Recorded August 26th 2020, A's reference to astrology launches us deep into the United States' past and the alignment of timelines.

We explore how black lives matter and how history draws a direct line, direct reflection, and direct rhyme to the American present. How we respond in this century will echo and rhyme into the future. What do you want that rhyme to be?

--Additional Notes, Corrections, and Context for this Episode--
Proslavery Missourians who voted and participated in Kansas’s territorial politics legally, extralegally, illegally, and often with threats and violence were the first to be called border ruffians.

The 1856 Republican National Convention Party Platform called for Kansas to be admitted as a Free State; and in clear, direct language strongly opposed slavery.

The 1856 Democratic National Convention went 17 rounds, ultimately nominating Buchanan and Breckinridge.

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