From NorthJersey.com:
North Jersey home of legendary RJR Nabisco CEO on the market for $1.5 million
After nearly 40 years, a Sparta estate once home to one of the most legendary CEOs of the era of excess, RJR Nabisco’s F. Ross Johnson, is back on the market.
Johnson’s former hilltop retreat at 210 East Mountain Road is quickly gaining interest, however, partially due to its four-season splendor, said Ryan McGurl, the listing agent with Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty. Listed for about $1.5 million, the home offers five bedrooms, five full bathrooms and unparalleled views of nearby Lake Mohawk and the Northern Highlands beyond.
Though built in the mid-1930s, the home’s most famous owner came in 1981. Johnson, born in December 1931 in Winnipeg, Canada, took ownership of 210 East Mountain the same year his company Standard Brands merged with Nabisco, then based in East Hanover. Called “a symbol of corporate greed” by the New York Times, Johnson was known for living a lavish corporate-funded lifestyle that often had him elbow to elbow with celebrities, star athletes and other high-profile executives of the 1980s.
After taking the helm at Nabisco, Johnson led the company’s 1985 merger with RJ Reynolds before attempting to take control of the public company itself. Ultimately, RJR Nabisco was sold to a private equity firm in a leveraged buyout and many of its assets were divested over the following years. Johnson was ousted but netted more than $50 million in severance pay before retreating south to run his own private investment company.
Fries
Maybe a bit too far…..(NYT)
“As Mr. Trump looked on, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit peppered his lawyer D. John Sauer with tough questions about his assertion that his client could not be prosecuted for actions he took while in the White House.
The judges seemed incredulous when Mr. Sauer said a president could use the military to assassinate a political rival and be shielded from prosecution unless the Senate first convicted him at an impeachment proceeding.”
Is $1.5 million accurate for the house above? Considered what little shit boxes are going for in this environment? Is it because Sparta is a bit of a ride from metro NYC?
“I am just surprised that a small time shop like FL based Ciovaccio Capital Management, with 15K views on its YT videos is passing on < $500K accounts."
Not worth the hassle at 1.0% max fees.
Even for a 500k account it's just 5k annually to them. 250k account is just $2,500 to them. What would you do for 2,500 annually in your line of work?
Plus, the smaller the account the more babysitting and tail risk associated with it.
Look at it this way, does their business model work with ten Pumpkins throwing $250k each at them and all the attendant idiocy and time sink, or with one informed investor tossing them 2.5m with a set it and forget it.
Re: bit to far.
I posted this yesterday.
“Any doubt folks? I am not for immunity of anyone, especially diplomatic as it smacks of the aristocratic ways this county has been trying to shed 247 years of that crap. But there is plenty of history around this including the living presidents and cabinet members who exceptions from prosecution and heck extradition”
GWB was supposed to go to Europe a decade ago he cancelled due to a fear a warrant could be issued for his arrest. Same with Rumsfeld and heck even Vietnam era war criminal and now dead Henry Kissinger. Any doubt about his just look up Operation Menu and the secret carpet bombings in Cambodia. Obama too folks he blew up lots of civilians under his watch including Americans, for example an American child who met his end with a hellfire missile in Yemen. He was directly targeted his father was already killed by a drone strike two weeks earlier.
They are either exempt for actions in office or they are not. The courts rule against Trump well then it’s fair game for prosecution anywhere.
“They are either exempt for actions in office or they are not. The courts rule against Trump well then it’s fair game for prosecution anywhere.”
I like your international examples but I’d go further.
Immunity gets pulled in this case a few DAs in some of the redder States need to look at every action of Obama, Biden and even Clinton (if statutes of limitation haven’t expired) for standing and bring State cases against them.
Start with TX, obviously damaged by Biden intentionally not enforcing immigration law. Tee a grand jury up, issue a warrant, and arrest the fucker when he shows up to campaign for 2024.
