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		By: Toninu		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Toninu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Even if he switched off the phone, chances are it would still ring ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even if he switched off the phone, chances are it would still ring &#8230;</p>
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		By: jpeg		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/03/franco-my-father-has-just-had-a-heart-attack-stenna-ha-nghidlek-kemm-batejt/#comment-200774&quot;&gt;Daphne Caruana Galizia&lt;/a&gt;.

Brilliant. Made me smile :)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/03/franco-my-father-has-just-had-a-heart-attack-stenna-ha-nghidlek-kemm-batejt/#comment-200774">Daphne Caruana Galizia</a>.</p>
<p>Brilliant. Made me smile :)</p>
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		By: Claude Sciberras		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Claude Sciberras]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;Maybe I should not have been polite at the time, and I should have hung up and switched off the phone.&quot;

Stephen Calleja has forgotten that Franco&#039;s phone &#039;makes magics&#039;. It can probably get through to you when yours is off.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Maybe I should not have been polite at the time, and I should have hung up and switched off the phone.&#8221;</p>
<p>Stephen Calleja has forgotten that Franco&#8217;s phone &#8216;makes magics&#8217;. It can probably get through to you when yours is off.</p>
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		By: Franco's think thanks		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Franco's think thanks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Franco holds a &#039;chatting with the popolin&#039; session on Facebook. You know you&#039;ve hit rock bottom when you&#039;re arguing with people on Facebook. Apparently Franco doesn&#039;t.

http://www.facebook.com/whewittmalta/posts/403240579702204

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - Next time please email me a screen-shot at dcg@proximuspr.com and I&#039;ll upload it, as somebody else has just done. Franco&#039;s wall is open only to his 4,998 friends and that will exclude many people on this blog, including me.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Franco holds a &#8216;chatting with the popolin&#8217; session on Facebook. You know you&#8217;ve hit rock bottom when you&#8217;re arguing with people on Facebook. Apparently Franco doesn&#8217;t.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/whewittmalta/posts/403240579702204" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.facebook.com/whewittmalta/posts/403240579702204</a></p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; Next time please email me a screen-shot at <a href="mailto:dcg@proximuspr.com">dcg@proximuspr.com</a> and I&#8217;ll upload it, as somebody else has just done. Franco&#8217;s wall is open only to his 4,998 friends and that will exclude many people on this blog, including me.]</strong></p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/03/franco-my-father-has-just-had-a-heart-attack-stenna-ha-nghidlek-kemm-batejt/#comment-200973&quot;&gt;Jozef&lt;/a&gt;.

We need a T-shirt. NOW. In gold lettering on a black background. That&#039;s one chick-mesmerising quote he&#039;s got there.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/03/franco-my-father-has-just-had-a-heart-attack-stenna-ha-nghidlek-kemm-batejt/#comment-200973">Jozef</a>.</p>
<p>We need a T-shirt. NOW. In gold lettering on a black background. That&#8217;s one chick-mesmerising quote he&#8217;s got there.</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/03/franco-my-father-has-just-had-a-heart-attack-stenna-ha-nghidlek-kemm-batejt/#comment-200910&quot;&gt;mandango70&lt;/a&gt;.

If it&#039;s the same Mandango, we still need to be told how (s)he got to know the colour of Joseph&#039;s pubic hair. 

Interesting how Mandango mentions the drinking problem, could it be the familiarity due a precedent role? 

Then there&#039;s the timing of the latest comments.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/03/franco-my-father-has-just-had-a-heart-attack-stenna-ha-nghidlek-kemm-batejt/#comment-200910">mandango70</a>.</p>
<p>If it&#8217;s the same Mandango, we still need to be told how (s)he got to know the colour of Joseph&#8217;s pubic hair. </p>
<p>Interesting how Mandango mentions the drinking problem, could it be the familiarity due a precedent role? </p>
<p>Then there&#8217;s the timing of the latest comments.</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/03/franco-my-father-has-just-had-a-heart-attack-stenna-ha-nghidlek-kemm-batejt/#comment-200816&quot;&gt;All aboard&lt;/a&gt;.

