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	Comments on: Happy Christmas from the Beijing Communists: Baku Joseph&#8217;s Malta monorail	</title>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 17:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/happy-christmas-from-the-beijing-communists-baku-josephs-malta-monorail/#comment-2886601&quot;&gt;Jozef&lt;/a&gt;.

She can get Kenneth to paint her one.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/happy-christmas-from-the-beijing-communists-baku-josephs-malta-monorail/#comment-2886601">Jozef</a>.</p>
<p>She can get Kenneth to paint her one.</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-12-18/local-news/Mepa-unanimously-approves-development-at-Il-Pjazzetta-in-Sliema-6736127577

Oh no, someone lost their view of the crystal clear blue sea.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-12-18/local-news/Mepa-unanimously-approves-development-at-Il-Pjazzetta-in-Sliema-6736127577" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-12-18/local-news/Mepa-unanimously-approves-development-at-Il-Pjazzetta-in-Sliema-6736127577</a></p>
<p>Oh no, someone lost their view of the crystal clear blue sea.</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/happy-christmas-from-the-beijing-communists-baku-josephs-malta-monorail/#comment-2885933&quot;&gt;Anthony Cachia Castelletti&lt;/a&gt;.

Oh but that&#039;s the trick, the monorail will be both above and under ground. Fancy that, they said tunnels are too expensive to bore, so let&#039;s just do them all the same AND plonk a humungous T beam resting on columns everywhere. 

Invading any space left for the public. 

Socialists.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/happy-christmas-from-the-beijing-communists-baku-josephs-malta-monorail/#comment-2885933">Anthony Cachia Castelletti</a>.</p>
<p>Oh but that&#8217;s the trick, the monorail will be both above and under ground. Fancy that, they said tunnels are too expensive to bore, so let&#8217;s just do them all the same AND plonk a humungous T beam resting on columns everywhere. </p>
<p>Invading any space left for the public. </p>
<p>Socialists.</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/happy-christmas-from-the-beijing-communists-baku-josephs-malta-monorail/#comment-2883006&quot;&gt;Pete&lt;/a&gt;.

Yes fine, but why do they have to propose the stupidest of technologies? 

I can imagine the chaos if they had to resorting to plant concrete stilts everywhere. 

Or do we get these in the baroque idiom?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/happy-christmas-from-the-beijing-communists-baku-josephs-malta-monorail/#comment-2883006">Pete</a>.</p>
<p>Yes fine, but why do they have to propose the stupidest of technologies? </p>
<p>I can imagine the chaos if they had to resorting to plant concrete stilts everywhere. </p>
<p>Or do we get these in the baroque idiom?</p>
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		By: tinnat		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[tinnat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/happy-christmas-from-the-beijing-communists-baku-josephs-malta-monorail/#comment-2885209&quot;&gt;Peter Mercieca&lt;/a&gt;.

I quite see it going through Burmarrad and circling Castille.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/happy-christmas-from-the-beijing-communists-baku-josephs-malta-monorail/#comment-2885209">Peter Mercieca</a>.</p>
<p>I quite see it going through Burmarrad and circling Castille.</p>
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		By: Anthony Cachia Castelletti		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony Cachia Castelletti]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Has this country lost its mind?

Do we really want to ruin what is left of Malta?

If we really need a train, then it should be underground.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Has this country lost its mind?</p>
<p>Do we really want to ruin what is left of Malta?</p>
<p>If we really need a train, then it should be underground.</p>
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		By: ciccio		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ciccio]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/happy-christmas-from-the-beijing-communists-baku-josephs-malta-monorail/#comment-2885209&quot;&gt;Peter Mercieca&lt;/a&gt;.

No, I suggest the image stays there.  The line should also travel on top of all the rubble stone walls along the new road networks out of towns, like that between Mgarr and Mosta.  There is a wall on each side, so they can have two rails in operation.  

More ideas, please.  

Around Valletta on top of the bastions?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/happy-christmas-from-the-beijing-communists-baku-josephs-malta-monorail/#comment-2885209">Peter Mercieca</a>.</p>
<p>No, I suggest the image stays there.  The line should also travel on top of all the rubble stone walls along the new road networks out of towns, like that between Mgarr and Mosta.  There is a wall on each side, so they can have two rails in operation.  </p>
<p>More ideas, please.  </p>
<p>Around Valletta on top of the bastions?</p>
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		By: canon		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[canon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The monorail is a white elephant like the Red China Dock.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The monorail is a white elephant like the Red China Dock.</p>
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		By: just me		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[just me]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 08:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/happy-christmas-from-the-beijing-communists-baku-josephs-malta-monorail/#comment-2885310&quot;&gt;Freedom5&lt;/a&gt;.

Bank of Valletta had a sharp decrease in profit mainly due to the large number of new employees. 

It is operating like a government entity with new jobs and promotions being given as iced buns to Taghna Lkoll people. 

The unnecessary extra cost in salaries is eating away at the profits. 

Other Maltese banks like Lombard have shown an increase in profits in the past year.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/happy-christmas-from-the-beijing-communists-baku-josephs-malta-monorail/#comment-2885310">Freedom5</a>.</p>
<p>Bank of Valletta had a sharp decrease in profit mainly due to the large number of new employees. </p>
<p>It is operating like a government entity with new jobs and promotions being given as iced buns to Taghna Lkoll people. </p>
<p>The unnecessary extra cost in salaries is eating away at the profits. </p>
<p>Other Maltese banks like Lombard have shown an increase in profits in the past year.</p>
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		By: Freedom5		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Freedom5]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 07:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On another issue .  

Bank of Valletta pays the government €4.6 million to extend its lease on the House of the Four Winds:

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20141218/local/bov-explains-decision-to-spend-46m-to-extend-buildings-lease.548726

Then the government uses that money to pay the Cafe Premier operators €4 million, and they in turn pay off their bank loan...to Banif Bank. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On another issue .  </p>
<p>Bank of Valletta pays the government €4.6 million to extend its lease on the House of the Four Winds:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20141218/local/bov-explains-decision-to-spend-46m-to-extend-buildings-lease.548726" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20141218/local/bov-explains-decision-to-spend-46m-to-extend-buildings-lease.548726</a></p>
<p>Then the government uses that money to pay the Cafe Premier operators €4 million, and they in turn pay off their bank loan&#8230;to Banif Bank. </p>
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