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'Wine, women and song'. Girly pics, history, nostalgia, Golden Age of Hollywood, music, sports, and more. Anglophile 🏴 Also am a fed-up news blogger. Old-fashioned, sick of it all. Anti-populist, independent pragmatist. War, tyranny, collapse. 🇺🇦 *John 8:32* Visit @Sunking278 and @FloydEtcetera on FACEBOOK, and at the same handles on TWITTER (X) MASTODON - @ArthurNewhook@mastodon.world ON THE WEB - http://stoptheidiocracy2020s.blogspot.com https://floydetcetera.blogspot.com/ DONATIONS GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED at https://tinyurl.com/ArthurNewhook
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President Biden denounces ICC arrest warrant bid for Netanyahu, reiterates there is no moral equivalence between Israel and Hamas. {BBC 5/20} A shame the Boston and New York teams will not face off simultaneously in the NBA & NHL eastern finals. I was rooting for the Knicks today, and a damn shame the Bruins choked. What could have been, but go #CELTICS ! Quotables 19 May 2024: Coleen Gray on daydreams of Hollywood stardom dampened by the harsh realities of a Hollywood career A publicity shot of actress Coleen Gray for ‘ Kansas City Confidential ’, 1952. Photo: United Artists Article: Copyright 2024, Arthur Newhook . With promised U.S. ammunition not arriving quickly enough, Ukrainian forces struggle to hold eastern front as the enemy advances. {Reuters 5/18} Seize the Gray holds off Mystik Dan in a thrilling #Preakness . Wayne Lucas (88) becomes the oldest trainer to win this race. 1960: May Britt in a publicity photo for the 20th Century Fox feature, ‘Murder Inc.’ Actress May Britt in a publicity photo for ‘ Murder Inc .’, 1960. Photo: 20th Century Fox Article: Copyright 2024, Arthur Newhook . Born #OTD 1949: Rick Wakeman Musician Rick Wakeman after being awarded the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Photo: Steve Parsons/PA/Getty Images Article: Copyright 2024, Arthur Newhook . Quotables 18 May 2024: Baseball great Reggie Jackson on the value of ‘the will to win’, Mickey Mantle, tolerating failure versus accepting it, the batter’s box belonging to him alone, and bringing his star to New York City 1977 Topps baseball card for Reggie Jackson Article: Copyr One in three NCAA men's and women's basketball players faced abuse from bettors, including death threats, during this year’s tournaments LSU basketball star Angel Reese. Photo: Getty Images Article: Copyright 2024, Arthur Newhook . Another year, another Bruins choke: Florida Panthers win game six in Boston, move onto to play the Rangers in the conf. final #Boston Alito J6 controversy ‘another blow for Supreme Court under fire’ - Lifetime tenure for Justices was a huge error of foresight by our nation’s founders. {AP 5/17} Quotables 17 May 2024: Ava Gardner speaks on beauty, stardom, Frank Sinatra, and George C. Scott Ava Gardner on the beach, circa 1945. Photo: PictureLux Article: Copyright 2024, Arthur Newhook . Cost of living crisis. Suze Orman warns ‘If you don’t have at least $5 million or $10 million, don’t retire early’. {Yahoo! 5/16} President Biden signs a significant aviation safety and airline reform bill into law. {Reuters 5/16} Law enforcement in the U.S. seized over 115 million fentanyl pills in 2023, up from 71 million in 2022, and only 50,000 in 2017 Pills and a syringe. Photo: Darwin Brandis/iStock Article: Copyright 2024, Arthur Newhook . DOJ recommends downgrading marijuana from Schedule I to III, does not endorse federal legalisation A poster advertising ‘ Reefer Madness ’, 1936. Photo: public domain Article: Copyright 2024, Arthur Newhook . Down 3-1 in the series, the Bruins survive; beating Florida Panthers 2-0 in Sunrise, forcing a game six in Boston on Friday night. {ESPN 5/14} #DownWithHamas : The White House is reportedly proceeding with an arms package for Israel valued at over $1 billion. {AP 5/14} R.I.P. David Sanborn Saxophonist David Sanborn performing on stage, circa 1980. Photo: David Redfern Article: Copyright 2024, Arthur Newhook .
