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Print of the Day!! Thursday, June 20, 2024.
is by Japanese master printmaker Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950)

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"The Jungfrau" (from the 'Europe Series') is a relief print, a color woodcut done in 1925. The image measures 9-3/4 x 14-5/8 inches. This impression is signed "Yoshida" in sumi ink and the red seal "Hiroshi" in the lower left image has the artist's jizuri (self printed) seal, the date and title in the left margin. It was printed by the artist and his assistants in an open edition on a sheet of ivory hosho paper with mica throughout that measures 16-1/4 x 10-9/16 inches. References for this work include: Yoshida 7; Abe 15; Riccar 7; Blackney 14. The gallery inventory number for this work is CAAL237.

This scarce color woodcut by Hiroshi Yoshida is available for purchase from the gallery for $6,000.00.

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"The Jungfrau" was printed from 8 blocks using 22 impressions. It is signed in the lower left image in sumi ink, "Yoshida", with the red seal "Hiroshi", and with the artist's jizuri (self-printed) seal at the top left margin. It was one of Yoshida's early prints and the first in the eleven print "Europe Series". Yoshida attempted many trial printings of this image and impressions can be found in many color variations.

This impression was purchased by collector Roger Epperson from Yoshida scholar and collector Cecil G. Tilton and it is not pencil signed or titled, indicating that it was meant for the Japanese collectors, not the Western market.

"The Jungfrau" depicts the world famous mountain from the Bernese Oberland in the Alps of Switzerland. Yoshida did his color woodcuts titled "The Europe Series", which consisted of 11 prints, all done during his and Fujio's two year world trip, which began in December of 1923 and ended in August of 1925 and included works from Switzerland, Italy, Greece, and Egypt. The trip consisted of America, Europe, and Africa.

At this point his work was beginning to enter the Western market with great success and he opened his own printing and publishing workshop. He had worked with Watanabe and others earlier and most of his work was lost in the earthquake of 1923 and he decided it was best to control his own destiny.

To purchase this work or read a biography for Hiroshi Yoshida use this link to our website: https://www.annexgalleries.com/inventory/artist/2595/Yoshida/Hiroshi

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One of the many alleged Democrat election strategies is to get conservatives to riot, out of disgust, so Biden can then declare marshal law.

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The Biden administration’s since-disbanded “Homeland Intelligence Experts Group” planned an operation to persuade mothers and teachers to inform on dissident pa…
Source: New York Post
https://search.app/PaFVWgZY5bV7w4Np9

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The Continuing Politicization of the Military

Under the Biden administration, the military continues its march toward woke political enlightenment.

By JOHN A. LUCAS

Insignia and patches on a soldier’s uniform used to serve the purpose of telling you something about the military qualifications and experience of the soldier. Under the Biden administration, they can also signal whether a soldier ascribes to the Democrat party’s current political trends. The latest example of this is an Air Force commander’s approval of a “Pride Patch” for wear on military uniforms during “Pride Month.”

Uniform insignia and a tradition of pride in military accomplishments

A glance at a soldier’s uniform can tell you a lot about the person including their current assignment, the unit they served with in combat, their time in service and in overseas deployments in a combat theater, campaigns in which they have served, and, sometimes, their performance in combat.

The patches and badges on a soldier’s uniform are not just informative, they are sources of immense pride in military assignments and achievements. For example, soldiers take great pride in being assigned to an elite unit, such as the Ranger Regiment, Special Forces, or the 82d Airborne, and proudly wear their patch or insignia on their uniforms. When you see a soldier proudly wearing a Ranger scroll as the patch on his right shoulder, you know he has served in combat with one of the most elite military units in the world.

The Combat Infantryman’s badge, known as a “CIB,” also is a prestigious and coveted award that veterans of infantry combat wear proudly.

In short, these and other insignia, patches, and ribbons on a soldier’s uniform are like a biography of his military career and accomplishments. They tell you who he is, where he’s been and what he’s done. And, although they are not called “pride” patches or insignia, they are worn with pride in what they represent.

