Monthly Archives: December 2016

The Odeboyz Christmas Getaway

Posted on December 20, 2016 by odeboyz
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The Political Ambition of Boris Johnson- British Foreign Secretary

Posted on December 20, 2016 by odeboyz

“Why should we not form a secret society with but one object, the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole world under British rule, for the recovery of the United States, for making the Anglo Saxon … Continue reading →

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Workhouses: did Charles Dickens get it wrong?

Posted on December 16, 2016 by odeboyz

Britain was a swaggeringly confident country in 1834 with a firm belief in laissez-faire economics. Yet they created a tightly regulated centralised welfare system which deleted localised authority by imposing national standards. Every aspect of the new system was laid … Continue reading →

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Adolf Hitler: Man of the Year, 1938: Time Magazine

Posted on December 14, 2016 by odeboyz

Time (1939): Adolf Hitler: Man of the Year, 1938: “What Adolf Hitler & Co. did to Germany in less than six years was applauded wildly and ecstatically by most Germans… …He lifted the nation from post-War defeatism. Under the swastika … Continue reading →

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A pen portrait of Lenin

Posted on December 13, 2016 by odeboyz

As an orator, Lenin did not carry the crowd with him; he did not set a crowd on fire, or whip it up into a frenzy. He was not like Kerensky*, who could make a crowd fall in love with … Continue reading →

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President Valery Giscard d’Estaing comments on President Jacques Chirac’s * honesty

Posted on December 13, 2016 by odeboyz

Jacques Chirac could have his mouth full of jam, his lips can be dripping with the stuff, his fingers covered in it, the pot can be standing in front of him. And when you ask him if he’s a jam … Continue reading →

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Spring in the City

Posted on December 9, 2016 by odeboyz
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Jewish Momma Joke

Posted on December 6, 2016 by odeboyz

Son: “Mom, how are?” Mother: “Not too good, I’ve been very weak.” Son: “Why are you so weak?” Mother: “Because I haven’t eaten in 38 days.” Son: “That’s terrible. Why haven’t you eaten in 38 days?” Mother: “Because, I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Oh Great It’s Snowing

Posted on December 6, 2016 by odeboyz

Sitting at our school benches One cold winters day All the boys and girls Were watching through the classroom windows. Snowflakes large and silent, gently falling The excitement was palpable The teacher however, just droned on and on, Thick snow … Continue reading →

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The Californian referendum on the death penalty: Proposition 62 (8th November 2016)

Posted on December 2, 2016 by odeboyz

California voted on the death penalty through Proposition 62 (8th November 2016) . Currently 31 states in the USA have the death penalty with California a relatively late convert in 1978. Interestingly the November review of that decision rarely strayed … Continue reading →

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