Off Topic Pointless point-scoring thread
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Should have guessed. How ensconced in a state of paranoia do you have to be to come up with such crap?
Was it Angela Haggerty again?
[video=youtube;DkfQB62ANRQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkfQB62ANRQ&feature=youtu.be[/video]
Aye.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/jul/15/journalist-safety-rangers
Thank Christ they don't know she's a Virgil van.
The Games People Play
Okay, I am going to say it – the Commonwealth Games is utter pap.
Second and third rate athletes competing in Games which are increasingly lessening in importance, disruption to Glasgow’s traffic, the use of the Games as a political football and the obvious use of the spectacle as a means to upgrade the facilities around a particular stadium – curiously not the one in which any competition takes place – I mean, what’s not to get excited about?
The fact is that these Games have been hijacked for political, financial and social engineering purposes. I suspect that the compliant and complicit Scottish media will already be planning to hype them beyond the tournaments of Olympian gods. However, the reality is that they will be a blip in the history of modern sport, important only to people like Alex Salmond who will cynically use them to promote his own presidential ambitions – and Peter Lawwell, who has already manged to wangle significant changes to the landscape and infrastructure around Celtic Park, as well as demolishing London Road school, much to the chagrin of Historic Scotland. I am hearing that Mr Lawwell has far more say in the running of these Games than could be considered appropriate but no doubt this will be put down to sour grapes.
Events of the past few years have seen Rangers being persecuted in what has to be arguably the worst witch hunt in modern Scottish society, while Celtic have enjoyed preferential status with the nodding acceptance of the so-called Scottish Government. The sad fact for the people of Scotland today is that there is a stark choice between two horrible political entities -the SNP, who are plotting to break up the UK and bring about a Scottish republic and Labour, who run Glasgow City Council for the seeming benefit of one football club and who have affinities with Irish Republicanism.
Between these two parties they have manged to make a mockery of the Commonwealth Games.
As I have said before, the SNP and Labour are two cheeks of the same backside. How tragic that the fight to maintain the Union in September’s referendum has been left to the largely Labour-dominated Better Together. Talk about foxes in charge of the chicken coop…
The Brazil World Cup brought to the fore political corruption and endemic corruption in sport itself. The football-loving nation of Brazil was more concerned with the way that the World Cup had defiled Brazilian society and rightly so. The future of both the World Cup and FIFA itself is at stake, after alleged criminality such as match fixing and betting scandals.
Sadly, the Commonwealth Games is also raising similar questions about who actually benefits from them. One thing is for sure, there is nothing common about the wealth generated by the Games. The East End has seen fabulous regeneration, particularly in the direct vicinity of Celtic Park.
The alleged state aid given to a particular team in Glasgow is a hot topic online but I can assure readers that some of the biggest names in Scottish journalism are showing keen interest in the story. Of course, these journos know that they will never be given editorial consent to do their job and pursue what could be the biggest story in decades.
What is particularly galling and very sad is not that the Scottish media has no interest in probing whether or not a certain team has gained competitive advantage from both soft loans and a “friendly” City Council, the link between the two being the Labour Party.
No, that’s not the galling part.
The galling part is that the Scottish media spends all its time trying to smear another Glasgow team, whose innocence has been proved time and time again.The existence of this witch hunt alone – which shows no sign of abating – is proof beyond argument that there is indeed something very dark and corrupt at the heart of Scotland.
Deary me.
Usain Bolt, Mo Farah, Tom Daley, Tiffany Porter, Lizzie Armitstead, Jason Kenny, Michael Jamieson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce are just a few of these so called second and third rate athletes appearing Glasgow.
Biggest stadium. Celtic are in the top flight.We're the establishment club. What more does the man want?
ps. I see the Sons of Struth are on the march again. They have John Brown endorsing them.
I noticed it's a "march" and not a protest.
These ****s are hilarious.
Will the madness never end?
I have to start this article with a public notice. It is for the avoidance of doubt: At no time in the following piece shall I use the word "corrupt", because to do so might suggest untoward goings on. A cabal, nepotism, a plan, an opus. Instead, I might well say "co-incidence", "fluke", unlikely event", "strange decision" or similar. I'd like to talk about the venue for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. Simply because it still seems to me to be a strange choice of venue. A "strange decision", if you will. The reason for the choice of Celtic Park, home of Celtic FC, we were informed was that it holds 61,000 and is the biggest capacity ground In Scotland, the obvious choice.
Hmmm.
Celtic Chairman Peter Lawwell said, "Celtic Park is widely recognised as one of the finest football stadia across Europe …". Peter, as usual, is showing scant regard for the facts. Ibrox, the only other possible venue, wasn't considered. After all, it was, along with Hampden, one of only two UEFA rated "Five Star" stadia in Scotland under the old UEFA criteria and, only after 2006, when the criteria changed, did Celtic Park join Ibrox and Hampden as a "UEFA Elite Stadium", where capacity overtook other criteria. I can't explain why any ground went from nowhere to elite overnight. Perhaps Glasgow City Council phoned UEFA. Or, perhaps since Celtic Park wasn't on UEFA's "Elite" list, is it now included because of the improvements made for the Commonwealth Games?
http://www.wikistadiums.org/uefa-elite-stadiums
Rangers play at Ibrox. Perhaps Glasgow City Council, for reasons best known to themselves, thought it best not to go there. Or was it that they realised that the area round Ibrox would require re-generation and that would never do?