An apolitical military is a national imperative.

I have previously written about dangers of a political military, including in my articles Biden Administration Orders Ideological Purge of U.S. Military Academies and “To Win Our Nation’s Wars”? (Lions led by donkeys). A politicized military is a danger to a free country and paves way to a loss of freedom and even a dictatorship. But as we know, under the Biden administration the politicization of the military is proceeding apace. As Joy Pullmann has documented in her just-released magnum opus “False Flag,” the “Pride Flag” has flown over U.S. embassies and military installations world-wide since 2011. And our senior military leadership from Commander-in-Chief Biden on down has embraced DEI and its political symbols to the max and to the detriment of the military and the country.

And make no mistake about it, commanders who want to be promoted or favored with good assignments, know who is buttering their bread and what they want.

A new political symbol for uniforms

The latest example of this politicization (and there are many) has been revealed by the Stars and Stripes. It reports that the commander of the OSAN airbase in South Korea has authorized troops on the base to wear a “pride morale patch” on their military uniforms, in public and while on duty.

The commander’s spokeswoman told Stars and Stripes that “The patch represents the advancement of the Air Force’s commitment to diversity, inclusion, dignity, and respect within the mission.” Now, there is a commander who understands what his political masters want to see.

Frankly, I would prefer an Air Force that prioritized a “commitment” to winning our wars, but that’s just old-fashioned me.

Although they call it a “pride patch, the “pride” being touted has nothing to do with military accomplishments as does, say, a Ranger tab, a Seal trident, airborne wings, a ribbon or medal signifying an award for valor in combat, or even a campaign ribbon.

So now Army troops on the air base can proudly proclaim their allegiance to diverse sexual practices by sporting “pride” patch alongside their Ranger tabs, CIB’s and valor awards. Nice job, commander.

So, make no mistake about it: Flaunting a 13-colored “pride” patch that announces the wearer’s supposed “pride” in identifying with particular sexual practices or lifestyles, is a political statement. It does absolutely nothing to advance a miliary unit’s lethality, competence or readiness. But it does signal loyalty to DEI politics. Allowing it on any military uniform is another strike against an apolitical military, which is essential to a free country. But the base commander, Colonel William McKibban, clearly sees which way the political winds are blowing. My prediction is that he will make general.

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So, That's Why The Washington Post Refused to Disclose This Key Detail About Israel's Hostage Rescue

By Matt Vespa

It’s been a couple of weeks since Israeli forces launched a successful raid in Gaza that rescued four hostages taken by Hamas during the October 7 attacks last year. Normal people celebrated this operation, whereas the anti-Israel, antisemitic clowns were mourning the loss of the terrorists killed in the raid.

That’s how you know the Left is messed up in the head on this matter: they were more upset over the dead captors and the rescue of those they held captive. The media coverage does play a part in that since newsrooms are staffed with woke left-wingers who hate Jewish people. That hateful pipeline can be traced back to the network of colleges that saw pro-Hamas shenanigans run amok last spring.

Yet, The Washington Post’s June 8th article on the raid left out the crucial detail that the hostages were being detained in civilian housing, with so-called civilians holding them hostages. It’s why “civilians” isn’t the appropriate term for those who got wasted by the IDF. Still, the Washington Free Beacon found a possible reason why these facts were omitted: the publication is loaded with Al-Jazeera alums:

Days after the Israel Defence Forces rescued four hostages from a Palestinian refugee camp, for example, a Post headline blared: "More than 200 Palestinians killed in Israeli hostage raid in Gaza." The report, the work of 11 Post staffers, went on to describe "one of the bloodiest raids in the war" as a "brazen operation" that left "unimaginable devastation in its wake."

