Ivan Aivazovsky Palace rains in Venice by moonlight 1878 Vladimir Putin has just about finalized the accession of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR), plus the Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions, into the Russian state. This is a peace offer, even if precious few will recognize it as such. Putin was never eager to make this move, it took him 8 years to recognize the independence of DPR and LPR, but it was the only solution
Read More...
Paul Gauguin The Seine in Paris 1875 • Politics By Other Means (Big Serge) • Putin Signs Unification Treaties For New Regions (RT) • Russia Sets Out How It Will Financially Support New Regions (RT) • Putin Transfers Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant Under Russian Control (RT) • Pipeline Terror is the 9/11 of the Raging Twenties (Escobar) • Kremlin Responds To Rumors Over Its Ukraine Op (RT) • EU Agrees To Impose Price Cap On Russian Oil (RT) •
Read More...
Odilon Redon The boat 1900 • CIA Chief Weighs In On Putin’s Alleged Nuclear Threat (RT) • Russia ‘Fully Committed’ To UN Consensus On Nuclear War (RT) • US Risks ‘Direct Conflict’ With Russia Over Ukraine – UN Envoy (RT) • The Strong, and the Merely Powerful (Patrick Lawrence) • Putin Spox Weighs In On Elon Musk’s Attempt At Ukraine Peace Deal (ZH) • Elon Musk Proposes To Buy Twitter At Original $44B Price To Avoid Trial (NYP) •
Read More...
Pablo Picasso Cafe Royan [The Coffee] 1940 • Developing Developments (Kunstler) • The Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Sabotage (Monkeywerx) • Macgregor: US Likely Attacked Nord Stream Pipelines to Isolate Germany (SN) • In Nord Stream Attack, US Sees ‘A Tremendous Opportunity’ (Maté) • Jeffrey Sachs Offers Nord Stream Theory (RT) • Medvedev Comments On Musk’s Ukraine Proposal (RT) • Duma Ratifies Accession Treaties For Donbass, Kherson, Zaporozhye (RT) • Kremlin Comments On Borders Of New Territories (RT) • Kiev’s
Read More...
Jessie Willcox Smith From The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald 1920 We need to renew the discussion about climate (change) because one side of that discussion claims that the science is settled. And yes, that is the same thing that happened with Covid, and you can even say the same thing that has happened with Ukraine, and with Donald Trump. In all these cases, one side of the talking controls politics, media and intelligence agencies. But
Read More...
Kazimir Malevich Woman torso 1932 • The Dark Continent: How ‘Green’ Power Insanity Will Black Out Europe (TCW) • Europe: How to Become Poor Peasants Again (Ugo Bardi) • How The US Planned The War And Energy Crisis In Europe (ND) • Nord Stream Pipelines Can Be Restored – Moscow (RT) • Scientists Warn Of Cold Winter In Europe (RT) • The War Has Just Begun (Big Serge) • Russia’s Top Court Rules On Donbass, Kherson, And Zaporozhye Accession
Read More...
Marc Chagall The Feast of the Tabernacles 1916 • Russia Makes It ‘Impossible For War To End’ – Borrell (RT) • The End of Western Hegemony is INEVITABLE – Putin (Konstantin Kisin) • Nord Stream Explosions Are A ‘Tremendous Opportunity’ – US (RT) • Europe ‘Indefinitely Deprived’ Of Key Gas Supply Route – Gazprom (RT) • Who Profits From Pipeline Terror? (Escobar) • Russian Gas Exports To EU Via TurkStream Plunge (RT) • Russia Halts Gas Delivery To Italy
Read More...
Henri Matisse Antibes 1908 • Ukraine – Four Oblasts Join Russia (MoA) • Putin Speaks To Massive Crowd Celebrating New Territories (RT) • Turning Point (Schryver) • Slouching Toward Endgame (Jim Kunstler) • Long Way Home: How Former Ukrainian Regions Joined Russia (RT) • Czech MEP Wants Russian Region Split Between Two EU States (RT) • Putin Slams Western Money Printing (RT) • This Winter Will Be Hard But Next One Will Be Even Worse – EU (RT) •
Read More...
Pavel Filonov The Kolkhoznik (Member of a Collective Farm) 1931 • Kremlin Reveals Next Step On Donbass, Kherson, And Zaporozhye (RT) • Erdogan Speaks On Referendums On Joining Russia (RT) • Pentagon To Create ‘Ukraine Command’ – Media (RT) • Russia Mulling Face-To-Face Nuclear Arms Treaty Talks With US (ZH) • Multipolar World Order – Part 2 (Iain Davis) • West ‘Clinging To The Past’ – Putin (RT) • Putin Outlines Goals Of ‘Geopolitical Adversaries’ (RT) • US Puts
Read More...
Kazimir Malevich Sportsmen 1931 • A Possible Strategy For Peace (Gav Don) • American Roulette (Batiushka) • Fourth Leak Found On Nord Stream Pipelines, Swedish Coast Guard Says (R.) • Nord Stream Damage Might Be Irreparable (RT) • Denmark Comments On Future Of Nord Stream (RT) • Lugansk Republic And Kherson Region Appeal To Moscow (RT) • Germany and EU Have Been Handed Over A Declaration Of War (Escobar) • Poland Wants ‘Devastating’ Retaliation Against Russia (RT) • Poland
Read More...