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		By: Tabar		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/language-warning-16-last-nights-top-tweet/#comment-2868165</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tabar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2014 20:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/language-warning-16-last-nights-top-tweet/#comment-2863163&quot;&gt;Tal-Malja&lt;/a&gt;.

Minghajr Mintoff kieku n-nannu ta&#039; Lara u l-familja tieghu ma kienux jigu umiljati sfaccatament. 

Jaqaw qatt ma qalula minn xiex ghaddew minhabba Mintoff? X&#039;ma qalux? Ahjar Lara qaltilhom inaddfu l-hmieg u l-kalunji li l-Lejber infama lill-antenati taghha bihom. 

Ara veru nithassara ghax ma ahna sew xejn.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/language-warning-16-last-nights-top-tweet/#comment-2863163">Tal-Malja</a>.</p>
<p>Minghajr Mintoff kieku n-nannu ta&#8217; Lara u l-familja tieghu ma kienux jigu umiljati sfaccatament. </p>
<p>Jaqaw qatt ma qalula minn xiex ghaddew minhabba Mintoff? X&#8217;ma qalux? Ahjar Lara qaltilhom inaddfu l-hmieg u l-kalunji li l-Lejber infama lill-antenati taghha bihom. </p>
<p>Ara veru nithassara ghax ma ahna sew xejn.</p>
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		By: Osprey		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/language-warning-16-last-nights-top-tweet/#comment-2865776</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Osprey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2014 09:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Seqer Malti is a legend.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seqer Malti is a legend.</p>
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		By: Gaetano Pace		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gaetano Pace]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2014 09:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well said, Joe. I have a  different eulogy. 

We salute the memory of Dom who dwarfs your political stature, immaturity and lack of leadership. 

There is nothing to regret though, knowing that both come from the Labour stables.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well said, Joe. I have a  different eulogy. </p>
<p>We salute the memory of Dom who dwarfs your political stature, immaturity and lack of leadership. </p>
<p>There is nothing to regret though, knowing that both come from the Labour stables.</p>
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		By: albona		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[albona]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2014 07:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/language-warning-16-last-nights-top-tweet/#comment-2863715&quot;&gt;claude&lt;/a&gt;.

What he meant by putting Malta on the map is that once they have finished all their land reclamation the island will be larger and thus more visible on googil ert.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/language-warning-16-last-nights-top-tweet/#comment-2863715">claude</a>.</p>
<p>What he meant by putting Malta on the map is that once they have finished all their land reclamation the island will be larger and thus more visible on googil ert.</p>
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		By: Meanwhile in China		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meanwhile in China]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2014 07:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/language-warning-16-last-nights-top-tweet/#comment-2863106&quot;&gt;a mifsud&lt;/a&gt;.

If it is specific to the Maltese village context it will involve sex with a cousin, weird looking children and lots of expletives.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/language-warning-16-last-nights-top-tweet/#comment-2863106">a mifsud</a>.</p>
<p>If it is specific to the Maltese village context it will involve sex with a cousin, weird looking children and lots of expletives.</p>
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		By: Madoff		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/language-warning-16-last-nights-top-tweet/#comment-2864553</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madoff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2014 03:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ghandi borza lesta ghalik Perit, ja zibel.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ghandi borza lesta ghalik Perit, ja zibel.</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/language-warning-16-last-nights-top-tweet/#comment-2864058</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2014 00:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/language-warning-16-last-nights-top-tweet/#comment-2863715&quot;&gt;claude&lt;/a&gt;.

The whole myth rests on terzomondismo Mintoff was so fond of.  The architect couldn&#039;t get himself to subscribe to where Malta was heading and directed all his energy to redirect it to those &#039;non-aligned&#039; states.

Non-aligned read bereft of any cultural mentis, even the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe proved too refined for his pseudo-Med aesthetic, whatever that was. 

In essence it proved just an absence of any manner in which things are done. It can be seen in Muscat&#039;s difficulty to distiguish himself from the PN. He just does not seem capable of defining his cyphers, the campaign a lost memory. Identity does not, never did, belong to Labour. Theirs was always a reaction. One could, with a hint of social oblige, question whether their transition from party to movement correspondsto the natural progression to dissolution. 

The movement simply major final backlash. How does the left in 2014 Malta still rely on Labour? I say it&#039;s possible to conceive.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/language-warning-16-last-nights-top-tweet/#comment-2863715">claude</a>.</p>
<p>The whole myth rests on terzomondismo Mintoff was so fond of.  The architect couldn&#8217;t get himself to subscribe to where Malta was heading and directed all his energy to redirect it to those &#8216;non-aligned&#8217; states.</p>
<p>Non-aligned read bereft of any cultural mentis, even the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe proved too refined for his pseudo-Med aesthetic, whatever that was. </p>
<p>In essence it proved just an absence of any manner in which things are done. It can be seen in Muscat&#8217;s difficulty to distiguish himself from the PN. He just does not seem capable of defining his cyphers, the campaign a lost memory. Identity does not, never did, belong to Labour. Theirs was always a reaction. One could, with a hint of social oblige, question whether their transition from party to movement correspondsto the natural progression to dissolution. </p>
<p>The movement simply major final backlash. How does the left in 2014 Malta still rely on Labour? I say it&#8217;s possible to conceive.</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/language-warning-16-last-nights-top-tweet/#comment-2863951</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2014 00:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/language-warning-16-last-nights-top-tweet/#comment-2863153&quot;&gt;Mila&lt;/a&gt;.

Yes. No different to Sicilian immigrants who settled in Turin, Milan etc, to become the most vicious leghisti.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/language-warning-16-last-nights-top-tweet/#comment-2863153">Mila</a>.</p>
<p>Yes. No different to Sicilian immigrants who settled in Turin, Milan etc, to become the most vicious leghisti.</p>
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		By: claude		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[claude]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2014 23:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What does he mean &quot;put Malta on the map&quot;? First of all Malta if he is talking about importance,  Malta was always on the map and for many centuries it had an important role in the ebb and flow of various powers around the Mediterranean. If he is talking about Malta as an Independent state, then that honour goes to Borg Oliver. If he is talking about being a rogue nation befriending the worst dictatorships then yes he is right, Mintoff truly put us on the map but that is not something to be proud of.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What does he mean &#8220;put Malta on the map&#8221;? First of all Malta if he is talking about importance,  Malta was always on the map and for many centuries it had an important role in the ebb and flow of various powers around the Mediterranean. If he is talking about Malta as an Independent state, then that honour goes to Borg Oliver. If he is talking about being a rogue nation befriending the worst dictatorships then yes he is right, Mintoff truly put us on the map but that is not something to be proud of.</p>
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		By: Neville Pace		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Neville Pace]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2014 22:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando﻿&#039;s role representing the Labour Party on Xarabank yesterday was nothing more than tampon for Muscat. 

Historically, the word &quot;tampon&quot; originated from the medieval French word “tampion,” meaning a piece of cloth to stop a hole, a stamp, plug, or stopper.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando﻿&#8217;s role representing the Labour Party on Xarabank yesterday was nothing more than tampon for Muscat. </p>
<p>Historically, the word &#8220;tampon&#8221; originated from the medieval French word “tampion,” meaning a piece of cloth to stop a hole, a stamp, plug, or stopper.</p>
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