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#311 - Qing 42: Charting the Collision Course by The History of China
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#311 - Qing 42: Charting the Collision Course
The 19th century is pretty rough on Qing China. We're going to need to set things up a bit before we start knocking the dominoes down...
megaphone.link/ARML1714886620
The 19th century is pretty rough on Qing China. We're going to need to set things up a bit before we start knocking the dominoes down...
megaphone.link/ARML1714886620
"it is not a time to encourage a fracture in the opposition"
I mean, I agree. It really sucks that those 8 senators already blew that wide open by openly fracturing the entire caucus for fuckall.
I mean, I agree. It really sucks that those 8 senators already blew that wide open by openly fracturing the entire caucus for fuckall.
Essentially nobody on the D side thinks the actions of the 8 "bipartisaners" were anything but wrong, indeed stupid. But now - as the Trump Regime and its captive party are badly stumbling - is not the time to encourage a fracture in the opposition, and a descent into openly warring cohorts. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"it is not a time to encourage a fracture in the opposition"
I mean, I agree. It really sucks that those 8 senators already blew that wide open by openly fracturing the entire caucus for fuckall.
I mean, I agree. It really sucks that those 8 senators already blew that wide open by openly fracturing the entire caucus for fuckall.
Hang on let me just try my hand at writing my way out of this insidious plot-trap...
a-hem...
"We... just... pretend.... it.... didn't... happen... and... never...speak... of.... it... again..."
a-hem...
"We... just... pretend.... it.... didn't... happen... and... never...speak... of.... it... again..."
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Hang on let me just try my hand at writing my way out of this insidious plot-trap...
a-hem...
"We... just... pretend.... it.... didn't... happen... and... never...speak... of.... it... again..."
a-hem...
"We... just... pretend.... it.... didn't... happen... and... never...speak... of.... it... again..."
I even saw cubes in Elon's pocket. I think he has dice, but he's too afraid to show them to anyone.
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I even saw cubes in Elon's pocket. I think he has dice, but he's too afraid to show them to anyone.
"Grok... the book lady was mean to me today..."
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Grok... the book lady was mean to me today..."
#311 - Qing 42: Charting the Collision Course
The 19th century is pretty rough on Qing China. We're going to need to set things up a bit before we start knocking the dominoes down...
megaphone.link/ARML1714886620
The 19th century is pretty rough on Qing China. We're going to need to set things up a bit before we start knocking the dominoes down...
megaphone.link/ARML1714886620
#311 - Qing 42: Charting the Collision Course by The History of China
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November 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
#311 - Qing 42: Charting the Collision Course
The 19th century is pretty rough on Qing China. We're going to need to set things up a bit before we start knocking the dominoes down...
megaphone.link/ARML1714886620
The 19th century is pretty rough on Qing China. We're going to need to set things up a bit before we start knocking the dominoes down...
megaphone.link/ARML1714886620
"Now here is a big mansion which has lasted a thousand years. The tiles & bricks are decayed, & the beams & rafters are broken. It is still a magnificently big thing, but when the wind & rain suddenly come up, its fall is foredoomed.
...
...
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"Now here is a big mansion which has lasted a thousand years. The tiles & bricks are decayed, & the beams & rafters are broken. It is still a magnificently big thing, but when the wind & rain suddenly come up, its fall is foredoomed.
...
...
"[Qing] decision-making was not what Western states imagined. The structure most Europeans assumed was *The Chinese Govt*... was actually the Outer Court.
Real power increasingly lived in the Inner Court. The Emperor & a handful of confidants could & often did bypass the "official" govt entirely...
Real power increasingly lived in the Inner Court. The Emperor & a handful of confidants could & often did bypass the "official" govt entirely...
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
"[Qing] decision-making was not what Western states imagined. The structure most Europeans assumed was *The Chinese Govt*... was actually the Outer Court.
Real power increasingly lived in the Inner Court. The Emperor & a handful of confidants could & often did bypass the "official" govt entirely...
Real power increasingly lived in the Inner Court. The Emperor & a handful of confidants could & often did bypass the "official" govt entirely...
aaaaaaaand Lucy pulls the football... again...
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
aaaaaaaand Lucy pulls the football... again...
the endlessly fascinating thing about JCO is that she'll occasionally do full-broadsides like this, but peppered in between posts about how the giant skeletions are climbing houses again & how she found the vampire in that newfangled Nosferatu gave women too much agency
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
the endlessly fascinating thing about JCO is that she'll occasionally do full-broadsides like this, but peppered in between posts about how the giant skeletions are climbing houses again & how she found the vampire in that newfangled Nosferatu gave women too much agency
look, I for one support any means of these sorts of freakazoids outing themselves, & if that means I've gotta start avoiding people who reek of dried piss, that'll actually affect me not at all because fucking gross, Gavin. Go away, you disgusting freak. Out, out, damnéd Proud Boy.
