From the Record:
North Jersey home of President Obama’s economic recovery board chair listed for $3.5M
Nestled along Park Street, just a few hundred feet from Montclair’s Applegate Farm stands the Tinkham-Volcker house.
Listed for sale in early November for $3.5 million by Saritte Harel of Keller Williams Realty, the six-bedroom, six-bathroom Colonial Revival at 509 Park Street is a reflection of both the town’s agricultural past and its transition into a bustling modern suburb.
Though the roughly 125-year-old home underwent some alterations in the 1940s, much of its original charm remains. From the classic stone wall along Park Street to the detached terra cotta garage built in 1914, the property has clear historical roots. However, it is also a showcase for clean modern luxury.
A recent renovation aided by Adriana Smyth Interiors has transformed the 9,000-square-foot home. There is a chef’s kitchen with premium appliances, including a La Cornue gas range, quartz countertops and a seamless connection to the formal dining room that offers picturesque views of the property’s grounds.
The Tinkham-Volcker house gets the second half of its name from its most famous resident, Paul Volcker. The cigar smoking chairman of the United States Federal Reserve Board from 1979 to 1987, Volcker also served as chair of President Barack Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board from 2009 to 2011.
Deeply rooted in New Jersey, he was born in Cape May in 1927, raised in Teaneck and educated at Princeton University. He spent a quarter century in domestic and international finance before serving two terms as chairman of “the Fed” under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Volcker, who owned 509 Park in the 1980s, was known for his commitment to monetary restraint and inflation limiting strategies. He was also known for backing financial regulation and helping to inform the “Volcker Rule,” a feature of the Dodd-Frank Act that limits banks involvement with short-term trading, hedge funds and private equity funds.
First. Enjoy the news. Happy Thursday!
Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on Ukraine on Thursday, Kyiv’s air force said, in the first known use in the war of such a powerful, nuclear-capable weapon with a range of thousands of kilometres.
Dr. Oz seeks to privatize Medicare after claiming uninsured do not have ‘right to health’
Bye Bye.
Rain? Is that rain!?
Idiocracy
Enjoy the silence: https://youtu.be/BorhbN6CpVw?si=gFYxunDECcUtbxCE
“On paper, owning a home is almost always more expensive than renting — about 14% more, on average, after factoring in expenses like insurance, taxes, and upkeep.
But the difference has grown much more extreme in recent years as just about all homeownership costs have ballooned.
How extreme? Exact cost estimates vary, but recently the premium for homeownership has been at least 35% over renting, a level that’s near historical highs and is likely to persist.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/owning-a-home-has-rarely-been-this-much-more-expensive-than-renting-155251484.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall#:~:text=Exact%20cost%20estimates%20vary%2C%20but%20recently%20the%20premium,near%20historical%20highs%20and%20is%20likely%20to%20persist.
It’s ok. Boomers will now need to sell their mansions to pay for healthcare
#trumpfix
Park Street has some beautiful houses. Then again, Montclair takes the cake for awesome houses. No mystery here. I’ll drive by Volker’s joint and take a look.
Lot’s of huge places on Park Street. It’s a very pretty road, with a nice victorian train stop there as well.
Kingda Ka is no more, the fastest roller coaster in the world @ 128 mph…..
Six Flags is promising an even better coaster to take it’s place in two years.
Six Flags is promising an even better coaster to take it’s place in two years.
Name it ‘The Talladega’, 200 MPH on a 32 degree embankment in between a front and back stretch.
Time to steal it back right Mr Trump?
Nvidia sinks after strong earnings amid questions about Trump tariffs
The AI chip maker reported a 94 percent increase in revenue but depends on manufacturing plants in Taiwan, which Trump claims “stole our chip business.”
Trump should figure out who “stole” his brain.
The CHIPS act is one of the best things that happened under Joe.
We will look back 5 years from now and say he was the most underrated President ever.
I am sure the grasshoppers will deny it now.
Add this to the list of things that ain’t never gonna happen.
RentL0rd says:
November 21, 2024 at 10:46 am
We will look back 5 years from now and say he was the most underrated President ever.
In the latest Kangaroo Kourt meeting:
The International Criminal Court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, dealing an extraordinary blow to Israel’s global standing as it presses on with wars on multiple fronts.
The court on Thursday also issued a warrant for the arrest of Muhammad Deif, Hamas’s military chief, for crimes against humanity, including murder, hostage taking and sexual violence. Israel has said that it killed Mr. Deif in an airstrike, but the court said it could not determine whether he was dead.
