Andy Warhol Shot Sage Blue Marilyn 1964 (must read article!) An article at RT made me realize today – all the more- how out of touch with reality the “west” is. It talks about how Joe Biden warns Xi Jinping about economic consequences of China’s alliance with Russia. Thing is, that ship has long sailed. And Xi, even if he would have wanted to -there are no signs of that-, cannot turn it around, It has gained “momentum”.
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema Women of Amphissa 1887 • Ukraine – Biden Again Escalates (MoA) • US Giving Cluster Munitions To Ukraine In ‘Desperate Gesture’ – Envoy (TASS) • Germany To Refrain From Sending Cluster Munitions To Ukraine (TASS) • Austria Has ‘Clear Position’ On Cluster Munitions For Ukraine – FM (RT) • NATO Needs Ukraine Offensive To Succeed To Prove New Plans’ Viability (TASS) • NATO Allies Still Discussing What To Offer Ukraine At Vilnius Summit – WaPo (TASS) •
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Camille Pissarro Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon, Effect of Rain 1897 • Zelensky Holding Out For NATO To Enter Ukraine Conflict – Lukashenko (TASS) • Zelensky ‘Dragging Entire Planet’ To Hell – Russian Envoy (RT) • Kiev Dragging Other Countries Into Conflict – Moscow (RT) • Lukashenko Outlines Deal With Wagner (RT) • The Capitalists Are Circling Over Ukraine (Fazi) • Zelensky Clashes With Bulgarian President Over Weapons Demands (RT) • Bulgaria Plans $650 Million Nuclear Sale To Ukraine
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Nicolai Dubovskov Hushing (Calm Before the Storm) 1890 • NATO Contingent May Be Deployed To Ukraine After Vilnius Summit (TASS) • French General Forecasts Failure Of Ukrainian Counteroffensive (TASS) • White House Issues NATO Warning To Ukraine (RT) • The CIA’s Blind Spot about the Ukraine War (Arkin) • Kremlin Wars Of ‘High Threat’ Of Nuclear Sabotage By Ukraine (RT) • Russians Increasingly Believe West Wants To Destroy Their Country (Timofeev) • Medvedev Names How Ukraine Conflict Could ‘End
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René Magritte Architecture au clair de lune 1956 • Russian Nuclear Giant Claims Ukrainian Attack On Power Plant Imminent (RT) • Support For Ukrainian Nazis Leaves Indelible Mark In US History – Envoy (TASS) • Ukraine Accuses Western Backers Of Failing To Uphold F-16 Pledge (RT) • Ukraine Wants More Western Jets, Not Just F-16s – Kiev (RT) • US War Industry Pulls Mainstream Media Strings on Ukraine (Sp.) • Hungary Threatens To Block All EU Military Aid To
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Giovanni Strazza The Veiled Virgin, Carrera marble 1850s • Ukrainian Counteroffensive Running Out of Time – Russian Ex-General (Sp.) • Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Failing in All Directions – Shoigu (Sp.) • Russia Will Stop Ukraine Joining NATO One Way Or Another – Medvedev (RT) • Zelenskyy: Ukraine’s Membership In NATO Depends On Biden (Az.) • NATO Might Use ‘Nuclear Incident’ to Enter Ukrainian Conflict (Dergalin) • Ukraine Already Had Statehood Under USSR – Scholz (RT) • Erdogan Blames Failure Of
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Henri Matisse The Dessert – Harmony in Red 1908 • As France Rocked by Riots Again, Macron Looks Like ‘Spent Force’ (Sp.) • France To Shut Internet Services To Control Riots (R.) • Macron Asks Ministers to Restore Order in France (Sp.) • A Matryoshka of Psyops: General Armageddon Is Not Going Anywhere (Pepe Escobar) • Value of Wagner State Contracts Revealed By Russian Media (RT) • CIA Sees Ukraine Crisis As Unique ‘Opportunity’ (RT) • Ukrainian Commander Complains
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Caravaggio The raising of Lazarus 1609 A Dutch paper tells me that PM Mark Rutte is “very disappointed” that Switzerland has decided not to deliver 96 more tanks, that belong to Swiss “defense company” Ruag, and which Germany, Holland and Denmark wanted to purchase, to send to Ukraine. The 96 would have come on top of another 100 they also apparently bought for the same purpose. Neither would make any difference for the outcome of the battle. 100
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Douglas Percy Bliss High Noon, Windley 1951 • Kiev Must Show ‘Battlefield Results’ In Next Ten Days – Zelensky (RT) • Ukrainian Counteroffensive Will Be Long And ‘Very Bloody’ – Top US General (Az. ) • Ukraine Preparing for Second Stage of Counteroffensive in Zaporozhye Region – Official • Kiev Ready For Talks If It Gains Control Of 1991 Border – Zelensky (TASS) • Ukraine’s Growing Addiction to Foreign Mercenaries (Scott Ritter) • Medvedev Raises Specter Of Poland Using
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Albert Bierstadt Storm in the Mountains c1870 Andrew Korybko: It was earlier advised to “Be Very Skeptical Of US Intel Claiming That Surovikin May Have Helped Plan Prigozhin’s Coup”, and now two new developments lend even more credence to those suspicions. The “investigative project” of exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was designated by Russia as a foreign agent last year due to his operations being funded by Ukraine, shared “documents” with CNN purporting to show that over
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