I made this screenshot of the central detail of the photo, by Doug Mill, in the NYT. The original framing extends down beyond the men's knees and across to include 2 and a half more flags. I wanted to contrast Biden's posing for the camera, using stock techniques to seem in charge — touching the other person's arm, gesturing with the other hand as if he's explaining something important — with Xi's facial expression, which strikes me a very funny.
What's so funny about Xi's expression, though? Does it mean something like, you pathetic little child?
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Joe is a great diplomat!
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu about the terrorist attack in Istanbul: "We know how this event was coordinated. We know where this is coordinated from. We know the message given to us.We do not accept the condolences of the American ambassador,we reject them"
What's so funny about Xi's expression, though? Does it mean something like, you pathetic little child?
I’d go for “you’ve got to be putting me on.”
Is this a new Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin live action movie? Senior edition.
I see two highly troubled people whistling past their internal graveyards.
When I look at that photo, I'm reminded of the old saw "the Chinese are an inscrutable lot."
Who knows what he's thinking? He looks slightly amused, perhaps his patience is being tested but hasn't run out yet, or he's smiling at some inner thought like, "yeah, that's right. Keep talking. Just you wait, chump." Or maybe it doesn't mean anything. After all, the Chinese are an inscrutable lot.
"We should discuss our alliance with the state that pays terrorists out of the funds of the Senate.." (paraphrase of Turkish Foreign Minister.)
Joe Biden is a menace to world peace. Not that it matters, we are post democratic now.
https://twitter.com/AZgeopolitics/status/1592113130280456192
i think it means:
Get your f*cking hand OFF of me, you pathetic little sh*t!
resting Xi face - he looks like that in most photos, IMO
Looks more like "I like you. You're boring."
"What's so funny about Xi's expression, though? Does it mean something like, you pathetic little child?"
I don't think it's a 'bless your heart' moment; more likely, "I've already talked to the people who are really in charge... don't waste my time."
I have seen many pictures of Xi with this same expression. Is this look saying...I'm the most powerful man in the world you fools?
Yes.
He's thinking, "if America only knew how much I own you."
That expression on my face would mean, "Stop wasting my time, you preening moron."
Xi seems to have that facial expression in every photo I've seen of him. It's a look that says "You have no idea what I'm working on now, you stupid little child. You have no idea how we're running circles around you. But you will."
In the meantime, Biden is saying- out loud: "Look, Jack. As my dad used to tell us when we lived in Scranton- did I tell you I lived in Scranton?- 'You get up everyday ready for anything. And that includes'...uh...its like when I told Caroline, or Jill, I mean, gosh, sometimes I mix them up...when we were going to Germany for the Summit, I mean. Uh...Oh..look over there! Isn't that Rene Zellweger? Wow. I haven't seen her in years. Hey, do you remember...what was the name of that?... Bridget Jones's or something? Great flick. Hey, what's your favorite flavor of ice cream? Mine's strawberry. Wait. No. It's uh...Rocky Road. Yeah. You have that here?"
We all look at our President that way.
Xi does look a lot like Winnie the Pooh in this picture. Does that make Biden Eeyore? Kanga? Tigger?
As to what's on Xi's mind I learned my lesson from trying to guess Lee Marvin's thoughts, and I'll just assume they're both inscrutable.
I suspect he will need all of his Chinese face inscrutability if he and Biden do any extensive talking. Listening to Joe's on and off speaking pattern and forays down memory lane might be regarded as Chines word torture. I don't envy the translator assigned to Biden.
Biden, you ignorant slut!
"You already got my wallet, now what do you want?"
Currently I would imagine the Xi think most of the United States is filled with pathetic little children.
The look given JoeMentia is a 180 from what our fawning media gives him. We call that the look from XI the "stink eye".
