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		By: Calculator		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calculator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/theyre-really-pressing-home-hard-on-this-china-thing/#comment-1551847&quot;&gt;Joe Fenech&lt;/a&gt;.

That&#039;s a literal translation from Maltese to English.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/theyre-really-pressing-home-hard-on-this-china-thing/#comment-1551847">Joe Fenech</a>.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s a literal translation from Maltese to English.</p>
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		By: Catsrbest		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catsrbest]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2014 19:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have no trust at all in the products that country manufacture - not even when choosing, say a simple handbag, let alone food.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have no trust at all in the products that country manufacture &#8211; not even when choosing, say a simple handbag, let alone food.</p>
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		By: Tabatha White		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tabatha White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2014 07:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/theyre-really-pressing-home-hard-on-this-china-thing/#comment-1552171&quot;&gt;Tabatha White&lt;/a&gt;.

In actions like these one is able to trace the mentality of the barriers-to-trade Mintoffian dinosaurs still in action.

Link and associate the words coming from other quarters.

The most shocking words from Louis Grech, for example:
&quot;ensure that Malta is not held hostage by financial institutions and PREPARE FOR A TIME WHEN MALTA NO LONGER RECEIVES THE EU FUNDS IT IS PRESENTLY GETTING was in line with both Maltese and European values.”&quot;

What is happening is that we are going to receive provocation upon provocation.

All the progress we thought was made in the last 25 years under the Nationalist Party is being unravelled.

Those who think that progress is set in stone and what follows is that one builds upon it, have not understood the mentality in play here:

Usually what happens is that progress happens over time, with one detail and factor added on to what is already there.  One piece fitting behind the other. When a new piece comes in over time, one tends to add it to what was there. One does not rationally think that the progress itself and the suite should be unravelled. Rearranged maybe.  And therefore satisfied with the accumulative effects of progress,  complacency sets in and each piece added is taken for granted.

A full provocation taken to term will seek to redesign.  Redesign in this case does not mean &quot;add on.&quot; The time factor which is gradual and evolving has now thrown up the Labour Party into the mix. The Labour Party is both unable and unwilling to function with the &quot;pieces in place.&quot;

It is going to deconstruct every process we now take for granted and only retain the pieces that are convenient to its design.

What was important to the Mintoffian spirit was full control of who traded and how. What cuts went where and to whom.

Ministers now in position have been involved in arranging higher trade purchase prices direct with the suppliers and siphoning these off into accounts, to the detriment of company owners, who were forced into silence because without what they were earning, albeit reduced, there would have been no liquidity.  Banks supported the application of pressure into a forced silent-passive position.  

People all along the supply chain were involved in the racket, down to the GWU that would act as chorus.

It appears we are now in the process of updating that horrid, destructive mentality.  

- Bulk buying;
- Kasco&#039;s securing of staples and financing of outlets undergoing rapid expansion: inexplicable in terms of the most generously applied business-standard profit margins;
- Taghna lkoll; 
- Changed relationship with the EU; 
- Alfred Sant contesting the EP elections specifically at this time;
- Rumours newly being stirred in timely fashion by the Taghna Lkoll crowd that effect this whole set up from start to finish;
- The centrally important new development fund for which there is no mandate as created: 

these are all the pieces coming into the new mix.

The jigsaw puzzle taken apart and the pieces given new pictures and forms. 

The &quot;wonder and awe&quot; of inexistent clean Labour vision.

The misleading media releases.

The fools who adhere to it.

The complacency that supports it.

The business community should be getting shivers down its collective spine, if they thought that the stability that was ours within the EU was going to last forever.

With Labour, if an evil manipulative thought exists, there is no way - short of uprooting the root and all of its veins and cementing the surface a kilometre under - that the evil will cease to exist.

The flame has long been kept burning.
MLP is back with a vengeance.

Louis Grech accuses the Opposition of scaremongering.
What Labour are deceptively putting into place has been and is far worse than the whole of the world could have ever imagined.

Bil-Provi.

Yes. The Labour Government should self-flagellate itself into extinction.

The economy will be &quot;kept going&quot; until the next elections, because:

i)  a voter figure difference will still not be within their full control.

ii) It takes time for an economy to slow down.  A non taghna lkoll business will first tighten up further, then attempt to diversify and slowly but surely then find itself in the desired Mintoffian cycle: dependent on Government. 

iii) putting all the structural elements of this intended dependency into position.

