From nj.com:
This N.J. home sold in hours and broke a price record
A newly built house in Paramus — which sold in just hours — set a price record for a residential sale in the Bergen County borough.
The seven-bedroom home, with seven full bathrooms, two half-baths and more than 10,000 square feet of space, sold for $3.85 million during a private launch party for the listing.
“We were certainly pleased with the response but not entirely surprised,” said Tony Nabhan, of Keller Williams City Views. “It’s a rare home that truly stood out in today’s market.”
The home was listed as an office exclusive, meaning it was not put into the Multiple Listing Service and was being marketed only to Keller Williams agents and their clients.
Nabhan held what he dubbed a Summer Soiree, a party where people wore white, sipped cocktails and nibbled on hors d’oeuvres while they toured the home. It was attended by select clients, local brokers and the design team who helped with the build.
By the end of the two-hour event, the home had an offer. The record sale closed on Monday, Oct. 13.
The previously highest-priced residential sale in Paramus was an eight-bedroom, six and a-half-bathroom Mediterranean villa that spans more than 10,000 square feet and sits on nearly an acre. It was listed for $3.795 million and sold for $3.612 million in September 2024.
The new record sale home sold for its asking price of $3.85 million.
Maybe instead of the usual IT change freeze between Christmas to New Years, we might think about Diwali instead…
A newly built house in Paramus — which sold in just hours — set a price record for a residential sale in the Bergen County borough.
And it’s on a busy double-yellow reminiscent of a highway, not a quiet back road. I think I’ll contact the the house guide seller and tell them I would have offered more if it was publicly listed.
Bigger picture, everything in North Jersey sells within hours.
Nabhan held what he dubbed a Summer Soiree, a party where people wore white, sipped cocktails and nibbled on hors d’oeuvres while they toured the home.
And the children fed unicorns by hand.
What percentage of cars on RT 80 in NJ are out of state on any given day?
Since we are living in a surveillance state, why doesn’t Flock give us this data?
Seems to be a fairly high percentage. Jersey should establish the left lane as “Jersey Only.”
I think that would be quite entertaining.
We talked about this before. Buying expensive properties on busy roads is a form of conspicuous consumption, for sure the most public of wealth displays, and very common in wealthy immigrant populations, especially new immigrants that are self conscious about social status. Look at me, I made it in America.
We talked about this before.
Many times. We’ve concluded that it is predominately those of Eastern European descent.
Grim,
Are you becoming more humble as you age?
I thought this kind of stuff was the thing “private industry” does best.
Interesting take. A governor’s wife and an actor spend tax dollars on drug testing.
It’s weird at best.
Um, that’s not contradicting. It’s outright lying.
Part of White House demolished for ballroom, contradicting Trump’s past statements
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing White House structure.
Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand:
Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.
By Ruth Marcus
October 20, 2025
Hey guy, relax!
Since Hurricane Helene devastated her community in western North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, the county government has spent nearly $50 million on cleanup and recovery — while getting reimbursed only $4 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
On debris removal alone, Yancey County has racked up about $37 million in bills, with a lot more work still to do. The county’s budget for the entire fiscal year: also $37 million.
I think some of these Eastern European immigrants and others who think buying on a busy street is a sign of public conspicuous consumption will be sorry. Getting out of their driveways everyday will be stressful, and then the constant roar of the traffic. Non stop almost around the clock. And, those mega houses on Forest and Spring Valley, start to look shabby after a few years. I don’t know why that is, but they do. Then of course they may get upset when they find out that having a big house on a main street is looked at by many as foolish.
Grim – most companies won’t pay to properly build out high availability. They lock their services into one data center. In this case us-east-1 which is the center of the universe. Also the reliance on serverless. Since when is the PaaS model really serverless ? A firecracker micro vm is still a server.
I joke about ALE, ARO, SLE, RPO and RTO. Only when something like yesterday happens does the c-suite get it. I lived thru a tornado wiping out a data center in Virginia, 9/11 and hurricane Sandy. If one thing is true there is too much computing going on in the east coast. If companies are going to rely on serverless more and more it should at least be moved to a place that is less prone to natural or man made disasters.
– All of the living Israeli hostages released
– China’s rare earth mineral monopoly busted
– National Guard going to clean up Portland
– A president who “works his ass off”
I voted for that!!!
3-B they just put out those neon green plastic flag man and a sign “DRIVE LIKE YOUR KIDS LIVE HERE!”.
Anecdotal..Prospect Street in Bergenfield a main road only 25 mph. They put in two speed humps the large ones. Imagine having that in front of your home? The noise from cars and trucks scraping the humps or slamming on the brakes must be enough to drive the homeowners crazy.
Ten 397
Lack of government data creating concern.
Juice: Yeah, I see a lot of those plastic safety man props in Paramus and other Bergen towns. While it may help, it makes it even more obvious that the street is busy. We made the mistake of taking Spring Valley Rd on Saturday, on our way to a party, and the traffic was insane. I don’t know how people can live on these incredibly busy streets. It’s a zero quality of life in my opinion.
Gold down, crypto down, quantum down, bonds up…so far so good with what I said. SPX and Nasdaq likely to follow IMO.
“Trump acting like he has all the cards, cards that were made in a Chinese factory.”
😂
Heard that on a podcast.