"Residential blocks were destroyed, tanks menaced the streets and grievously wounded Palestinians, some without limbs, writhed in pain on the dusty roads of the camp’s central market, according to videos and images of the raid," the report stated. The first quote in the story comes from a Hamas spokesman who accused Israel of committing "a massacre." An Israeli official is quoted in the seventh paragraph.

What the piece did not mention is that the hostages were held by prominent Gazan civilians in crowded apartment buildings and that Hamas fighters opened fire on the hostages and Israeli soldiers during the operation, making civilian casualties virtually inevitable.

Hostility to Israel has been a thread throughout the paper’s reporting. But there’s another pattern among reporters on the Post’s foreign desk. At least six members of the Post’s foreign desk previously wrote for Al Jazeera, the Doha-based news outlet bankrolled in part by the government of Qatar, which is now sheltering Hamas’s top leaders, a Washington Free Beacon review found.

The Al Jazeera-Washington Post pipeline raises ethical questions for an American newspaper that prides itself as a bulwark against threats to "democracy." Founded in 1996, Al Jazeera has been described by an Israeli court as an "intelligence and propaganda arm" for Hamas, and the outlet is banned from broadcasting in Israel, where officials alleged in February that Al Jazeera "journalist" Muhammed Wishah served as a commander in Hamas’s guided missile units. In the United States, the Justice Department ordered the network’s English language affiliate to register as a foreign agent of Qatar in 2020, though it has refused to do so.

And:

Another Vespa essay.

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https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/06/20/dem-rep-and-msnbc-host-chuckle-over-the-rape-of-a-minor-by-an-illegal-alien-n2640762

Finally:

Will Biden Help Soros Silence Dana Loesch and Mark Levin?

https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/06/20/will-biden-help-soros-silence-dana-loesch-and-mark-levin-n4930028

this is dangerous stuff!

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All the President’s Sanctions on Israel

Biden targets right-wing Israelis but gives Hamas’s patrons a pass.

The Editorial Board

The latest target of U.S. sanctions is Tsav 9, an Israeli protest group that tries to stop aid trucks to Gaza because they often end up in the hands of Hamas. The State Department says Tsav 9 has been “blocking roads, sometimes violently, along their route from Jordan to Gaza, including transiting the West Bank. They also have damaged aid trucks and dumped life-saving humanitarian aid onto the road.”

The West has been wrong to keep quiet about Hamas’s theft of aid, but flooding Gaza with supplies has helped Israel dispel claims of famine and buy time for its war effort. It’s also a problem when citizens take the law into their own hands. Israel has delivered aid despite the Tsav 9 protests and has arrested a few lawbreakers, though it could do more.

But the larger point is that the Biden Administration is expanding its sanctions regime against Israel while it lets Hamas and Hezbollah off the hook. Since Mr. Biden assumed office, Iran’s oil exports have surged to $40 billion or so a year. This gusher’s cause is no mystery. The Biden Administration stopped most enforcement of oil sanctions to keep Iran quiet. Even after that logic blew up on Oct. 7, Biden policy didn’t change. Iran still gets the cash it needs to fund its many terrorist proxies.

Qatar and Turkey, Hamas’s other major patrons, also haven’t faced real U.S. pressure. Qatar is supposed to be a key U.S. partner and a mediator in hostage talks that never end. This buys the Qataris immunity, even as they sponsor Hamas, explains Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

The Biden Administration has listed some Turkish entities, but to avoid triggering President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, another U.S. partner, there has been no enforcement. Mr. Biden also has been quiet on Kuwait, Algeria and Malaysia, where Hamas finds support.

Hamas has refused to free the hostages it seized on Oct. 7, rejecting Israeli cease-fire offers. Mr. Biden says he wants the war to end, so one would think he’d be squeezing Hamas with every tool in America’s kit. Instead, Mr. Biden squeezes Israel and only Israel. Iran, Qatar and Turkey catch a break, and Hamas concludes it can continue to fight and put Palestinian civilians in harm’s way without paying a price.

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