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Posted on January 02, 1968 by

For off-topic chat. Duh.

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  1. Smallaxe says:

    liz g:

    Only to be used for Medicinal Porpoises.

    🙂

    Peace Always

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  2. Smallaxe says:

    Good Night

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  3. Liz g says:

    Smallaxe
    Ofcourse
    Night hun

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  4. Smallaxe says:

    Good morning everybody:

    Sill sleeping?

    Peace Always

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  5. Chic McGregor says:

    Smallaxe

    “As for the other question,how fast would you like it”

    a-màireach

    Mañana

    You got me on the Romanian though, don’t have any of that.

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  6. Chic McGregor says:

    Should have been

    Tha mi an dochas…

    or

    Tha mi’n dochas…

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  7. Smallaxe says:

    Chic McGregor:

    It’s Roma Chic,loosly translated it means,”when surrounded by the gadgie the only defence a gypsy has is his tongue”

    Peace Always

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  8. Smallaxe says:

    Chic McGregor:

    O lov tai o beng nashti beshen patshasa

    Neither the devil nor money remain in Peace

    Peace Always

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  9. Smallaxe says:

    a-màireach is another day,Scarlet O’Hara.

    Peace Always

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  10. Chic McGregor says:

    Roma? is that the same as Romany as in the Romany gypsies? and is it related to Romanian at all?

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  11. Chic McGregor says:

    Googled it.

    Romani’s came orginally from North India and are ethnically different from Romanians. The language is also completely different from the Latin based Romanian, it is more related to Hindi and Greek.

    As well as the phonetically engendered confusion between Romanians and Romani, it is also the case that Romani make up one of the larger minorities in Romania.

    There are about 7 dialects of Romani which may be considered different languages.

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  12. Smallaxe says:

    Chic McGregor:

    Well done Chic,I used to run a club for the Roma,I also had the privilege of catering for their Christenings and Weddings on several occasions,trust me,there was no big fat anything involved.

    PS I have eaten hedgehog with some of them.

    Peace Always

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  13. Tinto Chiel says:

    Smallaxe, thanks for your Kinks @11.38.

    I have a confession to make, my friend and can’t keep it in any longer: I used to play cricket, for Thornliebank CC in the infamous and mean Glasgow and District League. We played at Stanalane by Rouken Glen. It’s not something I’m proud of but *pauses to wipe away tear*…….

    In my defence, there was a Radio Malt shortage in EK at the time and they’d just discontinued Old Fashioned Spangles. I suppose I was a bit vulnerable and just easily led.

    Of course, I quickly became an all-rounder: couldn’t bat, couldn’t bowl, couldn’t field.

    Hope you can forgive me, or to put it another way:

    link to youtube.com

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  14. Smallaxe says:

    Tinto Chiel:

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  15. Tinto Chiel says:

    Fanx, man, fanx *snivels into hankie*.

    Now, about my Des O’Connor LP collection…….

    I’ve taken that too far, haven’t I?

    I’ll…get…my…

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  16. CameronB Brodie says:

    @Loki
    Don’t be another tool in the master’s box! Need I say more?

    Internal colonies – that is, spaces governed by ‘the rule of difference’ – persist today but the politicisation of the term ‘colonialism’ has impeded a sober discussion of the subject in many cases.

    link to pambazuka.org

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  17. Smallaxe says:

    Tinto:

    could be worse

    link to youtube.com

    cant think wot

    Peace Always

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  18. Tinto Chiel says:

    CameronB: thanks for that link. I can follow that so I’m saving it. Sometimes I find sociological terms a bit difficult to understand.

    Smallaxe:”Cant think wot.”

    “Mmmmm, (Homer Simpson voice) that gives me an idea….”

    How about Nigel Farage in a Union Jack mankini doing a raunchy exercise video?

    My name is Tinto Chiel and I claim my cigar.

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  19. CameronB Brodie says:

    Tinto Chiel
    Glad you appreciated that. 😉

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  20. Tinto Chiel says:

    Cameron: any interesting “terms” for Loki?

    Or shouldn’t I ask?

    Brace…brace…brace!

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  21. CameronB Brodie says:

    Tinto Chiel
    A bit bewildered and misguided perhaps? Appears to have fallen in with a bad crowd but there’s hope for the yout yet. 😉

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  22. Smallaxe says:

    Tinto Chiel:

    This is the best that I could do to grant your wish.

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  23. I will have all the great Rock’n’Roll on my Not Fade Away programme tonight so lay your zimmers aside for http://www.argyllradio.co.uk from 8pm to 9pm. Three each from Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Everly Brothers, Jerry Lee Lewis. Little Richard.

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  24. CameonB Brodie says:

    Dave McEwan Hill
    Hope you’ve not felt I’ve been trying to poach your audience Dave, and that you’ve been enjoying some of the tracks I’ve posted.

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  25. Tinto Chiel says:

    Cameron: your wink said it all. 😛

    Smallaxe: too scared to look, after the content warning. Is it Farage and the Trumpster together on a unicorn?

    DMH: thanks for that. I’ve WD40’d my zimmer and am rarin’ to go. Can I get it on DAB?

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  26. Smallaxe says:

    Tinto Chiel:

    YA BIG FEARTIE! 🙂

    Peace Always

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  27. Tinto Chiel says:

    Smallaxe: hehehehehehehehehee!

    Pax vobiscum.

    😛

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  28. Smallaxe says:

    Dave McEwan Hill:

    I’m surprised that Buddy Holly never recorded this

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  29. Smallaxe says:

    DMH:

    Here’s another version by Paul McCartney and Dave Gilmour

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  30. Smallaxe says:

    Tinto:

    You peeked, didn’t you!

    Pax vobis

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  31. Tinto Chiel says:

    No..no.. of course not. Why would I? I mean…

    No, never.

    Gosh , look at that big spider.

    Meanwhile, in other news…..

    link to youtube.com

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  32. Smallaxe says:

    Tinto:

    How to get rid of Spiders,and Flies

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  33. Tinto Chiel says:

    Hey, Smallaxe, are you Uncle Mac in disguise?

    You know, like this:

    link to youtube.com

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  34. Smallaxe says:

    Tinto:

    have that cigar,your correct at last.

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  35. Smallaxe says:

    Tinto:

    heeers uncle Mack

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  36. Tinto Chiel says:

    Anyhow, my elder daughter is 28 tomorrow. Where do all the years go, groovers?

    When she was wee, she had blonde hair, so this is her tune:

    link to youtube.com

    Sometimes it’s quite good being an old guy.

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  37. Tinto Chiel says:

    Och, Smallaxe, you’re a very, very bad boy.

    In this fashion…….

    link to youtube.com

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  38. Smallaxe says:

    Tinto:

    I have all his albums 🙂

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  39. Smallaxe says:

    Tinto:

    It was my star signs fault

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  40. Tinto Chiel says:

    Och, you’re just a big softy too, Smallaxe, ya Big Softy.

    To change the subject in a hurriedly male fashion, Motherwell play Partick Thistle at Fir Park tomorrow, 3.00 kick off.

    Smallaxe?

    Smallaxe?

    Sheesh! Where’d he go?

    Was it something I said?

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  41. Tinto Chiel says:

    Smallaxe: Oh, I see…

    Have to say, King is the king. Great voice. To my shame, haven’t heard that before. In my faves now.

    All that pain, angst and rejection…..

    Was he a ‘Well fan?

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  42. Smallaxe says:

    Tinto:

    No, he was not a fan of football,his passion used to be Tractors,but he went off them.He is now an ex-tractor fan.

    It’s ok I’ve already got ma coat oan 🙂

    Peace Always

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  43. Smallaxe at 6.59

    Yes. The Vipers Skiffle Group originally who dropped the skiffle bit. They had an interesting line-up with George Martin involved at some point. That sounds quite like sort of early rockabilly sort of song that Buddy might have done with Decca before he went to Norman Petty and Coral Records.

    Tinto. It’s online only on your broadband or smart phone.

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  44. Brian Doonthetoon says:

    Seeing as the 50’s are being referenced, here are a couple of rockabilly tracks I came across in the late 70’s. They seemed to be enjoyed by my student audience at the time…

    link to youtube.com

    link to youtube.com

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  45. Smallaxe says:

    Dave McEwan Hill:

    I had heard the McCartney/Gilmour version first,so I did a bit of research
    and found that the original was made about 2yrs before Buddy died.I thought that it was made for him.

    ps I listened to your station tonight and signed up for it. It’s Cool Man.

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  46. Smallaxe says:

    DMH:MY BAD

    Peace Always 🙂

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  47. Smallaxe says:

    BDTT:

    Liked both,but barkin up the wrong tree,does it for me.

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  48. Michael McCabe says:

    link to youtube.com

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  49. Brian Doonthetoon says:

    Hi Smallaxe.

    Of course, rockabilly evolved and, by the 1980/90’s, had become psychobilly.

    In case you missed them in the 80/90’s, here are three examples for you.

    link to youtube.com

    link to youtube.com

    link to youtube.com

    Was your quiff ever like that displayed in the last link?

    8=)

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  50. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    Thanks for the heads up re AUSTIN, Michael

    Peace always

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  51. Ian Brotherhood says:

    Excuse me for not referring to most recent comments, haven’t yet got up to date…

    Just wanted to drop this in. Curious wee snippet featuring Lene Lovich/Stiff Tour, and what she says will resonate with many of us, ‘I just felt I was part of a family’.

    I really believe we’re doing something very similar to what she was a part of, even if most of us aren’t quite as beautiful.

    🙂

    link to youtube.com

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  52. Smallaxe says:

    BDTT:

    HI Brian, my quiff is still like that one,only thing is,it’s on my comb instead of my head.

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  53. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    Paolo Nutini:Dont let me down

    Peace Always

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  54. Ian Brotherhood says:

    Some of the eagle-eyed among you may be able to help me here.

    This is Lovich’s big hit, ‘Lucky Number’.

    At 1.12 in the vid there’s a shot of folk on a balcony, clapping along. Looks like the ‘Stiff’ people. I reckon I can see Nick Lowe and Charley Charles. Anyone else recognise any of them?

    link to youtube.com

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  55. Smallaxe says:

    “even if most of us aren’t quite as beautiful”
    SPEAK FOR YOURSELF,I’m lovely.

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  56. Smallaxe says:

    Brian,are you watching this on a 60inch screen?If not I’ll have to go to
    SPECSAVERS.OH’ wait a minute,I think thats him

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  57. Michael McCabe says:

    Hi Ian B I don’t recognise any of them. you mentioned Eagle eyed though. I have been saving this for tonight. link to youtube.com

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  58. Ian Brotherhood says:

    @Smallaxe –

    🙂

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  59. Brian Doonthetoon says:

    Hi Smallaxe.

    Re: Nick Lowe. I may have linked to this previously – can’t remember…

    link to youtube.com

    A vinyl album I still possess… somewhere in my hovelhold.

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  60. Ian Brotherhood says:

    @Smallaxe –

    🙂

    @M McC –

    What a smooth segue – class!

    🙂

    Hoots tae all!

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  61. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    Small Faces,ALL OR NOTHING:1966

    Stevie Marriot at his best

    Peace Always

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  62. Ian Brotherhood says:

    @BDTT –

    Do you remember The Shakin’ Pyramids?

    I used to see their guitarist in the Imperial snooker hall (or was that The Premier?) on Sauchiehall St from time to time when I was mis-spending my youth. Very big dude, and a properly good snooker player from what I saw. Never summoned the guts to ask him for an autograph or anything, but loved what they were doing at the time.

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  63. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    you’ve been here Michael,is that Liam Neeson singing?

    Peace Always

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  64. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for November 2011

    The true North-South divide
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Dream a little dream
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    47-year-old man bullied by nasty Nats
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Labour go 0 for 4
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  65. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for November 2011

    A rare joy
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Weekend reading
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    First Minister’s Questions, 24-11-11
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    A crash of drums, a flash of light
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  66. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for November 2011

    Positive-case-for-the-Union update #1
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Seeing the wood through the trees
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The atomic clock
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Scotsman deploys threat multiplier
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  67. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for November 2011

    Going off message
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Turkey opposes Christmas
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Part of the Union?
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Much ado about little
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  68. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    Is this who you mean Ian?

    Peace Always

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  69. Smallaxe says:

    Stoker:

    Thanks for the AMMO I will make sure it hits the target.

    Peace Always

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  70. Michael McCabe says:

    link to youtube.com

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  71. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    Peter Green/John Mayall at the Marquee 1967

    Peace Always

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  72. Chic McGregor says:

    The doomed genius (is there any other kind?) that was Paul Kossoff (even if the daft cameraman seemed to think it was the rhythm guitarist that was producing the magic)

    link to youtube.com

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  73. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    Bombay Calling:It’s a Beautiful Day

    Peace Always

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  74. Ian Brotherhood says:

    @Smallaxe –

    Aye, that’s the lads there.

    They had a great song called ‘Sunset Of My Tears’ which I used to do as my party piece.

    That’s why I haven’t been invited to any parties since the mid-80’s.

    🙂

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  75. Smallaxe says:

    I think we are all living in the past

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  76. Chic McGregor says:

    The bonkers but brilliant Alex Harvey.

    Bauhaus Rock?

    link to youtube.com

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  77. Chic McGregor says:

    Smallaxe
    First record I bought was Jethro Tull, ‘The Witch’s Promise’

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  78. Smallaxe says:

    Ian,that wasn’t very nice, come to the party next door

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  79. Smallaxe says:

    Chic,I think my first was Thick as a Brick.

    Alex used to play in the Clelland bar in the south side of Glasgow,I was mad as well,it had to be worth it.I was taking my life in my hands to go to that pub.Jimmy Boyle was shot in there one night,and Gentle Johnny Ramenski (John Ramsey) was a regular.Happy Days!

    Here’s Alex with a Special guest
    link to youtube.com

    Peace always

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  80. Chic McGregor says:

    Smallaxe,
    Ah! Whispering Bob, who showed that, given the record of other presenters from that period, sometimes the quiet ones are the best.

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  81. Chic McGregor says:

    I’ll say goodnight folks with:

    link to youtube.com

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  82. Smallaxe says:

    Chick:COMETH the TIME- COMETH the MAN

    Whispering Bob has given us a lot of fine music over the years,I feel as if I owe the man something.I would love to have shaken his hand and thanked him personally.

    Peace Always

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  83. Ruglonian says:

    Just nipped in to see what was happening cos I’m still up – Oh Ian B, you big fibber 😉 I’ll be demanding a party piece from you when I see you next 😀

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  84. Smallaxe says:

    Good night ALL

    link to youtube.com

    The Thieving Magpie,any Droogs out There?

