From Channel 6 Philly:
Shore summer rentals see early surge as travelers book ahead
With 14 weeks to go until Memorial Day, the countdown to summer is already driving interest at the Jersey shore, where real estate professionals say vacationers are booking rentals while winter weather still lingers.
Those in the shore real estate business say many people, weary of cold, ice and snow, are already planning a week or two by the beach to get through the winter months.
“I just got three calls this morning,” said Kenny Robinson, a real estate agent with Berkshire Hathaway/Fox and Roach in Margate.
Robinson said he is seeing early interest in summer rentals, a sign of a strong start to the season.
Local tourism experts noted that last year, many renters booked shorter stays and waited longer to commit.
That trend matched what Maria Kirk saw last summer. Kirk runs Shore Summer Rentals, a direct vacation booking website focused exclusively on the Jersey shore.
“Last year, it started out much slower. But by the time June arrived, most of my hosts were booked,” Kirk said.
This year, however, demand appears to be picking up sooner.
“This year already, we’re seeing an increase, where this time last year, it was a little less. This year, people are like – whether they didn’t come last year or not – they’re ready to come back. And our traffic’s been tremendous,” Kirk said.
1st
Damn
Re: Shore Summer Rentals.
How about this gem in Lavallette…just sold for $649,000
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/37-E-Flamingo-Way-Lavallette-NJ-08735/39603269_zpid/
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Epstein’s secretarial aide story. She was called in to work one evening. When she got there, the door to Epstein’s office is closed so she sat in outer office. Door opens and Trump walks out. He stops and stares at her for a prolonged time and then said,”You arent 16.” Epstein walks out and says, “No, she’s not for you” and then he leads Trump away to another room.
Did you notice the pictures? The toilet is cast in solid gold. Looks like a bargain price.
Juice Box says:
February 17, 2026 at 6:56 am
Re: Shore Summer Rentals.
How about this gem in Lavallette…just sold for $649,000
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/37-E-Flamingo-Way-Lavallette-NJ-08735/39603269_zpid/
Ten 403!
Costa Rica question for Lib…
Thoughts on the American surfer that was murdered (assassinated???)? I’ve heard rumors that as El Salvador has become stable, CR might be moving in the opposite direction. Any truth to that? Is this incident likely just a one-off, or indicative of problems that should worry ex-pats?
Juice: 649K for that crap box is staggering. When the real estate decline comes to our area and it will, places like that on the shore, and shore houses (second homes) are going to get crushed.
Small: According to what I Have read CR crime rate is increasing, and it is being destabilized by the drug cartels. CR does not have an army (it was abolished after a civil war in 1948) ,so they are limited in fighting back against the drug cartels.
3b – Another beach block beauty.. All for the low low price of $799K.
Bonus is no 28 steps to walk up. The new rules say everything built new needs to Base Flood Elevation + 4 feet.. as high as 16 ft elevated on pilings.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/21-E-Dune-Way-121-Lavallette-NJ-08735/460473477_zpid/
Another note.. Lavallette and pretty much all shore towns are now reviewing zoning and building height regulations in response to new, stricter state-mandated flood elevation rules that took effect on January 20, 2026. The new New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) “REAL” rules require new or significantly renovated homes in flood zones to be elevated 4 feet higher than previous standards.
Juice: It is literally a large shed! I cant see how anyone would pay that kind of money to own that. As for the New height requirements, while it may help solve flooding issues, it will create a lot of inconveniences for people too.
3b -Height limit is 28 ft in many towns. 2½ stories or 28 feet whichever is less. They are going to have to raise it quite a bit if they want two stories on top of 16 ft pilings.
Juice, ehh, you are better off buying something in SC , georgia or Fl and fly down for Fri Sat Sun, as you transition to 4 day work week in your 50/60s. The price difference and bonus being able to use it in the winter makes south a better value. I don’t enjoy the cold anymore in my 50s
3b, regarding the large shed. Would you even insure this? I would think you could pocket the premium cost and just have a gc rebuild it for you .
