Monthly Archives: September 2019

My Balcony

Posted on September 15, 2019 by odeboyz

From seven floors up The view is spectacular Just an ordinary day in autumn The nearby trees still in full leaf. Squirrels on their same crazy journey Using branches, as if vertical stepping stones Clearly convinced each leading step As … Continue reading →

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The duck hunting Labrador

Posted on September 12, 2019 by odeboyz

An enthusiastic duck hunter found a Labrador that walked on water when retrieving ducks. Shocked he wanted to show him off to all of his friends. He decided to try to break the news to a cynical friend by inviting … Continue reading →

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Boris Johnson’s Nightmare: Peterborough 2019

Posted on September 12, 2019 by odeboyz

Prior to the 2016 referendum, Euro scepticism was a niche activity for a handful of Conservative MPs and Nigel Farage’s UKIP. David Cameron was spooked by him and called a referendum, which he lost. The period 2016-9 has been a … Continue reading →

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John Maynard Keynes on the First World War

Posted on September 9, 2019 by odeboyz

If the European Civil War is to end with France and Italy abusing their momentary victorious power to destroy Germany and Austria-Hungary now prostrate, they invite their own destruction also, being so deeply and inextricably intertwined with their victims by … Continue reading →

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She’s just being playful

Posted on September 9, 2019 by odeboyz
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Brecon by-election: Tactical voting 2019

Posted on September 9, 2019 by odeboyz

  At the Brecon by-election the Labour party didn’t withdraw they just didn’t try very hard. The Conservative party chairman described this as, ‘Dirty tricks’. It wasn’t obvious whether he was being ironical at the time. Nonetheless it is a … Continue reading →

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Old-fashioned values

Posted on September 5, 2019 by odeboyz

“Boy things have really changed since my day. Back then, if a girl got in trouble, her family would send her away to relatives in another state, and if anybody asked, just lied and said she went to Europe. Then … Continue reading →

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Is Boris Johnson a strategist?

Posted on September 5, 2019 by odeboyz

“He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War Chris

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I thought it was funny at the time

Posted on September 4, 2019 by odeboyz

In 1984, I had been transferred to Kemure Road Depot in Hackney. It wasn’t a good move as I’d some very difficult past experiences with the General Trades Manager there, a man named John S. I’d knew him to be … Continue reading →

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Wittgenstein as a (failed) teacher

Posted on September 2, 2019 by odeboyz

For our own part, we struck Wittgenstein as intolerably stupid.1 He would denounce us to our faces as unteachable, and at times he despaired of getting us to recognize what sort of point he was trying to get across to … Continue reading →

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