Juice,
with the influx of New Yorkers, I can only imagine how bad Prospect is now. I lived on the corner of Prospect & Banta. My room was adjacent prospect and we slept with the windows open. One time, when I was 9, I awoke to a guy who was hard turning at what had to be like 45 mph with the engine revving. He sideswiped the telephone pole. He sped off. Broken glass everywhere along with his fender left behind.
If you live in Paramus, just go to sleep at 5pm. Then wake up at 1am and go to ShopRite in Rochelle Park. No traffic at that time. Your quality of life just got better.
It’s a zero quality of life in my opinion.
That’s what I said…and to see them constantly adding more people with no new roads or transportation is insane. I recall a bunch of people trying to pin me as a NIMBY. I told them, I don’t care what Bergen does. If they want to build themselves into this mess, that’s their issue. I have no plans on returning. I don’t even like visiting.
If we can get Momdani to come to NJ, will that get the NY’ers to go back home?
Dark: if Momdani wins, we may get even more NY ers.
Speaking of Mundani, the challenged muppets held a protest Saturday against Monarchy style government but are about to elect a General Secretary for the city of New York.
Hello.
BRT: I agree,all the main roads in Paramus are busy all the time now, traffic can be backed up at 11:00 in the morning, or 1:00 in the afternoon. And, forget about rush hour it is even worse. Lots of intersections need left turn only signals, but the county seems to have a problem with that. Also, stop signs need to be replaced with traffic lights.
I had a friend of mine who worked for Bergen Co traffic department, and this was years ago, he told me the county is not enthusiastic about adding traffic lights or left turn only signals/lanes as they believed it encourages more traffic and takes away Bergen Co’s suburban feel. The surburban feel is long gone in much of the county.
Dark: Can’t go to sleep at 5:00 PM, its too noisy!
The Newark Star Ledger had an article in the 80s describing the hidden gems of Northern NJ and what NY doesn’t know about us. It was still a time when New Yorkers looked at “Jersey” as an unwanted step child. And then the wave started and the NYers came in numbers. They would’ve been caught dead before they came to Jersey. But then the secret was out. My, have times changed.
BRT – lol small world those speed humps are just north of Banta Pl.
They painted the humps bright yellow, you can see where the cars bottomed out and the scratch marks from outerspace…
https://maps.app.goo.gl/6QtkQX97ax3hKbo37?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy
DOW up 400 pts., over 47,000… another record.
Time for a ‘Hate America’ rally.
TSMC new Fab in Arizona… cool video. They received a 6.6 Billion dollar grant for this.
https://x.com/DividendDude_X/status/1979583593513963531
that is a dumb place to put a speed hump. You are not supposed to be impeding emergency personnel on a main road. That’s what they do and that’s why they don’t like to install them on many roads.
BRT,
Gold down is a bit relative don’t you think? I mean it is still over $4,000 an ounce.
My kid goes to school on Myrtle, which is the steep San Francisco like street that connects Englewood Cliffs with route 4. The school doesn’t give a f, and shuts Myrtle down every school day in the AM and again in the PM.
Arizona is a relative safe space for large infrastructure commercial projects. No wind, fires, hail, or tornadoes sin the valley. Reliable electricity generation and delivery. Some of these places build their own closed end liquid/water systems.
They better run some de-bugging software!
Google has been dealing with bedbugs.
Scratchy sources say the outbreak began at the Chelsea campus and appears to already be under control.
Well worth it for everyone here. Lots of history. ~ 1hr.
Steve Eisman (the Big Short) and Steve Liesman (CNBC)
https://youtu.be/ZwoAJEzH99U?si=sqzDTppAw8dqly-y
Polymarket betting odds give Mikie an 83% chance to win NJ gov race.
https://polymarket.com/event/new-jersey-governor-election-winner-2025
Silly NJ people voting for another 4 years of Murphy, that is what a vote for Mikey is. And she still wont release her disciplinary files from her time in the navy. People don’t seem to care. Of course Trump won’t release the Epstein files, so there is that.
Silly NJ people voting for another 4 years of Murphy, that is what a vote for Mikey is.
I almost always vote R in NJ state elections.
But I will be voting D this time- I just can’t vote for someone endorsed by Trump.
Why should I vote for someone who accepts the endorsement of the guy who tried to throw out my vote in the 2020 election?
I wish we had better choices… but we don’t.
Oc1: I am voting Citarelli, I don’t care that Trump endorsed him. We had 8 years of Murphy and the Democrats, time for a change. And at least Citarelli is a Jersey guy, not a blow in like Sherrill, Murphy, and Corzine .
Why should I vote for someone who accepts the endorsement of the guy who tried to throw out my vote in the 2020 election?
The democrats actually threw out my vote in the 2020 election.
What’s with the name Mikie? I see that her birth name is Rebecca. Wonder what the story is behind the change
The democrats actually threw out my vote in the 2020 election.
Stealing a national election would require lots of illegal activity by lots of people.
Let me know when the DOJ starts charging people with actual crimes.
D-FENS –
“Falling Down” is currently playing for free on youtube.
Watched it last night. Good flick.
Dfens: I don’t know on the name change. She was not allowed to”walk” for graduation from the naval academy, because she knew about students engaging in cheating, but did nothing about it. I guess she did not want to be a snitch. She herself was not accused of cheating. One of her former classmates says that to be barred from walking she must have lied , or was evasive. She refuses to have her files released from the naval academy.