The fact that Democrats have fixed things so that they can never lose an election, even when outvoted to the tune of 6 million, has emboldened the neocons in a dangerous way. J6 was to Democrats what the Reichstag Fire was to the Nazis, a pretext, probably false flag, to seize absolute power. Now they are intent on world conquest, the destruction of the Russian Federation, to realize the long-held dream of other great powers before it, of raping Russia the way the West raped Africa. Oh yeah, and putting China in its place too, can't forget that one.
Once this has been accomplished, no deal can be made anywhere in the world without cutting in the big guy for his ten percent.
"Are we done yet? I've got work to do."
Xi is thinking, "That was an awful fart. Please don't do that again."
A government of the retarded, by the retarded, for the retarded.
Thats what hes thinking.
"China, They do things right." Obama
‘…and then I said to Cornpop, I said, “look here, Esther, you either get outta that pool or you get a taste of my apology chain…” ‘
Xi has become aware that Biden's diaper needs changing. Biden is not aware of it.
He thinks that warm feeling was engendered by his mad skills as a diplomat.
I don't know what he's thinking, but Xi is NOT quaking in his boots.
Butkus51 quoted: ""China, They do things right." Obama"
Obama quoted here echoes what Paul Krugman previously stated, that we should emulate the Chi-Coms. You may know Krugman as the guy who said the internet was a passing fad.
"Does it mean something like, you pathetic little child?"
"You did WHAT with your cut of Hunter's China deal?"
He's laughing at the translation in his earpiece of English gobbledegook to Chinese.
Run along now and pay some Climate Reparations -- I have to go open some coal powered plants.
Maybe that's just his resting bitch face.
It means, "Big Guy, I so own you and your crackhead son."
@Wendybar
He's thinking, "if America only knew how much I own you."
When you owe the bank $1M, the bank owns you. When you owe the bank $1B, you own the bank.
Xi looks inscrutable.
That pathetic little child is in power and kept the Senate.. what that makes of us
How can any world leader take Biden seriously? It must be hard for them to not be laughing outright!
I remember, from MAD magazine... "the Chinese are inscrutable, they are also very sneaky".
Everyone gives Crook Biden that ... look.
"Dude, you are so scrutable..."
Andrew at 7:17 said "Xi is thinking, "That was an awful fart. Please don't do that again."
That's why he had old Hu removed from the big todo last month.
Temujin - LOL. Perfect.
Don't know what it means but it is the same exact look Pooh gives Rabbit sometimes. Inscrutable! I watched the video in slow motion and it said, "I. Drink. Your. Milkshake!"
Fortunately for Biden, respect to the elderly is still a thing in China. Otherwise Xi might have pantsed the US president.
Compare this picture to the ones of Xi and Trump. Big difference.
No. You stupid old man!
"If this is their Big Guy, we've already won."
Ann nailed it. Xi is looking at Biden as the pathetic traitor to his country that he is.
Xi, "You sold your country out for such a tiny bit of money? Come on, man!"
No wonder Xi outlawed cartoons of Pooh Bear, but how funny the Streisand Effect even works in China, because if so many of us here have that reaction you just know the average Chinese sees the same photo and nod to each other without even having to say "Winnie the Xi."
And now a tiny diversion to note that almost every time I write "each other" I make it one word like another. Why can't eachother be a single word? It saves space.
My initial reaction to Xi's face:
"Bless your heart."
MadTownGuy disagrees above, but that is the truth.
Blogger wendybar said...
He's thinking, "if America only knew how much I own you."
Yes, "You and your idiot son." Strap yourselves in. We are due for a rough ride.
Xi is thinking, "What a fucking senile idiot... thank God Trump is not President."
Have you ever noticed that the commenters on this blog skew heavily to the far right? Being such an echo chamber makes the comment section pretty boring. YMMV.
It would be cool if there was a blog out there that cultivated a more balanced commentariat.
Xi wishes he had a handbag he could switch from one arm to the other.
My son lives and travels extensively in Africa. He says the Chinese are everywhere, funding and building.
In the long term they seek the destruction of America's global influence. Domestic issues have sidetracked that ambition somewhat, but the new, woke, Biden America is no match for them.