    Peace Always

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  85. Michael McCabe says:

    Flake

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  86. Michael McCabe says:

    Take two. Flake link to youtube.com

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  87. Michael McCabe says:

    Banana Pancakes. link to youtube.com

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  88. Smallaxe says:

    Michael McCabe:@ 2-02am

    Was that comment directed at me? What gives you the right, to tell the truth.

    Yours Sincerely, Deeply affronted,Gretna

    Peace Always

    PS Two Banana Pancakes,two eggs, over easy and hold the insults! 🙂

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  89. CameronB Brodie says:

    Dave McEwan Hill
    The thought just popped in to my head that you might think I’m being a bit rude not commenting on your radio show. Truth is, I’ve only checked out a couple of tracks as I need to be careful with my band-with usage. My ignorance of your show comes naturally mate, it’s not contrived. Or rather, it is shaped to and by my environment, it’s not ideologically intentional. 🙂

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  90. Brian Doonthetoon says:

    Hi Ian B.

    Checked out Smallaxe’s video link but I don’t recall The Shakin’ Pyramids at all.

    As SAHB has been cited above, here’s, possibly, my favourite SAHB track. Tingly spine as the bagpipes come in.

    link to youtube.com

    One more offering… This features the late Gary Holton, who played “Wayne” in “Auf Wiedersehen Pet”.

    link to youtube.com

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  91. Ian Brotherhood says:

    @BDTT –

    🙂 Just shows how busy the scene was back then. All-sorts going on.

    Anyway, I don’t know if you or any other bods can help me here but I’m trying to track down a documentary. It’s not on Youtube and the BBC I-Player doesn’t have it.

    It was broadcast on BBC2 on May 8th 2009 and is called ‘When Ian Rankin Met Jack Vettriano’. Saw it when it was broadcast but haven’t seen any trace of it since. Need to see it for research. It was part of a series by ‘ArtWorks Scotland’.

    Anyone know any Rankin/Vettriano fans who may have kept a copy?

    Hoots all – have a braw weekend. 🙂

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  92. Andrew Mclean says:

    Ian

    link to m.youtube.com

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  93. CameronB Brodie says:

    I light of the changing undercurrent in Scottish politics, with the emergence of Scotland in Union as the new face of Project Fear, here’s a tune from the film “Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla”. 🙂

    Funny how time changes one’s perspective, innit. Mind now, our perception of time is not constant. Time appears to pass more quickly the older we get.

    Duke Mitchell – Deed I Do
    link to youtube.com

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  94. CameronB Brodie says:

    Some tips on how to fight the next round. 🙂

    Sailor Beware – Before The Fight
    link to youtube.com

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  95. CameronB Brodie says:

    Think I’ve just found a new theme. 🙂

    @ Scotland in Union
    Ideology has it’s proper place in the age of post-modernity, ye Dobbers.

    #ScreamTeam – Digital Monsters, We Are Proud!
    link to youtube.com

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  96. Ian Brotherhood says:

    @Andrew Mclean –

    Cheers Andrew, but that’s not the one I’m after…

    🙁

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  97. CameronB Brodie says:

    @ Scotland in Union
    I imagine you would agree with Pete, that the principles of contemporary social science are the ramblings of student politics? If so, your opinion lacks understanding of the connections between authentic human experience and values, realistic self-perception and self-appraisal, and the ability to form good judgement.

    Your ideological mindset is detached from reality.

    Monster High (not #ScreamTeam) – Gaga for Ghouls
    link to youtube.com

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  98. CameronB Brodie says:

    Ian Brotherhood
    I think I remember the one Ian but can’t help I’m afraid. Was there a section short indoors, where there was a very tall abstract sculpture in the background (10-20 meters tall)?

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  99. CameronB Brodie says:

    This week I’ve mostly aiming to be a monSTAR.

    Everyone of us is different, everyone has something special inside. Just be confident, don’t hide in the dark. Hello, how do you do? Now tell me how do you boo.

    Monster High – We’re the Monstars
    link to youtube.com

    Catchy wee theme eh? Lost of scope. 🙂

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  100. CameronB Brodie says:

    This week I’ve been mostly aiming to be a monSTAR.

    ‘Everyone of us is different, everyone has something special inside. Just be confident, don’t hide in the dark. Hello, how do you do? Now tell me how do you boo.’

    Monster High – We’re the Monstars
    link to youtube.com

    Catchy wee theme eh? Lost of scope. 🙂

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  101. Tinto Chiel says:

    CameronB: how are you booing?

    I’m enjoying seeing the constitutional crisis unfold on the MT. No wonder senior Tories want Mayhem to withdraw the appeal: don’t tell me the RP doesn’t run in Scotland and to proceed would infringe the Union? Can we have it in writing?

    I’m in a reflective mood tonight, so I’ll leave you sophisticates this:

    link to youtube.com

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  102. CameronB Brodie says:

    Sorry for the double post. The first one lacked a sense of BEING anyway. 😉

    Did I mention constructedness with scope allows for flexibility of approach?

    B-Real, Coolio, Method Man, LL Cool J And Busta Rhymes – Hit Em High (The Monstars’ Anthem)
    link to youtube.com

    @ Scotland In Yoonion
    You guys are toast.

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  103. CameronB Brodie says:

    Tinto Chiel
    Sorry for not noticing you there, I’m all over the place tbh. 🙂

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  104. Tinto Chiel says:

    It might be my New Look, Cameron.

    Does my bum look big in it?

    If people have a few minutes, they might wish further reflection. It’s an age thing.

    link to youtube.com

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  105. CamernB Brodie says:

    Tinto Chiel
    Naw, quite flattering. It wasn’t that I didn’t recognise the authentic you mate, my attention was distracted by the false reality being created around me by the BUM. It stopped me from seeing things as they really are. I blame their monstar, the BBC, for most of the damage to my perception. Fiendish, frankly, in a colonial sort of way.

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  106. Tinto Chiel says:

    That false reality has become the mask that slipped, though, Cameron. More and more people are seeing through Vichy Vision. Once Brexit really kicks off, more and more pennies will drop, like the slow start of an avalanche.

    Your inalienable right thing is another example of how The State tries to bulldoze us, but what if a legal argument were pursued on this very specific point?

    I’m beginning to think the SG are quite a few steps ahead of Mrs Mayhem and her Gruntfuttocks.

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  107. CameronB Brodie says:

    Vichy Vision describes it well. Thankfully, ideology responds poorly to change and real-word events. Their mantra will be their downfall.

    We’ll soon be liberated from their grooming of Scotland’s identity. Creeps.

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  108. Tinto Chiel says:

    And I believe that too, CameronB.

    Will Self is an excellent English iconoclast, married to a Motherwell Laydee, Deborah Orr. I know she writes for The Observer but Will is more aware than many in Londinium of Our Difference.

    He’s speaking at The Mitchell Library next Friday, if anyone’s interested.

    Am I going? ‘King right, as Ian B would say. I’ll be the dweeb in the fedora.

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  109. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    link to youtube.com

    link to youtube.com

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  110. Tinto Chiel says:

    A sublime collection, Smallaxe.

    Reminds me of the times when I was young and beautiful.

    Of course, with my snake hips and cheese-cutter cheekbones, I was a pure babe-magnet.

    You’ve no idea how annoying it was to have a sassy, talking wee piglet following you around all day…..

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  111. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    link to youtube.com

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Aways

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  112. Smallaxe says:

    Tinto:

    It was the snake hips that reminded me,now I remember you

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  113. CameronB Brodie says:

    Smallaxe
    Thanks for those Smallaxe. I won’t say it. 🙂

    I was lucky to see Booker T & the MGs a couple of times, when they were over for the pond for the first time in 25 years. Amazing band. They walked on stage to this and the place ‘erupted’. Here’s a pretty laid back version.

    Not everyone knows they were the Blues Brothers’ band,

    Booker T. & The MG’s – Time Is Tight
    link to youtube.com

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  114. CameronB Brodie says:

    Snakehips? Again, I have the perfect track in mind but it’s totally inappropriate to the occasion. 🙂

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  115. Tinto Chiel says:

    How are ye, Smallaxe?

    Your first link was blocked: GCHQ?

    Wonderful Roxy and TDoPS but your snake man gave me the shivers.

    I’m reverting to my strict regime of bending exercises and Vichy Water.

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  116. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    another try

    Peace Always

    would you lot,STOP POSTING TOO QUICKLY

    Reply
  117. CameronB Brodie says:

    @DaviePrice
    I find it helps to understand what one is talking about before attempting to explain that which one does not understand. Ken?

    Scottish ideology is shaped through landscape and culture. It can be fitted to Scottish needs. British ideology is shaped by English nationalism and fitted to English needs.

    An ideology is a set of beliefs that affects our outlook on the world. Our ideology is our most closely held set of values and feelings, and it acts as the filter through which we see everything and everybody. In fact, these beliefs are often so close to us that we do not realize that they are there. We simply think that our beliefs are natural and obviously true. Religion is one type of ideology, and religious belief affects a person’s views.

    link to sparknotes.com

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  118. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    THIS TIME

    Peace Always

    Reply
  119. Smallaxe says:

    Tinto:

    Stop that silly exercise regime,do what I do,exercise all day every day by breathing,I have been breathing constantly for a number of years now and its did me no harm!

    link to youtube.com
    Sia: breathe me

    Reply
  120. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    Dean MARTIN & Jerry Lewis: Drunk

    Peace Always

    Reply
  121. Tinto Chiel says:

    Smallaxe; but my bending exercises are straight out of At-Swim-Two-Birds! And I’ve got socks to prove it.

    Actually, Sia’s performance is rather sobering.

    Independence; are we nearly there yet?

    Reply
  122. Smallaxe says:

    Chris Montez:LETS DANCE

    link to youtube.com

    the B side of lets dance, so bad that its great
    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  123. CameronB Brodie says:

    Smallaxe
    Sound likes you need luvdup mate. Here’s something a bit different. Perhaps not to your taste but I hope the sentiment carries.

    One Dove – White Love (Psychic Masturbation)
    link to youtube.com

    Communities are imagined. I may never meet you mate but I feel we’re part of a community with authentic soul.

    Drum Club – U Make Me Feel So Good (deep and hard mix)
    link to youtube.com

    Ideology has a terrible record of obliterating authentic communities. Scotland isn’t gonna join that list.

    Spiral Tribe – Forward The Revolution
    link to youtube.com

    P.S. Apologies to conservative types. 🙂

    Reply
  124. Smallaxe says:

    Tinto:

    Independence Day

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  125. Ian Brotherhood says:

    @CamB –

    I haven’t kept across all your recent posts, but I must ask…

    Have you tackled Derrida?

    I’m having to do it – right now – and, tbh, he’s doing my nut in a wee bit.

    Would be grateful for any thoughts you may have on his stuff. Don’t mean to sound dismissive or derogatory about the dude…important, aye, but it’s getting to me a bit. Shades of ‘The Matrix’ an’ aw that palaver.

    Anyway, enough from me…ah’m due a blue pill…

    🙂

    Reply
  126. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for November 2011

    Cause and effect
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Scotland’s offensive anthem
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Hypership out of control
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The referee’s a Mason
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  127. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for November 2011

    Missing the point of a referendum
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Fuelling the fire
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Mysterious arithmetic fail
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Nope, still nothing
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  128. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for November 2011

    One-way traffic
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Scotland unbilled
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Words from the wise
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Listening and learning, Labour-style
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  129. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for November 2011

    Tom Harris is a liar
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Weekend papers roundup
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The yah-boo Union
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Devo max: not so hard to define afterall
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  130. Smallaxe says:

    Cameron:

    True
    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Because of the length of your tracks I have sampled them and put them into a playlist for further perusal,sound interesting

    Reply
  131. CameronB Brodie says:

    Ian Brotherhood
    Sorry mate. I almost got my lights put out by Smallaxe, for suggesting fiddling with it the other day. My ‘knowledge’ is mostly through life, with a few ‘facts’ gleaned from the odd book or two. I’m a practiced pragmatist who is lucky to know how to shape and use solutions. Doesn’t always work as planned though. 🙂

    Reply
  132. Smallaxe says:

    Stoker:

    Thank You,your dedication is admirable.

    Peace And Love

    Reply
  133. Tinto Chiel says:

    Thanks, Stoker, and so to bed.

    link to scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk

    Reply
  134. Smallaxe says:

    Goodnight Tinto, 🙂

    Peace Always

    Reply
  135. CameronB Brodie says:

    I know what folk are probably thinking. No, I’m an arse and and failed to manage my meds properly again. Getting closer to eleven. Boo. 🙂

    Spiral Tribe – Probably Taking Drugs
    link to youtube.com

    Reply
  136. Smallaxe says:

    Cameron, about the meds,its not getting closer to eleven

    It’s only 9

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  137. Smallaxe says:

    Is Michael joining the musical conversation tonight?

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  138. Brian Doonthetoon says:

    I’m just about to climb the stairs to Bedfordshire but I’ll stick this link in, before I retire.

    It’s for anyone who ever spent their working days on a ship, anywhere on Earth’s oceans.

    link to youtube.com

    Reply
  139. CameronB Brodie says:

    Smallaxe
    Man can’t live by politics alone. 😉

    Gregory Isaacs ~ Night Nurse
    link to youtube.com

    Reply
  140. Smallaxe says:

    Goodnight Brian,Peace Always

    Cameron why not live by politics And music

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  141. Smallaxe says:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=606T2LQN–I
    the Isley bros

    link to youtube.com
    Them again

    link to youtube.com
    John Lennon,#No9 DREAM

    PeaceAlways

    Reply
  142. CameronB Brodie says:

    Smallaxe
    I’ve pooped my pop Smallaxe, time I hit the sack. See you around.

    Reply
  143. Smallaxe says:

    Goodnight Cameron

    Peace Always

    Reply
  144. Smallaxe says:

    Goodnight

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  145. CameronB Brodie says:

    Almost forgot….come on!

    Age of Love – Age Of Love (Watch Out For Stella Mix)
    link to youtube.com

    Night, night.

    Reply
  146. CameronB Brodie says:

    OK, I couldn’t just leave things hanging like that.

    Usura – Open Your Mind
    link to youtube.com

    Reply
  147. CameronB Brodie says:

    The BBC exists to shape minds to follow British nationalist ideology. They re-write history to make us believe in One Nation. Creeps.

    Robert Miles – Children [Dream Version]
    link to youtube.com

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  148. Ghillie says:

    CameronB Brodie @ 2.28am

    Agree. The BBC has the power to rewrite history and uses that tool continually.

    I do believe that the BBC (and much of the msm) hold Scotland in utter contempt. And that begins to work both ways. Not the way I want the world we live in to be.

