Category Archives: History

Disruptive Technology and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Posted on October 31, 2014 by odeboyz

An ultra- modern householder in 1914 probably purchased recently invented gadgets powered by electricity like toasters, vacuum cleaners, ovens and telephones. These, and subsequent, inventions are the disruptive technology of our era. For example by 1954, 1.75 million domestic servant … Continue reading →

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Was Osama bin Laden Assassinated*?

Posted on October 17, 2014 by odeboyz

The question, ‘Was Osama bin Laden Assassinated?’ is crucially important. If he wasn’t then he was murdered. That would leave President Obama and Hillary Clinton as co- conspirators to murder. Additionally the US Navy Seals who committed the act would … Continue reading →

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The Attempted Assassination of Adolf Hitler, 20th July 1944

Posted on October 3, 2014 by odeboyz

Wolf’s Lair (Wolfsschanze) was impregnable. It was Hitler’s headquarters in northern Poland, or Grosse Deutschland as he put it. It was impregnable to everything except treachery. On the 20th July 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg tried to commit that treacherous act. … Continue reading →

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The Polish Air Force 1939- 40

Posted on September 19, 2014 by odeboyz

    On the 23rd August 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the most treacherous treaty in the 20th Century: the Molotov- Ribbentrop Treaty. Within weeks Poland had been partitioned by Germany and the Soviets and the Polish … Continue reading →

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Overseas Aid: Britain 1948

Posted on August 15, 2014 by odeboyz

David Cameron’s coalition government set a target for overseas aid in 2010, which is the central motif of his government’s humanitarian policy. His plan is to budget 0.7% of GDP annually and maintain that in a growing economy. Consequently the … Continue reading →

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Lenin* on Promiscuity

Posted on August 12, 2014 by odeboyz

Thirsty people don’t drink out of gutters. *The first leader of the Soviet Union, 1917- 24

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The Grand- children of the Holocaust: Israel 2014

Posted on August 12, 2014 by odeboyz

The grand- children of the Holocaust Learned the wrong lesson from Churchill They learned the wrong lesson from Operation Barbarossa They learned the wrong lesson from Dresden and Hiroshima. They have been maliciously captured by simplicities Fuelling a hunger for … Continue reading →

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Uncle Bert

Posted on August 5, 2014 by odeboyz

Uncle Bert A grizzled old man Never laughed or smiled On the beach at Cliftonville with his knotted hanky hat He sat – and coughed and coughed all day. Aunt Lil told Mum of his time in France His adventure … Continue reading →

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Fluid National Identities, 1919- 2014

Posted on July 18, 2014 by odeboyz

Because of the stunning success of the Act of Union, 1801, British people have had 213 years of relative national stability. Britain has been stable whilst the rest of Europe has been a cauldron of fluid national identities. This stability … Continue reading →

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The United Kingdom: a brief history

Posted on July 3, 2014 by odeboyz

The UK was created in 1801 after a 198 years of blood soaked history. In those 198 years there were five civil wars and long periods of civil unrest and vicious repression. Once the UK was established the 19th century … Continue reading →

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