Oh my God. Now I’m making the switch for sure.
Funny how Joseph Muscat doesn’t get his Bay Arena testimonials from this lot. Nor does Miriam Dalli seek them out for her ‘common person’ slot on 903 (more about that at a later stage – ‘common person’ is the phrase Miriam uses, not I).
Tania, 2nd from right
Tania Calleja, centre, with a couple of Labour tarts (no jam, though)
Tania Calleja (forefront, literally) strikes an attractive pose
Tania, far left
Tania, third from right
Tania, 1st from left
Here’s our Tania and her ingenious stuffed chicken.
timesofmalta.com, April 6, 2009, 13:36
Woman accused of taking drugs into prison…hidden in a chicken
A woman this morning denied she tried to smuggle two packets of heroin into the prison by stuffing them into a cooked chicken.
Tanya Calleja, 40, was accused in court today of attempting to supply the drug to prison inmate Marco Pace, also known as Il-Pinzell.
Police Inspector Norbert Ciappara told the court that on January 12, 2006, Ms Calleja entered the prison carrying a chicken. She left it there to be delivered to Mr Pace.
After she left, prison officers became suspicious and checked the chicken, finding the heroin stuffed inside.
Ms Calleja pleaded not guilty.
AND EVEN MORE:
The Sunday Times, July 26, 2009
Il-Pinzell in court again
Marco Pace, 39, known as Il-Pinzell, was back in court yesterday charged with slightly injuring a woman when he allegedly drove his car straight towards her on Friday evening.
The incident happened in Federico Maempel Square, Qormi, at 8 p.m. on Friday. Sina Fenech, 38, was injured but the car missed other pedestrians.
Mr Pace was also charged with driving his car dangerously and recklessly, insulting and assaulting several police officers, resisting arrest, possessing a knife and breaching the conditions of a previous release.
Mr Pace, who pleaded not guilty, told the court yesterday that the incident happened because he lost control of the car after the steering wheel became detached from the car’s shaft.
Magistrate Anthony Vella denied a request for bail and ordered the prison authorities to check whether the accused had psychiatric problems.
Mr Pace is well-known to police. In February 2005, he was charged with attempting to kill a policeman when he allegedly shot in his direction during a six-hour stand-off with the police outside his house in Qormi. He is also awaiting trial for the murder of a man in Ta’ Qali in 2004.
Last January, 26-year-old Kelly Micallef, who had been questioned by police after she was found in the Qormi house together with Mr Pace, was found dead by her father in their house in San Ġwann.
Last April, Mr Pace’s aunt, Tania Calleja, 40, was charged with allegedly depositing a chicken with prison guards to be handed over to her nephew in January, 2006.
But 10 to 15 minutes after she left jail, the guards became suspicious and decided to check if there was anything illegal inside the chicken. Under the chicken’s wings, the police found two sachets of heroin.
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Hemm hi il-mummy.
She’s in.
If it weren’t so sad it would be hilarious.
I have been thinking more about Joseph Muscat’s trip on the Gozo ferry and it strikes me as being a milestone in the political campaign.
This is THE FIRST TIME that Joseph Muscat has been caught completely off guard and it turns out to have been a complete flop.
Up to now, whether it was a signing of a billboard at midnight, a debate with university students, a gathering at an open air market or a meeting with children in front of a telephone box, everything has been orchestrated to a T.
Wherever Joseph went, there was an adoring crowd waiting, party flags and Joseph Muscat books in hand for him to sign. They called his name while chanting “Tagħna lkoll.” Wherever he went, podiums, platforms and teleprompters magically appeared to help him along and crowds always gathered around him.
And now this.
Obviously, nobody could be bothered taking a day off work, booking a hotel or sleeping in the car just to be able to enjoy a 30 minute ferry ride with Joseph only for him to whisk off in a comfortable car after arriving at Ċirkewwa. For the first time since the campaign started, Joseph Muscat was left to his own devices and boy, did he cut a forlorn and dejected figure.
The best ‘crowd’ Joseph could muster was a couple sitting at a table and, according to one of your readers, one of them is not a regular ferry commuter and probably came specifically for the special journey. The rest simply ignored him. The real special photograph is the one with Joseph standing next to the Exit sign looking completely bewildered wondering why everyone is paying him so little attention.
Rest assured that if a bigger crowd had gathered around the Great Leader, photographs would have been taken. It being 6 0’clock in the morning is no excuse. If he can attract attention at midnight, then he ought to be able to do it at six o’clock as well. And he’s a future prime minister of Malta for God’s sake. An enthralling future prime minister should have no problem pulling people towards him at any time of day or night.
This makes one wonder how much of JosephMuscatDotCom’s campaign is real and how much of it is drummed up and forced enthusiasm. Ever since Joseph’s campaign started, people have been commenting about a sense of manipulation, deceptiveness and schadenfreude which people have not been able to put a precise finger on.
The photographs of this trip show some of what really lies behind the façade of the Fearless Leader.
This is not a leader but a joke.
Lawrence Gonzi, as always, makes for a very interesting comparison. While being interviewed by the The Times a few days ago, Lawrence decided to take a stroll and use the Barrakka lift because he saw that it was a sunny morning and he wanted to make the best of it. Throughout this little stroll, people gathered around him. He had something to say to them, found time to give a word of encouragement and took photographs with them when asked.