    So as Smallaxe says, Love and Peace folks = )

    And roll on Indy Ref New = )

    Reply
  149. Michael McCabe says:

    Smallaxe 12:17am link to youtube.com Noticed you have retired for the Night. Have a good Sleep. Catch you later on today

    Reply
  150. CameronB Brodie says:

    Ghillie
    It will soon be time for Scots to make their voices heard.

    Sing!
    link to youtube.com

    Reply
  151. Thepnr says:

    @Michael McCabe

    Aye, Freddie knew how to put on a show. Class.

    Reply
  152. Smallaxe says:

    Good Morning All:

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  153. Michael McCabe says:

    Ah there is the Piano. link to youtube.com

    Reply
  154. Michael McCabe says:

    Ouch First Aid Kit-America link to youtube.com

    Reply
  155. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    Why am I a Rastaman

    Peace Always

    Reply
  156. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    give that horse a name

    Peace Always

    Reply
  157. Michael McCabe says:

    Horse McDonald. link to youtube.com

    Reply
  158. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    too tame

    Peace Always

    Reply
  159. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    Horny?

    Peace Always

    Reply
  160. CameronB Brodie says:

    I would imagine the lack of in-depth sociological or psychological study in to the harmful effects the BBC has, when shaping an ideologically defined Scottish identity by impairing Scotland’s self-awareness and judgement, might be because academia is
    largely part of the Yoon Establishment.

    @ BBC
    What about the people of Scotland’s inalienable human right to an authentic identity? You are aware that cultural integrity is a vital component of achieving sustainable solutions to re-world demands? Your Yoon ideology won’t do that.

    Quench – Dreams (Original Mix)
    link to youtube.com

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  161. CameronB Brodie says:

    @ BBC
    The ideology that brought you in to existence, is outdated, unrepresentative and unsuited to current and likely demands of Scotland. Your corporatist resistance to reality, supporting an inequitable and unsustainable approach to meeting the future requirements of society, is unhelpful to say the least. No only that, you have the never to charge for the service.

    Jaydee – Plastic Dreams
    link to youtube.com

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  162. Smallaxe says:

    Dont misunderstand

    link to youtube.com

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  163. CameronB Brodie says:

    @BBC
    Stop grooming Scotland to be British, please. I find it oppressive, frankly. Creeps.

    Lil Louis – French Kiss
    link to youtube.com

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  164. CameronB Brodie says:

    That’s what we’re up against Smallaxe, forces that seek to dis empower and shape society to unrepresentative and most likely unsustainable ends. That’s when the totalitarianism ramps up.

    @BBC
    Your love towards Scotland is not a healthy one. Creeps.

    Frankie Knuckles – Your Love
    link to youtube.com

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  165. Smallaxe says:

    Cameron:

    it will never happen

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  166. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    Sorry the last one was meant to be this

    Peace Always

    Reply
  167. Liz g says:

    Smallaxe @
    I have to leave commenting on this site for now my friend.
    But won’t leave you.
    Will always check and see what you are saying here.
    And still maintain that in the wee sma hoors shout out if ye are lookin to put the world to rights.
    Chances are I will be mooching around and ofcourse will be happy to talk to you.
    While I know you have enough on your plate.
    If you will do me the honour of keeping me informed of your progress,over here on OT you will remove one of my worries.
    Give Mrs Smallaxe all my love and tell her to take care of herself.
    Peace to you,and your’s ,and,to us and ours..well to everyone really.
    This is what Whisky is For!!!
    PEACE ALWAYS …X..

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  168. Stoker says:

    Reply
  169. Smallaxe says:

    liz g:

    Hi liz, I’m doing ok as far as I’m concerned but the Doc wants me back in tomorrow for more tests.They say my blood is full of white platelets.I don’t care if its full of cuplets and saucerlets.

    I have been lurking on the main thread,but not posting much,I stay around here on off topic,it’s a calmer place for me to be at the moment.I’m keeping an eye on you.Please don’t worry about me liz,as I have said, I’m not going to lie down to it just because of their tests,I have my own ways of coping,music being one of them of course.Wings and Wingers like yourself are another form of therapy for me.

    Keep up the good work on Wings,the 69rs and I have our own ways of contributing.

    PEACE and LOVE to You and Those you LOVE

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  170. Tinto Chiel says:

    Evening, Groovers and Chantie-Wrastlers:

    While researching Lochan na Beiste, I came upon this:

    link to youtube.com

    I never converse with attractive women hanging around lochs now.

    A word to the wise: Smallaxe, CameronB, etc.

    Betcha Nana would agree with me.

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  171. CameronB Brodie says:

    Smallaxe 🙂

    Pat Cupp & The Flying Saucers – Do me no wrong
    link to youtube.com

    Reply
  172. CameronB Brodie says:

    Tinto Chiel
    Sorry mate, I think I heard you, I just forgot to refresh again.

    Culture is probably long over-due a slot. 🙂

    Reply
  173. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for November 2011

    Scotland’s Economic Future
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Scotland and the Euro – the truth
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Didn’t read the news today, oh boy
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The war of words
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  174. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for November 2011

    Filling the opposition vacuum
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    And that’s the end of that chapter
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Getting toothpaste back in the tube
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Scotland’s guilty Euro-secret
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  175. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for November 2011

    Now that the Nazis are back
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The devil’s in the details
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    A happy coincidence
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Doing the job properly
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  176. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for November 2011

    Positive-Case-For-The-Union Watch
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    First Minister’s Questions, 10-11-11
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The invisible bogeyman
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Too poor for Europe
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  177. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for November 2011

    Aw, bless ’em for trying
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The phantom referendum
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Unionists ponder suicide pact
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Newsnight Scotland, 7-11-11
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  178. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for November 2011

    Papers roundup, 8-11-11
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The Scottish subsidy myth
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Politics Show Scotland 6-11-2011
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Tory backer slams unreconstructed morons
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  179. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for November 2011

    Lies, damned lies and The Scotsman
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The demonisation of Alex Salmond
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  180. Smallaxe says:

    Stoker:

    Thank you.

    Peace Always

    Reply
  181. Tinto Chiel says:

    CameronB: Vichy Vision is failing. Internal colonisation is losing its grip.

    And we have Karen:

    link to youtube.com

    The great ocean is indifferent to our fate but we carry on with our human concerns.

    The tide is turning.

    Reply
  182. Smallaxe says:

    Hi Guys:

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  183. Tinto Chiel says:

    Smallaxe: correction, I avoid scarlet women hanging around lochs now.

    Sheesh!

    Reply
  184. Smallaxe says:

    Tinto:

    I am

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  185. Smallaxe says:

    One of these nights

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  186. Smallaxe says:

    I have been to the doctor

    link to youtube.com

    Peace ALWAYS

    Reply
  187. Cactus says:

    Cheers for the chives, excellent!

    Question out there.. now we all understand whisky.. but,

    When is bonnie.. bonny? and,
    When is bonny.. bonnie?

    Seeing many variations used.

    Ta.

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  188. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  189. Cactus says:

    ‘Waiting In Vain’

    ‘This Video Is Not Available’

    Hehehe, p*rfect!

    Reply
  190. Smallaxe says:

    Cactus:

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always 🙂

    Reply
  191. Smallaxe says:

    Cactus:

    Try again its working for me!

    Peace Always

    Reply
  192. Cactus says:

    We’re on the crest of an ever-rising wave.

    I can hear it being played on the accordion smallaxe.

    G*id mornin’ Monday.

    Reply
  193. Smallaxe says:

    Good Morning Cactus:

    Hows Things?

    Peace Always

    Reply
  194. Cactus says:

    4:17 only smallaxe, maybe me, animation denied, but aptly fitting none~ra~less.

    *We wish you a.. free Scotland and a lab free new year!*

    Get that ‘*’ on the top of the indy tree.

    That’s the Bullseye! Ready..?

    Reply
  195. Cactus says:

    Grand smallaxe, tres bigrand.

    Or en le france? 🙂

    Have ye heard of a gold called Springbank before?

    Be grand or good or be both.

    Reply
  196. Smallaxe says:

    I’ve got a white unicorn that sits on top of my tree Cactus.

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  197. Smallaxe says:

    Springbank Gold,do you mean the whisky?

    Peace Always

    Reply
  198. Cactus says:

    White Unicorn and whisky aye ~ Yes!

    Glasgow’s *nly ever a few footsteps away..

    From Glasgow to Gretna..

    Reply
  199. Smallaxe says:

    I know that Cactus I come from Barlanark,your welcome here anytime
    Peace Always.

    Reply
  200. Cactus says:

    And to you good earth-hood neighbourman.

    Likewise.

    Be grand.

    Reply
  201. Smallaxe says:

    Look after yersel Cactus,we need good punters like you.

    Peace Always

    Reply
  202. Cactus says:

    Of course, je capice.

    Darn, whose holding the Scottish line.. Toto?

    Goin’ tonto.

    Reply
  203. Cactus says:

    Aye, a peace always to one and ever-all.

    Independence referendum new..

    Pure raring tae go!!

    Gdnight (maybe)

    Reply
  204. Smallaxe says:

    Goodnight Cactus.Maybe

    Peace Always my friend

    Reply
  205. Cactus says:

    Maybe back once more.

    Check out ‘Recent Comments’ the now smallaxe.

    You and I have rattled it.

    X vs Zzz

    Reply
  206. Smallaxe says:

    Nae stamina,Cactus.

    We’ve taken over Wings

    Glesga Team Rules OK

    Peace Always

    Reply
  207. Cactus says:

    X wins.

    Big town takeover.. yaaaaas!

    How much we gonna hold this fine place to ransom pardner?

    Sun up.
    *.

    Reply
  208. Smallaxe says:

    X always wins Cactus,as long as you put it in the right box.

    We need mair Xs in thae boxes

    Peace Always

    Reply
  209. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  210. CameronB Brodie says:

    Still sooking up what comes out of the BUM?

    Pop Will Eat Itself – Wise Up! Sucker (12″ version)
    link to youtube.com

    Reply
  211. Brian Doonthetoon says:

    Hi CameronB Brodie.

    RE: Pop Will Eat Itself.

    The first of their offerings I came across was “Def Con 1”. I was intrigued by it. It worked well with my rock audience but what got me was I lost count at 9, trying to identify all the samples in it. But “Crazy Horses” just jumped out. I used to segue in to live, on vinyl.

    Once I had mastered my audio editing app on ‘my leedle Mac’. I put this mix together. I’ll provide the link: you may have to actually download it, then play it in your media player.

    I rather like it…

    BTW: It was me segueing ‘Def Con 1’ into The Osmonds “Crazy Horses” that made “Crazy Horses” a regular track in Dundee rock discos for years afterwards.

    link to sites.google.com

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  212. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for December 2011

    Briton Of The Year
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Sauce for the gander
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Farewell Elmer, King of the FUDs
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    We’ve heard this song before
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  213. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for December 2011

    The new boss, same as the old boss
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Did the SNP choose Labour’s new leader?
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Why there won’t be a March election
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Dazed and confused
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  214. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for December 2011

    Drawing the battle lines
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The Nordic love to feel
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Scotland’s secret constitution
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Labour advocates braces, but no belt
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  215. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for December 2011

    Hands off Britain’s money, idiots
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Positive-case-for-the-Union update #3
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Europe and the crystal bawbags
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Let’s not get carried away
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  216. Smallaxe says:

    Stoker:

    Thanks, Stoker,been waiting on these,I’m building a nice little collection.Hope it’s warmer tomorrow. 🙂

    Peace Always

    Reply
  217. Smallaxe says:

    # No1

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  218. Michael McCabe says:

    Hi Smallaxe that’s two tracks I have seen you play from Stanley Odd. this is one of his that was flying about before the Referendum. thought he was very good with his Lyrics. link to youtube.com OH roll on the Divorce.

    Reply
  219. Smallaxe says:

    Good to see you post,Michael,

    Good lyrics can make me listen to even a mediocre vocalist,especially if
    he/she wrote them,ergo.Dylan,Kristofferson,etc.Stanley Odd,I’m still surprised that a few people I’ve spoken to have never heard the name.

    Jake Bugg
    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always (and that divorce)

    Reply
  220. Michael McCabe says:

    I must Admit I love the Cave. link to youtube.com

    Reply
  221. Smallaxe says:

    “the Cave” I think that would make a good ballad,the lyrics are poetic.

    Paul Simon
    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  222. Michael McCabe says:

    Bob Dylan- Hurricane (Live) link to youtube.com

    Reply
  223. Smallaxe says:

    Did that last one get lost?,mine I mean.

    Rory Gallagher
    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  224. Michael McCabe says:

    Smallaxe. Loved the Paul Simon. Aaron Neville with a Dylan Cover. link to youtube.com

    Reply
  225. Smallaxe says:

    Kilburn and the High Roads.
    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  226. Smallaxe says:

    It’s amazing how different one song can sound with a change in tempo!

    Julian Lennon
    link to youtube.com

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  227. Smallaxe says:

    I suppose it’s bedtime.

    The Byrds
    link to youtube.com

    Goodnight

    Peace Always

    Reply
  228. Michael McCabe says:

    Smallaxe I would agree with you. Most of the Time. link to youtube.com

    Reply
  229. Smallaxe says:

    I thought that you had gone,last night.

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  230. Nana says:

    @Smallaxe

    How did you get on yesterday? Hopefully all good.

    I know you will have been tired afterwards.

    Reply
  231. Smallaxe says:

    Nana:

    They took another couple of barrels of blood and checked the size of my Spleen to see if it had taken over from my bone marrow making my blood.
    I should get the results before the end of the week.

    They are still baffled about how I’m getting about ok.
    According to them, I shouldn’t be so “healthy”.
    I did not tell them that I use my Wings.
    🙂
    Peace Always
    Billy

    Reply
    • Nana says:

      Wings working its magic? I think its a positive vibes of ‘the force’ and may it always be with you. xx

      link to youtube.com

      Obi-Wan should have sung this.

      Reply
  232. Smallaxe says:

    Nana:

    The doctors are singing this!

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  233. Smallaxe says:

    Nana:

    I forgot to say,you were talking about gloves yesterday I use these,they are thin,warm and with rubber bobbles on the palm for gripping.They are great for driving.

    link to mountainwarehouse.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
    • Nana says:

      @Smallaxe

      I have a pair of the grippi gloves, they’re great. I use them for cleaning out my freezers, when I take out the drawers the gloves helps me to grip so I don’t drop them [I have done this]

      I don’t drive any more, lost my confidence a few years back. I miss it sometimes but I have ‘chauffeurs’ who take me here and there so really don’t need to drive. Plus the shops are within walking distance.

