Daily Archives: February 22, 2009
Will NYC drag down Greenwich?
Barron’s thinks NYC luxury homes will drop another 50%. They got hit later than Greenwich did but Greenwich got hit after much of the rest of the country. Greenwich and New York have a ways to go still. If New … Continue reading
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Is the US going to drag down Eastern Europe?
The EPA is getting set to draft and then impose regulations on CO2. Carol Browner, special adviser to the president on climate change and energy, said in an interview Sunday that the EPA is looking at a 2007 Supreme Court … Continue reading
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Is Eastern Europe going to drag down the west?
That’s what some people fear. If Poland et als fail, western European banks will get sucked into the vortex and there’s nothing available to bail them out. That wouldn’t be a lot of fun for anyone, including those of us over … Continue reading
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Remember those black helicopter nut cases and their rants about “a new world order”?
Even paranoids and stopped clocks are right occasionally. Europe wants the IMF to run the world’s financial system and we’re considering going along. Well why not? We’re going to subject our economy to a world order of environmental global warming dictators, … Continue reading
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What? You can’t sue Walter Noel? Blame Chris Dodd
Jane Bryant Quinn’s article that I discussed last week reappears in the Washington Post today. While she doesn’t completely rule out recovery against Walt Noel and other feeder funds who channeled your money to Bernie Madoff, she does outline the … Continue reading
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Dodd and his pardon
Chris Dodd opposed, in the most passionate terms, granting immunity to telephone companies who helped the government eavesdrop on terrorists And opposed any pardon for Scooter Libby But found it in his heart to forgive the man who was a … Continue reading
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Dodd and Criminals
NAILING THE SOUTHAMPTON SEVEN When prosecutors filed insider-trading charges against a group of prominent New York socialites on June 4, the news shocked the Long Island enclave of Southampton. There, the government contends, in a mansion on Ox Pasture Road, … Continue reading
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This is the man Chris Dodd got pardoned
As Clinton pardons went, this one wasn’t so bad. I mean, Edward R. Downe, Jr. wasn’t a PR terrorist and didn’t kill anyone, for heaven’s sake – at least he didn’t do that. He did trade on inside information and, … Continue reading
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Sotheby’s of Greenwich
In addition to passing around Xeroxed copies of last week’s New York Post article on unsold spec houses in Greenwich (with the enemy’s name – that would be me – highlighted), I understand that Sotheby’s is instructing its agents to … Continue reading
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Good and bad news for Greenwich?
As prices drop in Massachusetts, more desirable towns hold value. Such is the fate of communities that grew in demand and stature when traditional tony suburbs became increasingly unaffordable and the high waters of the housing market washed westward. With … Continue reading
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Chris Dodd and his Irish Cottage – finally!!
I’ve been ranting about this particular piece of dirt about our awful Senator ever since I heard about it but, not being a real reporter, could do nothing about it but yell and scream. Today, the Hartford Courant does what … Continue reading
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