It is one of history's major coincidences that the Reformation also came about at this time. One of the major tenets of the new Protestantism was that the Bible was the absolute truth and could be taken at face value. And so the Book of Revelation was re-assessed as something that was definitely coming; and soon. Like Marxists in later years, the Protestants were not ones to sit about and wait for the End of Days to arrive; it was their duty, they believed, to do everything in their power to hurry things along. They believed, and still believe, that this was God's work.
So what the hell am I on about now? Well, one major precursor to the End of Days is that the state of Israel will be reborn and then the Jews will all accept Jesus as the Messiah. Protestants the world over worked with Jewish people to campaign and finance the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. Churches collected money from their congragations to send Jews to Palestine to bolster the idea of them having their own state. This is still going on, believe it or not! Various Evangelical churches in the US are involved in this, as well as having missions in Israel to try to convert the Jews to Christianity to hurry along Christ's return. One church even has a CCTV camera recording the Mount of Olives twenty-four hours a day, since there is a story that there is where Christ will return!
All of which goes towards explaining the way that Israel is given carte blanche when it comes to dealing with the Palestinians; a postition that everyone else finds extremely difficult to understand. Protestantism is a massive influence on state policy in the United States and actually exerts more pressure for their government to support Israel than American Jews! The fact that these Evangelicals are getting more and more vocal and powerful in the US means that Israel will be able to do whatever she wants for the foreseeable future. This also means that militant Islam will be more and more evident. And all so that these maniacs can make the end of the world come more quickly!
Back to more parochial matters, and I see that the Bisto Kids are actually now all in favour of 'Sporting Integrity.' Apparently a Zenit Saint Petersburg player has claimed that the team bribed referees during their 2007-08 UEFA Cup campaign. As everyone will remember, this is the team that beat Rangers in the final and sparked a riot that nearly destroyed the city of Manchester. Considering that Dick Advocaat was the manager of Zenit at the time it makes one wonder where they got the idea from to get the referees on their side!
Of course, with a breathtaking brass neck, the Bisto Kids are demanding that they be awarded the 2008 UEFA Cup! They cite cases where Olympic gold medal winners were subsequently disqualified and the gold then awarded to the winners of the silver, even if it were years later. One of them, on McMurdo's site, takes the time to point out that the 2003 UEFA Cup final was won fairly and squarely, even though Porto cheated throughout the match! Anyway, it has been frequently pointed out to us all that no matter what financial doping Rangers were guilty of, all their games were 'won on the pitch.' Surely the same thing should be said about Zenit? After all, it's not like Rangers or Bisto to ever be guilty of double standards!
Uber-ned Barry Ferguson is in the Daily Record again, banging on about Lee McCulloch proudly leading the team out on Sunday for the Pawnshoap Cup. He will "try to win the Ramsden Cup as hard as he did the UEFA Cup," screams the headline. 'Hard' being the operative word there. It'll be a competition between the referee and McCulloch to see who can send off a Raith player first!
The Daily Record does its usual, saying that McCulloch will be leading the side out "the same way he has since Craig Whyte plunged the club into administration." Aw naw, we're back to that again. When did the club come out of administration? It's pathetic, really.
I see there's to be a blanket ban on alcohol at the match on Sunday. Sniffer dogs will be out in force. The poor brutes will need counselling after inhaling all that B.O. from the fat bastards! Despite the alcohol ban I doubt anyone will be brave enough to venture into Edinburgh. Princes Street is usually mobbed on a Sunday but I bet it's like a ghost town this weekend. Thank Christ I don't live in Leith anymore!
McMurdo's pal, Max Clifford, has been in the news all week due to his court case for allegedly sexually assaulting young women. In the Daily Record they have made sure that no comments are allowed; I'm not sure what they're expecting folk to say. Today they've got a story about Cardinal O'Brien being investigated for sexual misconduct and - surprise surprise - comments are allowed so all the scummy bigots can make their usual comments. Of course, they bring up child abuse, which has nothing to do with this particular case. It's quite sickening how these folk actually rejoice in children being abused; it's as if they hope for such things to happen. Sickening too is the way the Daily Record always gives them an outlet for their filth.
And the main story of the week. There's a rumour doing the rounds that Dave King and Paul Muray are sharing a PR man: none other than our friend Auld Pishy! It just shows that King has nowhere near the money he makes out since nobody with even adequate funds would touch this old alky with a barge pole. Imagine the press releases, slabbering on about Presbyterian grannies and the like. Somehow I don't think the Krays and the rest of the board have got anything to worry about.
Finally, farewell to the Blonde Bombshell, Margo MacDonald. She always came across as somebody with integrity and common sense and she will be sadly missed.
"Aye, Ah kin get both Dave King an' Paul Murray oan yer programme but wull need a rider. A dozen cans-a Cally Special, three two-litre boatles-a cider oot Lidls and two boatles-a Lanliq. What d'ye mean ye cannae get Lanliq any mair? Right, that's it. Nae deal!"
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