Thursday, November 10, 2016

Leonard Cohen R.I.P.

We are living in a Leonard Cohen afterworld.
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
-- Leonard Cohen, Everybody Knows
I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean
I love the country but I can't stand the scene.
And I'm neither left or right
I'm just staying home tonight,
getting lost in that hopeless little screen.
But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags
that Time cannot decay,
I'm junk but I'm still holding up
this little wild bouquet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
-- Leonard Cohen, Democracy

3 comments:

  1. If the dollar keeps going up, you're going to have to rename this blog.

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  2. Unknown,

    Yes, I've noticed that. During other dollar spikes, I could always point out that the dollar index is relative to other fiat currencies. However, the dollar is also crushing commodities, precious metals, and oil. Maybe I could name it "Dollar Super $pike"!

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