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WEEK 306 / 337 The Ratings
Vol. 5 ·  Chapter 31 The Office of the Former President · Apr 20 – Apr 26, 2021
Manga panel 1 of 3, Week 306 “The Ratings”: The twentieth of April, Minneapolis. Twelve seats in the jury box, a table with the chairs pushed back, and a verdict just read.
THE TWENTIETH OF APRIL. IN MINNEAPOLIS A JURY CONVICTS A POLICE OFFICER OF MURDER ON ALL THREE COUNTS.
Manga panel 2 of 3, Week 306 “The Ratings”: Outside the courthouse a crowd stands in the road and hears the three counts read out through the doors.
OUTSIDE, A CROWD STANDS IN THE ROAD AND HEARS THE THREE COUNTS READ THROUGH THE DOORS.
Manga panel 3 of 3, Week 306 “The Ratings”: Two days later, in a dark room in Florida, one page goes out from the office. It is about a basketball player's ratings.
THE OFFICE ISSUES ONE PAPER IN THESE SEVEN DAYS. IT GOES OUT ON THE TWENTY-SECOND.
LeBron James should focus on basketball rather than presiding over the destruction of the NBA, which has just recorded the lowest television RATINGS, by far, in the long and distinguished history of the League. His RACIST rants are divisive, nasty, insulting, and demeaning. He may be a great basketball player, but he is doing nothing to bring our Country together!
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

On the twentieth of April a jury in Minneapolis convicts a police officer of murder on all three counts, and a crowd stands in the road outside the courthouse to hear it read. The office of the former president issues one paper in the seven days that follow. It goes out on the twenty-second and it is about a basketball player, and about the television ratings of the league he plays in.

Readers' Corner

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