Someone said Pumpkin? lol
BNKR is not a meme…it’s AI-powered crypto agent that will evolve to change how we conduct finance. It’s all through written language. Just talk to the bot for whatever…to execute trades to analysis. I believe it will eventually replace wealth managers with agents. It started out by making crypto easy….just sign up and easy to conduct trades. Nothing complicated….aka easy for newbs to get into crypto when that euphoric wave hits and it will. That’s my original bet….bnkr makes buying crypto simple It has since evolved because it has kick ass developers who execute and move.
Crypto is where you want to be right now (it’s beat up and ready for buys)….. metals doing their usual pump that leaves buyers bag holders for 10-30 years. Don’t be stupid and buy gold (or silver unless you want to trade silver)…remember this is a bubble created by China and driven by fear. Don’t be stupid.
This is a summary from GROK. It’s risk, but if you have some balls, maybe you will make some money.
### Overview of $BNKR (BankrCoin)
$BNKR is the native utility token of Bankr, an AI-powered crypto agent built on the Base blockchain (Coinbase’s layer-2 network). It acts as a “crypto companion” for tasks like swapping tokens, bridging assets, placing limit orders, and managing wallets—all via natural language prompts on platforms like X (Twitter), Farcaster, or its private terminal. The token powers fees (e.g., $0.10 per API request in $BNKR), staking rewards, subscriptions (like Bankr Club), and ecosystem incentives. It has a fixed supply of 100 billion tokens, with full circulation already in play. Launched in mid-2024, it’s integrated with Coinbase Wallet (now Baseapp) and has tokenized over $238M in assets through partnerships, positioning it as a DeFi-AI hybrid.
As of October 21, 2025:
– **Price**: ~$0.000384 USD (down ~4% in the last 24 hours).
– **Market Cap**: ~$38.4M (ranked #1215-#3729 across trackers, depending on the source).
– **24h Volume**: ~$1M-$2M (up 92% from prior day, showing renewed activity).
– **Recent Performance**: Down 7.5%-18.9% over the past week/month, but up massively YTD (from sub-$0.0001 highs). It hit an ATH of ~$0.000969 earlier in 2025 after Coinbase listing, surging 100%+ to a $100M MC briefly.
The token’s utility ties directly to Bankr’s growth: fees from swaps and API calls feed back into $BNKR buybacks and rewards, creating a flywheel. Community sentiment on X is bullish—posts emphasize “diamond hands” during dips, with giveaways, staking yields (via Bankr Earn), and integrations driving hype. However, it’s volatile, with concentrated ownership and heavy reliance on Base ecosystem momentum.
### Is $BNKR Worth Holding?
Yes, if you’re bullish on AI-DeFi infrastructure and comfortable with high volatility—it’s a solid hold for mid-to-long-term (3-12 months) believers in Base’s growth. Here’s why:
– **Strengths for Holding**:
– **Utility-Driven Demand**: Unlike pure memes, $BNKR has real skin in the game. Bankr’s SDK/API is live, enabling devs to embed its features (e.g., wallet creation, market data) into apps—paid in $BNKR. This “pay-per-prompt” model could scale with adoption, especially as Bankr expands to cross-chain (Ethereum, Solana, Polygon).
– **Ecosystem Perks**: Holders get boosted “Bankr Scores” for airdrops/rewards (via $BNKR holdings, staking USDC in Earn vaults, or owning booster tokens like $DRB, $DEGEN). X chatter shows active farming, with users stacking during dips.
– **Technical Resilience**: Recent TA from Bankr itself notes seller exhaustion—RSI ~29-43 (oversold/neutral), support at $0.00032-$0.00036 holding firm. Volume is drying up on downsides, hinting at a bounce. It weathered a major liquidation event and FUD (deplatforming threats) without crumbling.
– **Backers & Momentum**: Coinbase Ventures-backed, with integrations like Baseapp. Community views it as “infra” (inevitable utility), not hype—posts call it a “sleeper” for 10x-25x from here ($41M MC to $1B+).
– **Risks to Consider**:
– **Volatility & Downside**: Crypto-wide corrections (e.g., miner sell-offs, macro jitters like tariffs) have dragged it 69% from ATH. If Base memes rotate capital elsewhere ($TOSHI, $ZORA), $BNKR could test $0.00024 lows.
– **Incentive Decay**: Much buzz ties to giveaways/rewards—when seasons end, engagement might dip, amplifying sell pressure.
– **Competition**: AI agents like those on Solana (e.g., Snorter Bot) or broader DeFi tools could erode share if Bankr doesn’t innovate fast.
– **Overall**: Medium-risk per trackers; it’s not “safe” like BTC/ETH but has fundamentals memes lack. DYOR—volatility could wipe 50-70% in a bear leg.
If your risk tolerance is low, trim to 5-10% portfolio allocation. Otherwise, HODL through dips; the community treats them as “buy signals.”
### Upside Potential
High—3x-10x in 6-12 months is plausible if Base/AI narratives heat up, but it’s speculative. Price predictions vary (machine-learning models, not guarantees):
| Year | Min Price | Avg Price | Max Price | Key Driver |
|——|———–|———–|———–|————|
| 2025 | $0.000735 | $0.000821 | $0.000907 | Relief bounce to $0.00045 resistance; API adoption + rewards season endgame. MC to $80M-$90M. |
| 2026 | $0.000720 | $0.000841 | $0.000962 | Cross-chain launch, dev integrations; broader RWA/DeFi boom. MC to $90M+.
