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newjerseyisthebest · 2 months

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Marquis de Lafayette, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington in the Green in Morristown, New Jersey. This group of statues is called The Alliance, and it represents the moment when Lafayette told Washington and Hamilton that the French were coming to support the American cause on May 10, 1780, in Morristown.

#the green #morristown #New Jersey #nj #Alexander Hamilton #Marquis de Lafayette #George Washington #statues #the alliance #hamilton

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ciderbird · 2 months

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Sophie de Choiseul-Gouffier in her memoirs is pretty much fangirling over Tsar Alexander and what a cutie-patootie he is, but I just got to a part where they’re discussing Napoleon, and Alexander is complaining about his character or something, to which she says “Well not every sovereign can be as perfect as Your Majesty”, and this 36 year old man apparently “blushed hiding his face in his hands and said with the most cordial smile: Please, no more compliments”

How is he like this??

#what is he so cute for???! I’m trying to be mad at him for the holy alliance!!#also take a shot every time the countess calls him an angel in this book #tsar alexander i #alexander i of russia #napoleon bonaparte #napoleonic wars #sophie de choiseul-gouffier

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brother-emperors · 1 month

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Could I ask for your thoughts on why you say that Cassius should have been Crassus' political heir ?

so largely I’m half referencing this collection of quotes and the various attempts to fill in the space/grave with a body (like Cicero! Cicero was a contender for this!) and I’m sort of taking shots at Antony for fun and whimsy.

like in sports!! I gotta root for my man Cassius over Antony, especially because no one can actually fill the space left by Crassus after his death (literally, the political landscape makes this impossible), but Cassius assumes a command position due to everyone else (notably, Crassus) dying (so: inheriting Crassus’ leadership position) and wouldn’t be a bad follow up to Crassus in the realm of military command since they have a similar (strict, as opposed to friendly in a way is commonly associated with Antony) relationship with the men under their command.

& also bc Marcus Crassus jr seems to be disinterested in taking up space in the political spotlight on his return from the Gallic Wars otherwise I’d be advocating for him on the basis of family tragedy compounded. it’s time to fill the space/memory/grave of your father and brother, buddy!

#no one can actually fill the role of Crassus and after the death of Pompey it’ll be impossible for a Crassus-like figure to exist #because Caesar has redrawn the lines and you can’t achieve the tris homines dynamic with those lines #ALAS. shoutout to Caesar for making things fucking boring. The world got smaller and worse for it and that’s something #you can share with Alexander the Great! along with your allies forming a conspiracy against you. that’s another parallel #I do appreciate Antony as a terrible body substitute for Crassus tho it’s extremely interesting from a Roman Memory standpoint #and also maybe as an examination of Caesar. but also I don’t want to think about any of that for too long bc I have to start #breaking out the olde notebook with all the political alliances and dynamics written down with highlighters and etc #it does make me wonder what Antony’s opinions on things would be but i’d have to construct them from his later behavior #it’s almost compelling enough that I’ll probably do it for a couple of one shot comics focusing on Antony actually. get haunted buddy #a non linear haunting specifically. I’m so mad that once again Crassus has me thinking abt comics for people I do not feel otherwise #motivate to do comics of. AUGH #ask tag

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loki-nightfire · 2 days

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I have 3! New pics I totally forgot to share 😩 typical

#my art #shadowhunters #malec #magnus bane #alec lightwood #alexander lightwood #malec fanart #union #alliance rune #wedding rune #wedding ring #lawful husbands

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shrewind2 · 1 year

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Shadowhunters 3x21: Alliance

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#Shadowhunters #SHRewind3x21 #3x21 #alliance #magnus bane #alexander lightwood #clary fray #biscuit #edom #malec

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impregnatedafterpostbirthdaysex · 2 months

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Green Lantern: Legacy, Tai Phan & Alexander Griffin

#tai pham #green lantern #alexander griffin #green lantern: legacy #oml i hate this but its practice but ahhhhh i gotta practice #also i love their dynammic im sad they were stuck in novel aimed at children because they....#theyre ike sin and katma but if sin was a capitalist instead of dictator fiebdkw #theyre a weird mashup of sinhal and sinkatma #sinestro if he flopped #but srsly tho alex was highkey creepy with tai like bruhhhh #srry i love them actually i wish alliance didnt have him as villain #dc comics #myedits #so annoyed at the speeds ahhshahankdewsa

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mtg-cards-hourly · 8 months

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Keeper of Tresserhorn

Artist: Zak Plucinski & D. Alexander Gregory TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

#mtg #magic the gathering #tcg #$0.59 #zak plucinski & d. alexander gregory #keeper of tresserhorn #alliances #creature #avatar

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natsync6 · 8 months

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"The subject of communism was class, fascism’s subject was the state, in italian fascism under mussolini, or race in hitler’s national socialism, in liberalism, the subject was represented by the individual, freed from all forms of collective identity"

- alexander dugin

#alexander dugin #red-brown alliances #economics #antifascist #antifascismo #antifaschistische aktion #antifaschismus #corporatism #benito mussolini

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fuckyeahilike · 11 months

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Pointless host Alexander Armstrong and Death in Paradise star Ben Miller have joined with Graham Linehan and supporters of the LGB Alliance in signing an open letter purporting to ‘stand in solidarity’ with JK Rowling.

