Senator Smarm is at it again

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“A democracy cannot function where one side embraces violence”

From 2024, pre-Trump; already far out of date because the Democrats have been so busy.

Wait — I thought America's King had shut down all dissent.

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Self-awareness, thy name is not “elderly liberal puke”

Nor is it “arrogant, self-righteous tourist”.

(53-seconds in)

Bonus Pic from Lansing:

Three sales at prices that should satisfy those dweebs in Hartford pestering us to provide more low-income housing for the Little People

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After asking $4.395 million* (see correction, below), Daphne Lamsvelt-Pol (don’t blame her; she’s Dutch) has sold her own house at 10 Ben Court in Old Greenwich for $4,400,008. Nice street, great addition and renovation. Buyers came in from Midtown Manhattan (10017)

Over on the poor side of town, 647 Lake Avenue has sold for$ 4.450 million; asked $4.395. Armonk buyers (10504)

And in Havemeyer Park, 20 Old Wagon Road (Old Wagon is neither old nor a child’s toy; it is a road, however, so give the developer that), listed at $1,199,000, sold for $1,529,000. 1958 construction, 2-bedroom, 1 bath, 1,066 sq ft — unless the buyer is an Anglophilic history buff, we can expect this one to be dumpstered by the end of the week and replaced with something more appropriate to the new Havemeyer in the $3.5 - 4 million range.

*Correction: I just had a wooden shoe bounced off my head by Daphne, who informs me that I got the asking price wrong: it was $3.925 million, not $4.395. She adds, “12 percent above… I told my client, yes, myself, don’t ask for a 4… handle, let the market give it to you if it’s worth it. It’s the same strategy I always tell my cleints to use.”

Sheesh — she’s a regular Dutch uncle. Worse, she refuses to give me credit for teaching her how to stage a house; how does she think she got such a good price, her pricing “strategy”? Pshaw.

I had a number of challenging cases in my legal career; this one would have been my toughest.

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Only for very special people, Architectural Digest warns us

Whether you’re an experienced chef whipping up complex meals every evening or a takeout aficionado who sees the kitchen more as a gathering space, no home is complete without an oven. While the masses may head to the nearest home improvement store to pick out a model that simply gets the job done, a small percentage of the population steers away from the standard range in favor of something truly special. That level of luxury doesn’t come cheap, with the best stoves from top brands, like La Cornue, Bertazzoni, Viking, and Thermador, commanding prices as high as half a million dollars. The cost may be equal to the down payment on a mansion in Beverly Hills, but the well-heeled set believes it’s a necessary investment, not only for its innovative features and quality materials but also for a certain emotional attachment that can develop with owning such a lavish design.

A friend sent me this article because he noticed just such an oven in the listing photos for 214 Clapboard Ridge Road, new construction, and new on the market today at $55 million. How he identified it is between him and his banker, but we’re going to see it tomorrow — the oven, that is, not the house.

the little woman won’t feel so bad having to cook for the family on one of these after her servants and caterers are deported

You’d need a heart of stone not to laugh

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nothing to see here, move along, move along

Watch: The headquarters of Iran’s infamous Islamic propaganda channel—where global jihad, terror incitement, and deranged lies about the West and Israel are broadcast daily—was hit by an Israeli airstrike. Live. On. Air. The notorious anchor, known for spewing hatred against non-Muslims and women who defy Islamic modesty laws, was right in the middle of glorifying “martyrdom.” But the moment the building was struck? She ran for her life—because, of course, she’s not willing to become a martyr herself. That’s only for the brainwashed masses she poisons from the comfort of her studio. Preach death. Run when it comes. Let that sink in.

Quell surprise

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go dei and die

From Glenn Reynolds, InstaPundit:

HMM: Study: Lesbian, gay, bisexual medical students less likely to graduate. The story suggests discrimination as a cause, but I’d suspect it’s at least as likely that inferior students are admitted as part of DEI efforts, and then can’t cut it. Obviously we need to lower the standards until they can!

And it’s not just the rainbow brigade that’s failing. From May 23,2024’s Free Beacon::

'A Failed Medical School': How Racial Preferences, Supposedly Outlawed in California, Have Persisted at UCLA

Up to half of UCLA medical students now fail basic tests of medical competence. Whistleblowers say affirmative action, illegal in California since 1996, is to blame.

It’s a lengthy article, replete with charts and graphs and all that good stuff, but here are just four paragraphs that nicely sum up the situation:

…. One professor said that a student in the operating room could not identify a major artery when asked, then berated the professor for putting her on the spot. Another said that students at the end of their clinical rotations don't know basic lab tests and, in some cases, are unable to present patients.

"I don't know how some of these students are going to be junior doctors," the professor said. "Faculty are seeing a shocking decline in knowledge of medical students."

And for those who've seen the competency crisis up close, double standards in admissions are a big part of the problem. "All the normal criteria for getting into medical school only apply to people of certain races," an admissions officer said. "For other people, those criteria are completely disregarded."

"UCLA still produces some very good graduates," one professor said. "But a third to a half of the medical school is incredibly unqualified."

The remaining 0.03% went to the American Communist Party (yes, of course they're one and the same, but just for diversity's sake ...)

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