This is a gaffe. A myrmidon is a member of an ant-like horde or army. The crew of the Nautilus in Vernes's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, for example, are referred to as myrmidons.
I suspect and believe that the reference that was meant was to Archimedes' "myriad myriad" in "The Sand Reckoner", used there in the strict mathematical sense of ten thousand times ten thousand.
Carry on.
Poverty is a very lucrative career choice in the USA. Look anywhere. We have the fattest poor anywhere. Go through any ‘hood’ and you’ll see newer cars with thangs and rimz, each person has 3 or 4 obamaphones and always the latest new phone for Worldstar Hip Hop videos. They have housing, utilities, medical care, education all paid for by the tax payer. The ‘poor’ wait in lines to buy $400 sneakers. Generations of “poor” can go generations without anyone working.
Makes me wonder why I bother with my own business
Great post!
I blow liberals minds every time the conversation is about the ‘poor’ in America. I always say “That is what I love about this country! We have no poor.” Always the same retort, What about the homeless? I tell them that the homeless CHOOSE to be homeless due to liberals shutting down the mental hospitals.
Rush. Limbaugh has been saying the exact same thing for the last ten years.Americans in poverty are not poor.
To be fair, I would think $20 in the US goes less far than in say, Bangladesh or Somalia.