Author Archives: odeboyz

The USA’s siege of Cuba: 2026

Posted on July 15, 2026 by odeboyz

Since February 2026 the USA has blockaded Cuba. The idea is that they will be starved into submission. Medicine, oil and food are all prevented from entering Cuba. Obviously this means that the most vulnerable will die first. The USA … Continue reading →

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A summer joke

Posted on July 15, 2026 by odeboyz
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Cooking for Slackers: Peanut butter bruschetta

Posted on July 15, 2026 by odeboyz

Simple foods can be made crazily complex by lunatics with too much time on their hands or poseurs or wannabe celebrity cooks. Ignore them and focus on essentials. This recipe is stupid simple, quick and different. Bruschetta is peasant food … Continue reading →

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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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