And don’t forget all the money GWB got from his pals at Enron.
Hey, Kenny Boy, let’s do lunch!
America is a bizarre country. I don’t see it allowing “Reaper” type drones flying above it all day waiting to pick off anyone in the states that the operator of the drone doesn’t like.
Basically we execute whoever we want, whenever we want, using our own version of “law” to do whatever we like. I’d wager we are executing people all over the world you never even hear about.
You do realize this is never going to happen…
Start with TX, obviously damaged by Biden intentionally not enforcing immigration law. Tee a grand jury up, issue a warrant, and arrest the fucker when he shows up to campaign for 2024.
Fast Eddie says:
January 10, 2024 at 9:03 am
Is $1.5 million accurate for the house above? Considered what little shit boxes are going for in this environment? Is it because Sparta is a bit of a ride from metro NYC?
That is a bargain when you consider that a cape in Clifton is 500k.
The better deals always go to the wealthier people.
9:32 might be one of the dumbest posts I have ever read on this site. That is saying alot with Blumpkin here for years. You seriously have a blind spot for the Orange goon if you can’t see difference between your opinion on failed dem policy vs organizing a mob event, telling them to ‘fight for their country’ then sending them down to Capitol where woman shot dead, police died and 100s injured. Attacking our internal institutions, implementing fake electors, strong-arming states to find votes..you are seriously lost. Senate convicting Trump? Your ridiculously corrupt and bias Senate would not even hear a case on this, remember?
Here’s the solution, put Trump behind bars where he belongs. Get Haley to run against Biden and vote Biden out..JFC. This is not hard
“Start with TX, obviously damaged by Biden intentionally not enforcing immigration law. Tee a grand jury up, issue a warrant, and arrest the fucker when he shows up to campaign for 2024.”
The problem with this is thatBiden IS enforcing immigration law.
Under current US law, if someone shows up at the border all they have to do is ay “I’m seeking asylum” and we have to let them in until they get their day before an immigration judge.
That’s why, during covid, Trump had to declare a medical emergency to keep people out.
Immigration laws need to be changed. We need more immigration judges, border agents, etc.
“We need more immigration judges, border agents, etc.”
Yup.
Had FOXnews on last night. Saw perhaps the dumbest story ever. Apparently, Taylor Swift is a Pentagon Asset. A former FBI agent actually called into the show to reveal how dangerous she was since she was such an influencer. I suppose success is next to be banned in the land of the free.
Here ya go. This is what passes as news on the Right.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jesse-watters-airs-truly-bonkers-taylor-swift-conspiracy-theory
A perfect example of how stupid the populace has become.
OC1 – if you are Mexican and you show up at the border and claim asylum you are turned away. These are all policy based decisions the President and his cabinet control, they can choose to turn away ANY person claiming asylum, and even if they may have a valid claim they still can be made to wait in Mexico for their court date. It’s all Policy so has ruled the Supreme Court, it’s up to Sleepy Joe.
Can congress pass better laws. Absolutely but right now it’s irresponsible for the administration to do nothing. Just ask those kids in NYC being denied classroom training because the city of NY cannot stuff these migrants anywhere else. It’s only going to get worse, perhaps millions more by Election Day.
Come on now. The immigrants were moved to the school for one day due to the dangerous weather.
Heck, my kids school is probably going to close tomorrow due to flooding. I’ll try not to blame the weather on the Mexicans.
This dumb R populace. It is a cult when your lead candidate refuses to join honest debate. The country and world have different problems than 4 years ago. He is a coward and afraid of confrontation on his actions. They are sick party.
“Just two Republican presidential candidates, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, will meet on the debate stage Wednesday night. With just five days before the Iowa caucuses, the debate may be their last, best chance to change the trajectory of the race before voting begins.
The big front-runner, Donald Trump, was the only other candidate to meet the 10% polling threshold to participate. But as he has six times before, the Republican former president is declining to show up given his overwhelming lead in the polls.”