You think you can read the face of a chinese politician? ahahahha
That look says, “you are Number 10, not Number 1!”
"It would be cool if there was a blog out there that cultivated a more balanced commentariat."
It would be cool if people who wanted more representation for another side of the discussion actually offered substantive comments instead of just complaining that no one else is doing it.
My experience is not that I've failed to "cultivate" but that those on the left do not want to expose themselves to debate. Those on the right seem happy just to be able to state their side of it and invite discussion, but the left cocoons.
It really is ridiculous to act as though *I* could do more. Good luck finding your imaginary other blog that does more cultivation.
"What's so funny about Xi's expression, though? Does it mean something like, you pathetic little child?"
Yeah. Pretty much.
Once written, twice... said...
"Have you ever noticed that the commenters on this blog skew heavily to the far right? Being such an echo chamber makes the comment section pretty boring. YMMV."
Far right? The majority of people here are moderate. I myself am a liberal. The problem you have is that the commenters here are quite well informed and have real world experience. If you're looking for a place that will re-enforce your feels this ain't it.
"It would be cool if there was a blog out there that cultivated a more balanced commentariat."
You won't find a more fucking cultivated bunch than this. You want balance? Bring the balance but be able to support it.
A basic grasp of economics would be helpful.
Fresh off the Pampas, baby!
"Those on the right seem happy just to be able to state their side of it and invite discussion, but the left cocoons."
No! Get out! Really?
"Those on the right seem happy just to be able to state their side of it and invite discussion, but the left cocoons."
No! Get out! Really?
Xi made Biden cross the stage and stood and waited for him like you would greet a dog running to you. Video informative.
“I wish there was a blog out there that would tell *me* what to think, I can’t write any comments myself or I might get what I believe wrong.”
Nobody said that but somebody said something that sounds a lot like that, to me, anyway.
Xi nailed the Bless Your Heart look.
“A basic grasp of economics would be helpful.”
The commenter appears to be from Argentina, Rusty. The Venn diagram joke suggests itself, but as I eat this generic Raisin Bran, it’s much too painful to follow through with it.
My experience is not that I've failed to "cultivate" but that those on the left do not want to expose themselves to debate. Those on the right seem happy just to be able to state their side of it and invite discussion, but the left cocoons.
That used to be true. The Trumpy-right is just as big a group of thin-skinned, ninnies as the left.
Once Written said: "It would be cool if there was a blog out there that cultivated a more balanced commentariat."
"Would it not be easier / In that case for the government / To dissolve the people / And elect another?" -- B. Brecht
I think this silly post that we are currently commenting on is a great example of why it skews far right here. You never did this kind of post about Trump, and he is a verifiable buffoon.
Ann, it's your blog. You can have it be any way you want. But be intellectually honest and acknowledge that you do shape the makeup of the commentariat. You have just chosen to have the far-right silo.
@Scott Patton,
LOL. Yes, that would explain everything.
This comment thread is exceptional. Hope everyone survives the coming purge.
It really is ridiculous to act as though *I* could do more. Good luck finding your imaginary other blog that does more cultivation.
11/14/22, 9:31 AM
Hear!! Hear!! Ann!!
I'd be looking for a "Joe Jintao" joke, but I don't think the situation is funny.
Surely, you jest. That said, thank Biden, labor and environmental arbitrage are imperative to mitigate the collateral damage from progressive prices and policies. He's so Green, green, not green.
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu about the terrorist attack in Istanbul:
Another Biden miracle. We know what you did last Spring.
D.D. Driver: "That used to be true. The Trumpy-right is just as big a group of thin-skinned, ninnies as the left."
I know that logic isn't necessarily your "thing", but in this case you could avoid some personal embarrassment by deploying a tad of it.
The point Althouse is driving home is that if there is a lack of "balance" between lefties and righties (of whatever stripes of each) on Althouse blog, in her opinion based on what she has observed, its because the left cannot abide any pushback.