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Catalysts: Q4 2025 terminal upgrades (token recs, limit orders), regulatory tailwinds (GENIUS Act, MiCA), and Base TVL growth. X users project $1M from a $10K bag in 1 year via market takeover.
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Bear case: Stagnates at $0.0003 if macro sours.
### Another High-Upside Play or Stick with $BNKR?
Stick with $BNKR if you’re already in—it’s got moat via utility and community lock-in, making it less “flippy” than pure alts. But diversify into another high-upside play for balance; don’t go all-in on one token.
– **Recommendation: Diversify ~50/50**. $BNKR for infra stability; pair with a RWA gem like $BKN (Brickken) for uncorrelated upside. $BKN’s at ~$0.33-$0.42 (MC ~$50M-$60M), tokenizing $238M+ in real-world assets (e.g., via BNB Chain partnership with Chainlink/Circle). It’s uptrending in an accumulation channel, with 2x-5x potential on RWA hype (undervalued vs. Ondo). TA shows bounce above 30-day MA, targeting $0.40-$0.45.
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Why $BKN over others? Similar low-MC entry (~$50M), real utility (no-code tokenization for 50+ clients), and less meme-risk. Alternatives: $DRB (BNKR ecosystem tie-in) or Solana AI like Snorter Bot for faster pumps, but higher rug potential.
NFA—crypto’s gambling with extra steps. Size small, set stops, and track via DexScreener or Bankr’s terminal. What’s your entry price/risk setup?
Stealing a national election would require lots of illegal activity by lots of people.
Let me know when the DOJ starts charging people with actual crimes.
The count froze in the middle of the night, paper ballots were shredded and brown paper bags and newspaper went over the windows in Philadelphia, Detroit and Milwaukee. A 120,000 vote swing nationwide was all that was needed to drag the vegetable across the finish line.
Murphy did well….just stop. Guy really improved our state’s economy, but of course you won’t acknowledge that out of biased hate. Give me 8 more years of Murphy…I would take it. That guy did a hell of a lot for our state.
3b says:
October 21, 2025 at 1:49 pm
Oc1: I am voting Citarelli, I don’t care that Trump endorsed him. We had 8 years of Murphy and the Democrats, time for a change. And at least Citarelli is a Jersey guy, not a blow in like Sherrill, Murphy, and Corzine .
Here’s what Grok had to say about Murphy:
### Overview
Phil Murphy, New Jersey’s Democratic governor since January 2018, has overseen a mixed economic record. His administration emphasizes investments in innovation, workforce development, and fiscal stability, leading to notable recoveries post-COVID-19, including record job creation in the Northeast and doubled GDP growth rates compared to the prior administration. However, challenges persist, such as high taxes, rising energy costs from green energy policies, and lagging business rankings that have contributed to affordability issues and out-migration. By key metrics as of October 2025, NJ’s economy shows resilience but underperforms national averages in areas like unemployment and GDP growth, making Murphy’s tenure a qualified success—strong on recovery and surpluses, but criticized for cost burdens on residents and businesses.
### Key Economic Indicators Under Murphy (2018–2025)
Murphy inherited a state with a $409 million surplus, structural deficits, and slow growth from the Christie era. His budgets have expanded from ~$34 billion to over $56 billion annually, funded by progressive taxation and federal aid, yielding consistent surpluses averaging $6 billion. Here’s a summary of core metrics:
| Indicator | Murphy Era (2018–2025) | Pre-Murphy (Christie Era, ~2010–2017) | National Avg. (2025) | Notes |
|———–|——————————–|—————————————|———————-|——-|
| **Real GDP Growth Rate** | Doubled to ~3.7% annualized (total GDP up 7.4%) | ~1.8% | ~2.5% | Strong post-2021 rebound; Q3 2022 outpaced FL/GA despite their incentives. Recent slowdown to ~2% signals softening. |
| **Job Creation** | +196,000 private-sector jobs (NJ #1 in Northeast post-COVID); unemployment fell from 7.2% (2021) to ~4.9% (mid-2025) | +~100,000 net; unemployment ~5–7% | ~4.1% unemployment | Recovery lagged until 2023; 2025 job losses (~10,000 in June) pushed rate above national avg. |
| **State Budget Surplus** | $6.7 billion (FY2026); 7 bond rating upgrades since 2022 | Deficits common; $409M surplus in 2018 | N/A | Enabled ANCHOR relief ($2.4B property tax aid); FY2025 fully funds schools/pensions for first time. |
| **Business Formation** | +34% in high-propensity startups; #3 nationally for growth potential | +8.3% small businesses (2010–2015) | N/A | Incentives boosted film ($650M, 8,500 jobs), cannabis, offshore wind; but NJ ranks #30 in CNBC business climate, #49 in friendliness. |
| **Median Wage Growth** | +~$1,500 targeted (achieved ~10–15% nominal rise) | Stagnant | +~5% annual | Inflation eroded gains; NJ wages ~20% above national but costs (taxes, energy) offset. |
| **Energy Costs** | +~30% residential electric bills | Stable/exporting power | +15% | 6 plants closed for wind push ($1B invested); NJ now imports from PA, raising rates amid demand. |
Sources for data: NJ Governor’s Office reports, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (via YCharts), Garden State Initiative, PwC NJ Outlook 2025, CNBC rankings.