Alphabet/Google facing a reckoning over their dominance in search and ownership of Chrome. Chrome is Sundar Pichai’s baby….
Should be interesting to see what he is going to do, perhaps even bend the knee and kiss the ring of King Trump.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/20/24300617/doj-google-search-antitrust-chrome-breakup
DOW up ~ 400.
Let it happn’ cappn’
Kangaroo Kourt? Are you saying they should go after Australia instead of African and Middle eastern politicians?
But crude back to 70/barrel. Inflation? Look at 10-year at 4.41. This is why inflation is very tricky and hard to control. Especially core inflation.
Maybe Sergey Brin should kiss the MAGA ring like Elon did. It’s funny. Unlike the Dem establishment, which you pay for favor through campaign contribution and lobbyist gifting (and eventual board/trustee placement). With Trump, you only need to provide him with the legitamacy that he craves. The fact that intelligent business leaders like Musk, who are likely playing Trump to gain more power and wealth (why, is beyond me) need only kiss the ring, is both disturbing, but encouraging.
Juice, I took my kids the weekend before they shut down to get their last rides in on King da Ka. TBH, I think they should have just left it. It was perfect the way it was. I haven’t been a big fan of Cedar Points decision making with the park since buying it. They’ve been behind schedule or outright failed to deliver on everything this year. Now they are stripping the park.
Didn’t Cedar and Six Flags merge. Also, KK has been a maintenance nightmare since it opened and it’s run is about normal for the average coaster. On top of it all, Six Flags has been flirting with bankruptcy for a while. I heard this was likely KK’s last year back in the Spring. Lot’s of talk of El Toro being removed due to the rough ride and frequent injuries.
Matt Gaetz kaputznik.
Sweet baby Jesus.
They merged but Cedar is in charge. El Toro is fun but yes, very rough. Six flags wasn’t run well by any means but I talked to some of the employees. They are all dejected by the takeover.
My son kept me up last night because he unloaded about the train wreck the undocumented have made of his high school. They have no manners, no knowledge of cultural norms, are disruptive, lewd in public, harass girls, receive free services and degrade the services to others. Not that my son buys lunch, but he said the dogmeat now runs at least $10 or $50/week because they have to cover subsidizing all the free food they give away. My son used to buy a Vitamin Water for $1.50, and now he said forget it at $3.75.
I was shocked how pissed he was. I told him to calm down.
He said he was sitting with two friends at lunch, and they came over and just grabbed his stuff and moved it without even asking him. Right in front of his face. And my son is a nice kid, but fully capable of beating the shit out people because he has a short fuse and is jacked right now.
RentL0rd says:
November 20, 2024 at 11:42 am
Open borders were not letting in Terrorists, rapists or killers. Sure, it is bad for some sectors and crowded schools – and good for others – cheap labor, farming, etc.
BUT, there is NO PROOF that they are terrorists, rapists or killers.
That is my point.
I know you need a boogeyman. And you are happy with the clever insults to a “lib”. Grow up and get over it.
Lord: three words for you
Tren de Aragua
DOW up ~ 600
Thank you, President Trump!
Ukraine and Russia are firing ICBMs at each other.
Thank you, President Trump!
Yes it was a nice little cultural experience that Biden and mayorkas extended to the third world, it’s now time for them to go back where they came from. It’s not our kids responsibility to country and kids specifically obligation to raise these people.
Country and kids responsibility…
Gaetz out as Attorney General. Did not have enough votes to pass confirmation…
Biden allowed the Ukrainians to use long range missles to hit targets inside Russia, after it was confirmed that North Korean troops are fighting on behalf of Russia against Ukraine.
Juice: What happens with his Congressional seat?
Gensler to step down as SEC head at the end of Biden’s term.
I’m five years civilization as we know it because of the vacuum of leadership that was created by installing vegetable in the Oval Office. Unless your a revolutionary and your goal was to destroy the country it’s hard to imagine him being thought of highly.
Continue escalating a proxy war against a nuclear superpower. Great leadership. Maybe someone on the left should call for him to resign before the neocons blow the entire world to pieces.
1:40 well, we can look at approval ratings, economic successes, and “crimes”….
3b – There is always a consolation prize, he resigned from the house, so he is out. Gaetz could however return as a Senator for Florida if Marco Rubio is confirmed as secretary of state.
