Comments on: A lesson from civilisation: Hollande shows the vulgarians of the Maltese government how these things are done

By: AE

AE — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:08:15 +0000

This poor man went from being held hostage in Libya to then be held hostage by the Prime Minister.

Muscat’s words that they are now going to turn him over to his family, couldnt have been more truer.

X’zibel ta’ nies.

By: Wheels within wheels

Wheels within wheels — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:05:59 +0000

I doubt it. They simply wouldn’t give a toss as they won’t have any moral fibre. This is caused by parents who obviously have none.

These children will be monetarily wealthier reaping the benefits of the shady deals their parents made and can choose to bugger off to some other country which hasn’t been pillaged. Or else they will simply swing to the other side and seek to reap even more benefits.

By: chico

chico — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:00:22 +0000

Not a doubt about the hamalli bit. But it won’t change now, Daphne, whoever is in charge.

I’m afraid that’s what that over-populated school they call Uni is producing… nothing but hamalli with “degrees.”

Of course there are exceptions, but will they bother to go in for politics?

I can’t see it, I’m afraid. We’ve turned full circle; we’re outnumbered and there’s no way out (apart from emigration or death). But you’ll have plenty to write about.

By: Disconcerted

Disconcerted — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:50:05 +0000

The French clip made me feel emotional and joyful. The Maltese one made my skin crawl, especially seeing Martin Galea’s face, still tortured, yet in Malta.

Shameful to say the least.

I think even diehard left-wingers could gauge the lack of joy in that ‘reception’, the joy everyone craved. Although this was a tremendous day for Martin Galea, seeing him standing there, being used for marketing, I felt shame.

By: C C

C C — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:13:41 +0000

Not even Silvio Berlusconi is this pompous. After the Nasiriya disaster he refused his place in the front rows of the church to the families of the victim.

He said it’s the family’s place not that of a politician.

By: bob-a-job

bob-a-job — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:37:24 +0000

“…il-hidma fis-silenzju li saret minghajr hafna storbju zejjed…”

This means one of two things.

a) They were doing nothing at all.

b) They didn’t have a clue of what they were doing so the best way forward was to remain mum and ride on the result if it was positive or find some excuse if it ended up in disaster.

By: PWG

PWG — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 11:37:54 +0000

The snobs tear into the Nationalists because they expect a lot from them and eventually castigate them and revel in their humiliation.
With Labour it has always been different. They hope against hope that after so many years in the wilderness things would change.
Now that it hasn’t they are not shocked, perhaps a bit disappointed, and will take their shit passively until they can stomach it no more. When will we ever learn.

By: Gaetano Pace

Gaetano Pace — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 09:33:30 +0000

“Ghamilna kollox fis-silenzju.”

Yes, because they had no choice. But when Martin Galea got back, all we saw and heard was them.

By: Surprised

Surprised — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 09:17:37 +0000

Surprised at the fact that Joseph showed up on time at the airport – the only time he did not let people wait. Why? Of course, now I realize. He couldn’t afford it as otherwise he would have been left out of the action. Stupid me.

[Daphne – Not quite. See my latest post: http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/07/the-returning-hostage-had-to-wait-for-the-pm-rather-than-the-pm-wait-for-the-returning-hostage/ ]

By: White coat

White coat — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 09:08:20 +0000

But Joseph was busy working on attracting more investment to Malta. Up to now, since the first day of being elected as Prime Minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat has attracted the following long list of foreign investments (Only he is very modest and does not brag about it at all):

1. Selling our most modern power station to the communist Chinese government (95% of all Chinese companies are government-owned).

2. Selling passports.