Category Archives: Politics

The USA has lost the Iran War

Posted on September 18, 2026 by odeboyz

By denying the Saudi government vital help in their war against the Yemeni Houthi the USA has admitted defeat. There was no fanfare but that’s what it amounts to. Abandoning the Saudi at this moment sends a catastrophic signal to … Continue reading →

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Chinese Economic Warfare

Posted on September 16, 2026 by odeboyz

The USA is spending billions of dollars trying to achieve regime change in Iran. The Chinese are fighting a different sort of war. Their war is based on economic domination. The targeted use of aid, soft loans, disaster relief, infrastructure … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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Black Lives Matter: Schools in 1940s south Carolina

Posted on August 15, 2026 by odeboyz

The local white schools had brick buildings, running water, flushing toilets, and strict bus routes. The schools for Black children were wooden cabins without electricity or indoor plumbing. Heat came from a single wood stove. Books were hand-me-downs from the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Roberto Saviano ~ ZeroZeroZero (2013) (Translator Virginia Jewiss)

Posted on August 12, 2026 by odeboyz

I recently read Oliver Bullough’s Everybody Loves Our Dollars (2026), which describes the *Money Laundering Industry*. The city of London’s finest feature: Banks, financial professionals, high price lawyers, estate agents, stock market and subsidiary organisations. He said: The amounts involved … Continue reading →

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