And of course, a contract for Eur311,200 over five years is terribly persuasive
What Lou Bondi says here would be ever so much more credible were it not for the unassailable fact, revealed in The Sunday Times yesterday, contained in the heading to this post.
It is not the Labour Party or even the Labour government with which Lou Bondi is comfortable and at ease. It is Joseph Muscat, personally. And Muscat, using exactly the same flattery, praise, ego-appeal and flirtation techniques deployed by women targetting a man, made that happen.
You could see it in the way Bondi was completely disarmed when ‘grilling’ Muscat on a one-to-one basis in the last couple of years of his show. It was as though he had Jessica Rabbit sitting in front of him, though I honestly believe that at that point even he didn’t know what was happening and couldn’t see it.
You know how it is when you try to explain to men that this or that particular woman is deliberately targetting them for reasons that have nothing to do with their superior power of attraction? They go ballistic. They refuse to see it. They can’t see it. Their ego won’t allow it. Meanwhile, it’s obvious to everyone else.
How much less likely is it, therefore, that they are going to be able to see they have been targetted by a man? Because Lou Bondi isn’t the only man Joseph Muscat has targetted just like a clever woman does by working out the best way to stroke his ego and find his Achilles’s heel: in this case, being paid to bring to Malta guitarists he has always wanted to meet, and to organise concerts in which he takes to the stage with his guitar himself….yet again.
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So his turning up at your house on the eve of the election to report on the police investigation was just a flash of conscience. Or was it a charade?
[Daphne – No, he really meant it. And I am grateful for it, because he didn’t have to do it and it stopped the police carting me off to the depot, forcing them to compromise on a heavily monitored (by all the press) two-hour stint at the Mosta station instead.]
Daphne, you will probably be in our grave before you see a PN government. Get on with it! I have a bunch of thorns ready to place on your grave. I only hope they won’t walk away in protest at having been so dishonoured. You were, are and continue to be a joke. Not to say that you are also the LP’s best friend. Given your age, you should have grown up by now.
[Daphne – What a ghastly man you are, Mr Chetcuti. Tragically for others, you give credence to the unfortunate stereotype of the spiteful and nastily aggressive male bitch who hates everybody, especially when they are women, because he can’t get over the fact that he’s a gay man born in the ’50s. Or was it the ’40s?]
You cannot count the number of those who went to their grave without seeing their beloved PL in government. ( 25 minus 2, remember?)
“You were, are and continue to be a joke.” Look who’s talking. The Pink Guy from Down Under who claimed that even Saint Gorg Preca was gay because of his peculiar voice.
Xewka f’darhom qeda Daphne!!! Kompli ghax bis-sahha tieghek qed insiru nafu l-affarijiet mahmuga li qed jaghmel dan il mishut gvern.
Up yours, Chetcuti, as they say down under. And no, that’s not me flirting with you.
Sorry but i’m not convinced something is still amiss here.
With that kind of easy money Lou will have lots of paid free time to work on his tan.
Maybe there is more to the story than we think. Money is always a great motivator, but money for something very close to one’s heart is even greater.
Some people may have voted Labour because they wanted money so that they can help support a loved one, or because they wanted a building permit to build a block of flats to make money so that they can retire comfortably.
Although I don’t know Mr Bondi too well, so I can’t really say.
“Because Lou Bondi isn’t the only man Joseph Muscat has targetted just like a clever woman does by working out the best way to stroke his ego and find his Achilles’s heel”
Who said this? and who is he linked to?
“Here are 9.5 benefits to make sales by:
1. Qualify the buyer.
2. Establish rapport.
3. Create prospect disparity.
4. Eliminate or differentiate from the competition.
5. Build credibility.
6. Know the customer and their business.
7. Identify needs.
8. FIND HOT BUTTONS.
9. GET PERSONAL INFORMATION.
9.5 Close the sale.
Joseph Muscat asks the price, and makes a better offer, after all it’s the taxpayer who would be paying.
Well he goes on stage to ensure a good sound check
Working with the troops so to speak
For a reason, Joseph Muscat is particularly successful with men and not women. Marisa Micallef is an exception due to her vindictiveness at not getting what she demanded. Hanging around adults and not peers during the University years and as a child must have been a useful survival/manipulative experience for Joseph Muscat.
I think his wife is also an accessory to him. I think that he is asexual and the fact that she was Alfred Sant’s personal assistant was very useful at the time. After that, she was useful for the staged image as a family man and for ‘delivering’ his twins. All for the sake of a carefully designed phony image.
How about informing your adoring commenters how much your own husband has benn given in contracts by GonziPN?
