Boo Khaki

Which are what, specifically? There have been two public consultations regarding this reform bill. Elaine Miller had plenty of opportunity to plead her case. Evidently she, and those sharing her views, have completely failed to convince the parliament that there was any reason whatsoever why this bill should not progress as intended. From where I'm standing Miller and her ilk look like nothing more than a bunch of people who can not accept that they have lost this debate. They've failed to substantiate their argument, and they can't reconcile that there is nothing of substance to suggest that the 'majority' they contend they represent actually exists, and as a result of that they've resorted to the sort of histrionics and delusionary rhetoric that they accuse trans rights activists of. Again, the litmus test of policy is electoral outcome, and evidently most people are more than happy to vote for parties who favour GRC legislation and Self-ID. Miller's stunt in the chamber reeks of impotent rage in the face of a democratic outcome she doesn't agree with. While I understand the frustration, it is emphatically the result of democracy in action, so I don't have any time whatsoever for this nonsense about the SG going rogue and pushing through legislation against the will of the Scottish people. That's yet one more claim that they make repeatedly in the face of the only evidence suggesting the opposite of the claim. And as for this nonsense about 'MSP's protecting sex offenders over women and children' - If someone can honestly have a wee think about the implications of that, come back, and still claim they genuinely believe that elected MSP's prioritise sex-offenders, then I'm sorry, you need to go seek help for your mental health.

Well I might be misreading the room, what with just being a clueless autistic walloper after all, but she really doesn't seem all that thrilled about the prospect of some trans people having their lives made very slightly easier. It might not be intentional, but I suggest that if she had her way those people would be rather more unhappy.

Well he appears on Mumsnet fairly often, and while he's got a wee band of obsequious fangirls over there, there are few of the more sane members who see right through his bullshit and don't hesitate to tell him to f**k right off and stop trying to crusade on the behalf of women who neither need his 'help', have never sought it, and don't even agree with the twat in the first place. There's a hilarious irony in the fact that he's a white, noisy, opinionated middle-aged man, the posterchild for what most of the self-proclaimed 'feminists' spend all their energy ranting about, and yet it's the most abrasive and arsey 'radfems' of the lot who fall over themselves to grovel at his feet. At least the semi-sane ones recognise it and tell him to GTF. He tends to hide in really dingy parts of the internet because he doesn't really cope well when people call his shite out and challenge him (he tends to run off elsewhere to bleat about how hard done by he is), so I doubt he'd last two minutes on here.

As someone with an ASD diagnosis, this emerging 'trans people are all just misguided Neurodivergents' narrative confuses me. I mean, even if there is any truth to it, what exactly is the purpose of making this claim? Where are they going with it and why are GC's like a dog with a bone when it comes to autism? Are they seriously trying to suggest that ND people are incapable of making appropriate choices or somehow require saving from themselves? Some ND people do have comorbid learning difficulties, but those people tend to already be well recognised, for obvious reasons. Those of us who don't are perfectly capable of making informed decisions, so this 'save them from themselves' pish needs to f**k off to the far side of f**k, and yes, it is eerily 'conversion therapy'ish.

I find this completely baffling. He doesn't need to be staggering around or flat out on the ground. The back of his his head clearly strikes the ground with a fair old thump. This alone has been more than enough for the game to be delayed while other players are removed from the field and evaluated, so I don't understand why this did not happen in this case, unless they simply missed it, or unless the different people monitoring various games have totally different ideas about what the updated procedures are supposed to do. I get that the compulsory check is not in itself 'the concussion protocol', but I just can't understand why there was no check after that incident when there has been for similar incidents in other games, and as I said, given that it's the same player that was the victim in the nonsense that started this, you'd think they'd be extra-vigilant.

Presumably the kernt pays someone else to maintain his household plumbing then.

At least he carries out the duties of one of his jobs, which is more than can be said for his predecessor as Scots Tory leader even though she only had one actual paid role. EDIT - just realised I had completely forgotten about Jackson Carcrash's stint. Well the point stands. Ruth Davidson was totally invisible and turned being unavailable to her constituents into an art form.

Miller herself admits in an earlier video that she 'isn't very well'. I'm going to be generous and assume she's talking about a mental health issue and not a physical one, because that would explain a fair bit. Not that it excuses it mind.

Yup, pensioners who draw the State pension, believe any old shite the Mail/Express print, and then have the fucking cheek to whine and moan about Welfare and Benefits claimants infuriate me. Oh, and the 'it's less in the pot for everyone else' morons. I've tried explaining to them how entitlement is not dependent on availability and the fact the pot isn't a limited pool, but no. f**k knows where they get these ideas from, although I suspect it's largely down to the fucking shitrags they read and the fact it still hasn't dawned on most old folk that "News"papers are no such thing and have not been for years.

