#Richard Council

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Wild how we know that Elizabeth Woodville was officially appointed to royal councils in her own right during her husband’s reign and fortified the Tower of London in preparation of a siege while 8-months pregnant and had forces gathering at Westminster “in the queen’s name” in 1483 – only for NONE of these things to be even included, let alone explored, in the vast majority of scholarship and historical novels involving her.

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Your Periodical Reminder to Dog On Henry Kissinger

here's your reminder that Henry Kissinger was lowkey an amoral Sack of Shit, a humanitarian crisis-and-a-half, and thought of people like pawns! so here is a non-exhaustive list of why you should join the Kissinger Freaking-Sucks Club (KFC)

Some people say he helped get us out of Vietnam but he helped expand the war to Cambodia and Laos before that

Operation Menu: Carpet bombing campaign in Cambodia which helped the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot come to power and kill about 2 million people. Nixon didn't inform Congress or ask their permission to bomb Cambodia, they were officially neutral at the time so it was unlikely Congress would have assented, so this whole thing was actually illegal (and a secret from the American people). The Khmer Rouge also tortured and experimented on people and forced kids to be in the military but that's a tweakout for another day

Operation Freedom Deal: Directly after Operation Menu, a MASSIVE bombing campaign (250,000 tons of bombs). >40% of the bombing runs hit outside the authorized zone, so Kissinger and Co. lied on the reports of those mission to cover it up. To elaborate on the Khmer Rouge bit, it caused more people to want to side with them because they could point to the bombings as a clear threat to civilians and something they needed to oppose

Operation Linebacker II and the Christmas Bombings: Lê Đức Thọ, a North Vietnamese diplomat, didn't want to accept some major last-minute changes to the October 1972 version of the Paris Peace Accords, so he stated the Americans had negotiated in bad faith, and returned to Vietnam. Nixon said Thọ had to come back to Paris in 72 hours or he would bomb North Vietnam without limit. Kissinger had reservations about this ultimatum, but gave in and approved of the decision because he knew Nixon was thinking about firing him. From December 18-29: 11 days of bombing (the heaviest of the entire war, and it was after North Vietnam already agreed to the October peace terms!!!), 40,000 tons of bombs, about 1500 casualties in Hanoi and Haiphong, all because Kissinger didn't want to lose his job. Thọ very deservedly berated Kissinger for over an hour after Kissinger tried to evade any responsibility.

Interventions in South American countries: Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, etc (more info below)

Bolivia (1971): The government became left wing and anti-imperialist, so then Kissinger and Co. helped Hugo Banzer with a coup (and then Banzer made it a dictatorship that banned civil rights and unions and made hundreds of Bolivians "disappear")

Chile (1973): A democratic-socialist was elected president, so Nixon's admin and Kissinger invested like $11 million to destabilize the Chilean government

Argentina (1976): He supported and congratulated the military junta on the Dirty War, saying they "had done an outstanding job in wiping out terrorist forces" even though US citizens had vanished/been killed in it, and openly said that he wanted them to succeed and do it quickly before Congress could stop military aid

The Chennault Affair: (still debated, I had a hard time finding reliable sources, take w/ large grain of salt)

Kissinger was a consultant to LBJ towards the end of his presidency, and was allegedly advising Nixon under the table, allegedly sabotaged peace negotiations between LBJ and North Vietnam (around 1968?), intended to make it look like the Democrats were incompetent at negotiating/ending the war so that Nixon could win the election

National Security Study Memorandum 200 (The Kissinger Report): used to justify promoting sterilization, abortion, and contraception in countries seen as threats to the US

Now look, you can have whatever beliefs you'd like about those things in general, but this isn't about people who choose to do those things, it's about having government-run programs (and pressuring countries to have them!!!) to intervene in what citizens may want for their families— we're talking potentially one-child-policy style. Pretty unethical, ESPECIALLY when you think about which countries got targeted by this: mainly countries with lots of resources and/or potential influence, and "LESSER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES"! You may think that population control is necessary to protect the environment but that bleeds a bit into ecofascism which is a whole other issue I'll tackle another day.

At any rate, the Kissinger Report said that the rapid increase of population would be a threat to the US because of increased competition for resources (based on Malthusian Theory which is generally considered inaccurate today) and because of potential political instability. After NSSM 200 got enshrined into US policy, the National Security Council encouraged refusing food aid to countries without population control programs and giving money to people who accepted sterilization: pressures that would be especially effective given the countries being targeted. The second one may not seem quite as bad, but think of the fact that the largest group of people this was aimed at was the poor of rural areas: meaning a struggling family could feel intense pressure to participate, whether they wanted the procedure or not, in order to make ends meet.

The Kissinger Report was also cited for (to some degree) influencing Peru's forced sterilization campaign from 1996-2000. Women weren't always informed about what was about to happen, were frequently coerced or forced (sometimes getting withheld food and healthcare until they agreed), and it mainly impacted vulnerable communities like Indigenous and impoverished women. There were quotas and monetary incentives for medical workers, and the whole operation was fueled by eugenics: Indigenous populations were called an obstacle to progress and "unfit for reproduction". Massive humanitarian issue!!! Anyway, little tangent over, I'll get back on track.