The bottom line is that anybody can gather his friends around and pretend that he is the soul of the party. The real trick is arriving at a party unannounced and still making everyone remember that you were there.
Well, ding dong. Of course Muscat’s public appearances are orchestrated. The campaign’s got all the hallmarks of communist leaders PR stunts.
His appearance at Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary School is a case in point. Do you remember hanging around the school gates carrying a hagiography, an electoral manifesto and a flag in case an opposition leader happened to pass by? NO, me neither.
Is this the same person?
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090406/local/prison-warders-find-drugs-in-stuffed-chicken.251894
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090726/local/il-pinzell-in-court-again.266823
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20111129/local/-Armed-drugged-and-a-real-menace-.396074
What’s it about these girls and their middle fingers?
Daphne you could have saved on typing the position of Tania in these photos. You could have just said: ‘Tania the oldest one amongst this lot’.
It is an indication of the type of service they offer.
Who ever told these people that horrid tattoos will make them look good?
The tattooist, for one.
Allow me to rephrase? Horrid people with tattoos:
Horrid people even without tattoos, Harry.
They have no idea where to put it, I guess.
Marco Pace is Tanja Calleja’s cousin.
Tanja Calleja is Antonella Snobby’s mother.
And they all live in Qormi.
As someone said earlier: “The apple does not fall far from the tree”.
Qormi, Hamrun, Marsa etc are full of such people. How is this news to anyone?
No wonder they have Nuxellina as mayor.
Where did she buy the heroin? A Labour Party club?
found it in a dustbin
They all look so sad.
Perhaps they are waiting for Joseph to become PM to start smiling.
Il-Pinzell is also in and will probably remain so for some time.
Like the faux ‘Bunny’ outfit though. Cut-price. Typical of all that is Pl/Labour.
Tania likes Roderick Galdes.
Does Roderick like Tania?
yes, “jekk tivvutalu”.
Joseph and Maria Vassallo, obviously quite a while back http://www.facebook.com/maria.vassallo.140#!/photo.php?fbid=572915336071734&set=pb.100000598193344.-2207520000.1361230532&type=3&theater
Joseph Muscat and Maria Vassallo, that is.
http://www.facebook.com/maria.vassallo.140#!/photo.php?fbid=572523622777572&set=pb.100000598193344.-2207520000.1361230532&type=3&theater
‘Who hate me this for u’
Xott it-tifel. Dnub li r-ritratt bil-kontra.
Oooh, interesting.
Tania Calleja and Kenneth Zammit Tabona have a lot in common besides their support for Labour and Joseph Muscat.
They both have a special relationship with a pinzell.
Mela, the starving artist and his model in some grotty attic below Montmartre.
Spot on, Ciccio.
Quite the role-model this Tania is to her 4 ‘snobby’ daughters. The apples really fell right under the tree.
Odd that I never listened to a Mercedes Benz salesman who told me that I would look good owning one of their brand of automobiles.
This bitch (literally) is also in, posing with the quintessential kurcifiss and funky shoes. It’s a pity though that she is not able to show us her middle finger.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=572812302730686&set=a.139625846049336.24533.117699548241966&type=1&ref=nf
Dawn kollha scherzi tan-natura
Malta Labour Party – that’s what happens when people take the word ‘party’ literally.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/05/article-2057891-0EAC6A8000000578-588_634x417.jpg kulhadd jfittex il-blokka l-bajda
Even I’m in – I’m in denial. I cannot face the fact that these people will be running the show in less than three short weeks.
I can write volumes about this but, at this point, what’s the point?
I’m quite sure the dies are cast and there is not “uncasting” them. Life sucks and then we die, Woody Allen is alleged to have said. I cannot agree more with him.
If it weren’t for this blog, I would have never thought these people still existed.
Teeny Beach here we come!
How is Tania Snobbija related to Antonella Snobbija?
[Daphne – Tania is Antonella’s mother.]
The Snobby nickname was passed down from their grandfather who used to do manual labour and clear out stuff like bathrooms and the likes, like our modern bulky refuse.
Tania is a widow and her late husband was a nice guy.
The rest of the clan (i.e. the four girls) are sisters, Tania’s daughters.
They all, starting from the mum, do the same kind of work, and that part you have obviously understood.
They are very ‘well known’ in Hal Qormi and protected through their cousin “Il-Pinzell”, who is greatly feared even by the police.
He should have been in for a long time after the shooting incident/stand-off with the police but he was let loose very shortly after.
Looked very closely at the photos but could not spot Consuelo.
Good Lord
These Labour/Socialists always seem to treat people with sex implications rather than as human beings.
This reminds me of the Alfred Sant’s MLP postcard of a girl and boy with the words IF YOU’RE DOING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, VOTE LABOUR.
Your previous reference also describes it well, see: http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/if-youre-doing-it-for-the-first-time-vote-labour/
What is even more sad is the fact that these illiterate morons can vote and decide the country’s future
There should be a mandatory IQ test to allow people the right to vote
Votes should carry the weight of the holder’s IQ. This one man, one vote nonsense will be the downfall of our nation.
Blame Christian fundamentalism, blind patriotism and Xarabank. Until we admit to ourselves that we are hideously backward, we will never make any headway.
I’m in as well
I am starting to fear the 10th of March: it will be worse than zombie apocalypse.