But the strike would be intended to follow the next elections]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/theyre-really-pressing-home-hard-on-this-china-thing/#comment-1552171">Tabatha White</a>.</p>
<p>In actions like these one is able to trace the mentality of the barriers-to-trade Mintoffian dinosaurs still in action.</p>
<p>Link and associate the words coming from other quarters.</p>
<p>The most shocking words from Louis Grech, for example:<br />
&#8220;ensure that Malta is not held hostage by financial institutions and PREPARE FOR A TIME WHEN MALTA NO LONGER RECEIVES THE EU FUNDS IT IS PRESENTLY GETTING was in line with both Maltese and European values.”&#8221;</p>
<p>What is happening is that we are going to receive provocation upon provocation.</p>
<p>All the progress we thought was made in the last 25 years under the Nationalist Party is being unravelled.</p>
<p>Those who think that progress is set in stone and what follows is that one builds upon it, have not understood the mentality in play here:</p>
<p>Usually what happens is that progress happens over time, with one detail and factor added on to what is already there.  One piece fitting behind the other. When a new piece comes in over time, one tends to add it to what was there. One does not rationally think that the progress itself and the suite should be unravelled. Rearranged maybe.  And therefore satisfied with the accumulative effects of progress,  complacency sets in and each piece added is taken for granted.</p>
<p>A full provocation taken to term will seek to redesign.  Redesign in this case does not mean &#8220;add on.&#8221; The time factor which is gradual and evolving has now thrown up the Labour Party into the mix. The Labour Party is both unable and unwilling to function with the &#8220;pieces in place.&#8221;</p>
<p>It is going to deconstruct every process we now take for granted and only retain the pieces that are convenient to its design.</p>
<p>What was important to the Mintoffian spirit was full control of who traded and how. What cuts went where and to whom.</p>
<p>Ministers now in position have been involved in arranging higher trade purchase prices direct with the suppliers and siphoning these off into accounts, to the detriment of company owners, who were forced into silence because without what they were earning, albeit reduced, there would have been no liquidity.  Banks supported the application of pressure into a forced silent-passive position.  </p>
<p>People all along the supply chain were involved in the racket, down to the GWU that would act as chorus.</p>
<p>It appears we are now in the process of updating that horrid, destructive mentality.  </p>
<p>&#8211; Bulk buying;<br />
&#8211; Kasco&#8217;s securing of staples and financing of outlets undergoing rapid expansion: inexplicable in terms of the most generously applied business-standard profit margins;<br />
&#8211; Taghna lkoll;<br />
&#8211; Changed relationship with the EU;<br />
&#8211; Alfred Sant contesting the EP elections specifically at this time;<br />
&#8211; Rumours newly being stirred in timely fashion by the Taghna Lkoll crowd that effect this whole set up from start to finish;<br />
&#8211; The centrally important new development fund for which there is no mandate as created: </p>
<p>these are all the pieces coming into the new mix.</p>
<p>The jigsaw puzzle taken apart and the pieces given new pictures and forms. </p>
<p>The &#8220;wonder and awe&#8221; of inexistent clean Labour vision.</p>
<p>The misleading media releases.</p>
<p>The fools who adhere to it.</p>
<p>The complacency that supports it.</p>
<p>The business community should be getting shivers down its collective spine, if they thought that the stability that was ours within the EU was going to last forever.</p>
<p>With Labour, if an evil manipulative thought exists, there is no way &#8211; short of uprooting the root and all of its veins and cementing the surface a kilometre under &#8211; that the evil will cease to exist.</p>
<p>The flame has long been kept burning.<br />
MLP is back with a vengeance.</p>
<p>Louis Grech accuses the Opposition of scaremongering.<br />
What Labour are deceptively putting into place has been and is far worse than the whole of the world could have ever imagined.</p>
<p>Bil-Provi.</p>
<p>Yes. The Labour Government should self-flagellate itself into extinction.</p>
<p>The economy will be &#8220;kept going&#8221; until the next elections, because:</p>
<p>i)  a voter figure difference will still not be within their full control.</p>
<p>ii) It takes time for an economy to slow down.  A non taghna lkoll business will first tighten up further, then attempt to diversify and slowly but surely then find itself in the desired Mintoffian cycle: dependent on Government. </p>
<p>iii) putting all the structural elements of this intended dependency into position.</p>
<p>But the strike would be intended to follow the next elections</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2014 21:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/theyre-really-pressing-home-hard-on-this-china-thing/#comment-1552084&quot;&gt;Mandy Mallia&lt;/a&gt;.