      Reply
  234. Smallaxe says:

    Nana:

    I’m pleased to hear it,my wife,daughter and grandchildren have a chauffeur as well.ME!

    Peace Always

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  235. CameronB Brodie says:

    Here’s one from a person largely benefit of middle-class vanities and distractions. Someone who you could say follows a more aesthetic approach to life. I’m sure my choosing this path was not purely voluntary, rather a reactive response to the events and social stimuli that have shaped my BEING. A defense strategy against being crushed under a neo-liberal interpretation as a ‘failure’, when viewed against contemporary social values.

    I suppose you could say my BEING has been shaped through my life-long struggle against de-humanising habitus and ideology, I’m a scholarship kid to a private school, with a little bit of SOCIAL SCIENCES THEORY chucked in.

    That’s probably why I’m aware my self-conception is somewhat out of alignment with the reality of my circumstances. I have the skills required to participate in British ‘middle-class-ness’, though I have little desire or opportunity of participating in this way of life, as I refuse to replace authentic human value and principle with short-term expediency.

    Ignore the BUM, especially the BBC, it presents a facade of decency to cover neo-colonialism in th 21st century. The principles of contemporary social science support this perspective.

    React 2 Rhythm – Intoxication
    link to youtube.com

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  236. CameronB Brodie says:

    ….BEREFT….ffs

    …should have gone… 🙂

    Reply
  237. CameronB Brodie says:

    I suppose you could say I’ve been honing my skills as an ‘irritant’ to the British Establishment, since childhood. 🙂

    @dhothersall
    You’re ideological BEING is gonna take a spanking. Read any Bourdieu or Lorde yet? Done anything to de-colonise your mind? Apparently not, as you continue to support the acceptance of intolerance and social exclusion, along with an adherence to ideological dogma. This is the mindset that produced the inner-cities of the ’70s ye fanny-bawz.

    Misty In Roots ?- Poor And Needy
    link to youtube.com

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  238. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for December 2011

    Keeping up the good work
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Brass tacks and brass farthings
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Running to catch up
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Ally’s Self-Harmy Army
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  239. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for December 2011

    Positive-case-for-the-Union update #2
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    I think you just made me sure
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Cake or death? (Sorry, we’re out of cake)
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Spinning around
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  240. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for December 2011

    The voice of the 20%
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Interview with Tom Harris MP
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    A snappy headline stat
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    McGoldilocks and the three McBears
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  241. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for December 2011

    Dedication’s what you need
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Back to business
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  242. CameronB Brodie says:

    @dhothersall
    I suppose hoping for you to escape your ideological world and applying good judgement based on rational analysis of facts, is a bit like hoping for an organic double-yoker from a Muppet.

    You’re half the way there WANK, just relax and push.

    Swedish Chef – Ping Pong Ball Eggs
    link to youtube.com

    P.S. Your involvement with Scotland’s body politic is comming to an end. Scotland will not miss your presence.

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  243. CameronB Brodie says:

    @dhothersall
    We’re not trying to belittle you as you do a fine job of it yourself.

    I just wish you’d shut up and let the grown-ups get on with a conversation which is of such importance that ideologically minded politicians and their gimps, such as yourself, should be barred from involvement in.

    You’ll never understand “inclusion” until you comprehend habitus, which you are a product and supporter of. Your ideological outlook is ill-informed and subsequently inhumane, kid.

    Here’s a paradox for you to wrestle with, given you function as tool of British National Socialism.

    Put the master’s tools down!

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  244. CameronB Brodie says:

    @dhothersall
    As you pose as a credible commentator on Scotland’s contemporary socio-economic and political climate, I’m left wondering how an ill-informed tool of British National Socialism is enabled to comment on Scotland’s post-modern condition, experienced under a system of inter colonisation. Do you reject Differential Oppositional Consciousness and the “Methodology of the Oppressed”?

    link to caringlabor.files.wordpress.com

    Josh Wink – Higher State of Consciousness
    link to youtube.com

    P.S. This is music from a decade that was largely lost to me as my brain re-shaped it’s neural map, so here’s one specially for you sugar.

    SNEAKER PIMPS – “Spin Spin Sugar” (Armand’s Dark Garage Mix)
    link to youtube.com

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  245. CameronB Brodie says:

    @dhothersall
    I don’t know what your aesthetic appreciation or taste is is though I can imagine, so I’m not sure if you’ll appreciate this one. There was some good ‘dance’ music during this period, with a solid beat and an aware social consciousness.

    Basement Jaxx – Where’s Your Head At
    link to youtube.com

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  246. CameronB Brodie says:

    @dhothersall
    Don’t get the wrong idea now, I appreciate the nature of metaphorical boot I’ve just delivered to your British National Socialist balls.

    Pornland – Sympathise
    link to youtube.com

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  247. CameronB Brodie says:

    @dhothersall
    Your student politics ‘right-on-ness’ and British National Socialism is immature and lacks an authentic Scottish soul. It simply gets in the way of understanding the complex social processes under consideration, frankly.

    This is what you are, in an olfactory sense that is. A bit funky.

    Kunde – Funky beat
    link to youtube.com

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  248. Brian Doonthetoon says:

    Hi CameronB Brodie.

    Did you listen to that which I posted at 9.19pm last night?

    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    What thocht ye?

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  249. CameronB Brodie says:

    Brian Doonthetoon
    Yes, sorry for not responding at the time, I see I have some way to develop. You were mix’n and shit back in the day. 🙂

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  250. CameronB Brodie says:

    @dhothersall
    Are you beginning to appreciate who you are and what role you play in British society? You support an Establishment that resists modernity and present an obstacle to Scotland’s sustainable evolution. That can’t be allowed to go unchecked.

    Got a positive case for the Union?

    Tool – Schism
    link to youtube.com

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  251. CameronB Brodie says:

    Here’s a track from the band that were closely associated with the original Calton Hill “Beltane Fire Festival”, back in the day.

    If only the picture presented to the Scottish public as reality, wasn’t so tainted by alien ideology that is fetish-ised over as a British Nationalist pseudo-religion.

    Test Department – Current Affairs
    link to youtube.com

    Time to end the BBC’s grooming of a nation. Creeps.

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  252. CameronB Brodie says:

    @dhothersall
    Just in case those twitches are the signs of life, rather than the autonomic nervous system letting go of a once living political corpse of an ideological nationalist, here’s how I view your input to Scotland’s social well-being. Mind now, my perspective is informed by the principles of contemporary social science, ken.

    Got a positive case for the Union kid?

    WARNING: not suitable for those sensitive to flashing lights.

    Tool – Stinkfist
    link to youtube.com

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  253. Cactus says:

    Here’s a guy playing a very grand piano in an ocean of icebergs.

    It’s all about the Arctic
    link to youtube.com

    It’s all about the peace.

    Reply
  254. Paula Rose says:

    I’m actually rather saddened to find out that Grousebeater is not quite the high up thingie he thought he was – but he does have relevant things to say which is sweet.

    Reply
  255. Chic McGregor says:

    Strange double first in yesterday’s National.

    First double solution to the number square, although they only showed one and first two word crossword clue I have seen with an apostrophe separator, Nor’Wester.

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  256. Nana says:

    @Smallaxe

    Noticed you did not put the kettle on this morning. Hope all is well with you.

    Reply
  257. CameronB Brodie says:

    @TUBA-BOY
    Your ignorance is truly spectacular, is it an act? Sure you don’t wish Scots were all English? That’s what British nationalism is, expansionist English nationalism.

    A New England
    An English identity within Britain

    The politics of identity – why identity matters

    National identity is a hard thing for anyone to talk about. What after all, is more nebulous and elusive than a nation’s identity? But it is a particularly hard thing for politicians to talk about. For when they do, they are generally accused, from the left of chauvinism and, from the right, of treachery – or at least lack of patriotism. No doubt my comments today will court these accusations. Nevertheless, I think it is extremely important that politicians, and especially progressive, social democratic politicians, do talk about national identity.

    But how powerful are these arguments? They assume first, that national sentiment is something that can be suppressed or eradicated. But is this really so? Certainly, some people have a stronger sense of national identity than others. And a tiny minority of people – people who perhaps spend their lives moving from one place to another – have hardly any sense of national belonging at all. But most people do have firm ties to one or sometimes, even two or three, countries, even if it some times takes a terrible event – an attack on their homeland, the outbreak of a war, a natural disaster – to make them appreciate how strong those ties are.

    I believe that there is a real danger that if we simply neglect or talk down national identity – people’s sense of common belonging and shared values – we risk creating a festering, resentful national identity, an identity based not on confidence but on grievance. Indeed, if we look at the most unattractive examples of nationalism, they usually have their roots in the nationalists’ belief, true or otherwise, that they have been denied their birthright – that a foreign power, or an overly cosmopolitan, unpatriotic ruling class has prevented them from being who they really are.

    link to ippr.org

    “The right to development is an inalienable human right by virtue of which every human person and all peoples are entitled to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development, in which all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized.” (Article 1.1, Declaration on the Right to Development)

    “The human right to development also implies the full realization of the right of peoples to self-determination, which includes, subject to the relevant provisions of both International Covenants on Human Rights, the exercise of their inalienable right to full sovereignty over all their natural wealth and resources.” (Article 1.2)

    link to un.org

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  258. K1 says:

    Like what? 😉

    Reply
  259. Jim McIntosh says:

    Who would agree that the term “you promised to keep the garden in good order” is subjective enough to mean just about anything. Asking for a friend. 🙂

    Reply
  260. Thepnr says:

    @Jim McIntosh

    I would take that as meaning cutting the grass and a bit of weeding. Not planting anything or splashing cash. basically keep it tidy.

    Keeping something in “good order” is just maintenance like getting the car serviced. If it’s not serviced it will no longer be in good order when it is handed back. My view, FWIW.

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  261. CameronB Brodie says:

    @dhothersall
    Hey flat-head, the thing about ideologues is they lack an appreciation of science and art. Their world view is dictated by prescribed message, not human experience and imagination.

    I pity you with role models such as TUBA-BOY. Why don’t the pair of you expand your appreciation of “organic” and “ideological” nationalism? This may make your future comment worthy of consideration. It certainly isn’t at present.

    Mr Oizo – Flat Beat
    link to youtube.com

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  262. CameronB Brodie says:

    @dhothersall
    Hey flat-head. I hope you and TUBA-BOY won’t rely on FEAR again when indy2 comes around. I might have to let loose if that appears to be the way of things. Can’t have terrorists shaping my life, no matter how subtle they think they are.

    WHERE’S THE MONEY GEORGE? + Mr. Oizo – Positif
    link to youtube.com

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  263. Brian Doonthetoon says:

    Hi CameronB Brodie.

    You typed,
    “You were mix’n and shit back in the day”

    The bit of that mix that I was particularly chuffed with was using Alex Harvey from the “Penthouse Tapes” album as the bridge between Pop Will Eat Itself and The Osmonds. (Licks thumb and wipes on lapel…)

    ———————————————–

    Hi Jim McIntosh.

    You mentioned,
    “keep the garden in good order”

    That reminded me of a story. A guy moves in to a cottage in a wee village. The front and back gardens are totally unkempt – three feet high grass and so on. So, over the spring and summer, he works on the gardens every day. He cuts the grass back and creates flower borders at the front and plants shrubberies and vegetables at the back.

    By Autumn, the gardens are looking splendid. That’s when the local minister, passing by one day, engaged the guy in conversation. The guy shows him what he has done at the front and round the back.

    “Isn’t it wonderful,” says the minister, “to see God’s work in all its glory?”

    “God’s work?”, says the guy. “You should have seen it when he was looking after it himself!”

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  264. CameronB Brodie says:

    @dhothersall
    Hey flat-head, do you appreciate that from the perspective of post-modern critical social theory, your adherence to ideology and your basic intolerance and exclusionary* hostility to Scotland’s self-determination, identifies the neo-colonial character of your Yoonery.

    You would rather Scotland was extinguished under an expansionist form of English nationalism, of an increasingly neo-liberal, character. That’s why were Better Together, eh?

    Figured out how to “put the master’s tools down” yet, tool?

    Mr Oizo – Hand In The Fire (feat. Charli XCX)
    link to youtube.com

    * Can’t get much more exclusionary than denying Scots access to inalienable human rights. That’s denies the humanity of an entire people, those who identify as Scots.

    “The right to development is an inalienable human right by virtue of which every human person and all peoples are entitled to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development, in which all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized.” (Article 1.1, Declaration on the Right to Development)

    “The human right to development also implies the full realization of the right of peoples to self-determination, which includes, subject to the relevant provisions of both International Covenants on Human Rights, the exercise of their inalienable right to full sovereignty over all their natural wealth and resources.” (Article 1.2)

    link to un.org

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  265. CameronB Brodie says:

    Brian Doonthetoon
    Would it be taking it too far if I was to suggest your mixing was in some way breaking the ideology of each track. Your scratch was a solution of syntheses.

    Hat and coat already in hand. It’s cold and I lack hair. 🙂

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  266. CameronB Brodie says:

    @dhothersall
    Hey flat-head,, I’m not sure if that Tory fan-boy, David Torrance, will have any space left in his shabby tent of diminished being. You could always ask him and his mates to squeeze up. Birds of a colonialist feather….

    Mr. Oizo – End Of The World (feat. Skrillex)
    link to youtube.com

    Reply
  267. Paula Rose says:

    You know that thing where when you refresh the page it refreshes to where you commented?

    I get round that by having this and the current one open and then alternate after I comment.

    Reply
  268. CameronB Brodie says:

    Dr. Craig Dalzell
    I don’t know why you honour David Torrance by acknowledging he may have a rational argument. The colonising processes of British nationalism are in conflict with the principles of his scientific training. British nationalism and authentic Scottish self-identification are completely incompatible. It is either Britain or a Scotland with intrinsic integrity. Both can not exist in the same space at the same time.

    David Torrance is either an unprincipled charlatan or a disingenuous and anti-social throw-back to a less civilised colonial time. You dirty yourself with such contact.

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  269. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for January 2012

    Positive-case-for-the-Union roundup
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Lamont offers Scots [BLANK] tomorrow
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Why Labour doesn’t want devo max
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Catching up
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  270. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for January 2012

    A whole new hard(ball) game?
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Tory peer attempts to partition Scotland
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Round-up, 23rd Jan 2012
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Positive-case-for-the-Union update #9
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  271. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for January 2012

    Positive-case-for-the-Union update #8
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    A question for Willie Rennie
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    What if the referendum ISN’T legal?
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    We are the 99%, and the 51%
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  272. Brian Doonthetoon says:

    Hi Paula Rose.