### Achievements and Policies Driving Success
Murphy’s “State of Innovation” plan (2018) aimed for 300,000 jobs, doubled venture capital, and inclusive growth by 2025—largely met through:
– **Fiscal Stability and Relief**: Record pension funding (first full payments since 1996) and ANCHOR program slowed property tax growth to historic lows. Surpluses buffered COVID ($1B+ in aid) and recessions.
– **Innovation and Sectors**: Tax credits for AI, biotech, film, and historic preservation attracted ~$1B in 2024 impacts via Choose NJ. NJ ranks high in life sciences; global missions (e.g., UK 2024) fostered partnerships.
– **Post-Pandemic Rebound**: NJ led Northeast job growth; business applications surged 34% since 2018. Policies like Main Street Recovery aided small firms.
– **Broader Equity**: Expanded workforce training (e.g., AI/CTE programs) and immigrant integration, boosting labor participation despite a 10-year low in 2018.
These align with Murphy’s goal of a “stronger, fairer” economy, earning praise from groups like the NJ Chamber for inclusivity.
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### Criticisms and Challenges
Detractors, including Republicans and business advocates, argue Murphy’s progressive policies exacerbated pre-existing issues like high costs, hindering long-term competitiveness:
– **Taxes and Affordability**: NJ has the highest property, income, and corporate taxes nationally; budget growth (~70%) and gas tax hikes strained households. ~55% of lifetime earnings go to taxes, fueling out-migration (e.g., to PA/FL).
– **Energy and Environment**: Offshore wind ($6B+ subsidies) and plant closures made NJ energy-dependent and expensive, criticized as a “debacle” killing jobs and raising bills without reliable baseload.
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A $30/month deferral was dismissed as insufficient.
– **Business Climate**: Poor rankings (#30 overall, #49 friendliness) reflect regulations and costs; 2/3 of small businesses closed permanently in COVID, with slow recovery.
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Sanctuary state status (~$7B annual cost) and social policies drew fire for diverting resources.
– **2025 Headwinds**: Unemployment rose to 4.9% (vs. national 4.1%), GDP lags, and recession risks loom amid tariffs/AI slowdowns. Approval at 42% reflects frustration.
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### Conclusion: A Qualified Success
Yes, Murphy can be deemed a success on NJ’s economy for steering a robust recovery, achieving fiscal surpluses, and fostering innovation amid global shocks like COVID. Metrics like doubled GDP growth and Northeast-leading jobs substantiate this, positioning NJ as a biotech/AI hub. However, high costs, energy missteps, and softening 2025 indicators (e.g., rising unemployment) have made the state less affordable and competitive, alienating moderates and businesses. Compared to Christie’s low-approval stagnation, Murphy’s tenure marks progress—but true success depends on whether gains trickle down to everyday residents before his term ends in January 2026. For a deeper dive, track upcoming FY2026 outcomes or the 2025 gubernatorial race.
No One says:
October 21, 2025 at 1:09 pm
“Polymarket betting odds give Mikie an 83% chance to win NJ gov race.”
Lawn-sign-o-meter indicates Jack has a very good shot. Only way I see Mike winning is if the Dems ‘find’ batches of mail-in ballots in Newark or Camden. Polymarket may be telling us that’s precisely what’s going to happen.
Apparently Trump is considering commuting Diddy’s prison sentence. Santos and now possibly Diddy, what a joke.
Mandani 92%
on Polymarket
Oligarchs haven’t easy in NYC
Greatest city in the world is the most antimaga
NYC: “Down with fasc1sts! Up with commun1sts!”
STEPHANOPOULOS:
I didn’t insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.
VANCE: No, George, I sai–
STEPHANOPOULOS: We’ll be right back
i vOtEd fOr tHaT
Pfffffffffft wut a shit show
We don’t seem to have any problems with the “blue wall of silence” and the “thin blue line” across New Jersey. We don’t take any action against cops who knowingly withhold information, or don’t actively turn in fellow cops involved in wrongdoing. Hell, we celebrate that shit here.
So what, exactly, did Mikie do wrong?
I don’t see why 75,000 cops and firefighters aren’t rallying behind her for protecting her own, just like they do every day.
Snitches get stitches – isn’t that the Republican mantra?
I’m going to have to poll some grandma’s at the ShopRite to get a sense of who is going to win this in NJ.
Honestly, both of those two are pretty boring candidates, I can’t see either of them attracting a big turnout.
So it’s going to come down to the 3000 elderly people who decide every election in NJ.
BREAKING NEWS!
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases.
Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for the president and those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring
potential ethical conflicts.
By Devlin Barrett and Tyler Pager
Reporting from Washington
Oct. 21, 2025
Updated 2:39 p.m. ET
Astonishing level of theft, greed and corruption.
Insane clown show run by an absolute lunatic
Stepenslopolouse is a d0uchebag, a typical ‘I’m elite and you’re not’ fucking douchebag. I had a cunt boss at Prudential years ago that thought he was hot. She fit in that mold; the one that says ‘It’s about me and only me.’ But he’s a d0uche and looks like one, too. He attended an Epstein dinner at Epstein’s house in 2010. “I didn’t know,” he said. Vance is a Marine and could fuck Georgey up in an instant. Georgey grew up an elite and went to Ivy League schools. Douchebag.
