DONARUDO
WEEK 078 / 083 — Cancel the Order
Vol. 2 ·  Chapter 8 — The Transition · Dec 6 – Dec 12, 2016
Manga panel 1 of 5, Week 78 “Cancel the Order”: Donarudo points up at the colossal new presidential jet on a wet tarmac and orders the whole program cancelled.
“Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. Cancel order!”
A SINGLE SENTENCE, AND A TITAN'S STOCK PLUNGES. THE COURT LEARNS: THE PHONE COMMANDS MARKETS NOW.
Manga panel 2 of 5, Week 78 “Cancel the Order”: In the gold lobby Donarudo clasps hands with a visiting magnate pledging fifty billion dollars and fifty thousand jobs.
Masa (SoftBank) of Japan has agreed to invest $50 billion in the U.S. toward businesses and 50,000 new jobs....
Manga panel 3 of 5, Week 78 “Cancel the Order”: From a draped box Donarudo watches the cadets fill a floodlit stadium for the Army-Navy game, hand over heart.
Being at the Army - Navy Game was fantastic. There is nothing like the spirit in that stadium. A wonderful experience, and congrats to Army!
Manga panel 4 of 5, Week 78 “Cancel the Order”: A red intelligence file lies untouched in the lamplight as the argument over who tampered with the election goes public.
Can you imagine if the election results were the opposite and WE tried to play the Russia/CIA card. It would be called conspiracy theory!
Manga panel 5 of 5, Week 78 “Cancel the Order”: Donarudo hoists the certified Wisconsin tally like a trophy while the recount's defeated sponsors file out of the hall.
“The final Wisconsin vote is in and guess what - we just picked up an additional 131 votes. The Dems and Green Party can now rest. Scam!”
THE RECOUNT DIES IN WISCONSIN — HIS MARGIN GROWS BY 131. BUT THE WHISPER OF THE EAST GROWS LOUDER.
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

A single sentence and a titan of industry loses billions in the morning markets: the court learns the phone commands more than headlines now. A foreign magnate arrives bearing fifty billion dollars; the cadets of the Army-Navy game salute; and in a dark paneled room, a red file nobody wants to touch begins to circulate. The recount dies in Wisconsin, but the whisper of the east does not.

Readers' Corner

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