    When I reload a WOS page, it appears at the same place it was before I clicked on “Reload” but with any new posts appearing below where I was so I have to scroll down the page to see them.

    I find that fine. What gets me is the rigmaroll to see what you’ve posted as soon as you’ve clicked on “Submit Comment”.

    Up to Firefox 35, I didn’t have the oft-reported problems of posts not appearing for around 15-20 minutes after clicking on “Submit Comment” and the username and email not being preserved. Then I jumped to Firefox 37 and those problems suddenly appeared.

    I’ve found out, by trial and error, the following work around.

    Before I comment, I enter my username and email address. Then I reload the page. The details seem to hold so I then type in my comment. When I’m finished, I check the appearance in the text below the text input box, then click on “Submit Comment”.

    Sometimes, the page reloads and shows me what I’ve submitted in the correct chronological place on the page. Other times, the page reloads and returns to the top of the page. In that case, I click on the “Backwards” button, then the reload button.

    About half the time, the page will then show my comment correctly in situ. The other half of the time, it takes anywhere between 5 and 15 minutes of reloading before my comment appears.

    “Go figure”, as Peter Griffin might utter…

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  273. Paula Rose says:

    BDTT I worry about you sometimes – I really do.

    Reply
  274. Stoker says:

    Calling Smallaxe….come in Smallaxe….

    Here’s one for you, from one of my favourite groups.
    Recognise the start?
    🙂

    UB40 – Here I Am Baby
    link to youtube.com

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  275. Brian Doonthetoon says:

    Hi Paula Rose.

    I’ll have you know that my Dad spent his formative years in Brechin so wa-a-atch whut yir typin’…

    Eh huv a splodge of Brechin blood in me…

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  276. Smallaxe says:

    Stoker:

    Big up Sistren,everyting criss,likkle more walk good.

    I and I overstand you,seen?
    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  277. Smallaxe says:

    Oh, Mi tiad a dem politician yah and dem ploytricks.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXk–eL5-kQ

    Peace Always

    Reply
  278. Cactus says:

    Ginseng, how do..

    Reply
  279. Thepnr says:

    Hey Cactus, meh heeds nipping. What the fuck is that about?

    Don’t care got a tune for them.

    link to youtube.com

    Reply
  280. Smallaxe says:

    Ian Brotherhood:

    Is this what you are looking for?

    link to bbc.co.uk

    Peace Always

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  281. Smallaxe says:

    SORRY Ian:

    just noticed that doesn’t play 🙁

    Peace Always

    Reply
  282. Cactus says:

    Good tea bud.

    Reply
  283. Smallaxe says:

    Cactus,Bud tea good! 🙂

    Peace Always

    Reply
  284. Cactus says:

    Indeed smallaxe.

    #feelslikefridayalready

    Behold.. my firstever hashtag.

    Reply
  285. Cactus says:

    After midnight..

    Who made who?

    Reply
  286. Thepnr says:

    @Cactus

    A winky thing.

    #dontbackdown my first hashtag.

    Reply
  287. Smallaxe says:

    Cactus:

    After Midnight

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  288. Smallaxe says:

    Cactus:

    is it that time already?

    link to youtube.com

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  289. CameronB Brodie says:

    Scottish ‘nationalism’ is organic, British “nationalism” is ideological. British nationalism is the philosophy of a colonial culture with a history of oppression.

    Burning Spear – Message
    link to youtube.com

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  290. Smallaxe says:

    Burning Spear:

    Peace
    link to youtube.com

    Always

    Reply
  291. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    How you doing FAN-BOY, still not found a way to allow your sense of ethics to rise above your beliefs? Thick, greedy or both?

    Burning Spear – I and I survive
    link to youtube.com

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  292. CameronB Brodie says:

    Smallaxe
    We could keep this all night, the man had powerfull knowledge and release tonnes of records. 🙂

    Reply
  293. Smallaxe says:

    We could Cameron but,Mi GWAAN

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  294. CameronB Brodie says:

    Night, night Smallaxe. Last one from myself.

    Burning Spear – Thank you
    link to youtube.com

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  295. CameronB Brodie says:

    @dhothersall
    Don’t want you to feel excluded.

    Burning Spear – Brain Food
    link to youtube.com

    Smallaxe
    Do you think my approach might be a syntheses of the conflicting philosophies of yours and the Cat’s. 🙂

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  296. CameronB Brodie says:

    @dhothersall
    Don’t worry too much, others have been bewildered by the outward wholesomeness of the Fabian Society, and have found a way to turn towards the light. Which is it for you though, Fabian British nationalist communist fascism, or self-determination?

    Tackhead – Mind At The End Of The Tether
    link to youtube.com

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  297. CameronB Brodie says:

    @dhothersall
    One of the problem with not being able to switch off, is you come up with the weirdest connections. Picture “Balloon Boy” with a beard and the resemblance is astonishing, frankly. 😉

    What Is The Purpose of Balloon Boy?
    link to youtube.com

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  298. CameronB Brodie says:

    @dhothersall
    Answer this, does a website that regularly hosts comments supporting civil liberties and human rights, which do not receive a hostile reception, strike you as a den of “blood and soil” nationalist intolerance hatred?

    Admittedly, I have no time for fools. However, I merely seek access to inalienable human rights. How terribly nationalist of me.

    BTS – Wings MASHUP
    link to youtube.com

    P.S. I bet I’ve forgotten more about equality issues than you will ever know, kid.

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  299. CameronB Brodie says:

    @dhothersall
    In case you haven’t figured out where I’m coming from yet, and I don’t mean Dundee.

    PJ Harvey – Rub Til It Bleeds
    link to youtube.com

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  300. CameronB Brodie says:

    @dhothersall
    I’ll make a deal with you. If you can provide a positive case for the Union, I’ll get off your back. Based on science and human experience now, not ideology.

    Show us what a capable individual you are. You should be confident as you are up against a disabled monstar here. Less than 5% of those who have received comparable traumatic brain damage as I have, go on to access any type of employment.

    The stage is set for you now, show the world what you’ve got kid.

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  301. Nana says:

    Links

    link to twitter.com

    Breitbart isn’t ‘just a publication.’ It’s a pestilence
    link to archive.is

    The press has a problem with extremism and radicalisation
    link to byline.com

    Nosferatu at the Ritz
    link to archive.is

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  302. Nana says:

    French PM urges taxes on imports from countries snubbing climate pact
    link to archive.is

    Facebook makes special tool for hiding stories from countries’ citizens
    link to archive.is

    link to thecanary.co

    link to politicshome.com

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  303. CameronB Brodie says:

    One thing about spotting an opportunity is that one needs to respond in a measured fashion so as to take hold to your advantage.

    The Anglo/American pact is at it’s weakest, as they square up to ‘home-grown’ American fascism, with an insurgent driving up the middle of Wall Street, the Donald, causing all sorts of waves and upset.

    Time to start looking for that life-raft folks.

    It’s no secret that the Koch brothers really don’t like Donald Trump. In political media, much has been made of the fact that Charles and David Koch, the neo­libertarian principals of Koch Industries and overseers of a secretive network of deep-pocketed political donors, declined to dedicate the resources of the many advocacy organizations they have seeded in this year’s presidential contest. David Koch, a Republican Party delegate, even managed to miss attending the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

    But don’t think for a minute that the super­-rich siblings, who together are worth some $82 billion, according to Forbes, aren’t helping Donald Trump. They may not wish to get all of that Trumpy dirt—the calls to violence, the obvious racism and misogyny, the invitation to Russia for cyber­espionage on his own country—on their manicured hands, but they’re keen to turn out the voters needed to maintain Republican control of both houses of Congress. And there’s no way to turn out those voters without helping the ("Quizmaster" - Ed) from Queens.

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  304. CameronB Brodie says:

    Link.

    link to prospect.org

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  305. Smallaxe says:

    Nana:

    Good Morning Nana,Sorry I missed you yesterday.Wifi problems.I sent that short message to you on a smart TV,it took ages.Anyway,thanks for the links,Kettle’s on.

    Peace Always

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  306. Smallaxe says:

    CameronB Brodie:

    Good morning Cameron,late night last night!

    Peace Always

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  307. CameronB Brodie says:

    Smallaxe
    I’ve always got my eye out for loon yoons Smallaxe. 😉

    Talking of which, I haven’t seen any activity in BLiS____d’s Edinburgh office, which I just about live above, since 2014. What a total sham of an operation. They certainly weren’t very welcoming when I responded to their plea for volunteers, in the last couple of days before the indy poll.

    Must have been something I said. 🙂

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  308. CameronB Brodie says:

    P,S, Good morning. 🙂

    Reply
  309. Smallaxe says:

    Cameron:

    I’m not a gambling man,but I bet it was something you said.

    🙂

    Peace Always

    Reply
  310. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    I’ve not forgotten about you FAN-BOY, I’ve been busy. Hope you didn’t think we are through skooling you yet. I may be a bit beaten down but there’s still fight left in these bones.

    Lee Scratch Perry – Super ape in a good shape
    link to youtube.com

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  311. Smallaxe says:

    Give him this also.

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  312. CameronB Brodie says:

    Smallaxe
    The walls of Babylon are nighty, we’ll need to coordinate our huff and our puff better, if we want to blow them away.

    Reply
  313. CameronB Brodie says:

    Just a sneaking suspicion but I don’t think “The Furious Man” will ever get the message that Britain is a legacy of the colonial era. The guy’s “name” and defends his slavery.

    Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message
    link to youtube.com

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  314. Smallaxe says:

    Cameron,I am a small axe,but I’m not the only one,we shall cut them down.

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  315. CameronB Brodie says:

    We could probably do with all the help we can germinate Smallaxe. This is a fight to the death between Anglo/American neo-liberalism and progressive, consensus democracy of the Scots and for the Scots.

    Afro Celt Sound System – The Magnificent Seven
    link to youtube.com

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  316. Anyone recall any coverage regarding the ‘difficulties’ experienced by the Sunday Herald when it came out in favour of independence in May 2014? I’m trying to write a piece concerning the changes in journalism in Scotland, and I remember much comment about this at the time (great difficulty getting any supermarkets to distribute it), and I also seem to recall that The National had similar problems when it appeared…

    Reply
  317. Smallaxe says:

    Cameron:

    We are many.

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  318. Smallaxe says:

    thewaterbeastie:

    link to bbc.co.uk

    This is all I can find.

    Peace Always

    Reply
  319. Smallaxe says:

    thewaterbeastie:

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_National_(Scotland)

    Peace Always

    Reply
  320. Caledonian Lass says:

    Belated thanks to Michael McCabe and Smallaxe for welcoming me to the off-topic thread. I have posted a few comments on Wings over Scotland in the past (quite some time ago). Even when I wasn’t commenting, I still kept up to date with reading Wings. It’s one of the best places to go for exposing the lies of the MSM.

    Peace Always, Smallaxe.

    @ Cameron B Brodie

    There are a lot of ‘chanty-wrastlers’ like Torrance around, especially on the BBC. That channel should carry a health warning for causing extreme nausea and raising blood pressure.

    They’re so full of their own importance that they think their audience is hanging on to their every word when in fact we’re
    shouting at the screen: “Feck off, ye @@!!%$@@@ scunners!”

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  321. CameronB Brodie says:

    Caledonian Lass
    The BBC impairs Scotland’s self-perception and judgement. This is no accident.

    ————-

    I’m partial to sweet and sour myself but that presents the danger of slipping in to Cheech and Chong ‘humour’.

    MVSCLES – Sweet n’ Sour
    link to youtube.com

    P.S. The meds are on order. Sweet. 🙂

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  322. CameronB Brodie says:

    This might get me carded. 🙂

    Apologies, if necessary, ladies but what name would you prefer?

    Pop Will Eat Itself – Beaver Patrol (Box Frenzy)
    link to youtube.com

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  323. Nana says:

    @Smallaxe

    Not long in, busy day. Just saw your comment on the prophecies thread, missed it yesterday.
    Good to know you are ok.

    Hope this link works so you can have a laugh

    link to amazon.com

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  324. Smallaxe says:

    Nana:

    Love them, that’s everybody’s Christmas sorted,although I’m not sure about the toilet paper it would either constipate you or have the opposite effect.I think the rUK could use the Billion Dollar notes to pay off their debt,when we leave.Which will be very soon I hope.
    🙂
    Peace and Love to You and Yours
    Billy

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  325. Smallaxe says:

    Nana: I posted this earlier to you at 7-55am this morning,on this thread to let you know the situation.

    Nana:

    Good Morning Nana,Sorry I missed you yesterday.Wifi problems.I sent that short message to you on a smart TV,it took ages.Anyway,thanks for the links,Kettle’s on.

    Peace Always

    Reply
    • Nana says:

      @Smallaxe

      That’s how I realised you had left a comment yesterday. I was reading the off topic messages in my inbox and spotted the one at 7.55am.

      With all the different threads, sometimes it’s difficult to keep up and the last couple of days have been busy so I’ve probably missed lots.

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  326. Smallaxe says:

    Caledonian Lass:

    Hi again,stick around later,we usually have a party with some drinks and dancing.Good to see you back!
    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  327. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for January 2012

    Is this the worst “apology” of all time?
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Positive-case-for-the-Union update #7
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    A few hours is a long time in politics
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    One paper, two polls, no information
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  328. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for January 2012

    As others see us
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    If we had a hammer
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Positive-case-for-the-Union update #6
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Unionist disowns Union Jack
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  329. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for January 2012

    The Constitutional Wrangle For Dummies
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    A Unionist Scottish patriot writes
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Question Of The Week
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Positive-case-for-the-Union update #5
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  330. Tinto Chiel says:

    Thanks, Stoker.

    Building a library, as they say.

    Reply
  331. Smallaxe says:

    Stoker:

    Thank you,I hope you understood my replies last night,if not I’ll give you a translation.Thanks again.

    Peace Always

    Reply
  332. Paula Rose says:

    Have we had any Dusty tracks recently?

    Reply
  333. Smallaxe says:

    Paula Rose:

    Spooky!

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  334. Stoker says:

    TC & Smallaxe

    No probs, you’re both welcome.

    O.K. Smallaxe, let’s have the translation.

    I’ll read it in the morning, off to my bunk.

    Goodnight troops!

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  335. Smallaxe says:

    Paula Rose:

    YOU DONT OWN ME

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  336. Smallaxe says:

    Stoker:Goodnight.

    Big up Sistren,everyting criss,likkle more walk good.
    I and I overstand you,seen?:
    Translation
    Respect Sister,everything is good see you later,I know what you mean,you get me.

    Oh, Mi tiad a dem politician yah and dem ploytricks
    Oh,I’m tired of politicians and their schemes and lies

    One Love, One Heart, One Nation.