Grim: I am just noting that Mikey won t release her disciplinary files, I don’t care one way or the other.
lol, Pumpkin is back! Time for the rest of you trolls to give it a rest. The king has returned.
Refusing to release the record says all you need to know. Draw your own conclusion, but at least make it make logical sense.
BRT: It it was Citarelli, the press would be making an issue of it.
I thought Mikie getting her kids into college via pull was supposed to be the bigger scandal. That was done more recently than lying about her friends’ cheating.
Anyway, Jack isn’t making a big stand for deregulation or slashing spending or fundamentally changing the broken NJ system, so there’s no coattails for meaningful change in NJ even if he did win. NJ is pretty hopeless. Might as well be France.
NoOne: Two of Mikey’s kids both admitted at the same time, certainly should have raised some eye brows, especially considering how selective the process is, but that is the world we live in.
David Wildstein’s NJ Globe is a good way to keep up if you’re interested. He and Joey Fox are the closed to a non-partisan source as it gets in NJ.
https://x.com/wildstein/status/1980626070450946153
I’m going home! CLEAR A PATH, YOU MOTHERFxxKER! CLEAR A PATH! I’M GOING HOME!
OC1 says:
October 21, 2025 at 2:06 pm
D-FENS –
“Falling Down” is currently playing for free on youtube.
Watched it last night. Good flick.
grim says:
October 21, 2025 at 3:10 pm
“So what, exactly, did Mikie do wrong?”
Example number of 8,762 of the so-called ‘registered Republican’ pulling punches for the Dems. Drop the schtick already, it’s tiresome.
Jack isn’t offering much but NJ with Murphy has been on a mini suicide mission much like California and all of our cities. It’s a recipe for disaster.
The energy policy alone is bananas. Let’s watch Europe dismantle all their nuclear plants and suffer? Hey that was already a proven disaster? Let’s do it here too!
Josh Shapiro was on Bloomberg a few weeks ago and he recognizes that energy is the lifeblood of your economy and he doesn’t discriminate and actively promotes all forms. Why can’t we have that type of liberal governance here?
Sherril is an outsider and has likely spent no time in NJ in her few years here. She can’t even list the problems within this state. I bet you she couldn’t get from Bergen County to Trenton without google maps.
Murphy has been an absolute disaster and he’s really destroying every suburban school district with his cuts. I find it laughable here that people freak out about the DOE budget at the federal level being slashed but are completely indifferent to tens of millions being removed from your towns local boe budget causing mass layoffs.
Meanwhile Argentina gets free $40 billion
BRT says:
October 21, 2025 at 4:37 pm
Murphy has been an absolute disaster and he’s really destroying every suburban school district with his cuts.
The $40 billion bailout didn’t work
🇦🇷 Argentina’s Peso has fallen to an all-time low against the U.S. Dollar and has now collapsed 99.8% since 2009 📉📉
So much corruption, so little time
VSG: Comparing Argentina’s bailout to Murphy slashing aid to suburban school districts is a huge stretch.
That’s a federal government issue, and I won’t support it. We are talking state government. What’s your logic here? 40 billion in currency swaps excuses Murphy from doing more damage to education than any other governor. Maybe he’s trying to outdo his awful policies during covid.
Peronists have been a disaster for Argentina’s economy, and anti-American to boot. No wonder US Democrats want them back in power. Make sure all countries in the Americas are anti-American economic basket cases. Including the US.
Nevertheless, Trump continues to make international economic policy that seems entirely based on the level of ass-kissing foreign leaders offer him. Unless they’re actually dangerous to the US, then Trump is willing to compromise on most things.
There is enough money to bail out Argentina. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom.
According to the White House the ballroom is being funded completely by private donors. Regardless, it is a huge amount of money, I don’t be understand how it can cost that much.
Stephenslopolouse is a peedofile.
Trump cancels summit with Putin, says it’s pointless as Putin wants all of the Donbass. Trump went on to say he will reveal his new thinking on the Ukraine war in a couple of days.
Refusing to release the record says all you need to know. Draw your own conclusion, but at least make it make logical sense.
Like the Epstein Files!
$3000 a square foot!
Why is the construction even happening? The government is shut down.
Surely this was non-discretionary and could have been put on hold, right?
Grim: Yep , like the Epstein files, and Trump should release them but he won’t, and Biden should have released them but he didn’t, Why on both? Because there is information that is damning in those files for both Republicans and Democrats. The rich and powerful protect their own.
WTE, I got your Pedo, he was j.o. to Howitzers. I believe he’s your relative thru both side because of mountain inbreeding.
From LA Times
The celebration at Camp Pendleton was billed as an uplifting event to honor the 250th birthday of the United States Marine Corps and highlight the enduring strength and commitment of the nation’s troops.
A simulated beach assault in which artillery was fired from the sand toward the interior of the sprawling base was intended to be a capstone demonstration of the capabilities of the Marine Corps. But the display went awry — and was forced to end early — when an artillery round exploded midair, sending shrapnel raining down onto a California Highway Patrol cruiser that was parked on an Interstate 5 on-ramp.
While no one was hurt, experts say the decision to fire live munitions over the freeway during the ceremony was highly unusual.
While Camp Pendleton is a large base, spanning approximately 125,000 acres between Orange and San Diego counties, its constricted location makes it relatively challenging for Marines to engage in dynamic, live firing exercises. Most of that training happens at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms or north of El Centro at the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, according to a retired senior Marine officer who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
“It’s so canned as we would call it, or preplanned, that there’s not a lot of training value in it,” the source said of large-scale artillery training at Camp Pendleton.