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
look, I for one support any means of these sorts of freakazoids outing themselves, & if that means I've gotta start avoiding people who reek of dried piss, that'll actually affect me not at all because fucking gross, Gavin. Go away, you disgusting freak. Out, out, damnéd Proud Boy.
As has been amply shown already, though, Mike has no will of his own. He'll do whatever the hand crammed up his backside puppets him to do
so, let's game this out
the eight senate dems vote for the modified set of bills they've proposed
mike johnson now has to decide whether to reconvene the house or cave on his position of clean CR or nothing
if he doesn't reconvene the house, then...what?
the eight senate dems vote for the modified set of bills they've proposed
mike johnson now has to decide whether to reconvene the house or cave on his position of clean CR or nothing
if he doesn't reconvene the house, then...what?
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
As has been amply shown already, though, Mike has no will of his own. He'll do whatever the hand crammed up his backside puppets him to do
"... with an uber stuck in traffic out of Dulles."
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"... with an uber stuck in traffic out of Dulles."
"we'll definitely show a spine... next time..."
~ Snails who just took their shells off... slugs...
~ Snails who just took their shells off... slugs...
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
"we'll definitely show a spine... next time..."
~ Snails who just took their shells off... slugs...
~ Snails who just took their shells off... slugs...
Cornyn Sudden Rapture 2025
Let's Goooooooo
Let's Goooooooo
Ok so nobody actually knows where Cornyn is
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Cornyn Sudden Rapture 2025
Let's Goooooooo
Let's Goooooooo
or, perhaps, the Secret Third Thing...
the idiotliar
the idiotliar
Listening to these 8 Dem Senators explain their vote convinces me that they are either idiots or liars. Either is plausible.
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
or, perhaps, the Secret Third Thing...
the idiotliar
the idiotliar
But surely… surely… this time Lucy Van Pelt would not pull the football, thought Charlie… surely this is the true kick… he thought…
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
But surely… surely… this time Lucy Van Pelt would not pull the football, thought Charlie… surely this is the true kick… he thought…
No point with mine… but as of today, I’ve certainly left some belligerently stoned ones for other people’s senators
You ever drunk dial your senator?
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
No point with mine… but as of today, I’ve certainly left some belligerently stoned ones for other people’s senators
Just saw a personal license plate that read, “HOMSTD” &… I know it means ‘homestead,’ but…
a man in a black sweater is standing in front of a wall with the word phrasing on it .
ALT: a man in a black sweater is standing in front of a wall with the word phrasing on it .
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Just saw a personal license plate that read, “HOMSTD” &… I know it means ‘homestead,’ but…
If you thought Elon getting booed to death by that Dave Chapelle comedy crowd was something…That new sound you’ve been looking for??
Well, wait’ll you get a load of this…
Well, wait’ll you get a load of this…
Every politician gets booed at games at some point, but I genuinely don’t remember an elected official getting booed for this long at a sporting event.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If you thought Elon getting booed to death by that Dave Chapelle comedy crowd was something…That new sound you’ve been looking for??
Well, wait’ll you get a load of this…
Well, wait’ll you get a load of this…
Right after those $5,000 D.O.G.E. savings checks arrive
…
About 2 weeks after Infrastructure Week kicks off in ~2 weeks
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About 2 weeks after Infrastructure Week kicks off in ~2 weeks
November 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Right after those $5,000 D.O.G.E. savings checks arrive
…
About 2 weeks after Infrastructure Week kicks off in ~2 weeks
…
About 2 weeks after Infrastructure Week kicks off in ~2 weeks
Of course. Leave it to the Democratic Party…
Only as big a bunch of total, abject losers would think here & now, “Yes, this is the time to jump ship & strike a deal for… nothing.”
Truly, there has never been any bitter victory the DNC could not heroically snatch from its maw a sweet defeat…
Only as big a bunch of total, abject losers would think here & now, “Yes, this is the time to jump ship & strike a deal for… nothing.”
Truly, there has never been any bitter victory the DNC could not heroically snatch from its maw a sweet defeat…
I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Of course. Leave it to the Democratic Party…
Only as big a bunch of total, abject losers would think here & now, “Yes, this is the time to jump ship & strike a deal for… nothing.”
Truly, there has never been any bitter victory the DNC could not heroically snatch from its maw a sweet defeat…
Only as big a bunch of total, abject losers would think here & now, “Yes, this is the time to jump ship & strike a deal for… nothing.”
Truly, there has never been any bitter victory the DNC could not heroically snatch from its maw a sweet defeat…
No man - a worm who should twist at the end of a line.
What kind of man works aggressively to flex his power and deny nearly 42 million Americans food benefits intended to stave off hunger just weeks before Thanksgiving?
November 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
No man - a worm who should twist at the end of a line.