I get that football thrives where it is a manifestation of tribalism. Across Europe and beyond club flags offer people more affinity with than any national emblem.
But, with one or two exceptions, it’s a largely innocuous brand. We get to wear tribal garb and indulge in our rituals without onerous economic consequence. The echo from the Great Recession, which we are still hearing today, has been a lesson in what can happen when a tribe perceives that its relative position has diminished.
That perception often bears absolutely no relation to reality, but widespread economic illiteracy makes us look like a primitive animals.
My only flag’s a Celtic flag. You are my only tribe.
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WINNING CAPTAINS:
I refer you to the first 2 lines of my post….
Evening/morning all. Jist hame and only read back a cuppla pages. Why is Macjay suddenly so docile? probly curled up in a corner purring away.
ABOC
Trrrrrrrrrump Trrrrrrrrrump
Interesting developments in the US.
Thousands appear to be taking to the street in protest at Trump’s election.
BROGAN ROGAN TREVINO AND HOGAN on 10TH NOVEMBER 2016 1:16 AM
Oh dear.
Mexican flags no doubt .
So much for Hillary`s unity request.
Too little. Too late , Hill .
You released the genie during the campaign .
I read in a U.K. Newspaper this am that riots were breaking out across America. It was actually a few stoned individuals in CA lighting fires. Similarly tonight, it’s in Democratic strongholds that we are seeing protests. The democratic process was followed and Trump won fair and square. It’s going to be an interesting 4 years. We are dealing with a few bad losers. Nothing more.
MNCELT on 10TH NOVEMBER 2016 1:37 AM
CNN says five American cities.
Fires burning. Windows broken.
No Mexican flags ,I`m glad to say.
Yes. Check the cities. All BLUE to the core. No surprises there :)
MNCELT on 10TH NOVEMBER 2016 1:42 AM
Yes. Check the cities. All BLUE to the core. No surprises there :)
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Chicaaago , a toddling town.
:-)
Hope it all settles down.
I really love U.S. and her people , apart from the fact that her strength is our security.
MNCELT 147
“Trump won fair and square.”
Yep. Most of us thought his campaign was a joke. Well,we’re not laughing now…
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 10TH NOVEMBER 2016 2:04 AM
Lets see how it pans out.
Don`t judge on early days.
I think you might be pleasantly surprised.
I bet you all thought you had seen the back of me after the personal attacks on my vote for Donald Trump, President elect.
I have been called out as gullible. An idiot and I see the mood hasn’t changed reading back today.
There seems to be an intellectual snobbery that dismisses religious and social concerns and ignores the concerns of the working people here.
Significantly it was Pennsylvania that pushed Trump over the line.
For anyone who doesn’t know the state, it’s a cross section of America.
Two large city conglomerations 300 miles apart at either side of the state , with many rural and small town communities in between.
The cities, particularly Philly, are largely democratic leanings. The rural areas which include many ex mining and steel towns which have suffered from a combination of regulation and job exports.
I happened to attend mass on Sunday in a democrat leaning area and I had a conversation with a pro life activist after mass distributing voters guides to attendees.
If you’ve read anything I’ve written recently, I know I might scroll past as well, you will deduce we shared the same beliefs.
He was of the opinion that PA was in play for Trump for the first time in years.
Union workers were unenthusiastic about HRC. She was seen as an untrustworthy, self interested candidate who thought laws and rules did not apply to her or her family.
Unlike Trump who was holding multiple packed rallies across the rust belt, she was spending her time at Wall St or Hollywood fundraisers when she should have been meeting voters, instead of relying on her surrogates.
For myself and many Catholics, including even some of the spineless Church hierarchy, her position on late term abortion is anathema.
Her financing from Panned Parenthood and pushing grants to them in return is an obvious conflict of interest.
Families are struggling over the costs of the disastrous Obamacare law, preferring to pay fines and risk their health coverage rather than pay the unaffordable premiums.
So this is my “idiotic and gullible” view of the binary choice faced by voters, and I’m proud that I voted for Trump, hoping and praying it can save countless innocent unborn lives and allow orders like the Little Sisters of the Poor to practise their health care vocations without compromising their faith,
Bobby
Michael Moore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6Wc5fde7Rs
‘GG on 10TH NOVEMBER 2016 2:27 AM
I bet you all thought you had seen the back of me after the personal attacks on my vote for Donald Trump, President elect.
I have been called out as gullible. An idiot and I see the mood hasn’t changed reading back today.
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Not guilty , m` lud.
:-)
Macjay
I just needed to get that off my chest.
No sleep till 4am didn’t fit well with my health issues
I sat last night with my grand kids until they were falling asleep beside me on my chair.
Watching history being made.
One woke me up at 8am and asked if we won.
A blow against the establishment.
No more Clinton or Bush dynasties.
Anyway, I need to fetch tea for the one who must be obeyed.
Sleep well CQN
‘GG on 10TH NOVEMBER 2016 3:13 AM
I sat from abt. 7 am till about 7 pm.
Waiting for the Florida result was akin to being one up against the huns with 10 mins. to go.
Hypertensive.
Enjoy the sleep of the just , mate.
‘GG
TBH,I never have issues with any individual about how they cast their vote. I think that applies to most on here.
If,however,you state your voting intention to others,you shouldn’t be too surprised when not everyone shares your point of view.
However,a passionate and intelligent précis of your reasons,for which I applaud you. I won’t applaud your vote,but that’s just how it goes!
