Read as the cast shares the contents of their Facebook chat conversation on the night of the election.
Jessica Clare: So who’s watching coverage already?
Angelea Marie: Championships from the weekend are archived on wftda so I’m watching roller derby Lol.
Richard James III: I am following. Early lead for Trump
Jessica Clare: I’m doing periodic check ins. I know some people who are following close already and they’ve already got intense anxiety. For mental health reasons I’m for real not following intently till latr
Richard James III: Trump says if he doesn’t win ‘it was all a waste of time; quite selfish of him to say that because he should be proud to represent the needs of his supporters. The election is not about him.
Shooting at California polling station: 1 dead, 3 hurt.
Angelea Marie: Omfg…
Richard James III: I tht Kodos and Kang promised there would be no need for a blood bath…
Angelea Marie: The States is F*****.
Richard James III: Well Canadians killed one another at poll stations…in the 1830s
Angelea Marie: Get with the times America.
Richard James III: Clinton 68, Trump 57
Texas will make things interesting
Jessica Clare: It’s terrifying even that he’s leading at this point. Even if he doesn’t win his strength right now signals some scary stuff. Saw the shooting article :holy s***.
Richard James III: White men are being challenged
It isn’t just political correctness and Academia–it is control of power structures
Jessica Clare: Yep.
Richard James III: Working class though. The wealthy do not care about economic displacement (they have benefitted from globalization).
Angelea Marie: It is terrifying. Makes me not wanna go to Disneyland in May.
Jessica Clare: I’m just trying to pretend it’s not actually possible for him to win. Like, I want to believe the muse of fate just wouldn’t allow it
Richard James III: To be honest though I can appreciate the desperation of this segment of American society, ie. this segment has been struggling with secondary effects of economic dislocation more than any other (specifically suicide rates of white men much higher than any other demographic since 2008).
The frustration is palpable
Jessica Clare: And frankly I think their frustration leads naturally to Trump over Clinton. I wouldn’t feel like she’d alleviate the situation in their place.
If that makes sense. Sorry, my brain is seriously sleep-deprived right now 😳
Richard James III: If she becomes president she will be confronted with some existential and paradigm issues akin to what FDR faced in the 1930s depression era (crisis of capitalism and democracy)
Jessica Clare: Oh whatever happens tonight the madness doesn’t end tonight. If she gets in she’s in for a fucking rough term
Richard James III: Well the drama certainly won’t end tonight. I am concerned for the safety of both candidates to be honest
Jessica Clare: Did you read about Trump saying he’ll demand a recount if he doesn’t win?
Richard James III: Yes but only under certain conditions
Angelea Marie: Yeah I heard about that. What a poor loser. And that’s who the republicans have chosen to represent them.
Richard James III: Specifically, if the electoral college numbers are close he will try to challenge the result; if there is a clear victory he will accept the result
Jessica Clare: Oh okay that’s more reasonable than I assumed
Richard James III: That’s the thing, really, is we are often guilty of believing (unqualified) our assumptions about our opponent. So it makes intuitive sense just to assume Trump is going to be an ass about things.
Jessica Clare: To be fair, even if it’s technically a logical misstep…it’s not like he hasn’t set a precedent of whiny petulant behaviour. You’re right though, assumptions are a huge part of what’s made this election so caustic.
Richard James III: Totally understand
I guess though a person can be ‘whiny’ one time and ‘reasonable’ the next.
We shall see I guess.
What are the numbers at now? I am watching Oilers playing Pittsburgh.
Jessica Clare: Haha I suppose they can! And 125 trump to 97 Clinton. He’s halfway home
Richard James III: What ‘big’ state did he get…Texas?
Angelea Marie: That’s just sickening. Ugh.
Richard James III: It is democracy heh.
Jessica Clare: Yep. Texas.
Richard James III: That is no surprise
Jessica Clare: NERP.
Richard James III: This gets interesting once Florida is decided.
Angelea Marie: Need Florida to win, I hear.
Richard James III: Yes and Ohio, Pennsylvania too or equivalents.
Jessica Clare: T 125 C 104. Closing the gap a bit. God this is gonna be a tight race.
Richard James III: There’s a certain part of me that wants to see Trump win.
Angelea Marie: Yeah the sadistic part.
Richard James III: The reptilian part of my brain, the limbic system.
Angelea Marie:
😜
Richard James III: When I was a kid I remember helping my dad build a porch.
He asked me for a hammer while he was kneeling over.
