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		By: kev		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kev]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2013 22:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/it-is-difficult-to-believe-that-none-of-this-was-arranged-before-the-election/#comment-1323114&quot;&gt;kev&lt;/a&gt;.

Thank you for your gracious hospitality. 

I will take my leave, as you put it, but first, look what the Corbett Report has concocted for brilliant minds like yours: it&#039;s a funny, 5-minute video with over 2 million views, and it&#039;s about the 9/11 conspiracy theory that YOU swallowed hook, line and sinker (rod, boat and angler).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuC_4mGTs98

Watch it when you&#039;re highly depressed. The more you know about the subject the more you&#039;ll laugh.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/it-is-difficult-to-believe-that-none-of-this-was-arranged-before-the-election/#comment-1323114">kev</a>.</p>
<p>Thank you for your gracious hospitality. </p>
<p>I will take my leave, as you put it, but first, look what the Corbett Report has concocted for brilliant minds like yours: it&#8217;s a funny, 5-minute video with over 2 million views, and it&#8217;s about the 9/11 conspiracy theory that YOU swallowed hook, line and sinker (rod, boat and angler).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuC_4mGTs98" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuC_4mGTs98</a></p>
<p>Watch it when you&#8217;re highly depressed. The more you know about the subject the more you&#8217;ll laugh.</p>
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		By: Natalie Mallett		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natalie Mallett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/it-is-difficult-to-believe-that-none-of-this-was-arranged-before-the-election/#comment-1323010&quot;&gt;Edward&lt;/a&gt;.

Yet they were so scandalized by a handmade clock and a 500 euro pay rise to a few cabinet ministers.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/it-is-difficult-to-believe-that-none-of-this-was-arranged-before-the-election/#comment-1323010">Edward</a>.</p>
<p>Yet they were so scandalized by a handmade clock and a 500 euro pay rise to a few cabinet ministers.</p>
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		By: kev		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kev]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/it-is-difficult-to-believe-that-none-of-this-was-arranged-before-the-election/#comment-1323114&quot;&gt;kev&lt;/a&gt;.

You&#039;re way too useless to spoonfeed, Daphne. Take my advice and don&#039;t comment on subjects you haven&#039;t researched, especially if they are way above your parochial level. You make an utter fool of yourself when you do, and what&#039;s worse, you&#039;re not aware of it.

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - Kevin, there are times when I am sorely tempted to ask you to b**ger off. You test my hospitality to the limits.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/it-is-difficult-to-believe-that-none-of-this-was-arranged-before-the-election/#comment-1323114">kev</a>.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re way too useless to spoonfeed, Daphne. Take my advice and don&#8217;t comment on subjects you haven&#8217;t researched, especially if they are way above your parochial level. You make an utter fool of yourself when you do, and what&#8217;s worse, you&#8217;re not aware of it.</p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; Kevin, there are times when I am sorely tempted to ask you to b**ger off. You test my hospitality to the limits.]</strong></p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/it-is-difficult-to-believe-that-none-of-this-was-arranged-before-the-election/#comment-1323114&quot;&gt;kev&lt;/a&gt;.

Honestly Kev, do you think being in the majority can change the laws of physics? 

Personally, I was initially quite intrigued by the sequence of &#039;explosions&#039; at the corners of the towers five floors down from the advancing catastrophic failure. 

Until I realised what was actually happening, this, after having studied the floor plans and services layouts. Pressure build up due the air being expelled down the lift shafts perhaps? 

Then there&#039;s the &#039;mystery&#039; of the molten metal dripping down the facade, sulphur charges they said. 

The infinite variety of copper, tins and aluminium around the building in its ducting, computers and wiring ignored. 

Then there&#039;s the &#039;missing&#039; plane at the Pentagon and the minute opening in the building. Not big enough they said. 

It&#039;s not as if a plane&#039;s designed to crash into armoured buildings. Ever seen a plane up close? 

Really.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/it-is-difficult-to-believe-that-none-of-this-was-arranged-before-the-election/#comment-1323114">kev</a>.</p>
<p>Honestly Kev, do you think being in the majority can change the laws of physics? </p>
<p>Personally, I was initially quite intrigued by the sequence of &#8216;explosions&#8217; at the corners of the towers five floors down from the advancing catastrophic failure. </p>
<p>Until I realised what was actually happening, this, after having studied the floor plans and services layouts. Pressure build up due the air being expelled down the lift shafts perhaps? </p>
<p>Then there&#8217;s the &#8216;mystery&#8217; of the molten metal dripping down the facade, sulphur charges they said. </p>
<p>The infinite variety of copper, tins and aluminium around the building in its ducting, computers and wiring ignored. </p>
<p>Then there&#8217;s the &#8216;missing&#8217; plane at the Pentagon and the minute opening in the building. Not big enough they said. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s not as if a plane&#8217;s designed to crash into armoured buildings. Ever seen a plane up close? </p>
<p>Really.</p>
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		By: RBrimmer		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[RBrimmer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2013 22:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/it-is-difficult-to-believe-that-none-of-this-was-arranged-before-the-election/#comment-1323071&quot;&gt;kev&lt;/a&gt;.

