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	Comments on: Having shed 13 points in the public popularity contest, Labour goes for the hard sell	</title>
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	<description>Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta.</description>
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		By: P Shaw		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[P Shaw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2013 07:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/having-shed-13-points-in-the-public-popularity-contest-labour-goes-for-the-hard-sell/#comment-1108658&quot;&gt;Edward&lt;/a&gt;.

If you keep talking about these side effects, you might prompt the propaganda machine/head of communications to film the Muscats intimately in their bed, and then distribute the DVD through the monti hawkers at their new location next to the Renzo Piano building.

The video footage could be interpreted as culture or propoganda, depending on your personal point of view and upbringing.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/having-shed-13-points-in-the-public-popularity-contest-labour-goes-for-the-hard-sell/#comment-1108658">Edward</a>.</p>
<p>If you keep talking about these side effects, you might prompt the propaganda machine/head of communications to film the Muscats intimately in their bed, and then distribute the DVD through the monti hawkers at their new location next to the Renzo Piano building.</p>
<p>The video footage could be interpreted as culture or propoganda, depending on your personal point of view and upbringing.</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 21:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/having-shed-13-points-in-the-public-popularity-contest-labour-goes-for-the-hard-sell/#comment-1108658&quot;&gt;Edward&lt;/a&gt;.

He&#039;s never possessed an ounce of manliness, even in his days as a hack, before the hair loss. Behold the body of a man who&#039;s never done a day&#039;s work in his life.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/having-shed-13-points-in-the-public-popularity-contest-labour-goes-for-the-hard-sell/#comment-1108658">Edward</a>.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s never possessed an ounce of manliness, even in his days as a hack, before the hair loss. Behold the body of a man who&#8217;s never done a day&#8217;s work in his life.</p>
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		By: Edward		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 21:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/having-shed-13-points-in-the-public-popularity-contest-labour-goes-for-the-hard-sell/#comment-1108658&quot;&gt;Edward&lt;/a&gt;.

That&#039;s nothing. Read this:http://www.propeciahelp.com/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/having-shed-13-points-in-the-public-popularity-contest-labour-goes-for-the-hard-sell/#comment-1108658">Edward</a>.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s nothing. Read this:<a href="http://www.propeciahelp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.propeciahelp.com/</a></p>
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		By: john		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[john]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 20:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/having-shed-13-points-in-the-public-popularity-contest-labour-goes-for-the-hard-sell/#comment-1108407&quot;&gt;francesca&lt;/a&gt;.

&#039;To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.&#039; This is something the Muscats  know about.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/having-shed-13-points-in-the-public-popularity-contest-labour-goes-for-the-hard-sell/#comment-1108407">francesca</a>.</p>
<p>&#8216;To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.&#8217; This is something the Muscats  know about.</p>
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		By: orapronobis		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[orapronobis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[During the electoral campaign, while still in opposition, the Labour propaganda machine was already claiming that Joseph delivers (delivers what, at that particular time?).

The strategy worked, and how. 

Now that Labour is in government, the same propaganda machine is trying to convince the people that it is delivering.  Anyone caught fiddling with this dupe machine will be labelled as &#039;Negative&#039;.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>During the electoral campaign, while still in opposition, the Labour propaganda machine was already claiming that Joseph delivers (delivers what, at that particular time?).</p>
<p>The strategy worked, and how. </p>
<p>Now that Labour is in government, the same propaganda machine is trying to convince the people that it is delivering.  Anyone caught fiddling with this dupe machine will be labelled as &#8216;Negative&#8217;.</p>
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		By: Gahan		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gahan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/having-shed-13-points-in-the-public-popularity-contest-labour-goes-for-the-hard-sell/#comment-1108177&quot;&gt;one of us&lt;/a&gt;.

“..state health care was disastrous under the government for which his parents voted.” 

Joseph Muscat was a church school student so he was not entitled to the state-funded school dental clinic, which happen to be the ‘growing stage’ when the bite is corrected with braces, the removal of two teeth and what-not.

He’s living evidence of the Mintoff years when you were treated as a lesser being if you attended a Church school.

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - His parents could have paid for the treatment privately. If they could buy him a house and pool at 22, they could have bought him a helmet brace at 12.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/having-shed-13-points-in-the-public-popularity-contest-labour-goes-for-the-hard-sell/#comment-1108177">one of us</a>.</p>
<p>“..state health care was disastrous under the government for which his parents voted.” </p>
<p>Joseph Muscat was a church school student so he was not entitled to the state-funded school dental clinic, which happen to be the ‘growing stage’ when the bite is corrected with braces, the removal of two teeth and what-not.</p>
<p>He’s living evidence of the Mintoff years when you were treated as a lesser being if you attended a Church school.</p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; His parents could have paid for the treatment privately. If they could buy him a house and pool at 22, they could have bought him a helmet brace at 12.]</strong></p>
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		By: Gahan		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gahan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/having-shed-13-points-in-the-public-popularity-contest-labour-goes-for-the-hard-sell/#comment-1108177&quot;&gt;one of us&lt;/a&gt;.

The term you are trying to remember is underbite.

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - That&#039;s not a medical term.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/having-shed-13-points-in-the-public-popularity-contest-labour-goes-for-the-hard-sell/#comment-1108177">one of us</a>.</p>
<p>The term you are trying to remember is underbite.</p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; That&#8217;s not a medical term.]</strong></p>
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		By: ACD		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ACD]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/having-shed-13-points-in-the-public-popularity-contest-labour-goes-for-the-hard-sell/#comment-1108234&quot;&gt;etil&lt;/a&gt;.

Excuse the Maltese, but I imagined they delivered qassatat - wahda wara l-ohra.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/having-shed-13-points-in-the-public-popularity-contest-labour-goes-for-the-hard-sell/#comment-1108234">etil</a>.</p>
<p>Excuse the Maltese, but I imagined they delivered qassatat &#8211; wahda wara l-ohra.</p>
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		By: TROY		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TROY]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/having-shed-13-points-in-the-public-popularity-contest-labour-goes-for-the-hard-sell/#comment-1108177&quot;&gt;one of us&lt;/a&gt;.

Not facially, but his moves are those of Benito.

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - Yes, ham-acting, and very badly too.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/having-shed-13-points-in-the-public-popularity-contest-labour-goes-for-the-hard-sell/#comment-1108177">one of us</a>.</p>
<p>Not facially, but his moves are those of Benito.</p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; Yes, ham-acting, and very badly too.]</strong></p>
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		By: Edward		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/having-shed-13-points-in-the-public-popularity-contest-labour-goes-for-the-hard-sell/#comment-1108177&quot;&gt;one of us&lt;/a&gt;.

Re: his masculinity: he isn&#039;t, by any chance, one of those unfortunate men who decided to take Propecia to help with his hair loss and ended up suffering the apparently very common side effects?

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - http://www.belgraviacentre.com/blog/propecia-side-effects/ I had absolutely no idea about all that. Well, that&#039;s certainly one possible explanation, given his obsession with his hair loss.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/having-shed-13-points-in-the-public-popularity-contest-labour-goes-for-the-hard-sell/#comment-1108177">one of us</a>.</p>
<p>Re: his masculinity: he isn&#8217;t, by any chance, one of those unfortunate men who decided to take Propecia to help with his hair loss and ended up suffering the apparently very common side effects?</p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; <a href="http://www.belgraviacentre.com/blog/propecia-side-effects/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.belgraviacentre.com/blog/propecia-side-effects/</a> I had absolutely no idea about all that. Well, that&#8217;s certainly one possible explanation, given his obsession with his hair loss.]</strong></p>
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