Greenwich, Connecticut real estate, politics, and more.
Greenwich, Connecticut real estate, politics, and more
Green Party spokesman on London Muslim’s attack by one Sudesh Amman, who was released two days ago after serving 1/2 of his three-year sentence for, ahem, terrorism:
Co-leader of the Green Party, Jonathan Bartley, 48, who heard the gunshots, told Sun Online: “I am absolutely shocked and devastated.
“I am in disbelief that this could happen in Streatham. This is one of the most diverse, inclusive and tolerant communities in London.”
Blind, stupid twit
Home, sweet home
How tech giants turned San Francisco into a dystopian nightmare
Gilles Desaulniers moved to San Francisco 40 years ago, settling in the ‘friendly, quaint and affordable’ city after running out of cash while driving from Canadadown the West Coast of America.
Today he runs a grocery store filled with fresh fruit, vegan snacks and organic wines typical of this famously liberal Californian city.
But Gilles has shut one outlet and would sell up entirely if anyone wanted this one, his remaining shop.
Each day, up to 30 people stroll in and openly steal goods, costing him hundreds of dollars
He has been bitten twice recently by people in his shop and he also found a woman turning blue in the toilet after a drugs overdose, a hypodermic needle still stuck in her leg.
He showed me a metal door that is corroding due to people urinating in his doorway, then spoke of finding a man relieving himself in full view of infants playing in a child centre next door.
‘Our society is falling apart,’ says Desaulniers.
It’s a lengthy article, but these opening paragraphs seem to capture the city perfectly.
Good fences make good neighbors, especially north of the border
Push is on to create a commission to enforce the city’s ban on nuclear weapons
Many New Yorkers may not know, but will surely be relieved to learn, that the city has banned the “production, transport, storage, placement or deployment of nuclear weapons” since the passage of a resolution in April 1983, at the height of the Reagan-era “No Nukes” movement.
Four decades later, the city wants to launch a committee of six members, led by the commissioner of the Mayor’s Office on International Affairs, to “establish a working definition for how a nuclear-weapons-free zone might be defined in New York” and to “host discussions, public programs and other educational initiatives related to nuclear disarmament.”
The hearing quickly ran into difficulty when Commissioner Penny Abeywardena, though agreeing with the peacenik principle, insisted that the responsibility didn’t fall under the ambit of her office, which is focused on relations with the United Nations — mostly, public relations and handling parking-ticket complaints from scofflaw consulates.
“The presence of nuclear weapons in New York City,” she clarified, “is not an international issue.” Moreover, since the deployment and use of nuclear weapons is a federal matter, “cities do not have jurisdiction or involvement in this decision-making process.”
She was right: Not only does her tiny office lack the expertise or jurisdiction to deal with the deployment of nuclear weapons, but the City Council itself has no authority over the issue, either.
But don’t tell that to the members, whose sense of mission and self-importance is global — and total. Councilman Fernando Cabrera argued that there is no topic that should be considered beyond the expertise of any member of city government. “That’s the whole point of having a task force,” he explained. “Very easily, you could hire somebody … a chair, a vice-chair … I just don’t see where it hurts.”
Government spending at its finest: identify a non-existant problem, create a commission (s) to study it, do nothing. With salaries and perks for all participants.
Say no to Big-Pharma
Chicoms recommend an herbal remedy for Kung Flu.
They’re recommending an herbal concoction, Shuanghuanglian. Sounds like some sort of penicillin alternative, which would be of interest if Kung Flu weren’t a virus.
Perhaps if they added powdered walrus penis and boiled bat wings ….
It’s an old Aroostook County tradition
Maine: Burglar takes his two-year-old along on the job
The tenant confronted Williams and he offered different reasons for being there, including he was told there was an open house at the apartment and he was looking for an apartment. Williams also said he thought he heard someone to say “come in” and later said his son opened the door after hearing a dog barking inside.
Williams also told officers that his case worker had told him about the apartment and then identified his case worker as “Pablo Escobar.”
A solid alibi like that might have worked, had Mr. Escobar been handy to confirm it. Sad.
What’s that, you say?
Fun reading, removed from politics, if you’re having a lazy Saturday morning
Calchas: “Here’s what I know”
Perhaps not on the level of Paul, “When will the stock market recover? Never.” Krugman, but this insight from the New Statesman comes close: June 2016. “Relax, Trump won’t be President, Britain won’t leave the EU.”
It will soon become apparent that the big mistake of this whole electoral cycle was not, “We had no idea how popular Trump could be.” It was, “We had no idea how removed a large segment of the core GOP electorate has become from the rest of the nation.”
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By the end of this campaign I suspect Trump will regret ever having got into politics. Even if he only loses by a few points, his name will be permanently toxified. His TV career will be in jeopardy, as will his property business, which is dependent on his personal brand. In fact, I’m still not entirely sure that he is going to be on the ballot come November - he may engineer his own departure from the race.
On the other hand,and perhaps because he engaged in some self-examination and reflection (probably not) Mr. Leslie published this on January 20 of this year:
I dunno, but this writer says it is, and in fact, I just tried it myself (9:08 pm) and sure enough, “Alexa, when is the next state of the union?” elicited the response, “the next state of the union is Wednesday, February 5th, at 9 pm”.
Just wait ‘til Bezos buys Twitter.
Hannah Roemhild, a Trump hating, Bernie loving gate crasher at Mar-a-Lago is from Connecticut.
It’s possible that her pussyhat shrunk too tightly and she’s worn it too long, but I’m guessing some drug-induced psychosis.
Sorry — we’re back
Markle and Ol’ Tally Ho are house hunting in LA
Just last week the aging actress vowed to stay in Canada until Trump was driven from office and executed, but she’s apparently grown lonely waiting for the Hollywood crowd to join her north of the border. “Babs said she’d be right up”, a mournful Meghan told FWIW, “but she’s been saying that since ‘16, and hasn’t budged. Now I don’t think she ever will. Sniff.”
According to the British tabloids, “Harry and Meghan hope to make a fortune with their own film and television production company after their dramatic break from the Royal Family.” If so, LA makes more logistical sense than Broken Bow, or Old Crow, Yukon, but are they really so delusional that they think their appeal will be any greater than, say, Fatty Ferguson’s, five years on? They’d better cash in fast.
But first, they must restore the trust Anglophiles placed in them because of their royal ties, a trust that was betrayed when the impoverished bloodsuckers fled west. The best way to start that healing is to honor their word and stay the hell away from us.
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