rklantian
@rklantian.bsky.social
Retired. Lapsed academic. Then nonprofit leader (large national business association). Lifetime of work on China. Opposed to the echo chamber. Unsentimental but not paranoid. At home in the US and global China field. Raised East, but many years in PNW.
DJT fluent in Chinese? "Two guys walk in to a bar...."
October 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
DJT fluent in Chinese? "Two guys walk in to a bar...."
Dressing up like a Nazi is no different from being a Nazi, and being a Nazi means approving of this:
October 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Dressing up like a Nazi is no different from being a Nazi, and being a Nazi means approving of this:
Donald, perhaps it's time for you to spend more time with your family...... That is, if you are experiencing suicidal ideation....
October 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Donald, perhaps it's time for you to spend more time with your family...... That is, if you are experiencing suicidal ideation....
Port Townsend, WA. Eyeball estimate of 2x June.
October 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Port Townsend, WA. Eyeball estimate of 2x June.
This is what these fat, emasculated Republican grown-up "kids" - and the Vice President of the United States -- think is "funny". Do not look away. No thoughts and prayers. No "mistakes were made." (Photos of Bergen Belsen per Google Images).
October 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This is what these fat, emasculated Republican grown-up "kids" - and the Vice President of the United States -- think is "funny". Do not look away. No thoughts and prayers. No "mistakes were made." (Photos of Bergen Belsen per Google Images).
This is what Vance calls "edgy," and what those bloated emasculated Young Republicans enjoyed joking about. Never forget. Never forgive. Root them out and send them beyond the fringes of American life. Liberation of Bergen Belsen 1945.
October 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This is what Vance calls "edgy," and what those bloated emasculated Young Republicans enjoyed joking about. Never forget. Never forgive. Root them out and send them beyond the fringes of American life. Liberation of Bergen Belsen 1945.
Something else . Last roses of summer, PNW.
October 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Something else . Last roses of summer, PNW.
Read Jay Kuo's brilliant "Status Kuo" essay today on the Mike Johnson "Trump was FBI informant on Epstein" fiasco.
From Wiki, "Destroyers laying down smoke screen"
From Wiki, "Destroyers laying down smoke screen"
September 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Read Jay Kuo's brilliant "Status Kuo" essay today on the Mike Johnson "Trump was FBI informant on Epstein" fiasco.
From Wiki, "Destroyers laying down smoke screen"
From Wiki, "Destroyers laying down smoke screen"
Speaker Johnson attends alumni reunion.
September 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Speaker Johnson attends alumni reunion.
Breaking: Kennedy academic record published.
September 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Breaking: Kennedy academic record published.
When going on the White House tour, don't forget to bring this:
July 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
When going on the White House tour, don't forget to bring this:
Here is mine from PT demo. Never got more than a C in elementary school art, but what the hell... B.
June 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Here is mine from PT demo. Never got more than a C in elementary school art, but what the hell... B.
Port Townsend, popn maybe 11,000, demo today far more than double the robust demos of previous weeks. Car honking continuous and deafening. Strangely, almost no pickup trucks in the normal traffic flow.
June 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Port Townsend, popn maybe 11,000, demo today far more than double the robust demos of previous weeks. Car honking continuous and deafening. Strangely, almost no pickup trucks in the normal traffic flow.
C'mon, folks. Celebrate Flag Day with your fellow citizens.
June 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
C'mon, folks. Celebrate Flag Day with your fellow citizens.
Lily, Will, Lizzie, Cedar, Birdie, goldens all, over five decades, not a single day goes by without our doing the very same thing.
May 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Lily, Will, Lizzie, Cedar, Birdie, goldens all, over five decades, not a single day goes by without our doing the very same thing.
Or, The Way of All Flush. Maybe on Air Force 1?
May 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Or, The Way of All Flush. Maybe on Air Force 1?
Where we are: celebrating the production of America's new nuclear gravity bomb. Isn't she a honey, boys? What ad agency did the graphics, one wonders.
May 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Where we are: celebrating the production of America's new nuclear gravity bomb. Isn't she a honey, boys? What ad agency did the graphics, one wonders.
Trump builds a Coalition of the Swilling:
May 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Trump builds a Coalition of the Swilling:
Golden retriever in mid-gnaw hears nuthatch call.
April 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Golden retriever in mid-gnaw hears nuthatch call.