Greenwich, Connecticut real estate, politics, and more.
Greenwich, Connecticut real estate, politics, and more
1 Hobart Drive has sold for $3.295 million. I’ve written about it favorable over the past two years as its price slowly dropped from $4.995 (May 2018) because I’ve always thought it an excellent house in a quality neighborhood. The original owners had it custom built in 2002 and sold it to these people for $5.5 million in 2008. It’s hard to describe any house selling for $3.3 million as a “steal”, I suppose, but the buyers certainly got a good deal.
we’re outta here!
Wealthy in “mad rush” to get out of San Francisco. Mind you, they’re merely moving to new wealthy enclaves which, since the refugees will be bringing their woke sensibilities with them, will soon be just as bad as the city they ruined.
It occurs to me that liberals are to cities what primitive farmers are to cropland:
Slash-and-burn agriculture, also called fire-fallow cultivation,[1] is a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden. The method begins by cutting down the trees and woody plants in an area. The downed vegetation, or "slash", is then left to dry, usually right before the rainiest part of the year. Then, the biomass is burned, resulting in a nutrient-rich layer of ash which makes the soil fertile, as well as temporarily eliminating weed and pest species. After about three to five years, the plot's productivity decreases due to depletion of nutrients along with weed and pest invasion, causing the farmers to abandon the field and move over to a new area. The time it takes for a swidden to recover depends on the location and can be as little as five years to more than twenty years, after which the plot can be slashed and burned again, repeating the cycle.[2][3][4] In India, the practice is known as jhum or jhoom.[5][6]
All undressed and nowhere to go
With restaurants closed and no public toilets available, New Yorkers turn to the sidewalks.
Fortunately, New York decriminalized defecating and urinating in the streets three years ago so no one need fear arrest for going about their business, but that plus will probably not be enough to enhance the city’s reputation as “fun city”; not once the hot summer sun starts truly baking the byproducts of good living.
Awaiting the call to action
Ten minutes in Brooklyn: three separate attacks, seven shot
Seven people were wounded in three shootings just 10 minutes apart Monday night in different Brooklyn neighborhoods, police said.
The gunplay started at about 10:40 p.m. on Bainbridge Street near Malcolm X Boulevard in Bedford-Stuyvesant, cops said.
Two men, ages 27 and 34, were each struck in the leg, authorities said. They were taken to Kings County Hospital and were expected to survive.
Less than five minutes later, a 35-year-old man was shot on Flatbush Avenue near Ditmas Avenue in Flatbush, police said.
He, too, was taken to Kings County Hospital and is expected to survive.
Finally, at about 10:50 p.m., four people — a woman and three men — were caught in a hail of gunfire on Bristol Street near Newport Street in Brownsville, authorities and witnesses said.
It’s been my observation that merely naming boulevards after Malcolm X and Martin Luther King has rarely been sufficient to prevent violence on their sidewalks.
And what traitor to his people caalled the cops?
out: Christianity
Heretics are denounced, books banned, mobs attack unbelievers: the new religion, which started with communism and spread through indoctrination in schools, grew during the global warming hysteria, still further during this era of the plague, and continues to metastasize.
in: submission
In: contrition
result
Impeach now!!!
Today, it’s okay, especially when those politicians are engaged in cultural appropriation by wearing “kente cloth” (there is such a thing, I’ve learned).
So do we have a problem with this?
Trust the science — when you find it, let us know
So says the WHO, and since they’re the ones we listened to when we decided to shut down the world in the first place, shouldn’t we listen to them now?
“From the data we have, it still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual,” said Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, the head of the emerging diseases and zoonosis unit at the WHO.
Van Kerkhove believes that governments should focus on the detection and isolation of infected people, and those they came in contact with.
“We have a number of reports from countries who are doing very detailed contact tracing,” she added. “They’re following asymptomatic cases. They’re following contacts. And they’re not finding secondary transmission onward. It’s very rare.”
Even CNBC acknowledges that if asymptomatic spread “proves to not be a main driver of coronavirus transmission, the policy implications could be tremendous.”
Asymptomatic transmission of the coronavirus was previously used to justify social distancing.
Trillions of dollars wasted.
14 Dawn Harbor came on the market 21 days ago at $6.1 million. It’s now pending, and I’m told there were multiple bidders. By contrast, the same house was priced at $6.9 million when it was built in 2015 and finally sold to these owners for $5.250 in 2017. They’re making out well here, the next buyers, maybe not.
Striking a blow for the oppressed
Fuji will stop selling its bicycles to police, fire departments and first responders.
The North American distributor of Fuji Bicycles has halted the sale of its police bicycles.
In a statement issued by BikeCo, the brand indicates, “to hear that there are instances where bicycles have been used as a weapon against those who are vulnerable, those speaking out against the unjust treatment of people of color, and those standing alongside them advocating change, has deeply upset our community, our company and the heart of the Fuji brand. We support our communities. We are a Philadelphia company that truly believes in making our city better by bike. We support many diverse organizations and athletes — not for marketing stories, but because we truly want to make a difference in our community. To have these efforts overshadowed by cases of violence with bicycles is unacceptable.”
….We also must stand together against the mistreatment and abuse of the black and brown community. We will continue to look within our company and our core values to do better because our Fuji family deserves better. We stand with you and look forward to doing our part to do better.”
And in beautiful Minneapolis, 4th-dangerous city in America, the veto-proof City Council has not only passed a resolution ordering the disbanding of its police department, one Councilwoman has thoughtfully pointed out to her white constituents the exact surrender to criminals she and her fellows are demanding;
