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	On the difference between analysts and Cassandra

Rasmus

1-22-2008 7:41 PM

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cassandra, analysts, black mondays, black tuesdays, black wednesdays, black thursdays, black fridays, prophecy

Rasmus says:

Cassandra, the seer, spake the truth on dooms to come, and nobody believed her.

Analysts, the makers, conjure dooms, and everybody believes them.

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