Old Greenwich closing price reported

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6 Willow Lane, priced at $2.195 in March, has sold for $2.475. The owners had placed it upon the rocky waters of real estate commerce in July 2023 at $2.6 million and, meeting no overwhelming demand for the property, canceled the listing that September. Properly chastened by the indifferent forces of the marketplace, they returned this March at the aforesaid $2.195, and a happy compromise has been achieved.

Give her this: she makes Joe look like he's on top of his game

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fit as a fiddle

Until the Democrats lost control of the House last year, this 85-year-old (86 in August) lady served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee* and is still the Ranking Member. She is running for reelection this fall, and will undoubtedly win. Our country is in the best of all trembling hands.

*Wikipedia:

The United States House Committee on Financial Services, also referred to as the House Banking Committee and previously known as the Committee on Banking and Currency, is the committee of the United States House of Representatives that oversees the entire financial services industry, including the securities, insurance, banking and housing industries. The Financial Services Committee also oversees the work of the Federal Reserve, the United States Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other financial services regulators.

The House Committee on Financial Services is considered to be one of the House's most powerful committees.[1]

It is currently chaired by Republican Patrick McHenry from North Carolina, having assumed office in 2023. He previously served as the committee's Ranking Member. The Ranking Member is Democrat Maxine Waters from California, who previously chaired the committee under a Democrat majority in the House.

It's not the heat, it's the stupidity

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Powerline

THE DAILY CHART: RECORD HEAT, THEN AND NOW

Get ready for the all-time climate cult jamboree at the end of this year, as 2024 is shaping up to the planet’s “hottest year ever on record” (with “on record” being a key part of this panic attack). Judith Curry has a terrific post up on her site a few days ago explaining how a hot year was predicted for this year not because of rising CO2 levels, but the massive Hunga-Tonga volcano eruption last year, which we covered here and here.

Meanwhile, the U.S. is suffering a sustained heat wave right now, with the word “record” thrown around, except that we are likely not exceeding high temp records that go back almost a century, though different data sets have different markings:

Here’s a different high temp record from various past years:

The same ahistorical climate hysteria is going on in Canada apparently:

It's one way to cut down the crime statistics

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nothing to see here, move along, move along

Sacramento city attorney reportedly threatened to fine Target store for reporting theft crimes

The City of Sacramento, California’s legal department threatened to fine a popular retail store for public nuisance over numerous calls to police after thieves stole from its Land Park location multiple times, according to a report.

The Sacramento Bee reported that a person with knowledge of the warning who wanted to remain anonymous out of fear they could be retaliated against, said Sacramento officials warned they would issue an administrative fine to the Target at 2505 Riverside Boulevard in Land Park, during the past year.

A police spokesperson confirmed the location to the publication after being asked about the alleged warning.

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"Newsom keeps insisting that reports of theft are dropping – well now we know why. Not only are thieves let off without even a slap on the wrist, but now the victims are being threatened for even reporting crimes," California Assembly GOP Leader James Gallagher told Fox News Digital. "Everyone can see that Newsom’s pro-criminal policies are a failure – no matter how much his allies try to cover it up."

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In 2023, Target locations in Sacramento reportedly had 375 calls for service for theft, robbery and shoplifting, compared to the 80 crimes reported for theft, robbery and shoplifting by Sacramento police in 2023.

A lot of blue cities are doing this, it appears. Stop responding to calls — Portland, OR police, a victim in my immediate family was told, won’t turn out for even active car break-ins — and dispirited citizens soon stop bothering to report crimes. No reports, no crime — it’s a miracle!

Parkinson's Disease? Watch this interview

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I don’t watch TV news (okay, I don’t watch TV, but …), and I’m deeply suspicious of TV doctors who diagnose people they have never personally examined — there was too much of that going on during Trump’s time in office — so I ignored this NBC interview with a Parkinson’s expert until a radio show I do listen to ran the full thing, and … wow. The doctor, a confessed Democrat, really does appear to be a top-qualified neurologist and Parkinson’s expert, and is believable when he says that Biden’s symptoms are so classic and so obvious, that “I could diagnose him across a mall”. As a self-confessed Democrat, he says, he’s incredibly annoyed that his party had four years “to find one person out of 350 million to replace this man, and they didn’t — now it’s the day before the exam, and they’re not prepared”.

BTW, the White Hours press secretary, when asked about a Parkinson’s doctor’s eight trips to the White House that were recorded on the visitor’s log, refused to give a direct answer “to protect the privacy of the doctor (WTF?)” but did admit, “the doctor visited three times”, and repeated that several times when pressed: “He visited three times”. Because the log shows eight visits, the lawyer in me — or just because I’m an ornery skeptic — noticed that she left out either “only” or “not more than” three times. “Visted three times” does not rule out “visited only three times”, and if I were cross-examing the lady, I’d have explored her factually true, but false-by-omission claim.

If you haven’t seen or heard this interview, here it is: it’s enlightening.

