Oh but we ain’t seen anything yet. Ciccio rightly asked what’s happening with the land reclamation thingy, that most mysterious tender of them all, impossible to get hold of, tenderers sworn to secrecy worthy of Puglia’s matriarchical Sacra Corona Unita.

Knowing Muscat’s tendency to go one better than Lawrence Gonzi you can bet your life we’ll get some Death Star inspired super duper luxurious blingiest of the bling outside Maghtab.

Aliyev is a Zoroastrian, sun worshipper to us mere mortals, he has this fetish for goldleaf. When that becomes untenable there’s always christian Armenia to throw at his henchmen to rape.

The man sulked and refused to attend an international congress of the Caucasus when the Kazakhs put up a flagpole 9 feet taller than the one he had just inaugurated in Baku.

Zaha Hadid, world renowned architect, recently lost all kudos after she agreed to design a mausoleum in memory of his father. It’s a contorted thing, sitting instead of thousands of shacks housing his people.

What we face is consumer authoritarianism, where the most obnoxious trappings of ‘high society’ get to dilute any real aspiration. Just watch as all second hand auto dealerships keep on with the supply of German Uberwagens, it’s the only thing to sell these days. Botox and UV machines turn out Barbie dolls by the dozen and lifestyle becomes a set of rules to get on in life. The men get to multiply the width of their silk ties and perhaps double the cuff links.

Addiction to unquestioning materialism as code of ethics, with its own approved brands, places to go, food to eat and talk to spin. V18 will be even more horrifying than we think, these don’t want some rota ta’ karrettun folky whims, consider the budget to be spent on the most obsolescent Eurovision set.

There’s no one in the arts scene left, except Mintoffjani reinvented into indulgent vulgar excess. Success to be in your face to matter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsRFWjz4a9g

Good, I’ll move underground, the economy of my trade based on my personal diktats, excluding them keeps it pure and desirable. If they’re loaded, I’m the snob.

C 43070 is now name Socar Trading Holding Ltd.