I was discussing Beram Kayal during the week, specifically how he was keeping Victor Wanyama out of the Celtic team before that ‘tackle’ from Rangers’ McCulloch put him out of action for months. The player has never recovered his form but has never had a sustained run in the team either.
Nir Biton has made the holding position his own in recent weeks and, as a consequence, we’ve watched his form improve. News that he picked up an injury when playing for Israel against Slovakia last week, which is likely to disrupt his appearances for weeks, has come at the worst possible time. If he is to make this position his own, he needs performances between now and the end of the season.
Young players especially need games to reinforce their craft and build confidence, as well as to ensure fitness.
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John O’Neil
21:44 on 13 March, 2014
‘Speaking about evil men…’
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It’s all about context.
Copy To Comrade Molotov
Top Secret For members of the Politburo.
Please make no copies for any reason. Each member of the Politburo (incl. Comrade Kalinin) should comment directly on the document. Lenin.
In regard to the occurrence at Shuia, which is already slated for discussion by the Polituro, it is necessary right now to make a firm decision about a general plan of action in the present course. Because I doubt that I will be able to attend the Politburo meeting on March 20th in person, I will set down my thoughts in writing.
The event at Shuia should be connected with the announcement that the Russian News Agency [ROST] recently sent to the newspapers but that was not for publication, namely, the announcement that the Black Hundreds in Petrograd [Piter] were preparing to defy the decree on the removal of property of value from the churches. If this fact is compared with what the papers report about the attitude of the clergy to the decree on the removal of church property in addition to what we know about the illegal proclamation of Patriarch Tikhon, then it becomes perfectly clear that the Black Hundreds clergy, headed by its leader, with full deliberation is carrying out a plan at this very moment to destroy us decisively.
It is obvious that the most influential group of the Black Hundreds clergy conceived this plan in secret meetings and that it was accepted with sufficient resolution. The events in Shuia is only one manifestation and actualization of this general plan.
I think that here our opponent is making a huge strategic error by attempting to draw us into a decisive struggle now when it is especially hopeless and especially disadvantageous to him. For us, on the other hand, precisely at the present moment we are presented with an exceptionally favorable, even unique, opportunity when we can in 99 out of 100 chances utterly defeat our enemy with complete success and guarantee for ourselves the position we require for decades. Now and only now, when people are being eaten in famine-stricken areas, and hundreds, if not thousands, of corpses lie on the roads, we can (and therefore must) pursue the removal of church property with the most frenzied and ruthless energy and not hesitate to put down the least opposition. Now and only now, the vast majority of peasants will either be on our side, or at least will not be in a position to support to any decisive degree this handful of Black Hundreds clergy and reactionary urban petty bourgeoisie, who are willing and able to attempt to oppose this Soviet decree with a policy of force.
We must pursue the removal of church property by any means necessary in order to secure for ourselves a fund of several hundred million gold rubles (do not forget the immense wealth of some monasteries and lauras). Without this fund any government work in general, any economic build-up in particular, and any upholding of soviet principles in Genoa especially is completely unthinkable. In order to get our hands on this fund of several hundred million gold rubles (and perhaps even several hundred billion), we must do whatever is necessary. But to do this successfully is possible only now. All considerations indicate that later on we will fail to do this, for no other time, besides that of desperate famine, will give us such a mood among the general mass of peasants that would ensure us the sympathy of this group, or, at least, would ensure us the neutralization of this group in the sense that victory in the struggle for the removal of church property unquestionably and completely will be on our side.
One clever writer on statecraft correctly said that if it is necessary for the realization of a well-known political goal to perform a series of brutal actions then it is necessary to do them in the most energetic manner and in the shortest time, because masses of people will not tolerate the protracted use of brutality. This observation in particular is further strengthened because harsh measures against a reactionary clergy will be politically impractical, possibly even extremely dangerous as a result of the international situation in which we in Russia, in all probability, will find ourselves, or may find ourselves, after Genoa. Now victory over the reactionary clergy is assured us completely. In addition, it will be more difficult for the major part of our foreign adversaries among the Russian emigres abroad, i.e., the Socialist- Revolutionaries and the Milyukovites [Left Wing Cadet Party], to fight against us if we, precisely at this time, precisely in connection with the famine, suppress the reactionary clergy with utmost haste and ruthlessness.
