Here’s a fact you missed, Reuben Scicluna: Franco Debono has been tasked with heading the process of reforming Malta’s constitution.

We can expect more where that came from, as Owen Bonnici himself said when making the announcement.

I don’t know Maria Xriha. I’ll get my men on to it. [Your men? Who do you think you are? Kenneth? Ed.]

to follow on ciccio’s remark… at least this is enjoyable

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnT7pT6zCcA

As things stand, Debono/Tabone’s appointment is little more than a souped-up proofreader. OK, there’s no telling where this may go, but we can only discuss facts.

Fully agree with the observations of La Redoute. King Abdullah has described the democratic and constitutional aspects so nicely.

Joseph Muscat’s concept of democracy before 9 March 2013 was how to install himself at Castille at the age of 39 and now it is how to get out of there only for his own State funeral after his death of old age.

Meanwhile, however, one important point I took away from this Arabiya interview is that Joseph Muscat never mentioned the word ‘neutrality’. Must be because Ghaddafi is dead.

I am sure this interview contains many more insights – possibly about the future financing of the Malta Labour Party.

Baxxter, Ciccio, what do you know of how many of Gaddafi’s people are in Malta now? and who backs their presence?

Frankie’s interviews are all the same. Me me me me …

We take this blog for granted, and that is really felt when, e.g. Daphne has a day away from here due to a well deserved holiday or is extra busy with issuing a publication on time etc.

Imagine not being able to reach this site because the internet is blocked from reaching it. (i.e. not even reading older posts either).

Advice to this government from China could also include advice on replicating the internet censoring infrastructure that is fully functional in China for years already.

Chinese citizens cannot access full internet in a normal manner (there are a few geek loopholes) like you and I can until now.

Sites considered insulting to the government are blocked out from access. Including popular international search engines.

This could mean that access to this very blog would be restricted for the people on Malta (a very tempting thought for quite some people, one can imagine).

The last people left with open internet and uncensored TV could be the satellite dish owners (unless these are the first to be rounded up of course, under some esthetics excuse).

The radio stations will have to be shut down, also Net tv. It’s just a matter of time.

For the younger readers, in case you didn’t know:

This government will resort to anything.

I remember the headlines in the eighties when, after ransacking the place like savages, the police “discovered” a silly cordless telephone inside the PN’s HQ building.
It was reported on national TV as if they had discovered a futuristic, evil, propaganda machine capable of illegal practice.

Of course, the whole story was purely made to diverge the public from real issues at the time, like e.g. the 20,000 unemployed.

Ok. Got it. This one:
http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/03/an-interview-with-the-law-commissioner/

28″ onwards, if you can bear to watch that twitching, hoiking, honking, jerk.