One of my biggest issues with the Kissinger Report is its focus on population control to combat poverty, instability, and food shortages for developing countries, instead of on aiding the countries so they wouldn't face those issues. It was written not out of care for people, but out of the classic interventionist policies of Mr. Realpolitik himself, Henry Kissinger.

At any rate, Henry Kissinger openly prioritized national interests over morality, ignored his conscience to keep his job, and was a gleeful proponent of intervention in other countries and their governments. Reading part of the Kissinger Report was what made me make this post to begin with, which is why it's the longest section and at the end. If you actually read the post, thank you so much! I hate on him because he spent many years being a respected though controversial figure in politics, long after the death of many of his Coeval Corrupt Cronies, so I hate on him in death to make up for the undue respect he was given in life.

I color emphasized it because Long-Ass-Posts are hard to read

This took me at minimum 5 hours because I tried really really hard to be accurate, if i made any mistakes, it was NOT intentional and I welcome any comments and constructive criticism. I care a lot about knowing the truth so please lmk!

Also, if you think of something big I missed, please comment, I'd love to know more!

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Why should we lose a good king trying to save a captured queen?

(Buck Rogers 2431 A.D. Sunday strip)

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This Is The Way I've Always Been (Kamala Kang)

"Do you want to be good, like we raised you to be, or do you want to be some, you know, this cosmic head-in-the-clouds person?"

"You think about that."

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Chapter Three: Shadows of the Second Earth

New York never stopped moving. Taxis sped by, people rushed across crosswalks, neon billboards flickered against the night sky. But none of it felt real.

Not with that thing hanging above them.

Valeria Richards glanced up. The second Earth loomed in the sky—silent, massive, an impossibility made real.

Valeria (softly):

“Every time I look at it, I feel like it shouldn’t be there. But it is.”

Spider-Man walked beside her, hands in his hoodie pockets. He followed her gaze, then quickly looked away.

Spider-Man:

“Yeah, I’ve been trying to pretend it’s just a really aggressive optical illusion, but that’s not really working out for me.”

Valeria checked her bracelet. Data scrolled across the screen, the numbers shifting too fast for most people to process. But she wasn’t most people.

Valeria (focused):

“I’ve been running calculations based on my father’s work. The energy readings from that second Earth match the kind of distortions that teleported my family away. My godfather is tracking it, but until he finds something, I need to gather as much intel as I can.”

Spider-Man tilted his head.

Spider-Man:

“Godfather, huh? Is he the ‘offer you can’t refuse’ kind or the ‘buys you socks for Christmas’ kind?”

Valeria smirked slightly.

Valeria:

“Neither. More like the ‘rules a country and speaks in third person’ kind.”

Spider-Man blinked.

Spider-Man:

“…Wait. Back up. Rules a country? Who is this guy?”

She considered him for a moment. It was strange—Peter Parker was famous in her world. He and her father had fought side by side. But this Spider-Man had never even heard of Victor von Doom.

She could explain. But right now, there were bigger concerns.

Valeria (shaking her head):

“It’s complicated. I’ll fill you in later.”

Spider-Man exhaled through his nose.

Spider-Man:

“Cool. Love being kept in suspense. No problem at all.”

They kept walking. Valeria’s eyes scanned the skyline, watching for anything unusual. Spider-Man, however, was watching something else.

They were being followed.

He didn’t turn his head, didn’t slow his pace. But he noticed. The way certain shadows weren’t quite right. The occasional glint of metal from the rooftops. He didn’t know who—or what—was tailing them, but he’d spent enough time getting hunted to recognize when he was being watched.

He said nothing. For now.

Instead, he kept his tone light.

Spider-Man:

“So, what’s the plan? We just keep walking and hope the big floating apocalypse ball in the sky drops a clue in our laps?”

Before Valeria could respond, the air hummed.

Not a sound. A vibration. Deep. Unnatural.

They both stopped.

Ahead, the streets were too quiet. The usual city noise—the chatter, the honking, the distant sirens—felt muted. People kept moving, but something was off. It was like they were subconsciously avoiding something they weren’t even aware of.

Then—near the financial district—a ripple of golden energy flickered into existence.

A portal.

Jagged at the edges, unstable, its glow casting warped reflections against the glass buildings.

Figures emerged. Cloaked. Moving with eerie precision. Their forms flickered, like they were being stretched and compressed by an unseen force. Their faces remained obscured, but their intent was clear.

Valeria’s bracelet spiked with data.

Valeria (eyes widening):

“This… isn’t good.”

Spider-Man flexed his fingers, cracking his knuckles.

Spider-Man:

“Yeah, I kinda figured. Any chance they’re just here for a friendly meet-and-greet?”

Valeria didn’t answer. She was already moving.

Spider-Man sighed.

Spider-Man:

“Of course not. Alright, let’s go crash their party.”

They took off into the night.

And from the rooftops, the Doombots adjusted their positions, keeping perfect pace.

Spider-Man still didn’t say anything. Didn’t look back.

But he noticed.

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The idea was that if there were any future social problems…the government could use the trigger word and cull a whole generation by activating overwhelming suicidal thoughts.

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"Oh hey, I think I've heard of you! You're someone the council always mumbled about.." - Quantum Morticia (@therevivedcouncil)

Of course, they mumbled about me! I was above them in every way.

I have to admit I actually thought they were dead...

I don't think I've met you... you're one of those Morticias, aren't you?

*he leaned down to look into their eyes*

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