It takes a while to get your head around how NFL W/L record works, Division standings, tie breakers etc. I've been a fan nearly 40 years and there are still things that baffle me. Points differential is a potential tie-breaker, but IIRC it's way down the list, even after SoS and SoV, and I think it's points differential in H2H divisional games or something in order to separate two teams that are tied in every other way and decide divisional standings. I can't recall it ever being used. What really complicates things is when you have three or more teams in the same Conference but different Divisions all tied on record, because then the Tie-breaker order changes, and you have to start looking at things like common opponents, common Conference opponents and so on, and even H2H tends to go out the window because that is only a factor if there is have actually been H2H match-ups between all the teams and one team has swept them all. It gets ludicrously complicated sometimes, which Is why I've long been in favour of a straightforward 1-8 playoff bracket for the 8 teams with the best records. I don't mind the fact that winning a Division title guarantees a Home playoff game, but 7-9 teams shouldn't be seeded #4 ahead of WC teams with 12 or 13 wins. Seed the teams on W/L record but give the Division winners the game at home. Until last year they had gone through two rounds of expansion, and more pertinently a realignment which increased the total number of divisions, without simultaneously increasing the number of playoff spots available, so they created a situation whereby it became more likely to have shitty sub .500 teams hosting playoff games while 9 + 10 win teams were left out altogether. I still don't think the 7 team format is enough, and I don't think home field throughout is enough of a payback for having to sit out a week. I don't believe the week off is actually an advantage. Seen too many #1 seeds shit the bed and go one-and-done because they lose momentum.

Well that's one of the questions. You have to wonder how it was missed when the NFL is supposedly monitoring every play, and the fact that it's a player with his recent history. I've seen other instances of the game being stopped and a player hauled off to the blue tent over the past couple of months, so I was under the impression they were all over this. It's strange that it can happen to a QB and nobody notices. Herbert got pulled into the tent just before half time a couple of weeks back after hitting the back of his head on the ground during a sack, so whether they are just following the ball rather than monitoring individual players I don't know. Seems odd it was missed though.

Tua back in concussion protocol, seemingly due to hitting his head on the turf during the 2nd quarter of Sunday's game. Obviously raises some serious questions.

Encapsulated by the 'I work hard for X company, I'm not getting 15%, why the f**k should nurses?' brigade. Never seems to occur to them that private companies paying their staff a pittance while coining in massive profits is an entirely separate issue, but no, so long as someone else is also getting fucked over then all is well with the world. Someone asked me the other day how I judge whether someone I know is inherently a decent person or otherwise, and I replied that usually I judge it on whether or not they automatically assume the worst of every stranger, so everyone they don't know is a threat financially, criminally, etc etc, but in reality that also encompasses the idiots mentioned above. I can't comprehend how bitter you have to be to insist that someone else has to also suffer when it has no material impact on your own circumstance. It's ridiculously petty, ignorant, and insular. Far, far too much of it in the UK though.

The Cowboys game is irrelevant. There is no combination of Jags/Titans outcomes that doesn't result in the week 18 Jags v Titans game becoming a winner takes all. The only purpose both the Titans v Cowboys and Jags v Texans games serve is total wins for the purpose of staying in the WC race, but it's highly, highly unlikely either team ends up with the consolation prize given what's going on with both AFC East, and North games. The Titans will either win the Division outright on W/L or on Divisional Record if they win in Jacksonville, or the Jags will either win it outright on W/L record with a victory, or the Jags win on a season sweep if the records are tied AFTER a Jags victory. Essentially, Cowboys game is a free hit, because all that losing it actually means is the Titans would be eliminated from the Wildcard race. Even then, that would be conditional on results elsewhere, but I can't realistically see 2nd place in the AFC South taking the 7th seed because they'd be 8-9 at best and it probably involves at least one Tie in one of the forthcoming AFC East divisional clashes or a string of very specific results that causes a 3 or 4 way tiebreaker. I suppose it does matter in the scenario whereby the week 18 game ends in a Tie, but nonetheless that would still mean going into that game in a 'win and you are in' scenario, and it would be your own fault if you Chargers'd it

Shouldn't really complain about a 17 point road win that clinches a playoff spot, but that offensive performance from the Chargers just wont cut it against better teams. Staley's hand has been forced by injuries on the defensive side of the ball, and they are finally addressing some of the season-long issues caused by his pig-headedness, but the OL play has fallen off a cliff in the space of one off-season, and for all the shite being flung at Joe Lombardi I'm not sure what else he could be calling given that they can not run the ball and there is absolutely no pocket for Herbert to throw from. There have been some recurring themes throughout this season on the offensive side of the ball. The conservative passing attack has been well documented, but there's not enough being made about the fact the Chargers simply can not score a TD in the 3rd Quarter. It's been 10 straight games and it's clearly not just coincidental. Something is happening that makes an already patchy and conservative O stutter even more immediately after the half. There have been a huge number of games like last night when the O has had the ball in the Redzone late in the first half, already has a lead, is due to receive the 2nd half kick-off, and does absolutely f**k all with that advantage. They really should have been 21-3 up after the first drive of the 2nd half last night and totally choked the life out of the Colts, but as with every other time they've had that sort of advantage this season they totally failed to capitalise. I'm also not yet sold on the D having truly turned things around. 27ppg prior to the Bye, 20ppg since, and 14ppg over the last three, but those were against a totally out of sync Dolphins O, a tanking Titans team, and an utterly hopeless Colts O with their 3rd QB of the season under C. I'll wait until they play a decent team until I consider the problems solved, because I suspect that it's really down to the quality of the opponent rather than a genuine improvement. Henry still went over 100yards, and the Colts were averaging 5+ ypc, so if that's the same story against any team with a functional passing attack the Chargers will get clowned, again.

