Author Archives: odeboyz

Nationalist geography teachers hate this

Posted on September 2, 2026 by odeboyz
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Three Geriatrics ~ Three Forever Wars

Posted on September 2, 2026 by odeboyz

Benjamin Netanyahu (76) He’s Israel’s longest serving prime minster and has turned war into a core activity for Israelis. The wars are quasi-colonial. The forever wars in Gaza, south Lebanon and the West Bank have colonial attitudes towards local populations. … Continue reading →

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Getting value for money from the defence budget

Posted on September 1, 2026 by odeboyz

The £300bn the government will spend between now and 2030 will largely be wasted because warfare has changed. Using the two current wars as a blueprint the suggestion is that the defence budget (in part) be used to pivot Britain … Continue reading →

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Adoption in the 1930s

Posted on August 29, 2026 by odeboyz

“Instead of not being interested in it, Kay [her husband] liked it very much. ‘Isn’t it a game little thing?’ he asked admiringly. ‘If you really want a baby so young, I hope you’ll have this one.’” ”That settled it. … Continue reading →

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The USA can’t be defended

Posted on August 28, 2026 by odeboyz

Zelenskyy has reinvented warfare through sophisticated drone attacks. The USA is incapable of defending itself against coordinated seaborne drone attacks. A dozen trawlers equipped with 100s of drones could literally send 1,000s of drones in a very short space of … Continue reading →

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Tony Benn: A wise politician

Posted on August 26, 2026 by odeboyz
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Why the defence budget is squandered

Posted on August 24, 2026 by odeboyz

The defence budget is going to explode in the next three years. £300bn will be spent by three ministers none of whom are military men. They will be advised by the Chiefs of the Defence Staff. They are all career … Continue reading →

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Londoners

Posted on August 22, 2026 by odeboyz

Q) How can you tell someone is a Londoner? A) They look both ways when crossing a one-way road.

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A Frankie Boyle gem

Posted on August 19, 2026 by odeboyz
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How to defend Britain

Posted on August 16, 2026 by odeboyz

The current £300bn defence budget misses the point. It assumes, wrongly, that the war will happen somewhere else. Britain will drop nuclear bombs and the aircraft carriers will be cutting edge weapons. But if the war is in Britain what … Continue reading →

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