Imagine actually paying money to be at the Jersey shore.
I’ve met some people who think it’s the best place to be.
Probably overlaps with people who think Springstein’s music is good.
De gustibus non est disputandum
hollywood in a tizzy. chinese ai works pretty good
https://x.com/RuairiRobinson/status/2021394940757209134
ai steals our work. american corporations afraid their work is being stolen.
you asked for it.
In any other world, the story at 7:51 would take up weeks of airwaves and blog comments.
Donald Trump’s so-called Department of War is threatening to cut ties with Anthropic because it won’t help the Pentagon conduct mass surveillance on Americans or make fully autonomous weapons that the administration can use however it likes.
A senior Trump administration official told Axios Monday that the Pentagon was fed up after Anthropic refused unfettered use of its AI systems. “Everything’s on the table,” including cutting ties altogether, the official said.
An “orderly replacement” would have to be found, if they ended the relationship, the official added.
Last summer, Anthropic signed a contract with the Pentagon valued up to $200 million—but the company set hard boundaries against its systems being used to develop weapons, conduct surveillance, or facilitate violence. For months, the Pentagon has sought to negotiate with Anthropic to let the military use its tools for “all lawful purposes,” including weapons development and intelligence gathering, without being forced to argue individual use cases.
In January, tensions came to a head after an executive at Anthropic reportedly reached out to an executive at Palantir to ask whether it had used the company’s Claude AI assistant as part of the U.S. military raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. (Spoiler alert: It did.)
“It was raised in such a way to imply that they might disapprove of their software being used, because obviously there was kinetic fire during that raid, people were shot,” the senior official told Axios.
https://x.com/RuairiRobinson/status/2021471873918529805?s=20
haha
Measles is back. Big time.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/measles-cases-at-university-in-florida-soar-amid-growing-outbreaks-nationwide/
Thanks to RFK and everyone here who voted for the Orange man. Sorry, but truth is Orange man bad.
I’m ready for the woke crowd to accuse China of the high crime of “cultural appropriation” for training robots to breakdance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykiuz1ZdGBc see 0.58
Despite all the surface glam, the CCTV Chinese New Year Gala sucked yet again, mixing high tech showoff stunts with very artificial imagery, plastic surgery girl-faces, fake joy, token Chinese minority togetherness bits, heavy product placements, and old people wildly overacting with annoying voices.
Explain how someone who is now a sophomore in university who was supposed to be vaccinated at age 1 is a product of Trump?
RFK was involved back then, along with numerous Hollywood folks.
Antivaxxing used to be mostly a hippie thing.
According to this, there has been no change to federal recommendations for the measles vaccine (measles, mumps, rubella), though other recommendations changed:
https://www.kff.org/other-health/the-new-federal-vaccine-schedule-what-changed/
So for measles it’s probably more accurate to blame Hollywood and travelers.
Rent – can the histrionics.. A 19 year old college student skipped their measles vaccinations when they were a child? Any chance they are a foreign exchange student? Most schools here even in Florida still require vaccination to attend school. First dose for MMR is 1 year and and the second at 4–6 years old. So either blame GWB or Obama because they were President back then. Adults can still be vaccinated later too, perhaps the college should demand it for admissions?
Seriously for Measles the only recommendation was to change MMR and separate measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccines to separate doses for the first doses at 1 year old. This is what we did for our children when they were little, we gave their immunity response a break and split it up. Now the CDC is recommending splitting it up. You know science and all.
“Despite all the surface glam, the CCTV Chinese New Year Gala sucked yet again”
yeah but that brad pitt tom cruise thing was funny as hell.
and well done.
and scaring the hell out of the entrenched creatures in hollywood.
all those years of educating their people, bringing the collective up to speed, is working and will allow them to keep moving forward, while in america the people can’t afford higher education so instead are drinking and vaping up.
