Monthly Archives: January 2014

ODE: JANUARY, 2004 (polemical)

I. There is a national rhythm for each nation Which abused gives rise to great fatigue; Rhythm which like the national flag must be Used sparingly. All else is emptiness Filling non-existence with non-existence, A country’s broken melody, silently Keeping … Continue reading

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GOVERNOR CHRISTIE’S CASE

GOVERNOR CHRISTIE’S CASE consists of a series of adverbs: if he didn’t know, he is, wonderfully, dense; if he did know, he is, surprisingly, criminal; at all events he is astonishingly stupid.

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A DOLLAR PER SECOND

11.5, 32, 32,000, … if the Kochs decided to spend a dollar a second, they would be dead before reaching a billion dollars. They don’t have that long to live, no matter how sweet a health plan they buy, and … Continue reading

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NUMBERS YET AGAIN

NUMBERS YET AGAIN: For a million seconds to pass takes 11.5 days; for a billion 32 years; for a trillion 32,000 years. Let us express that in dollars, but call it $10.00 a second. Now it would take 3,200 years … Continue reading

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A GROUP OF ALTRUISTS

A GROUP OF ALTRUISTS will beat a society of selfish individualists every time, it is said. Start with the flat fact that the latter are suicidal. Altruists, on the contrary, have, precisely y nature, a reverence for life in all … Continue reading

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