Your comment that there is a Trump-right (I would disagree, its an Economic Nationalism + America first right which any leader can aspire to lead...if they believe it and show some fight) which is just as thin-skinned as the left is utterly and completely refuted by the very fact that the supposedly "thin-skinned" crew is around, all the time, and pressing for what they believe.
So, other than being completely incorrect, as usual, you're doing a great job and totally not embarrassing yourself at all......(wink wink)
I came back for the Schadenfreude and to see how those on the far right are handling the defeat. I don't think you are a right-wing conservative. (You don't seem to be much of anything politically.) But you do cultivate a right-wing audience no matter how much you protest that you don't. I guess that served my interest this past week. So, thank you.
D.D.Driver is the New And Improved "Lifelong Republican".
I guess there was an opening and somebody had to fill it.
💭I can’t wait for the day when I can send people like this guy to join my friend Hu Jintao.💭
Prof should get with the Trump-bashing program like all the cool kids or risk further mewling.
Re Once written, twice... and Ann's reply...
Ann doesn't shape the opinions and comments of the commenters of her blog. It's a natural give and take like a river that cuts a bank in one place and deposits the sediments elsewhere downstream.
My sediment for Once written is: American leftists seem to be living in a fantasy world where their fantasies must become real as they wish upon a star -- the Disney Left.
Nothing short of a demonstration of force will keep the PRC off and out of Taiwan than a demonstration of US force. Not a show of force, a demonstration (if the USA still has enough Navy to do so).
mccullough said...
Xi nailed the Bless Your Heart look.
Nailed it!!
"Those on the right seem happy just to be able to state their side of it and invite discussion, but the left cocoons."
Correct. But progs don't need no stinkin' discussion. It's deplorable to discuss with deplorables. When you are on top, why bow down?
But the left doesn't just cocoon. They want to envelop all of us in their airless bubble.
Once,
There have been a myriad of posts about Trump - both the good and the bad, with commenters "on the right" willing to take both the pro and the con arguments. Apparently you don't actually read the comments!
And really, is any liberal going to stumble by here and see the “pathetic little child” comment and think this is a place where I can be a part of the discussion?
Once written, twice...: "I think this silly post that we are currently commenting on is a great example of why it skews far right here. You never did this kind of post about Trump, and he is a verifiable buffoon.
Ann, it's your blog. You can have it be any way you want. But be intellectually honest and acknowledge that you do shape the makeup of the commentariat. You have just chosen to have the far-right silo."
I suspect "Once writter, twice..." will be the first "witness" called against Althouse in her coming Maoist struggle session/Stalin Show Trial just before she and Meade are driven out to a work farm.
'Trump is a verifiable buffoon'....typical statement by a leftwing ass. Xi would NEVER disrespect Trump. You again confuse personality with ability.
Witness said, "resting Xi face - he looks like that in most photos, IMO"
Yep, my sense, too. Not much seems to trouble him, outwardly anyway, least of all the President of the United States.
Xi is thinking exactly what everyone else is thinking: “Let’s Go Brandon.”
“The point Althouse is driving home is that if there is a lack of "balance" between lefties and righties (of whatever stripes of each) on Althouse blog, in her opinion based on what she has observed, its because the left cannot abide any pushback.”
Does Drago speak for Althouse now? Drago has a reputation for exaggeration, distortion, misinformation and outright lies when responding to anyone he believes is anti Trump or a person on the left. I’d look at what he says with a critical eye.
I think that's the expression I have sometimes when I look at my pets too.
“I suspect "Once writter, twice..." will be the first "witness" called against Althouse in her coming Maoist struggle session/Stalin Show Trial just before she and Meade are driven out to a work farm.”
An obvious attempt by Drago to put Althouse and Meade in his circle of imaginary victims of the State.
Xi has that, "next time don't bite so hard when I cum" look.
Iman said...
“A basic grasp of economics would be helpful.”
"The commenter appears to be from Argentina, Rusty. The Venn diagram joke suggests itself, but as I eat this generic Raisin Bran, it’s much too painful to follow through with it."