What is causing the Measles outbreaks? Is it RFK? Did everyone 5 years ago magically decide he would be in his position in 2024 and not vaccinate? Can you explain why Canada’s infection rate dwarfs that of the US? It’s 20 times higher last I checked. That’s astronomical. Is that Trump’s fault as well? When you look at a nation like Japan that has a higher vaccination rate, they find nearly all of their cases arise from travel to other countries.
To be clear, I think people should be getting the MMR vaccine. As far as the causes of outbreaks…there’s obviously other factors involved than just uptake rate of the native population. The typical threshold target for vaccination is 95%. The last time that was hit was 2019 under Trump. From Biden to today, it has hovered in the 93 to 92% range.
measles.
rfk weirdo probably uses Goop Gwinith as well.
then you have the freak religions you always have to deal with.
and the mommies on the mommy blog that “heard from someone” that drinking carrot juice gets rid of measles.
but none of them are child rapists, gotta look at the bright side ya know!
No One – you beat me too it. Rent is busy gasping and clutching their pearls at every opportunity. I bet Rent even still wears a mask at the supermarket and while driving too.
Juice,
Looks like we both have a grip on reality. Unlike the people driving alone in masks. And the obsessive antivaxxers.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rfk-jr-anti-vaxx-nonsense-221248754.html
During the deadly measles outbreak in Texas last year, Kennedy advised that state residents take extra vitamins rather than receive the vaccine, and justified a local religious community’s decision not to receive the vaccine by claiming that the measles vaccine contains “aborted fetus debris” as well as “DNA particles.” Fact check: It does not.
Even Kennedy’s own officials have denied his health conspiracies, potentially at cost to their employment.
But the 71-year-old has a lot to gain from pushing disinformation about the jab: the more doubt and division Kennedy sows, the more money he’ll make. Ahead of his appointment, Kennedy disclosed that he made roughly $10 million in 2024 from speaking fees and dividends from his anti-vaccine lawsuits. He’s also made cash from merchandising handled by his nonprofit, Children’s Health Defense, which bungled anti-vax messaging in Samoa so badly that it started a 2019 outbreak that resulted in the deaths of at least 83 people, the majority of whom were children under the age of 5.
The reality is that this a majority of this administration are pedos, rapists and anti-vaxxers.
And the other reality is that Juice Box and No One support pedos.
And third reality is that BRT is an apologist for this stupid administration.
Rent – Mennonites at the center of the measles outbreak in Texas and the one in Brooklyn was the Yiddish community. That is a whole different kind of unreality there.
MMR vaccine was developed in the 1960s using fetuses. That is a fact look it up, today they do not use fetuses because they continue to grow the same cell lines from those aborted fetuses established decades ago and have been growing continuously in laboratories since then.
Speaking of reality Rent I have a question for you.
Do you ever use the term “going crazy”, either is passing to friends and family?
I recently watched the two most Academy-Award nominated movies this year, both on HBO Max now. Sinners, and One Battle After Another.
Both are pretty mediocre action films, dressed up with Diverse casts and Social Justice agendas. Both encourage the notion that most older white males typically want to kill minorities. Except the one white male played by DeCaprio who’s resigned to be cucked by a Strong Black Woman.
One Battle pretty explicitly romanticizes armed revolution against what I’d call a left-winger’s deranged caricature of America.
Sinners pretty much shows black people having a good time shooting each other, drinking, and committing adultery, while playing mostly blues music, then the party gets ruined by white vampires showing up and trying to kill them all while singing some Irish songs.
You sound just like a Qanon poster at this point.
Crime has increased in Costa Rica due to the Drug Cartels. Though higher than it used it to be, it is still way lower than rates in most of gun happy America. If you have homicide anxiety in Costa Rica, then make sure you stay out of DC or Chicago where it is three times more likely you will die at the hands of a gun.