2nd week running every single result has gone in the Chargers favour courtesy of yet another Raiders bed shitting. LAC can clinch a playoff spot with a win over the Colts on MNF

Stopped laughing long enough to be finally able to link this -

Asuming she can use her legs can she no make her own way over? I'd just get bladdered and refuse to drive, but i'm a shitebag.

Over the past 12 months or so I've said repeatedly that the Tories would inevitably turn the next GE into a bunfight over culture wars pish, because they have absolutely no credibility on anything else. I can't say it pleases me to have been proven correct.

I'd imagine Gowser probably gets locked away for a week either side of xmas for his own good.

I was farting about with playoff machine last night, and i had all three AFC Wildcards finishing 11-6, which would mean the Chargers taking #5 and it includes the Bengals clinching the North by beating Baltimore in week 18, so you might get your wish.

We've stopped capping Dundee United players.

Fairly interesting Youtube vid that pretty much echoes exactly what I've been moaning about for yonks about the 2-High D concept. Most of the things he covers the Chargers are guilty of, including the pig-headed refusal to change the approach when it is clearly being torn apart with ridiculous ease. I think the advocates for this D have lost sight of some really fundamental but pertinent facts. The point of playing football is to win games. It sounds great if your D slows down Mahomes and co's bombs away style offenses, but if you still give up a fuckton of points and lose regardless, then your D has failed by definition. You can have all the moral victories you want, but if you give up 5.5 YPC, refuse to do anything but single cover guys like Davante Adams and watch them rattle up 300 yards over two division games, leave Travis Kelce 1v1 when KC is desperate for a TD, your D is exhausted, and you don't bother your arse to take away the guy who is always Mahomes' primary read, you only finally accept you need to stack the box when garbage like the Falcons already have 150+ rushing yards on you, and you point blank refuse to address the fact that any run to the outside is an automatic first down because there literally is nobody to set the edge in your scheme, then you are failing as a coach, failing as a co-ordinator, and you are running a failed D scheme. I think it's telling that the Chargers best two wins of the season have come without Derwin James on the field, because Staley seems to finally have swallowed his pride and realised that different offenses require different approaches. It's always been the case that if you hammer Tyreek Hill at the LoS and don't allow him an easy release, then he struggles much more than if you just let him run free through zones to find a soft spot. Staley had our CB's do this the weekend before last, and the Dolphins passing game looked hopelessly out of sync. This would not have happened earlier in the season, as he would have still been playing our CB's 5-10 yards off the LoS, as he was when he stupidly left Asante Samuel in MEG with Davante Adams for two entire games, and Adams came away with half a season's worth of yardage as a result. I think the scheme is fundamentally flawed on a very basic level. It's become popular because it got away with doing what it was supposed to do for a short while, but it's been completely exposed for what it is, and I genuinely believe its a total flash-in-the-pan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7quyQ-N_cYM

Just a really minor note, but so far as I can tell, the AFC 4th seed is guaranteed to be the AFC South champ as the AFC North winner will have a minimum of 10 wins, and the Titans can not overtake the Bengals or Ravens on tie-breakers. I think the Jets are done, and I don't think the Pats have enough to overcome their tough end to the season and clinch a WC, so I think 6 of the 7 are decided in all honesty, with just the jockeying for seedings to come. The Lamar Jackson injury has completely screwed the Ravens as they have a ridiculously easy schedule, had a commanding lead over the Bengals, and really should have been pushing for #1 seed. Ravens, Titans, and Dolphins all appear to be struggling to various degrees, so there really is no excuse for the Chargers not winning out from here on in and grabbing #5, however, it's the Chargers, they face three 4 win teams, and every single one of them is a classic Chargers trap game.

Craig Wighton. Playing 1st team football at 16, and without pulling trees up, looked like he could really push on and do well for himself. This was accompanied by glowing reports any time he played age-group international football, 'head and shoulders above boys two years older', 'ran the show', 'best player on the pitch' etc etc. Totally stagnated, got injured, somehow managed to look a poorer player with every outing, seems to have found his level flitting between the Championship and League One.