ha ha ha ha – just incredible
Maltastar, earlier this evening – a hot news item:
Labour urges fireworks board of inquiry to complete report quickly
Labour leader Joseph Muscat and Labour MP Michael Falzon have urged a Board of Inquiry, set up to investigate the materials used in the production of fireworks, to work quickly.
Perhaps ‘Labour leader Joseph Muscat’ should invite the ‘Board of Inquiry’ round for tea at 52 Triq San Pawl Milqi – or is it 52a? – where they can sample deputy leader Michelle’s gingerbread men and chat to their token gay friends the French Sorbonne professor and his make-up artist boyfriend, who might drop by unexpectedly as in that (in)famous magazine interview.
No fireworks around, but heaps of Michelle’s teddies – the furry ones with two ears, and not the sexy ones you wear in bed.
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Now that is very funny, Daphne. I will put my head down now, snickering–envisaging Joey in teddies. Tea for all, teddies for Joey. Hopefully not explosive.
Now that IS an image to take to one’s grave…. JM in a teddy.
[Daphne – Kurt Farrugia and the Maltastar ‘tim’ are probably looking up the meaning right now.]
And nary a mention of the fact that he was raised on the proceeds of fireworks chemicals, and that he lives in a home financed by fireworks. Ma tarax. Pajjiz tal-Mickey Mouse.
At least Michael Falzon is straightforward about it and doesn’t hide his fireworks fixation. But Our Dear Leader tells us that he was born to a ‘businessman from Burmarrad’, no details on what he does business in.
And then those whining women columnists you mentioned earlier feel sorry for him because he’s been burdened with a ‘festi and fireworks liability’ like Falzon. They’re too damned stupid to find out that while Falzon lets the fireworks off in his home town, Our Dear Leader and his mummy and daddy actually live off them.
Imbasta bil-metrosexual urbane chic ta’ ghajnu: it-tifel ta’ Saviour Muscat Fireworks li kien imur il-meetings ta’ Mintoff bin-nanna twerzaq (omm Saviour Muscat Fireworks).
Ommi, x’pajjiz. A prime minister to look forward to. So very smooth and debonair.
Isn’t Michael Falzon also the legal counsel for the pyrotechnics association? Anyone hinting for a potential conflict of interest?
In my view, it is not only Michael Falzon who has a conflict of interest in the matter, but even Joseph Muscat, whose father is in the fireworks business.
Muscat should declare his conflict of interest and stay out of it, leaving the matter in his deputy’s hands, because his family profits from fireworks and has a perceived interest in avoiding state control and restrictions.
I mean to say that Mr. Muscat’s request, in his role as Labour leader, to an independent board of inquiry to produce the results of their investigation quickly, is not appropriate since he is also closely related in the family to an operator in the sector.
Therefore, any action that may be perceived to constitute pressure on the board to act with haste would not be appropriate from the position of Labour leader, who is incidentally also the Leader of the Opposition.
In that role, he should see that the board takes its time, and all the time needed, to reach appropriate conclusions.
Daph, way too much information! You should spare us the mental pictures *wide smile*
Fireworks are used everywhere we do not have eliminate them. We need to regulate them!
It is unheard of that so many fireworks factories explode in one single year.
Something is seriously very wrong! Such dangerous production should not be left in the hands of dilettantes who are driven only by passion for their village festa.
Firework factories should be located way outside residential zones, if need be grouped together in a specially built bunker facility. They should employ ONLY chemists and explosives experts.
As for who imports the raw material – there is absolutely no mention in ANY media as to who the importers are, from where the raw materials are imported, who checks these material, what sort of standards are they subject to etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6dx5M1EEpY
I just had to send you this..
This is a hypothetical question. If the importers of fireworks materials are found to be responsible for the spate of explosions resulting in the death of so many people, will they be prosecuted and can they be sued civilly?
As civilly as you like, A. Charles, as long as they are sued.
Taking into consideration the personalities involved in the importation of the chemicals, why not have a sample tested by an overseas laboratory?
Maybe this is the “terrimot tal-bidla” that he warned about.
Daphne, niehu gost naqra l-artikli tieghek ghax int tqajjem kuxjenza fuq kwalunkwe suggett. Prosit. L-ewwel darba li se nibghat kumment ghax ma niflahx nissaporti.
Il-clip ta’ drew vera disgustanti. Jien li nhobb l-festi wara din tragedja nhossni hatja li jien niehu sehem fil-festi. Pero l-isqfijiet li tant kelli fiducja fihom, jiddispjacini nghid qisu ma gara xejn.
Daphne, familja shiha mietet u wisq nibza l-gimgha d-diehla tasal u qisu qatt ma gara xejn. Skuzani, Daphne, forsi qed inhawwad ghax mohhi veru m ghadux jahdem. Nibghat l-kondoljanzi lil Mary u t-tifla u ghall-vittmi RIP
Another BOMBASTIC statement from Joseph Muscat and his party.
Is the great leader back from his cruise yet? The Times reports that he was absent from Tuesday’s wreath-laying ceremony due to his ‘leg injury’. Other significant absentees had much more valid reasons……
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100909/local/mourning-commitments-keep-leaders-away-from-some-victory-day-events