Here it is, the Chinese BMW. 

http://www.carnewschina.com/2012/02/01/shuanghuan-sceo-really-thinks-it-is-a-bmw-x5-in-china/

Upgrade your Shuanghan to a BMW opting for the kit, badges and all. 

And if that&#039;s not enough, how about a Rolls? 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1172635/A-30-000-copycat-Rolls-Royce-It-China.html

It&#039;s a different value system we&#039;re up against, especially when work went from dogma to institutionalised abuse to control the population. 

Keep in mind that the closer Labour get to the &#039;people&#039;s republic&#039;, the more status the quo, and who cares for workers&#039; universal rights. It&#039;s visionary if it means destroying the west, its value systems, freedom of speech and the right to form unions, all these essential parts of an encompassing quality to add to the value to work. 

As long as China remains a totalitarian state, where the 250 million+ workforce is held hostage to the 800 million living in absolute poverty queuing to take their jobs, globalism remains a sham.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/theyre-really-pressing-home-hard-on-this-china-thing/#comment-1552084">Mandy Mallia</a>.</p>
<p>Here it is, the Chinese BMW. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.carnewschina.com/2012/02/01/shuanghuan-sceo-really-thinks-it-is-a-bmw-x5-in-china/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.carnewschina.com/2012/02/01/shuanghuan-sceo-really-thinks-it-is-a-bmw-x5-in-china/</a></p>
<p>Upgrade your Shuanghan to a BMW opting for the kit, badges and all. </p>
<p>And if that&#8217;s not enough, how about a Rolls? </p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1172635/A-30-000-copycat-Rolls-Royce-It-China.html" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1172635/A-30-000-copycat-Rolls-Royce-It-China.html</a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s a different value system we&#8217;re up against, especially when work went from dogma to institutionalised abuse to control the population. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that the closer Labour get to the &#8216;people&#8217;s republic&#8217;, the more status the quo, and who cares for workers&#8217; universal rights. It&#8217;s visionary if it means destroying the west, its value systems, freedom of speech and the right to form unions, all these essential parts of an encompassing quality to add to the value to work. </p>
<p>As long as China remains a totalitarian state, where the 250 million+ workforce is held hostage to the 800 million living in absolute poverty queuing to take their jobs, globalism remains a sham.</p>
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		By: Tony		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2014 20:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What about food safety?]]></description>
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		By: Foggy		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Foggy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2014 16:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The errors in this letter suggest it has been written by another political appointee selected not on merit but for services to the PL.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The errors in this letter suggest it has been written by another political appointee selected not on merit but for services to the PL.</p>
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		By: Chris Ripard		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ripard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2014 15:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/theyre-really-pressing-home-hard-on-this-china-thing/#comment-1551847&quot;&gt;Joe Fenech&lt;/a&gt;.

&quot;at Beijing Exhibition Centre&quot; - definite article missing

&quot;feels that the local industry&quot; - definite article shouldn&#039;t be there

EFL classes needed . . .]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/02/theyre-really-pressing-home-hard-on-this-china-thing/#comment-1551847">Joe Fenech</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;at Beijing Exhibition Centre&#8221; &#8211; definite article missing</p>
<p>&#8220;feels that the local industry&#8221; &#8211; definite article shouldn&#8217;t be there</p>
<p>EFL classes needed . . .</p>
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		By: beingpressed		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[beingpressed]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2014 14:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Who leaked info regarding prospectus passport-buyers? Chinese business private jets, Formula 1 drivers - what a bluff. Muscat was right,  exciting times are ahead. There always seemed to have been such a rush to get this scheme pushed through. There&#039;s no revolution in China.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who leaked info regarding prospectus passport-buyers? Chinese business private jets, Formula 1 drivers &#8211; what a bluff. Muscat was right,  exciting times are ahead. There always seemed to have been such a rush to get this scheme pushed through. There&#8217;s no revolution in China.</p>
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		By: The Mole		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Mole]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2014 13:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is she Tania or Antonia? Her signature and email address differ.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is she Tania or Antonia? Her signature and email address differ.</p>
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		By: zz		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[zz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2014 12:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What is most offensive is the spelling mistake in the date. Can&#039;t they reread the thing?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What is most offensive is the spelling mistake in the date. Can&#8217;t they reread the thing?</p>
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