Josef Stalin was adored by his people. He was also a charismatic man with a plan. He had the vision to take the Soviet Union forward to prosperity. But there were famines and genocide. The starving were not exiled to Botany Bay for stealing a handful of corn, hundreds of thousands of them were shot, all while Stalin occupied the Kremlin.
The means of production were breaking down all around. Newly manufactured tractors idled in fields, because simple replacement parts were never produced, causing production targets to be missed, with a whole host of consequential ramifications.
Yet the people remained in awe of their genocidal oppressor. “If only Stalin knew”, they would say, “he would end the suffering and fix all these problems”. It was Beria, or some other apparatchik, who must be responsible.
“If only Stalin knew” has become a phrase to describe a characteristic of human nature. We grow to worship those who inspire us to revolution and reject all evidence when they drive us into the sea. Faults and failings are blamed on others. If only the man (less commonly, woman) at the top was in complete control, this mess would have been avoided.
You will note this morning that “King took a backseat during the recruitment process as Graeme Park, with Stewart Robertson and Andrew Dickson alongside, drove through Caixinha’s move… to Ibrox”.
The sentiment is clear: what is needed is not less influence from King, but more involvement. The plan is great, it just needs to be executed the way King wants it to be.
It’s not like we haven’t warn them.
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its ok, i found an email saying i allready picked, sorry for the confusion. ta.
WEEBAWBABITTY on 27TH OCTOBER 2017 6:31 AM
Morning, just reading back seen a comment about souness being a ‘ kid on hard man’ growing up in Blantyre I knew bomber broon, and anyone who knew him knows he was anything but , used to annoy me that hard man patter about him . Thick well that’s definitely true
*the only thing of note that he did was kick a former teammate intae the back of the net, which got him onside with the baying hordes. Hard man no, bully aye.
Saint Stivs on 27th October 2017 3:30 pm
THE WEEK 5 FIXTURES – All kick off’s are 3.00pm except where stated
Saturday 28th October
Hearts v Rangers* – 12.30
Manchester Utd v Tottenham – 12.30
Aberdeen v Ross County
Celtic v Kilmarnock
Dundee v Hamilton
Motherwell v Hibs
Partick Thistle v St Johnstone
Arsenal v Swansea
West Brom v Manchester City
Bournemouth v Chelsea – 17.30
Kevin Hughes – If Catalonia ever achieves true independence then Barca are supposedly out on their ear. The head of the Spanish FA is an absolute diehard Madrid fan, doesn’t try to hide it either. He has made it clear that Barca will not be able to play in the Spanish leagues.
The word on the street here is that they would move into the French league if that was the situation. You can be sure conversations along those lines have taken place. It makes sense geographically and would give French football a massive boost.
Madrid would love that too :) Eternal domination.
Big Jimmy on 27th October 2017 2:08 pm
IF Sophia had ran aboot The Calton…I would have defo lumbered her….whether she liked it or not !
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Schoolbhoy error there Big Jimmy…….I would ask for this to be deleted
H.H.
BIG JIMMY on 27TH OCTOBER 2017 2:21 PM
iF only Jane Fonda knew that I existed ?…who knows
*saw her a couple of nights ago on tele talking about harvey wee weiner and the trumpet, she still looks good. BTW she said that they were bullies and were scared of strong women.
SOUTH OF TUNIS on 27TH OCTOBER 2017 11:06 AM
Found myself singing this while waiting to see if the Caravan was for the off .
1966 . Virtually always the last choon played at the dancing in Glasgow . Your last chance of a lumber . Virtually every Glasgow band worth its salt was capable of churning it out – often the encore . Produced by the great 8 but absolutely aff his heid -Joe Meek
https://youtu.be/DRIgpdNZEvA
*knew what this was before I clicked on it. I had a Drifters’ version of it on an EP along with early Searchers hit Sweets for my Sweets, gave it to a sister-in-law who was over on holiday and a big fan of the Cryin Shames version.
It was only a minor hit by the latter but still an ageless tune which was played often on radio and in dance halls in the central belt of Scotland.
Incidentally it was Joe Meek’s last hit before he shot himself.
I’ve sed it before and I’ll say it again regarding the TV deal…..
Celtic have a massive opportunity to clear out the dross at FTSFA & FTSPFL when it comes to renewing the contract…..thoughts?
H.H.
SOUTH OF TUNIS on 27TH OCTOBER 2017 1:37 PM
Peas in a pod –
“There is no similar name on the planet like the name of Stalin.. It shines like a bright torch of freedom “.
Pravda – Uncle Joe’s 60 th birthday 1939
” Fuhrer -we stand this day before your portrait . How powerful, strong ,beautiful and exalted.. Father , mother,brother, all in one and even more”
Das Schwarze Korps – for the wee housepainter’s 50th birthday 1939
*sounds a bit like the “love fest” for the trumpet in the WH a couple of days ago, meanwhile the et bruti’s were sharpening their chibs.
