L.S. Lowry The mill, Pendlebury 1943 • The Twitter Files: How Twitter Rigged The Covid Debate (Zweig) • How Twitter Rigged the Covid Debate (ZH) • You Need to Start Paying Attention to the ‘Twitter Files’ (PJM) • It’s Time to Reform the Bureau (Turley) • What Will the FBI *Not* Do? (Hanson) • Pandemic Response Gets A Permanent New Home At The White House (STAT) • Ukraine Calls For UN-Brokered ‘Peace Summit’ In February (RT) • Report: The
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Saul Leiter Man in straw hat 1955 • Ukraine War Tolls Death Knell for NATO (Bhadrakuma)r • Putin Says He’s Ready To Negotiate ‘With Everyone Involved’ Over Ukraine (Hill) • Putin “Ready” To Negotiate, But West Wants To “Tear Apart” Russia (ZH) • Only One Nation Benefits From Sanctions On Russia – Minister (RT) • Erdogan Accuses West Of ‘Provocations’ Over Ukraine (RT) • West Issues Ultimatum To Serbia – Media (RT) • Ukraine Hits Airbase 300 Miles Deep
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Rembrandt van Rijn The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds 1634 • Jesus Would Be Branded A “Domestic Terrorist” Today (Whitehead) • Christmas Eve Cold Weather Brings Rolling Blackouts Along East Coast (CTH) • Peace In Ukraine Depends On Washington – Orban (RT) • Only Putin Can End Ukrainian Conflict – Draghi (RT) • US Says Putin Finally “Acknowledging Reality” After 300 Days Of War (ZH) • China Calls US A ‘Direct Threat’ To The World (RT) • US Defense
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Edvard Munch Christmas in the brothel 1904-05 • Santa and Satan (Kunstler) • What Should We Make Of The Latest Muppet Show In DC? (Saker) • Kiev Is Mulling Peace Plan, WSJ Reports (RT) • Kremlin Comments On Kiev’s Purported Peace Plan (RT) • US Has Nothing To Lose, Everything To Gain, From Longer Ukraine Conflict (Luk.) • NATO Armies Drained By Ukraine Conflict – Media (RT) • In for a Pound (Schryver) • The US Love For Ukraine
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Saul Leiter Man with flowers, NY 1950s • Washington Is Prolonging Ukraine’s Suffering (Macgregor) • German Press Is Pushing For Confrontation With Moscow (Livschitz) • Hungary Wants European Parliament Dissolved (Az.) • EU Leaders Dread a Ukraine Peace Process (Varoufakis) • US Admits Afghan Pullout Helped Arm Ukraine (RT) • US Space Force Practices For War In Europe (RT) • The Mushroom Principle (Blair) • A Well-Deserved Prize! (Dionisio) • US Life Expectancy Fell Again In 2021 – Covid
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VIncent van Gogh Weeping woman seated on a basket 1883 • NATO Could Take Out Russia in 3 Days: Congressman (NW) • Biden Explains Why Zelensky Can’t Get Everything He Wants (RT) • Putin Explains What Russia Faces In Ukraine (RT) • Russia Begins Deployment Of New State-of-Art Sarmat ICBM (RT) • Kremlin Reacts To Patriot Missiles For Ukraine (ZH) • Moscow Comments On NATO Presence In Ukraine (RT) • No Evidence Kremlin Is Behind Nord Stream Blasts –
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VIncent van Gogh Weeping woman 1883 • Musk Advocates Modern ‘Church Commission’ To Investigate FBI Corruption (ZH) • FBI Paid Twitter $3.5m ‘To Do Its Bidding’ (DM) • Twitter ‘Directly Assisted’ Pentagon’s Propaganda Campaign (RT) • White House Dodges Question About FBI Interference (RT) • Musk Announces Policy Change For Twitter Polls (RT) • The J6 Referral Falls Short of a Credible Criminal Case (Turley) • Dems Dump Trump Tax Data In Tuesday Night Release (ZH) • The Road
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Saul Leiter 463 1956 • Managing the Ukraine Denial Narrative (Crooke) • News From The NATOstan-Imposed Meat Grinder (Escobar) • Why Time Isn’t Ripe For Ukraine Talks (Bhadrakumar) • How To Avoid Another World War (Kissinger) • Ukraine Blasts ‘Appeaser’ Henry Kissinger For Urging Peace Negotiations (ZH) • Moscow: Delivery Of Greece’s S-300s To Ukraine Would Be ‘Very Provocative’ (K.) • How Lobbyists Captured The EU (Fazi) • A Christmas Parable (Kunstler) • Will Musk Step Down After Twitter
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Pablo Picasso Portrait de femme (Dora Maar) 1943 • One Year Ago, Russia Gave The West A Last Chance (Lukyanov) • A Lexicon for Disaster (Scott Ritter) • EU Sued Over Anti-Russia Sanctions (RT) • Lawyer Claims Eva Kaili Followed EU Parliament Chief’s Orders In Qatar (Eur.) • Will the Fallout from “Qatargate” Splatter the European Commission? (NC) • Biden’s Latest JFK Document Dump Is A JOKE (OffG) • Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Linked to Blood Clotting: FDA (ET) •
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Edgar Degas In front of the mirror 1889 This piece came to me in an unusual way. A British friend sent it, after his wife sent it to him. He said: “Well written piece! Pulled from Jean‘s friend on Facebook!”. All I really know is the author’s name is Janet Daley, and she’s in all likelihood British. I like how she points out the correlation between what the church allowed people to think and know and express in
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