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  337. Cactus says:

    Cat fight on Sky News there.. tbc

    We’re at miniscus point, ready to overflow.

    Miaow.

    Reply
  338. Smallaxe says:

    The worst thing about insomnia is insomnia.

    Simon and Garfunkle,original 1964 version
    the Sound of Silence.
    link to youtube.com

    Disturbed,Version same song,only different
    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  339. Nana says:

    @Smallaxe

    Aye Billy there were a lot of links yesterday, due to the autumn statement and brexit. Consider yourself lucky, I had another 11 which I dumped.

    Anyhoo I am taking a break for a while but as wingers are getting really good at finding links I doubt I will be missed [well maybe just a little bit]

    Here’s a bit of fun for everyone to do

    link to 16personalities.com

    Take care of yourself & keep the coffee brewing xx

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  340. Smallaxe says:

    Nana:

    Enjoy your break,you deserve some “ME time.You will be missed,by me especially.Other Wingers may be good at finding their own links,but I won’t get enough to fill me up first thing in the morning.I will keep the coffee brewing.Look after yourself.

    Peace Love and Thank You

    Billy xx

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  341. Tinto Chiel says:

    Nana: look after yourself.

    Those dainty digits need a wee rest.

    I’m off to do Mrs TC’s ironing. She bought me a Super Turbo steamer with a separate reservoir and I’ve got to repay the investment.

    Before ye go:

    *Man goes into butcher’s.*

    Man: Can I have a mince round?

    Butcher: Please yourself, sir, but we close in five minutes.

    ***end of joke***

    And don’t any of you lot all say, “Where’s the start?”

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  342. CameronB Brodie says:

    Nana
    Looks like you might know me better than I do myself. 😉

    Take care and all the best.

    Reply
  343. Tinto Chiel at 10.40
    Apparently that man was Larry Grayson -and I think he told the joke himself.

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  344. Tinto Chiel says:

    DMH: yes, dear old Larry.

    Seemed like a nice boy, as he used to say himself.

    I have decided, on aesthetic grounds, not to tell the one about the lady who goes into the fishmonger’s with a chantie.

    ***Scotland rejoices***

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  345. CameronB Brodie says:

    @PeatWorrier
    Please excuse my simplistic, non-legally trained mind but why the fuck should I respect a legal system and the laws which it produces, if the purpose and outcome of such law is to support the continued denial of the inalienable human rights of Scots. Contemporary Britain stands in conflict to international development law and outwith the global agreement of ‘best practice’ towards achieving a sustainable future.

    FUCK THAT! Where are my human rights and where’s my burning torch? Or am I simply an ignorant pleb?

    P.S. I’m not a Port drinker and can spot the effects of habitus a mile off. Ken fit eh mean?

    “The right to development is an inalienable human right by virtue of which every human person and all peoples are entitled to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development, in which all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized.” (Article 1.1, Declaration on the Right to Development)

    “The human right to development also implies the full realization of the right of peoples to self-determination, which includes, subject to the relevant provisions of both International Covenants on Human Rights, the exercise of their inalienable right to full sovereignty over all their natural wealth and resources.” (Article 1.2)

    link to un.org

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  346. Quentin Quale says:

    Thought I’d get in quick and get the Friday party started. This’ll have you leapin’ aroon’ the lobby.
    For all Wingers but especially for BDTT, Thepnr and of course the delicious Paula Rose.
    link to youtube.com

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  347. Smallaxe says:

    Joe Cocker: The Letter-

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  348. Smallaxe says:

    Steam: kiss him Goodbye
    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  349. Quentin Quale says:

    @Smallaxe – hello there. Ah, Joe Cocker. Brilliant. Here’s another
    link to youtube.com

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  350. Smallaxe says:

    Pink Floyd: Is There Anybody Out There?

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  351. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for January 2012

    ++ OVERLOAD ERROR ++
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Taxi for Tory
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Why Labour doesn’t need Scotland
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Positive-case-for-the-Union update #4
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  352. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for January 2012

    Labour, nationalists of the blood
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Cameron misplaces marbles
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Dog finds bone
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    To infinity and beyond
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  353. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for January 2012

    The Bannockburn myth
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Spectators of suicide
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Labour voters: Help wanted
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The dogs of war
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  354. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for January 2012

    We are at war with Eastasia
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    New year, same old FUDs
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  355. Smallaxe says:

    Hi Quentin, another one of Joe, covering REM

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  356. Smallaxe says:

    Stoker:

    Thank You,did you get the translation that you asked for,further up this thread?

    Peace Always

    Reply
  357. Michael McCabe says:

    Roy Rodgers. link to youtube.com

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  358. Ian Brotherhood says:

    Just sent this to my brother, so might as well drop it in here too.

    Julie Fowlis singing The Beatles ‘Blackbird’:

    link to youtube.com

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  359. Smallaxe says:

    1967 San Franciscan nights,They did more than House of the Rising Sun

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  360. Yesindyref2 says:

    I like this version, and that’s that

    link to youtube.com

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  361. Smallaxe says:

    Eric Burdon and War:Paint it Black.

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  362. CameronB Brodie says:

    Here’s one in recognition of the global resurgence of fascism and the un-deadness of Project Fear.

    War – Slippin’ Into Darkness
    link to youtube.com

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  363. Smallaxe says:

    I knew I should never have come to this party,I was warned!

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  364. CameronB Brodie says:

    I’m not meaning to be greedy but WAR were an amazing band, IMHO.

    WAR – The World Is A Ghetto
    link to youtube.com

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  365. Michael McCabe says:

    I know a girl who Prefers this Version. link to youtube.com

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  366. Smallaxe says:

    Curtis Mayfield:

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  367. Michael McCabe says:

    Night Nurse- Gregory Isaacs link to youtube.com

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  368. CameronB Brodie says:

    Michael McCabe
    I posted that one the other night Michael, when you didn’t show up. I thought you might have been otherwise occupied. 😉

    Reply
  369. Michael McCabe says:

    This song might be out of date. But it was a Cracker then & it Still does it for me. The Special Aka link to youtube.com

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  370. Smallaxe says:

    Some people died fighting for peace and equality.

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  371. Smallaxe says:

    Give me hope.

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  372. Cactus says:

    Did ye hear about the sequel to ‘Finding Nemo..?’

    ‘Wherz Dory?’

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  373. Smallaxe says:

    Cactus:

    Captain Nemo
    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  374. Smallaxe says:

    Night all

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  375. Michael McCabe says:

    Hey up the back. Some of us are trying to survive down here. link to youtube.com

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  376. CameronB Brodie says:

    It’s certainly not easy to survive living under a system of internal colonisation, let alone thrive. I’d suggest the last 40 years might have seen the deepest exploitation of Scotland’s resources, throughout it’s three centuries of subservience to England. Stagnant population, structural poverty and a society structured through English culture and constantly groomed by the BBC to be happy BritNats.

    Wake up Scotland, don’t be “name”!

    Donny Hathaway – The Ghetto
    link to youtube.com

    @Loki
    Your friends appear to be mostly neo-fascists, figured out you’re on the wrong team yet?

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  377. Stoker says:

    Smallaxe (@9:08pm)

    Yes, got the translation. Sorry about not getting back to you sooner but these days i just normally post my comments then do a bunk, especially over here in Paula’s hoose.

    You never know if anyones around, sometimes the hoose is jumpin’ and sometimes it’s deserted. I think they all watch for me coming and then hide when i get to the door.
    🙂

    Have a great and safe weekend troops.

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  378. CameronB Brodie says:

    @Loki
    Don’t be too hard on yourself, your not the only one to have been taken in by the apparent wholesomeness of British National Socialism.

    British socialism + British nationalism = British fascism = BLiS___d

    The Temptations – Ball of Confusion (That what the world is today)
    link to youtube.com

    @Church of Scotland
    Have you decided weather your duty is to protect your flock or is it to support an Anglican Establishment? Do you know God?

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  379. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    Hey FAN-BOY. I’m still wondering how someone with a degree in psychology and shit, can hold beliefs that compel the impairment of Scots’ self-perception and judgement.

    Were you off school when they covered identity formation or are you simply a greedy, selfish, fake? We already know you are a Tory fan-boy but perhaps you can explain the next time the BBC invites you to present the ‘rational’ voice of Scotland?

    Panic in Babylon?

    Lee “Scratch” Perry – I’m a Psychiatrist
    link to youtube.com

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  380. Robert J. Sutherland says:

    Don’t know if you know it already or not, but here’s a song that was prescient about the 2008 crash, and with Brexit looming seems doubly-relevant here and now.

    (Jeez, how is it that even a musician can see what’s happening when the “great and good” can’t? Eliza Gilkyson, fine songwriter and musician, and very together person.)

    a live version:
    link to youtube.com

    recorded version:
    link to youtube.com

    Worth checking out for more too…

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  381. CameonB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    Chin up FAN-BOY. I appreciate the recognition of one’s personal deficiencies can be a painful process but I’m sure you’ll agree it can be a positive step towards personal growth. Perhaps you need to look to your childhood to explain your apparent lack of humanity.

    Your spiritual spanking’s a long way from being over kid. I hope you appreciate that. 😉

    Upsetters (feat. U Roy) – Double 6
    link to youtube.com

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  382. CameronB Brodie says:

    Robert J. Sutherland
    Sorry Robert, I hadn’t refreshed. Indeed, a ‘runaway train’ powered by greed, nepotism and corruption. Am I’m beginning to sound a bit preachy? 🙂

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  383. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    Think you’ve got what it takes to pick yourself up and re-invent yourself FAN-BOY, if the bottom of your world was to fall away? Think you could survive dropping through the social safety net? Think you could recover to build a business from scratch, with nothing behind you for support? Think you could be an employer?

    You’ve probably never met the likes of me kid. You’re gonna take a tanking and it will be my great pleasure to cripple your over-inflated self-image. WANK.

    Lee Perry & The Upsetters – Jungle Lion
    link to youtube.com

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  384. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for February 2012

    The Scotsman backs Al-Qaeda
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Where’s Johann?
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Our friends, in the South
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Why are we waiting?
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  385. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for February 2012

    Union Blackjack
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The short straw
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The honey-dripping beehive
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Positive-case-for-the-Union update #13
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  386. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for February 2012

    A thing that really happened
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Trust me, i’m a liar
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Unionists break ranks, tell truth
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The invisible truth
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  387. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for February 2012

    Kettle, meet pot
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Something from the crank file
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Scotland’s other shame
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Swings and roundabouts
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Please note folks, that whilst i enjoy *any* WOS articles because they all do what i enjoy most about this site, expose the truth, i will not be linking to football related posts. I want to focus on the political articles relevant to Scottish independence. For those interested, there are 2 excellent articles in the first half of February 2012 related to football.

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  388. Cactus says:

    Yogi-Yogi Chai, how do..

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  389. Smallaxe says:

    Stoker:

    Big up Sistren,thank you for your dedication.

    Peace Always

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  390. Michael McCabe says:

    link to youtube.com

    Reply
  391. Michael McCabe says:

    A wee tune for my Mate Thepnr. link to youtube.com

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  392. Smallaxe says:

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  393. Smallaxe says:

    Bring it on!
    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  394. Michael McCabe says:

    Heavy Man. link to youtube.com

    Reply
  395. Cactus says:

    We good.

    Turn it up to eleven & three-quarter.
    X.

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  396. Thepnr says:

    @Michael McCabe

    Thanks for that my friend and in return I have only this, a song played many times here. Of that I’m proud.

    Sad to hear of Fidel Castros death today, a man hated by the establishment but h=as far as I know he did best that he could for his people. My wee tribute.

    The song is called Proud. Turn the sound up and listen, that’s us 🙂

    link to youtube.com

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  397. Cactus says:

    Turn it up Thepnr.

    Karma turns up once again.

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  398. Smallaxe says:

    Castro:

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  399. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    Morning FAN-BOY. I was thinking about your ideological self and thought it’s just not the done thing to allow you to walk around in such profound ignorance. So, I though “why not teach the kid myself”? So let’s get started with your remedial skooling, shall we?

    According to Erikson, the ego develops as it successfully resolves crises that are distinctly social in nature. These involve establishing a sense of trust in others, developing a sense of identity in society, and helping the next generation prepare for the future.

    Erikson extends on Freudian thoughts by focusing on the adaptive and creative characteristic of the ego, and expanding the notion of the stages of personality development to include the entire lifespan.

    link to simplypsychology.org

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  400. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    Still with me FAN-BOY?

    Based on Erik Erikson’s groundbreaking work on identity and psychosocial development in the 1960s, Canadian developmental psychologist James Marcia refined and extended Erikson’s model, primarily focusing on adolescent development[1][2]. Addressing Erikson’s notion of identity crisis, Marcia posited that the adolescent stage consists neither of identity resolution nor identity confusion, but rather the degree to which one has explored and committed to an identity in a variety of life domains from vocation, religion, relational choices, gender roles, and so on. Marcia’s theory of identity achievement argues that two distinct parts form an adolescent’s identity: crisis (i. e. a time when one’s values and choices are being reevaluated) and commitment. He defined a crisis as a time of upheaval where old values or choices are being reexamined. The end outcome of a crisis leads to a commitment made to a certain role or value.

    Perhaps the next time you’re on the BBC, you can explain to them that their love for Scotland is neither natural nor healthy? They hamper the formation of a Scottish identity and impair Scotland’s psycho-social development by forcing a British identity and values on Scots. As you will no doubt acknowledge, such a perversion of one’s personal development can be expected to effectively undermine the formation of a rational, self-aware human BEING.

    The BBC undermines Scotland’s self-confidence and ability to make rational judgement and effectively turns Scots in to domesticated beasts or zoo exhibits, kept in a permanent state of adolescence.

    Now why would the BBC do that other than to subvert Scottish democracy?

    link to learning-theories.com

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  401. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    Personal bigotry can be hard to overcome so here’s a handy wee summery for you FAN-BOY. Perhaps you could share it with BALLOON-BOY?

    CULTURE AND IDENTITY? The term ‘culture’ refers to the language, beliefs, values and norms, customs, dress, diet, roles, knowledge and skills, and all the other things that people learn that make up the ‘way of life’ of any society. Culture is passed on from one generation to the next through the process of socialization.

    link to slideshare.net

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  402. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    Personal bigotry can be hard to overcome so here’s a handy wee summery for you FAN-BOY. Perhaps you could share it with BALLOON-BOY?