[Daphne – There were no contracts to speak of, Mr Privitera, not with me and not with my husband. My husband is specialised in a very specific field in the way some doctors of medicine are specialised in their fields. To use the same analogy, if the prime minister were to develop a heart problem, he would have to see Alex Manche or Albert Fenech, neither of whom vote for him, rather than Chris Fearne or Franco Mercieca, who do.]
All of a sudden, Lou Bondi, like gays and lesbians and like the kaccaturi, have become part of Mr. Privitera’s ‘friendly list’.
I remember Mr. Privitera attacking Lou Bondi’s TV programme accusing him of bias in favour of the PN. Now he seems to consider him as his hero.
Mr. Privitera’s line of thought is a reflection of the myopic intelligence of those who vote for Labour.
Alex Manche has never, ever voted in any Maltese general elections. He is always too busy looking after his patients & has no time for politics.
You haven`t answered my question. It is easy to know why !
[Daphne – I have answered your question: ‘there are no contracts to speak of’.]
Daphne, still running away from answering my question. Let readers decide if the contracts given to your husband are contracts to speak of or not ! Even those contracts given to companies in which your husband was involved in.
[Daphne – My husband is a shareholder in no such companies, Eddy. I believe you are thinking of a L-Orizzont front page story which was correct under the law a day or two later.]
@ Alex’s friend – Going out to vote and doing one’s duty doesn’t mean you do politics.
Who gets to govern has an impact on EVERYTHING and EVERYBODY. Even on the work that Mr. Manche does.
Wahda isbah mill-ohra.
Mr. Privitera, it is typical of making sweeping statements and then you do not produce one single page of evidence, hard evidence.
The first impression one gets in reading your ‘attack’ on Ms. Caruana Galizia’s husband is that you ‘know’ something that others do not and that you seem to be in possession of some sort of ‘evidence’ to substantiate your argument.
Still, you simply make accusations a la Muscat and L-Orizzont without producing evidence (as long as you in collusion with your friends at L-Orizzont don’t fabricate one).
So typical Soviet-socialist mentality.
If Times of Malta, The Malta Independent and this blog would provide a ‘ignore’ button so that one can ignore other commentators, Mr. Privitera would be ignored a thousand times over.
SOUR GRAPES !!!!!!!!!!!!!
F*ck off, Eddy. Go back to Times of Malta and The Malta Independent. What a useless old git. Seriously, f*ck off.
Int persuna vojta u bla ebda kultura.
Eddy Privitera, I suggest you crawl back into your shell once and for all. Daphne’s husband specialises in property/rent law and I can only think of a handful who are up to his mark. Any academic or practising lawyer would confirm that. Even your friend and architect Robert Musumeci would repeat what I am saying because he actually said that to me.
Daphne,
Please, do me a favor, don’t let any Eddy Privitera messages through. I don’t think he brings something extra and if I want to read his daily nastiness, I’ll go back to Times of Malta.
He is one of the reasons I don’t go there.
How pathetic, Mr. Privitera (or Priviteera?).
Sour grapes to you, sir!
You have waited for your iced-bun and it was not even baked! Had you emigrated (or remained?) in Australia like your siblings, today you might have been Malta’s High Commissioner to that country. What a shame.
Three commenters who are scared to show their name want me to “f_ck off”” ! Why, are you scared that my comments hit where it hurts you and your party ?
I would not suggest that you f*ck off. A little comic relief is always welcome.
Ara min rega tfacca. Eddy, mur go xi home (dejjem jekk ikunu jriduk) u immedjatament ghax ikolli nghid li ser iddum quddiem il-Hallieq meta tasal quddiemu.
You are such a negative person.
Ara jien ma nibzax minnek, buffu! Allura x’ser taghmilli? Ser tirraportani lil xi ras vojta, jew lil xi kriminal?
Buffu.
Eddy, how about telling your friend and PM to publish the Henley and Partners contract if you know what it means since they gave the go-ahead to publish as they have nothing to hide.
Insejt kemm kont tghajjar lill-PN ghax ma ippublikax informazzjoni sensittiva hafna u xorta l-PN ippubblikaha ghall-iskrutinju tal-parlament?
Insejt il-habi li jrid jaghmel is-Seg Par Galdes ghax it-Times skopriet skandlu ta’ drenagg fil-hxejjex li jitkabbru fl-inhawi ta’ Burmarrad u irid jahbi dan l-iskandlu u ma jridx jaghti informazzjoni?
Insejt li il-partit tieghek ilu fil-gvern sena u nofs u gia intela bil-hmieg u l-korruzzjoni bejn il-hbieb tal-klikka tal-PL?
