Nicolas Poussin A Dance to the Music of Time 1634-36 The Monastiraki Kitchen wanted to present the best Christmas dinner ever (until next Christmas) for our clients. The Big Feast. A meal for Kings and Queens. Partly because of our Automatic Earth readers’ donations, I think we got quite a ways there. Even if the dinner happened yesterday, December 31, instead of Christmas. The Automatic Earth readers were responsible for buying €450 worth of steaks, meaning a good
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René Magritte La belle captive 1946 • The End of 500 Years of Conquistador Civilisation (Batiushka) • Hollande, Merkel Confessions ‘Formalization Of Betrayal’ – Russian Senator (RT) • German Chancellor Merkel Has Just Declared Russia Was Never Pacified (Helmer) • US Congress Urged To Assess ‘Risks’ Of Patriot Delivery To Ukraine (RT) • Russian Oil Products Refined Abroad Exempt From Price Cap – US Treasury (RT) • Elon Musk: Dr. Anthony Fauci ‘Cannot Be Regarded As A Scientist’ (DW)
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Edvard Munch Ashes 1894 • Forecast 2023 — Get Out of the Way if You Can’t Lend a Hand (Kunstler) • Ukraine Lashes Out At Orbán’s Pro-Peace Stance On Russia-Ukraine Conflict (ZH) • Zelensky Gives His Government More Censorship Powers (RTN) • Ukraine Is ‘First Multipolar’ Conflict – Dugin (RT) • MIT Adopts Free Speech Resolution (Turley) • Fauci Leaves a Broken Agency for His Successor (Makary) • Trump Tax Returns Released By House Committee: He Paid Little In
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Henri Matisse Harmony in red 1908 • We’ve Reached Peak Zelensky. Now What? (Freeman) • World Could Reach ‘Critical Mass’ At Any Moment – Ex-Polish President (RT) • On the Influence of Neo-Nazism in Ukraine (Lauria) • Lavrov Suggests ‘Hundreds’ Of US Troops Are In Ukraine (RT) • Ukraine Falsifying History And ‘Replacing’ Memory – Moscow (RT) • Türkiye Warns Greece Against Expansion In Aegean Sea (RT) • SBF Met With Senior White House Officials Shortly Before FTX Collapse
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Max Ernst Inspired hill 1950 • A War of Rhetoric & Reality (Patrick Lawrence) • Report Warns Risk of Nuclear War At Its Highest Since US Nuked Japan (Antiwar) • Russia Steps Up Kherson Shelling, Dismisses Zelenskiy’s Peace Plan (RT) • Zelensky To Join WEF in Davos, Sign New Postwar Loans With BlackRock (PM) • Ukrainian Proposal Is Not ‘A Peace Plan’ – Kremlin (RT) • Italian Minister: Russia Will Dare Use Nuclear Weapons If It Is Defeated (RT)
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Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) Nativity 1406-10 • The Most Important Question (Saker) • US Should Think Twice Before Contemplating ‘Decapitating Strike’ – Lavrov (RT) • Russia Issues Cyber Warning About Ukraine (RT) • US Adviser To Ukraine Calls For Cluster Bombs (RT) • Putin Bans Russian Oil Exports To Countries That Implement Price Cap (R.) • Every Social Media Company Censoring For Government – Elon Musk (RT) • 63% of Americans Want FBI ‘Censorship’ of Twitter Investigated (ET)
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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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