Published on July 19th, 2009 by Malachi
When I got home on Saturday afternoon, a note dated “16 July” and taped to the door awaited me.
I had the vague feeling that I had seen the handwriting before –perhaps on another handwritten notice that had been publicly posted. But no firmer thought about this materialized, and so I cannot be sure of this. I reproduce the note here.
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Published on December 20th, 2008 by Malachi
Since Bernie Madoff hit the scene last Thursday, I’ve been looking at my book “A Collection of Yiddish Proverbs”, trying to pick out those proverbs that best describe or comment (or speculate) on Bernie’s behavior. There are many profound beauties there, but –for the moment at least– I’m going with the supremely [...]
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Published on August 8th, 2008 by Malachi
So, we still don’t know for sure whether it was him or not? The FBI hasn’t released all their findings yet?
What about the Waterboarding Results! The Waterboard Analysis? That’s what I want to see.
Don’t tell me that didn’t settle it!
And don’t tell me we didn’t Waterboard the guy. I mean, if we “did” Osama’s driver, [...]
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