Author Archives: odeboyz

Andy Capp: A great British character

Posted on April 17, 2024 by odeboyz
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Isaac Newton and Other Failures

Posted on April 17, 2024 by odeboyz

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”Winston Churchill People who triumph over failure are the stuff of legends. Seemingly they possess a recipe: “If you do as I do then good things will be yours!” … Continue reading →

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Nile Crocodiles in Florida

Posted on April 13, 2024 by odeboyz

“Full-grown Nile crocodiles can be 16 feet long. The team….think….Nile crocodiles can thrive in Florida.” Nile Crocodiles Have Moved to Florida | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine They stalk and eat people But what really separates them from the local boys … Continue reading →

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Grade ‘A’ snobbery

Posted on April 10, 2024 by odeboyz

Most of our historic houses are no longer lived in by Dukes and Duchesses; they’re full of Arabs and pop stars, or they’ve been taken over by the gas board and turned into rest houses for exhausted meter-readers. Audrey fforbes-Hamilton … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a Genocide: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, [by] Francesca Albanese

Posted on April 10, 2024 by odeboyz

After five months of military operations, Israel has destroyed Gaza. Over 30,000 Palestinians have been killed, including more than 13,000 children. Over 12,000 are presumed dead and 71,000 injured, many with life-changing mutilations. Seventy percent of residential areas have been … Continue reading →

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A caring wine drinker

Posted on April 6, 2024 by odeboyz

Open the bottle to allow it to breathe If it doesn’t look like it’s breathing give it mouth-to-mouth

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What you’re unlikely to hear but should

Posted on April 3, 2024 by odeboyz
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Joe Biden in 1982: pro-Israeli warrior

Posted on April 3, 2024 by odeboyz

In 1982, shortly before Reagan bluntly ordered Begin to cease his ‘holocaust’ in Lebanon, a young US senator who revered Elie Wiesel as his great teacher met the Israeli prime minister. In Begin’s own stunned account of the meeting, the senator commended … Continue reading →

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Roman Roads: Built to last

Posted on March 30, 2024 by odeboyz
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A redneck’s last words

Posted on March 27, 2024 by odeboyz

“Hold my beer and watch this!”

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