OrlandoDon

When were you last there???

And he signs for the Huns next week! would be tremendous to get him to sign on again, been a huge player for us this season, and more. Money talks though and I’m sure he’ll get offers.

To each their own, we all have our viewpoints and as I said before, I’m not really here to debate, but happy to give you my take as a Scottish cunt in America. I’ve heard Vance a bunch, including informally on Rogan where you get to know him a little more given it’s 3 hours, and I find him intriguing. Having lived here for 29 years I also understand more about belief systems here, perception of race , social justice, crime and guns for example, and the relationship to other factors. In the VP debate I found Vance more diplomatic, eloquent, open minded, and willing to work with dems. But certainly strong opinions in certain areas. Could be total bullshit but he has plenty of people intrigued. He also explained why he’s changed his mind on things as he grows and learns more, including not initially supporting trump in 2016. I don’t see that as changing his spots, more being mature and humble enough to acknowledge when he’s wrong or now sees matters differently. Now if he changes opinion every year that’s certainly different. After being called a cunt along with 70 million others, I expressed why I voted, and why many others did. I can’t speak to Britain and how they do things there, I can only relate to my experiences here over the last 29 years, it’s a fucked up place as I’ve said before, but the world is pretty fucked up in general at the moment, and I do think the last 4 years of US govt has made it worse. Living in California versus Florida is very different and governed very differently, like different countries altogether. Plenty of people talk about civil war or can the US split up, a factor in the gun debate. I can relate to that first hand from my Covid experience in California. Florida is certainly a happier, more peaceful, and safer place and that’s what I wanted for my kids growing up. Nowhere is perfect but in the media Florida and desantis were called nazis extremists racists and fascists, and the filth spewed about Florida from some news channels in recent months/year was awful. The comments I got when I told people I was moving here were crazy. No clue what you hear in Britain, but what I hear in most American media is not the Florida I experience. no clue what you or anyone here knows about the US but I believe you dont get the real picture. Discussed this with my family a lot who all live in England now. The majority of media here is democratic perspective as I’ve said, and has slammed trump and republicans endlessly, rightly or wrongly, some truths and some flat out lies. it’s amazing the lies spouted and as I said in regard to global warming and EVs, it’s really what you hear and what you buy into. Very hard to know what his true there days. Abortion is a good example since you referenced it. I think Kamala said flat out this week pre election that trump would ban abortion. Trump has said it’s each states decision to make. Said that multiple times. He softened his stance, not changing his spots, just listening to people I think. Washington DC for example allows abortion at any stage of pregnancy for anyone of any age without parental consent. Some people think that’s wrong. Abortion isn’t getting banned here but each state will and have determined what they allow. I don’t see that as men telling women what to do, plenty of opinionated and passionate women out there!

Have you listened to him talk about that stuff? Or listened to him talk in detail/at length?

Looking forward to this and expect us to be up for the game and motivated to bounce back in style! think we need to bench Morris (coming in second half as normal) and duk, neither are consistent enough to play 90 mins and I even think duk hurts us because he’s not really a team player and doesn’t help us play better as a team. He’s effective when opponents are tired, carrying bookings etc. 3-1 us. Sokler shinnie McGrath

I’ll see if I can find this. It’s not the emissions produced by the EV, it’s the whole package including emissions produced in full production of the EV which includes the mining and production of the battery.

To me it’s just who you buy into. And are we doing what’s right, or just what makes people money? Do they care about the environment? /global warming? I personally don’t think so. I don’t think those in power give two shits about you or your family. Take the issue with gas/oil here. The dems want to ban gas cars and shut down certain oil production. California has implemented laws that you can no longer buy gas cars by a certain date. I own an electric car and my house is fully solar. Going through this process I’ve learned the challenges of lithium batteries and the challenges with solar panels. Both require gas to produce and both are very difficult to dispose of. So are they better for the environment? Not to get too technical, but I read somewhere that it takes more oil to produce a fully functioning EV than to run a gas car for the average number of years you keep a gas powered car. We had an EV summit here last year and all the big wigs from all car companies were invited to Washington for a big brain meeting. Elon Musk was not invited. Are we doing what’s right for the environment or what lines pockets?

