“New to democracy” is debatable. I would argue that as a nation, we are – as you say – so fcuking ignorant/uncivilised (genetically) that democracy can NEVER take root and flourish here.

That’s a derivative of the philosophy joke, from communist times, in Russia. I got it from Readers’ Digest, in the 60s.

“What is philosophy?”
“A black cat, in a dark room”
“What is Marxist philosophy?”
“A black cat, in a dark room, only, there is no cat”
“What is Marxist-Leninist philosophy?”
“A black cat, in a dark room, only, there is no cat, but occasionally, someone shouts out “I’ve got it!””

I’ll tell you the KGB joke too, if there are more than 5 upvotes to this one.

True, it would still be a loss. But there’s his pride at stake too.

If he was half as bright as people make him out to be, he would have smelt a rat a long time ago, so to me he is in.

I believe we are in Greece 2004 mode, cooking the books. So far the economy is running on sheer momentum, and infrastructure projects started on paper before March 2013.

The advantage this government has is the killing it is making on fuel sales. With oil at rock bottom prices and expensive electricity bills, the reduction should have been much more given the oil price, but the people will never figure it out.

The spend is too great to sustain.

I’ll bet that Edward Scicluna is leading the investigation “like the blind man, looking for the black cat, in the dark room, which is not there” as Rowan Atkinson would put it.