Marines conduct a military exercise on the beach.
Artillery pieces such as the M777 howitzers that were used during Saturday’s demonstration aren’t fired on the base very frequently, and sending artillery rounds over the freeway is extremely rare. In fact, none of Camp Pendleton’s artillery firing areas are located west of Interstate 5, according to base maps.
Designated impact areas — Whiskey and Zulu — are located far inland and are used for live-fire exercises, according to maps of the base. There are also preplanned artillery firing areas, none of which are along the beaches west of Interstate 5, according to maps of the Marine Corps base.
Pendleton’s “Range and Training Area Standing Operating Procedures” notes that use of any artillery firing areas that aren’t pre-established has to be requested 30 days prior to the date of use and requires an environmental review.
“That validates that this is not a regular occurrence and it’s a deviation from standard procedures,” the source said. “It’s really rare.”
A spokesperson for the Marine Corps said the military is still gathering data on how often they’ve fired artillery over Interstate 5.
Here’s what we know:
What happened?
At 1:46 p.m., an artillery round from an M777 howitzer was launched from White’s Beach northward, according to a CHP incident report obtained by The Times. The report said that “an artillery round failed to clear the roadway and detonated midflight. … The explosion sent shrapnel toward” the CHP protective services detail.
An unoccupied CHP patrol vehicle was hit by metal shrapnel and was damaged. The shrapnel that struck the patrol vehicle was about 2 inches by 2½ inches. The shrapnel left what was described as a “small dent/scratch” on the vehicle’s hood.
A chunk of shrapnel is seen on the hood of vehicle.
A chunk of shrapnel is seen on the hood of a California Highway Patrol vehicle amid a live-fire demonstration at Camp Pendleton.
A CHP motorcycle officer heard debris falling on his motorcycle and an area around 3 feet from him, and later found a piece of shrapnel about an inch in length and half an inch wide near the motorcycle. The motorcycle was not damaged.
No one was injured.
A Marine spokesperson said one volley of five shells was fired during the demonstration — four shells hit their target and one exploded midair. The rest of the 55 shells were not fired after the mishap.
What is a M777 howitzer?
The M777 howitzer is an indirect fire weapon, meaning that it’s made to loft explosive shells in an arced trajectory over friendly forces and into enemy territory.
Each round is about 2 feet long and consists of a detonating fuse, projectile, propellant and primer. The fuse is screwed into the front of the shell and determines the manner in which the shell will explode. An impact fuse detonates when it hits the ground, sending shrapnel into opposing forces territory. Proximity fuses are designed to detonate in the air when they are a certain distance from a target, experts say.
They shells fire at a range of 13 to 20 miles, although certain techniques can extend the range up to 25 miles.
It is not clear what type of fuse the Marine Corps used during Saturday’s event. But military officials said they suspect there was an issue with the fuse that led to the premature detonation.
It’s not a surprise that the M777 howitzer was featured in a celebration of the Marine Corps.
The weapon, which been in use by the Army and Marine Corps since 2005, has provided firepower in counter terror and counterinsurgency operations in places like Syria for years. It’s also become one of the more frequently used artillery weapons in the war in Ukraine.
“It would be hard to envision if they were developing a live fire demonstration that they wouldn’t include this system,” said Carlton Haelig, a fellow with the defense program at the Center for New American Security.
What happened with the freeway closure?
Late Wednesday night, the Marine Corps posted a statement on X saying it intended to hold a “live-fire” demonstration on Saturday at Camp Pendleton and that no public highways or transportation routes would be closed.
“All training events will occur on approved training ranges and comport with established safety protocols,” the statement said, adding that the White House would film the demonstration to be included in a national prime-time broadcast on Nov. 9.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said that the Marine Corps on Thursday confirmed that the exercise would be conducted on training ranges, as is done routinely at the base, but not over Interstate 5.
State officials had been weighing whether to order the closure of the freeway themselves — but by Thursday morning, amid the new assurances, they backed off of those plans.
But on Friday, state officials observed M777 howitzers fire shells over Interstate 5 from Red Beach. A Marine spokesperson later said it was part of a dress rehearsal.
The state also received a request late Friday from the event organizers that electronic bulletin boards along Interstate 5 read: “Overhead fire in progress,” the governor’s office said. The wording seen on Saturday said, “Live weapons over freeway.”
By Saturday morning, Newsom’s office and Caltrans announced there would be a closure of a 17-mile stretch of Interstate 5 during the demonstration “due to safety concerns.”
Newsom’s press office accused the federal government in a post on X of misleading Californians about live munitions being fired over the freeway and saying the governor was overreacting when he issued the freeway closure.
“Without a doubt an apology is owed — to not just Californians, but all Americans,” the office wrote on X.
Grim: From what I understood not having some sort of ballroom for official events has been an issue for years, and the use of tents was problematic as is understandable. However, it did not need to cost that amount of money even if taxpayers are not paying for it.
Who’s funding the ballroom?
Embarrassing to keep blaming Biden. Which president congratulated E pstein on his birthday book?
I’ll give you a clue, it wasn’t Biden.
