Category Archives: Politics

Black Lives Matter: Jesse Owens Olympic Champion 1936

Posted on April 18, 2022 by odeboyz

Jesse Owens on the podium after winning a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics. A month after the Olympic Games, Owens told a crowd, “Hitler didn’t snub me—it was [Roosevelt] who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send me … Continue reading →

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The problem of being a dictator

Posted on April 14, 2022 by odeboyz

In the span of a couple of weeks, Vladimir Putin….managed to revitalize NATO, unify a splintered West, turn Ukraine’s little-known president into a global hero, wreck Russia’s economy, and solidify his legacy as a murderous war criminal. How did he … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Viet Thanh Nguyen ~ The Sympathizer (2015)

Posted on April 11, 2022 by odeboyz

This superb book won the USA’s Pulitzer Prize. Nguyen is brilliant and the real thing: a great author. Opening sentences are important, I am a spy, a sleeper, a spook, a man of two faces.1 The unnamed hero/anti-hero is a … Continue reading →

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Mugged by Rishi Sunak

Posted on April 7, 2022 by odeboyz

Millions of Britons1 will be dragged into paying more income tax after a punishing Government freeze on thresholds, the Office for Budget Responsibility has warned.  A report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research commissioned by The Mail on Sunday … Continue reading →

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Life Expectancy, Health Care and Lifestyle Choices

Posted on March 31, 2022 by odeboyz

The USA spends the greatest amount of money per capita on health care. This hasn’t translated into the highest life expectancy. Their life expectancy lags behind poorer countries. Pure medical solutions compete with the lifestyles of their population. If a … Continue reading →

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Boris Johnson cashes a cheque

Posted on March 28, 2022 by odeboyz

Boris needs to cash a cheque and approaching the cashier says, “Good morning, could you cash this cheque for me?” “It’s my pleasure. But first I need to see ID?” “I didn’t think that was necessary. I’m the Prime Minister.”” … Continue reading →

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Mocking white supremacist ‘fears’

Posted on March 24, 2022 by odeboyz
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Institutional Police Racism and Section 60 ‘Stop and Search’

Posted on March 24, 2022 by odeboyz

In a bid to help the police tackle knife crime, in 2019 the government relaxed guidance on Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, enabling police to stop and search people without suspicion or ‘reasonable grounds’. … Continue reading →

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A parrot in Putin’s Russia

Posted on March 21, 2022 by odeboyz

Ivan rushed into the police station and gasped, “I want to report my parrot has escaped.” “We’ve more important things to do than look for your parrot!” laughed the policeman. “I’m not expecting you to find him. I just want … Continue reading →

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What energy crisis?

Posted on March 19, 2022 by odeboyz
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