I'm sitting here laughing. The dog is looking at me. Thank you.
Once written, twice... said...
"I came back for the Schadenfreude and to see how those on the far right are handling the defeat."
Schadenfreude? You've lost control of the house. The place where the money is spent. And as I predicted the DOW went up a thousand points. Why? Because markets respect knowledgeable people. A basic grasp of economics is important.
Anything else you want to add?
Once written, twice...: "And really, is any liberal going to stumble by here and see the “pathetic little child” comment and think this is a place where I can be a part of the discussion?"
Democratical Underground is just a click away.....
“Your comment that there is a Trump-right (I would disagree, its an Economic Nationalism + America first right which any leader can aspire to lead...”
Drago is a very talented propagandist. He is slick, I’ll give him that.
Xi is begging Biden to sell them our high end chips because China can't survive without them. Biden's telling Xi to bendover.
His expression is Chinese for "Who is this doofus".
Once written comes here with a lot of political baggage that he doesn't want to put aside and argue objectively and then complains that the blog is skewed right. When offered a platform to point out logical inconsistencies he merely continues ," this blog is skewed right."
Once stated, "Trump is a buffoon."
And he'd be right. Trump is out modern day P T Barnum. He's a pitchman. He's a sideshow barker. But you never ask yourself,Once, "why is Trump acting like that? What point is he trying to convey?" What is the role of a pitchman,Once? Americans love a show. Even when we know it's bullshit. It's fun. It's entertaining. Did you notice, while Trump was in office, we weren't in a proxy war with Russia? In fact we hardly heard from Putin at all. How do you suppose the buffoon pulled that off?
Xi's expression is "What the fuck is that I smell?"
You have to watch the video to understand the dynamics. I doubt Biden was doing anything to try to look like he was the dominant guy on that stage, but Xi surely was, and it worked if you watching it unfold live.
Blogger Once written, twice... said...
And really, is any liberal going to stumble by here and see the “pathetic little child” comment and think this is a place where I can be a part of the discussion?<
Not if you stick religiously to your leftist ideology. You can't hear another opinion that is not leftist orthodoxy. I used to read and comment on leftist blogs like Washington Monthly. The rage that was stimulated by any disagreement was interesting as a sign of pathology. Eventually of course, I was banned.
It would be cool if there was a blog out there that cultivated a more balanced commentariat.
What a wasted opportunity from another lefty to provide "balance!" Instead they just bitch bitch bitch about things out of their control. Shake your tiny fist man. Get it all out. After all this time you really really should be "twice shy" about writing such dumb shit.
Xi: "I own his entire family."
You have just chosen to have the far-right silo.
Lefties can't be honest. Where was Twice Shy last week when Althouse was gleeful about Democrats keeping the Senate and that Musk and Trump were like crashing burning zeppelins? She was cultivating you dummy. You're just too stupid to respond to care and feeding. We really need better education in this country to improve reading comprehension.
Once Written wrote: "But you do cultivate a right-wing audience no matter how much you protest that you don't."
"See! See! Your denial proves I was right!"
Xi is probably thinking I hope that old perv isn't going to try to sniff my hair.
I suppose Xi is clever and competent, but if he is he really stands out among world leaders. Maybe it's more that the CCP machinery is focused on gaining wealth and power, and Western leaders are selected by other means and have other priorities. Xi may not be as full a suit as people assume, but he's clearly more in command of his faculties than Biden.
Every opinion site has its point of view, and commentators at every site lean one way or the other. I think there's a very good representation of various points of view and intelligent posts and comments here, certainly compared to what else is available. Perfect numerical equality between right and left would be hard to achieve and maintain and wouldn't improve anything.
I suppose Xi is clever and competent, but if he is he really stands out among world leaders. Maybe it's more that the CCP machinery is focused on gaining wealth and power, and Western leaders are selected by other means and have other priorities. Xi may not be as full a suit as people assume, but he's clearly more in command of his faculties than Biden.