Taf, Eddy Perlini, illi l-kaxxa tal-pajjiz gia fqajtuha bid-dejn b’impjiegi lil hbieb ta’ gewwa (mhux tal-hbieb tafx) li kollha gew impjegati mal-gvern? ejjejt u ser nieqaf.
Kummidjant bhalek kien tajjeb biss biex jiehu divorzju u jisfida lil Alla imam z-zmien ghad jaghtina parir.
eddy int imbecilli u bla argumenti. hlief isservi ta” forcina ghal-lejber tieghek mintix. tant int ghami li l-inqas l-izbalji li qed jaghmel il-lejber minti taghti kaz. min jaf kieku dik id-dikjarazzjoni tal-kaccaturi (Farrku Kollox Nehhewlna Koxxa) li taw lil siehbek Falzon biex inehhi d-drittijeit tal-Maltin f’referendum x’kont taghmel, kemm kont tmur tigri l-Ewropa biex tiggakbina lill-Gvern tal-PN li huwa faxxist u dittatur! Imma bil-haqq inti lejburist u l-lejber djjem kienu kontra d-drittijiet demokratici tal-Maltin u l-Ghawdxin. Ftakar x’qalilkom Dr. Toni Abela – bhalma gew l-eluf maghna daqshekk jisparixxu malajr jekk ma noqghodux attenti.
Eddy, nispera tipppermettili nindirizzak avolja mhux b’ismi proprju:
O, kemm inti bniedem kuraġġuż: ma tibzax turi ismek – sew fi żmien gvernijiet Nazzjonalisti (għax moħħok mistrieħ li m’hu se jiġrilek xejn?) u anke taħt il-Lejber (għax tinċensah?)
Tassew ta’ min jammira l-kuraġġ tieghek, Eddy!
Hey Eddy, I know it’s difficult to keep up with the times at your age and all that but you’re meant to be part of the positive team now.
Eddy, for a change “P*ss off” and that comes from an old man who supports neither political party (I live in England).
Return to your Soviet socialism society where a few live a lush life and the rest in shit.
What an intelligent comments – you scared the shit out of us Eddy! So insightful! Such a wanker!
Successful with men? Asexual?
You should focus on the decadence which has engulfed the PN instead of blaming Bondì for what he’s done.
With the current leader, we would be lucky to be in government in 25 years.
[Daphne – Who are ‘we’? The Hurt Army? People who say they are ‘Nationalists’ (as though it’s a tribe) while voting Labour? Ridikoli. You have in power the person for whom you probably voted. So what are you on about. If you want somebody in power, you just vote for them. Simple. They don’t get there by default.]
Disilluz? With what exactly? A personal favour you asked for and wasn’t given? If so, you should be happy now, not disillusioned.
If this PN’s decadent I’m the Marquis de Sade.
I cringed when I read this.
I am not sure if you have already reported this or if it was already mentioned on the comments but I recall clearly that on one particular Bondi+ edition which was a one-on-one with Joseph Muscat, they ended up debating the competences of those around Muscat.
It was at this point that Bondi bluntly sold himself out by saying something on the lines: ‘What you need is someone like me….’ in response to Muscat’s flirtatious provocations.
Muscat promptly responded tongue in cheek something like ‘Even you want to join the movement?’
I strongly believe that exchange was the seed of what happened after the election.
With Mintoff it was all about power. With Muscat it’s money. He buys people by offering them money because that is what he himself craves.
Money is Muscat’s weakest point. One day it will be his undoing.
Eur54,000 a year – is this the going rate to silence a mouth?
I remember hearing Bondi telling his Master that the latter still has to convince him to vote Labour, and Muscat’s reply was that he eventually will.
No principles.
Bniedem bla principji … punto e basta.
Don’t call me a nit picker , but my calculator shows €311,000 you gave Lou €200 more than he deserves , and we should be fair to the nearest figure.
Oh you are such a feminist and self-made woman! You have so high an opinion of other women. I doubt you could ever use your charm to attract any man, woman or beast!
[Daphne – Amazing how you sound just like a woman, Mr Chetcuti (of a certain mindset, of course). If you hadn’t given me your name, I’d have immediately assumed you were one of the ladies from Fejsbuk who’s got it in for me.]
This guy has no idea what attracts men to women.
Every time I read one of this man’s comments, I feel the need to take a bath and scrub myself.
311,200 euros ain’t bad for a soon- to- be kartanzjan card holder.
Actually a nice prize. If I were a Mintoffian, who for my entire life campaigned for the MLP, volunteered for free, collected donations door-to-door across the island, etc, I would be furious.
Ignorance is bliss!
The point we are missing here is that the other members of the Foundation for National Festivities must be utterly furious.
