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Chiang Kai shek died in 1975. What an insanely eventful year
December 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Chiang Kai shek died in 1975. What an insanely eventful year
Lean on me is a despicable film
December 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Lean on me is a despicable film
From a review in the LA times:
December 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
From a review in the LA times:
This was like every other movie for twenty years
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This was like every other movie for twenty years
Goddamn. 50 years ago from Herblock
December 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Goddamn. 50 years ago from Herblock
75-76 was a hinge point of sorts, but the Ford administration is still largely overlooked
December 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
75-76 was a hinge point of sorts, but the Ford administration is still largely overlooked
It is actually quite remarkable that in the same year, 1965, the US backed military coups by Suharto in Indonesia and Mobutu in the Congo, and that a decade later, 1975, it would rely on each strongman as conduits to manage the fallout of decolonization in Angola and Timor respectively
December 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
It is actually quite remarkable that in the same year, 1965, the US backed military coups by Suharto in Indonesia and Mobutu in the Congo, and that a decade later, 1975, it would rely on each strongman as conduits to manage the fallout of decolonization in Angola and Timor respectively
It became a sort of self fulfilling prophecy. By dogmatically repeating the mantra that non whites were incapable of democratic self rule, policies inhibiting democratic self rule followed suit.
December 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It became a sort of self fulfilling prophecy. By dogmatically repeating the mantra that non whites were incapable of democratic self rule, policies inhibiting democratic self rule followed suit.
Pretty self aware state department report from 1959
December 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Pretty self aware state department report from 1959
1975 was a really, really, bad year to try arming multiple factions in a civil war on another continent
December 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
1975 was a really, really, bad year to try arming multiple factions in a civil war on another continent
And Henry lost! Bigly!
December 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
And Henry lost! Bigly!
The 70’s and early 80’s in particular were just dog shit, lmao
not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.
December 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The 70’s and early 80’s in particular were just dog shit, lmao
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Thinking about when the Ford administration brought in ideologues from outside the government to give assessments of classified intel that would bolster neoconservative criticisms of detente
March 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Thinking about when the Ford administration brought in ideologues from outside the government to give assessments of classified intel that would bolster neoconservative criticisms of detente
Hahahahahhaha fuck Goldwater
December 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Hahahahahhaha fuck Goldwater
With absolutely no parallels to our time at all, it’s worth noting that when Nixon took office his administration undertook a reevaluation of US policy toward Africa that culminated in National Security Council Study Memorandum 39, which concluded that punitive measures against-
December 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM
With absolutely no parallels to our time at all, it’s worth noting that when Nixon took office his administration undertook a reevaluation of US policy toward Africa that culminated in National Security Council Study Memorandum 39, which concluded that punitive measures against-
The Angola blunder is a forgotten looming presence over the 76 election. You’ll find it in Reagan’s campaign messaging too.
December 20, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The Angola blunder is a forgotten looming presence over the 76 election. You’ll find it in Reagan’s campaign messaging too.
Almost fifty years since ford flagellated himself to appease the GOP’s right wing only to lose to Carter anyways
December 20, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Almost fifty years since ford flagellated himself to appease the GOP’s right wing only to lose to Carter anyways
Thanks Billy
“So, yes, a real reckoning with Epstein would mean a real re-thinking of questions of gender, wealth, and power. So be it. Real reckonings are uncomfortable. That’s what it means to come to a reckoning.”
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December 20, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Thanks Billy
Lmao
December 20, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Lmao
What’s ‘the system’ in question here, exactly? A Harris admin would have continued USAID, saving a lot of lives. That’s decidedly a different outcome from the present
December 20, 2025 at 5:11 AM
What’s ‘the system’ in question here, exactly? A Harris admin would have continued USAID, saving a lot of lives. That’s decidedly a different outcome from the present
Ok but we’re not even doing that either
December 20, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Ok but we’re not even doing that either
Guts from berserk reminds me of Batman, in some ways at least. In particular I find the way he adopts the persona of the black swordsman to hunt apostles to be eerily reminiscent of Bruce’s transformation into Batman and his one man war on crime
December 20, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Guts from berserk reminds me of Batman, in some ways at least. In particular I find the way he adopts the persona of the black swordsman to hunt apostles to be eerily reminiscent of Bruce’s transformation into Batman and his one man war on crime
Something I’ve been mulling over is how the transatlantic alliance could traditionally rely on an affinity toward Europe that Americans don’t really seem topossess writ large anymore.
meanwhile, the Twitterati are calling for a ban on all travel from Europe
December 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Something I’ve been mulling over is how the transatlantic alliance could traditionally rely on an affinity toward Europe that Americans don’t really seem topossess writ large anymore.