Monthly Archives: October 2009
The good news, Honey, is that I got us Series tickets
Woman arrested for offering to swap sex for two World Series tickets, one for her, one for her husband. I consider my myself both an open-minded kind of guy and a baseball fan, but I’m not sure I’d approve of … Continue reading
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Will they pay them with Stimulus funds?
Help Wanted: New Britain police seek armed robbers.
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Say, here’s a surprise: half the stimulus job money went to teachers
Most of these teachers wouldn’t really have been laid off, but it sure sounds good, and The One knows how to reward the people who put him where he is. Obama, by the way, labelled as “calculator abuse” ABC’s figure … Continue reading
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So much for the efficient market theory?
I’ve always been a fan of the efficient market theory for Wall Street, the argument that a company’s stock price at any given time accurately reflects all relevant information concerning that company. My faith suffered a jolt yesterday, though, when … Continue reading
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Franklin Bloomer wept
Free bicycle program in Paris done in by savagery and vandalism. Eight thousand bicycles ($3,500 each) provided for free use of citizens, 8,000 bicycles destroyed.
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Oh dear, another death penalty case the bleeding hearts will bore us about for years
Ringleader of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom torture team sentenced to death. Lemaricus Davidson and his gang of thugs kidnapped two Knoxville kids (20) at gunpoint raped and tortured both, shot Christian’s boyfriend after a day but kept Christian herself alive for … Continue reading
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Will CBS join Fox and Edmunds.com on the White House enemies list?
CBS says Obama is fudging the numbers of jobs its “Stimulus” created. Lyndon Johnson knew he’d lost the American people when Walter Cronkite spoke out on Tet. I wonder if Obama is feeling the same eerie chill? UPDATE: Is there … Continue reading
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They shoot horses, don’t they?
Despite this ugly picture, this is a beautiful contemporary Deck House on Ferncliff Road with two bedrooms (“three, if you move a wall”, its agents says. “Fifteen, if you add 8,000 sq. ft.”, says I). It was first listed at the … Continue reading
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Where do we go from here?
We have, as of 4:30 pm today, 653 single family homes for sale (and not one contract today) so I thought it would be interesting to see how the high range is performing. Not so well. In the $5 million … Continue reading
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Greenwich politics
You wouldn’t know it from the recent goings on, but Greenwich actually has a few serious problems that voters might care about. Instead of which, we get spats between the First Selectmen candidates that seem more appropriate for first graders. … Continue reading
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When you’re in a hole, stop digging
When Obama attacked fox News, the network’s ratings soared. Same thing, I’d guess, for Edmunds.com, the car information site that for bizarre reasons our President went after yesterday (well not that bizarre, they offered some facts that contradicted The Messiah’s claims … Continue reading
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Greenwich spec builders – just stubborn or do they know something?
This is a beautiful house on Davis Avenue (south of Bruce Park) with nice views of tidal wetlands. The owner/builder listed it for $6.975 back in April, 2007 and kept it at that price all the way through December, 2008 … Continue reading
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The ethical swamp Pelosi promised to drain may actually get a little drier despite her efforts
Leaked report reveals that House Ethics Committee is investigating 30 Congressmen. Pelosi’s busy trying to prevent the Washington Post from revealing those names but Murtha, Maxine Waters and the usual suspects are involved. I’m shocked.
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Yesterday I asked how stupid Obama really was. Answer: this stupid.
Desecrated American flag video is finalist in DNC art contest. I don’t think Obama’s minions really set out deliberately to offend and alienate Americans, they’re just so wrapped up in their leftist fog that they are clueless. Clueless and dumb.
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Pssst! Wanna buy a custom, caramel – walnut desk for $100,000? Never been used.
Talk about being knocked on one’s duff! Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — Phil Duff had a three-decade hot streak. He earned degrees from Harvard University and MIT and then skipped through the ranks at investment bank Morgan Stanley, becoming chief financial … Continue reading
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Lavery denounces fast food subsidies
In her latest campaign mailer First Selectman candidate Lin Lavery criticizes her own Democrat party’s extension of a tax credit for first time buyers. “Who needs a hamburger credit?” she demands. “You can get as fat as you like chowing down … Continue reading
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Contracts in the fall
Single family home contracts so far this fall: September 2009: 44 2008: 24 2007:33 October 2009: 25 2008: 12 2007: 33 November 2008: 11 2007: 37 December: 2008: 7 2007: 23 Remaining Inventory, October 30, 2009: 646 2008: 614 2997: 548
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He could have been a contender
Virginia winemaker and philanthropist Patricia Kluge is offering her 300-acre English country estate in Charlottesville, Va., for $100 million, one of the most expensive listings in the U.S. ,The WSJ notes. Ms. Kluge, 61 years old, is the former wife of … Continue reading
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Food fight! Food fight!
The First Selectman battle grows hotter as election day nears. Latest kerfuffle: Lavery’s claim that Peter Tesei hired his best friend to be Dock [sic] Master and bought him a new boat. Tesei denies it all. “I’ve never met the … Continue reading
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Won’t they be disappointed next spring!
From our local paper: Arbor day: Boys & Girls Club planting 100 trees to mark centennial
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