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		By: b		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 11:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/take-a-look-at-whats-happening-in-portugal-his-driver-is-involved-too/#comment-2807030&quot;&gt;Six of One&lt;/a&gt;.

Zapatero and the PSOE (socialists) were not exactly saints either. 

There was a litany of corruption cases under their government. Ever wondered why the country is virtually bankrupt? 

If anything the country has improved since the PP took over, at least economically. But when you are left with a hole so big, corrupt officials right across the political spectrum (PP included) and no cooperation from the party that dug the hole and created the deficit, you have your back to the wall really.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/take-a-look-at-whats-happening-in-portugal-his-driver-is-involved-too/#comment-2807030">Six of One</a>.</p>
<p>Zapatero and the PSOE (socialists) were not exactly saints either. </p>
<p>There was a litany of corruption cases under their government. Ever wondered why the country is virtually bankrupt? </p>
<p>If anything the country has improved since the PP took over, at least economically. But when you are left with a hole so big, corrupt officials right across the political spectrum (PP included) and no cooperation from the party that dug the hole and created the deficit, you have your back to the wall really.</p>
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		By: Volley		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Volley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 09:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/take-a-look-at-whats-happening-in-portugal-his-driver-is-involved-too/#comment-2806970&quot;&gt;P Shaw&lt;/a&gt;.

Only in Malta?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/take-a-look-at-whats-happening-in-portugal-his-driver-is-involved-too/#comment-2806970">P Shaw</a>.</p>
<p>Only in Malta?</p>
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		By: Volley		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Volley]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 09:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s what happens in normal democracies.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s what happens in normal democracies.</p>
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		By: Gaetano Pace		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gaetano Pace]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 07:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/take-a-look-at-whats-happening-in-portugal-his-driver-is-involved-too/#comment-2807526&quot;&gt;pete ross&lt;/a&gt;.

This is exactly Mallia`s line of defence. Since the allegations involve his head of secretariat Scerri and his driver and not himself, he says he does not have to go. 

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/take-a-look-at-whats-happening-in-portugal-his-driver-is-involved-too/#comment-2807526">pete ross</a>.</p>
<p>This is exactly Mallia`s line of defence. Since the allegations involve his head of secretariat Scerri and his driver and not himself, he says he does not have to go. </p>
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		By: Gaetano Pace		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gaetano Pace]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 07:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/take-a-look-at-whats-happening-in-portugal-his-driver-is-involved-too/#comment-2807290&quot;&gt;Nistaqsi&lt;/a&gt;.

Le ta. Dawk jitkellmu over  a cup of tea. Biex jekk tqum xi kontroversja il maltempata tibqa a storm in the teacup.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/take-a-look-at-whats-happening-in-portugal-his-driver-is-involved-too/#comment-2807290">Nistaqsi</a>.</p>
<p>Le ta. Dawk jitkellmu over  a cup of tea. Biex jekk tqum xi kontroversja il maltempata tibqa a storm in the teacup.</p>
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		By: Gaetano Pace		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gaetano Pace]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 07:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/take-a-look-at-whats-happening-in-portugal-his-driver-is-involved-too/#comment-2806970&quot;&gt;P Shaw&lt;/a&gt;.

Les vaincres et les vancus. The victors and the conquered losers. How stupid could labour be, welcoming Casesar to Rome without realising that they are not the victors but the vanquished. So say all of them that is what makes them jolly bad fellows.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/take-a-look-at-whats-happening-in-portugal-his-driver-is-involved-too/#comment-2806970">P Shaw</a>.</p>
<p>Les vaincres et les vancus. The victors and the conquered losers. How stupid could labour be, welcoming Casesar to Rome without realising that they are not the victors but the vanquished. So say all of them that is what makes them jolly bad fellows.</p>
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		By: Tabatha White		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tabatha White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 06:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/take-a-look-at-whats-happening-in-portugal-his-driver-is-involved-too/#comment-2806894&quot;&gt;dutchie&lt;/a&gt;.

