Author Archives: odeboyz

Two idiots talk about hurricanes

Posted on October 4, 2018 by odeboyz

First Idiot: Donald Trump, President of the United States Ray H.   Second Idiot: a gay hating Texan fundamentalist “Just last week the state of Texas failed to pass a bill patterned after the North Carolina bathroom bill that would … Continue reading →

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Margaret Thatcher on Ronald Reagan

Posted on October 1, 2018 by odeboyz

Shortly after he was inaugurated, Thatcher and Carrington [Foreign Secretary] were talking over a drink one evening in Downing Street when the conversation turned to the new president, at which Thatcher tapped the side of her skull and said: “Peter … Continue reading →

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Classical Music

Posted on October 1, 2018 by odeboyz

Dexter: It’s horrible in my house. Dad plays classical music all day long. Russell: What’s classical music? Dexter: Oh stuff like the Beatles and Rolling Stones. Horrible old stuff. You’d hate it. Chris

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Exiled to Soho

Posted on October 1, 2018 by odeboyz

Soho’s walls wrap themselves round me like a spiders web clutching a fly to its bosom and as I hang over the streets I’m choked by the cancer filled air preparing me for my doom. There’s no sky in Soho … Continue reading →

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The Strategic Context of Operation Barbarossa: June 22nd 1941

Posted on September 28, 2018 by odeboyz

“With Russia smashed, Britain’s last hope would be shattered. Germany then will be master of Europe and the Balkans. Decision: Russia’s destruction must therefore be made a part of this struggle. Spring 1941…If we start in May 1941, we would … Continue reading →

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Who’s the rabbit? Putin or Trump?

Posted on September 27, 2018 by odeboyz

“I expect you to come and enjoy the scenery,” said Putin, with a half smile first perfected in AD 41 by Caligula.1 “…. Donald Trump’s victory is the extraordinary uncouth variety of postfactual politics that he personifies. He doesn’t tell … Continue reading →

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Rodin’s the Thinker: or was it called the dreamer

Posted on September 27, 2018 by odeboyz

Back in the mid to late 50s, our teachers only addressed us children by our surnames or more usually as ‘You boy’, or, ‘You Girl’. I’m afraid on many occasions I was told “You boy, pay attention and stop your … Continue reading →

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Can you give me a push?

Posted on September 24, 2018 by odeboyz

A man and his wife were awakened at 3 a.m. by a loud pounding on the door. He got up and went to the door and found a drunk standing in the doorway. “What do you want?” “A push.” “It’s … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Michael Lewis ~ Flash Boys: Cracking the money code

Posted on September 24, 2018 by odeboyz

This is a wonderfully entertaining book, which reads like a novel, an incomprehensible techy textbook and a polemic against the US stock market. Parts were beyond my understanding. For example- “Round-trip travel time from Chicago to New Jersey has been … Continue reading →

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Land of Dreams

Posted on September 23, 2018 by odeboyz

In the silence of dreams Many people speak to me Some I know from my past Many are strangers it seems. Most enjoyable, is the scenery Vibrant colours, crisp real Tangible in solid form Easy to interact, almost leisurely. No … Continue reading →

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