Rembrandt van Rijn Abraham and the angels 1646 • Why Will Ukraine Disappear? Because Nobody Needs It (Medvedev) • Human Destiny In Ukraine (Eve Ottenberg) • BRICS Carries Greater Economic Weight Than G7 – Study (RT) • US Ready For War With China – Congressman (RT) • ‘Peace In The Middle East? That’s A Threat.’ (MoA) • US Will Threaten Europe To Implement Sanctions on Russia (Antiwar) • Details Of Kiev’s Botched Assault On Nuclear Plant Emerge – The
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John William Waterhouse It’s Sweet Doing Nothing / Dolce Far Niente 1879 • Iran and Saudi Arabia: A Chinese win-win (Pepe Escobar) • Xi Divides And Conquers During Macron’s China Visit (Fomenko) • The Hero’s Journey (Kunstler) • More Classified US Documents Shared In New Leak – NYT (RT) • The Leaked ‘Secret Plan’ For A Ukrainian Military Offensive Doesn’t Add Up (MC) • NATO Should Not Be Near Russian Borders – Lula (TASS) • West Didn’t Allow Time
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John William Godward Dolce Far Niente (It’s Sweet Doing Nothing) 1909 • Russian MP Suggests Swapping WSJ Reporter For Assange (RT) • Time Is Ripe For NATO To Retire – Zakharova (TASS) • ‘The Sooner The Better’ – Ron Paul on Disbanding NATO (Dick) • Macron Failed To Change Xi’s Mind – Politico (RT) • Macron In China: Lecturing Xi Or Promoting French Business Deals? (Doctorow) • Blinken Can’t Reschedule His Trip to China After Canceling (Antiwar) • US,
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John Singer Sargent The moraine 1908 Andrew Korybko: Symbolism & Substance Zelensky’s first state trip to Poland since the start of Russia’s special operation last year took place earlier this week, during which time he was awarded with his host country’s highest civilian honor, the Order of the White Eagle. His visit occurred at a crucial moment in the NATO-Russian proxy war, which adds an element of intrigue to it, as does its symbolism. The present piece will thus
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Paul Cézanne Forest 1902-04 • Kiev ‘Not Ready’ For New Offensive – Ex-Polish Army Commander (RT) • Ukraine ‘Ready’ To Give Up Crimea, Says Zelensky Advisor (ZH) • Ukraine Defense Minister: No Negotiations With Russia, War Ends This Year (Az.) • Zelensky Vows ‘No Borders’ Between Ukraine And Poland (RT) • Finland’s NATO Membership Aimed At Escalation With Russia – Philippot (TASS) • Macron Warns China Against Supplying Russia With Weapons (TASS) • NATO Chief Issues Warning To China
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Albert Cuyp Cows in a river 1650 • Trump Condemns Arrest In Mar-a-Lago Speech (RT) • The Fall Of America’s Benevolent Empire (Fazi) • The Tragic U.S. Choice to Prioritize War Over Peacemaking (NC) • US General Points To Risk Ahead Of Next Big War (RT) • Ministers of 9 NATO Countries Ask US To Strengthen Borders With Ukraine (Az.) • Russian Top Spy Warns Of Polish Land Grab (RT) • Russia To Respond To Finland’s Accession To NATO
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Georgia O’Keeffe Red poppy No. VI 1928 Andrew Korybko: “The Old Cold War Paradigm Is Irrelevant In The New Cold War”, which Indian Professor of International Relations Rajesh Rajagopalan just discovered, but it’s important for everyone else to be aware of this as well. Unlike during the Old Cold War where the US and USSR competed to promote their capitalist and communist worldviews correspondingly, the New Cold War is being fought over whether the global systemic transition continues
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John French Sloan McSorley’s Bar 1912 • Trump Hit With 34 Felony Counts – No Handcuffs, No Mug Shot, No Jail Cell (GP) • Trump Lawyers Believe Manhattan Judge Will Impose A Gag Order On Monday (DM) • Trump’s Legal “Super Tuesday” (Turley) • How’s That War Going? (Kunstler) • Saudi Arabia Makes Its Eurasian Shift (Cradle) • More Countries May Join Oil Production Cut – Official (RT) • French Streets and American Sofas (Patrick Lawrence) • Why The
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Pablo Picasso Bull – Plate 4 1945 • Bakhmut “Technically Captured” – Prigozhin (ZH) • Zelensky’s Government Is An ‘Evil Force’ – Orthodox Priest (RT) • The Everything Collapse (Egon von Greyerz) • Oil Prices Surge After Surprise OPEC+ Production Cut (RT) • Lavrov Tells Blinken: Up To Court To Decide About US Journalist Future (TASS) • ‘Lower the Rhetoric’ on China, Says Milley (D1) • Eastern Europe ‘Drowning’ In -Cheap- Ukrainian Grain – Le Figaro (RT) • Russian
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Paulus Potter De stier 1625 • France Names China Sole Broker For Possible Ukraine Peace Deal – CNN (RT) • War Propaganda Evolves, But Never Changes (Buge) • EU and US Leaders Killed Russia’s Trust – And Europeans’ Cheap Energy (Kay) • EU Has Abandoned Peace And Prosperity – Orban (RT) • Ukraine’s Offensive Force Fully Manned – Kiev (RT) • US Troops Should Leave Germany – MP (RT) • Von der Leyen In Line For NATO’s Top Job
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