Alaskaball

James Brian Jacques Redwall series

Vinge's Deepness in the Sky is a masterfully done book that's tough to chew through but I'll be dammed if it isn't one of the best books written with an alternative species perspective to that of the human

There are some real dumb mfers in the military that make you wonder how the fuck did they get in and goddamn he's even dumber than them holy shit I'm dying.

Honestly they should let him barely pass so he can get chewed up and washed out by the marines for the giggles.

Biden has opened the Pandora’s box where the interests of American capital are now directly tied to de-stabilization from global geopolitical conflicts.

Honestly I'd argue that was either of the bushes or reagan that popped the box open.

I've thought about changing up too but I haven't found anything nice yet

If Russia was willing to commit the blood and steel to do so, then I imagine it could be done. But I don't think that time has come just yet.

Very much not true. The U.S under FDR supported the USSR as allies and desired very much to initiate a second European front as early as possible (I've read earliest being '42, but realistically they could sufficiently conduct operations in '43) but were forced to delay and even divert invasion resources to help the imperialist dog Churchill secure the empire's holdings in Africa.

Through out the war the greatest enemy in allied clothing was the British Empire. Not the United States, under FDR that is.

I think the oddest thing for me is white people identifying me as either Korean or Scandinavian but rarely both. All the folks that are friendly to me forget I got Asian heritage and treat me indistinguishably from other white folks to the point we'll talk about random bullshit people talk about when talking about their ancestory while the ones that got reactionary brainworms treat me the same as they treat anyone but they acknowledged that my Korean heritage exists.

Like outside of initially meeting folks who'll guess I'm some form of Latino, native American, Indian, Italian, etc, be surprised that I'm Korean then pull an instinctual "north korean or south?" question, my multiracialness is never brought by white folks.

Some light Korean history I'll make occasionally posts of

Joseon Era (1392 - 1897)

Korea's first encounter with America, but they didn't know it at the time.

1867, Summer period, the Sherman Incident

Aug 9 to 16

An armed U.S. merchant ship, a centerboard schooner named The General Sherman, sets sail to attempt to force Joseon (Korea) to open up to foreign trade with its holds filled to the brim with cotton cloth, glass, tin plates, and other items bought from China. The captain and crew also had a secret objective of using the opportunity to trade to loot the royal tombs that lie north-east of Pyongyang.

Even though the ship flew the U.S flag, there were only three to five 'westerners' onboard. The Americans owner of the ship Preston, captain Paige, first mate wilson, a welsh missionary Thomas, and some nameless brit. The crew primarily consisted of around a dozen Chinese and a handful of Malay sailors.

At this time Korea, ruled by prince Yi Ha Eung acting as regent to the young king Gojong, was known as the “Hermit Kingdom” due to its isolationist policies. Policies stemming from Korea being invaded many times over the past years by Chinese and Japanese bandits, soldiers, looters, etc.

Shortly prior to the American incident, the Korean kingdom had rebuffed an invasion attempt by the French who had mounted a punitive expedition on Korea for their persecution of Korean converts to catholicism and the death of seven French missionaries. That last bit is important so keep it in your head for a short while.

Aug 16 to 31

The General Sherman stopped at the mouth of the Taedong River at a government checkpoint, but instead of waiting for the local officials to message the kingdom officials, the captain ordered the ship to continue upriver towards Pyongyang, making occasionally stops for the welsh missionary to step off the boat and proselytizing villagers and passing out bibles.

The governor of Pyongyang dispatched his adjutant general with a small crew to meet and provide food to the crew in order to try to slow them down and hopefully persuade them to leave instead while the governor went to meet with the Regent.

The Adjutant General's journey would take a few days but the meeting with the regent was more faster and his decision more severe. The foreign ship must leave or the crew was to be slaughtered to the last man. The reason for this decision was because the regent thought they were another French warship sent on a punitive expedition and decisive action must be taken to protect the capital from being bombarded by their guns.

Aug 31 to Sept 2

The General Sherman continues upriver until it runs aground in shallow water and becomes stuck. Unknown to them, it was due to rainwater swelling the river larger than its normal size that caused the crew mistake the amount of maneuvering room they had and leading to their current predicament of taking a break in a sandbar

While trying to unstick the ship, some of the crew were dispatched for forage for supplies on one of the ship's smaller boats while another was sent to recon further upriver. Coincidentally the smaller boat that was dispatched for foraging would encounter Pyongyang's adjutant general and his men and decided it was a good idea to take him hostage.

All the while this was going on, the scout boat sent north got shot at and returned back to the General Sherman while the crew and Pyongyang militia would skirmish with each other for days culminating in the ship opening fire on a protesting crowd of Korean villagers with their 12 pound cannons murdering 7 or so.

This would lead to the Korean militia trying to improvise a cannon-armed turtle ship (a precursor to the then-modern western iron clads designed by Korea that saw great use in repelling Japanese invading ships in prior centuries) unfortunately the Korean cannon did not have enough power to penetrate the hull of the general sherman and was repelled shortly after. The decision was then made to launch fire ships at the American ship until it caught fire and sunk.

The first two fire ships failed but the third one succeeded in setting the general sherman alight with all its cargo. The last of the crew that hadn't been burned to death abandoned ship. Many drowned before reaching the shore and the few who did would shortly join the rest of their dead crew after being beaten to death by a mob of angry Koreans.

This incident would be covered by the kingdom of Korea as another skirmish between the kingdom and France. The U.S government would inquire about the missing ship and its crew to which the diplomatic department of the kingdom would reply saying they had no idea what happened to the ship and that there were no Americans in Korea.

The loss of the merchant ship general sherman would give the U.S government enough reason to launch an "investigation" expedition into Korea that would lead to u.s forces temporarily capturing several fortresses over the 'disappeared' General Sherman. But that's enough for now.

Lame-ass snotgun tacticool equivalent to a slamfire shotgun made with a bed post and a nail

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