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	Comments on: The affairs of state: government reduced to the mentality of a band club committee	</title>
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	<description>Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta.</description>
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		By: Grosvenor		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Grosvenor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jun 2013 13:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/the-affairs-of-state-government-reduced-to-the-mentality-of-a-band-club-committee/#comment-1109947&quot;&gt;Lestrade&lt;/a&gt;.

They&#039;re waiting just like the other 35,960 are. They are there, looking like suckers. I am here looking at the suckers.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/the-affairs-of-state-government-reduced-to-the-mentality-of-a-band-club-committee/#comment-1109947">Lestrade</a>.</p>
<p>They&#8217;re waiting just like the other 35,960 are. They are there, looking like suckers. I am here looking at the suckers.</p>
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		By: Grosvenor		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Grosvenor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jun 2013 13:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/the-affairs-of-state-government-reduced-to-the-mentality-of-a-band-club-committee/#comment-1109974&quot;&gt;Lestrade&lt;/a&gt;.

Vera kaz ta&#039; Milicia Micovic: iddur ma&#039; kull rih, tmur fejn jitfaghha r-rih u malajr tiehu r-rih; sens ta&#039; ftit (ftit) logika xejn. Timxi mal-folla u tghajjat skond kif tghajjat il-folla.

Din tajba ghal mal-Labour. Halluha hemm please ghax mara bla logika bhal tal-Labour u mal-Labour sabet &#039;home&#039;.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/the-affairs-of-state-government-reduced-to-the-mentality-of-a-band-club-committee/#comment-1109974">Lestrade</a>.</p>
<p>Vera kaz ta&#8217; Milicia Micovic: iddur ma&#8217; kull rih, tmur fejn jitfaghha r-rih u malajr tiehu r-rih; sens ta&#8217; ftit (ftit) logika xejn. Timxi mal-folla u tghajjat skond kif tghajjat il-folla.</p>
<p>Din tajba ghal mal-Labour. Halluha hemm please ghax mara bla logika bhal tal-Labour u mal-Labour sabet &#8216;home&#8217;.</p>
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		By: mattie		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mattie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 12:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/the-affairs-of-state-government-reduced-to-the-mentality-of-a-band-club-committee/#comment-1109747&quot;&gt;sandy:)&lt;/a&gt;.

Kollox &#039;Like&#039; - pajjiz immexxi minn bicca buttuna tal- &#039;Like&#039;.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/the-affairs-of-state-government-reduced-to-the-mentality-of-a-band-club-committee/#comment-1109747">sandy:)</a>.</p>
<p>Kollox &#8216;Like&#8217; &#8211; pajjiz immexxi minn bicca buttuna tal- &#8216;Like&#8217;.</p>
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		By: mattie		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mattie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 12:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/the-affairs-of-state-government-reduced-to-the-mentality-of-a-band-club-committee/#comment-1109793&quot;&gt;Jeremy&lt;/a&gt;.

Sounds like one of those Soap Operas of the 90&#039;s. &#039;Ipokriti&#039; was it called? ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/the-affairs-of-state-government-reduced-to-the-mentality-of-a-band-club-committee/#comment-1109793">Jeremy</a>.</p>
<p>Sounds like one of those Soap Operas of the 90&#8217;s. &#8216;Ipokriti&#8217; was it called? </p>
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		By: Lupin		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lupin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 04:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gvern li jisma&#039; lil min?  Almost everyone around him is a politically appointed person or closely knit to the PL. Basically the yes men and lick-asses.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gvern li jisma&#8217; lil min?  Almost everyone around him is a politically appointed person or closely knit to the PL. Basically the yes men and lick-asses.</p>
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		By: Gahan		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gahan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 04:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/the-affairs-of-state-government-reduced-to-the-mentality-of-a-band-club-committee/#comment-1110203&quot;&gt;Smirnoff&lt;/a&gt;.

Joe Dimech is not into partisan politics. He’s just doing his job. If they picked him up to present the show, what could he do?

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - Decline politely, or accept politely.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/the-affairs-of-state-government-reduced-to-the-mentality-of-a-band-club-committee/#comment-1110203">Smirnoff</a>.</p>
<p>Joe Dimech is not into partisan politics. He’s just doing his job. If they picked him up to present the show, what could he do?</p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; Decline politely, or accept politely.]</strong></p>
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		By: Catsrbest		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/the-affairs-of-state-government-reduced-to-the-mentality-of-a-band-club-committee/#comment-1110975</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catsrbest]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2013 23:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/the-affairs-of-state-government-reduced-to-the-mentality-of-a-band-club-committee/#comment-1110189&quot;&gt;etil&lt;/a&gt;.

The way you put it, it just seems that it is going to be an eternity not just four years and some months that we have to endure this unbearable charade.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/the-affairs-of-state-government-reduced-to-the-mentality-of-a-band-club-committee/#comment-1110189">etil</a>.</p>
<p>The way you put it, it just seems that it is going to be an eternity not just four years and some months that we have to endure this unbearable charade.</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2013 21:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/the-affairs-of-state-government-reduced-to-the-mentality-of-a-band-club-committee/#comment-1110494&quot;&gt;Last Post&lt;/a&gt;.

Anyone who thinks these &quot;listening&quot; sessions achieve anything should look at the PN&#039;s activities during the last five years. And then at the electoral result. 

QED]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/06/the-affairs-of-state-government-reduced-to-the-mentality-of-a-band-club-committee/#comment-1110494">Last Post</a>.</p>
<p>Anyone who thinks these &#8220;listening&#8221; sessions achieve anything should look at the PN&#8217;s activities during the last five years. And then at the electoral result. </p>
<p>QED</p>
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		By: it-Tezi ta' Mario		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[it-Tezi ta' Mario]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2013 19:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The first 100 years of Joseph Muscat 
http://www.scribd.com/collections/4175998/Joseph-Muscat-Prime-Minister-of-Malta-11th-March-2013]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first 100 years of Joseph Muscat<br />
<a href="http://www.scribd.com/collections/4175998/Joseph-Muscat-Prime-Minister-of-Malta-11th-March-2013" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.scribd.com/collections/4175998/Joseph-Muscat-Prime-Minister-of-Malta-11th-March-2013</a></p>
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		By: Ghoxrin Punt		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ghoxrin Punt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2013 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s Joseph trying to show how non elitist he is.  Unfortunately not only are we not going to survive the next four years and nine months, but neither is our heritage, with the amount of over weight people gracing those chairs with their fat arses.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s Joseph trying to show how non elitist he is.  Unfortunately not only are we not going to survive the next four years and nine months, but neither is our heritage, with the amount of over weight people gracing those chairs with their fat arses.</p>
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