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276 Otter Rock Drive asked for $27.5 million, got $25.

Here’s listing agent Joe Barbieri’s homemade video of the place — that’s Joe on the harmonium.

Speaking of Joe’s listings, Gideon toured 58 Shore Road today, new on the market at $23 million and discussed here yesterday, and reports that “I think Joe’s gonna get his price”.

And I think I’m growing closer to supporting a wealth tax for (certain) real estate agents.

(I’ve been corrected: Gideon informs me that the “Joe” he was referring to is 58 Shore’s builder Joe DeJesus, and Danielle Malloy is the listing agent; doesn’t matter, Joey B still has too much money)

Joe DeJesus at 58 shore road

I don't suppose it's likely that a sophisticated Saudi will exchange his Manhattan pied-a-terre for the joys of living above Greenwich Avenue, so no benefit for us here, but as trends go …

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Just one more shot across the bows for rich and middle class people in blue states, because there is never enough money to satisfy the looters, and when this latest tax proves insufficient, they’ll be back for more, and from more than just billionaires.

Related: up in Maine, the Democrat’s front-running senatorial candidate Graham, “Totenkopf” Platner is pushing for a “wealth tax” on everything state revenue agents can lay their hands on: real estate; closely held businesses; trusts; and, of course, unrealized capital gains, and he’s simply just one more voice in the Democrat choir demanding the same thing across the country.

Fun times.

Remember when Greenwich had a "Community Chest" (no, not Brandi Branderbreck in 9th Grade) to address local issues? It was subsumed into the United Way, and I miss it

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That was then. now ….

I saw the below ad on Greenwich Free Press’s page this morning, and was curious who was behind it. It took few click-throughs (beginning here), but it eventually leads back to the United Way.

Connecticut United Ways are committed to creating a state where economic well-being is a right, not a privilege. That is why we advocate with and for ALICE families – the growing number of Connecticut families who are living paycheck-to-paycheck despite working hard at the jobs available to them.

When 2 out of every 5 households in Connecticut can’t afford the basics, it’s not just a personal struggle, it’s a crack in the foundation of our economy and community.

And so on. Next time you’re tempted to contribute to the United Way — I’m not — in the naive belief that your dollars will go to support the Boy Scouts, or Grannies for Greenwich, or some other worthy local cause, know that instead, you’re paying the salary of paid Hartford political operatives.

15 seconds of inanity — sufficient to remind us of the quality of our elected officials. Do click the video, it’s fun.

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“This is why we have cooking instructions on Pop-Tarts”

I looked at the biography of this moron, and was struck by not only her lack of qualifications to do anything except conduct a failed election campaign subsidized by her rich husband (she was appointed to her present position), but also a reference to her “service” at the Air War College; that aroused my curiosity, so I turned to Grok.

Question posed to Grok:

what, if any were Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski's qualifications for and duties at the Air War College where, according to her bio, she served as a national security fellow ?

Answer:

Sarah Godlewski's official and campaign biographies consistently state that she served as a National Security Fellow at the Air War College (part of Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama). This is listed on her Wisconsin Secretary of State page, her campaign site (sarahforwisconsin.com), Wikipedia, and other profiles without specific dates or program length.

Publicly available information provides limited details on the exact program, her selection process, specific qualifications required for her participation, or her day-to-day duties. No official Air War College or Department of the Air Force documentation names her or describes a civilian "National Security Fellow" slot tailored to her background. Air War College primarily runs senior-level programs (e.g., Master of Strategic Studies) for military officers (O-5/O-6 rank) and some federal civilians selected via service boards, but it also supports various fellowships and professional development for national security professionals.

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Duties

No sources—including her official bio, campaign materials, LinkedIn, news articles, or Air War College descriptions—detail her specific duties, projects, or outputs as a fellow.

General context for such fellowships at Air War College (or similar Air University/DoD programs) typically involves:

  • Advanced study in national security strategy, joint/multinational operations, air/space power, leadership, and policy.

  • Seminars, research, wargaming, or field studies.

  • Networking with military officers, faculty, and other fellows.

Her fellowship is often described in broad terms (e.g., one profile notes she "gained in-depth knowledge about national defense strategies and public safety"), but nothing more specific is available. It does not appear to have been a full resident master’s program (those are selective and usually longer-term for active-duty personnel).In short: The fellowship is listed in all her official biographies and appears tied to her Booz Allen Hamilton/Pentagon consulting background, but no public records detail the exact selection criteria, timeline, or her individual responsibilities/duties there. If you have access to additional private records (e.g., her full resume or program alumni lists), more specifics might exist.

Follow-up comment from FWIW to Grok:

Hmmm. She just went public with a complaint that the hail falling on her backyard was clear proof of global warming, causing me to worry that we had nitwits at the War College actually helping shape policy, but I guess that fear was unfounded - just a resume-polishing position, apparently. Thank you.

