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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Big Packy
It wisnae me I was in Toryglen at the time
JOPHES are you sure.lol.
Typical hun on Snyde , bring in 8 Terry Hurlocks , and Allardyce to stop Celtic playing….
Big Packy- The CIA.
Big Packy
Yes I was playing on the grassy knoll – honest
https://celtsarehere.com/new-celtic-park-wall-murals-look-amazing/
!!BADA BING! possibly but with johnsons approval.
Alex Rae on Shortbread, Zombie Nation on in background fae the rugby….:))
JOPHES can you prove it lol.
Is there no limit to the crapness of Alex Rae’s stories? They get worse every week.
Team for tomorrow
De Vries
Gamboa
Boyatta
Bitton
Hayes
Brown
Armstrong
McGregor
Rogic
Forrest
Dembele
Now he’s moaning that he didn’t get enough time at St Mirren.
Errr – they were bottom when you got the boot and now they’re top!
Numpty!
Big Packy
Still got the grass stains from playing best faller
JOPHES ok it wasnt you.
Big Packy,
It was a combination of the of the Military Industrial Complex & the Mafia….or it was a hungover Secret Service agent….;-))
H.H.
https://twitter.com/Heavidor/status/923954043491319808
THELURKINTIM dont you think maybe johnson was involved somewhere.
GLASSTWOTHIRDSFULL on 27TH OCTOBER 2017 7:00 PM
Is there no limit to the crapness of Alex Rae’s stories? They get worse every week.
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To be fair, I’m not sure he’s covered his own AyeBrokes years yet – so still a way to go…. :-))
English ripping Rae to shreds.
Without even really trying.
Tom English handing Rae his arse on a plate
Big Packy,
I really don’t care….lol….I do care that the NSA captures all of this….and that big brother has arrived….;-((
FTSFA FTSPFL FTDUP
H.H.
THELURKINTIM agree agree agree. hail hail.
Jophes
I’d rest a lot. More
I would keep Dembele broonie kt and Boyata
Bada
Tom English that was very unlike him
MMPD- He said similar after the Souness guff again the other night, before Willie Miller reared up…:)
Hope this works, sitting beside him in Bar 67…. Apparently he needs the hits…
https://youtu.be/cGKPX67xAwQ
HH
Bada
I always liked willie millar
I remember seeing himself and jimmy calderwood in the same boys team in govan
Don’t know if it was school team but I know jimmy is abig Hun
But willie seems to be very fair minded, or is he a Tim
McLeish on five live – there’s a preference for foreign managers.
Err, no Alex – there’s a preference for good managers!
MMPD- Always honest for me
Willie Miller, always honest and a much better referee than the ones in black :)
Hi Bhoys
Rock N Roll Baby
The Who – Baba O Riley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY5rztWa1TM
Lou Reed – White Light White Heat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpxMr6J3UHM
Queens Of The Stoneage – Go With The Flow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcHKOC64KnE
KEEP THE FAITH
Cheerio for now
oot
Hh
Por cierto
Don’t get lost or killed
kojo still laughing
Good evening, friends.
Delighted to say that all of this week’s picks for Last Man Standing 9 Week 5 have been submitted. I’ll put out details of who has picked whom shortly ;-)
BP
My granda told me that JFK would never have sent troops to Vietnam. Johnston, however.
New Celtic Charity song by kevin Myles proceeds going to the foundation
As Ole Dibbia would say” if it sounds good to Mo it sounds good to me :) Well worth a listen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5WWVJhuRTk&feature=youtu.be
Must say
Really looking forward to the game tomorrow ,thought the bhoys were excellent midweek in what I thought ,would be a tough fixture .
If the bhoys can carry it on ,we should be in for a treat .
HH
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