Every opinion site has its point of view, and commentators at every site lean one way or the other. I think there's a very good representation of various points of view and intelligent posts and comments here, certainly compared to what else is available. Perfect numerical equality between right and left would be hard to achieve and maintain and wouldn't improve anything.
"Xi and Him." Wasn't that Zooey Deschanel's musical duo?
How do you say, "Drooling moron" in Chinese?
Xi is looking at him that way because Biden is mid-sentence explaining why Chocolate-Chocolate-Chip is his bestest and most favorite flavor of ice cream.
The memes write themselves.
They’ll soon begin filming a remake of a movie released in 2004… working title is “Xi Hate Me”.
Witness said, "resting Xi face - he looks like that in most photos, IMO"
Could just be a bad Jiaozi has caused some constipation!
there goes taiwan,
“And really, is any liberal going to stumble by here…”
Yes, and usually reeking of weed and fermented prune juice, the stumblebums.
“Schadenfreude? You've lost control of the house.”
Red tsunami! No, red wave! No, red ripple! No, red trickle…maybe.
“ Maybe it's more that the CCP machinery is focused on gaining wealth and power, and Western leaders are selected by other means and have other priorities. ”
If we could put GIFs here, I would put the one of the pretty girl spitting her drink and laughing.
Ha! Joe Biden just walked back all of his dementia addled bellicosity in his statement re Taiwan. Folded like a cheap suit.
BTW, I just found the original meaning of the expression “folded like a cheap suit,” in a Booth Tarkington novel written a century ago. I will provide the excerpt when I am not on my phone, in the next cafe.
Blogger Inga said...
“Schadenfreude? You've lost control of the house.”
Red tsunami! No, red wave! No, red ripple! No, red trickle…maybe.
Be careful what you wish for. You got it good and hard.
Winnie The Pooh
“Schadenfreude? You've lost control of the house.”
Russia Collusion Truther and Hillary/FBI Hoax Dossier Dead Ender Inga: "Red tsunami! No, red wave! No, red ripple! No, red trickle…maybe."
It is true the New Soviet Democraticals are mastered the art of the Slow Steal and mass ballot harvesting. But I believe this election has finally woken up the dead head GOPe establishment enough to finally begin putting in place an answer to that starting in 2024.
However, the fact does remain the republicans have taken the House which is why, suddenly, some of the corrupto-crats are abandoning ship before they get subpoenas to appear before congressional committees.
Fauci is one of those and just today, right smack after the final tally showed the GOP holding on long enough in these drawn out cheat-a-thon ballot "counts" guess who else announced his retirement to hide from congressional committees?
Corrupt FBI scum Steven D’Antuono is getting out while the getting is good. You'll recall he was the lead dude from the Detroit Field office setting up the FBI-concocted/planned/run Whitmer Fednapping hoax as well as being the Asst Dir of the Washington Field office where he was running all the undercover hoaxers setting people up for the Jan 6 Reichstag Fire.
Yep, all of sudden its time for him to go. Unfortunately for him the dems weren't quite able to steal enough congressional seats to retain control of the House, though they came very close.
You guys got outvoted by five or six million, so I think that it may be a matter of better ballot strategy for a winning message in 2024.
Any Trump-supported candidate in an election where the counts are still being made will lose. The folks in charge just need to see how many votes are needed by the Democrat before finalizing the count.
The Hopeless gadfly: "Winnie The Pooh"
Careful there. That's your beloved Biden's boss you're talking about.
And really, is any liberal going to stumble by here and see the “pathetic little child” comment and think this is a place where I can be a part of the discussion?
As an expert on blogging, you should start your own blog. You'd be an overnite success. Clearly there's nothing on the internet that caters to the Prog mindset. Fill that void, dude. Fame and fortune await. Seize the day!
Back to teh Pampas!
Nice ratio libs! Way to hold your own in a discussion. Your masters should be proud.
Iman said...
"Back to teh Pampas!"
You got a gift, man.
Today, front page of the SF Chronicle ran the smiling, loving, Xi photo with Pal Joey.
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