Depending on how much over ask it gets, this one I understand

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108 Orchard Street, Cos Cob, listed at $1.975 million 12 days ago, and reports fully-executed contracts today. Given what I’m seeing houses trading for in this market, this price doesn’t shock me. Quite a difference since these owners paid $831,000 for a then-1,108 sq. ft. home in 2016, kept the foundation, and built a new, 2,802 house. Nice place, and if the owners are making a tidy profit, well, more power to them.

Open insurrection

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Will he remember this?: "Donald Trump is not free to bulldoze his way through the rule of law. He is an executive, not a monarch. He swore an oath faithfully to execute the duties of his office. When the courts speak, Donald Trump must accept their judgements and honor the Constitution."

Yesterday the Supreme Court ruled against U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy and stayed his order barring the deportation of certain illegal aliens; he’s farted in their general direction and says that the highest court lacked jurisdiction over the matter and thus he has no obligation to obey their order. That’s not how our judicial system works, as I hope this arrogant, woke pipsqueak is about to learn; forcefully.

We Had Another Judicial Coup Incident Against Trump Last Night

The Supreme Court ruled that Trump's deportations to third-world countries can continue without limited notice, blocking an injunction by a little judge who sought to wrest immigration policy away from the executive. The high court slapped down Judge Brian Murphy’s order, but like James Boasberg, another disgrace to the bench, he’s ignoring the ruling.  

These are the people who want to run the country, and millions of their fellow college graduates are all in. And reminder: the man who may well by NYC’s next Mayor is one of them

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Ignore, if you can, the Maine branch’s discontent, and see what the parent organization Democratic Socialists of America is still up to. The bright side, I suppose, is that these people still trust Big Pharma, making them unique among Americans. Such faith in corporate America! Heartwarming!

Also fun, in its own way, is the “facts” these people believe that simply aren’t true. Contrary what these piddle-soakers contend,

  • Masks don’t prevent the transmission of Covid

  • Social distancing doesn’t either

  • Nor do any of the notreallyvaccine vaccines

  • Bird flu is not transmitted from human-to-human, or even chicken to human — it’s a bird disease, as its name suggests.

The Democratic Socialists of Maine criticized their national parent organization in an Instagram post on Sunday after the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) resolved that, from this point forward, masks will be strongly encouraged rather than required for their 2025 national convention.

“The National Political Committee’s decision to make masking optional, despite years of advocacy from DSA’s Disability Working Group puts members at risk, and has already had an impact on our delegation,” said the Maine DSA.

“COVID is still a threat to the working class in 2025, and to deny this would be a grave mistake. Additionally, bird flu cases continue to rise, which disproportionally harm our immigrant neighbors. Our access to evidence-based data on public health emergencies is being gatekept from us on purpose. The Trump Regime continues to try and take proper PPE from the National Nurses Union, and America’s fascist government is ramping up its restrictions on vaccine access,” they added.

The Maine DSA chapter became gravely concerned after learning that the national convention, set for August 8-10 in Chicago, slightly relaxed its extremely strict COVID policies. The convention’s 2025 health requirements only “strongly encourage” masking and do not require it during meals or when speaking at microphones.

According to its informational materials, the DSA national convention even provides to-go food containers for socialist activists afraid to eat inside around unmasked diners. They also urge attendees to maintain six-foot social distancing when an unmasked person is speaking.

Their national convention also requires attendees to attest to COVID vaccination, with at least one booster taken within 12 months of the convention. Attendees must also submit a negative COVID test taken within 48 hours of the convention’s start. Additionally, anyone with any symptoms whatsoever is instructed not to attend the convention.

These health protocols, though extremely strict compared with most events across the U.S. in 2025, did not satisfy the Maine DSA, who claimed that the lack of a strict mask mandate is failing “our future selves.”

“Masking should be required for all attendees, as airborne viral particles can still spread regardless of social distancing. We wish for fellow DSA members across the country to understand that by not upholding the highest standards possible for ourselves now, we are failing our future selves,” said the Maine DSA.

…. The Maine DSA also argued that masks are an “accessibility tool” for disabled socialists.

“We hope all our comrades mask up during their travels, and keep disability justice at the forefront of their minds! The unfortunate truth is that ableism, and excuses for it, are only on the rise as fascism ramps up! We must do everything in our power to combat it,” they said.

Joining National Donut Day; Cook for Your Cat, and Barber Recognition Days

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Our legislature and governor have had a busy year, what with cooking the books to hide budget deficits, assaulting home rule, and approving another round of utility rate hikes, but they still found time to address the most consequential issues such as adding new holidays to the state calendar. How much do we pay these guys, anyway?

Connecticut becomes second US state to recognize Hindu holiday Diwali

Connecticut now recognizes Diwali as a state holiday, becoming the second U.S. state to recognize the Hindu holiday under state statute.

Gov. Ned Lamont signed a bill to observe Diwali  –  marking the Hindu Festival of Lights – into law this month.

Some Connecticut towns and school districts already celebrate and observe Diwali, although it has not been cemented into state statute until now. The legislation, which passed unanimously in both the House and Senate, says that suitable exercises may be held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the governor designates for the observance of the day.

