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		By: fanny		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[fanny]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25798320
And in the meantime in Kiev.  Protests against new laws restricting demos. It is an eternal worldwide fight to keep democracy alive. It never seems to end.]]></description>
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And in the meantime in Kiev.  Protests against new laws restricting demos. It is an eternal worldwide fight to keep democracy alive. It never seems to end.</p>
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		By: vic		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[vic]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2014 21:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[a traitor is someone who sells Malta to Henley and Something]]></description>
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		By: Francis Saliba MD		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Francis Saliba MD]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Malta is NOT the Labour Party.

In the &quot;citizenship for sale&quot; controversy the Labour Party&#039;s interests are actually antagonistic and inimical to the interests of Malta and of the rest of Europe.

The Malta Labour Party&#039;s hidden agenda is better suited to serve the covert needs of  hidden hands seeking clandestine  infiltration into Europe.

Malta should not be a promoter of, or an accomplice in, such schemes.

Muscat&#039;s obdurate intransigence begs the question: &quot;Cui bono&quot;? because most certainly it is against  the interests of either Malta or of the rest of Europe.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Malta is NOT the Labour Party.</p>
<p>In the &#8220;citizenship for sale&#8221; controversy the Labour Party&#8217;s interests are actually antagonistic and inimical to the interests of Malta and of the rest of Europe.</p>
<p>The Malta Labour Party&#8217;s hidden agenda is better suited to serve the covert needs of  hidden hands seeking clandestine  infiltration into Europe.</p>
<p>Malta should not be a promoter of, or an accomplice in, such schemes.</p>
<p>Muscat&#8217;s obdurate intransigence begs the question: &#8220;Cui bono&#8221;? because most certainly it is against  the interests of either Malta or of the rest of Europe.</p>
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		By: Gaetano Pace		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gaetano Pace]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Silencing people is one of the worst attacks attacks on democracy. Silencing them, or trying to do so, by means of violence, fear and persecution is base, degenerate and cowardly. 

That is exactly how Labour acted with me for the simple reason that I would not bow to their suggestions of corruption, would not give in to their threats.

I remember in the worst of this treatment, KMB was addressing a Labour mass meeting at Marsaxlokk. He named me by my name and called me &quot;Traditur tal-haddiem&quot;. Ever since I have come to realise how significant my name is and have ever since never been afraid to show it in public, even when I contribute to this blog.

Another instance was when my brother, PS 175 George Pace, was being subject to threats and intimidation, to ill treatment, just because I - also a police officer - refused to obey corrupt and abusive orders. They tried to get to me by subjecting my brother to ill-treatment and discrimination.

He used to apply for the examination of promotion to police inspector. One of the conditions was that an applicant must not have had disciplinary charges brought against him in the preceding year. He had disciplinary charges abusively brought against him just before the examination. This happened six times, that is, with six examinations.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Silencing people is one of the worst attacks attacks on democracy. Silencing them, or trying to do so, by means of violence, fear and persecution is base, degenerate and cowardly. </p>
<p>That is exactly how Labour acted with me for the simple reason that I would not bow to their suggestions of corruption, would not give in to their threats.</p>
<p>I remember in the worst of this treatment, KMB was addressing a Labour mass meeting at Marsaxlokk. He named me by my name and called me &#8220;Traditur tal-haddiem&#8221;. Ever since I have come to realise how significant my name is and have ever since never been afraid to show it in public, even when I contribute to this blog.</p>
<p>Another instance was when my brother, PS 175 George Pace, was being subject to threats and intimidation, to ill treatment, just because I &#8211; also a police officer &#8211; refused to obey corrupt and abusive orders. They tried to get to me by subjecting my brother to ill-treatment and discrimination.</p>
<p>He used to apply for the examination of promotion to police inspector. One of the conditions was that an applicant must not have had disciplinary charges brought against him in the preceding year. He had disciplinary charges abusively brought against him just before the examination. This happened six times, that is, with six examinations.</p>
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		By: MS		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MS]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2014 17:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Labour is a fundamentalist party that uses the tools of democracy in order to get elected and then discards them once it gains power. 

I pity those who think they&#039;re exempt from retribution because it&#039;s &#039;their&#039; government. 

In an undemocratic state even an honest mistake can and will be interpreted as an act of treason regardless of how loyal you claim to be. 

In a democracy, when the voice of dissent is loud enough, the government rethinks and backtracks. 

In Malta, the Opposition, the people and even the European Parliament condemned the sale of EU citizenship, but the prime minister didn&#039;t even flinch. He&#039;s not there to govern Malta responsibly for the benefit of its people. He&#039;s there purely to impose his will on others in some kind of sick power-game.

And then they had the brass neck to call Gonzi a dictator. Where are all those who booed the former prime minister and called him &#039;dictator&#039;? Hiding beneath their sofas as they observe the results of their insane stupidity?

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Labour is a fundamentalist party that uses the tools of democracy in order to get elected and then discards them once it gains power. </p>
<p>I pity those who think they&#8217;re exempt from retribution because it&#8217;s &#8216;their&#8217; government. </p>
<p>In an undemocratic state even an honest mistake can and will be interpreted as an act of treason regardless of how loyal you claim to be. </p>
<p>In a democracy, when the voice of dissent is loud enough, the government rethinks and backtracks. </p>
<p>In Malta, the Opposition, the people and even the European Parliament condemned the sale of EU citizenship, but the prime minister didn&#8217;t even flinch. He&#8217;s not there to govern Malta responsibly for the benefit of its people. He&#8217;s there purely to impose his will on others in some kind of sick power-game.</p>
<p>And then they had the brass neck to call Gonzi a dictator. Where are all those who booed the former prime minister and called him &#8216;dictator&#8217;? Hiding beneath their sofas as they observe the results of their insane stupidity?</p>
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		By: Pippa		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pippa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2014 17:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Prosit.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Prosit.</p>
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