Frans Hals Two Laughing Boys with a Mug of Beer 1626 • Worst-Ever Economic Crash Coming – Nouriel Roubini (RT) • Prepare For 10 Years Of Global Destruction (Egon von Greyerz) • Russian Mercenary Boss Says Bakhmut Effectively Surrounded (Az) • Wagner Chief Calls On Zelenskiy To Abandon ‘Encircled’ Bakhmut (G.) • EU Must Shift To Wartime Economy – Industry Commissioner (RT) • Beijing Calls US World’s ‘Primary Nuclear Threat’ (RT) • New Biden Cyber Strategy Takes Aim at
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Edvard Munch Summer Night’s Dream. The Voice 1893 • What Sparked D.C.’s Sudden, Dramatic Anti-China Shift? (Schachtel) • US Army Secretary: US Preparing to Win a War With China Over Taiwan (Antiwar) • Beijing To Fast-Track Taiwan ‘Reunification’ Plans After “Extraordinary” Year Of Tensions • US Rallying Allies For New China Sanctions (RT) • Ride Across the River (Schryver) • Europe Needs ‘NATO’ Without US – Orban (RT) • Orban Says Understands Putin’s Arguments, Rejects His Actions On Ukraine
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Camille Pissarro Plum Trees in Blossom, Éragny 1894 • Zelensky, Cronies In Major Corruption Scandal In Ukraine – And US? (Lavrenin) • Zelensky Floats ‘Strategic Pullback’ From Bakhmut (ZH) • Germany’s Scholz: Russia Must Take First Steps Towards Peace In Ukraine (TASS) • UK Ex-Foreign Secretary: US Makes Decisions On Arms Supplies To Ukraine (TASS) • Ready to Die for Ukraine? Russia Warns of Nuclear Annihilation (Celente) • Deep State Absolutely Wants to Kill You – Alex Newman (USAW)
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Paul Gauguin Blue Trees (Your Turn Will Come, My Beauty!) 1888 • Zelensky Hints At Withdrawing From Russian-Encircled Bakhmut (ZH) • Situation In Bakhmut Much Worse Than Kiev Admits – CNN (TASS) • Most Front-Line Ukrainian Soldiers Killed Within ‘4 Hours’ (LI) • Kiev’s Troops Have Big Nazi Problem – Ex-US Soldier Who Escaped Ukraine (RT) • The Stage Is Set For Hybrid World War III (Escobar) • European Legislators Get Money From US Military Companies (TASS) • Afraid
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Elliott Erwitt New York City, USA 1955 • West Considers ‘Ultimatum’ For Ukraine (RT) • Crimea Integral Part Of Russia, Cannot Return To Ukraine – Peskov (TASS) • Musk: Diplomats Want War, Warriors Want Peace (Celente) • NATO Is De Facto At War With Russia – Kremlin (RT) • Russia No Longer At Mercy Of Global Elite – Lavrov (RT) • How Russia Managed To Survive Western Sanctions (RT) • Pushback: The Folly Of Ukraine (Denninger) • It’s Coming
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Édouard Manet Woman with a jug 1858-60 • White House Distances Itself From Covid ‘Lab-Leak’ Theory • Covid Lab Leak Is A Scandal Of Media And Government Censorship (Turley) • Elon Musk Accuses Fauci Of Funding Gain-Of-Function Research (TP) • Ukraine Has ‘Total Dominance’ Over US – Trump (RT) • Wall Street Has Its Eyes Set On Ukraine (Charles Gasparino) • Much Of Global South Isn’t Automatically Supporting The West In Ukraine (Mehta) • North African Nations Voracious Buyers
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Cy Twombly Shield of Achilles 1978 Andrew Korybko: State Of Affairs China has hitherto done its utmost to remain completely away from the NATO-Russian proxy war that’s being waged between them in Ukraine, yet a fast-moving spree of developments over the past few days compellingly suggests that it’s recalibrating its approach to the New Cold War’s top conflict. The present analysis will begin by highlighting those aforesaid events before explaining the larger context in which they’re occurring, which should show
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W.H. Bartlett and J. Appleton The port of Beirut 1838 • Western Leaders Privately Say Ukraine Can’t Win the War (Lauria) • Fewer Americans Think That Ukraine Is Winning – Rasmussen (RT) • Ukraine ‘Most Threatened’ By China – Bolton (RT) • Anti-China Rhetoric Is Off the Charts in Western Media (Nair) • Elon Musk Calls 2014 Ukraine Regime Change A ‘Coup’ (RT) • For the First Anniversary: 24 February 2023 (Batiushka) • Russia Confronted With Whole Empire Of
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Egon Schiele Self-Portrait with Lowered Head 1912 I’ve slept for 24 hours straight and still have the energy level of a slug, so no post today. Food, virus? I don’t know. Support the Automatic Earth in virustime with Paypal, Bitcoin and Patreon.
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Constantin Brancusi Portrait of George 1911 • China Unveils Roadmap To End Ukraine Conflict (RT) • China Publishes Its Proposals On Ukrainian Crisis Settlement (Az.) • Elon Musk Accuses Victoria Nuland Of ‘Pushing War’ In Ukraine (RT) • US Seeks To Discuss New START Implementation With Russia – Nuland (TASS) • 19% Of Americans Have Confidence In Biden’s Handling Of Ukraine Conflict (SN) • Russia-EU Relations ‘No Longer Exist’ – Moscow (RT) • Moscow Analyzes Brazil’s Peace Initiatives On
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