I grabbed the hammer and this thought popped in my head, ‘I want to hit him on the head.’
I wasn’t mad….it just sort of appeared out of nowhere—that is the limbic system.
You all have experiences like that at all….?
Angelea Marie: Yes I’ve had random weird thoughts like that before.
Richard James III: For instance….
Angelea Marie: Oh you want an example? I don’t have one off the top of my head but I remember it happening to me as a kid and hoping it didn’t mean I was a psycho Lol.
Sometimes my brain wanders off to “what if” tragic events – like someone driving into me with my kids in the car. Then I indulge myself in imagining what I’d do to someone if my kids got hurt.
Richard James III: ‘Indulge.” Hehheheh.
Angelea Marie: Lol it is an indulgence. It’s an acknowledgment of that animal side that all humans have. Logically, I know it doesn’t make it okay to hurt someone else because they’ve hurt me.
Richard James III: Human nature is funny. We are both beautiful and terrible at the same time.
Angelea Marie:
Two sides to the same coin.
Richard James III
Angelea Marie: A jar of krill Lol. That’s a good comic.
Richard James III: THAT is an awesome comic strip.
Jessica Clare: Oh man step away for supper come back to very compelling thoughts on the limbic system and one of my all time favourite comics.
Richard James III: We aim to please. He won Virginia. Protest votes in Virginia cost Clinton that state.
Jessica Clare: A lot of the time when I’m walking on bridges I have a weird urge I have to resist to jump off it–ABSOLUTELY NOT because of any emotional compulsion but because I always think I’d love to splash into the water below. And I have to like, rationally remind myself I wouldn’t like the trip down. That limbic too?
Jessica Clare: Yeah?
Richard James III: Yes i think so. I want to ‘go splash.’ Baha.
Jessica Clare: Yeah! It’s awful man:P
Angelea Marie: I think a lot of the trouble we humans get into is because we go “hmm I wonder what would happen if..?” or sometimes because we just skip that step altogether Lol.
Richard James III: I agree with you Lea. How have we managed to survive on this planet for 200,000/6,000 years?
Jessica Clare: Hahaha I think that’s entirely true.
Richard James III: The Peso was going up with Clinton’s early lead.
Angelea Marie: 200,000/6,000 😂😂😂
Richard James III: Now it is plummeting
Angelea Marie: Good observation Rick.
Jessica Clare: Haha oh good gravy.
Richard James III: Asian stocks tumbling.
Jessica Clare: Okay I’ve got a friend who’s anticipating riots if Trump doesn’t win. Thoughts?
Angelea Marie: Wouldn’t surprise me at all.
Richard James III: Riots are possible with either side winning.
Angelea Marie: His supporters have already turned up with guns at the polls. I agree Rick.
Richard James III: I feel like Aragorn on top of the wall just before the Battle of Helm’s Deep breaks out…calm. Then one of you two let loose an arrow.
Jessica Clare: I’m trying to calm her down. I don’t see like a huge, united riot, like country wide. But there will be violent fallout I think for the next several weeks
Richard James III: And BAM the battle starts. It will be France in 2005 all over again.
Angelea Marie: It’ll be like Vancouver when we lose a hockey game…..
Richard James III: Or that.
Angelea Marie: A huge united riot would be akin to civil war and I don’t think ‘Murica is there yet. Close though.
Richard James III: I ran a survey election of my own. Clinton winning by quite abit. I think though someone voted 30 times.
Angelea Marie: Too bad the rest of the world can’t vote in this U.S. Election. Trump wouldn’t stand a chance.
Richard James III: I want Germans to have a vote.
Angelea Marie: Heck, let’s just get this New World Order happening already.
Richard James III: Don’t blame me. I voted for Kodos.
Jessica Clare: Bahaha this might be a step in this direction.
Richard James III:
Angelea Marie: Shiver me timbers.
Jessica Clare: Aww see now who could say NO to voting for that face?
Angelea Marie
😂
Richard James III: https://pandesite.wordpress.com/2016/10/09/elections-101-kang-and-kodos-on-clinton-and-trump/
I wrote this a month or so ago. I have had about 70 views (40 of them in the last three days).
Elections 101: Kang and Kodos on Clinton and Trump
Richard James III: Traffic coming to the site/podcast through Internet searches and not FB. Someone searched and found the site by entering the following search phrase, e.g. Kodos and Kang take me to Clinton!
Jessica Clare: Hahah that’s awesome.
