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How to get past the Times Of Malta online paywall (and a few extra thoughts about the whole thing)
By: Mark - 14 May 2013 - 18 Comments

How to get past the Times Of Malta online paywall (and a few extra thoughts about the whole thing) [...]

The hunters are wrong, true, but Birdlife are dicks
By: Mark - 04 May 2013 - 2 Comments

Yes, I got it the first time Birdlife, the hunters are evil, they're doing us a disservice by making us all look like complacent butchers, yes hunting is bad. [...]

Screw you contrarians, Boston and Iraq ain’t one and the same
By: Mark - 16 April 2013 - 7 Comments

If these contrarians were concerned with peace in the Middle East I'd listen to them, but they talk of Iraq and Afghanistan to be different, difficult and dicks. [...]

Can Malta Tagħna Lkoll become Malta Tagħna Wkoll?
By: Mark - 11 March 2013 - 7 Comments

I recently asked why Malta Tagħna Lkoll could not also be Malta Tagħna Wkoll. Today I ask this again. Can it go from Malta Tagħna Lkoll to Malta Tagħna Wkoll? [...]

If you don’t vote AD you’ve lost your right to complain
By: Mark - 08 March 2013 - 8 Comments

This blog post is about how, in all senses but the legal, you will have lost your right to complain for the next five years if you tomorrow you don't vote AD. [...]

Why I’m ignoring the ‘Eve of Election Day of Reflection’
By: Mark - 08 March 2013 - 0 Comments

I have decided not to heed the 'day of reflection' imposed upon us today, eve of the election. This is why I protest. [...]

How It Works – Voting in a General Election in Malta
By: Mark - 05 March 2013 - 7 Comments

Since the powers that be want to keep you misinformed and ignorant on the subject, I have taken it upon myself to explain how voting in this country works. [...]

Malta ta’ min?
By: Mark - 07 January 2013 - 3 Comments

In keeping with the crap we've been hearing about the elections, it might be pertinent to launch a new political movement, one that is honest about being based solely on a buzzword which played [...]

Labour still don’t get it
By: Mark - 08 November 2012 - 15 Comments

For all their big talk on Facebook and Twitter, Labour still just don't get it. Team magħqud xejn ħaqq alleċ, ejja ma ndaħħqux. [...]

6 Lessons for Maltese bloggers
By: Mark - 13 September 2012 - 13 Comments

The Maltese blogosphere is alive and well but the actual quality of the blogs themselves is another thing. Here are 6 lessons Maltese bloggers should learn. [...]

We stopped the floods 5 years ago
By: Mark - 04 September 2012 - 4 Comments

5 years ago (it was Monday October 15th according to the Times Of Malta story) government promised to launch the first phase of a flood relief project for the centre of Malta. [...]

So Mintoff’s dead, so what?
By: Mark - 21 August 2012 - 12 Comments

Why I don't care about Dom Mintoff and neither should you (unless you're over 25). Inspired by Philip Leone Ganado. [...]

Happy campers?
By: Mark - 17 August 2012 - 3 Comments

What do I think about the Marsaxlokk campers? Regardless of what they did, we brought this onto ourselves. We didn't say a thing as long as it was convenient to us. [...]

Festas: love them or hate them
By: Mark - 02 August 2012 - 0 Comments

The Maltese summer is dominated by traditional village feasts happening in different towns every weekend. Around 70 festas are held each year in order to celebrate the lives of different saints or religious figures [...]

6 Amusing Errors in the Voucher Magazine
By: Mark - 05 July 2012 - 1 Comment

The typos and horribly mangled usage of the English Language in the Voucher magazine get me hot. Hope you dig them too. [...]

5 things students do during exams (which do not help)
By: Mark - 11 June 2012 - 4 Comments

Students in sheer histrionic despair over their exams? Here are 5 things students like to do during exams, but which do not help at all. [...]

A quick reply to Oliver Friggieri
By: Mark - 20 May 2012 - 3 Comments

Oliver Friggieri argues about putting God back at the centre of culture. Well Doc, I have a few thoughts of my own about where your god's place is. [...]

5 Reasons why the Malta to Gozo tunnel proposal is bullshit
By: Mark - 17 May 2012 - 31 Comments

Do I agree with the goddamn tunnel idea? No, actually, I don't at all, and these are 5 Reasons why the Malta to Gozo tunnel proposal is absolute horseshit. [...]

More ‘science wisdom’ from Gozo Bishop Mario Grech
By: Mark - 02 April 2012 - 3 Comments

Gozo Bishop Mario Grech, what I'd like to tell you is, stick to your incense and smoke and mirrors and leave scientific discourse to the grown ups among us. [...]

A quick reply to Ms Vella and Dr Saliba
By: Mark - 27 March 2012 - 5 Comments

The immigrants will keep coming until Africa continues to suffer, so maybe we should do the civil thing; think about how to make their transition a bit easier. [...]

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