I’m not here to debate, to each their own. People asked and I explained why. I do think dems are much more dangerous than republicans, and I do believe the left is much more radical. Having worked in LA and private education, I’ve seen this since Obama. Just my experience. I probably was a dem until Obama and then things started to get weird. the republicans have connected with normal people, middle of the road, people like me. Dems are the elite, big tech, big pharma, media, celebs, and Hollywood. They don’t relate to me and much of the country. This election was as much, if not more, a huge fuck you to the dems and their beliefs, than a vote for trump. unless you live here and try to watch multiple media outlets, I’ll take your opinion with a pinch of salt. The lies and deceit on news networks is awful. So many are misled, I try to be open minded and listen to various viewpoints and networks, but I have selfishly, in my opinion, done what’s best for me and my family. will be interesting if republicans control the White House, senate, and house. Yes, people will say that’s dangerous but I feel despite this domination/imbalance, I think good things will get done. immigration, I came here at 22 from Scotland with nothing. I believe in the American dream. I’ve had visas, green cards, now citizenship, there’s a process in place to help keep people safe. I agree with that. There are always exceptions but they are just that. Dems agenda for immigration is scary. in LA I paid a shit ton in taxes, including to the homeless and illegals who, in my opinion, have more of a negative than positive impact on society at present. There needs to be structures and processes in place to turn those around. I was then evicted from California for not taking drugs. My body my choice, no? I came to Florida at a time where many wouldnt hire unvaccinated and many states required kids to be covid vaccinated to go to school. We became ’homeless,’ scary!! I sold everything, packed my car with essentials including a wife, 2 kids, and 2 dogs, and drove 2200 miles. Florida and desantis welcomed us with open arms and I’m forever grateful for that. I’ll never agree with everything desantis or any politician says, but we love it here. We are free and normal! when Vance was announced as VP he was slammed, weird, extremist, and tons of misinformation were put out. I’ve listened to him a bunch in many interviews and he sounds ok to me. Time will tell. If any of you ever visit Orlando I’d love to buy you a beer! now, more concerning, are we starting topi or morris, and will we bounce back against Dundee!

Love to hear more about Vance. What’s your concerns that makes for suck a strong dislike?

Can you elaborate on de santis?

Trump is far from a good candidate but picking the party and policy was my choice. I referenced JD Vance above, dont know if anyone saw the VP debate or have seen him speak. Even have a little watch of him with Joe Rogan, seems a normal guy! He’s legit, plus seems compromising, willing to work with dems, and diplomatic. Would love to see a politician the whole country can get behind. Won’t happen but he’d be a good place to start.

You can only do 8 years so he has 4 left. The person to watch is JD Vance, the VP. He has been tremendously impressive over the last few months, incredibly smart, eloquent, calm, and a real find for the republicans. Funny, charming, and has interviewed extremely well. I expect they’ll have learned that when you do nothing for 3 1/2 years it’s hard to become president. I expect Vance to be very involved and out front as VP, and the next presidential candidate after trump. get trump for 4 then Vance for 8 will be the republicans plan.