Despite your condescension, your recommendations on finance are as valid as Pat Robertson&#039;s views (vide his 1991 book &quot;The New World Order&quot;) on &#039;a worldwide Jewish conspiracy&#039;. I only point this out as you are probably a salvageable Kool-Aid drinker, and not (an insignificant instance of) a snake-oil merchant like Pat Robertson.

Do speak to people who work in finance. I&#039;m afraid your apparent disillusionment with politics (or, rather, politicians) should extend to all fields of human activity. There are no übermensch in finance; its practitioners are just as likely to be incompetent, selfish, distrustful and untrustworthy as in any other field.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/it-is-difficult-to-believe-that-none-of-this-was-arranged-before-the-election/#comment-1323071">kev</a>.</p>
<p>Despite your condescension, your recommendations on finance are as valid as Pat Robertson&#8217;s views (vide his 1991 book &#8220;The New World Order&#8221;) on &#8216;a worldwide Jewish conspiracy&#8217;. I only point this out as you are probably a salvageable Kool-Aid drinker, and not (an insignificant instance of) a snake-oil merchant like Pat Robertson.</p>
<p>Do speak to people who work in finance. I&#8217;m afraid your apparent disillusionment with politics (or, rather, politicians) should extend to all fields of human activity. There are no übermensch in finance; its practitioners are just as likely to be incompetent, selfish, distrustful and untrustworthy as in any other field.</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2013 20:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/it-is-difficult-to-believe-that-none-of-this-was-arranged-before-the-election/#comment-1322910&quot;&gt;Yanika&lt;/a&gt;.

I suspect Simon Busuttil is trying to fix the party&#039;s finances before anything else. The PN is so bankrupt it&#039;s stopping anyone from thinking about politics.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/it-is-difficult-to-believe-that-none-of-this-was-arranged-before-the-election/#comment-1322910">Yanika</a>.</p>
<p>I suspect Simon Busuttil is trying to fix the party&#8217;s finances before anything else. The PN is so bankrupt it&#8217;s stopping anyone from thinking about politics.</p>
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		By: hmm		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[hmm]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2013 19:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/it-is-difficult-to-believe-that-none-of-this-was-arranged-before-the-election/#comment-1322926&quot;&gt;frank&lt;/a&gt;.

They aren&#039;t bothered to conduct background checks, a certain person very high up abrogated the requirement of the police conduct certificate within a public institution, which is always a requirement. So why should he bother elsewhere.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/it-is-difficult-to-believe-that-none-of-this-was-arranged-before-the-election/#comment-1322926">frank</a>.</p>
<p>They aren&#8217;t bothered to conduct background checks, a certain person very high up abrogated the requirement of the police conduct certificate within a public institution, which is always a requirement. So why should he bother elsewhere.</p>
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		By: Tabatha White		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tabatha White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2013 17:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If the intentions are good, the quality of the thinking is good and with positive filters, then the results are well on track and everyone&#039;s happy, except the envious.

If the intentions are good and the quality of the thinking is bad albeit with good filters then the outcome is not likely to be successful or as successful. Don&#039;t expect the envious to point out the pitfalls.

If the intentions are bad and the quality of the thinking is good albeit with negative filters, then the result is going to be very bad, in line with the intentions. &quot;Success&quot; for those who initiated that action.  The envious are likely to have found their place, there where the good never would have dreamed of going.

If the intentions are bad and the quality of the thinking is bad with negative filters, then the result will trip up somewhere and take everyone else down whilst that lasts. The envious, not clever enough to apply good thinking to bad intentions,  or to cover their tracks completely, will create disaster and confusion.

The only thing that looked &quot;good&quot; about the last elections, was the number of votes that the Labour Party won with. Even that large margin was an objective designed to destabilize the mindsets of the rest of the electorate into self-doubt and lack of confidence. If the NP had got going from the start and approached a target of 50 people a day - remember that LP&#039;s target was 30 people a day - it would have been counter-productive to Labour&#039;s need for the populace to feel beaten and downtrodden. 

In other words, if your starting point is wrong and you apply perfect logic, your end result - however shiny - will still be wrong.

&quot;May&quot; is not a kindness that can be afforded, a leeway that can be permitted, a courtesy necessary out of sheer politeness. Gently put, it would be best to snap out of thinking that these people in Government have any honour whatsoever.  