That&#039;s also why Joseph Muscat not only warmed up to the businessmen, but also their drivers.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/take-a-look-at-whats-happening-in-portugal-his-driver-is-involved-too/#comment-2806894">dutchie</a>.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s also why Joseph Muscat not only warmed up to the businessmen, but also their drivers.</p>
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		By: Tabatha White		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tabatha White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 06:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/take-a-look-at-whats-happening-in-portugal-his-driver-is-involved-too/#comment-2806832&quot;&gt;Francis Saliba M.D.&lt;/a&gt;.

And Juncker will be insisting on a guns screening whenever Karmenu Vella, and his driver, are in the vicinity.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/12/take-a-look-at-whats-happening-in-portugal-his-driver-is-involved-too/#comment-2806832">Francis Saliba M.D.</a>.</p>
<p>And Juncker will be insisting on a guns screening whenever Karmenu Vella, and his driver, are in the vicinity.</p>
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		By: The Phoenix		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Phoenix]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 22:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pinocchio, Snow White, and Superman are out for a stroll in town one day.

As they walk, they come across a sign:

 

BEAUTY CONTEST TO FIND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD

 

 

&quot;I&#039;m entering!&quot; said Snow White.

 

After half an hour she comes out and they ask her &quot;Well, how&#039;d ya do?&quot; &quot;First Place&quot; said a smug Snow White.

 

They continue walking and they see a sign:

 

CONTEST TO FIND THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD

 

&quot;I&#039;m entering!&quot; says Superman.

 

After half an hour he returns and they ask him &quot;How did you make out?&quot;&quot; &quot;First Place&quot; answers Superman. &quot;Did you ever doubt it?&quot;

 

They continue walking when they see a sign:

 

CONTEST! WHO IS THE GREATEST LIAR IN THE WORLD?

 

Pinocchio enters. After half an hour he returns with tears in his eyes. &quot;What happened?&quot; they asked.

  

&quot;Who the ‘F**k’  is JOSEPH MUSCAT?&quot; asked Pinocchio]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pinocchio, Snow White, and Superman are out for a stroll in town one day.</p>
<p>As they walk, they come across a sign:</p>
<p>BEAUTY CONTEST TO FIND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m entering!&#8221; said Snow White.</p>
<p>After half an hour she comes out and they ask her &#8220;Well, how&#8217;d ya do?&#8221; &#8220;First Place&#8221; said a smug Snow White.</p>
<p>They continue walking and they see a sign:</p>
<p>CONTEST TO FIND THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m entering!&#8221; says Superman.</p>
<p>After half an hour he returns and they ask him &#8220;How did you make out?&#8221;&#8221; &#8220;First Place&#8221; answers Superman. &#8220;Did you ever doubt it?&#8221;</p>
<p>They continue walking when they see a sign:</p>
<p>CONTEST! WHO IS THE GREATEST LIAR IN THE WORLD?</p>
<p>Pinocchio enters. After half an hour he returns with tears in his eyes. &#8220;What happened?&#8221; they asked.</p>
<p>&#8220;Who the ‘F**k’  is JOSEPH MUSCAT?&#8221; asked Pinocchio</p>
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		By: Gahan		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gahan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 22:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;However, Portuguese media has reported allegations that his driver Joao Perna made a number of trips transporting cash to Paris, where Mr Socrates has been working in a new role at a pharmaceutical company.&quot;

If it were for our Manuel he would have declared that he knows nothing like this other Manuel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNeM7mXdXwI]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;However, Portuguese media has reported allegations that his driver Joao Perna made a number of trips transporting cash to Paris, where Mr Socrates has been working in a new role at a pharmaceutical company.&#8221;</p>
<p>If it were for our Manuel he would have declared that he knows nothing like this other Manuel:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNeM7mXdXwI" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNeM7mXdXwI</a></p>
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