Yup, I am one of the 72 million cunts so far who voted republican. I voted against democratic policy and for ‘normal’ more than I did for trump. I am not an uneducated idiot extremist racist nazi as you’ve heard on most media outlets here for months. I can only comment from my experiences living here. I will add though, having been home in September and talking to my family, it’s amazing the amount of misinformation/bullshit I heard from them regarding the US. The media here is primarily democrat owned and pumps out news opinion/propaganda. Only Fox News gives you republican perspective, not saying they are innocent, but we don’t have fair and impartial news here. I guarantee the news you get over there from US is certainly one sided and not overly truthful. From 2016-2020 I didn’t pay that much attention to politics and life seemed good. I was financially secure and could afford a house and a mortgage. I lived in LA, expensive place, and heavily democratic. Each year things got more left, the homeless got worse, and I stopped enjoying living in California. I was a teacher, a very left leaning profession, and was required to attend the People of Color Conference every year where I learned wokism, DEI, and white guilt/privilege. Trump at the end of his term gained the joys of Covid. Under Biden I was fired from my six figure job for not getting vaccinated, my kids were kicked out of school because their parents weren’t submitting proof of vaccination. We didn’t have Covid ID cards so couldn’t go to shops, sports venues, and bars/restaurants for a significant period of time. The homeless tents and breaking bad RVs lined the streets (and I lived in Sherman oaks, a very nice area). There were used needles littering the streets, and most mornings I would find homeless people bathing and washing clothes in our pool. Crime increased significantly and I started only walking my dogs in certain places and before 10pm. All major cities here are democratically run here and are all going to shit, especially those in democratic states. You can easily read and see this info online. Democratic policy is killing this country so I moved to Florida for ‘freedom’ and a safe happy and healthy life for my children. My wife and I brought our kids here, we had no jobs, had to find a house, and start again. Life here is normal, people are normal. I do not see Florida as a state full of far right extremist fascists as I heard on MSNBC today. biden was a pawn. He didn’t run the country. Harris is another pawn. Neither did unscripted interviews or events and rarely spoke in public. Any democratic candidate would have been set up that way. It’s a machine. They campaigned on orange extremist fascist man is bad and he’s horrible. CNN today were crushed today and said that they should have said this more often. they didn’t say that people are struggling and hurting and simply wants a government to address inflation, crime, immigration etc. It’s so expensive here now, we complain about cost every day. Many of my friends cannot afford to buy houses, the costs here have sky rocketed. Energy costs a fortune. The country is in so much debt and sending endless funds abroad instead of fixing their own problems. The southern border is tragic. Crime is way up. In my opinion the democrats caused so many of these problems, it didn’t have to go this way. Under trump and the republicans life seemed so much better and that’s why he won, we want that back. So many feel this way, and many don’t particularly like trump. He’s not that popular, he admits that too. It’s a vote and statement on bad policy. We didn’t have the crime, border issues, housing crisis, inflation, trump was an America first guy. I’m ok with that, we have so many issues here we have to address. Re abortion, trump stated during his campaign many times that he’s giving abortion decisions to each state. He has also softened his stance on abortion and is not looking to take the rights of women away as you hear from certain media outlets. delighted with today and happy to be a cunt if that’s what this means. I truly believe this is the first step in heading back towards more common sense and normal, and this will have a positive effect outside of the US too in my opinion.

trump would have beaten any democrat candidate because the country has gone ‘bad.’ That’s why you’ve seen republicans win the popular vote for the first time in 20 years. It’s a massive push back on policy and the direction of the country. Im not a trump fan but life has gone to shit under the democrats. You won’t get it unless you live here and have experienced first hand the change in the last 4 years. not going to talk a lot about this as you all blasted me about this 4 years ago when I said the democrats in power would be way worse than republicans and trump.

Not at all. He won because the left is heading in the wrong direction. Immigration economy crime are massive issues. The country has gone to shit in the last 3 plus years (you could argue the world too.) so many campaigned that it was policy and party and not personality, trump himself repeatedly said you may not like me but the country is going in the wrong direction.

I’ll take your jimmy mcgarry and raise you Chris forrester! Actually got me thinking about loanees we’ve brought in mid season. Certainly want Mackenzie to sign the new contract but would take Max Lowe back in a heartbeat. At Sheffield Wednesday presently but can’t tell if he’s a regular starter. Plus Barry Bannan is club captain there so it can’t be that high a level!

Let’s end this. I’m not looking for a back up left back. I just gave you reasons why I felt if a full back was a priority it should be left over right. Didn’t get why you felt right back should be our main issue. In an ideal world we sign a player who can play both.

You’re losing track of the initial point. You said a right back is a priority, I said left back is more of a priority than right. But neither are my priority. Our right back is the only Aberdeen player in the Scotland squad and having an excellent season. Just signed a new contract too. His back up is a young up and comer, a u21 internationalist. While not a perfect right back, a good and flexible/adaptable back up. As you say, a second top player as back up would be nice but Milne is fine for now. our left back has not signed a new contract and his back up is, so far from what we’ve seen, weaker than the right back second option and barely gets played. I think our left side should be a priority over right, but, as I said, a new 9 would be my priority.