I think that is what they call “failing Upward” in the corporate world.
re: “Continue escalating”
Putin himself confirmed it. He is not screwing around. MIRV warheads this time only dummies no nuclear booms.. However speed of 10 Mach and unstoppably once the MIRV warheads begin to drop from the sky..Nothing can shoot them down.
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-reportedly-launches-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-against-ukraine-what-we-know-so-far/
“Always accuse the enemy of what you’re doing.”
Christopher Ruocchio, Kingdoms of Death
Sell your country to the enemy
I thought Putin would fear Trump. Oh wait.
RentLord – Deny what?
TSMC announced the 65 billion spending plans to build three fabs in Arizona back in 2020 when Trump was president.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-14/tsmc-to-build-chip-plant-in-arizona-with-u-s-government-support
Most of the funding is based on the new admin’s continued support. And Trump is out to undo everything Joe (and even Obama) have accomplished.
Juice: Seems like Biden is escalating on the way out, he claims it’s because of North Korean troops fighting for Russia, but it could be a big FU to Trump, and the Democrats as well. Biden supposedly can hold a grudge. But, some will say it’s Trumps fault.
When you’re a nuclear superpower you don’t fear anyone. It’s called MAD. Biden people all majored in gender studies so they missed that lesson.
What kind of brain dead radical would consider risking nuclear war over ukraines borders to be a patriotic action? How arrogant and stupid these people have gotten.
Finally get the pedo’s out of government.
Execute the boomers, that’s what I think!
Let the Boomers driver the deportation buses?
They should send all of the immigrants to The Villages!
https://preview.redd.it/the-villages-loofa-color-guide-v0-pzc9wk2skkw91.png?
What kind of brain dead radical would consider risking nuclear war over ukraines borders to be a patriotic action?
Which borders should the line be drawn at?
Easy. The border of Bergen County.
Easy. The border of Bergen County.
I agree. The unicorns are very sensitive in Bergen County.
Plus, they can destroy nuclear warheads with their spiral horns.
Central Jersey is still trying to find its borders.
Even Taylor Swift couldn’t solve the problem
Seems like Biden is escalating on the way out, he claims it’s because of North Korean troops fighting for Russia,
Biden should have allowed Ukraine to use US missles to hit targets in Russia from the beginning.
Launching a completely unprovoked war has consequences. I don’t see why Russia should be free to attack Ukraines infrastructure and civilian population while Ukraine is prohibited from doing the same.
Oc1: I agree. Ukraine had no chance of beating the Russians without bringing the war to the Russians, just as the Russians did to the Ukrainians. Now, on the way out the door, and as a Ukrainian defeat looks pretty clear, Biden says ok you can use the weapons.
Biden’s “leadership” was always iffy. I won’t miss him. If he had any sense at all he’d have made a smoother transition to a younger more viable candidate, but of course the old man couldn’t let go of power even as it was clear he was fading fast. People putting themselves above Country, like Trump does routinely, are not the best leaders.
As for the Ukraine, we have spent a ton of money there and “no” we won’t see a return on that. All while we have substantial issues here at home. As of September 30, 2024, the U.S. Ukraine response funding totals nearly $183 billion, with $130.1 billion obligated and $86.7 billion disbursed.
I figure once Trump takes office that spigot will stop immediately.
Hughesrep says:
November 21, 2024 at 2:24 pm
“Finally get the pedo’s out of government.”
Is ‘Pencil Neck’ Schiff leaving?
3:55 Okaaaaaay Booooomer
Like almost all wars, the war in Ukraine will end with some sort of negotiated settlement, and Ukraine will likely lose some territory.
But Ukraine can get a much better deal negotiating from a position of strength, rather than weakness.
And Russia deserves to get the worst deal possible.
3b says:
November 21, 2024 at 3:47 pm
“Ukraine had no chance of beating the Russians”
And yet here we are 1000 days and $200B later, and Joe continues to escalate. Every reasonable knew that Joe’s presidency would be a disaster, but even we couldn’t fathom just how bad it would actually turn out. Hit the road, Joe!
Oc1: But, Russia won’t get the worst deal possible in my opinions. They will get to keep Crimea which was always going to be the case, and they will keep what areas of eastern Ukraine that they have already conquered, and perhaps more. Ukraine won’t become a member of the EU for decades, so that is pushed off. The outstanding issue will be Ukraine joining NATO. I don’t see the Russians giving in on that, and I don’t see the NATO countries backing down either, perhaps some 3rd way solution on that issue.