Richard James III: Grrrr, found a typo. I got the election date wrong. Fixed that mofo. Gah I hate when I do that. You might find this encouraging: the same Republican surge took place early in the previous two elections but Obama was elected. My wife made this observation. She’s so smart: S-M-R-T.
Jessica Clare: *and she dances will the house goes up in flame * Clinton won new Mexico. I’m guessing that’s minority voters showing up
Richard James III: They clawed their way over the wall.
Just occurred to me: maybe Obama wasn’t the anti-Christ after all…
Jessica Clare: Bahaha it just occurred now he might not be? So…you thought he was before?
Richard James III: I am being tongue ‘n cheek. Republicans kept saying Obama was. I think, wouldn’t it be clever, if Satan aka the anti-Christ was brought in by the religious right? Aka Trump.
Angelea Marie: Isn’t that how it always works?
Richard James III: And I am being figurative.
Jessica Clare: Haha oh I gotcha, I was bugging yous
Richard James III: I do not believe in such a thing as anti-Christs. I am invoking a corollary of Jean Paul Sartre who said “hell is other people” and would observe now “Trump is other people therefore the anti-Christ.” Seems logical to me.
Jessica Clare: Haha it’s PERFECT logic.
Angelea Marie: Trump is a sweet potato in a wig.
Jessica Clare: BAHAHAHA I love that. Except for the fact I love sweet potatoes…
I do not love Trump.
Richard James III: Sweet potatoes are good for you.
Ergo, Trump is good for you.
Angelea Marie: He’s only useful in his true form – sweet potato. He won’t be of use to us as President.
Richard James III: Trump won in Ohio.
Jessica Clare: Haha I’m just picturing an actual sweet potato in the white house, giving out orders.
Richard James III: And over 200,000 third party votes in Florida. Prob cost Clinton the state.
Jessica Clare: But now I’m not laughing so much.
Richard James III: CBC Headline: Strong Trump showing so far has markets ‘increasingly worried.’
Angelea Marie: If we don’t have laughter, we’ll have nothing if Trump gets in.
Jessica Clare: God you know I sincerely didn’t even think of the economic ramifications. Like short term.
Angelea Marie: I didn’t either. I didn’t think ‘Murica was actually that stupid to let it happen.
Richard James III: Well, the worth of markets and currency are fundamentally tied to consumer confidence. So it makes sense they either go up or down based on perception.
That is the short-term.
Over the long-term if Trump plays around with various trade agreements we’ll see some global shifts in the economy which will quite possibly be painful to Canadians.
Canadians who supported the idea of a Trump presidency are pretty short-sighted, in that, if he raises those tariff walls he promised to raise then farmers, producers, etc. can kiss America good-bye as a market.
Want to know something interesting?
Jessica Clare: Always.
Richard James III: Thanks Obi Wan.
The erection of tariff walls preceded both world wars in the 20th century.
Sweet, huh? Protectionism. We have a serious case of historical amnesia.
Angelea Marie: Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Jessica Clare: Oh good lord we certainly do. And are.
I was reading today though apparently Trump opposes the TPP?
I didn’t have time to dig into the article properly but does that sound familiar?
Richard James III: I believe he does oppose it.
Yes. For good reason he opposes it largely because of the state-investor arbitration component I think.
Richard James III: This state-investor component gives corporations inordinate amounts of power in the countries they operate in, e.g. if a government passes laws to protect either labor or the environment and these laws hurt profit margins, for instance, a corporation can appeal to the TPP investor-state provision and actually sue a government.
This ostensibly means governments (nation states) do not actually have full sovereignty and power has shifted to these transnational companies. The state-investor arbitration disputes that do take place are largely overseen by the very lawyers who drafted them in the first place. Zero transparency. Quite shady really.
Jessica Clare: And so he opposes it on the grounds of…not wanting to give up that control to other nations big companies?
Richard James III: I should think so, yes. That’s why most people oppose it (or the educated).
The blue collar workers oppose it because agreements like the TPP do mean more jobs….just not in America.
Or Canada.
These agreements make it easier for jobs and factories and such to be moved to China, India, etc. In the 1990s when globalization was really coming into its own, national governments in America and Canada, etc. tied human rights, pensions, and such to allowing corporations to move to the Far East; however, over time those rights and pensions/benefits for Chinese workers are being ignored.
Apple is one of the worst violators, e.g. not giving workers pensions for creating their iCrap. This despite the fact workers are actually owed pensions by law/agreements. Those same workers are killing themselves due to terrible working conditions and exploitation. There are “suicide nets” installed on tall Apple factory buildings in Shanghai. It is a pretty messed up situation, really.