Libturd says:
January 10, 2024 at 11:29 am
A perfect example of how stupid the populace has become.
It’s no accident. It’s what the elite wanted, so why be so surprised at the end result?
A Mexican woman will work harder and be more grateful to be an American than a Karen.
We can balance the population by sending one Karen in return for each Mexican. If the Karen passes a humility test after ten years we can consider repatriating her back as an American citizen.
Juice Box says:
January 10, 2024 at 11:31 am
Can congress pass better laws. Absolutely but right now it’s irresponsible for the administration to do nothing. Just ask those kids in NYC being denied classroom training because the city of NY cannot stuff these migrants anywhere else.
As someone who has spent hours in a courtroom dealing with those who “supposedly” care about children, no they f’n don’t. Choose the term, collateral damage, cannon fodder….
They care about their pensions and the day they can collect them.
Libturd says:
January 10, 2024 at 11:27 am
Apparently, Taylor Swift is a Pentagon Asset. A former FBI agent actually called into the show to reveal how dangerous she was since she was such an influencer.
Really? As if influencers cannot command a cult if they so choose? Many religions contain propaganda media entities in order to sway opinion in their favor as well.
You think if America wanted to do something it would be beyond the realm of asking Taylor Swift to do some sort of advertisement- that was done many times over many wars.
Plus why are you watching Fox News? Hehe.
OC1, asylum seekers are supposed to be taken by the first Nation they cross into. We are under no obligation to take anyone from Central America, that falls on Mexico.
ByStander, you know I was in the process of typing an empathetic and helpful reply to your job post from yesterday, as I have done in the past, but since you’re acting like a douche…
“9:32 might be one of the dumbest posts I have ever read on this site.”
Hey, why don’t you go back into the basement and lay some more bad scotch tape and glue code for your financial overlords. Your 2023 bonus package of Chex is on Fast Eddie’s lawn.
Get to your desk, bitch, and enjoy the view.
https://youtu.be/pT16s4VEPwY?si=vjHdVJUVLa1BEZYF&t=34
Had FOXnews on last night. Saw perhaps the dumbest story ever.
Tune into MSNBC, it’s a constant pasquinade of teary-eyed mockery.
OC1 says:
January 10, 2024 at 10:46 am
Immigration laws need to be changed. We need more immigration judges, border agents, etc.
Send them some Jersey ones. They might be able to see one or two immigrants a day at most.
You know, skip a day for a toothache, take thirty minutes speaking out the words docket number like the sloth in Zootopia.
America can’t even keep a door on an airplane down here on Earth. Why the surprise?
Maybe ChatGPT can count the correct amount of bolts to place and torque them correctly. So I guess there is hope.
China is on track to launch a lunar lander in the first half of this year — a move that could show its ability to beat the US in the race back to the moon.
The China National Space Agency (CNSA) said on Wednesday that its lunar explorer had arrived at its launch site ahead of its mission to collect samples from the far side of the moon.
The mission could be a major demonstration of the nation’s spacefaring prowess, as no other nation has brought samples back from the far side of the moon.
The announcement comes a day after the US’s most recent efforts to land a spacecraft on the moon were hampered by a critical fuel leak.
Kind of like putting nuclear weapons on Russia’s doorstep. Keep pushing. Maybe the next war will actually start in space. Now that would be interesting.
In an article published Tuesday, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s official news outlet said SpaceX’s plans to launch 15,000 satellites as part of Washington’s Starshield program will lay the groundwork for “a rapid closed kill chain by the U.S. military.”
Now this would be American capitalism at it’s finest if it were legal here. This one knows how to market and advertise.
‘I’m the prettiest threat to national security’
The Canadian military police have sent out a stern warning to troops after an ‘army fetishist’ sex worker was found to be giving discounts to men in uniform.