Small: It’s possible that the Ukraine could have defeated the Russians if they had the weapons they needed when they needed them , and were able to use them to attack Russia cities. If not beat the Russians then at least perhaps get a better deal than the one they will ultimately get. As it was they were fighting with one hand behind their back due to the slow arrival of weapons from the west, and the restrictions placed on the use of weapons.
re: ” if they had the weapons they needed when they needed them”
Yup Obama… He refused to help Ukraine with lethal weapons 10 years ago…
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/11/obama-russia-ukraine-war-putin-2014-crimea-georgia-biden/
“Totally unprovoked”. You might not agree with their reasons but they have them. Tanks started rolling right after blinken told the Russians the door was open for Ukraine to join NATO.
Juice: That is correct. Obama had no understanding of foreign affairs, or any understanding of Russia/ Ukraine. He was too taken with his own self importance. He knew best.
Grim, do we allow Russians to comment here?
ChiFi your story reads fake and you come across a tad cowardly using your kid to spill your guts.
On twitter people do same thing saying that their kid made this or that point. But maybe your kid should use the pain and suffering he endures with high price sodas to write his Ivy League application essay
Chicago says:
November 21, 2024 at 12:53 pm
My son kept me up last night
Huh? It’s true. WTF is your problem?
Very Stable Genius says:
November 21, 2024 at 4:51 pm
ChiFi your story reads fake and you come across a tad cowardly using your kid to spill your guts.
On twitter people do same thing saying that their kid made this or that point. But maybe your kid should use the pain and suffering he endures with high price sodas to write his Ivy League application essay
Chicago says:
November 21, 2024 at 12:53 pm
My son kept me up last night
BTW….. I chastised him for being so insensitive…. that said, he deals with this stuff every day….. I’m with you… I told him to suck it up and shut up.
jj Lives
A newspaper in Connecticut had an unfortunate typo involving Jets linebacker C.J. Mosley’s herniated disc on Monday.
This past Monday, The Chronicle, a newspaper covering Eastern Connecticut, published an AP story on the front page of its sports section in the print edition that referred to Mosley’s “herniated d–k.”
Mosley has missed the Jets’ four games with the injury — the one in his neck, that is.
“Totally unprovoked”. You might not agree with their reasons but they have them. Tanks started rolling right after blinken told the Russians the door was open for Ukraine to join NATO.
Sorry, but there’s only one bad guy here- Russia.
If Russia doesn’t want one of it’s neighbors to join an alliance who’s primary purpose is to stop Russia from invading them, then Russia should just stop invading their neighbors!
It’s really simple.
What this all shows is that it was perfectly reasonable for Ukraine to want to join NATO.
Perhaps someday Russia will become a liberal democracy and disavow their attempts at expansion, respect the treaties they sign, etc., and then they can join NATO too.
Oc1: I don’t disagree. But, Russia will probably never let Ukraine join NATO. I don’t see how you get around that fact. In hindsight Ukraine should have never given up their nukes when the Soviet Union collapsed. That is the only thing that would have deterred the Russians from eventually attacking Ukraine which they did. As for Russia becoming a liberal democracy, that is not happening anytime soon if ever.
Russia is after all of the previous Soviet Union. Not just parts of Ukraine, but all of it. And more.
And Musk and Trump don’t have the balls to say no.
4:28 >> Russia won’t get the worst deal possible in my opinions. They will get to keep Crimea which was always going to be the case, and they will keep what areas of eastern Ukraine that they have already conquered, and perhaps more. Ukraine won’t become a member of the EU for decades, so that is pushed off. The outstanding issue will be Ukraine joining NATO
Rent: Are you advocating we go to war with Russia? Will you be willing to have your children or grandchildren go and fight? As for balls, what balls did Biden have? He gave weapons to Ukraine and said you can’t use them to attack Russia. Then, on the way out the door he tells them ok, you can use them. Nothing ballsy about that.
3b, Where do you think appeasing Russia would go?
It is far worse in a few years.
The good thing is that we have the greatest economy and the best military. Great leaders can control the situation and yet not lose ground. But sellout wusses like Trump and Musk are definitely not working for Americans like you and I.
When Rednecks best their chest and say “ Freedom ain’t free”, what do they mean?
Rent: Are you advocating we go to war with Russia? Will you be willing to have your children or grandchildren go and fight?