The lack of a military has made drug trafficking through CR more common. So has the huge increase in home values and influx of rich Europeans and Americans who brought their drug abusing lifestyle. Like anywhere else, don’t flaunt your wealth and you will likely be fine. Also, avoid the cities where all of the tourists go especially after ten pm.
El Salvador is now safer, but they have instituted draconian anti-crime methods where rights have been stripped and way too many innocents have been caught in the political crossfire ending up in jail without committing any crimes. And just try to get out of a jail in El Salvador.
Again, it’s mostly how one behaves in these Central American countries. If you bring your family down for a family beach vacation, you are likely not going to be a target. Go out to the bars and Jaco and Tamarindo, order a huge meal and expensive drinks for everyone and you likely will be targeted for theft. Fight back and you likely will die for it.
All Central American countries do no have enough police. They simply can’t afford them. It’s really up to the locals to keep the crime away in these places. It’s hard for them to fight the drug cartels that mainly exist due to American’s insatiable desire to abuse drugs.
12:39 okkkkay Roger Ebert . Now review this load I just pumped on your face.
Granny doesn’t care about Pedos as long as she gets her government handouts.
Dark Phoenix says:
February 17, 2026 at 7:51 am
Epstein’s secretarial aide story. She was called in to work one evening. When she got there, the door to Epstein’s office is closed so she sat in outer office. Door opens and Trump walks out. He stops and stares at her for a prolonged time and then said,”You arent 16.” Epstein walks out and says, “No, she’s not for you” and then he leads Trump away to another room.
As for the measles thing. When your director of health is an anti-vaxxer when there is zero evidence that there is a link to autism, the rate of measles and other diseases will likely increase in the future. And yes, during the early 2000’s the anti-vaxxers made tremendous amounts of money from spreading false claims of a link to autism and vaccines to stupid parents looking for answers. These children as well as the religious fools who feel God should make the rules and not any government are likely responsible for the increase today. Fear not, in about ten to fifteen more years, the outbreaks will be larger and more frequent due to the worm brain’s lies.
Hard core Conservative and Capitalist Granny gets socialist government funded universal healthcare, Universal Social Security basic income, taxpayer funded subsidies for property taxes, tax breaks if shes into farming
She’s Ann Ryan fan, of course
“Geared toward keeping seniors in New Jersey during their golden years, Stay NJ is designed to offer property tax rebates to those 65 and older with incomes of up to $500,000. It’s projected that 90% of eligible recipients have incomes of less than $200,000.“
Perhaps unlike other countries, US needs its immigration to sustain job growth.
I was at a car wash over the weekend.. $14 but no guys to use the hand towel, and it was full of stains after the drive through wash. The same thing before, would involve 3 to 4 hardworking immigrant workers towel drying for a few bucks of tip.
We can’t have a good thing going.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/drop-unauthorized-immigration-slows-job-180350115.html
WSJ Editorial excerpt:
Would and should the United States commit troops to defend Taiwan if China were to move on the island democracy? Give Ms. Ocasio-Cortez credit for an unscripted answer:
“Um, you know, I think that, uh, this is such a, you know, I think that this is a, um, this is of course a very long-standing, um, policy of the United States. Uh and I think what we are hoping for is that we want to make sure that we never get to that point and we want to make sure that we are moving in all of our economic research and our global positions to avoid any such confrontation and for that question to even arise.”
re: “towel drying for a few bucks of tip”
Typical of an affluent liberal customer who is too lazy to wash their own car lamenting that they no longer have cheap, “off-the-books” labor of workers drying cars for cash tips. These “Carwasheros” are victims starting with wage theft and ending with no path to citizenship.
These people are earning less than minimum wage, off the books. Payments to them made in cash without records avoid payroll taxes (Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment). This reduces the federal and state revenue needed to fund the very social programs many “liberals” claim they support.