Richard James III: The only thing, in my honest opinion, keeping North America’s economy going is in fact deregulation and the extension of cheap credit.
We are meeting our material needs, and maintaining our standard of living, not through high paying jobs (those jobs in the manufacturing sector are largely gone) but through access to cheap credit. We are “pretending” in a sense that our economy is strong; it is not strong by many measures.
Richard James III:
Jessica Clare: And it’s amazing that that’s the case because we’ve already seen that facade collapse in recent history.
Richard James III: The 1920s.
This is regrettable, the Democrats losing, from an economic standpoint.
Clinton was on record saying she was going to bring back Glass-Steagall. This was the act FDR passed into law preventing stock brokers from being so free wheeling with the economy.
Bill Clinton repealed it back in the 1990s.
Wonder if Trump would re-introduce it….kinda doubt it.
Angelea Marie:
Richard James III: That a sweet potato?
Jessica Clare: Hahahaha that is MAGIC.
Angelea Marie: That is a sweet potato with Trump hair Lol.
Richard James III: How you find such an exquisite picture?
Angelea Marie: I made it Lol.
Richard James III: Heheheh. Thats a lot of effort. You and Alaine are meme creators.
Angelea Marie: It wasn’t too much effort. I’ve had a lot of practice with photoshop making derby posters and memes so I’m getting quicker.
Richard James III: You’ve found your calling.
Jess next time you come into town try to make time so we can get together for our “dinner” and a movie. *wink wink*
Angelea Marie: Lol I’m a Jill of all trades. Yes! That would be fun.
Look what I found at Value Village:
Angelea Marie: it’s in my bathroom so all my guests can have something to read when they visit the can 😜😂
Angelea Marie:
Richard James III: His autobiography is quite good. Hitchens. Not the mammoth’s.
Angelea Marie: They have a choice though, I’m not unreasonable. I’ll get around to my to-read list one day.. 😅
Richard James III: You read all the books I lent you yet?
Jessica Clare: Haha we’ll have to very expressly plan our “dinner and a movie” night. I’ll drive out for it, but it’ll have to be the main reason I’m driving.
Angelea Marie: *crickets*
Hence, I’ll get around to my to-read list one day.. 😳
Richard James III: Take care of my babies
Angelea Marie: They are on my bookshelf, scolding me daily for not having read them all yet.
Richard James III: 191 Clinton, 187 Chump.
Angelea Marie: Omfg.
Richard James III: Like little chicks
The books want their momma to puke/give them food. Feed them… Wow. On the news an African American pundit said something very powerful just now
Angelea Marie: Deets.
Richard James III: Trump’s support represents the last gasp of white supremacy in the United States.
Angelea Marie: I like it. Hopefully it cuts as close to the bone as it’s expressing.
Richard James III: Apparently Trump supporters believe Michelle Obama is a man. Hehe.
And the Obamas kidnapped their kids.
Duning-Kruger Effect much?
Angelea Marie: Brutal. People are stupid.
Jessica Clare: In fairness Michelle Obamas arms are friggin JACKED. They’re impressively and enviously masculine.
Richard James III: These are rumors being bandied about at Trump rallies.
Jessica Clare: Heh oh obviously! I’m just kidding around.
Richard James III: There are rumors Trump gropes beautiful women and….oh wait.
Angelea Marie: You should see my arms now, from working at the stables doing farm chores. It’s ridiculous!
Richard James III: Michelle Obama is a beautiful woman in every sense.
Angelea Marie: Class act.
Jessica Clare: Oh my god of course she is. She’s incredible.
Let’s be clear, I was totally kidding. I absolutely admire that woman. Beautiful inside and out.
Richard James III: No takie-backsies, Jess.
Jessica Clare: Now what scares me about that pundits comment is that this may be the “last grasps” of white supremacy….but it’s a tight grip now. Race relations are not going to calm in the states for a long time.
Richard James III: The Canada Immigration website just crashed apparently. Heheheh.
Jessica Clare: Hahaha oh my god it actually has.
Richard James III: No but the balance of power–in terms of demographics–is shifting inexorably in favor to non-whites or at least the historically marginalized.
Angelea Marie: No, it’ll take several years for this fall-out to settle. But the tide is definitely turning.
Richard James III: 2020. Next cycle.
Angelea Marie: White people aren’t going to calm their collective tits in a scant four years.