I found this interesting: Wikipedia’s section on Parkinson’s includes a discussion of the neurological effects of the disease (and note: Parkinson’s is progressive, as we’ve witnessed over the past four years):

Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are common and range from mild disturbances to severe impairment, comprising abnormalities in cognition, mood, behavior, or thought which can interfere with daily activities, reduce quality of life, and increase the risk for admission to a nursing home. Some of them, such as depression and anxiety, are known to precede characteristic motor signs by up to several years and may herald the development of PD, while most of them worsen as the disease progresses.[37] Research indicates, that patients with more severe motor symptoms are at higher risk for any NPS. Conversely, NPS can worsen PD.[38][39]

Depression is the most common NPS and occurs in nearly half of all patients. It features low mood and lack of pleasure and is more prevalent in females. The diagnosis can be challenging, since some symptoms of depression, such as psychomotor retardation, memory problems, or altered appetite, share similarities with psychiatric signs caused by PD.[38] It may result in suicidal ideation which is more prevalent in PD. Nonetheless, suicidal attempts themselves are lower than in general population.[40]

Apathy is characterized by emotional indifference and arises in about 46 percent of cases. Diagnosis is difficult, as it may become indistinct from symptoms of depression.[38]

Anxiety disorders (AD) develop in around 43 percent of cases.[38] The most common are panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and social anxiety disorder.[37] Anxiety is known to cause deterioration in the symptoms of PD.[39]

Parkinson's disease psychosis (PDP) is present in around 20 percent of cases[41] and comprises hallucinations, illusions and delusions. It is associated with dopaminergic drugs used to treat the motor symptoms, higher morbidity, mortality, a decrease in health-promoting behaviors, and longer nursing home stays. Additionally, it correlates with depression and may herald onset of dementia in advanced stages. Unlike other psychotic forms, PDP typically presents with a clear sensorium.[42] It might overlap with other psychiatric symptoms, making the diagnosis challenging.[43]

Impulse-control disorders (ICD) can be seen in approximately 19 percent of all patients[38] and, in the context of PD, are grouped along with compulsive behavior and dopamine dysregulation syndrome (DDS) within the broader spectrum of impulsive and compulsive behaviors (ICB). They are characterized by impulsivity and difficulty to control impulsive urges and are positively correlated with the use of dopamine agonists.[44]

Cognitive

Cognitive disturbances can occur in early stages or before diagnosis, and increase in prevalence and severity with duration of the disease. Ranging from mild cognitive impairment to severe Parkinson's disease dementia, they feature executive dysfunction, slowed cognitive processing speed, and disrupted perception and estimation of time.[45]

Sleep

Sleep disorders are common in PD and affect about two thirds of all patients.[46] They comprise insomnia, excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), restless legs syndrome (RLS), REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and can be worsened by medication. RBD may begin years prior to the initial motor symptoms. Individual presentation of symptoms vary, although most of people affected by PD show an altered circadian rhythm at some point of disease progression.[47][48]

And a huge number of Democrats — probably a majority — agree

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CA Democrats oppose solicitation of minor legislation because it would crimp adult homosexuals’ lifestyle

Existing law requires persons convicted of certain specified crimes to annually register as a sex offender, as specified, for a term of 10, 20, or 30 years.

This bill would require a person who is 18 years of age or older, on or after January 1, 2025, is convicted of, and who has a prior conviction for, soliciting a minor, as specified, to annually register as a sex offender for a term of 10 years if, at the time of the offense, the person was more than 10 years older than the solicited minor.

[S] oliciting a minor more than 10 years younger than yourself is an LGBTQ thing, and activists are arguing against the bill saying it would unfairly target the LGBTQ community.

And a huge number of Americans — perhaps a majority — approve

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we like it!

American Justice, Biden style

Two Boeing planes crashed in a five-month period between 2018 and 2019. One was in Ethiopia, and the other was in Indonesia. The combined disasters killed 346 people.  

On Monday, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge. If a judge approves of the agreement, the Boeing company will somehow become a "convicted felon," according to Reuters. Boeing will also pay a fine of $243.6 million.

Here is the fun part. A … judge in New York City fined Trump $354 million — more than $450 million with interest — for allegedly overvaluing his Mar a-Lago home to secure a loan, which he paid back on time. There were no actual victims of Trump's supposed "crime" [and the bank that loaned the money was repaid, with profit.]Flames did not engulf and burn 346 people to death. [Yet] Trump's "crime" was worth roughly $111 million more in fines than Boeing's for killing of hundreds of people.

… [A] 75-year-old pro-lifer who lives in a wheelchair was sentenced to two years in federal prison for blocking a door at an abortion clinic. Her 74-year-old sister got the same sentence. Meanwhile, an Antifa princess was given roughly 15 months for torching a cop car in Brooklyn in honor of St. George "fentanyl" Floyd. Her partner got 12 months for helping her. The domestic terrorist also passed out Molotov cocktails to other street animals, who used them to cook whatever they chose.