Vincent van Gogh July 14th in Paris1886 • ‘NATO Is The Real Troublemaker’ – China (RT) • Why Doesn’t Moscow Try This Instead? (Zuesse) • US Could Stop Ukraine Conflict Instantly – Orban (RT) • Inviting Ukraine To Join NATO Would Have Triggered WWIII – Orban (TASS) • A Fun Day (James Howard Kunstler) • Biden Could Risk WW3 to Bail Out Ukraine – Larry Johnson (Sp.) • Poland Seeks The Nuclear Option (Scott Ritter) • Vilnius Summit Locks
Read More...Pablo Picasso Femme nue couchée (Marie-Thérèse Walter) 1932 • NATO Ultimatum To Ukraine – Win By Winter Or Die (Helmer) • Putin ‘Already Lost’ War In Ukraine, Biden Says (Hill) • NATO Suffering Delusions Of Grandeur – Lavrov • Russia Will Treat F-16s In Ukraine As Nuclear Threat – Lavrov (RT) • Putin: Ukraine in NATO Will Create Security Threat for Russia (Sp.) • NATO Summit Serves Up Cringe Nothing-Burger (Scott Ritter) • NATO Can’t Exist Without An Enemy
Read More...John Atkinson Grimshaw A moonlit lane 1874 • Ukraine To Pay High Price For Security Guarantees From G7 – Zakharova (TASS) • Moscow Reacts To NATO Summit (RT) • NATO Summit Exposes Fractures in Alliance Over Support for Ukraine (Sp.) • The US May Never Allow Ukraine To Join NATO (Bordachev) • NATO Spent Years Preparing For Proxy War With Russia in Ukraine (Sp.) • Peace Is Always Priority For Russia Over Combat – Lavrov (TASS) • Stoltenberg: Sending
Read More...René Magritte The voice of blood 1948 • Ceasefire and Peace Talks Should Be Focus of NATO Summit (CD) • NATO Summit, a Theater of the Absurd (Scott Ritter) • Understanding The NATO Summit (Kim Dotcom) • Stoltenberg: No Point in Discussing NATO Membership if Kiev Loses (Sp.) • Should Ukraine Join NATO? Don’t Kid Yourself: It Already Has (Tracey) • China Warns Against NATO Expansion Into Asia-Pacific (RT) • Ukraine Lost 26,000 Troops and 3,000 Arms In Counteroffensive
Read More...Gustave Doré Over London — By Rail 1872 (woodblock) • China Ready To Contribute To Build Stable World Jointly With Russia – Xi (TASS) • 41+ Countries Returning To Gold Standard (QTR) • Anti-Russian Sanctions Spooking Countries Into Repatriating Gold Reserves (RT) • US, Europeans Depleted Their Weapons Stockpile Fighting Russia in Ukraine (Sp.) • Vaudevillian Visitors in Vilnius (Sp.) • Zelensky Can Expect Military Aid Guarantees From NATO Summit at Best (Sp.) • Ukraine In NATO Is ‘Path
Read More...John Atkinson Grimshaw Liverpool from Wapping 1875 • Hunter Biden’s Decadent Lifestyle Is A Metaphor For US Society (Robert Bridge) • Unlikely Trump-RFK Ticket Remains a Hot Topic (ET) • How To Avoid The Worst Battlefield Defeat The US Has Suffered (Helmer) • Ukrainian Counteroffensive Headed for ‘Disaster’ – Ex-US Marine (Sp.) • Ukraine Reportedly Pulls Leopard 2s From Front, Low on Armor, Ammo (Sp.) • Ukraine Pessimistic About Outcome Of NATO Summit In Vilnius (TASS) • NATO Powers
Read More...Carl Frederik Aagaard View to the Amalfi Coast c1860 (woodblock) • Biden Admin Lying ‘About Everything to Do With Ukraine’ – RFK Jr. (Sp.) • Tucker Carlson Hopes Trump & RFK Jr. Win 2024 Nomination (Sp.) • ‘Russian Victory’ Worse Than Civilian Cluster-bomb Deaths – Pentagon (RT) • Cluster Munitions Will Change Nothing for Ukraine (Scott Ritter) • Supplying Cluster Bombs To Ukraine Is Wrong – Spain (RT) • Germany Set Against Ukraine’s Bid for NATO Membership (Sp.) •
Read More...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”.
Read More...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) •
Read More...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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