Supporting Ukraine makes it less likely we will go to war with Russia.
re: “No balls to say no?”
When it gets this close to Armageddon make sure you have your affairs in order. The missile fired yesterday is primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery, and was fired from a mobile launcher and only took 5 minutes for impact. We here in the USA get about 20 minutes warning maybe enough to get the President into a bunker maybe just maybe as hundreds of MIRV warheads arrive at MACH 10 in every major city. A sub launch off the coast and it’s over quick, you won’t have time to kiss your own ass goodbye.
THANK GOD FOR START TREATIES.. started under Regan the negotiations began in 1982 and lasted for three decades. First signed under Bush I we have limited the total number of nukes, and delivery vehicles. We also perform inspections AND the Russians do as well.
FYI on yesterdays launch. THANK GOD we were notified…
“Russia warned the United States ahead of the launch of its missile through the National Nuclear Risk Reduction Center, the Kremlin and Pentagon said. “The warning was sent in a standing automatic mode 30 minutes before the launch,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.”
We have never been this close to the end… Doomsday Clock is going to be adjusted again as it was when this war started, it was created in 1947 as the greatest danger to humanity came from nuclear weapons, in particular from the prospect that the United States and the Soviet Union were headed for a nuclear arms race.
We ended that arms race but still have enough weapons to end perhaps all of us…
OC1 – Support them with what, hopes and prayers? They are out of boots on the ground, casualties are perhaps a million Ukrainians and they are scrounging now for anyone to man a trench along the 1,200-kilometer front line.
We are being lied to…they won’t be able to fight without troops no matter how many weapons we provide.
OC1- one more point.
The lies are similar to Vietnam. We ended up drafted 2.2 million men and it was never even declared a war. Fully two-thirds of the soldiers who served in the Vietnam War were drafted….
Don’t think it cannot happen again. I have young men here in my family….
Rent: Stop the silliness with sell out Trump and Musk. Why didn’t Biden give them all the weapons that they needed when they asked? Everything was in a bit by bit fashion. And as I have pointed out there were restrictions placed by Biden on their use, only now on his way out he lifts the restrictions on the use of the weapons. Too little , too late.
Oc1: As just said, it’s manpower, the Ukrainians don’t have the men to fight this war. The Ukrainian military police are searching small towns and villages looking for conscription dodgers. There is even an app now for their phones where people can alert others when the military police will be making sweeps looking for the conscripts. It’s a matter of numbers.
3b/Juice-
Whether or not Ukraine is running out of men, I think it’s up to the Ukrainian people to decide whether their freedom and independence is worth fighting for.
The lies are similar to Vietnam. We ended up drafted 2.2 million men and it was never even declared a war. Fully two-thirds of the soldiers who served in the Vietnam War were drafted….
Don’t think it cannot happen again. I have young men here in my family….
How many Americans died the last time a European dictator started invading his neighbors, all while America tried (and ultimately failed) to remain neutral and isolationist?
yeah, decide they want their freedom as they drag people off the street against their own will to send them to the front line. You realize, there was a deal on the table for them to be independent and neutral prior to this. Seems like it woulda been a great deal in hindsight.
I think Trump may actually try to normalize relations with Russia.
You realize, there was a deal on the table for them to be independent and neutral prior to this.
How nice of Russia to make that offer!
Of course, if you can’t enter into an alliance to prevent your big aggressive neighbor from invading you, then you aren’t really independent, are you?
yeah, decide they want their freedom as they drag people off the street against their own will to send them to the front line.
It’s called conscription; the US did the same thing for 200 years. Most european countries still do.
TGIF
The cost of being poor or just not being diligent is higher than ever before
Dozens of retailers jacked up interest rates on store cards ahead of Fed cuts
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/22/retailers-like-macys-gap-and-tjx-jack-up-store-card-apr.html
Re: “think it’s up to the Ukrainian people to decide”
You make it sound like they are a democracy…… May of 2022, the Ukrainian parliament passed a law formally banning all opposition parties. President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the law. The is no democracy in Ukraine, no elections no nothing, parliamentary elections were cancelled.
So because its not a democracy due to an invasion, we should let Russia take over Ukraine and control the whole region?
The CIA has its reasons. America is not a world super power if not for strategic decisions like this.
For example, why do we think we support Israel and fight proxy wars in the middle east? Because Iran and Russia will eat our lunch otherwise. Same reasons here.
This is the problem with MAGA – they are ignorant and arrogant at the same time.