In the , for me , hugely entertaining , commentating team of Sutton and Butcher and a.n.other , Terry Butcher said he would be happy if Leigh was not in the Scotland line-up.
Chris said he couldn`t understand why he wouldn`t be.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37884711
BMCUWP 4.17.
Well said mate.
In an earlier post ( WEEMAN, I think), strongly stated about kicking out immigrants, building walls etc etc in his America?
Now I’m a simple man and there is much I don’t understand, but isn’t that much the same Americans criticisms that for years and years that Americans have levelled at other nations such as Russia, China, North Korea etc, etc. ?
I sincerely hope that Im wrong but I can’t help feeling that even at peaceful protests against Trump ( which are happening as I post), some Trump gun nut will open up on the protesters ?
I DO hope I’m wrong on that , but I fear the worst. It was only last Sunday on the Andrew Marr show, that the creep known as Nigel Farage was predicting social unrest in Britain on the streets should Brexit be delayed etc ?
Big talk from a wee phannie who couldn’t fight sleep IMO ( Hitler,Goebbels, Himmler anyone ?), but nevertheless, nutters like Farage are more than happy to let others doing their dirty work for them ( Hitler, Goebbels, Himmler ?).
Trump has already stated in many occasions how his victory was ” A Brexit many times multiplied”. Therefore it’s safe to assume that like Britain, should anyone protest against Trump in the streets of America, we can all expect social unrest there too, only those against even the most peaceful protesters will be toting guns ?
A poster on here earlier ( based in America), stated that he would be looking out for cqnrs on here who are against Trump, should they ever try to step foot in the USA ?
I was just curious how he plans to do that ? Answers on the back of a stamp !
Should Trump tone down his pre election threats, how is that going to sit with his supporters who voted for him on the back of his promises on a wall, immigration etc ?
Are they prepared to cause social unrest if Trump doesn’t deliver his pre election promises ?
Like here, many Brexiters who voted on the lies of Farage Boris Johnson etc etc , are angry at the thought of the full monty of Brexit not being implemented.
Dangerous times indeed.
HH
Brexit …………………………Bad losers.
Huns…………………………..Bad losers.
Trump………………………..Bad losers.
Good morning friends from an almost snow-free dark, damp and drizzly east Kilbride.
McOne more mcsleep…. ;-)
Dallas.
Sorry I fell asleep.
Yes I heard about Davie.
I worked with him in the 90s. Tragic news and awful for his loved ones, especially his wife and 2 young children.
He was a very good footballer but never really took it too seriously or he could have stepped up a level or two.
I laughed with him on many occasions.
My thoughts and condolences go out to his loved ones at this sad and very difficult time.
Big Jimmy,
It’s very strange to be aligned with macjay our very own fascist on this but here goes
You open discussion on the Trumpets “pre-election threats” which ones are you worried about ?
The threat to introduce tougher regulation on the markets and Wall Street ?
The threat to completely change foreign policy by making
The threat to pull out of illegal wars in foreign nations ?
The threat who work with Putin against terrorism ?
The threat to work in trade partnership rather than dictatorship with anyone willing ?
Now I’m not gullible enough to believe any of that tosh but actually making these threats public highlights that they are issues that need to be addressed, something none of the previous whitehouse incumbents were willing to even consider.
I hate international break weeks that coincide with american election weeks during poppy propaganda weeks.
The last 24hours on cqn is timternet purgatory.
Word of The Day
hortatory /ˈhɔːtətərɪ; -trɪ/
adjective
1. tending to exhort; encouraging
Derived Forms
hortation, noun
hortatorily, hortatively, adverb
Word Origin
C16: from Late Latin hortātōrius, from Latin hortārī to exhort
KTF
St Stives..,
Yer right it’s time to get back to more traditional subjects
It’s POPPY TIME
Canman
Any news on Dolphin and if it will be open again?
Hope Stevie was well insured as it’s been closed for a while now
BT,
No idea, not been home since the wall collapsed.
That it’s not reopened, I can only suspect the collapse was a sign of major structural issues, else he would be open by now.
Full row of shops still closed
Road still closed too
Morning All.
As Jobo would say only two sleeps to the sleepout and I am coughing and hacking like a veteran 40 a day man!
Donations can be made here: https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/jamesmcginley2
I wonder whether Paul Ryan will run for the Republican nomination in 2020 or if he will wait till 2024?
If it is to be 2020 then his ambition will be obvious from 24 months out namely 2018 and that will make for an interesting relationship with the new President.
I wonder what our football team and club will look like at that time?
BT,
100 years of sitting on top of mines and the subway were always going to take its toll
BT
While the Dolphin is still closed, you might want to wander a little further along Dumbarton Road?
By all means stop in at the Smiddy for a refresher, but if you keep going beyond Crow Rd you come to 6 degrees north on the site of the old Criterion cafe.
Fantastic range of beers in there and the food isn’t bad either!!
HH
BRTH
Cana
Need a number or e-mail to get you need to talk about up the hill
Is it I phone you have so I can FaceTime you? And what’s the number
Naw it’s no the concil are pulling some strokes as they want to pull the lot down and rebuild on it according to a structural engineer who done the survey after the wall fell down
Calabam,
Already spoke to Des, I’m in
Calabam,
You sure it’s the council and no PHA ?
BRTH
May give it a go next time I venture out of Finnieston… ☘️