Armstrong and Miller, previously a comedy double-act, were among more than 50 public figures and anti-trans campaigners who signed the letter published in The Sunday Times, which condemns the “insidious, authoritarian and misogynistic” opposition to Rowling on social media.

The letter claims that Rowling “has consistently shown herself to be an honourable and compassionate person” – just days after the Harry Potter author promoted a website selling “f**k your pronouns” and “sorry about your d**k bro” badges mocking the trans community.

It adds: “We wish JK Rowling well and stand in solidarity with her.”

#Alexander Armstrong #Ben Miller #jk rowling #transgenderism #misogyny #feminism #graham linehan #lgb alliance #harry potter

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head-post · 21 days

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Russian Foreign Ministry threatens NATO with destruction of alliance’s military bases in Ukraine

The deputy foreign minister and former permanent representative of the Russian Federation to NATO, Alexander Grushko, stated that NATO bases would “burn” if they appeared on the territory of Ukraine, according to Russian media.

These bases will burn. There was already the Yavoriv military base where NATO troops used to train… This is an absolutely legitimate target.

The deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, stated that Russian fighters should be rewarded to the highest possible extent for each Western soldier killed in Ukraine, even prohibiting taking NATO soldiers into captivity.

Grushko also claimed that French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal to send troops to Ukraine was unacceptable. Previously, Macron did not rule out the possibility of sending allied troops to the military conflict zone, but his allies strongly criticised the statement.

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immaculatasknight · 1 month

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Full sails

#America #Civil War #Russian fleet #Abraham Lincoln #Tsar Alexander II #alliance #emancipation #sovereignty

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cinephilesadeqi · 5 months

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Movie Analysis and Review: "The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die" (2023)

Synopsis:In the aftermath of King Edward’s death, “The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die” plunges audiences into a riveting battle for the crown, where rival heirs and invaders vie for supremacy. Uhtred, a central figure, faces a profound choice between his allegiances and the dream of a united England when an alliance seeks his aid. Key Themes:This standalone feature film serves as the final…

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tinakp · 9 months

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Forget NATO, Do Your Own Thing. Alliances Make The World Unsafe | Alexander Mercouris from the Duran

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Welcome to the last part of the interview with Alexander Mercouris ( @AlexMercouris ) from @TheDuran , where we talk about the future of neutrality and how important it is not only to have intermediaries but a global system build on states that pursue their own interest instead of succumbing to the will of a megalomaniac hegemon. The US has become what the USSR used to be: an ideologically charged block that breaks all norms and respects nothing.

#nato expansionism #neocon warmongering #soviet union #ukraine war #nonaligned movement #neutral countries #forget nato #do your own thing #alliances make the world unsafe #alexander mercouris from the duran #foreign policy #world politics #international cooperation #military alliances #global security #national sovereignty #Youtube

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xtruss · 9 months

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World: A Key U.S. Ally Wants To Walk Back Its 'Atrocious' Embrace of China

Italy was the only G7 Nation to sign on to China's Belt and Road Initiative. Now it says it wants to quit the plan and pivot back to Washington.

— August 6, 2023 | By Alexander Smith

Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Rome in 2019. Christian Minelli/NurPhoto Via Getty Images

It has long been a sore spot for the Western alliance: Italy, a key partner of the United States, cozying up to China.

But now Rome is trying to back away — without angering the Asian giant 10 times its economic size — and Washington will be watching the balancing act closely as it pushes allies to reimagine their own delicate ties with Beijing.

The U.S. was deeply critical of Italy's decision in 2019 to become the only major Western economy to sign on to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The BRI, as it’s known, is an unprecedented global infrastructure project that critics see as Beijing’s attempt to gain influence abroad and make smaller countries financially dependent on Chinese investment.

But this week Italy gave its strongest signal yet that it planned to pull out of the project.

Signing the deal four years ago was “an improvised and atrocious act,” Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto told the Corriere della Sera newspaper on Sunday. “We exported a load of oranges to China, they tripled exports to Italy in three years.”

Crosetto added a more measured coda: “The issue today is, how to walk back without damaging relations? Because it is true that while China is a competitor, it is also a partner.”

These remarks followed months of reports that Italy planned to quit the BRI. Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s far-right prime minister, said her government would make a decision by December, when the pact between Rome and Beijing is due to renew.

Italy wants to walk back its 'wicked' embrace of China's Belt and Road! Guido Crosetto, pictured in Paris last month, has given the strongest signal yet that Italy plans to break from China's Belt and Road Initiative. Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP via Getty Images

Whichever way Rome goes, it has already become a test case for today’s Western dilemma over China: How to continue tapping into the lucrative Chinese market while restricting certain areas, such as microchips, and holding Beijing to account over human rights — all without provoking a backlash (Human rights are questionable in these ‘Fake Democracy Preachers Western Hypocrites’ as well).

