Author Archives: odeboyz

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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How high can you jump?

Posted on September 2, 2019 by odeboyz
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The animal in man

Posted on September 1, 2019 by odeboyz

In a forest deep lies a gnarly tree As shadows wish the wind to shame And dance the dance That leaf-branch make. Where moonbeams play in the wildwood shade Another night, all is still Except, for those out hunting The … Continue reading →

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Your Brain

Posted on August 29, 2019 by odeboyz
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Eight million Nazis: the challenge for the Allies in 1945

Posted on August 29, 2019 by odeboyz

The victorious Allies crushed Nazi Germany. Germany had eight million Nazis with a civilian population who were, mostly, complicit in Nazi atrocities. The Allies had to be pragmatic. They targeted the ‘worst of the worst’ with the new retrospective crimes … Continue reading →

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A lottery winner is interviewed

Posted on August 26, 2019 by odeboyz

Interviewer: Do you think that winning the lottery has changed you? Lottery winner: I don’t know. Tell you what I’ll ask my butler. Interviewer: How long has he worked for you? Lottery winner: A week. Based on an Adam Kay … Continue reading →

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