Christina Lea Gilchrist, 32, is a self-proclaimed ‘toy soldier’ and charges army men a discounted $150 an hour for her services – and she’s admitted that since the police tried to quiet her, she’s been inundated with requests from new clients.
The Ontario woman has been a sex worker for over 10 years and said she discovered she had a military fetish when she moved to Kingston, the home of one Canadian Forces Base.
Now, military police are threatening to charge the ‘sl*ts for soldiers’ sex worker for allegedly using real uniforms in her work – an accusation Gilchrist denies.
Do it California!
I’d love to see those hack politicians drive the remaining entrepreneurs out of their state. Bye Bye silicon valley and venture capital bigwigs. Wonder if NJ will try to copy.
From the WSJ
…Democrats introduced the bill last winter, and it will get a hearing Wednesday in the state Assembly as lawmakers scrounge for revenue to fill a projected $68 billion budget hole. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday will also unveil his budget for the coming year. Democratic legislators are proposing a wealth tax as an alternative to spending restraint.
The bill would impose an annual excise tax of 1.5% on the worldwide net worth of every full- and part-year California resident that exceeds $1 billion, starting this tax year. Come Jan. 1, 2026, the state would tax wealth that exceeds $50 million at a rate of 1% each year, with an additional 0.5% tax on assets valued at more than $1 billion.
Part-time residents would be taxed on a pro rata share of their wealth based on the number of days they spend annually in California. The tax would also apply to nonresidents who have recently left the state. You can check out of the state, but you would still have to pay California’s wealth tax if you do.
The wealth tax would apply to nearly all assets, including shares in a partnership, private-equity interests, artwork and financial assets held offshore. California’s Franchise Tax Board would value assets that aren’t publicly traded. That means private businesses located outside the state could be examined by the board’s auditors and appraisers.
It’s worth noting that Democrats exempted real property from the tax as a favor to their high-end real-estate industry and Hollywood donors. This carve-out would encourage the wealthy to shift more of their investments into real estate. Perhaps Democrats are trying to ameliorate the damage from local mansion taxes in San Francisco and Los Angeles on real-estate sales.
Isn’t it legal in Nevada?
If an airplane door lands on your property does it become yours?
Only if it’s Frontier.
left,
It just astonishes me when otherwise intelligent people are brought down to dingbat level concoctions over this idiot that came on scene in 2014. He is person not worthy of your overreaching defense. Jan 6th was not serving the US interests and you would have to question anyone equating this to unintended causalities during military operations. It was a dumb post. If that opens a personal jab, fine.
Nasdaq flirting with 15K again.
‘Stay Out Of The Markets’ — Kevin O’Leary Urges Government To Not Get Involved In Housing — Says New Bill That Would Ban Hedge Funds From Buying Homes ‘Is Very, Very Bad And Destructive’
Go suck a
Phoenix,
STAY OUT THE MARKETS (except to provide fresh capital and buy our garbage MBS)
“He is person not worthy of your overreaching defense.”
Wasn’t defending him.
Was defending process, rule of law, and logical thought.
Conclusions after that process can fall where they may regarding DJT. Irrelevant to me.
Leftwing, you are insufferable. You are so self important and full of shit. You wouldn’t know process, rule of law and logical thought if it bit you on the ass. You are everything that you make fun of others for and are completely unable to see it!
This dumb R populace. It is a cult when your lead candidate refuses to join honest debate. The country and world have different problems than 4 years ago. He is a coward and afraid of confrontation on his actions. They are sick party.
I agree, I look forward to tuning into the Dem debates to show em how it’s done.
“You are so self important and full of shit.” [blowing kiss emoji]
For clarity 30/40/old…the issue I have when I comment mostly revolves around people starting with a conclusion…eg, that in their opinion DJT is guilty of [fill in the blank] or ‘needs to be in jail’ and then they use that conclusion to support judicial or other action.
