d5aa-aee3-11df-8e45-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=4068ae36-5447-11df-b75d-00144feab49a.html

‘The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.’

This is Malta – we do things differently

What if the well was found in Maltese waters? Would there be objections then?

I was hoping you’d write something sensible about the passing of Guido because I was being driven nuts by all the saccharine national hyperventilation.