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	Comments on: Joseph&#8217;s Steel Armata: a new battalion for his family friend Brigadier Jeffrey Curmi	</title>
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		By: Gahan		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gahan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2014 19:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/josephs-steel-armata-a-new-battalion-for-his-family-friend-brigadier-jeffrey-curmi/#comment-1860487&quot;&gt;michael seychell&lt;/a&gt;.

Mike, int mixuf, u għalhekk tibza&#039;, niggarantilek jien li beżżiegħ daqs Joseph qatt ma rajt. 

Tinsiex li dan irid jimita lil-beżżiegħ ieħor ta&#039; qabblu, li kien jippoża li ma jibża&#039; minn ħadd.

L-akbar biza&#039; tiegħu hi li jaqla&#039; xi damdima elettorali mingħand Simon Busuttil li qisu pespus, pulit, li qatt ma tpastaż u li dejjem kien dekoruż u rispettabbli fi kliemu u għemilu. 

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/josephs-steel-armata-a-new-battalion-for-his-family-friend-brigadier-jeffrey-curmi/#comment-1860487">michael seychell</a>.</p>
<p>Mike, int mixuf, u għalhekk tibza&#8217;, niggarantilek jien li beżżiegħ daqs Joseph qatt ma rajt. </p>
<p>Tinsiex li dan irid jimita lil-beżżiegħ ieħor ta&#8217; qabblu, li kien jippoża li ma jibża&#8217; minn ħadd.</p>
<p>L-akbar biza&#8217; tiegħu hi li jaqla&#8217; xi damdima elettorali mingħand Simon Busuttil li qisu pespus, pulit, li qatt ma tpastaż u li dejjem kien dekoruż u rispettabbli fi kliemu u għemilu. </p>
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		By: michael seychell		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[michael seychell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2014 14:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/josephs-steel-armata-a-new-battalion-for-his-family-friend-brigadier-jeffrey-curmi/#comment-1858855&quot;&gt;winston psaila&lt;/a&gt;.

Winston, I have written comments on Times of Malta&#039;s and The Malta Independent&#039;s internet editions more then once that I will not be surprised if Labour reverts to the methods of old, and this could also mean the return to political violence. 

Those who heard the screaming by our Prime Minister urging his followers to become once more &#039;Suldati Ta&#039; L-Azzar&#039; must have felt  shivers down their spine - at least I felt them. 

I pray God that this will not be the case.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/josephs-steel-armata-a-new-battalion-for-his-family-friend-brigadier-jeffrey-curmi/#comment-1858855">winston psaila</a>.</p>
<p>Winston, I have written comments on Times of Malta&#8217;s and The Malta Independent&#8217;s internet editions more then once that I will not be surprised if Labour reverts to the methods of old, and this could also mean the return to political violence. </p>
<p>Those who heard the screaming by our Prime Minister urging his followers to become once more &#8216;Suldati Ta&#8217; L-Azzar&#8217; must have felt  shivers down their spine &#8211; at least I felt them. </p>
<p>I pray God that this will not be the case.</p>
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		By: winston psaila		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[winston psaila]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2014 07:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/josephs-steel-armata-a-new-battalion-for-his-family-friend-brigadier-jeffrey-curmi/#comment-1855457&quot;&gt;TROY&lt;/a&gt;.

That post lacks taste, Troy; notwithstanding how insipid your target might be. 

Incidentally, the image itself is quite over the top - not at all necessary.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/josephs-steel-armata-a-new-battalion-for-his-family-friend-brigadier-jeffrey-curmi/#comment-1855457">TROY</a>.</p>
<p>That post lacks taste, Troy; notwithstanding how insipid your target might be. </p>
<p>Incidentally, the image itself is quite over the top &#8211; not at all necessary.</p>
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		By: winston psaila		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[winston psaila]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2014 07:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Don Quixote rallying his troops. What is it, exactly, he is doing here? Regurgitating a new dawn of Socialist violence? Somehow, I think that that era is over - hopefully..]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don Quixote rallying his troops. What is it, exactly, he is doing here? Regurgitating a new dawn of Socialist violence? Somehow, I think that that era is over &#8211; hopefully..</p>
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		By: kev		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2014 00:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[No comparison. The silver statuettes of the old lady in the bob haircut are from a rare Pjer Kamill collection going at 800 euros a pair.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No comparison. The silver statuettes of the old lady in the bob haircut are from a rare Pjer Kamill collection going at 800 euros a pair.</p>
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		By: ciccio		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ciccio]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2014 00:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The &quot;suldati tal-azzar&quot; in the second picture don&#039;t have any balls.  Definitely the sort of &quot;suldati tal-azzar&quot; that Joseph would want.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The &#8220;suldati tal-azzar&#8221; in the second picture don&#8217;t have any balls.  Definitely the sort of &#8220;suldati tal-azzar&#8221; that Joseph would want.</p>
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		By: Meddoc		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meddoc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2014 23:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/josephs-steel-armata-a-new-battalion-for-his-family-friend-brigadier-jeffrey-curmi/#comment-1855723&quot;&gt;Coronado&lt;/a&gt;.

