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sans peur[0] ; cependant[1] tant reproché ? That sure puts "founder mode" gripes in perspective — Napoleon was trying to run an empire, yet externally not only

sans peur[0] ; cependant[1] tant reproché ? That sure puts "founder mode" gripes in perspective — Napoleon was trying to run an empire, yet externally not only did he have General Winter as an enemy, but internally he couldn't even leave his direct reports alone unsupervised without them getting into each others' wives' beds. Bessières showed himself to advantage on the latter point because not even his wife was aware of his affair (apolitically with an actress) only discovering it when going through his papers to settle his estate. After a quick glance at his fr.wikipedia page, it seems Bessières may have been a good example of a successful "bigcorp hire"[2]: lacking the audacity and prowess of the other Marshalls[3], he made up for it by staying out of trouble and staying loyal. (the latter point, and Bessières having left no fortune, suggests he may even be placed among the clueless?) [0] had not my Goddonkey sang froid? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41482398 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41482398 [1] brag: I've seen Bayard's panoply with my own eyes [2] he even started out on the royalist side, and unlike Murat and Junot, wasn't already part of Napoleon's crew for the "whiff of grape". [3] compare Bernadotte, Murat, Poniatowski, Saint-Cyr, ...

gradschoolfail 2y ago
[0] probably not, if i stick to the optimal interpretation that Old Ben is Orwell incognito. (Jura & the pistol under pillow could well be merely prudential, but i dont see it) Gotta drop the discreetly placed marshal’s baton angle for now since i cant even find a half decent example pair lol
- aebtebeten 2y ago
  rods have been symbols of power for some time, eg (sorry no time to find original: in higher detail probably a mace) https://images.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593599730 https://images.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593599730 renaissance: https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2H4WND3/moscow-russia-02nd-mar-2019-equestrian-statue-of-gattamelata-exhibited-at-the-pushkin-state-museum-of-fine-arts-credit-sopa-images-limitedalamy-live-news-2H4WND3.jpg https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2H4WND3/moscow-russia-02nd-mar-201... (I want to show you the baton here, but if you find other views of this statue you'll find Gattamelata agreed with Crazy Horse on ponytails) napoleonic: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Le_maréchal_Jourdan.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Le_maréc... in our time: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Charles_III_%28No._4_Dress%29_Salute_2024.jpg/300px-Charles_III_%28No._4_Dress%29_Salute_2024.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Ch... and of course the riding crop is very reminiscent of a baton: https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/princess-elizabeth-riding-a-horse-bettmann.jpg https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediu... EDIT: https://people.com/thmb/ZJaQKjc4HVLggDfDH-DeTRMtz50=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(592x339:594x341)/prince-charles-princess-diana-polo-081722-b3689a859bbc49abb12e804004dfb00f.jpg https://people.com/thmb/ZJaQKjc4HVLggDfDH-DeTRMtz50=/4000x0/... (here Charles can also channel his inner Hector, via his pseudo-greaves) other examples: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56581/56581-h/images/illus1.jpg https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56581/56581-h/images/illus1.... https://people.com/thmb/RwFHUIN5BrzehzaJ9Ib41nhw8eE=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(428x0:430x2)/queen_elizabeth_horse_858-a4f62316014440a691c074eedff087af.jpg https://people.com/thmb/RwFHUIN5BrzehzaJ9Ib41nhw8eE=/4000x0/... (you can tell it's a popular rag because they really could've chosen a more flattering moment, ie a few seconds before or after, to publish) EDIT: can't resist adding this pair; mirrored at birth? https://salsaworldtraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/dsc_0167.jpg https://salsaworldtraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ds... https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1257966015/photo/windsor-united-kingdom-queen-elizabeth-ii-seen-horse-riding-in-the-grounds-of-windsor-castle.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=hVi3PUwP4nJFVLCLFVXEYjGOUmo6p6ZJCXH8VMTu_oo= https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1257966015/photo/windsor-un... Lagniappe: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20071108.gif https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20071108.gif
  - 082349872349872 2y ago
    Forgot the archetype: https://fastdecals.com/shop/images/detailed/30/cartman-respect-ma-authoritah-decal-sicker-06_southparkFC-1.webp https://fastdecals.com/shop/images/detailed/30/cartman-respe...
    - gradschoolfail 2y ago
      https://archive.is/Ubbfx https://archive.is/Ubbfx i recall a soviet movie whose title was something like “King and Cartman” but i can somehow neither find it nor recall the romantic era poem that it was based on
      - gradschoolfail 2y ago
        https://archive.is/QrowT https://archive.is/QrowT Once upon a time in Odessa, Schiller or Hoelderlin might have been the rage.. ? (You might have missed that Sir William above hacked (together) the gentlemen’s dues that gate-kept riffraff)
        082349872349872 2y ago
        had missed it, thx. Sir William, had he been in Uncle Sam's service, would've been a "mustang": the DoD equivalent of a brumby (and apparently uncommon —to the point of uniqueness?— in His Majesty's service).
        082349872349872 2y ago
        Unlike mustangs, he never had any command. Whether this was general policy[0] or specifically due to his Achilles' Heel[1] (the dutch say "now the ape['s arm] comes out of the cuffs") is difficult to discern from a single article, however. Lagniappe: https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_eastwest.htm https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_eastwest.htm > And thou must make a trooper tough and hack thy way to power / Belike they will raise thee to Ressaldar when I am hanged in Peshawur! [0] compare COL Benjamin Davis'[2] command of the 51 FIW (as it was then) in 1950. [1] I'd thought the unorthodox baton grasp was what you'd meant to convey with that pic... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_O._Davis_Jr.#Creator_of_the_Davis_Line/Median_line_on_Taiwan_Strait https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_O._Davis_Jr.#Creator_...