Four years ago, Italy’s allies “thought we were selling our soul to the devil” by signing up to the BRI, said Filippo Fasulo, an expert in Italian-Chinese relations at the Italian Institute for International Studies, a think tank based in Milan. Today Italy wants to show it is “closely aligned with the U.S., Western camp” while keeping a “stable relationship with China,” Fasulo told NBC News. “The problem is, how to explain that to China?”

China’s hawkish Global Times newspaper on Monday derided the Italian defense minister's comments as resulting from “mounting pressure from the U.S. and the E.U.” as well as Italy's right-wing politics.

“The current government is quite Pro-U.S.,” Wang Yiwei, a professor at the Center for European Studies at China's Renmin University, said of Italy. "It's their decision, but we feel regret."

Asked about the Italian defense minister’s comments, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday that the BRI “unleashed great enthusiasm and potential for bilateral cooperation.”

They added that some forces had “launched malicious hype and politicized the cultural exchange and trade cooperation between China and Italy under the Belt and Road framework in a bid to disrupt cooperation and create division.”

Indeed this was the future that successive Italian leaders dreamed of before the country signed up. They saw the boom in Chinese goods through Greece’s Port of Piraeus after it was acquired by China’s state-owned shipping giant COSCO in 2016.

Greece China Port of Piraeus Belt and Road! Xi and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis shake hands at the Chinese-owned Port of Piraeus in November 2019. Orestis Panagiotou/AFP via Getty Images file

There was also an alluring historical narrative. The BRI is based loosely on the ancient Silk Road trade route, the same that was traversed by the medieval Venetian explorer Marco Polo. When Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Italy to sign the deal in 2019, he described Polo as a “pioneer of cultural exchanges between East and West” and an inspiration for centuries of friendship since.

Though European countries had spoken warmly about the Chinese government in the years previously, by the time Italy inked its deal Western attitudes had begun to turn, with increased scrutiny on China's human rights record and President Donald Trump launching a trade war on Beijing.

At the time, however, Italy’s populist leadership “was a government of inexperienced people,” said Fasulo, the Italy-China expert. “They did not realize in time that the international scenario was changing so fast.”

The outcome — while not quite “a load of oranges” — has not been kind to Italy. Since signing the BRI, Chinese exports to Italy have risen 51%, but Italy's exports to China have gone up only 26%, according to Italian government figures.

Italy’s decision may not only be economic.

Some observers have questioned how Meloni — accused of anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ policies — fits with President Joe Biden’s attempts to corral a coalition of democracies against world autocracies. Nevertheless she has made no secret of her desire to be seen by Washington as a reliable partner when it comes to both China and Russia, at a time of swirling questions over the mettle of other powers like France and Germany.

To that end she was in Washington last week, touting her credentials as leader of a "center-right government" and brushing off "false propaganda" about her political leanings, as she told Italy's Sky Tg24, owned by NBC News' parent company Comcast.

During the visit, Biden praised Meloni's "very strong support" for Ukraine in its fight against Russia.

“Part of this is about trying to put bilateral relations with Washington on a sounder footing,” said Francesco Sisci, a senior researcher at the Center for European Studies at China’s Renmin University. “Withdrawing from it now is a signal of a change of heart in the Western approach to China.”

— Alexander Smith is a Senior Reporter for NBC News Digital based in London.

#World 🌎#China 🇨🇳#US’ Scrotums’ Licker Italy 🇮🇹#United States 🇺🇸#G7 Nations #China's Belt and Road Initiative #NBC #Alexander Smith #Chinese President Xi Jinping #Hypocrite Western Alliance #Washington #Rome #Beijing #Chinese Foreign Ministry #Greece’s 🇬🇷 Port of Piraeus #China’s State-Owned Shipping Giant COSCO #President Donald Trump

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aur-eliaa · 1 year

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Nero is my poor little meow meow, my emotional support gremlin man. I love him so much.

#ffxiv #god i forgot how much i liked the omega raids #doing em on my alt #waiting til i can unsync it to do alexander and coils though because i can't stand them #stormblood is when the raids started getting good #no more trash mobs before the boss #literally so annoying #and the stories get better too #I don't have CT's story i hate the actual raids #i just don't like alexander in general #hw alliance raids are okay ish #but i didn't start liking raids until I did the stormblood ones #eden is my favorite normal raids #then closely followed by omega #and im liking pandaemonium #REALLY enjoy the EW alliance raids though #Nier raids still have my favorite glam #aglaia chestpieces were very nice #aglaia''s fending chestpiece was so much better than euphrosyne but i like euphrosyne's fights more

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shrewind2 · 1 year

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Shadowhunters 3x21: Alliance

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#Shadowhunters #SHRewind3x21 #3x21 #alliance #malec #magnus bane #alexander lightwood #Maryse Lightwood #wedding #edom

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