Richard James III: Dont need to. They won’t have the same bloc voting power is what I am saying.
Jessica Clare: Yeah I doubt they will…but in that time I suspect minority voters will activate more.
Richard James III: This will change the face of state legislatures and the fed.
Jessica Clare: Yeah? You thinking like district lines will get redrawn?
Richard James III: Gerrymandering?
I don’t know. I suspect so. The Supreme Court will become an obstructionist institution with a Trump presidency which means effective attempts at maintaining the status quo will be made.
Never understood why the Americans allowed their Judiciary to become affected by partisan politics; it should be politically neutral.
Jessica Clare: Oh absolutely it should….the extent of lobbyist influence in the entire system is mind-boggling.
10:26pm You named the conversation: P & E: Apocalypse 2016.
10:26pm You changed the conversation picture.
Richard James III: There are hundreds of lobbyists for every individual member of Congress.
Angelea Marie: Agreed. They need to start wearing suits like the NASCAR people.
Richard James III: Heh. I would support such a law.
Jessica Clare: Me too. Haha imagine it.
Nice group name change btw.
Richard James III: *curtsey*
curtsy even
Jessica Clare:
Jessica Clare: Dat you
Richard James III: I embrace my femininity. But I would wear a blue dress. Blue is my color.
Jessica Clare: That is a blue dress!
Richard James III: The events of tonight remind me of a quote from Adolf Hitler. He hated democracy and observed why he hated it, i.e. winning elections was like moving a magnet over a dunghill to find what would stick.
Jessica Clare: Well it looks kinda periwinkle there…
Richard James III: That is a pink dress!
Jessica Clare: Are you colourblind?! Haha.
Richard James III: The magnet is the politician’s promise and whatever sticks to it are the pieces (voters) of dung which want those promises kept.
Periwinkle is not blue.
Jessica Clare: Jesus that’s a stark metaphor isn’t it?
And it’s closer to blue than pink, brah
Angelea Marie: It’s blue. Lol.
Richard James III: Actually periwinkle is part of the blue and violet family.
I am just as justified in saying it is purple-ish as you are saying it is blue.
Google it.
baha
Jessica Clare: Okay we’re totes say the same thing here re:colour.
Richard James III: Speak Engrish?
Jessica Clare: Haha my point is that dress ain’t pink.
Richard James III: Hey, wanna come to Japan?
*classic avoidance*
Jessica Clare: Bahaha umm maybe?
Richard James III: I am taking a group to Japan in July. I will stay away from Hiroshima though if Trump is president.
Someone get Alaine in here already.
Jessica Clare: Oh in July? Ain’t enough time to save for me. That’s a good idea though.
And right?? Is she still part of the group?
Richard James III: She doesn’t get notifications.
Jessica Clare: Ahhh so.
Richard James III: Washington went to Clinton (210), Iowa to Trump (228).
I am binge eating tonight with this whole election thing.
Jessica Clare: Oh yeah? What’s on the menu?
Richard James III: 5 pieces of pizza, bag of M and Ms, two cokes, box of cracker chips, and two bowls of mini wheats.
Jessica Clare: Holy monkeys you weren’t kidding!
Richard James III: to be fair I work out a lot so i need lotsa calories…but i could eat much better sources of energy to be sure.
Jessica Clare:
Richard James III: hehehehe.
Jessica Clare: Haha hey man I ain’t judging. I do that sometimes and I definitely don’t work out like you:P
Richard James III: I ain’t judging.
Jessica Clare: I’m having chocolate tonight. And frankly I’m on the verge of regaining the classic “sqvishy radio announcer” body for a bit before I get used to early mornings again and can figure out an afternoon workout regimen of some kind.
So, may as well embrace it!
Jessica Clare:
Richard James III: I wish you lived closer. We could be workout buddies every so often.
Jessica Clare: I would love that.
Richard James III: I am quite liking learning how to fight. Best cardio workouts ever and super low impact compared to running a 23 km Spartan Beast race up and down a mountain.
My toe nails are still black from the race I ran in early August.
I have to admit I am really disappointed but perhaps not surprised by this election.
This election was not a plebiscite on principles (“What kind of America do we want?”) but a mandate for Trump on job creation. Economics seems to “trump” everything–especially when the economy isn’t doing all that well for a significant segment of the American population.
Richard James III: Kind of an interesting development, really. Even white people on the left are changing patterns abit. They’re joining movements like Occupy and the people who typically belong to these protest movements against power–the poor, people of color–are now joined by economically dislocated whites who were born into the middle class but who cannot really expect to have the same standard of living as their parents given prevailing economic realities.
