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WEEK 181 / 337 — The Shutdown
Vol. 3 ·  Chapter 18 — The Shutdown · Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2018
Manga panel 1 of 4, Week 181 “The Shutdown”: An elder statesman-king passes, and the flags come down. The protagonist sets the war aside for a moment to honor a long and beautiful life.
AN OLD ELDER OF THE REPUBLIC PASSES. THE FLAGS FALL TO HALF-MAST, AND EVEN THE KING BOWS HIS HEAD.
President George H.W. Bush led a long, successful and beautiful life. Whenever I was with him I saw his absolute joy for life and…
Manga panel 2 of 4, Week 181 “The Shutdown”: Then, back to the work of conquest: he signs a sweeping new trade pact with the neighbor nations and declares the old deal he loathed all but dead.
Just signed one of the most important, and largest, Trade Deals in U.S. and World History. The United States, Mexico and Canada worked so well…
Manga panel 3 of 4, Week 181 “The Shutdown”: And on the far trade front a truce: the great eastern rival agrees to drop its heaviest tariffs, and he counts it a victory.
China has agreed to reduce and remove tariffs on cars coming into China from the U.S. Currently the tariff is 40%.
Manga panel 4 of 4, Week 181 “The Shutdown”: But the prosecutor's shadow never lifts. He answers it with a shrug of contempt — a good man, minding his own very legal business, hunted for daring to run.
Oh, I get it! I am a very good developer, happily living my life, when I see our Country going in the wrong direction (to put it mildly). Against all…
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An elder of the republic passes and the flags fall to half-mast; even the king sets the war aside to honor a long and beautiful life. Then it is back to conquest — a sweeping new trade pact signed with the neighbor nations, the old hated deal all but buried, and a truce won from the great eastern rival as it drops its heaviest tariffs. Yet the prosecutor's shadow never lifts, and he answers it with contempt: a good man, minding his own very legal business, hunted only for daring to run.

Readers' Corner

Letters from the readership on Week 181. Pick a pen name — no account needed.

Opening the mailbag…