Author Archives: odeboyz

For: Wayne Lapierre and his gun loving friends

Posted on October 9, 2021 by odeboyz

Wayne Lapierre is the CEO of the NRA, which promotes gun ownership in the USA. This is Lapierre explaining why school teachers should be armed. It was given immediately after a school massacre. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/nra-backs-trumps-call-for-arming-teachers-schools-must-be-the-most-hardened-targets

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Home Education anyone?

Posted on October 7, 2021 by odeboyz
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Black Lives Matter: Miles Davis 1959: New York City

Posted on October 7, 2021 by odeboyz

Background Miles Davis was a jazz superstar. In this encounter, with a red neck policeman in New York City, it made no difference. All that mattered was white supremacy and the power of the badge. The officer wasn’t sacked for … Continue reading →

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The Philosopher and the Chair

Posted on October 4, 2021 by odeboyz

A philosophy professor entered his lecture theatre and put a chair on the desk. He then asked his students to prove the chair didn’t exist.The students settled to the task except for one. He spent a few seconds writing his … Continue reading →

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A Good Nazi: Denmark 1943

Posted on October 4, 2021 by odeboyz

On September 28, 1943, a high-level Nazi attaché serving in Copenhagen, Denmark wrote these words in his diary as he made the boldest decision of his entire life. Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz had served the Third Reich in its occupation of … Continue reading →

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The lowest form of wit?

Posted on September 30, 2021 by odeboyz
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An Awkward Question

Posted on September 30, 2021 by odeboyz

Harpurhey, north Manchester, is a poor area, and was in the 1950s and 60s as I grew up. Rows and rows of terraced houses, with no bathroom or indoor toilet, straddled the Rochdale Road. There were no luxuries, but my … Continue reading →

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Reasons to vote Conservative

Posted on September 27, 2021 by odeboyz
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Book Review: Donna Tartt ~ The Little Friend (2002)

Posted on September 27, 2021 by odeboyz

This is the third Deep South novel I’ve read in the last few months and probably the best. S A Cosby’s Blacktop Wasteland, was a terrific read but this one hits literary heights. The storyline is based on the impact … Continue reading →

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Texas Abortion Laws

Posted on September 23, 2021 by odeboyz
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