How can you expect principles, values or a sense of sovereignty from those who never knew what these meant in the first pace?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the intentions are good, the quality of the thinking is good and with positive filters, then the results are well on track and everyone&#8217;s happy, except the envious.</p>
<p>If the intentions are good and the quality of the thinking is bad albeit with good filters then the outcome is not likely to be successful or as successful. Don&#8217;t expect the envious to point out the pitfalls.</p>
<p>If the intentions are bad and the quality of the thinking is good albeit with negative filters, then the result is going to be very bad, in line with the intentions. &#8220;Success&#8221; for those who initiated that action.  The envious are likely to have found their place, there where the good never would have dreamed of going.</p>
<p>If the intentions are bad and the quality of the thinking is bad with negative filters, then the result will trip up somewhere and take everyone else down whilst that lasts. The envious, not clever enough to apply good thinking to bad intentions,  or to cover their tracks completely, will create disaster and confusion.</p>
<p>The only thing that looked &#8220;good&#8221; about the last elections, was the number of votes that the Labour Party won with. Even that large margin was an objective designed to destabilize the mindsets of the rest of the electorate into self-doubt and lack of confidence. If the NP had got going from the start and approached a target of 50 people a day &#8211; remember that LP&#8217;s target was 30 people a day &#8211; it would have been counter-productive to Labour&#8217;s need for the populace to feel beaten and downtrodden. </p>
<p>In other words, if your starting point is wrong and you apply perfect logic, your end result &#8211; however shiny &#8211; will still be wrong.</p>
<p>&#8220;May&#8221; is not a kindness that can be afforded, a leeway that can be permitted, a courtesy necessary out of sheer politeness. Gently put, it would be best to snap out of thinking that these people in Government have any honour whatsoever.  </p>
<p>How can you expect principles, values or a sense of sovereignty from those who never knew what these meant in the first pace?</p>
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		By: kev		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kev]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2013 16:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/it-is-difficult-to-believe-that-none-of-this-was-arranged-before-the-election/#comment-1322957&quot;&gt;kev&lt;/a&gt;.

Hey, and Lady Deafley... about those towers, you&#039;re in the minority.

Mainstream journalists expose 9/11 hoax - http://www.presstv.ir/detail/330112.html

Yes it&#039;s PressTV. So I&#039;ll put this in too. 

http://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2013/sep/27/seymour-hersh-obama-nsa-american-media

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - Where does Seymour Hersh say that the US blew up its own twin towers, Kevin? He doesn&#039;t. For the rest, you may have failed to notice that I subscribe to his way of thinking about journalism and that proper investigative reporting is best done by outsiders, so those who don&#039;t have the stomach for that kind of isolation should find another job. You&#039;re the one who takes a pay cheque from a political party, sir, not me.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/it-is-difficult-to-believe-that-none-of-this-was-arranged-before-the-election/#comment-1322957">kev</a>.</p>
<p>Hey, and Lady Deafley&#8230; about those towers, you&#8217;re in the minority.</p>
<p>Mainstream journalists expose 9/11 hoax &#8211; <a href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/330112.html" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.presstv.ir/detail/330112.html</a></p>
<p>Yes it&#8217;s PressTV. So I&#8217;ll put this in too. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2013/sep/27/seymour-hersh-obama-nsa-american-media" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2013/sep/27/seymour-hersh-obama-nsa-american-media</a></p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; Where does Seymour Hersh say that the US blew up its own twin towers, Kevin? He doesn&#8217;t. For the rest, you may have failed to notice that I subscribe to his way of thinking about journalism and that proper investigative reporting is best done by outsiders, so those who don&#8217;t have the stomach for that kind of isolation should find another job. You&#8217;re the one who takes a pay cheque from a political party, sir, not me.]</strong></p>
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		By: osservatore		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[osservatore]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2013 16:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why should we believe that this was not all pre-arranged. For better or for worse, this is the PL&#039;s road map. I find just a little comfort in these affairs being pre-arranged as the alternative to this is that Muscat is making it up as he goes along which would indeed be so much more dangerous.

What really worries me is the fact that this road map may not necesarily take us in the right direction, or that, even worse it may compromise our principles, values or sovereignity somewhere along the way.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why should we believe that this was not all pre-arranged. For better or for worse, this is the PL&#8217;s road map. I find just a little comfort in these affairs being pre-arranged as the alternative to this is that Muscat is making it up as he goes along which would indeed be so much more dangerous.</p>
<p>What really worries me is the fact that this road map may not necesarily take us in the right direction, or that, even worse it may compromise our principles, values or sovereignity somewhere along the way.</p>
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