Tontine Tim,
meanwhile the et bruti’s were sharpening their chibs…..that’s a lol moment…..
On another note….was talkin to my old man about the history of Glasgow and he gave me a we history of the Tontine Hotel…..were your ancestors the winner?
H.H.
DENIABHOY on 27TH OCTOBER 2017 3:39 PM
Kevin Hughes – If Catalonia ever achieves true independence then Barca are supposedly out on their ear. The head of the Spanish FA is an absolute diehard Madrid fan, doesn’t try to hide it either. He has made it clear that Barca will not be able to play in the Spanish leagues.
The word on the street here is that they would move into the French league if that was the situation. You can be sure conversations along those lines have taken place. It makes sense geographically and would give French football a massive boost.
Madrid would love that too :) Eternal domination.
thats the type of situation i would expect to happen.what other doors could it possibly open.
would the EPL become an option for us? what other catalonian teams would be affected or what other parts of spain would follow their example
Anybody got spares for the ross county game? :)
Euro League reconstruction on the way? Or will the brave nationalists of FCB be happy to play Espanol 30 times a season?
BGFC,
Aye….that c*nt Mojo….. probably ;-))
H.H.
Johnny Hayes.
The deluxe version of hoops legend Willo Flood.
News just in….Agent Pedro hasn’t been sacked…or mutualed …..it was all a Halloween joke sais DCK…;-))
It’s all over twatterCSC
H.H.
Who would win in a fight between the Willo Flood window and the Jonny Hayes window
BSR,
The window cleaner ;-))
H.H.
Looking good for tomorrow
Auldheid
Thanks for the information
broken.jj
Sitting in St. Vincent on St. Vincent Street…few Guinness before heading to see Brendan Rodgers.
Thanks to BMCUWP and Calton Tongues for the heads up. And the biggest thanks to Tully57 for the ticket.
Keep Faith!
Hail Hail!
broken
sorrow sorrow sorrow SORROW.
why would br go for everton? not getting relegated is a massive win for most epl clubs – that’s not where br’s at
https://t.co/OvJGMosCu7?ssr=true
Phil…..
Had a wee look in Fester Fester. Would like to know where they are going to get the money from. The next manager should be able to win the league. They are so deluded it is laughable.
They’re not looking too happy down ole Ayebrokes way
THELURKINTIM on 27TH OCTOBER 2017 4:02 PM
Tontine Tim,
meanwhile the et bruti’s were sharpening their chibs…..that’s a lol moment…..
On another note….was talkin to my old man about the history of Glasgow and he gave me a we history of the Tontine Hotel…..were your ancestors the winner?
*The Tontine I refer tae is the park now housing scheme where the World Champion Renton played with James Kelly and Neilly McCallum starring for them.
ITALIABHOY on 27TH OCTOBER 2017 12:56 PM
79caps,
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What he said………
I spent my youth and 20s watching us labouring as best we could to almost always fall short.
The gloating triumphalism I had directed towards me was hard enough to take. Knowing now as we do that it was all founded on tax fraud…..hell skelp it intae them ad infinitum
HH jamesgang
Tontine Tim…..thanks for that…had to check it out….history….that, I think, was instilled in you many moons ago ;-))
http://www.valeofleven.org.uk/famousfolk/neilmccallum.html
eyeopenerCSC
H.H.
Zombie in work telling me big Sam would be great for Sevco……aye…
I see the useless sfa are looking at moving to murrayfied or is it murray’s field. Anyway maybe they should have done it before they allowed QP to spend a fortune on hamdump.
However with ipox falling apart Sevco can move there.
FTSFA
A bit concerned that Brendan is having a soiree tonight – should be spending time working on his strategy for tomorrow’s game – you heard it here first
Tom English on the bbc website
‘Who’s actually running Rangers? It’s a question we have been asking for years.’
who’s he trying to kid?
I’VEHADTOCHANGEMYNAME
That will be Jabba
Ivehadtochangemyname aka Jackiemac…
The Unseen Fenian Hand
FenianologyCSC
H.H.
okay bhoys who killed jfk. oswald fired the shots but who was behind oswald. you know what even as a 10 year old bhoy i thought there was something fishy about vice president johnson still do. to this day correct me if im wrong but texas has always had a lot of right wing nutters.
JOPHES on 27TH OCTOBER 2017 6:34 PM
I see the useless sfa are looking at moving to murrayfied or is it murray’s field. Anyway maybe they should have done it before they allowed QP to spend a fortune on hamdump.
*The Bunnet questioned the wisdom of spending money on hunden as opposed to putting it intae youth development of the game. Scottish football is IMHO 3rd world and falling.
heeheehee