Sheaf Saint

I could understand the British media being all over it if it had happened in London. But these things happen all the time in other far-away countries and they only warrant a small 3-minute section on the nightly news, if that. Yet when it happens in the good ole USA, it's massive headline news.

Just a thought... It's interesting how roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan - which happen on a regular basis and often kill many more people - don't generate anything like this much discussion and media attention. Edit: I've just read SuperMikey's very similar post.

http://www.boston.com/video/viral_page/?%2Fservices%2Fplayer%2Fbcpid1367773107001&bckey=AQ~~%2CAAAAAA6piHY~%2CDqRT40XOAr9OWST-YiEQyzUCo3g3L-Af&bctid=2303076923001

Doesn't surprise me at all. I grew up living in Athelstan Road and saw a lot of near misses due to this exact scenario. Quite simply, if you are crossing a give-way line to your left then you indicate left. It's not exactly rocket-science.

I would be very surprised if it is. The whole point of their posturing is to display to the whole world their military strength. Resorting to acts of terrorism just doesn't fit that profile at all.

Al Qaeda is the bogeyman. When something bad like this happens, the media always start linking their name with it even if there is no evidence of their involvement. Remember how some media outlets were trying to blame AQ when that fascist nutter in Norway went on his killing spree? The point is that we constantly have the threat of AQ rammed down our throats to keep us in fear. The terrorism isn't from AQ themselves, but from the fear of possible threats. It's in the interests of the establishment to keep it that way so that the public are more accepting in surrendering their civil liberties in return for being kept safe from the nasty-wasty terrorists - aka the bogeyman. Anyway, going off topic a little. Like I said, I don't really want to discuss too much the possibility of AQ involvement until more facts are known.

I guess that's what we are expected to automatically believe when something like this happens. No doubt there will be a lot of speculation in the media until some facts are known, but I will keep an open mind until then. Whoever is responsible, this is pretty horrific.

That's how they get you though - the fact that it doesn't make any sense is why it sticks in your mind. Every company is getting in on it now with their own utterly meaningless taglines. Sky, for instance: Believe in Better. Seriously, what the f**k does that actually mean?

I'm sure there are many others but the one that springs to mind immediately is people who stop and stand still when reaching the end of an escalator. What exactly do they expect the people behind them are going to do??? Start stepping backwards and marking time while the dopey tw ats decide which bloody shop they are going to go to next?

Oldham just need one more point from their remaining games and hope that Pompey can't claw back a -7 GD deficit even if they win their last two.

Meh. Not a bad performance overall, and frustrating to concede from a deflection. I'll take that though. WHU defended very well.

Corner needlessly conceded by Fox

MP - please don't let Ramirez take another free kick today!

Not really. We've been much better and the goal they scored was from a lucky deflection.

Oh dear. Hooiveld nearly put us in trouble then.

Ramirez's fee kicks have been shocking today.

J-Rod coming on for Lallana

Diame managed to catch both Carroll and Schneiderlin in the face in one go!

Balls

Classy finish! Get in!

Ooh. That was close.

QPR losing

Only 0ne minute of stoppage time? Surprising

Lovely little build-up there. Shame it came to nothing.

So all the Sky pundits have tipped us to win and the match thread has been started by somebody other than Glasgow Saint. Kiss of death.