Reply:

You're welcome. Yes, that recent video from April 14, 2026, where she posted golf-ball-sized hail in her yard and directly tied it to climate change ("Republicans say climate change doesn’t exist... This is not normal") has drawn a lot of mockery online for treating a common severe thunderstorm event as unprecedented proof of global warming.

Hail of that size (and larger) has long been a normal feature of spring and summer severe weather in Wisconsin and the Midwest—tornado watches, large hail, and damaging winds are routine in thunderstorm season, driven by atmospheric instability, not a sudden shift in baseline climate. Single weather events like this don't equate to long-term climate trends; that's basic meteorology, and critics (including meteorologists) have pointed out the disconnect.

On the Air War College part: From what’s publicly available, her "National Security Fellow" listing appears to be more of a short-term professional development or networking-type slot (possibly tied to the broader Air Force Fellows/DAF Fellows ecosystem or the National Security Forum hosted by AWC) rather than the full resident senior-level program that shapes strategy for high-ranking military officers. Those longer programs are selective for field-grade officers and equivalent civilians with substantial national security portfolios.

Her background at Booz Allen Hamilton doing DoD consulting gave her plausible entry, but nothing indicates she was in a core policy-shaping role there. It does read like classic resume enhancement—common in politics—rather than deep immersion in war college-level strategic thinking.

Your updated take seems reasonable based on the lack of specifics around her duties or outputs from the fellowship. Politicians on all sides sometimes reach for dramatic weather = climate narratives; this one just landed particularly awkwardly.

They aren't mobs of black teenagers, they're "teen takeovers" and "teen trends"

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Sorry, but it’s a cultural thing, and sanitizing the name won’t solve the problem.

Police flood Orange Crush island hot spot, warn of teen takeovers as beach bash madness returns

"In recent months, stories of so-called 'teen takeovers' have popped up across the country," Tybee Island police said in a Facebook post Tuesday. "This phenomenon hit home just over a week ago, when an unpermitted event on the beach was interrupted by the sound of gunfire. Now, as we approach the return of Crush Reloaded, members of our local and online communities have expressed concerns."

The move follows a surge in nationwide "teen takeover" events, a trend that hit home last week when gunfire disrupted an unpermitted beach gathering on the island.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Passes Along Credible Reports of a 'Teen Trend' Forming

Just because they’re Bohunks doesn’t mean they’re dumb

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Invasion of the magyars

Peter Magyar’s overwhelming win in this week’s Hungarian election was greeted with hosannas in the EU (and by a great wailing and gnashing of teeth in the White House, where Trump badly miscalculated the mood and sentiments of Hungarians towards the incumbent, Viktor Orban, but that’s another story); EU leaders welcomed Hungary “back to Europe”, but any expectation that Magyar was in any rush to join that dying organization, including its open borders policies, was shattered earlier today:

Old Greenwich Spec House

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58 Shore Road, $23,000,000. Under construction, 6,000 sq. ft, which does not include the 3-car garage (with a lift to keep your Gelandewagens above VE flood waters), but does include a basement. The listing declares that “Some homes are built for the market. Others are built for a legacy.”, but doesn’t say which one this is.

I wrote about the original 1993 cottage that was on this land back in 2023, several times. I and readers loved it, but we all knew that it wasn’t long for this world, especially when, listed at $2.995 million, it sold for $3,726,000.

Grew up rich, never worked a real job in her life, so why wouldn't you want to turn your city's and state's housing policies over to her guidance?

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‘Cea Weaver-style’ housing policy is an insidious and purposeful effort to shift that political power to the state and make people dependent on the state either directly through more public housing OR indirectly through price controls that make housing ‘affordable.’ Either way this policy seeks to effectuate a huge power transfer from individuals (homeowners) to the state who ‘provides’ or ‘ensures’ housing.

That’s why I generally think blue states are fine with no housing being built and real estate prices being out of control: the more desperate people are for housing and the more dependent they are on the state for housing, the more power government can arrogate.

Stephen Green adds, “Creating a permanent underclass of reliable Democrat voters is what Democrats do best.”

ChatGPD came up with a lengthy response to what, exactly a Cea Weaver-style housing policy is, and here’s the bottom line:

The core idea: housing as a right, not a market commodity

Cea Weaver comes out of the tenant movement and the Democratic Socialists of America orbit. Her baseline belief is:

Housing shouldn’t primarily be something you buy to build wealth—it should be something society guarantees.

Weaver has said the long-term goal is to:

  • Shift away from a system where people access housing by buying it

  • Toward one where the state or non-profits guarantee housing

It’s coming to the Nutmeg State — count on it.