Bidding war in Pemberwick (!)

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3 Hickory Drive, literally on the Greenwich/Port Chester border, was listed in April at $785,000 and closed today for $925,000. It’s interesting, to me at least, that all bids had to be submitted directly to the owner’s attorney, and listing agent Steve Archino added the assurance “I will not be representing a buyer”. Steve has such a solid reputation that no such assurance from him is necessary in the small world of Greenwich real estate agents who’ve known and worked with him for decades, but when some agents end up selling their listing to their own client in these situations, disappointed buyers can suspect that the fix was in. Not the case with Steve, but as a general practice, I think it’s a good idea.

(The listing describes the home as “move-in ready”, but the buyers may want to bring their own air mattress)

It seems like just yesterday that Democrats were claiming that Republicans were out to destroy democracy

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The Democrats’ Justice (sic) department reaches out to crush another dissident.

DOJ charges Texas doctor after he blew the whistle on gender-affirming care for minors

Dr. Eithan Haim was hit with four felony charges related to HIPAA violations

Haim leaked documents to journalist Christopher Rufo in May 2023 showing that the Texas Children's Hospital continued operating its child gender clinic against state law after they claimed it had been shut down.

Last year, Haim anonymously leaked evidence of the child sex-change procedures to conservative journalist Christopher Rufo. The documents revealed that Texas Children’s Hospital had continued running its transgender program, despite announcing that the program had been discontinued in accordance with Governor Greg Abbott’s 2022 directive equating such medical interventions with child abuse. [And after a state law prohibiting drug and surgical “gender-afforming interventions for minors took effect last September.]

Rufo previously stressed that none of the documents he obtained from Haim included patients' personal information at the clinic.

Million dollar price cut

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5 Old Round Hill Lane’s price was reduced today to $10.9 million from the $11.9 it has been looking for since March. The owners paid $10.375 for the house in 2013, tried for $11.495 in 2018, and eventually dropped that price to $9.950 before pulling it from the market in July 2021.

They performed some fairly substantial improvements between 2021-2023 and, as noted, tried again this past March at $11.995; that didn’t work. Certainly, whoever eventually buys this house will appreciate the owners’ generosity in fixing up the place, but they apparently won’t be reimbursing them for their efforts.

Good: they can join Barbara Streisand at her Canadian commune

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see ya

Ex-FBI honcho McCabe says intel community members scared of being jailed by Trump, may flee country

'It’s terrifying,' former deputy FBI director said

He said he was told by former colleagues, including some from the Obama administration, that they've had "torturous discussions with their family members about whether or not they have to leave the country to avoid being unconstitutionally and illegally detained."

"I mean, people are actually worried about being thrown in jail or grabbed in some sort of extrajudicial detention," he said.

Don’t forget to take Fauci and Walensky with you.

Instapundit nails it, but the Bee predicted it, as usual

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at biden’s invitation, brazilian peacekeepers cross the border and march to our rescue

Instapundit

AS ALWAYS, LIFE IMITATES AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: ‘Throw Everything That Democracy Has At This Man:’ MSNBC Analyst Suggests Silencing Trump To ‘Protect Voters.’

The New York Times’ Mara Gay on Wednesday seemed to suggest that Judge Juan Merchan should maintain his gag order on former President Donald Trump to safeguard voters.

Trump’s gag order, imposed by Merchan, bars the former president from making public statements regarding witnesses, prosecutors other than the district attorney, court staff and jurors, as well as family members of the staff, district attorney or judge. Gay on “Deadline: White House” appeared to imply during a conversation about the necessity of the gag order that it protects both the jurors who convicted Trump as well as American voters.

“You have to protect jurors, you have to protect voters,” Gay said. “And if we can’t do those two things in this moment, you can’t ask people to participate in democracy or to trust the process. So, this is a moment to throw everything that democracy has at this man.”

And the Bee:

New broker, new price, same dog's breakfast

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766 Lake Avenue has dropped to $5.095 million after startin in February 2023 at $5.375. The listing claims that This 10,000 sq. ft. property “offers many opportunities for buyers with diverse needs and preferences requiring a beautiful, park-like setting.” “Diverse needs and preferences” sums up the situation perfectly: the house was one of the oddest, mishmashed jumbles on the real estate market back in 2007 when it sold for $4.375, and nothing appears to have changed since then.