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/commonwealth-games/celtic-park-opening-ceremony
How much has this cost the Scottish taxpayer? A Freedom of Information request shows: Celtic Park anticipated costs £1,853,926. A second Freedom of Information request met a blank when this reply came in: "The Organising Committee has a responsibility to return all venues used for the Games to their owners in a comparable condition to that in which they were received. Detailed information in this regard cannot be released as it may be commercially sensitive." We do know, however, that Celtic FC are being treated to a new pitch from Holland after the Games, at a cost of £1.8 million… erm… to you and me, but that's a co-incidence, of course.
Celtic Park has been altered to accommodate the opening ceremony. The pitch has been altered and the main stand and both stands behind the goals have been closed. Big screens take pride of place. The ceremony will now have a capacity of 35,000 – less than Hampden or Ibrox had at the outset.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/3407712
Hampden is home to the National team. It has undergone a transformation too, and, despite holding less than Celtic Park, is the choice for the closing ceremony.
http://www.glasgow2014.com/press-releases/hampden-park
Do the organisers think there will be less people at the closing ceremony?
Funny how some writers put things, isn't it?
"Celtic Park is located next to the Athletes' Village, making it ideal for athletes attending the Opening Ceremony in the stadium" is a quote from the website "Glasgow2014". Holding prominent position on the Glasgow 2014 Board is Bridget McConnell, representing Glasgow City Council. The words are written in the wrong order. Probably, that's an oversight. The truth is that the Athletes Village is next to Celtic Park, built after Celtic Park was chosen, mysteriously, by fluke or whatever. If the Athletes Village had been built next to the Dalmarnock Sewage Works (which underwent a £2.5 million upgrade last year), then that could have been an alternative venue.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/rod-stewart
Adding fuel to the fire, we have to look at the headline act. Remember the Games are in Glasgow. So why choose an Englishman to open the event? Have the organisers of the Superbowl ever asked Stiff Little Fingers to have a belt at The Star Spangled Banner?
A source (the Daily Record's words) says "He's a proud Scotsman and represents the country all over the world and he's a big fan of the Queen." Well, no, he's not a Scot. He was born at 507 Archway Gate, Highbury, London. He grew up an Arsenal fan, too.His dad, a Scot from Leith, supported Hibernian. I don't know what Stewart thinks of the Queen, but I know the supporters of the club team he follows regularly sing anthems rebelling against the Queen and in praise of the I.R.A., who murdered Her Majesty's uncle Lord Mountbatten.
Then again, Rod attends the odd big game at Celtic Park, proclaims himself a Celtic fan and even insists that the drummer in his band has a Celtic FC crest on the skin of his bass drum. Rod's last drummer; and who may be the one with him at Celtic Park, is session drummer David Palmer, once of Duran Duran. Mr. Palmer is English and is not a follower of Celtic FC.
http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/celtic-park-stadium
A stroll along the new "Celtic Way" means you will walk on stunning new flagstones, paid for by our tax contributions. On the flagstones that you and I paid for, is inscribed the Celtic FC crest. Did Celtic get permission to deface flagstones in this way? What has the Celtic FC crest got to do with the Commonwealth Games, you may ask. Sorry, I can't tell you. I don't think it has much, if anything, to do with the Games but I'm not on Glasgow City Council. Perhaps it's another of those "unlikely events" that surround this sorry episode.
http://www.celticfc.net/bricks/buy
Celtic FC, despite the re-generation of decrepit surroundings thanks to this event and a compliant Glasgow City Council, are not selling replica flagstones adorned with the Commonwealth Games logo. More keen to make a fast buck than to promote the Games, Celtic are selling lettering on flagstones remarkably like the ones you and I paid for. For a mere £150 you can have three lines of text beneath the Celtic FC crest. For £75, on a smaller paving stone, you get two lines of text. If that is beyond the means of the average Celtic fan, you can have a replica to sit in your own home for a mere £40 or £30 for the smaller one.
I was thinking of getting "Lovely to see Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth visiting the former Second City of the Empire again." But I think it might get defaced. Before you splash out your hard earned, remember, these flagstones sit near statues of Brother Walfrid, Jinky and Big Jock. Knew that might put you off the idea.
http://news.stv.tv/celtic-given-permission-to-demolish-london-road-primary-school/
To complete the new look area, paid-for by our taxes, a new Celtic Superstore is to be built. On the site of a demolished B listed building. Seems that Celtic have the power to influence Glasgow City Council on this too. That must be a co-incidence.
To end this article, I need a moment to take off the trilby and don an exotic turban with a massive fake ruby attached to the front. I now wish to be referred to as Swami McCrae for the rest of this article.
My transformation is an aid to the end of this article. You see, I wish to predict the future. And it is this.
Within a short timeframe after the Games have finished, Glasgow City Council will be sitting on large purpose built arenas that have, in the current economic climate, no commercial use. These will be sold to Celtic FC for a pittance, far less than their market value. I know this because this has been done before. I refer you to the land deal at Lennoxtown, if you are unfamiliar with this, here is a good starting point:
http://footballtaxhavens.wordpress.com/lennoxtown-initiative-plus-a-bonus/
And now that I've mentioned Celtic FC's current (and I emphasise that word) training ground, I also predict that it will be closed and the land it sits on will be sold to developers at a massive profit for Celtic FC. You see, I suggest that if they wanted to stay there, they would stop appealing the decision made when they moved into their 46 acre site near the Campsie Fells. The decision, for those who are not aware, was that a major new access road be built at Celtic's expense rather than have an additional large number of cars travelling through an otherwise tranquil village. The road had never been built because Celtic keep getting two year extensions to the starting date. The extensions are granted, much to the anger of the entire local community, by East Dunbartonshire Council. And that, folks, is a co-incidence.
See, I never used the word "corrupt" once, just as I promised.
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Nice colour scheme they're using for the Commie games. Sure the fans entering hunbrox will love it!