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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Oops last gamelast season
Personally it would have been a better idea to have given both Hilary and The Donald a Glock each with a full magazine and the result was a draw and a couple of wakes.
MWD
I never even knew the election was today, more to the point I couldn’t give a funkeys who won but had to laugh when I seen the result, and had to go through the yanks meeja channels to enjoy theirs hock and pain, and it was palpable, now we have the trumpet in the whitehouse I expect Petec to be even more vocal, the end is nigh I tells ya, woe is we
Hillary Clinton was political correctness personified.
Nauseatingly so.
That`s the principle reason ( imho ) why she was rejected.
Her concession speech , entreating the ” little girls ” out there to think of themselves as ” valuable.”
Presumably not the ones in the womb.
Boke inducing.
Exslaemuirbhoy
I think your 7:16 post was in response to Greenpinata.
Nevertheless, do you think Logan is better than an in form Lustig?
Bada
Who would the No 10 be and would he be better than a 90 minute Rogic?
JJ
TryingdesperatelytogetthetopicbacktoCelticCSC
HOT SMOKED on 9TH NOVEMBER 2016 7:37 PM
Not at all, I just think SL would push ML like KT did with EI
Given time he may well take over at right back
ERNIE LYNCH on 9TH NOVEMBER 2016 6:56 PM
THE EXILED TIM on 9TH NOVEMBER 2016 6:35 PM
GreenPinata
I suppose where you start defines things, but yip, it was a landslide.
##
No, it depends on whether you chose to use the term correctly or not.
A landslide is different to an upset. Trump’s victory was not a landslide.
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Ernie, the latest projection is 308 to 232 for Trump – pretty much a landslide.
KTF
Disappointed with much of the words used to describe those who voted for Trump.
Gullible, racist, rednecks, fools.
This was a democratic election, with some 60 million Americans voting for him.
I don’t live in the US. My kids aren’t schooled there. I don’t pay tax there (insert Trump joke), I don’t have US health insurance.
Do I really have the right to criticise? Are Scots the experts when it comes to elections? Our recent track record is pretty patchy!
Personally, I wouldn’t have voted Trump – though the scathing words coming from much of the US media is perhaps a clue as to where the democrats went wrong.
Clinton actually won the popular vote :) 59 M to the trumpets 57M
Even better :)
I am hoping that a debate on the difference between `landslide` and ` upset` is an indication that the Presidential Election posts on CQN will soon be at an end.
JJ
MACJAY1 FOR NEIL LENNON on 9TH NOVEMBER 2016 7:37 PM
Yep; she even had the hypocrisy to quote Scripture and invoke God’s Blessing at the end.
To paraphrase someone from earlier on: is the world a better place because Trump won? Probably not.
Is the world a better place because Clinton lost? Probably it is!
KTF
CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 9TH NOVEMBER 2016 7:43 PM
Clinton actually won the popular vote :) 59 M to the trumpets 57M
Even better :)
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As it stands Clinton has just under 204,000 more votes than Trump but that is expected to change when all votes are in and he will be ahead in the popular vote as well.
KTF
VFR800@GIRFUY.CO.UK on 9TH NOVEMBER 2016 7:40 PM
We were talking about share of the popular vote.
It seems Clinton received more votes than Trump.
So, not a landslide.
Maybe an indictment of the concept of the electoral college, but not a landslide.
Och, I give up.
Goodnight all,
JJ
VFR..
Who exactly is expecting the popular vote to go Trumps way ?
Are you quoting figures from the same clowns that told us Clinton would win by a landslide ?
Greenpinta, if Brexit was a sign of a knowledgeable electorate how come the 3 amigos who led the campaign bolted as soon as the result came in and they realised their campaign lies were about to be put to the test. Do you know if any of the leading Brexit campaigners actually had any plans of what to do once they had won? An electorate open to magical promises.
ERNIE LYNCH on 9TH NOVEMBER 2016 7:48 PM
As with our electoral system, it’s not based upon the popular votes but a seats/collegiate system and the indications are that will be a landslide. That’s the only effective measure that counts.
That’s not meant to be a semantic argument, but a real assessment of the situation.
It also looks that Trump could win the overall popular vote. The differential either way in the popular vote is likely to be less than 0.1% though.
KTF
KTF
Andrew Ralston cheers Celts.
HH
Ernie
I didn’t realise we were talking about the popular vote, I thot it was the expectation from the polls.
Anyways, the popular vote really disny matter, the likes of New York and Calafornia are predominatly Democrat, and there is a massive population in those two states, so the popular vote really disny equate at the end of the day.
HH
Looking at 90% of today’s posts I don’t know if I am on the right blog .
But The Young Hoops are 2-0 up away to Aston Villa .
HH
Back to the important stuff- how are the youth/ reserve side getting on?
Great minds Channel Island, great minds
CANAMALAR IT LOOKS LIKE OCD OBSESSION on 9TH NOVEMBER 2016 7:53 PM
There is less than 204,000 more votes for Clinton. 2 of the remaining 3 states are most likely to be called Republican (16 and 11 Votes) and 1 for Clinton (4 Votes) so the bulk of the popular vote their goes to Trump which may very well give him a popular lead over Clinton, though neither will have 50% of the popular vote.
It will be less than 100,000 votes (less than 0.1%) difference between them.
KTF
Big George,
Cheers for that, it is greatly appreciated.
Anyone else with a wee donation can find the donation page here:
https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/jamesmcginley2
STAIRHEEDRAMMY
Ha ! That’s two of us who have their priorities right !
HH
For anyone interested in a game of footie rather than Archie winning the USA presidency ……holland v belgium on Chelski TV
JJ- no names i’m afraid, Rogic getting better all the time, i think he gets rid of the ball too quickly in a 3v3 situation for example, a bit more composure is required, and choice of pass HH
rogic is magic – don’t understand why he’s subbed but it – sure there’s a reason and it works – they whole team raise their game with 15 mins to go – is rogic like paddy – low capacity or something?
CHANNELISLANDCELT on 9TH NOVEMBER 2016 7:56 PM
CQN always reacts to major news stories, especially Ones with global impact.
And it’s yet another international week
But I know where you are coming from. There’s no escape thought, Twitter, Facing book and telly full of it.
Boooooooooo
HH.
GREENPINATA
I know mate , CQN is a broad church .
Just found it a Wee bit strange than no one had posted about the game .
Superb first half against one of the best academies in England .
Will keep you up to date with the 2nd half .
HH
VFR..,
You should be on the telly
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/14877618._Rangers_is_three_or_four_years_old___Amazon_s_new_Echo_speaker_won_t_please_Gers_fans/
TET
no xxxxxcl tops bding ordered fae them now. And the hun males are goin tae struggle too.
bding…being
Anthony Ralston playing for young Celts tonight v Villa. Currently leading 2-0 after 50mins.
ADI D
They can get any size they want from their lionbrand range so they can, and not all of the profits go to the club :-)
HH
Rogic came into football late, maybe he hasn’t got the stamina or conditioning of a guy who had been playing and training for 8-9 years….
C.N.N.
Exit polls say that Trump got 72 % support from white men without a college degree.
Sexist , racist, elitist and probably inaccurate.
All in one.
The pre-polling was wrong .
So lets all be influenced / informed by the post- polling.
They really do treat us like mugs.