Smajt id-diskors kollu ta’ Muscat illum ghal dnubieti. L-isforz li ma jissemmiex l-iljunfant li hemm fil-kamra kien enormi… ggantesk… l-uniku haga kbira li kien hemm fil-pjazza fil-fatt. Id-demagogija tista’ tigi iddistillata f’zewg fazi: hawn hafna flus dehlin...
Watermarks: Walking ...
posted by Jacques René Zammit
Watergate I re-watched “All the President’s Men” yesterday. It’s a 1976 movie featuring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffmann and it chronicles the work of Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein that led to the uncovering of the Watergate Scandal...
No flowers in Panama...
posted by Jacques René Zammit
It’s Sunday morning and the nationalist party is gearing up for what it dubs a national protest against corruption. The Sunday papers are full to the brim with opinion articles, spin and (if you look really hard) factual reports about the issue that has a name: Panamagate. Over the week...
The truth, if he lie...
posted by Jacques René Zammit
La vérité, si je mens (The truth if I lie). We’ve carried that movie motto on this blog as from the start back in 2005. I was reminded of this motto when I read Dr Muscat’s interview on the Times today. It’s the truth, if I lie – it’s a nonsensical phrase...
Thought for Food
posted by Jacques René Zammit
The British election campaign kicked off in earnest this week. The Tory chief has been caught red-handed eating a hot dog with the use of a fork and knife – and nowadays that kind of information hits the headlines just as readily as a decision on nuclear disarmament. Cameron’s...