    CULTURE AND IDENTITY? The term ‘culture’ refers to the language, beliefs, values and norms, customs, dress, diet, roles, knowledge and skills, and all the other things that people learn that make up the ‘way of life’ of any society. Culture is passed on from one generation to the next through the process of socialization.

    link to slideshare.net

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  403. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    Unfortunately, things aren’t necessarily as straight forward as it might appear. Ideology is all around us, in the written or spoken word and also transmitted through the environment and the semiotic processes it triggers. Here’s one you might enjoy sharing with BALLOON-BOY and the SEMIOTIC-KID, Severin Carrell.

    Subjectivity and Identity: Semiotics as Psychological Explanation

    Semiotic theorists including Umberto Eco have recently sought to found epistemology on a cognitive interpretation of sign-usage. Other psychological models of ‘identity’ and /or ‘subjectivity’ or of individual ‘subjects’ have also been re-interpreted in general semiotic terms. It is argued that these analyses are frequently reductionist, circular, or merely re-describe the psychological phenomena in question. Many Cultural Studies texts seem to equate subjects with individual persons and so retreat to a vulgar empirical level of psychological analysis. To avoid such naive pseudo-theorising an dpseudo-explanation, it is suggested that carefully formulated distinctions be mad e between different uses of the terms ‘identity’, ‘subject’, ‘subjectivity’ and the Lacanian concept of what might be called ‘subject-hood’ or ‘subject-ness-in–general’.

    link to users.ipfw.edu

    N.B. The semiotic theory of space and place tells us autonomy stimulates the development of new processes and procedures i.e. locally defined and therefore authentic culture.

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  404. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    How much does the BBC paying you to spread your anti-scientific point of view FAN-BOY?

    Lee Perry and The Upsetters – Vampire
    link to youtube.com

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  405. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    Thought we were through for the day FAN-BOY? No such luck. We live in a semiotic world, see.

    You do know what principles are?

    Identity and interaction: a sociocultural linguistic approach

    ABSTRACT
    The article proposes a framework for the analysis of identity as produced in linguistic interaction, based on the following principles: (1) identity is the product rather than the source of linguistic and other semiotic practices and therefore is a social and cultural rather than primarily internal psychological phenomenon; (2) identities encompass macro-level demographic categories, temporary and interactionally specific stances and participant roles, and local, ethnographically emergent cultural positions; (3) identities may be linguistically indexed through labels, implicatures, stances, styles, or linguistic structures and systems; (4) identities are relationally constructed through several, often overlapping, aspects of the relationship between self and other, including similarity/difference, genuineness/artifice and authority/ delegitimacy; and (5) identity may be in part intentional, in part habitual and less than fully conscious, in part an outcome of interactional negotiation, in part a construct of others’ perceptions and representations, and in part an outcome of larger ideological processes and structures. The principles are illustrated through examination of a variety of linguistic interactions.

    link to colorado.edu

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  406. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    How about a sociocultural perspective on identity?

    Vygotsky, Mead, and the New Sociocultural Studies of Identity

    Identity is a key concept in many different fields including psychology, anthropology, sociology, linguistic, andcultural studies. At the intersection of these fields, sociocultural research, a recent name for the interdisciplinary approach inspired by the cultural historical work of L.S. Vygotsky and others, is developing its own integrated perspective on identity. In his brief life, Vygotsky wrote down only rudimentary ideas about personality or self. Still, those he offered, when combined with his general notions of semiotic mediation and higher order psychological functions, formulate an important nascent understanding of identity formation and its significance for people’s lives and processes of social and cultural change. This chapter examines developments in relevant research and theory that have appeared for the most part since the key article by William Penuel and James Wertsch in 1995. By adopting an expanded definition of identity, we include a wide rangeof research, from case studies ofindividual identity development toanalyses of thr centrality of identities in mediating response to state projects and to social movements.

    Concepts of identity are often (though not in Penuel and Wertsch) promiscuously mingled, producing a good bit of confusion and ambiguity. Since we concentrate on the approach to identity associated with George Herbert Mead, rather than following Penuel and Wertsch’s focus on Erik Erikson’s better-known concepts, our first task is to clarify the differences between these two major conceptualizations. Those who are tempted to move directly to the review of empirical studies in the third section should consider first reading the clarification of the two concepts of identity that follows.

    link to people.ucsc.edu

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  407. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    Hope I’m joining the dots for you FAN-BOY. Wouldn’t want you to continue spreading anti-scientific beliefs, even if that is what the BBC employs you for.

    Meaningful Connections: Semiotics, Cultural Psychology, and the Forms of Sense

    Abstract and Keywords

    This chapter explores what a philosophically oriented semiotics has to offer to cultural psychology. In as much as semiotics, as the general theory of signs, deals with multiple forms of meanings, its concerns are distinctively cultural. But in as much as semiotics is concerned with the experienced reality of meanings, its concerns are distinctively psychological. Nevertheless, semiotics is not itself a cultural psychology nor a psychology of culture, nor a substitute for them. This chapter presents key elements from the semiotically relevant work of C.S. Peirce, Karl Bühler, Michael Polanyi, Ernst Cassirer, and Susanne Langer to focus on the power of semiotics to model the self, situate the semiotic frames of cultural meaning, broaden the notion of signification, and to delineate the fundamental groundlines of the plenum of consciousness and establish the thresholds of sense, including the role of the tacit dimension and the semiotic relevance of embodiment.

    link to oxfordhandbooks.com

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  408. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    In case you are struggling to join the dots FAN-BOY, the BBC gives you a platform to spread your anti-scientific and anti-social beliefs. Any idea why the BBC might ask for your help to miss-represent Scotland?. Could it be you are perceived as knowledgeable and credible?

    As in other areas we have studied, researchers use scientific or humanistic approaches to study representation in the media. First, however, we should ask why intercultural communication researchers and students should even be interested in media representation. Briefly, we can summarize two reasons that media is important (but there may be more!)

    Mass media produces (creates) and reproduces (passes on) ways of seeing that at a minimum reflect, and some argue, shape our culture. We can look at media to understand more about a culture’s values and norms (as long as we realize the limitations of looking at media. For example, does American news really represent what American “culture” is like, or only what “stands out” (is “new”) from everyday American culture—the noteworthy, the surprising. Or, more, does it represent what media makers, supported by advertisements, think will sell, thus the sensational, the absurd, the violent, the conflictual? Also, if we agree with certain scientific or humanistic theories of media, long-term exposure to media may lead people to see the world in a certain way or to behave in certain ways. Over time, if enough people are so influenced, then culture itself will change.

    Mass media produces and reproduces stereotypes of cultural groups within a country, as well as the view of people from other cultures. It is likely that the mediated representation of cultural others is one of the primary places we gain meanings about others, especially if we don’t have contact with those others. But even if we do have contact with people from the group, we may interpret our experiences through what we “learn” in the media. Note: Most of my students today believe strongly that they are “active” individuals, making their own choices, not influenced by media. We don’t want to think that we are dupes, being fooled or misled by media images. But studies show that media does have some influence on the way we see reality or act, even if we are not aware of or will not admit media’s influences.

    link to my.ilstu.edu

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  409. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    So according to principles of contemporary social science, you would appear to be either dangerously ignorant of socio-psycological processes, or you’re a bit of an anti-Scottish bigot. Care to fess up FAN-BOY?

    Media Representation Theory

    Representation refers to the construction in any medium (especially mass media) of aspects of ‘reality’ such as people, places, objects, events, cultural identities and other abstract concepts. Such representations in speech or writing as well as still and moving pictures….

    link to slideshare.net

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  410. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    I’m nowhere near eleven yet FAN-BOY but that’s probably enough for today. I’ve barely started with your re-edumication, so it might be good idea for you to admit you’re finished as a credible commentator.

    Max Romeo & The Upsetters – I chase the Devil
    link to youtube.com

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  411. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for February 2012

    Positive-case-for-the-Union update #11
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Well, that’s all settled, then
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    We’re just going to leave this here
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    (Dirty) business as usual
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  412. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for February 2012

    Pot, meet kettle
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The two faces of Unionism
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The other side of the coin
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The Scotsman: a user’s guide
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  413. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for February 2012

    Alex Salmond Dictator-Comparison Bingo!
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    And it was (nearly) all yellow
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Behind our backs
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The mask slips
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  414. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for February 2012

    Premature evaluation
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  415. Smallaxe says:

    Stoker:

    Thank you,it is much appreciated.

    Peace Always

    Reply
  416. Tinto Chiel says:

    I don’t quite understand some of the the personal attacks on the main thread. Cabin fever, I presume.

    A lesson for us all, perhaps:

    link to youtube.com

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  417. Smallaxe says:

    Tinto:

    I don’t like it either it’s depressing.

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  418. Tinto Chiel says:

    Amen to that, Smallaxe.

    Can you remember the number?

    link to youtube.com

    It’s 1886, btw.

    Reply
  419. Smallaxe says:

    Tinto:

    You’re really doing it now

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  420. Tinto Chiel says:

    Hi, Smallaxe.

    Aye, the Sublime Steely.

    “I grow old, I grow old, I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled, Smallaxe.”

    I’m taking a wee break to have a think and work on a couple of things I need to do. It’s been great talking with you, my friend, tho’ we’ve never met.

    Be back soon, once I’ve planned the revolution. Meanwhile, don’t worry:

    link to youtube.com

    Good night and God bless.

    Hey, Cactus, keep staring at the stars. You’ll find an independent Scotland there.

    Night all.

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  421. Tinto Chiel says:

    Damn, forgot to add this is my favourite “stare at the stars” music!

    link to youtube.com

    See you all on the other side.

    And so, cheeriebythenoo.

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  422. Smallaxe says:

    Tinto Chiel

    Haste ye Back!
    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always my Friend

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  423. Smallaxe says:

    Tinto:

    We shall wear white trousers, and walk upon the beach,my friend

    Peace Always

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  424. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrence
    Here’s one for all the upressors resisting the global resurgence of fascism, so it’s not for the likes of yourself. You appear to be in bed with the neo-fascist British Nationalist Economic Freedom Fighters who are determined to deny my innate humanity. Got an opinion on HMG’s suppression of the McCrone Report?

    Starting to realise what a pathetic little WANK you are FAN-BOY? Found out what principles are yet?

    Onesty – I Rise
    link to youtube.com

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  425. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for March 2012

    Salmond: the secret of his success
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Smear and smear again
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The fine art of smearing
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The Bain Principle
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  426. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for March 2012

    Tomorrow belongs to us
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Bridge for sale, apply within
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Labour gets its story straight
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Once upon a time in the West
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  427. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for March 2012

    The Straight Debates #1
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The Straight Debates
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Compromise, Labour-style
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Death from above
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  428. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for March 2012

    Labour rejects mature debate
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Scotland after the referendum
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Poor wee Scotland
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    When the things you love keep changing
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  429. Smallaxe says:

    Stoker:

    I am, as you already know,extremely grateful for your diligence in hunting down relevant information for use in my writing and passing on such things to friends and activists who will make good use of them.

    Thank you from me and my associates who I can assure you will put this information to good use.

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  430. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    I think I sussed you pretty well when we met FAN-BOY, so I imagine a plastic hipster, that’s you that is, would possibly gravitate towards the soul brothers and sister. I’ll just leave this here for you, in case you missed it on the main thread. Perhaps you might want to defend your ideologically impaired perspective, the next time you are presenting the ‘rational’ voice of Scotland on the BBC.

    Re. the resurgence of fascism. Behavior is shaped by emotion, that’s why I aim to make people smile, apart from Tory fan-boys, of course.

    Emotion and Decision Making

    Abstract

    the last few decades, with the potential to create a paradigm shift in thinking about decision theories. The research reveals that emotions constitute powerful, pervasive, and predictable drivers of decision making. Across different domains, important regularities appear in the mechanisms through which emotions influence judgments and choices. The present paper organizes and analyzes what has been learned from the past 35 years of work on emotion and decision making. It also proposes an integrated model of decision making that accounts for both traditional (rational-choice theory) inputs and emotional inputs, synthesizing scientific findings to date.

    link to scholar.harvard.edu

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  431. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    This is important knowledge, avail yourself, for pity sake.

    Emotion and Decision Making

    h t t p s://scholar.harvard.edu/files/jenniferlerner/files/annual_review_manuscript_june_16_final.final_.pdf

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  432. CameronB Brodie says:

    For those who doubt the BBC is impairing Scotland’s decision making abilities, please read “Emotion and Decision Making”, Jennifer Lerner, scholar.harvard.edu., 2014.

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  433. Smallaxe says:

    Hi Cameron:

    Decisions:

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  434. CameronB Brodie says:

    Smallaxe
    Sooooooperb.

    Individuals are only free to make their own rational decisions if their judgement is not impaired through environmental factors, e.g. mass-media representation.

    The BBC is harmful to Scotland’s public heath!

    “The right to development is an inalienable human right by virtue of which every human person and all peoples are entitled to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development, in which all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized.” (Article 1.1, Declaration on the Right to Development)

    “The human right to development also implies the full realization of the right of peoples to self-determination, which includes, subject to the relevant provisions of both International Covenants on Human Rights, the exercise of their inalienable right to full sovereignty over all their
    natural wealth and resources.” (Article 1.2)

    link to un.org

    N.B. Without access to your inalienable “Right to Development”, hoping for social justice is a forlorn exercise in self-deception. One requires the rule-of-law if one is to achieve social justice and a potential for a sustainable society,frankly.

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  435. Smallaxe says:

    Cameron:

    I see a couple of un-edumacated souls on the Main thread,keep them on the path of righteousness, as you do so well.

    The truth
    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Will speak tomorrow:Fatigue 🙁

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  436. CameronB Brodie says:

    Smallaxe
    Too kind. It’s what I was trained to do 25 years ago Smallaxe, sort of. Once you’ve got a grounding in principle you have a solid base for analysis and deconstruction. This week, I’ve been mostly seeking to deconstruct British nationalism and the BBC. Hope you don’t mind. 😉

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  437. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    Yes, that means you are merely a vector to my target and any damage to your BEING is purely collateral damage, kid. Life’s tough sometimes.

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  438. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    How you enjoying your re-edumication?

    The Upsetters – Blackboard Jungle Dub
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIE–qDiBLk

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  439. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    In case you didn’t pick up on the meaning there, crank this mix up for the full-fat dub effect of this weapon of mass-instruction.

    Lee Perry & The Upsetters – Blackboard Jungle
    link to youtube.com

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  440. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    Here’s another one to help your re-edumication. Unlike yourself, I’m trained specifically to be an enabler of sustainable communities.

    Gatherers, Lee Perry, Upsetters – Words Of My Mouth
    link to youtube.com

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  441. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    Britain is the ideological creation of a traditionalist, colonialist, per-democratic mindset and does not provide the constitutional or legislative frameworks to enable the sustainability of an authentic Scottish community. Only an outdated British-Scottish community shaped by an expansionist form of English nationalism. This does not help the effort to achieve global sustainability or world peace.