Richard James III: Here’s a curious thought: what kind of relationship will a Republican dominated Congress have with Trump? He isn’t really a Republican, not really.
Jessica Clare: That might be the thing I’m most interested to watch in the next while. Trump has consistently flaunted convention through his campaign. How far will he try to push the “conventions” (legalities) of the role of president? And how will other party members, legislators, congress etc react, and will they be able to reel him in to keep him operating within the legal confines of his role?
Richard James III: He cannot rule by fiat. The Constitution was designed to prevent such a thing from happening by incorporating checks and balances. The Senate provides a powerful counter-balance to the office of the president.
He’ll need to be able to build consensus. Curious if he’s capable of such a thing.
Jessica Clare: Exactly the question. I imagine he’ll try to avoid those checks and balances at least on occasion. I don’t think he considers himself a person who has to be responsible to anyone
Richard James III: He can’t “skip” or “avoid” them.
If America was like Colombia, sure. He could do it. There’s enough corruption and complicity and virtually zero civic virtue in that country.
But not really possible in America. Too many people genuinely love and believe in democracy (despite the lobbies).
I am confident the American government can survive a man with as big an ego as Trump.
Jessica Clare: I also am confident. I’ve been saying for some time I take comfort in thinking that if trump wins (and I’m going to bed soon thinking he’s got it), then it won’t be long before he’s in trouble, possibly facing impeachment for trying to skirt the system and getting called on it.
Richard James III: Getting into trouble.
Yeah, his temperament tends to mean trouble or controversy finds him.
Jessica Clare: Oh but he has the best temperament remember? 😛
Anyway I hate to say it but I’m outta gas. Gotta call it a night sadly
Richard James III: Okay, Gnite. I’ll man the wall. Natha daga thia!
Jessica Clare: And we may die as one of them whether we want to or not.
Richard James III: G’nite, Aragorn.
Errr, Legolas.
Oh wait, I’m Legolas.
Jessica Clare: Haha goodnight elf-man
Richard James III: Nite, home girl.
Angelea Marie: Missed quite a bit while I was getting things done around the house and ready for tomorrow! And alas, I too must call it a night.
Richard James III: Alas, fair thee well. I am the late night warrior.
Angelea Marie: Greet thee on the morn, late night warrior. Guard thy post.
Richard James III: I shalt to the death….or until sleep takes me…waiting on the final, final result.
I want to go to bed having truly earned my nightmares.
Angelea Marie: Lol then fight to the bitter end!
Richard James III: Anon and anon. Take thy face hence, you egg.
Angelea Marie
😂 good night, chicken leg.
Richard James III:
Alaine Berjian:
Alaine Berjian: Ummm I went to bed at seven and I woke up to this.
Wtf guys 😭
Richard James III: Alaine!
The world ended.
Alaine Berjian: I’m super sick and this isn’t making me feel any better.
Richard James III: Step 1 to survive the next 24 hours
Alaine Berjian: Oh no!
Richard James III: 1). You need a young priest and an old priest.
2). Team up with people who are slower than you or bruise easily.
Alaine Berjian: Why??
Richard James III: The world ended. Trump won.
I am dying here and want to go to bed but want to know the final results.
Schadenfreude
Alaine Berjian: We don’t know yet. The dead people haven’t voted yet!!!
Richard James III: Good point. They’re an overlooked segment of the American polity. What did Trump promise them?
Alaine Berjian: There’s still a shred of hope that I’m going to cling to 😱
Richard James III: I think the keyword there is “shred”-ed.
Well I am heading to bed, Alaine. Watch the wall for me.
Alaine Berjian: Lmao will do
“And so my watch begins….”
12:18am
Richard James III: baha. night.
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The conversation picks up again early the next day.
Jessica Clare: Welp, friends, it’s been a slice. I look forward to riding out the end of days with you.
Richard James III: Remember that podcast we shot on what we would do if the end was coming….? I’ma come visit you all one at a time.
Jessica Clare: Haha deal.
Angelea Marie: Guess we get to watch America burn.
Richard James III: Heh. It won’t be all that bad.
There will be some awesome meme creation over the next four years.
Jessica Clare: Heh. This is true.
You hear he’s been congratulated by Putin?
Haha that’s a great sign 😛
Richard James III: Alaine made an appearance last night btw.
*points at the corpse*
Peasants & Emperors 