To an extent. Morris, Gueye, and Ambrose have all shown thelin that they have something to offer, and he’s given them time. Why has mcgarry not played? He’s a wing back or left mid and not really a left back from what I gather. It’s my understanding that he came here with a reputation for strong going forward and a little suspect defending. When we were desperate for width he had an opportunity but didn’t take it, Vinny did more and gets the minutes. A back 4 and consistency of personnel is a biggie too hence much less rotation. Milne is younger with more of an upside. I’d like to have seen him at holding mid when we were stuck, that window has well and truly shut. Happy to see him get back up minutes for now, wouldn’t mind seeing a new left sooner than later especially if jack is on his way (certainly hope not!)

Correct. And while I want Mackenzie to stay, if we can get a loanee with the option to buy or a permanent replacement for jack, we do that! mcgarry has done very little to suggest he belongs, Milne has played minutes and has potential.

Correct, I said it’s not his natural position. He’s played once at central defense but the rest of the time it’s right back so I think management is fine with him at right back. And he’s played more than mcgarry this season. Mackenzie hasn’t signed a new contract and mcgarry is not a left back, why prioritize right back over left? as I said, i‘m more eager to get a goal scoring center forward. I don’t think right back is a big issue at present.

We have Milne as back up who plays more than mcgarry. No? I don’t think it’s milne’s best position, or natural position, but it appears he’s trusted more to fill in than mcgarry yet people seem to say RB is priority??

Not saying Motherwell winning today eliminates my sadness of yesterday, but it’s a huge help! Love a failing rangers on and off the pitch. Can motherwell hang on!?!?

Find it interesting people think RB is a priority. Probably a curse but devlin is durable and fit. Milne is capable short term. Perhaps polvara if we are desperate. Why RB and not LB? Devlin signed a new contract, no clue the situation with Mackenzie, and Milne appears to be a more capable back up than mcgarry. I’m assuming Jensen will be sold in the summer as he’s not a regular and that’s what he wants, hence he’s presently on loan. we don’t have a regular scoring 9 but we are creating chances. I think that should be a January priority. Obviously no panic buy, got to be capable, available, and affordable. I’d also send Ambrose out on loan. I like sokler but he misses more than he should. I am not overly impressed with nisbet to date. Still looks heavy and sluggish. Unless we are considering nisbet as a permanent buy I don’t know if I’d keep him for the season if there’s a better option in January.

I blame STFU_Donny. Sold me his northern light top, got it this week. Gorgeous. The shirt, not Donny. Decided not to wear it for the rangers game but I made my debut with it yesterday. I feel had he not sold me it we’d have won yesterday. it wasn’t bottle yesterday. Celtic were on and once they scored went for the kill. They punished every error we made. We were flat and regardless of what jimmy said, Wednesday was a factor. They were fresh and sharp, we were not. Our mistakes were punished, simple as that, then you don’t want to push up and press too much when you are getting smashed. I did think at the time bookings were a factor too, especially ruby after 15 mins, we weren’t so feisty after that. I think it’s as simple as that. Wouldn’t say it was bottle. dont hear anyone over reacting, just got to get back on it for Dundee. Like that jimmy didn’t blame, plus like his comments about wanting to be in Europe and playing three games weekly. re squad and signings, do think we need a 9. Id say Celtic score the one chance sokler missed yesterday. We need a sharp goal scorer that scares the shit out defenders. Think we had that in bojan. We have confidence players, and players on form. Still feel we upgrade and add depth with a right back, left and right mid, and a forward, most likely next summer. Our depth certainly isn’t as strong, even rangers are deeper as pish as they are, and I don’t see duk, morris, Gueye, Milne, Ambrose, mcgarry, and Macdonald as good enough to regularly start. Celtic brought in six good enough. Very hard to keep everyone happy in these situations.