Florida Man is going to be hard pressed to reclaim his title in the coming week

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PJ Media’s Stephen Green always concludes his Florida Man Friday feature with a challenge by a random whacko from another state. There were, as always, some strong Floridian contenders this week – the gentleman shown above was one of them — but Green gave the win to his former state, California, and I can’t disagree.

San Francisco nudists save a Brazilian tourist after a "pirate" tried blowtorching him.

It's nice to know that in the 30 years since I left San Francisco, the important things haven't changed. Blowtorch-wielding pirate-hippies are still free to roam the streets and the city's apex predators — middle-aged nudists — are still there to keep the pirate-hippies' numbers in check. 

A story like that can mean only one thing: Florida Man has exactly one week to reclaim his crown of glory in time for the next exciting episode of...

So much for THAT deed restriction

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The 900 sq. ft. cottage at 19 Lakeview Drive (Riverside NoPo) was listed for $2.375 million in 2022, but, though it sat on one acre in the R-12 zone, the listing admitted that “Deed Restriction = one house”. That limited its value somewhat, and it finally sold in 2023 for $1.9 million. Those buyers must have found a way to break the restriction scheme, because an 0.24 portion of the property has just been listed at $1.550.

If, as Joe said in 2019, "Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids", goldarnit, what could explain this?

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chicago teachers on strike

Glenn Reynolds:

TO BE FAIR, THE POINT OF THE MONEY ISN’T EDUCATING STUDENTS, IT’S GRIFT AND GRAFT AND VOTE-BUYING, AND THAT PART HAS SUCCEEDED BRILLIANTLY: Chicago Teachers Union fails to turn $68K per student into even 1 academic win. “Douglass Academy High School spends the most per student compared to any other school in CPS, according to the Illinois State Board of Education’s 2023 Report Card. With that kind of spending, one would expect academic proficiency to soar, but that’s not the case. The most recent test data available shows no 11th grade students could read or perform math at grade level on the SAT in the 2021-2022 school year, and 86% of tested students scored in the lowest proficiency level for reading.”

Yet the parents of these children, in Chicago and around the country, continue to vote for the unholy alliance of politicians and teachers unions, continue to believer that their children can learn without parental supervision and guidance, if only the teachers and administrators in this system are paid some magic, if undiscovered-as-yet number of dollars.

New listing in Riverside

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46 Terrace Avenue, $2.695 million. The owners paid $1.6 million (on a $1.695 asking rice) in June 2020, repainted the interior and … nothing else. I can rationally understand that the price someone paid for something in the past has no particular relevance to what it’s worth today — for instance, I represented buyers who in 2012 paid $7 million for a house that had sold for $11 million during the boom, and anyone who’s dabbled in stocks knows the same thing. But it’s still hard to grasp, sometimes.

BBCrap

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This unfortunate lad couldn’t get to the audition, he was off in Africa playing Prince Dabulamanzi kaMpande of the Zulu kingdom

Jason Forbes will be playing a fictional character Thane Thomas.

Elander Moore will play the real historical figure of Morcar, who battled against Viking and Norman invaders.

Historian Martyn Whittock asked if it would be right for a white person to play a historic African king, and if not, why this scenario is different.