Comments on: And then they said that the US chambermaid was a liar and demolished her credibility https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/02/and-then-they-said-that-the-us-chambermaid-was-a-liar-and-demolished-her-credibility/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:28:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Joseph A Borg https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/02/and-then-they-said-that-the-us-chambermaid-was-a-liar-and-demolished-her-credibility/#comment-189930 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:28:55 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=17598#comment-189930 I’ve come to the conclusion that our perceptions are heavily skewed by the self-perception of England, Italy and others.

Italians are all the time riling against the malasanità but they seem to have a better quality national health service than the UK. Their life expectancy is better, they didn’t invent MRSA, mad cow etc…

The biggest asset for Italy is that they have an independent judiciary that can poke at Berlusconi at his strongest and a left that can still fight on principle. England instead gives us public commissions that are only good at whitewashing and a left that became ‘new’ and lost its soul…

In any two sufficiently big populations you’ll find the exact same problems. The differences might be in small percentage deviations and what the major media in the country want to talk about.

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/02/and-then-they-said-that-the-us-chambermaid-was-a-liar-and-demolished-her-credibility/#comment-189744 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:44:07 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=17598#comment-189744 http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120223/local/Businessman-cleared-of-hotel-indecent-assault-at-hotel.408041

]]> By: Stanley J A Clews https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/02/and-then-they-said-that-the-us-chambermaid-was-a-liar-and-demolished-her-credibility/#comment-189333 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:47:49 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=17598#comment-189333 His wife supports him because he has the money – obviously.

[Daphne – Aactually, Major Clews, it’s the other way round. She’s the one who supports him with her many millions, and he stays with her because she bails him out. She was asked why she does all this, and her response was that she is proud of her husband’s prowess. Oh well, it takes all sorts, I suppose.]

]]> By: Anthony https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/02/and-then-they-said-that-the-us-chambermaid-was-a-liar-and-demolished-her-credibility/#comment-189227 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:58:35 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=17598#comment-189227 In reply to Albert Farrugia.

” In the Greenback We Trust”.

]]> By: Albert Farrugia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/02/and-then-they-said-that-the-us-chambermaid-was-a-liar-and-demolished-her-credibility/#comment-188883 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:15:27 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=17598#comment-188883 The Strauss-Kahn vs Diallo case was simply a case where money talked big time. The case was not dropped because Diallo was inconsistent about her story. No sir. The case was dropped because it was discovered that Diallo had “lied” when filling some tax return forms years previously, and because she had “exaggerated” a story of being gang-raped in her application for US residence rights.

Because of this, the case against Stauss-Kahn was dropped because the prosecution became the defender of Stauss-Kahn and lost hope of presenting a credible case. What this means, effectively, is that the American justice system has declared Diallo to be a “rapable woman”: she can be raped by anyone, anywhere. Because if she goes to the police afterwards, they will ask her not about the rape, but about her income tax returns. Such, apparently, is American justice. Shame.

]]> By: Stephen Forster https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/02/and-then-they-said-that-the-us-chambermaid-was-a-liar-and-demolished-her-credibility/#comment-188718 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:09:22 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=17598#comment-188718 “and I challenge you to distinguish a naked prostitute from any other naked woman,”
How many of them slept with him “gratuit” mon ami?

]]> By: Anthony https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/02/and-then-they-said-that-the-us-chambermaid-was-a-liar-and-demolished-her-credibility/#comment-188688 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:27:43 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=17598#comment-188688 The (former) managing director of the IMF goes to parties where guests are not always dressed. What ?

Is it at all surprising that the entire world is in such a financial mess ?

]]> By: Andreas Moser https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/02/and-then-they-said-that-the-us-chambermaid-was-a-liar-and-demolished-her-credibility/#comment-188665 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:35:20 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=17598#comment-188665 And his wife still supports him.
*shaking my head*

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/02/and-then-they-said-that-the-us-chambermaid-was-a-liar-and-demolished-her-credibility/#comment-188613 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:06:29 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=17598#comment-188613 Read the full article here:

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120221/world/strauss-kahn-faces-sex-ring-questioning.407772

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