Kamalla peeved because DeSantis denied her a campaign photo-op

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September 29th, 2024, (very) post-hellene. calling from her campaign plane: disconnected earphone cable, blank pad of paper and (possibly genuine) soy latte ,

Political storm: Harris says DeSantis 'selfish' for reportedly not taking her hurricane-related calls

People are in desperate need of support right now and playing political games at this moment in these crisis situations…is just utterly irresponsible, and it is selfish," Harris charged on Monday. "It is about political gamesmanship, instead of doing the job that you took an oath to do, which is to put the people first."

The vice president's comments came a couple of hours after reports from NBC and later ABC News that the Florida governor was not taking calls from Harris regarding storm recovery efforts, citing unnamed aides to the governor who said the calls seemed political in nature.

DeSantis, in an interview on Fox News' "Hannity" on Monday evening, fired back, calling the vice president "delusional. … “I've had storms under both President Trump and President Biden. And I've worked well with both of them. She's the first one who's trying to politicize the storm. And she's doing that just because of her campaign.”

This lady is the Vice-President, not the President (betcha didn’t know we had one, did you?), and her sole focus these days is running for the presidency. She has neither the willingness nor the ability to assist in a natural or manmade disaster, so why should DeSantis accommodate her PR flacks? He’s got better things to do with his time than listening to inanities from an idiot while Hurricane Milt barrels towards his state.

I do know this: if an enormous hurricane were headed my way, I’d rather be in a state governed by Ron DeSantis than in one that had to dependent on the federal government, “assisted” by Kamilla and her video team, for help. .

UPDATE:

And I’m delighted to see that Christina Pushaw is still with the Governor:

Granny: “if Anthony D’Esposito had been in office when I was a young woman, I would be burdened with daughters and their bothersome brats today.”

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who’s putting whoSE LIFE in danger? D’esposito, or this poor child’s MURDEROUS granDMOTHER?

Apparently, Granny and her fellow Democrats consider freedom to kill one’s offspring a good thing, although reader Snotty Philistine disagrees (because he’s a rabid misogynist who keeps his wife locked securely in their basement — I know, because I’ve met the poor girl on one of her rarely permitted supervised outings: pale, emaciated, with the tracks of her tears still showing on her pretty face. So sad.). Snotty sent along the video link and writes:

“Speaking of abortion. Has anyone seen the abortion commercial they're running with the goblin-like grandmother who demands that her daughter have the right to murder her granddaughter?”

Market stats from Greenwich Association of Realtors

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Third Quarter Greenwich Market Update 2024

October 4, 2024 (Greenwich, CT) - [click for access to record archives] The Greenwich Association of REALTORS® announces the 2024 Third Quarter statistics for home sales in The Town of Greenwich, CT.

  • There were 158 single-family residential closings reported during this period according to figures provided by The Greenwich Multiple Listing Service, Inc., the multiple listing service used by REALTORS® in the Greenwich area.

  • The number of single-family residential closings decreased compared to Q3 2023 when there were 166 closings. 

  • The median sale price for a single-family home increased to $3,045,051 from the median sales price in Q3 2023, which was $2,502,500.

  • The average days on the market (DOM) for residential homes was 59 days; which was a decrease from 88 days in Q3 2023.

  • There were 56 condo/co-op residential closings reported during this time period; which was an increase from Q3 2023 when there were 45 closings. 

  • The median sale price for a condo/co-op increased to $993,500 from the median sales price in Q3 2023, which was $914,000. 

  • The average days on the market (DOM) for condo/co-op residential homes was 49; which was a decrease from 55 days in Q3 2023.

And September statistics

Single-Family Home Sales

  •  There were 37 single-family residential closings reported across all areas of Greenwich during the month of September 2024. This was a decrease, compared to September 2023 when there were 43 closings. 

  •  The Median Sale Price for a single-family home increased 1.969% to $3,305,000 from the median sales price in September 2023, which was $3,250,000.

  •  The average Days On Market (DOM) for residential homes was 79 days; which was a 21% decrease from 100 days in September 2023.

  •  There were 71 new single-family listings brought to the market in September 2024, which is a 9.23% increase in New Listings when compared to September 2023 when there were 65. At month-end, Active single-family inventory totaled 182 units, which is a 10.3% increase from September 2023 when there were 165 units available.

Condominium and Co-op Sales

  • There were 17 condo/co-op residential closings reported across all areas of Greenwich during the month of September 2024. This was an increase, compared to September 2023 when there were 11 closings. 

  •  The Median Sale Price for a condo/co-op decreased 5.91% to $860,000 from the median sales price in September 2023, which was $914,000. 

  •  The average Days On Market (DOM) for condo/co-op residential homes was 30, which was a 73.91% decrease from 115 days in September 2023. 

  •  There were 16 new condo/co-op units brought to the market in September 2024, which is a decrease of new listings compared to September 2023 when there were 23. At month-end, Active condo/co-op inventory totaled 31 units, which is a 36.7% decrease from September 2023 when there were 40 units available. 

