I had a bad start to the day when I read what Tonio Borg said about Muslim extremist parties. The guy has completely lost the plot and it’s such a pity that the PM seems to have reverted to being the PM again without having a good handle on our foreign policy as he did a week after this whole Libya mess started.

Allow me to remind readers here that the first aircraft (Austrian) that landed in Malta for a humanitarian mission was almost impounded by Tonio Borg’s ministry and firmly told that ‘we have nothing to do with what is happening in Libya, so you either go back where you came from or you will not be allowed to leave’.

Only when the PM got involved did he turn this episode into now a world-known huge humanitarian effort by Malta. Now that Tonio is being left on his own again, one can only expect more of the mess and dodging exercise.

It’s such a pity that a political party that has turned out so many great politicians with incalculable foresight has also turned such a lame dodger.

In one of my earlier comments I had written about the fact that military leaders will forever remember Malta’s position during the Libyan crisis. These are the same leaders we will have to beg when it comes to helping us out on anything – from illegal immigration to an earthquake, and believe me, these people will not forget in a hurry.

Then, typical Maltese, we will all grumble and say the whole world is against us. Very much like we are now ourselves not wanting to be part of the world.

Alas, we’ll no longer hear Faithless’s unique sound. Like so many élite units before them, they’ve disbanded.

Me, I always keep mine on. My frag vest, that is.

You should visit Zermatt. That’s where all the Russian billionaires and supermodels hang out. At 200 Euro per fondue, it’s out of my league, but you could try your luck.

If the sub can offload special opps it definitely is offensive.

Baxxter, neutral alcohol is not my style. Stopped halfway down my last run, had three grappa and fell down the rest of the mountain.

You astonish me! How did you get that vid of me doing my professorial thing? Thought you would have one of Kevvy in the kitchen.

Look forward to your briefing, just keep yours on.

It’s true that the airport is not suited for military action, but the Grand Harbour is not called ‘grand’ for nothing…

If you have a drink, make sure it’s neutral alcoholic. And be prudent. Choose life in the après-ski.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IjFjTciSzg

You only take heed when you need to. And you need to.
Come let me brief you…..

Returning to the centre of the universe next week. Can’t wait, I need a laugh.

Well? What did you expect? That lady can’t distinguish between a threat and a warning.

Not to split hairs or anything, but there really is a difference. The SNA Améthyste (unlike some US and British attack subs) does not carry any ground attack missiles (such as the Tomahawk). Just torpedoes and Exocet anti-ship missiles. So you could say that it cannot be used in an offensive role on Libyan soil.

But heck yeah, this war has shown that our government officials are patented ignoramuses in defence matters. I fully expect a shitstorm over the “nuclear” bit in the title. Back in the days when Alfie Fabri’s legendary “Buzz FM’ had to share 106.6 FM with live broadcasts from parliament, I used to hear a lot of the latter. I once caught part of an extremely long speech by Marie-Louise Coleiro (no Preca back then) on “vapuri bin-nukleari”, where she was unable to distinguish between nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered. I believe even the bronze Neptune in the courtyard wept that day.