Just a small note: Multiple pregnancies are mainly due  to fertility treatment i.e. the pumping of the mother with hormones so as to increase her chances to conceive naturally as opposed to IVF.

In IVF, the maximum number of implants was always around 3 or 4 (even before the IVF legislation) and out of these, if one is lucky, one would implant or at the most two - this can be confirmed from statistics that are published regularly.

As you correctly stated, the major reason for the high, perinatal mortality is the lack of termination in cases of severe physical problems.

But as an answer to ken il malti, my personal experience (and my line of work brings me in regular contact with these scenarios) is that actually most mothers would not accept termination of pregnancy but would accept embryo screening - this shows that it is not actually a religious belief but more an early bonding with the unborn child.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/josephs-steel-armata-a-new-battalion-for-his-family-friend-brigadier-jeffrey-curmi/#comment-1855723">Coronado</a>.</p>
<p>Just a small note: Multiple pregnancies are mainly due  to fertility treatment i.e. the pumping of the mother with hormones so as to increase her chances to conceive naturally as opposed to IVF.</p>
<p>In IVF, the maximum number of implants was always around 3 or 4 (even before the IVF legislation) and out of these, if one is lucky, one would implant or at the most two &#8211; this can be confirmed from statistics that are published regularly.</p>
<p>As you correctly stated, the major reason for the high, perinatal mortality is the lack of termination in cases of severe physical problems.</p>
<p>But as an answer to ken il malti, my personal experience (and my line of work brings me in regular contact with these scenarios) is that actually most mothers would not accept termination of pregnancy but would accept embryo screening &#8211; this shows that it is not actually a religious belief but more an early bonding with the unborn child.</p>
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		By: White coat		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[White coat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2014 23:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/josephs-steel-armata-a-new-battalion-for-his-family-friend-brigadier-jeffrey-curmi/#comment-1855723&quot;&gt;Coronado&lt;/a&gt;.

Malta could become a leading medical centre for the care of new-born babies, due to our anti-abortion policies which I uphold, not on Christian belief but on scientific and human rights basis. 

This on the same lines that Israel is the world&#039;s leader in the treatment of bombing traumas due to the high incidence of Arab terrorist bombing attacks on Jews that mostly include innocent people, babies included.

Necessity is the mother of invention.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/josephs-steel-armata-a-new-battalion-for-his-family-friend-brigadier-jeffrey-curmi/#comment-1855723">Coronado</a>.</p>
<p>Malta could become a leading medical centre for the care of new-born babies, due to our anti-abortion policies which I uphold, not on Christian belief but on scientific and human rights basis. </p>
<p>This on the same lines that Israel is the world&#8217;s leader in the treatment of bombing traumas due to the high incidence of Arab terrorist bombing attacks on Jews that mostly include innocent people, babies included.</p>
<p>Necessity is the mother of invention.</p>
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		By: carlos bonavia		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[carlos bonavia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2014 22:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/josephs-steel-armata-a-new-battalion-for-his-family-friend-brigadier-jeffrey-curmi/#comment-1855531&quot;&gt;WhoamI?&lt;/a&gt;.

And Cyrus]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/josephs-steel-armata-a-new-battalion-for-his-family-friend-brigadier-jeffrey-curmi/#comment-1855531">WhoamI?</a>.</p>
<p>And Cyrus</p>
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		By: Peritocracy		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peritocracy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2014 22:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/josephs-steel-armata-a-new-battalion-for-his-family-friend-brigadier-jeffrey-curmi/#comment-1855636&quot;&gt;Silvio loporto&lt;/a&gt;.

SuldatiTalKazzar.com]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/josephs-steel-armata-a-new-battalion-for-his-family-friend-brigadier-jeffrey-curmi/#comment-1855636">Silvio loporto</a>.</p>
<p>SuldatiTalKazzar.com</p>
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