    Abyssinians, Keith Hudson, Big Joe – Declaration Of Rights
    link to youtube.com

    “The right to development is an inalienable human right by virtue of which every human person and all peoples are entitled to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development, in which all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized.” (Article 1.1, Declaration on the Right to Development)

    “The human right to development also implies the full realization of the right of peoples to self-determination, which includes, subject to the relevant provisions of both International Covenants on Human Rights, the exercise of their inalienable right to full sovereignty over all their natural wealth and resources.” (Article 1.2)

    link to un.org

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  442. CameronB Brodie says:

    @David Torrance
    Just in case you still can’t hear the truth of my message, I had an English grannie you know and I don’t really have anything against banjo players.

    If you’ve got a positive case for the Union, make it shine kid.

    The Gatherers & The Upsetters – Words (rare alt-mix, 1973)
    link to youtube.com

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  443. CameronB Brodie says:

    @Owen Jones
    You didn’t appear too concerned over the abuse of civil liberties and the denial of inalienable human right of Scots, ye wee fanny-bawz. Put the master’s tools down and step out of your ideological world, for Jebus sake. Perhaps you will then be able to allow your ethics to rise above your beliefs and support Scottish independence?

    “The right to development is an inalienable human right by virtue of which every human person and all peoples are entitled to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development, in which all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized.” (Article 1.1, Declaration on the Right to Development)

    “The human right to development also implies the full realization of the right of peoples to self-determination, which includes, subject to the relevant provisions of both International Covenants on Human Rights, the exercise of their inalienable right to full sovereignty over all their natural wealth and resources.” (Article 1.2)

    link to un.org

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  444. Scott says:

    This on STV.

    Train derailment in Edinburgh leads to cancellations

    A Virgin Trains spokesman said: “We’d like to apologise to customers for disruption this morning, which was caused by the derailment of a train within a depot last night.

    Humza this is all your fault Murdo the Tank and Kez will be shouting.Brewer will you resign Humza

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  445. Grendel says:

    A preview screening of the film London Calling will be taking place in Airdrie this Thursday (1st December).
    All welcome. Details at the link, and if you fancy attending can you please note it on the Airdrionians For Independence Facebook event page?
    Thanks.
    link to airdrieoniansforindependence.wordpress.com

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  446. Stoker says:

    Smallaxe (8:36pm)

    No problem whatsoever. The fact that you, TC and K1 expressed an interest at the beginning was motivation enough to see this through. Anything else will be a bonus. Take care and enjoy! 😉

    Reply
  447. Fred says:

    A St Andrew’s concert at the Oran Mor tonight for Alastair Gray the living legend folks.

    Reply
  448. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for March 2012

    The sounds of silence
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Does Alex Salmond need a translator?
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Labour demand £19bn of cuts in Scotland
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Scotland’s man in Westminster
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  449. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for March 2012

    Attention, stupid people
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Voices off
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Scottish Labour’s raw nerve located
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Ugly witches are easy to hunt
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  450. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for March 2012

    Old dogs, old tricks
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Labour’s new lie
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Strength through joy
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Still a few tickets left
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  451. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for March 2012

    This is our trumpet
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reply
  452. starlaw says:

    Nice to see the Saltire flying over both towers on the Forth Road Bridge today.
    Tomorrow is St Andrews day.

    Reply
  453. Smallaxe says:

    Stoker:

    Thank you,as always.

    Peace Always

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  454. Smallaxe says:

    Where? When?

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  455. CameronB Brodie says:

    @J.K. Rowling
    What particular insight do you have, with respect to the likelihood of Scotland’s survival as an authentic society, within an ideologically defined Britain, in an age driven by the forces of post-modernity and globalisation.

    Can you imagine what Scottish society might be like in 100 years, defined through neo-liberal English/British nationalism?

    Do you imagine the popular dissatisfaction with the way Westminster deals with Scotland will simply vanish like Scotch mist?

    Are you aware of the “Right to Development”?

    Perhaps you wish Scotland to become dysfunctional in a space-age-by-way-of-Caligari … on the delicious side of creepy*, stylee. Well Brexit is a monster movie musical.

    The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T – Because We’re Kids
    link to youtube.com

    * The Baltimore City Paper

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  456. Michael McCabe says:

    Saint Andrew for you on St Andrews day. link to youtube.com

    Reply
  457. Ghillie says:

    Happy Happy Saint Andrew’s Day folks = )

    Reply
  458. Cactus says:

    Have a great day Wingers, here’s a Scottish dedication.

    Nazareth are back.
    link to youtube.com

    Wouldn’t it be nice if we started singing Auld Lang Syne, today, as well as Hogmanay?

    It’s a crackin’ tune! 😉

    There’s nothing stopping us.

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  459. Cactus says:

    Just like the number 100.. it’s ours, we own it.

    “Should aul..”

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  460. CameronB Brodie says:

    So benefits should not be sufficient to provide the means to social inclusion?

    Historically, fascism has thrived in an environment defined through wedge politics, virtue gesturing, violence (both symbolic and physical) and an ideology of centralised power.

    Hold tight Scotland! Put the master’s tools down and spot who the real enemy is. Stop fighting among yourselves! A divided colony will never emancipate itself from bondage.

    The BBC is Scotland’s enemy number ONE.

    African Brothers – Hold Tight
    link to youtube.com

    @Church of Scotland
    Still value the interests of an ideology that is alien to Scottish culture and landscape and the predominantly Anglican Establishment it supports, over the best-interests of your flock? The PM does say she is guided by God, so I suppose you’ll be right behind her then, eh?

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  461. Andrew Mclean says:

    Flag waving

    Anyone know how the flag waving went at the parliament today?

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  462. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for April 2012

    Getting our teeth into the news
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    This is our hypocrisy meter
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Weekend: Cybernats are made, not born
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The nicest blog in Scotland
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  463. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives from April 2012

    Labour’s long spoon
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Heads you lose, tails you lose
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Obsession, by Severin Carrell
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Murdoch on Salmond
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  464. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for April 2012

    This isn’t a rhetorical question
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Battleship in the harbour
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The missing link
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Weekend essay:
    How ‘divide and conquer’ became the Union’s paradoxical strategy
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  465. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for April 2012

    Back to basics
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The famed English sense of humour
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Positive-case-for-the-Union update #15
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Britain’s ticking time bombs
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  466. CameronB Brodie says:

    Given the current political climate in Westminster and the want of yoons to call us narrow nationalists, do you think I can get away with dedicating this to all the vile seps out there. 🙂

    Ripton Hylton (Eek-A-Mouse) – My Father Land + Dub
    link to youtube.com

    I appreciate reggae doesn’t float everyone’s boat but I can’t think of better moral inspiration than the descendants of slaves telling oppressive, colonial power where to get off.

    Ripton Hylton (Eek-A-Mouse) – Wicked Shall Not Reign + Dub
    link to youtube.com

    Don’t fear shadows. Viceroy Fluffy and an increasingly obvious BBC and their Scottish ‘experts’, are the representatives of Westminster power over Scotland. Not such tough opposition under the lens of proper scrutiny, as ideology is leaden-footed and crumbles under the weight of scientific understanding.

    Ripton Hylton (Eek-A-Mouse) – Peeni Walli + Dub
    link to youtube.com

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  467. Smallaxe says:

    Stoker:

    Thank you,very much appreciated.

    Peace Always

    Reply
  468. Smallaxe says:

    So much trouble in the World:

    link to youtube.com

    One Love One People One Race:The Human Race

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  469. Smallaxe says:

    Melting Pot:

    link to youtube.com

    I’ll find my way home:Vangelis

    link to youtube.com

    Soldier Blue

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  470. Smallaxe says:

    All you need is Love:

    link to youtube.com

    Sia:

    Soon We’ll be found:

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

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  471. Smallaxe says:

    Still I RISE:

    MAYA ANGELOU
    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  472. Cactus says:

    @aweright Tinto Chiel, stars it is..

    *Starrider* by ‘Neighbour’
    link to youtube.com

    Hold onto your seats!

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  473. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for April 2012

    Courage and convictions: the state of the Scottish online media and blogosphere
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    We are biased
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Double takes and double standards
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The smoking gums
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  474. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for April 2012

    Weekend essay: “Skintland”,Darien and the mythology of the BritNats
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Positive-case-for-the Union update #14
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Johann Lamont’s faulty hearing aid
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Labour’s attack boomerang
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  475. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for April 2012

    Your rules, our rules
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The cry of liberty
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Weekend essay: Groupthink, the Bay of Pigs and the Scottish Labour Party
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Reinforcements arrive
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  476. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for April 2012

    The scores on the doors
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Minding your own business
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Anas Sarwar is a liar
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Jigging in the rigging
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  477. Stoker says:

    For the football/sport fans – i also came across 2 more excellent football articles. Get some practice in and use the WOS search facility. The 2 articles are:

    “Cheat’s Charter”,controversy ended
    (13/04/12)

    The game with no balls
    (12/04/12)

    Enjoy!
    🙂

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  478. CamernoB Brodie says:

    In light of Nestle’s submission to runaway Junginst perfectionism, here’s an emergency tune for the Rev. 🙂

    WARNING: lots of flashing lights.

    Sonic Youth – Sugar Kane
    link to youtube.com

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  479. Andrew Mclean says:

    Small axe

    One for you
    link to m.youtube.com

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  480. Smallaxe says:

    Andrew McLean:

    Thanks for P.L.Jackson
    A year earlier;1971
    “In My Own Time”
    FAMILY;
    link to youtube.com

    Peace Love and Fraternity

    Reply
  481. Paula Rose says:

    I’ll be back soon so…

    link to youtube.com

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  482. Smallaxe says:

    Paula Rose:

    “ROOM”!!!

    “Castles in the Air”

    Don McLean
    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  483. Andrew McLean says:

    Small Axe

    kick off your sandals and feel the warm sand under your feet and the sun on your face.

    link to youtube.com

    🙂

    Reply
  484. Andrew McLean says:

    Samll Axe

    lay down in the shade with a mojito, feel the warm air cover you, slip on the headphones and drift away to an yet undiscovered country in your mind.

    link to youtube.com

    Hey Bud Chill out Man!

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  485. Andrew McLean says:

    Small axe

    Once more have a swim in the ocean while the young foke’s here learn the words, “and as the elders of our time chose to remain blind, let us rejoice and let us sing and dance,
    and ring in the new!”

    link to youtube.com

    Small Axe you tripping yet mate? link to youtube.com

    🙂

    Reply
  486. Andrew McLean says:

    Grovvvy man,

    link to youtube.com

    🙂

    Reply
  487. Andrew McLean says:

    Hey given your internet history is being looked at by GCHQ and Mrs May,

    Fanny anyone? link to youtube.com

    Its free!

    🙂

    Reply
  488. @SmallAxe – thanks for the assist. Like yourself, I could not find much more than those entries about sales and Wikipedia noting some supermarket chains’ reluctance. My impression had been that it had continued for far longer than those entries state, but this was largely anecdotal comment at the time – and the editor of The National seems reluctant to say more.

    Onward…

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  489. Cactus says:

    Hey, am heading down to the deep south, courtesy of Richie B.

    Look out London!

    I’ll file my report later..
    X.

    Reply
  490. Cactus says:

    Aye..

    Look out London.. Cactus calling.

    Je come in peace and always.
    X.

    Reply
  491. Smallaxe says:

    Andrew McLean:

    I’m not doing this anymore!
    link to youtube.com
    Because I’m this
    link to youtube.com
    Pretty colours
    link to youtube.com
    I want it to be like this again
    link to youtube.com
    Meanwhile, I’m just doing this
    link to youtube.com
    while we are this.
    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply
  492. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for April 2012

    We are Spartacus
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    The Big Lie and the many small lies
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Scot The Difference
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    A new low
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  493. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for May 2012

    Why nationalists aren’t racists
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Sifting the wheat from the chaff
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Why maybe the Unionists are right
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Action and reaction
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  494. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for May 2012

    Weekend essay: The post-mortem and obituary of the positive case for the Union
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Preparing for tomorrow
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    Too much news
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    With friends like these
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  495. Stoker says:

    WOS Archives for May 2012

    Johann Lamont does not speak for us. Here are 42 people who do.
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    An open letter to Johann Lamont
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

    BREAKING: Lockerbie bomber still alive
    link to wingsoverscotland.com

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  496. Smallaxe says:

    Andrew McLean:

    I only came online about an hour ago and”Behold and Lo”,your good self, had only went and posted some lovely aul bits o’ tunes for me,so ye did.Upon seeing these wonderfully and obviously extremely well-chosen compositions, stemming from that transcendental (Transforming?)period in my unworthy existence.I immediately set myself to the task of replying to your outstanding and cerebral choices of musically rapturous delights.

    Unfortunately, as unfortunate things can and do happen,I immediately ensconced my miserable posterior upon my second favourite Chaise Lounge (My first best,being so luxuriously upholstered and immensely comfortable, renders itself useless to any serious attempt to retain alertness and alacrity,which of course is a necessity for intense musical discussion,as one, shall be most obviously aware

    So bredren,I n’ I,in de luv of a’ Most High,mi tank ya fi’music.

    A’ve sent you wan a’ thae posts wae some sounds oan it,it wis a’ wile ago n’ its no made an appearance yit!yer probs in yer pit noo,fck it.

    There will now be a short musical intermission,whilst I adjust my medication…Hark..is yonder sound a siren?

    No,its Neil Young.

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always 🙂

    Reply
  497. CameronB Brodie says:

    Here’s one from the year of my birth.

    @HMG
    Expect my uppressing against neo-fascist neo-colonialism to intensify, as I intend dying a free man unbound by historical shackles.

    Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Intensified ’68 (aka Music Like Dirt)
    link to youtube.com

    “The right to development is an inalienable human right by virtue of which every human person and all peoples are entitled to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development, in which all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized.” (Article 1.1, Declaration on the Right to Development)

    “The human right to development also implies the full realization of the right of peoples to self-determination, which includes, subject to the relevant provisions of both International Covenants on Human Rights, the exercise of their inalienable right to full sovereignty over all their natural wealth and resources.” (Article 1.2)

    link to un.org

    Reply
  498. Smallaxe says:

    thewaterbeastie:

    No problem,we can only try.
    We shall Overcome!

    Peace Always

    Reply
  499. Smallaxe says:

    Stoker:

    Thank you,I got last nights also.

    Peace Always

    Reply
  500. Smallaxe says:

    CameronB Brodie:

    Hi Cameron,likkle more?

    link to youtube.com

    Peace Always

    Reply


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