George Bellows The Lone Tenement 1909 • NYT Reveals Western Definition Of Success For Ukraine’s Counteroffensive (RT) • Botched Start of Counteroffensive Likely Extremely Frustrating for Biden (Sp.) • Most Countries Side With Russia in Ukraine, US Credibility Slips – Hersh (Sp.) • More Than 10 of 31 NATO States Don’t Support Ukraine’s Bid – Kiev (RT) • West Has Zero Chances To Bring Russia To Its Knees, Says Top Senator (TASS) • Losing The War – What Comes
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Gustave Caillebotte Rue Mont-Cenis, Montmartre 1880 • Rasmussen ‘Out of His Mind’ for Saying NATO Should Send Troops to Ukraine (Sp.) • Ukrainian Counteroffensive Runs Into Defensive Wall (Scott Ritter) • How JFK Would Pursue Peace in Ukraine (Jeffrey Sachs) • US/NATO Ultimate Goal is to Take Over Ukrainian Land, People, Resources (Sp.) • How Ukraine Has Become A Magnet For Western Neo-Nazis (Trenin) • Defense Ministry Reveals How Many Russians Volunteered For Army (RT) • US Can’t Recruit
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Edgar Degas Les repasseuses (women ironing) 1884 • Reminder, What Was in The Mar-a-Lago Documents (CTH) • So About Trump’s Second Indictment (Denninger) • Snowden Weighs In On Trump’s Classified Docs Indictment (RT) • The Great DOJ Werewolf Hunt (Jim Kunstler) • To The Pompous But Dim-Witted Critics Of Russia (Medvedev) • A War Long Wanted (Matthew Hoh) • Biden’s Reputation Hinges On Kiev’s Counteroffensive – Politico (RT) • When Could West Pull the Plug on Military Assistance to
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Laura Knight The Green Sea, Lamorna 1918 • Ukraine Has Taken ‘Significant’ Losses This Week – US (RT) • West Has Done Everything For Ukraine – Biden (RT) • Kiev Needs Deadlier Weapons – US Lawmakers (RT) • Ukraine Gave Up Peace Deal With Russia Under US Pressure — Patrushev (TASS) • Kakhovka Attack Lines Up With West’s Scorched Earth Scenario for Ukraine (Sp.) • FBI Document Alleges $5 Million Bribe Paid To Joe Biden By Burisma Exec (ZH)
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Piet Mondriaan Still Life with Gingerpot I 1911/12 • NATO States May Send Troops To Ukraine – Ex-Chief (RT) • Russia Seeks To Replace ‘Nazi Regime’ In Ukraine – Patrushev (RT) • Russia Wants US To Answer About How Its Weapons Used In Ukraine (TASS) • Russia Calls For International Investigation Into Kakhovka HPP’s Dam Collapse (TASS) • US Media Wages Disinformation Campaign Regarding Kakhovka Dam – Envoy (TASS) • How Does This End Well? (Jim Rickards) • Saudi-Russian
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Thomas Cole The Course of Empire – The Arcadian or Pastoral State 1834 Physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935 tried to explain the (consequences of the) uncertainty principle, defined by Werner Heisenberg as a core theme of Albert Einstein’s view of quantum mechanics, to … Albert Einstein. The latter must have been thrilled. Even though he did not like the uncertainty principle (God does not play dice). The thought experiment became known as “Schrödinger’s cat”. Since you cannot know
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Caspar David Friedrich Woman before the Rising Sun 1818 • Col. MacGregor: ‘It’s Time to Slash Our Defense Budget’ (21CW) • Tucker Carlson Steamrolls Ukraine Propaganda In New Show (RT) • Minsk Agreements Allowed Me To Arm Ukraine – Poroshenko (RT) • There Never Was an Offramp in Ukraine (Luongo) • Ukraine Considered Dirty Bomb Attack Against Russia – FSB (RT) • Russia Reveals Battle Casualties (RT) • Russia Regrets Its Kakhovka Warnings Were Not Heard – Nebenzia (Sp.)
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Thomas Cole The Course of Empire – The Savage State 1834 I had some discussion with Andrew about this article, since the December 2022 WaPo article he refers to was not the first time Kiev’s plans to blow up the dam were mentioned. There was this, for instance, 2 months earlier. Then again, Andrew is right in saying that the WaPo piece is the first where people other than Zelensky mention it. And we agree that now blaming
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Jules Adolphe Breton The Song of the Lark 1884 • Hydroelectric Dam In Kherson Partially Destroyed – Mayor (RT) • Ukraine Launches Its Counterattack (MoA) • Ukraine ‘Well Prepared’ For Counteroffensive – Top US General Milley (RT) • NATO Unprepared To Fight Russia – Former US General (RT) • Kiev Renews Offensive In Donbass For 2nd Day – Russian Official (RT) • Ukraine To Forgo F-16s In Summer Counteroffensive: Defense Minister (Az.) • Wagner Captures Russian Commander As Prigozhin
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Rufino Tamayo Perro aullando (Howling Dog) 1960 • Ukrainian Army’s Offensive Attempt Failed – Russian Defense Ministry (TASS) • Ukraine Lacks Weapons To Launch Counteroffensive – Zelensky Aide (RT) • Is the United States Losing Its Control of Ukraine? (Snider) • Belgium Questions Kiev About Attack Inside Russia (RT) • Biden’s Health Is A National Security Issue – Ex-White House Doctor (RT) • EU Desperate To Clamp Down On Musk’s Free Speech As ‘Disinformation’ (Marsden) • Elon Musk Uses
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