  •  "In September, we saw a decrease in single-family home sales compared to last year, with 37 closings. However, the Median Sale Price for single-family homes increased to $3,305,000, showing continued strength in the market. We also observed a significant decrease in Days On Market, indicating a faster pace of sales. The condo/co-op market performed well, with an increase in closings and a Median Sale Price of $860,000.

Oooo, scary! Looks like the new White House advisor is already at work helping the Kampalla campaign

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HotAir, at least, is not impressed

Dems’ Latest Attack Accidentally Makes Trump Look Cool As Hell

Democrats really think they got him this time. “Dangerous,” “weird,” an ominous blood red backdrop with two spectral faces simultaneously blending together and ripping apart.

What did they mean by this?

This latest hit from the official X account of The Democrats seems to imply that the bloodthirsty spirit of a Trump-Vance presidency hovers in the air like phantasmal smog. They’re going to end democracy, turn women into broodmares for high-status men, put you back in chains — you know, whatever political domination fetish they’re pushing these days.

But in reality, nothing could possibly make this duo look cooler. This could easily be the cover art for the best punk album since “Ramones” (1976). Or even better, maybe it’s a billboard for a new right-wing futurist art exhibit on Manhattan’s grungy Lower East Side. I’d love to see this plastered on some exposed brick on Wooster Street

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Great job, Dems. You managed to make a semi-retired Boomer and an Ivy League wonk look like the two coolest people in America. Who ever said the propaganda machine was losing its touch?

I think this response (probably not from a Harris voter) on the Democrats’ page is far more impressive:

I was just thinking, with Kamallawalla off hangin’ with her rich friends, what this country needs a second proven, incompetent DEI-hire to serve as advisor to the President.

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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre promoted to senior adviser

Jean-Pierre will now be alongside the ranks of the president's top confidantes like senior advisers Mike Donilon, Steve Richetti and Bruce Reed. A White House official said that her promotion shows the faith that Biden has in her, as well as his commitment to having a black, lesbian dolt diverse and inter-generational voices guiding him in his decisions.

Jean-Pierre will begin her new role effective immediately. She will also maintain her press secretary duties through the end of Biden's administration, the first press secretary in decades to also hold the title of senior adviser.

Caution: smoldering woodsmoke ahead.

Trading places, poorly UPDATED

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such a deal!

That Russian Arms Dealer We Released for Brittney Griner Is Now Selling Weapons to Terrorists

Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer known as the “Merchant of Death,” walked out of a U.S. jail almost two years ago in a trade with Moscow for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner. Now he is back in business, trying to broker the sale of small arms to Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militants. 

The 57-year-old, whose life reportedly inspired the 2005 Hollywood movie, “Lord of War,” starring Nicolas Cage, spent decades selling Soviet-made weapons in Africa, South America and the Middle East before being arrested in 2008 in a U.S. law enforcement sting operation. 

Since his release, Bout has joined a pro-Kremlin far-right party and won a seat in a local assembly in 2023, seemingly turning the page on his days as an arms broker. But when Houthi emissaries went to Moscow in August to negotiate the purchase of $10 million worth of automatic weapons, they encountered a familiar face: the mustachioed Bout, according to a European security official and other people familiar with the matter. 

UPDATE: "Any risk he poses (after release) can be managed.”

At the time of his release, the White House downplayed the threat and consequence of releasing Bout. Biden National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan argued the risk could be "managed."

"Before we make any determination about whether to send somebody back as part of a deal to get an American home, we make a determination about the national security implications of that.  We did that assessment in this case.  We believe we can manage those challenges, but we will remain constantly vigilant against any threat that Viktor Bout may pose to Americans, to the United States going forward," Sullivan told reporters during a briefing on December 12, 2022. 

So, “constantly vigilant” means they’ve known he’s back in business, and “managed” means doing nothing? That sounds about right for this administration.

Too much fun to leave buried in the comments: thanks to Burning Madoff, we now know that there's such a thing as "Disaster Equity", and we’re getting it, good and hard

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know you enemy (ies)

Person (she/her/it) on bottom left starts off with a confirmatory tribute to J.D. Vance — “My cat gets really loud sometimes, so you’ll have to allow for a little meowing” — and then gets to the heart of the matter:

“There are a couple of things that are intersecting in my mind [because what’s a discussion without mention of intersectionality?] — one of them is the culture of emergency management as an industry [got that right] — in the United States specifically, not abroad [because certain regions like, say, Africa and the Middle East don’t share the enlightened values of true Americans, and would hang the poofter in the upper box by his heels, and tell this cat lady to shut up, lock herself in her bedroom, and await the pleasure of her master]. ”

“The shift we’re seeing right now is the shift of emergency management from utilitarian principles — the greatest good for the greatest number of people – to disaster equity.”

Brace yerself, Bridget.