Therefore, I come to the indisputable conclusion that we must precisely now smash the Black Hundreds clergy most decisively and ruthlessly and put down all resistance with such brutality that they will not forget it for several decades.
The campaign itself for carrying out this plan I envision in the following manner:
Only Comrade Kalinin should appear officially in regard to any measures taken–never and under no circumstance must Comrade Trotsky write anything for the press or in any other way appear before the public.
The telegram already issued in the name of the Politburo about the temporary suspension of removals must not be rescinded. It is useful for us because it gives our adversary the impression that we are vacillating, that he has succeeded in confusing us (our adversary, of course, will quickly find out about this secret telegram precisely because it is secret).
Send to Shuia one of the most energetic, clear-headed, and capable members of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee [VTsIK] or some other representative of the central government (one is better than several), giving him verbal instructions through one of the members of the Politburo. The instructions must come down to this, that in Shuia he must arrest more if possible but not less than several dozen representatives of the local clergy, the local petty bourgeoisie, and the local bourgeoisie on suspicion of direct or indirect participation in the forcible resistance to the decree of the VTsIK on the removal of property of value from churches. Immediately upon completion of this task, he must return to Moscow and personally deliver a report to the full session of the Politburo or to two specially authorized members of the Politburo. On the basis of this report, the Politburo will give a detailed directive to the judicial authorities, also verbal, that the trial of the insurrectionists from Shuia, for opposing aid to the starving, should be carried out in utmost haste and should end not other than with the shooting of the very largest number of the most influential and dangerous of the Black Hundreds in Shuia, and, if possible, not only in this city but even in Moscow and several other ecclesiastical centers.
I think that it is advisable for us not to touch Patriarch Tikhon himself, even though he undoubtedly headed this whole revolt of slave-holders. Concerning him, the State Political Administration [GPU] must be given a secret directive that precisely at this time all communications of this personage must be monitored and their contents disclosed in all possible accuracy and detail. Require Dzerzhinsky and Unshlikht personally to report to the Politburo about this weekly.
At the party congress arrange a secret meeting of all or almost all delegates to discuss this matter jointly with the chief workers of the GPU, the People’s Commissariat of Justice [NKIu], and the Revolutionary Tribunal. At this meeting pass a secret resolution of the congress that the removal of property of value, especially from the very richest lauras, monasteries, and churches, must be carried out with ruthless resolution, leaving nothing in doubt, and in the very shortest time. The greater the number of representatives of the reactionary clergy and the reactionary bourgeoisie that we succeed in shooting on this occasion, the better because this “audience” must precisely now be taught a lesson in such a way that they will not dare to think about any resistance whatsoever for several decades.
To attend to the quickest and most successful carrying out of these measures, there at the congress, i.e., at the secret meeting, appoint a special commission, the participation of Comrade Trotsky and Comrade Kalinin being required, without giving any publicity to this commission, with the purpose that the subordination to it of all operations would be provided for and carried out not in the name of the commission but as an all-soviet and all-party order. Appoint those who are especially responsible from among the best workers to carry out these measures in the wealthiest lauras, monasteries, and churches.
Lenin.
March 19, 1922.
I request that Comrade Molotov attempt to circulate this letter to the members of the Politburo by evening today (not making copies) and ask them to return it to the secretary immediately after reading it, with a succinct note regarding whether each member of the Politburo agrees in principle or if the letter arouses any differences of opinion.
Lenin.
A note in the hand of Comrade Molotov:
“Agreed. However, I propose to extend the campaign not to all gubernias and cities, but to those where indeed there are considerable possessions of value, accordingly concentrating the forces and attention of the party.
March 19. Molotov.”
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/soviet.exhibit/ae2bkhun.html
Ryecatcher,
The Communists screwed everybody over. Anybody who wasn’t a Communist was a target. Their ideology was wicked beyond belief. They screwed the Russian working class. Don’t forget that.