That is the reverse of what is supposed to occur. Conclusions fall out of a full airing of the facts supported by reason, logic, and analysis.
The NYT comment section on any DJT article is unreadable because those are the only arguments offered. I’ve stopped reading.
I don’t know what this guy has done to reside in the Left’s head like this…I haven’t watched Fox since Carlson departed, don’t think about DJT except to the extent he’s raised here.
Yet he’s all some here – on the Left – can think of…
My ex- took from me a mountain of wealth, my house, and most of my kids’ time…and for good measure she pureed both my kids’ and my lives for good measure…yet she resides less in my head, and with less malice, than DJT does in the brain of some of the Left here…
Truly don’t get that….
But, yeah, I’m the irrational one.
Trump’s in our heads because it’s simply incredulous to so many that he has such a great chance of being elected again. Though, I feel the same way about the Dems running Biden again. It was a slam dunk last time around. You could have run Epstein himself (or his corpse) and he would have beaten Trump.
Frequently, I get mad at myself for joining these silly political convos. First, no one is going to change anyone else’s opinions here. Second, I really do believe they all suck. Third, I will never voter for the lesser of two evils, just like I wouldn’t approve of my kid’s behavior if he was a rapist, but all of his friends were murderers. Though, at the end of the day, I take solace in my thick skin. I rarely let any of this get under it. And even when I do, I don’t take it personally. I am headed out to Vegas tomorrow with the D and Gator. Starting to look at neighborhoods, schools, etc.
I guess I didn’t realize the fees were only 1%. I thought it was 1% plus a hefty share of the profits. Still, point taken, not getting out of bed for $2k.
Libturd says:
January 10, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Trump’s in our heads because it’s simply incredulous to so many that he has such a great chance of being elected again.
This tells you what you need to know about the system, and the players that control it. No matter the president, I have agreed with some things they have done and disagreed with others. Trump was no exception.
He gets in again, I will like things he will do and despise others. The one thing I realize about all of them is they don’t care about any of us.
“Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever? If I offered you twenty thousand pounds for every dot that stopped, would you really, old man, tell me to keep my money, or would you calculate how many dots you could afford to spare? Free of income tax, old man.”
leftwing says:
January 10, 2024 at 4:18 pm
My ex- took from me a mountain of wealth, my house, and most of my kids’ time…and for good measure she pureed both my kids’ and my lives for good measure…yet she resides less in my head, and with less malice, than DJT does in the brain of some of the Left here…
Again, a system/government problem, one that no one cares to fix as they all profit from your pain.
leftwing says:
January 10, 2024 at 2:38 pm
Was defending process, rule of law, and logical thought.
Apply that to your divorce, and you lose badly. Except for the third part, as the first two don’t necessarily relate to the third.
Boomer Remover says:
January 10, 2024 at 4:32 pm
I guess I didn’t realize the fees were only 1%. I thought it was 1% plus a hefty share of the profits. Still, point taken, not getting out of bed for $2k.
Higher fees are for the middle class, like employees with a w-2 who enroll in their employer’s retirement plans.
F’n plebs. No F’n discount for them. Or performance.
Did anyone make money on here from Gamestop?
Just wondering as they had a series on Netflix about it.
Ref to quote.
https://youtu.be/XSeezsPw550?t=100
Hehe. Now there is an excuse. I guess he needed to be a bit more creative:
https://youtu.be/B0fQbSFWZqw?t=198
Hehe
Chris Christie is caught on hot mic saying Nikki Haley will ‘GET SMOKED’ and calling Ron DeSantis ‘petrified’ moments before taking the stage to announce he is dropping out of 2024 race
Women love owning houses. Hehe. And the US Army doesn’t notice 100 million dollars missing over six years. Plus when you type the word “conwoman” into this page, it underlines in red like it is something that doesn’t exist. Switch it to conman and no red line.