Sounds like Mao Tse Tung, unless he&#039;s into clubbing now as well.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/03/franco-my-father-has-just-had-a-heart-attack-stenna-ha-nghidlek-kemm-batejt/#comment-200816">All aboard</a>.</p>
<p>Sounds like Mao Tse Tung, unless he&#8217;s into clubbing now as well.</p>
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		By: thinker		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[thinker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Meanwhile on Facebook:

Jacques Rene Zammit:
Awguri Franco Debono. Here&#039;s a zen thought for your birthday: &quot;Do not speak - unless it improves on silence.&quot; (Buddhist saying).

Franco Debono:
Hi jacques :) thanks. maltese saying : on certain important topics it&#039;s almost useless to speak because the silence is deafening :P]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Meanwhile on Facebook:</p>
<p>Jacques Rene Zammit:<br />
Awguri Franco Debono. Here&#8217;s a zen thought for your birthday: &#8220;Do not speak &#8211; unless it improves on silence.&#8221; (Buddhist saying).</p>
<p>Franco Debono:<br />
Hi jacques :) thanks. maltese saying : on certain important topics it&#8217;s almost useless to speak because the silence is deafening :P</p>
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		By: mandango70		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mandango70]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/03/franco-my-father-has-just-had-a-heart-attack-stenna-ha-nghidlek-kemm-batejt/#comment-200910&quot;&gt;mandango70&lt;/a&gt;.

Which goes to prove what I just said. If it suits PN, then its questioned (at least by your own admission, by yourself), but if its a PN MP, unless he rams metal bars in the proverbial wheels of the PN government, the drinking problem need not be questioned, not even by your &quot;good&quot;self.

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - I wouldn&#039;t bother about any MP who&#039;s a drunk, Mandango, unless he&#039;s creating chaos in parliament/the country. MPs in any situation other than that are answerable to their constituents. Prime ministers and potential prime ministers are a different matter. No doubt the Labour Party has its drunks (and worse). But I can&#039;t see them causing any trouble. Can you? Franco had psychological issues right from the start, but until those issues began to obstruct the course of normal business, nobody cared.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/03/franco-my-father-has-just-had-a-heart-attack-stenna-ha-nghidlek-kemm-batejt/#comment-200910">mandango70</a>.</p>
<p>Which goes to prove what I just said. If it suits PN, then its questioned (at least by your own admission, by yourself), but if its a PN MP, unless he rams metal bars in the proverbial wheels of the PN government, the drinking problem need not be questioned, not even by your &#8220;good&#8221;self.</p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; I wouldn&#8217;t bother about any MP who&#8217;s a drunk, Mandango, unless he&#8217;s creating chaos in parliament/the country. MPs in any situation other than that are answerable to their constituents. Prime ministers and potential prime ministers are a different matter. No doubt the Labour Party has its drunks (and worse). But I can&#8217;t see them causing any trouble. Can you? Franco had psychological issues right from the start, but until those issues began to obstruct the course of normal business, nobody cared.]</strong></p>
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		By: mandango70		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mandango70]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What I find most incredible in all this, is not so much that FD&#039;s psyche is what it is. What is astounding is the fact that until such time as these traits did not create any hurdles for the PN government&#039;s continued existence, all was fine and excuseable. 

This is akin to another fact: another PN MP having a drinking problem. Can we imagine you Daphne writing anything about this and how unacceptable it is to have such an MP representing the people in the country&#039;s highest institution? Of course not. 

Obviously, it would all change if that same person were to adopt a similar position to that of FD. Then all hell would break loose and good luck to anyone trying to stop you from spewing your venom on him.

The hypocrisy that permeates your thinking leaves me speechless.

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - I knew a Labour prime minister who had a drinking problem, Mandango. And a wig. I didn&#039;t see anyone questioning that, either...except me, of course.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What I find most incredible in all this, is not so much that FD&#8217;s psyche is what it is. What is astounding is the fact that until such time as these traits did not create any hurdles for the PN government&#8217;s continued existence, all was fine and excuseable. </p>
<p>This is akin to another fact: another PN MP having a drinking problem. Can we imagine you Daphne writing anything about this and how unacceptable it is to have such an MP representing the people in the country&#8217;s highest institution? Of course not. </p>
<p>Obviously, it would all change if that same person were to adopt a similar position to that of FD. Then all hell would break loose and good luck to anyone trying to stop you from spewing your venom on him.</p>
<p>The hypocrisy that permeates your thinking leaves me speechless.</p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; I knew a Labour prime minister who had a drinking problem, Mandango. And a wig. I didn&#8217;t see anyone questioning that, either&#8230;except me, of course.]</strong></p>
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