Whew! I've been worrying that Bidenomics might have hurt the rich, as well as the poor — silly me

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547 Lake Avenue, priced at $21,000,000, is under contract after 8 days, which, taking account of the time required by the lawyers to pound their chests and negotiate these things, probably means that a buyer appeared within 1-2 days of the house hitting the market. Hell, there might even have been multiple bidders.

Sited on 3.6 acres in the 2-acre zone, the house comprises 12,188 sq. ft.; toss in the 7,356 sq. ft. finished basement and you have 18,834 sq. ft. to get lost in.

That should suffice.

Sale on N. Maple

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314 N. Maple Avenue, $3.695 million, $3.150 received. The sellers paid $3.050 in 2021, so after deducting transaction costs, this is probably a lesson teaching that before making a commitment to buy, make sure you want to stay put long enough to unpack the boxes. That’s a lesson that probably applies to marriages, too.

“He got married and discovered true happiness; but by then, of course, it was too late.”

Yes, you're right: she's a humorless ass kisser, but she's also a moron; modern journalism at its best, and most typical.

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pucker up, cretin

JD Vance mocks MSNBC anchor for fact-checking 'most obvious hyperbole' about his sons' eating habits

Ruhle was previously criticized for her interview with Vice President Kamala Harris

On Sept. 21, Vance visited a supermarket in Reading, Pennsylvania, to discuss the rising prices of groceries under the Biden-Harris administration. He was accompanied by his two young sons, Ewan and Vivek, who interrupted his speech to reach for a carton of eggs.

"Yes, buddy. Want some eggs? Let's talk about eggs. Because these guys actually eat about 14 eggs every single morning. Is that right?" Vance said.

By Sunday, Ruhle caught wind of his comment and posted her own analysis of it.

The dock strike has started, threatening to cripple the economy; the Secretary of Commerce's response?

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'I Have Not Been Very Focused On That'

She’s probably been busy helping Pete Buttincheeks chestfeed his adopted daughters, but whatever she’s been up to, it hasn’t been the looming strike.

David Strom:

If the port strike drags on for a few days, it will be a huge problem. It will be a disaster for America's economy if it drags on for weeks. 

Yet our Commerce Secretary says she hasn't thought much about the impact. She is too focused on "extinguishing" Trump, I suppose, since two assassins have yet to do so. 

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The Teamsters are just demanding higher wages — that can be worked out —their real demand is the elimination of automation and modernization in our ports. We already have the worst, slowest ports in the developed world; the Teamsters want to bring us down to the level of, say, Sierra Leone. That demand is critical to preserving their featherbedding jobs, and, on the other side of the dispute, the need of shippers for lower costs and speed.

For decades, the union fought shippers’ efforts to introduce container shipping (vs break bulk shipping, which required the unpacking and reloading cargos by hand, resulting in delays that meant it took as long to unload a ship as it did to sail it from its origin port). They lost that battle, eventually, because the cost of loading a ship dropped from $5.86 a ton (1956 dollars) to $0.16. 95% of the longshoremen lost their jobs, but the expansion of shipping brought about by the lower costs created far more jobs than were lost.

That same battle is being fought now, and it’s likely to a long, drawn-out fight. The Harris/Biden handlers should be concerned, but apparently, they aren’t paying attention.

we dodged a bullet, apparently

Bonus reading material

June 10, 2022L A Deep Divide on Automation Hangs Over West Coast Port Labor Talks

I hate the pair of them, but still, I hope this is somehow something taken out of context

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(From earlier this year)

Biden/Harris: No More Aid for Hurricane Victims

DAVID STROM: You can't make this up. 

As Southeastern states were devastated by a Biblical disaster, Biden was relaxing on the beach in Delaware. He and Jill were enjoying a bit of sun as North Carolina, in particular, was devastated, with entire towns wiped off the map. 

Quite literally they are gone, along with an as-yet unknown number of people. We may never know the numbers. 

Before he went off to have his fun in the sun, Biden found time to send another $2.4 billion to Ukraine, and when he was coming home, he took a bit of time to tell the people of Appalachia that, since they vote Republican, they will get no more aid from the feds. 

I'm not joking. He did, although he didn't actually mention the political leanings of the region. 

Remember the East Palestine train derailment? The Biden/Harris administration sure doesn't. Since Ohio has been voting Republican lately, the residents of the region have been largely ignored by the federal government. It took months before a high-level official visited the region, and the administration blew off concerns about the health effects of a massive plume of poisonous gas released by the government intentionally blowing up the dangerous chemicals. 

Governor Ron DeSantis appears to be doing more to help the residents of North Carolina than Joe Biden, who can't be bothered. This, is despite Florida having been hit by the hurricane as well. 

Trump was down there. The puppets were … elsewhere.

Interesting Xs on post-hurricane conditions down south

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This one caught me attention, because I experienced something similar a few storms ago. Much milder, certainly, but I’ve since kept a modest supply of cash handy for the next one. I’m already equipped to handle looters.

After 116 days on the market, a 2% price cut

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29 Lockwood Drive, slashed from $5.095 million to $4.995. 4,566 sq. ft. plus an additional 1,587 sq. ft. for, it is claimed, “garaging” that will accommodate 8 cars. The house itself is outside of the flood zone — barely — so we’ll assume that your underground Ferrari collection will stay dry, maybe; not so sure about that backyard pool, but isn’t it in the nature of pools to be wet?