Millionaire conwoman , 57, is accused of bilking US Army out of over $100 MILLION by stealing cash from military youth programs and splurging it on 31 homes worth up to $4M each, supercars including Aston Martins and Ferraris and luxury globetrotting trips
68 million dollars spent by Nikki Haley according to Christie on hot mike. 59k for Ronnie DeSantis.
The 12 million spent by Christie can barely buy a decent house in his town. Hehe.
Phoenix, a friend of mine made $60k. He was in it for months expecting it to happen.
Come on now. The immigrants were moved to the school for one day due to the dangerous weather.
Heck, my kids school is probably going to close tomorrow due to flooding. I’ll try not to blame the weather on the Mexicans.
No consolation to a population where 2 weeks turned into 12 months and destroyed their kids education. Is this what successfully absorbing them looks like?
Trump’s in our heads because it’s simply incredulous to so many that he has such a great chance of being elected again.
If he gets elected, MSNBC is going to be must watch TV.
BRT says:
January 10, 2024 at 8:25 pm
No consolation to a population where 2 weeks turned into 12 months and destroyed their kids education. Is this what successfully absorbing them looks like?
Oh, why fret? It’s not like its the kids from Ridgewood or Franklin Lakes.
Just more Virtue Signaling.
They are just plebs. It’s okay.
BRT,
Normally, I’d agree with you. But, I imagine the attrition rate is lower at that school than the percentage of parents protesting. But that’s not really the story here. I feel terribly for these immigrants and would gladly sacrifice a week or even a month of my own child’s education because I can only imagine the hellhole these families have escaped from.
Politics alone have you believing our country is being invaded by a bunch of drug smuggling ex-cons who are out to rape your countrymates and poison your children. The truth is, they are coming here for the same reason people have always come here. To look for a better life than the one they abandoned. Just like my great grandparents on both sides did.
Now can we handle the influx? With the two parties we are reduced to voting for? Absolutely not. But, in my opinion, the cost of this immigration has always been absorbed and it will likely be once again. Of course, I’m a socialist at heart (aware of some of the shortcomings of it too) so I’m willing to share the wealth.
Past performance does not guarantee future results. There’s a time and place for large scale immigration…this ain’t it. These people already were forced to sacrifice 12 months of their kids education. The damage is real. They have nothing left to give.
With respect to temporary shelter, I can think of a number of better places to house them. The NYC public library system basically rendered themselves useless during covid. Perhaps shelter them there.
Make sure you ask to do vitals on the officer that pulls you over, should he be a porker, keel over and die, you will be charged with manslaughter.
An online petition is calling for the release of Virgilio Aguilar Mendez, a 19-year-old Guatemalan migrant who was charged with aggravated manslaughter after a Florida police officer collapsed and later died following a struggle while attempting to arrest the teen.
With respect to temporary shelter, I can think of a number of better places to house them. The NYC public library system basically rendered themselves useless during covid. Perhaps shelter them there.
Or just send them into some of those empty office buildings, the ones that used to have workers but are now empty cause no one is leaving the house to work anymore.
Easy peasy.
Libturd-
Well said. Sometimes I am really amazed at the lack of empathy shown by some posters here.
And BRT,
Don’t take the “virtue signaling” thing personally. I’m pretty much skeptical about everyone and everything. With good reason.
OC1 says:
January 10, 2024 at 9:23 pm
Libturd-
Well said. Sometimes I am really amazed at the lack of empathy shown by some posters here.
The American government has the capability to do whatever it wants. They could seize a warehouse and open a school in 24 hours if they wanted to.
No one wants to. It’s not “popular.” And the wealthy with all their billions are still in the basement counting gold coins like Scrooge.
Didn’t really read it that way. That being said, I was on this board clamoring about the potential damages of extended school closures as early as late April 2020 once we went a month in. When all these places went max stupidity, they refused to open and held out as long as possible. And yes, it was largely income based. The date at which a district opened had an extremely high correlation with average income in each town.