“Pistola is in Italian.
In Maltese we call it rovelver.”

Before Sam Colt popularized the revolver, starting in about 1838, a single shot flintlock or percussion cap pistol was called a “pistola” in Malta by the Maltese.

Italian or English loan-words are not a new idea to the Maltese language.

A deep hole in the ground is also inanimate.

Wet floor is also inanimate.

Unsound building is also inanimate.

Leaking gas, naked fire… Inanimate does not mean not dangerous but means you have to take caution.

Are you completely sure that short-barrelled pistols are called ‘rovovers’ in Maltese?

In that case better alert all the schools to introduce this as a new poster.

I’m sure it’s important as everyone will start carrying protection under Labour.

I find this rather odd as when I get involved with the word ‘revolver’ it was always about antique pieces.

In fact at first I thought that Mr Scerri was into antiques, then I was disgusted by his behaviour.

‘Who does he think he is?’ Really.

And it is a great bonding agent for milkshake and Red Bull.

Full of Red Bull you mean.

Did Scerri say revolver or ‘roverver’?

They are not in the business of being aboveboard in their approach.

Everything is sly. Nothing is what it is meant to be.

People who get in their way are “dealt with” as minor inconveniences, as though they are flicking off bacteria.

This is a world that the majority of Maltese wildly rushed to embrace.

The mask was too ridiculous not to have fallen completely.

A vice based agenda.

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In similar cases, there are people who wish to back out when they realise the full extent of evil operating in the top echelons..

Depending on the nature of the top hierarchy, and if they are permitted to leave in one piece, they ask for liability disclaimers. Guarantees. Referrals and letters of recommendation if they can bring themselves to use them.
They can be pretty useless in this globalised world
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Anyone who pinned their career to Joseph Muscat’s tails and who is now an unwilling part of the post-election meritocracy crowd, or there by accident, will realise that their career has been hijacked by a crowd that cares not a jot.

If they have any ethical backbone but stay in the hope that they can ride it out, find a better exit point, they should be told that a better exit point than right upon awareness won’t happen.

This sort of scam is a very vicious circle with only a downward spiral..

It has it’s own nature of withdrawal symptoms.

You would do the least damage to yourselves to leave a toxic environment right now. Less pay should not detract, even if it is difficult to handle.
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The desperate will remain and the situation will get more aggressive.

The bait will adapt to the need as the talk adapts to the situation. Nothing is certain.

The core is uninterested in those there to be used. Everyone is replaceable.
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For those that do leave more will be sourced. There will be a lettered-but-chained level. Not passionate this time, but willing anyway.

This is more of a blow.
Brain damage for Malta where codes again get twisted.
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Every time the Maltese are in this situation, the quality of freedom obtained is determined by what has been lost and what we are prepared to pay to reclaim it.