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How to win a war 17 times: Iran 2026

Posted on July 11, 2026 by odeboyz

Trump has been ridiculed for saying, on 17 occasions, that the USA has won the Iran war. But he’s talking about tactical victories. He’s not talking about strategic victories such as the one in Germany in 1945. Can you win … Continue reading →

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An unambiguous advert

Posted on July 11, 2026 by odeboyz
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Donald Rumsfeld and the philosophy of war: Iran 2026

Posted on July 11, 2026 by odeboyz

“….we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the … Continue reading →

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Donald Rumsfeld’s philosophic insights and Iran

Posted on July 8, 2026 by odeboyz

Rumsfeld’s *Known, Knowns* speech goes down in history as one of the greatest statements of warfare. In just a few lines he demonstrated that all war is a gamble. This podcast uses those words to analyse the Iranian war in … Continue reading →

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Sir Francis Drake’s Piracy and 400 years of Compound Interest

Posted on July 8, 2026 by odeboyz

For I trace the beginnings of British foreign investment to the treasure which Drake stole from Spain in 1580. In that year he returned to England bringing with him the prodigious spoils of the Golden Hind. Queen Elizabeth was a considerable … Continue reading →

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Biblical Studies

Posted on July 3, 2026 by odeboyz
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A Barry Cryer pub joke

Posted on July 1, 2026 by odeboyz

Jim went into a pub and said to the landlord: ‘If you give me free drinks all night, I’ll entertain your customers and they’ll stay all night buying drinks.’ “How will you do that?” Jim put his hamster on the … Continue reading →

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Australia’s Camels

Posted on July 1, 2026 by odeboyz

With the departure of many [Muslim] cameleers in the early 20th century, and the introduction of motorised transportation in the 1920s and 1930s, some cameleers released their camels into the wild…..[By] 2008, the number of feral camels was estimated to … Continue reading →

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Putin’s magic wears off: 2016 the Donbas

Posted on June 27, 2026 by odeboyz

The 2014 attack on the Crimea was an overwhelming success. Putin’s advisors fell over themselves to say that he was a genius and naturally he believed them. In 2016 Russia attack the eastern Ukrainian region, the Donbas. This is populated … Continue reading →

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Bob Paisley’s European Cup Team Talk: 1977

Posted on June 27, 2026 by odeboyz

In the dressing room, Paisley reminded the Liverpool players that the last time he’d been in Rome was in a tank at the end of the Second World War. Source Jon SpurlingGet It On (2022) p217

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