Monthly Archives: December 2009
All across the land, the rich dead are nailed to perches, awaiting the New year
The old are plugged into life-support machines until the estate tax repeal arrives January 1st. Hang in there, GranPa!
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Body scanners or bombs? Im thinking, I’m thinking
Full body scanners coming to airports near you. I enjoy public nudity as much as the next person, perhaps more, but I like to reserve that pleasure for warm sandy beaches on St. Bart’s or Nantucket. Displaying my hoo-hoo at Kennedy … Continue reading
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Does this mean anything? I have no idea
Someone made a fortune buying call options on 3L, a full body scanner manufacturer, 3 weeks before Detroit attack. Conspiracy fans, have at it.
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Did someone pull the plug on Greenwich Time’s new format?
I clicked to the site just now and was greeted with the old format and no working links to their stories. No loss, but interesting.
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In Greenwich, rumors about real estate are usually spot-on
Can’t say the same for rumors about who’s sleeping with whom, but real estate rumors usually have substance. Take 614 Riversville Road, for instance. Reader “Andrew” wrote this just a few days ago: It is interesting to hear that there … Continue reading
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Pricing in Old Greenwich
25 Innis Lane came back on the market today, priced at $1.049 million (from an original $1.260). It has four bedrooms, one bath, and carries an assessment of $1.062. It joins on the market its neighbor, number 29, built at … Continue reading
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Consumers revolt over “smart meters”
One of the main tools Obama has proposed to save energy is the smart meter, a centrally controlled meter that can be read and adjusted across the entire system. They make sense, and it’s ridiculous that utilities still send meter men … Continue reading
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“Blogs” at Greenwich Time
I’ve never been inspired before today to look at them before but with nothing happening in the real estate market a comment on the sidebar of the newspaper caught my eye: “Why don’t you ever post anything controversial on this … Continue reading
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Waiting for a buyer
The recent sale of this Riverside house for $2.7 million demonstrates that, if you want to wait, and you can sometimes get your price from a buyer who just has to live on your street or in your neighborhood. Although … Continue reading
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If we can send a skier to the Alps
Why can’t we have better cellphone reception on Round Hill Road? But Lee Miller and his wife Clara, tower opponents who live at 420 Round Hill Road, said they haven’t seen any improvement in their Verizon Wireless service. “It has … Continue reading
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I don’t blame Obama for this – but he’d better fix it, fast
WSJ: Crotch Bomber’s father met with CIA in Nigeria to warn them about his son. The father of terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab met on Nov. 19 with the Central Intelligence Agency at the U.S. embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, and … Continue reading
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Have you seen this study on terrorism?
I was prowling the web looking for arguments, pro and con, on profiling terrorists and came across this Library of Congress study published in 1999. I’ve just skimmed it (it’s over 150 pages) but it’s unbelievable how prescient its authors … Continue reading
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Never let a good scare go to waste
For those of you who can still remember “Swine Flu”, you’ll be gratified to learn that the folks who first whupped up the fervor over it haven’t given up yet.“It could still mutate, and then it really would be dangerous,” … Continue reading
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Rep. Himes: “You did a heck of a job, Jimbo”
Our boy wonder reflects on his first year in office and all he has accomplished. When Jim Himes arrived in Washington as a freshman congressman from the 4th District nearly one year ago, the country was faced with the worst … Continue reading
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Bad ideas never die
Just in case we need more nails in the economy’s coffin, the Democrats are bringing back the union card-check law, which they expect to enact next year.
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The importance of picking your friends carefully
Choose wrong and you’ll meet guys who stuff a bomb in your underwear and send you on a one-way flight to America. From his postings on the muslim version of FaceBook, “Death to infidels”, we learn that the crotch bomber lead … Continue reading
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Does Janet Napolitano have a friend at Winchester?
If she didn’t before, she does now, because she’s ordered 200 million rounds of pistol ammo for her employees. (From Paco Blog) The Department of Homeland Security has placed an order for 200 million rounds of pistol ammunition (.40 caliber, … Continue reading
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8 Alpine Road
A reader asked whether the humongous house at 8 Alpine is a spec project. Indeed it is and it’s actually listed on our MLS, for $12.750 million. That’s for around 11,000 sq. feet, 3000 of which is probably underground, and two … Continue reading
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545 banks in trouble – is yours on the list?
Probably: most of our locals are
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