I’m not sure anyone realised that some other things—both horrible and great—have been happening in Malta and the world while we are choked to boredom by the energy debate currently gripping this rock.
Yes there is a life outside our gaseous debates. The world still rocks on while we are in electoral overdrive.
One of the worst things that happened was the half-baked, hollow apology from Lance Armstrong. Lance who? He who was a great cycling champion and won an unprecedented Tour de France 7 unbelievable times. He who beat cancer and came back to win again and again. But he managed to do all this because he cheated. He cheated so much that even the cancer he suffered from was called a sham and a fraud by some terrible tongues—horror of horrors this. Others are of the opinion that the cancer itself was aggravated by the amounts of illegal stuff he had ingested to become a super-champion. I’m sure all this is known to all so forgive me for boring you with the detail.
What some might have missed is his abject interview with a certain Oprah, in which he admitted to his misdeeds which improved his performance and made him beat the competition. I imagine he thought that by admitting he...
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