You mentioned Crimea. The entire Tatar population was deported by a nice chap called Serov. Poles must hate him also.
voguepunter
£60 to EK
VP-Great time,seen a lot that hadn’t seen before,Top of the Rock and boat trip to Statue of Liberty.Found a great wee Irish bar round the corner from the hotel too :))
I’m sure I read a post earlier explaining and indicating the thought process in the floodlight claims of the rabid. I did didn’t I?
ohn O’Neil
22:16 on
13 March, 2014
Macjay,
Indeed he foresaw what was coming but he could have done more. However it is never so simple. How could he have sought more conflict after the previous carnage?
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I don`t think he could have done more.
My god he tried.His “iron curtain” speech.
Britain was beggared and isolated by U.S. post war interests.End of Empire and U.S. takeover of British markets.
British P.M. Brown apparently paid off the last of it`s war debt to U.S.10 years ago.
minx1888
Cheers!
If the barrier IS there it won’t be for much longer the way my son drives!
18 years on
Forever Babies
RIP
Victoria Elizabeth Clydesdale (5)
Emma Elizabeth Crozier (5)
Melissa Helen Currie (5)
Charlotte Louise Dunn (5)
Kevin Allan Hasell (5)
Ross William Irvine (5)
David Charles Kerr (5)
Mhairi Isabel MacBeath (5)
Brett McKinnon (6)
Abigail Joanne McLennan (5)
Emily Morton (5)
Sophie Jane Lockwood North (5)
John Petrie (5)
Joanna Caroline Ross (5)
Hannah Louise Scott (5)
Megan Turner (5)
Keep them safe Mrs Mayor
Very sombre on here tonight. Why? Has deed club dieded?
Beebawbabbity 21:29,
Tragic news about Big George (Jinty McGinty’s) He was a special part of Glasgow.
RIP George
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GRNZfV8rKQM
mickbhoy1888
Horrific day!
ryecatcher
22:20 on
13 March, 2014
Macjay,
An absolutely horrible episode.Particularly,as you say,in the context of today`s events.
References to fascists in Kiev today make me cringe when I think of what Hitler`s fascists did in `41 and the famine created by Stalin`s fascists prior to that.
8 mill.dead of starvation?
I find it amusing that the Hun idolize Winston Churchill when in fact in 1914 he was itching to sail warships to lie off Belfast and reduce the Orange districts to rubble.
This from “Countdown to War” McMeekin
….so was England convulsed with reverberations from the Curragh Incident of March 1914. By spring, Irish Loyalist Volunteers from Ulster ((he ‘Ulstermen’) had put more than 100,000 men under arms to block any effort by the British government to impose Home Rule (that is, independence) on Ireland — on the northern counties of Ulster, anyway. In early March, the Liberal government in London had offered a ‘compromise’ exempting Ulster from Home Rule for six years and only six years.
The offer was rejected, and documents turned up by army intelligence suggested that the Volunteers were planning a coup. Winston Churchill, first lord of the Admiralty, ordered the HMS Pathfinder and HMS Attentive to the Irish coast and vowed privately that, if the Ulstermen took up arms against the British army, ‘he would pour enough shot and shell into Belfast to reduce it to ruins.’ Churchill then gave an open-throated public speech on March 14, offering ‘the hand of friendship’ to Ulstermen if they desired it but a confrontation if they did not (‘let us put these grave matters to the proof).
Fearing, with good cause, that the government was about to strike, on Friday, 20 March, 50 English cavalry officers at the Curragh barracks in Ireland announced that they would not take up arms against the Ulstermen – a sort of mutiny, as critics called it, although no orders had yet been given that they could have disobeyed. General Hubert Gough, the head ‘mutineer,’ then resigned with all his officers,
mickbhoy1888
22:33 on 13 March, 2014
18 years on
Forever Babies
RIP
I prayed for these kids earlier
I was on shift with one of the parents, who was called away.