While many states have issued resolutions and proclamations acknowledging Diwali, including the holiday into law will make it easier for Connecticut’s Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, and Jains who observe Diwali to receive religious accommodations in the workplace and schools so that they may celebrate Diwali with their families and local communities," according to a June news release by the nonprofit Hindu American Foundation. The holiday is observed by more than 30,000 Hindus in Connecticut, according to the release.

Here’s a partial list of the new holidays that our Hartford Yahoos created this year; understand that each of these items required careful drafting by state employees, conferences, and, no doubt, lengthy discussion in the after-hours bars and saloons surrounding the Capitol.

(118) February 8th: Scouting America Day,

(119) February 14th: Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day

(120) (all of)April: Connecticut Native Plant Month

(124) First Wednesday in May Local Journalism Appreciation Day

(125) May 5th: Red Dress Day, to commemorate missing and murdered indigenous women and children

(127) May 19th Face Equity Week

(128) June 1st: Barber Recognition Day

June 27th (130) Connecticut Microbiome Day

(131) July Uterine Fibroid Awareness Month

(136) November Epilepsy Awareness Month

(137) “The Month of Kartik”: The Governor shall proclaim the fifteenth day of the month of Kartik in the Hindu lunar calendar of each year as Diwali, to celebrate this festival of lights. Suitable exercises may be held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor designates for the observance of the day.

Governor's Action: Approved June 10, 2025

D'uh

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Four Years After New York Shuttered a Nuclear Plant, Gov. Hochul Announces [vague] Plans for a New One

John Sexton, HotAir

It has only been four years since New York, under the guidance of then-governor Andrew Cuomo, shut down the Indian Point nuclear power plant. Today, New York's new governor, Kathy Hochul, announced plans to build a new plant, though the details are still pretty thin.”

New York is planning to build a nuclear power plant capable of producing enough electricity for as many as 1 million homes in an as-yet-unnamed upstate location, Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Monday.

Ms. Hochul said the plant, which would produce half as much power as the Indian Point complex north of New York City that was shut down four years ago, would help avert the “rolling blackouts” that have plagued some other states. She did not say how much the project would cost or how long it would take to complete but said that New York would seek investment from the private sector.

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Indian Point's closure never made a lot of sense. As many critics of the plan noted years ago, shutting down the plant would necessarily mean building new gas powered plants to replace it, something that New York's liberals supposedly cared about.”

So far, most of the electricity produced by the nuclear plant, known as Indian Point, has been replaced by power generated by plants that burn natural gas and emit more pollution. And that trade-off will become more pronounced once Indian Point’s last reactor shuts down on April 30.

“It’s topsy-turvy,” said Isuru Seneviratne, a clean-energy investor who is a member of the steering committee of Nuclear New York, which has lobbied to keep Indian Point running. The pronuclear group calculated that each of Indian Point’s reactors had been producing more power than all of the wind turbines and solar panels in the state combined...

“This is one of the greatest strategic blunders in the history of energy in New York,” said Robert Bryce, an author who has been a constant critic of the shutdown. “It’s a catastrophically wrong decision.”

“The power produced by Indian Point was about 1/4 of the electricity used by New York City. Since it was shut down, that power has been replaced by electricity from three newly built natural gas plants.

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Sexton concludes, and I think he’s right ….

My guess is that the plan for a new nuclear plant won't go anywhere. The same environmental groups will resist it and drive the costs up to a point that it's doesn't make financial sense. It would have been a lot smarter to allow Indian Point to continue operating until 2035 than to start over on a new plant.

   

Don't get cocky

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“But that horrible Orange Man deported my usual crew that uses tweezers and whisk brooms, and I just HAD to have the lawns ready for this weekend’s garden party!” (Updated)

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Oops, The Queen Of Quiet Yards Did It Again!

Greenwich Patriots

Jun 23, 2025

You just can't make this stuff up.

The landscapers working at the home of Elizabeth Dempsey, the founder of the group responsible for pushing the seasonal ban on gas powered leaf blowers -- Quiet Yards -- just violated the seasonal ban on gas-powered leaf blowers.

They did it right in front of one of those obnoxious yellow "gas powered leaf blowers prohibited" signs that are littering the roadsides and rotaries all around town, no less!

Plus, neither the landscapers nor the truck they drove had any sort of information indicating the name of the landscaping company or the license number -- why do you think that is?

It's not the first time this has happened.

Her landscapers were caught breaking the rules last summer, too—the very first season the ordinance, which was passed by the admittedly "left of center" RTM, went into effect.

Rules for thee, but not for me!

I asked ChatBot to research a bit about Ms. Dempsey, and it came up with this:

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A new group of fed-up locals organized Quiet Yards Greenwich in 2021. Co-founder Elizabeth Dempsey said the insulated walls and windows of her home on a 3.79-acre lot are no match for the gas-powered leaf blowers in her neighborhood during busy blowing months.Nov 23, 2023

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UPDATE: I believe that the Yard Queen has responded in the comments:

Yard Queen

No one is above the law! Not even for this Queen. No garden parties here but was out of town when it happened and appreciate knowing that there was a mistake made. This has been addressed.