Someone wanted his privacy and was willing to pay to get it
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75 rogues hill (representative)
Two sales, one buyer; 75 Round Hill Road, an unimproved lot of 4.31 acres, was purchased today for $4.5 million, together with its abutting neighbor at 11 French Road, comprising 2 acres and a relatively modest house of just 10,750 sq. ft. (but there’ll now be plenty of room for expansion) for an additional $13.750 million.
A nice day’s work for the brokers involved.
11 french road
We can ony assume that this long-time advocate of higher taxes on the rich will be donating much of his windfall to the town government
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take the money and run? Nah, not this hero of the proletariat
Peter Berg listed his house at 28 Dandy Drive for $1.595 million and has sold it today for $1,901,000. He bought the place in 1985, so I think we can assume that he’ll be pocketing around $1.5 on the deal. Even after subtracting a few sizable donations to various Soros-funded dark money groups and Gays for Palestine rioters, there should still be a sizable chunk of loot to fatten the town’s coffers. Thanks, Peter!
Who’d a thunk it? He had (one, empty) bookshelf in the house!
Final price reported
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15 Verona Drive, written about previously when it was listed in April at $2.695 million and went via highest and best offer, has sold for $2.850 million.
Remembering Kurt
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Kamala Harris mourns death of Palestinians “tragically killed” in raid that rescued 4 Israeli hostages
The hostages were being held captive in so-called civilian homes, which in any sane world makes those prison guards as guilty as the rest of the Hamas terrorists. How did these “tragically killed” apartment dwellers treat their captives? Like this:
Rescued Israeli hostages were starved, beaten ‘almost every day’ in Hamas captivity: ‘Beyond comprehension’
Kampallawalla Ding Dong and her fellow lunatics may mourn the death of these awful people: I don’t.
And then there’s this somewhat related article.
In a commentary on Biden’s declining mental condition, the author resurrects one of my own father’s favorite quotes:
Gen. Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, a noted German military officer and opponent of Adolf Hitler [you can read a brief biography here], is said to have categorized leaders on their intelligence and industriousness, noting:
"I divide my officers into four classes as follows: the clever, the industrious, the lazy, and the stupid. Each officer always possesses two of these qualities. Those who are clever and industrious I appoint to the General Staff. Use can, under certain circumstances, be made of those who are stupid and lazy. The man who is clever and lazy qualifies for the highest leadership posts. He has the requisite and the mental clarity for difficult decisions. But whoever is stupid and industrious must be got rid of, for he is too dangerous."
Biden, of course, has gone beyond just stupid to full-blown senility, but his scheduled replacement is seemingly still stuck on stupid and industrious, and that’s scary.
Bidding wars in sections of town where they once were uncommon
/The sellers market and low inventory continues.
17 Nutmeg Drive, Glenville, listed at $1.199 million, sold for $1,358,500.
7 Jackson Street
7 Jackson Street, Cos Cob, asked $1.750 million, got $1,876,000.
Well, of course it is
/FACEBOOK CENSORING CLIMATE DISSENT AGAIN
Stephen Hayward, Powerline:
We’ve often cited the work of Roger Pielke, Jr. of the University of Colorado, who science Substack, The Honest Broker, is essential reading. What you should know about Roger (whom I know quite well) is that he is a centrist-liberal Democrat, believes climate change is a genuine future risk, and supports a carbon tax and other measures to fight it. But he also calls bull—- on a lot of climate extremism and exaggeration. His work has been cited by the “official” “consensus” scientific reports of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and he even forced Al Gore to change some of the claims Gore used to make about thermageddon.
For these heresies from Climate Groupthink, he is hated by the Climate Cult. One of the Wikileaks dumps a few years ago revealed that the deranged Tom Steyer worked assiduously on a pressure campaign on Nate Silver to get Nate to cancel Roger as a contributing writer for Silver’s 538.com, which unfortunately succeeded.
Today Roger has a new essay up at his Substack, “Climate Science is About to Make a Huge Mistake,” which reviews a lot of technical work on climate scenario modeling. Worth reading for it’s own sake, but today the important thing is that anyone who tries to post a link to the essay on Facebook will have it taken down in 10 seconds for violating Facebook’s “community standards.”
I decided to test it out, like this:
Ten seconds later, I got this:
Okay, why?
From demonatarizing conservative websites to outright censoring by Facebook (and major media —see, eg, Hunter Biden’s notebook non-coverage), we’re living in interesting times.
Oh
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Jail her, and throw away the key!
AND:
#NOW Park Police dances as protesters throw bottles and chant "Fascist!" at him outside of White House DC pic.twitter.com/mXC9CeO4Ed
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) June 8, 2024
"Well, first of all, President Biden certainly - unlike President Trump - supports the freedom of speech and the freedom of expression. So obviously these protesters are exercising their right, and that is their right to do. That being said, we certainly understand it's a challenge. President Biden is certainly fighting for every vote, he's not taking anything for granted. But look, this is the freedom that people have, going back to the message of freedom, they have the right to protest, they have the right to speak their mind."
BUT:
Teens Arrested Over 'Damage' to 'Pride Progress' Street Mural in Washington Because Everything Is Stupid
Three teenagers have been arrested after they allegedly vandalized a Pride flag-painted intersection in Spokane, Washington by leaving skid marks with the Lime scooters they were riding on.
Police received a 911 call about multiple people on scooters "causing damage to the newly painted Pride mural" on June 5 just after 9 pm, according to the Spokane Police Department.
(...)
Officers said the damage to the mural was "black scuff marks consistent with scooter wheels," and that these marks were left across the mural. The mural had recently been repainted after a May 16 incident in which multiple people dumbed a liquid on the mural and set it on fire, according to KREM.
King Street contract
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1099 King Street. The property’s in foreclosure, so unless this contract is simply a ploy to delay auction of the premises (it happens), the sale can be expected to go through.
The listing states that the house dates back to 1798, but there doesn’t appear to be much of the original still left.