The mum a lovely Cowieghirl
Hail Hail
Kayal is a more rounded option than Biton when he gets his fitness back so have no fear about the holding position. With POTY Scott Brown marshalling events as they unfold all will be well.
The Soviets signed a treaty with Hitler. The Swedes while neutral supplied vital raw materials to the end. The French after capitulation collaborated much more than they resisted and rounded up their Jews ( as did the Channel Islands), many eastern nations – Hungary for example- saw their opportunities in supporting the Nazis. Britain signed a naval agreement with them giving them a new navy at 35pc of the Royal Navy – a green light to rearm. Only the Greeks whose gloriously lazy approach to their economy actually provided an effective counter to aggression ( and it was Churchill who kept Greece this side of the Iron curtain). The point – it’s complicated and if some Irish politicians played the self interest card – they were far from alone.
At Versailles in 1919 only one nation was denied the right to the principle of that grand but rather foolish treaty – the principle of self determination. The one exception was Ireland.
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Doc
Can I give you the money later??
Richard Burton wisnae too keen on auld Winston.
Big Nan@ 22:37 – Pretty sure Winston offered De Valera NI , if he came into the war on the side of GB
macjay1 for neil lennon
22:20 on 13 March, 2014
Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar
22:05 on
13 March, 2014
macjay1 for neil lennon
21:58 on 13 March, 2014
Hamilton 21.30
That is true.
Strictly or otherwise.
Q. Who bombed Britain in`39
A.The I.R.A.
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Did most rank and file IRA volunteers oppose the right wing leadership of that time who advocated such bombings?
Answer: (wee clue) it begins with Y and ends in ES :-)
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You may well be right.
Not much consolation to the dead.:-(
Hamilton.
“Our side” has it`s own skeletons.
Why can`t we just accept that?
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You and I are on the same side???
Mmmmm……..:-)
67Heaven … I am Neil Lennon, supporting WEE OSCAR..!!.. Ibrox belongs to the creditors
21:34 on
13 March, 2014
macjay1 for neil lennon
Sorry for the delay.
Hands full.
I agree with all of that.
Ireland.Damned if she did.Damned if she didn`t.
Starting to look healthier these days ,though.
The future will be Ireland`s again.
I intend to celebrate that on Sunday.Over a “cratur” or two.
:-)
VP, of course you can, right before I give you the badge.
Mickbhoy1888
That was my first year teaching. The day after that horrible event was like no other I’ve experienced in a school.
May their souls have perpetual light upon them.
Yeah the facist led coup in Kiev backed by the US is crazy skullduggery.
I brot up elbows tackle on Kayal on SSB the other night. Fell on deaf ears!!
Hamiltontim is praying for Oscar
22:44 on
13 March, 2014
You and I are on the same side???
Mmmmm……..:-)
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I support Celtic.How`bout you?
Also support the truth.How `bout you?
There`s a song in there somewhere.New York in June?
MickBhoy1888, bless them. And those who lived, but who carry the scars today.
They all remain in my thoughts.
Doc,
you get my email re the badges the other night?
also sent you another email earlier tonight.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Pod I/hendrix67
Sorry to hear of the passing of big George. Myself and wife knew him well, though lost touch past few years.Big George R.I.P.YNWA.
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T3, yep, see you in BV around 4pm.
Tell PF mine a Guinness.
Doc
Free loading as usual
T3, that is yep, on both counts, badges at the table.
For those looking for badges tomorrow, look for BMCUWP Hootenany Tricolour, hope to put it up and sell badges from there, or from tables, 6.7.15 and 16.
jeez_I_thought_blinker_was_pants
22:42 on
13 March, 2014
Richard Burton wisnae too keen on auld Winston.
Big Nan@ 22:37 – Pretty sure Winston offered De Valera NI , if he came into the war on the side of GB
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I heard that too.
Would love to know if it were true.
SOAL, I am working for my beer mhate, trust me.
Doc
I will pop in for those pegs in BV
Love
doc,
just replied.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Doc
No badges to be issued until inside Celtic Park, and from 7 pm
By order CRC :-)
Hail Hail
Night all. Night wee Oscar my hero. God bless xx