Comments on: This is for Labour’s Aaron Farrugia, whose parents lied to him horribly as he grew up, and who couldn’t be fagged to find out for himself https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/this-is-for-labours-aaron-farrugia-whose-parents-lied-to-him-horribly-as-he-grew-up-and-who-couldnt-be-fagged-to-find-out-for-himself/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:43:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: ciccio2011 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/this-is-for-labours-aaron-farrugia-whose-parents-lied-to-him-horribly-as-he-grew-up-and-who-couldnt-be-fagged-to-find-out-for-himself/#comment-136946 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:43:52 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15858#comment-136946 In reply to Not Sandy :P.

“Little is known of Mr Kim – he led the world’s most oppressive and secretive country, where the state controls every aspect of private and public life.

But in the 1970s, Mr Kim was in Malta to learn English, possibly as part of an exchange that included a secret agreement between the Labour government and the North Korean regime for the provision of military training and weapons.

No official documentation exists of Mr Kim’s Malta stopover and any past attempts to coax comments from government officials at the time has always been met with cynicism.”

If Kurt Sansone wrote that, we ought to believe it.

]]> By: La Redoute https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/this-is-for-labours-aaron-farrugia-whose-parents-lied-to-him-horribly-as-he-grew-up-and-who-couldnt-be-fagged-to-find-out-for-himself/#comment-136798 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:50:38 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15858#comment-136798 The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide by defending the rights of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal. Its list of the world’s ten most censored countries is here:
http://cpj.org/reports/2006/05/10-most-censored-countries.php

It doesn’t mention Malta. Funny, that.

]]> By: Democracy https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/this-is-for-labours-aaron-farrugia-whose-parents-lied-to-him-horribly-as-he-grew-up-and-who-couldnt-be-fagged-to-find-out-for-himself/#comment-136732 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:25:08 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15858#comment-136732 Without people like these the Nationalist Party stands no chance at the next election.

]]> By: Not Sandy :P https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/this-is-for-labours-aaron-farrugia-whose-parents-lied-to-him-horribly-as-he-grew-up-and-who-couldnt-be-fagged-to-find-out-for-himself/#comment-136706 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:48:33 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15858#comment-136706 Elve Aar and the not-so-secret grotto:

http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/08/how-we-know-that-nikita-is-an-elve-its-hysterical-read-this-and-weep-with-laughter/

Mr Farrugia also decided to call each member of the group ‘elve’: “Memo to elves in Sant’s grotto… Elve Alex… and Elve Josef… start working with Malcolm on the next wine party. Elve Andre, Elve Therese and Elve Bjorn A start working on IUSY events in Malta. Elve Daniel together with Elve Nikita and Elve Therese work on the renewable energy conference….”

Signing as Elve Aar, he ended: “Keep it up elves: Proud to be elves on Labour’s side …”.

]]> By: Not Sandy :P https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/this-is-for-labours-aaron-farrugia-whose-parents-lied-to-him-horribly-as-he-grew-up-and-who-couldnt-be-fagged-to-find-out-for-himself/#comment-136691 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:25:57 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15858#comment-136691 More recent news:

Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Belarus arrests dozens on vote anniversary
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20111220/world/Belarus-arrests-dozens-on-vote-anniversary.399212

Tuesday, December 20, 2011
The Dear Leader’s secret stay in Malta
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20111220/local/The-Dear-Leader-s-secret-stay-in-Malta.399242

]]> By: NGT https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/this-is-for-labours-aaron-farrugia-whose-parents-lied-to-him-horribly-as-he-grew-up-and-who-couldnt-be-fagged-to-find-out-for-himself/#comment-136684 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:14:45 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15858#comment-136684 I’m surprised Malta didn’t appear in this article too.

http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/blogs/yahoo-lifestyles/10-illegal-baby-names-194006397-3.html

]]> By: il-Ginger https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/this-is-for-labours-aaron-farrugia-whose-parents-lied-to-him-horribly-as-he-grew-up-and-who-couldnt-be-fagged-to-find-out-for-himself/#comment-136667 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:41:08 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15858#comment-136667 You have no idea how shocked I am right now. I had no idea. Someone said he was even educated at the University of Malta. WTF

]]> By: La Redoute https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/this-is-for-labours-aaron-farrugia-whose-parents-lied-to-him-horribly-as-he-grew-up-and-who-couldnt-be-fagged-to-find-out-for-himself/#comment-136665 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:39:50 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15858#comment-136665 Aaron Farrugia could ask Alex Sceberras Trigona for the details of the agreement he brokered with North Korea.

]]> By: Jack https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/this-is-for-labours-aaron-farrugia-whose-parents-lied-to-him-horribly-as-he-grew-up-and-who-couldnt-be-fagged-to-find-out-for-himself/#comment-136655 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:25:44 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15858#comment-136655 I also suggest he reads Nothing to Envy (http://nothingtoenvy.com/).

It’s such a depressing description of life in North Korea that I couldn’t take more than a few pages at a time when reading it.

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/12/this-is-for-labours-aaron-farrugia-whose-parents-lied-to-him-horribly-as-he-grew-up-and-who-couldnt-be-fagged-to-find-out-for-himself/#comment-136637 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:54:09 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=15858#comment-136637 Here’s the link to The Guardian blog I have quoted:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/shortcuts/2011/dec/19/kim-jong-il-things-never-knew?fb=native&CMP=FBCNETTXT9038

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