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	Comments on: Uh-oh. Just when Muscat&#8217;s made Malta &#8216;di bast&#8217;, somebody&#8217;s gone and moved those goal-posts	</title>
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	<description>Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta.</description>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/uh-oh-just-when-muscats-made-malta-di-bast-somebodys-gone-and-moved-those-goal-posts/#comment-1810757</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2014 21:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/uh-oh-just-when-muscats-made-malta-di-bast-somebodys-gone-and-moved-those-goal-posts/#comment-1802632&quot;&gt;Simon&lt;/a&gt;.

Right lads, listen up, for I have come up with the perfect plan.

I will marry myself.

Then I will be: 
1. a single parent (because I&#039;m eligible for IVF treatment), so I get state aid
2. a minority, so I get EU funds
3. a gay couple
4. able to adopt as a couple
5. a couple. So I get tax cuts, which I will share with my husbowifoid, i.e. myself.
6. a regular guest on Xarabank]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/uh-oh-just-when-muscats-made-malta-di-bast-somebodys-gone-and-moved-those-goal-posts/#comment-1802632">Simon</a>.</p>
<p>Right lads, listen up, for I have come up with the perfect plan.</p>
<p>I will marry myself.</p>
<p>Then I will be:<br />
1. a single parent (because I&#8217;m eligible for IVF treatment), so I get state aid<br />
2. a minority, so I get EU funds<br />
3. a gay couple<br />
4. able to adopt as a couple<br />
5. a couple. So I get tax cuts, which I will share with my husbowifoid, i.e. myself.<br />
6. a regular guest on Xarabank</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2014 21:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/uh-oh-just-when-muscats-made-malta-di-bast-somebodys-gone-and-moved-those-goal-posts/#comment-1802539&quot;&gt;Jozef&lt;/a&gt;.

Can I bring the wrath of the sandals-and-beads brigade upon me? 

Cacopardo is a ghastly piece of work, and Cassola is a common opportunist, at the head of a party of teenage-brained drifters and posers.

Just like their counterparts in Europe. 

They&#039;re a kind of higher-dimensional hamalli.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/uh-oh-just-when-muscats-made-malta-di-bast-somebodys-gone-and-moved-those-goal-posts/#comment-1802539">Jozef</a>.</p>
<p>Can I bring the wrath of the sandals-and-beads brigade upon me? </p>
<p>Cacopardo is a ghastly piece of work, and Cassola is a common opportunist, at the head of a party of teenage-brained drifters and posers.</p>
<p>Just like their counterparts in Europe. </p>
<p>They&#8217;re a kind of higher-dimensional hamalli.</p>
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		By: Calculator		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calculator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/uh-oh-just-when-muscats-made-malta-di-bast-somebodys-gone-and-moved-those-goal-posts/#comment-1802632&quot;&gt;Simon&lt;/a&gt;.

Do we have enough bridges locally to keep up with the demand by bachelors clamouring for their civil rights, though?

Maybe that&#039;s why Jo&#039;s being so comfortable with the construction lobby.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/uh-oh-just-when-muscats-made-malta-di-bast-somebodys-gone-and-moved-those-goal-posts/#comment-1802632">Simon</a>.</p>
<p>Do we have enough bridges locally to keep up with the demand by bachelors clamouring for their civil rights, though?</p>
<p>Maybe that&#8217;s why Jo&#8217;s being so comfortable with the construction lobby.</p>
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		By: Anthony Mallia		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/uh-oh-just-when-muscats-made-malta-di-bast-somebodys-gone-and-moved-those-goal-posts/#comment-1807234</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony Mallia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Truly,
A rotten society!
Poor  &#039;abused&#039;  children!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Truly,<br />
A rotten society!<br />
Poor  &#8216;abused&#8217;  children!</p>
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		By: zunzana		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/04/uh-oh-just-when-muscats-made-malta-di-bast-somebodys-gone-and-moved-those-goal-posts/#comment-1807005</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[zunzana]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jekk zewgt irgiel jew zewg nisa, ghax ihobbu lil-xulxin ghandhom id-dritt ta&#039; unjoni civili (kelma ohra ghal zwieg civili), kif ukoll ihossu li ghandhom dritt tal-adozzjoni tat-tfal, bl-istess ragunament dawn it-tlieta (ghax jinhabbu) ghandhom jinghataw l-istess drittijiet. 

Mela, ejja Jo, biex inkunu progressivi fil-futur din naccetawha ukoll.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jekk zewgt irgiel jew zewg nisa, ghax ihobbu lil-xulxin ghandhom id-dritt ta&#8217; unjoni civili (kelma ohra ghal zwieg civili), kif ukoll ihossu li ghandhom dritt tal-adozzjoni tat-tfal, bl-istess ragunament dawn it-tlieta (ghax jinhabbu) ghandhom jinghataw l-istess drittijiet. </p>
<p>Mela, ejja Jo, biex inkunu progressivi fil-futur din naccetawha ukoll.</p>
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		By: il-Ginger		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2014 21:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140423/09130227004/russian-net-clampdown-continues-now-its-turn-blogs-vkontakte.shtml]]></description>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[http://maltarightnow.com/news/2014/04/24/stati-uniti-evakwati-r-residenti-ta-belt-fi-wyoming-wara-spluzjoni-fimpjant-tal-gass/

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		By: c		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[c]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What would Fr Rene&#039; say about this new wave of reality that the Church has to adapt to, now that our liberal government has opened the doors for this new mentality? Would he expect the Church to stay silent about this not to serve as a forcina for the PN?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What would Fr Rene&#8217; say about this new wave of reality that the Church has to adapt to, now that our liberal government has opened the doors for this new mentality? Would he expect the Church to stay silent about this not to serve as a forcina for the PN?</p>
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		By: Simon		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2014 16:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2356774/Australian-woman-Jodi-Rose-marries-bridge-France--gets-mayors-blessing.html

Those posts just won&#039;t keep still]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2356774/Australian-woman-Jodi-Rose-marries-bridge-France--gets-mayors-blessing.html" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2356774/Australian-woman-Jodi-Rose-marries-bridge-France&#8211;gets-mayors-blessing.html</a></p>
<p>Those posts just won&#8217;t keep still</p>
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		By: angry bird		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[angry bird]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2014 16:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So I work and pay my taxes in this shithole of a country and then I have to pay for some &quot;eligible&quot; voter and his/her non-eligible spouse and kids to come for a holiday in Malta, so that they can vote for say Norman Lowell, who is technically ineligible to stand for elections. 

*why did I move back to Malta*

http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-04-24/news/travel-arrangements-for-ep-elections-4736712704/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I work and pay my taxes in this shithole of a country and then I have to pay for some &#8220;eligible&#8221; voter and his/her non-eligible spouse and kids to come for a holiday in Malta, so that they can vote for say Norman Lowell, who is technically ineligible to stand for elections. </p>
<p>*why did I move back to Malta*</p>
<p><a href="http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-04-24/news/travel-arrangements-for-ep-elections-4736712704/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-04-24/news/travel-arrangements-for-ep-elections-4736712704/</a></p>
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