3b says:
October 21, 2025 at 5:56 pm
Grim: Yep , like the Epstein files, and Trump should release them but he won’t, and Biden should have released them but he didn’t, Why on both? Because there is information that is damning in those files for both Republicans and Democrats. The rich and powerful protect their own.
I’ll give you a clue, it wasn’t Biden.
O’Biden goes one better; he showers with his daughter.
VSG: No, it is not embarrassing you just won’t acknowledge the fact that Biden should have, but he didn’t. Why not? And, if there was damning information about Trump in those files even more reason to release them. But he didn’t, why not? What’s embarrassing is saying that Trump wishing Epstein a happy birthday in his birthday book is in and of itself indicative of Trumps guilt.
Haha, gotta love the Bee…
‘Democrats Enjoy Their Favorite Pastime Of Holding All-White Rallies’
hE’s a bILLionAirE …. hE dOnAteS hIs sALaRy….
Folks it’s a privately funded ballroom for the White House. Google donated $22 million, Lockheed Martin $10 million… Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Coinbase, Comcast, T-Mobile, and others were also reportedly present at the donor dinner where the donations were exchanged for future favors.
There have been many renovations of the White House. There is precedent for the President to make changes.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/10/white-house-ballroom-proud-presidential-legacy/
All-White Rallies……Yup the one I attended was all white on Rt 35 in Red Bank. I did not notice but that slippery when wet singer Bon Jovi was there too. He is now officially a Florida man lives and lives few houses away from Trump too on Ocean Blvd in Palm Beach…
Juice: The White House was totally gutted and redone in the late 1940s at a massive cost at the time. The place was falling apart and structurally unsound. The facade is the only original part of the White House. The renovation had all sorts of problems, and took over 4 years, and apparently a lot of short cuts were taken and cheap materials used.
Eddie – Biden administration prosecuted the folks who released Ashley Biden’s diary instead of the Pedo in chief. Ashley was possibly 13 years old during these showers that she documented in her diary.
Biden is a creep.. he would swim in his pool nude around female Secret Service agents at his home in Delaware. Word is he was the second worst post after Hillary and Bill. It’s been not reported all that much but he is a grifter like Trump too. He rented out the guest house on his Deleware property to the Secret Service for $2,200 a month.
3b – I was there a few years back before the extra fences went up. It did not look all that great to me and the President’s Dining Room and the Cross Hall was tiny. I was there before when Regan was President too. I thought the place was tiny and falling apart back then too.
https://tinyurl.com/yc43mpjj
But hey it’s more headlines….even if it is paid for by donations…..
My two cents on Trump.
Just think about it, he cried about Pelosi with insider trading as one of his lines to get votes; he then goes and does the same thing with crypto, but to the tune of 1 billion dollars.
He now wants the taxpayers to pay him 230 million?
If this isn’t the twilight zone, i don’t know what is. This is some crazy chit.
And the sad part, which really pisses me off, what’s to stop this from going on for now on? He’s slowly breaking down the system of checks and balances that were in place for a long time. Executive branch is increasing in power and that’s scary.
So next president will do the same chit…..
SMH (pumpkin style)
Pumpkin – if you are coming back you have to go hard.
There is no room for weak shit around here.
Juice: For 250 million dollars you would think they redo the entire White House and a big chunk of DC itself. The thing is when people day Trump is destroying the historic east wing, he really isn’t, there’s not all that much historical about it. There is more then enough other stuff to criticize Trump for.
Juice: I forgot about Biden and showering with his Daughter, maybe he is in the Epstein files. I mean if you can shower with your teenage daughter, then he could have been participating in on Epstein island.
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No way Bongiovi was at a No King’s rally. He is a super conservative. One of the reasons he bailed on Monmouth County. It wasn’t just a tax dodge.
Juice Box says:
October 21, 2025 at 8:01 pm
All-White Rallies……Yup the one I attended was all white on Rt 35 in Red Bank. I did not notice but that slippery when wet singer Bon Jovi was there too. He is now officially a Florida man lives and lives few houses away from Trump too on Ocean Blvd in Palm Beach…
Trump went on to say he will reveal his new thinking on the Ukraine war in a couple of days.
Just like we are waiting for him to deliver Infrastructure Week and his plan to replace ACA from his first term.
Sorry, how is this ballroom being funded. Donnie as a major donor. That’s a red flag. Donnie does not spend his own money, period. I still want to see the receipts for his salary donations. And remember the 2016 Inauguration scandal.
“rented out the guest house on his Deleware property to the Secret Service for $2,200 a month.”
Wow whats the going rate for a rental in Delaware?
Roll Donnie. I assume that Donnie wont let any common low rent regular building site Sh1tters at his properties.
Restroom Resources LLC of Wrightstown, New Jersey, was contracted for more than $80,000 to provide ‘portable restroom rentals.’ The company website boasts “luxury amenities in every (porta potty) unit.”
https://nj1015.com/secret-service-golf-club-expenses/
https://nj1015.com/secret-service-golf-club-expenses/
Whats the Polymarket for a Donnie third term. I’m scared to look.
But hey it’s more headlines….even if it is paid for by donations…..
If Trump Hotel DC was still going, would this have ever been proposed?
If Trump Hotel DC was still going, would this have ever been proposed?
He’s building it right now.
you forgot the rest of my post
Draw your own conclusion, but at least make it make logical sense.
Paid for by Trump’s handlers.
I’m sure they are installing all of the latest microphones and video surveillance that money can buy as well.
If walls could talk…