Can we know how much the other members are being paid or is it only Lou Bondi that is employed as a consultant to the prime minister?
“Prof. Oliver Friggieri will head the foundation. Other members include Malta Council for the Arts and Culture chairman and vice chairman of the Public Broadcasting Services Albert Marshall, Simone Mizzi, Philip Farrugia Randon, John Zarb, Jason Busuttil, Lou Bondi, Lino Farrugia, Andrea Cassar, Gianni Zammit, Ray Mangion and Mario Farrugia Borg.”
https://www.google.com.mt/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.com.mt%2Farticles%2F2013-06-15%2Fnews%2Ffoundation-to-organise-national-festivities-set-up-1832484865%2F&ei=VZmWU_HiK4fAOMvqgegP&usg=AFQjCNGP2FFUaN8wHDQnpZ9i1BpeCZE41w
I guess somebody will surely dig further and find out and publish what each member on the foundation makes.
Please somebody explain what is the problem here.
Lou was offered a job.
A job that he is good at and accepted the position.
When I hire someone for the business here in Toronto I look at their qualifications and wether they are achieving the results agreed upon. The pay scale is based on the job at hand.
I don’t look to see what their political affiliation is.
I also expect that they follow the policies and procedures laid out to them.
I guess Lou now understands that because he is working for somebody else it is not proper to behave as though he is on Bondi+ And rightly so.
He is following policies and procedures that the job entails.
I am sure he has his personal opinions as we all do but is there to do a job and not to openly criticize especially his employer.
Remember Lou worked in Canada as a Consul and again was quite good in that role.
We learn how to work differently here in Canada and maybe now because he is just doing his job it is irritating to those who expect controversy on an ongoing basis.
Malta does not need a PN or PL but a national government made up of people who will work for the common good of all it’s citizens.
In Malta we are always working at 50% of our talent capabilities
[Daphne – You are conveniently missing the most essential element, Dennis. WHAT is the job? Did this job exist or was it created for him specially after Jason Micallef refused to have him on V18 (this is a fact), where a job really did exist?]
“Malta does not need a PN or PL but a national government made up of people who will work for the common good of all it’s citizens.”
That is really not the case as all that’s happening clearly shows it.
With regard to Bondi: prior to being handed this post by the new government, Bondi was working as a journalist and a producer. His vociferous stance against the PL was notorious. Can’t you see any dissonance here?
I do see your point but I guess his job is really a concert to be a special events promoter.
in some of your other comments you mentioned that he already has other good consultancy jobs.
If that is the case and it was offered to me on a matter of principle I would have said thanks but no thanks.
Anyway life goes on and I wish all a happy productive day.
Sorry I meant
His job is to really to be a consultant to co- ordinate special events and concerts.
Dennis pls stop comparing tiny Malta with what happens in Canada. There is a huge difference between the two in every aspect of life. Come and live over here for some time before you write something about Malta.
I do live in Malta.
In Gozo to be exact and I am well aware of what happens on the rock.
I go back between Canada and Malta.
Malta is the most beautiful country in the world if it was not so divided and full of Maltese Gemgem pity.
“Malta does not need a PN or PL but a national government made up of people who will work for the common good of all it’s citizens.”
Yes that’s it. No more parties. One national government. China and North Korea tried it has worked marvellously.
Ragel bla principji, and true nature finally showing.
These months of silence from your end regarding the matter were a bit “uncharacteristic”.
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/33814/hypocritical-bondi-gets-labour-s-goat-camilleri-eyes-libyan-reconstruction#.U5ZnzjeKDIU
“What Kullhadd omitted to say in its Sunday piece was that Bondì’s partner Silvio Scerri, is also the Labour party’s consultant at One TV, whose involvement has already solved several technical problems and improved One’s picture quality.”
Another part of the puzzle.
Tidher minn liema partit gej sur Privitera. Titfa t-tajn , Daphne tichadlek kollox, u int tibqa tipprova titfa t-tajn. Tkomplix taqa ghan-nej….
Finally you said it. However I am not too sure he will not change his song with any government. Lou Bondi has proved that anything buys his principles, how cheap!
Pinnur ippatentjat li kien qed jilghaba ta’ Marxist fi zmien meta in- Nazzjonalisti ta’ vera hawn Malta kienu ittrattati aghar mil- klieb. Ic-cucata hi li wiehed wiccu u so*mu xorta bhal dak igawdi dejjem ikun hemm min ikun hemm fil- gvern , u il- bqija li iridu biss jghixu bi kwiethom, ma jitolbu favuri min ghand hadd, u ma jilhqu salib hadd jispiccaw jaqalawha min ghand kullhadd.