gradschoolfail 2y ago

[0] probably not, if i stick to the optimal interpretation that Old Ben is Orwell incognito. (Jura & the pistol under pillow could well be merely prudential, but i dont see it) Gotta drop the discreetly placed marshal’s baton angle for now since i cant even find a half decent example pair lol

aebtebeten 2y ago
rods have been symbols of power for some time, eg (sorry no time to find original: in higher detail probably a mace) https://images.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593599730 https://images.penguinrandomhouse.com/cover/9780593599730 renaissance: https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2H4WND3/moscow-russia-02nd-mar-2019-equestrian-statue-of-gattamelata-exhibited-at-the-pushkin-state-museum-of-fine-arts-credit-sopa-images-limitedalamy-live-news-2H4WND3.jpg https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2H4WND3/moscow-russia-02nd-mar-201... (I want to show you the baton here, but if you find other views of this statue you'll find Gattamelata agreed with Crazy Horse on ponytails) napoleonic: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Le_maréchal_Jourdan.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Le_maréc... in our time: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Charles_III_%28No._4_Dress%29_Salute_2024.jpg/300px-Charles_III_%28No._4_Dress%29_Salute_2024.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Ch... and of course the riding crop is very reminiscent of a baton: https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/princess-elizabeth-riding-a-horse-bettmann.jpg https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediu... EDIT: https://people.com/thmb/ZJaQKjc4HVLggDfDH-DeTRMtz50=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(592x339:594x341)/prince-charles-princess-diana-polo-081722-b3689a859bbc49abb12e804004dfb00f.jpg https://people.com/thmb/ZJaQKjc4HVLggDfDH-DeTRMtz50=/4000x0/... (here Charles can also channel his inner Hector, via his pseudo-greaves) other examples: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56581/56581-h/images/illus1.jpg https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56581/56581-h/images/illus1.... https://people.com/thmb/RwFHUIN5BrzehzaJ9Ib41nhw8eE=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(428x0:430x2)/queen_elizabeth_horse_858-a4f62316014440a691c074eedff087af.jpg https://people.com/thmb/RwFHUIN5BrzehzaJ9Ib41nhw8eE=/4000x0/... (you can tell it's a popular rag because they really could've chosen a more flattering moment, ie a few seconds before or after, to publish) EDIT: can't resist adding this pair; mirrored at birth? https://salsaworldtraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/dsc_0167.jpg https://salsaworldtraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ds... https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1257966015/photo/windsor-united-kingdom-queen-elizabeth-ii-seen-horse-riding-in-the-grounds-of-windsor-castle.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=hVi3PUwP4nJFVLCLFVXEYjGOUmo6p6ZJCXH8VMTu_oo= https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1257966015/photo/windsor-un... Lagniappe: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20071108.gif https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20071108.gif
- 082349872349872 2y ago
  Forgot the archetype: https://fastdecals.com/shop/images/detailed/30/cartman-respect-ma-authoritah-decal-sicker-06_southparkFC-1.webp https://fastdecals.com/shop/images/detailed/30/cartman-respe...
  - gradschoolfail 2y ago
    https://archive.is/Ubbfx https://archive.is/Ubbfx i recall a soviet movie whose title was something like “King and Cartman” but i can somehow neither find it nor recall the romantic era poem that it was based on
    - gradschoolfail 2y ago
      https://archive.is/QrowT https://archive.is/QrowT Once upon a time in Odessa, Schiller or Hoelderlin might have been the rage.. ? (You might have missed that Sir William above hacked (together) the gentlemen’s dues that gate-kept riffraff)
      - 082349872349872 2y ago
        had missed it, thx. Sir William, had he been in Uncle Sam's service, would've been a "mustang": the DoD equivalent of a brumby (and apparently uncommon —to the point of uniqueness?— in His Majesty's service).
        082349872349872 2y ago
        Unlike mustangs, he never had any command. Whether this was general policy[0] or specifically due to his Achilles' Heel[1] (the dutch say "now the ape['s arm] comes out of the cuffs") is difficult to discern from a single article, however. Lagniappe: https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_eastwest.htm https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_eastwest.htm > And thou must make a trooper tough and hack thy way to power / Belike they will raise thee to Ressaldar when I am hanged in Peshawur! [0] compare COL Benjamin Davis'[2] command of the 51 FIW (as it was then) in 1950. [1] I'd thought the unorthodox baton grasp was what you'd meant to convey with that pic... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_O._Davis_Jr.#Creator_of_the_Davis_Line/Median_line_on_Taiwan_Strait https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_O._Davis_Jr.#Creator_...