Monthly Archives: April 2015

9/11, George W Bush and Dirty Harry

Posted on April 24, 2015 by odeboyz

“Go ahead, make my day.” Harry Callan (Clint Eastwood) in Sudden Impact (1985)  Harry Callan, (‘Dirty Harry),’ made a coercive threat to a ‘punk’. The threat is effective because he understands the punks fear self-preservation and risk-aversion. George W Bush … Continue reading →

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Cinema

Posted on April 21, 2015 by odeboyz

The cinema looks like a warehouse, and feels ostentatious, relying on reflected limelight, buried limelight, awkward, buried in history; it is history. It warehouses focus group dreams, meaningless and safe. Safe when terrorised, safe when sexualised, safe dreams, anodyne dreams, … Continue reading →

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An uncompromising Social Worker

Posted on April 21, 2015 by odeboyz

“Death to all those who would whimper and cry.” Bob Dylan Tombstone Blues 1965

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My very good friend, Lew Hawks

Posted on April 17, 2015 by odeboyz

I first met Lew in the mid-60s when we were both employed as plumbers by Hackney Council. Lew was a big dour man, seldom bent to smile, even less so after his wife died suddenly after a very brief illness. … Continue reading →

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How Long is a Piece of String?

Posted on April 14, 2015 by odeboyz

A question that started In Dar Es Salaam Has puzzled us all Since the whole World began. The question is asked And left dangling there… No answer is offered, It just isn’t fair. If an answers not wanted. Well that’s … Continue reading →

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The Absolute Importance of Luck

Posted on April 14, 2015 by odeboyz

It must have been late 1941 or early 1942. Jews were required to wear the Star of David and to obey a 6 p.m. curfew. I had gone to play with a Christian friend and had stayed too late. I … Continue reading →

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Adolf Eichmann, Train Drivers and Crimes Against Humanity: Auschwitz 1944

Posted on April 13, 2015 by odeboyz

Murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, and other inhuman acts committed against civilian populations, before or during the war; or persecutions on political, racial or religious grounds in execution of or in connection with any crime within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal, … Continue reading →

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The Odeboyz* Behemoth Fund

Posted on April 10, 2015 by odeboyz

INTRODUCTION 10th JULY 2017 I made five recommendations in 2015 and I felt it only fair to return to what was written then. As I noted the objective was income plus the possibility capital growth. That objective has been achieved. … Continue reading →

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Pensioners’ Money

Posted on April 7, 2015 by odeboyz

Money saved, loved, squirreled. Counted, calibrated, cherished. Reward money, immortal money, cascading money, Buying love money, “You’re in my will,” money. Money illusion money, delusion money Count it again money. Life. Is that all it is? Money? Money: going to … Continue reading →

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David Cameron’s Political Philosophy

Posted on April 7, 2015 by odeboyz

The NHS* If you’re ill it’s probably a life style issue, so shape up and stop being a burden on hard working taxpayers. *National Health Service Taxation He believes that taxation is a burden and not the price of civilized … Continue reading →

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