Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. --Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

Edward Hopper, New York Interior, ca. 1921 Oil on Canvas, 61.8 x 74.6 cm Whitney Museum of American Art Josephine N. Hopper Bequest New York City

Ramon Novarro as Judah-Ben-Hur in “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ” 1925

A couple of weirdos.

Perseus and the Gorgon Medusa 1875 By Laurent Honore Marqueste French 1848-1920

Sharif Nader: Marilyn Monroe with a lawyer after the divorce from Joe Dimaggio on October 27, 1954 .

"All that we know abt those we have loved&lost is that they wld wish us to remember them with a more intensified realization of their reality. What is essential does not die but clarifies. The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude."--Thornton Wilder birthday boy.

Aphrodite, 1902 Briton Riviere Briton Rivière (14 August 1840 in London – 20 April 1920 in London) was a British artist of Huguenot descent. He exhibited a variety of paintings at the Royal Academy, but devoted much of his life to animal paintings.

By brother Michael J. Elderman

pbs.twimg.com/media/HGIsUb... Marilyn Monroe lament

In Fitzgerald's This Side Of Paradise you can tell he was only 23 when he too cleverly writes: "The invitation to Miss Myra St. Claire's bobbing party spent the morning in his coat pocket where it had an intense physical affair with a dusty piece of peanut brittle."

RFK Jr.'s Claim: The protection of the measles vaccine wanes quickly Fact check: The measles vaccine provides lifetime protection. MNT

The Birdwatcher, 1863 William Holbrook Beard

apnews.com/article/us-i... reopens Strait of Hormuz, but Trump says blockade on Iranian ships and ports will stay in force

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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy with her parents 1930’s

Sinatra when he was at the Rustic Cabin in New Jersey performing with Bill Henri's band. This is 1938 when Sinatra was 22 years old. His voice then has never been duplicated even to this day. The next year in 1939 Harry James hired Sinatra.

When Barbara Stanwyck received her Honorary Oscar 1982 William Holden had died in an accident just a few mos. prior. At the end of her speech,she said:"I loved him very much&I miss him.He always wished that I wld get an Oscar.&so tonight,my golden boy,you got your wish".

Bill Gates has invested $500M in a natural memory protocol that might signal the end of Alzheimer's disease.

“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you’ve got a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies-“God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.” Kurt Vonnegut

Revealed: how male and female brain cells differ in gene activity www.nature.com/articles/d41...

TODAY: In 1397, Chaucer shares the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of King Richard II.

Why Trump Will Be Removed From Office Sooner Than You Think newrepublic.com/article/2091... via @newrepublic.com Conway explains why he thinks Republicans will eventually decide Trump has to go and talks about how he’ll push for impeachment immediately if elected.

Cartier Platinum, Diamond and Black Opal Ring, 1930s.

It’s from O’Keeffe that I developed my ideas about what I call abstract realism: art that straddles the line realistic figuration and pure abstraction. Elements you can see as real but they’re also abstracted. This also comes from my close-up photography work: real objects but also pure geometry.

Ron Schwerin (American, 1940) The Fan

When They Were Young and Getting Started: Meryl Streep Here with John Lithgow, making her Broadway debut in the revival of "Trelawny of the 'Wells'" at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre in 1975.

When They Were Young and Getting Started: Meryl Streep Here with John Lithgow, making her Broadway debut in the revival of "Trelawny of the 'Wells'" at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre in 1975.

1961 in New York City

"Simone in a wool ensemble with a fur-lined coat by Jean Patou, gentlemen's coat by Max Evzeline late 1950's check out the car too..."

Marylin Monroe at 17 beside two other beauty contestants in 1943

THE THREE GRACES IN MONOCHROME""BY PETER PAUL RUBENS ..... oil on board from 1620 23 (47,5×35cm) PALATINA GALLERY

THE THREE GRACES IN MONOCHROME""BY PETER PAUL RUBENS ..... oil on board from 1620 23 (47,5×35cm) PALATINA GALLERY

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"New York with Moon". Georgia O'Keeffe. 1925.

"Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I’m tired." – Mae West

"McCall's March 1949 Wear this young helmet cloche by Bernard Workman with a jaunty new bolero suit. It's made of fine straw braid and winged with two tiny brilliant feather birds."

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Milton Greene in 1957. This would be their last assignment together.

He is Seriously, Frighteningly, Utterly, and Completely Losing His Mind open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Der neue Reichstag zieht ein/The new Reichstag moves in - George Grosz - 1929 Watercolor over pencil on paper.