Since these workers rarely have employer-sponsored health insurance or workers’ compensation, a workplace accident often results in an emergency room visit where the costs are shifted to taxpayers or other insured patients through uncompensated care.
Shame on you for lamenting not their fate but the fact is you now might have to remove the stains from our car by yourself….shame, shame, shame…
I’m a fairly strong car wash tipper. Since there are no taxes on tips. You can blame the orange one for their burden on American Society.
Lib,
It’s so stupid to blame the drug sellers instead of the drug buyers.
Truth is that I did try to wash the car with my daughter – she loves doing it, but the hose broke in half due to the cold. I was actually surprised it not cracked but broke into two pieces.
But you are missing the point.
Bangladesh has it’s share of economic troubles, but the population is young, energetic and just threw out a corrupt politician and elected to get a fresh start.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/17/incoming-bangladesh-pm-tarique-rahman-lawmakers-sworn-into-parliament
You have to give credit where it’s due.
We on the other hand, keep re-electing corrupt politicians.
No One,
How about we boycott the drug sellers. Puff City be damned.
Lib: You are absolutely right on Americans insatiable demand for drugs. I would also point out European countries are a huge market for the drug cartels , specifically for cocaine. And although it is no longer considered just the rich mans drug, it ir is very much a part of the wealthy/celebrity lifestyle.
DJT stock back down to 52 week low. Hey, what’s a 42 cents a share loss when each share is only worth $10.
It’s truly amazing how Trump is such an amazing POTUS and absolutely horrible at nearly everything else. It kind of lends one to believe that it’s all a show. Doesn’t it?
Chgo: It is one thing to give an unscripted/unpolished answer, it is a whole other thing to give an answer that says I’d don’t know WTF I am talking about. She has been a member of Congress, she is not growing and maturing in the job that is for sure.
Germany doesn’t hold back…
https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-ally-humiliates-trump-by-degrading-him-on-presidents-day/
DJT stock back down to 52 week low. Hey, what’s a 42 cents a share loss when each share is only worth $10.
You shoulda listened to me when you were complaining it was at $80.
The wagering economy..
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-backs-kalshi-polymarket-183050941.html
Why should the govt abet betting?
A congresswoman has no real power to dictate foreign policy, but it certainly helps to distract and entertain the poorly educated.
Where’s Maga on Infrastructure Week and Obamacare Replacement???
3b says:
February 17, 2026 at 2:43 pm
Chgo: It is one thing to give an unscripted/unpolished answer, it is a whole other thing to give an answer that says I’d don’t know WTF I am talking about. She has been a member of Congress, she is not growing and maturing in the job that is for
But Pret said no more writedowns?
Cathie Wood’s ARKK Takes Fresh Hit After Falling 50% Since Covid
RentBore is like the gift that keeps giving. He has TDS real bad. Every post he makes is laughable, but not in a funny way. I didn’t even vote for Trump and I can see his TDS. Plus RentBore seems obsessed with having sex with children. Suppressed urges? Projection?
Staaaaawwwwwp Chode. Stay in your lane
South Jersey blows anyway. Chode ass bitch.
Art: All you can do is post your inane drivel posts every day, and then deflect when you can’t answer a quest or refuse to acknowledge you are wrong.
As for your last stupid post where you state a member of Congress can’t dictate foreign policy, who said they did? AOC is one of the most prominent members of the Democratic Party now, she is a potential Presidential candidate, she was asked a question about Taiwan at an international security conference, and she could not answer it. It has nothing to do with her influencing foreign policy as a member of congress. After 7 years as a member of Congress and her degree in international relations one would expect she could give a rational, informed, coherent, answer on a huge international security issue. She failed miserably.
Your comment on where is MAGA on infrastructure is a good distraction for the poorly educated and informed on the left like yourself.
Chad: When are you going to Edinburgh again?
3b,
Yes, although I haven’t booked anything yet. I normally go once a year.
I‘m high as a kite right now. I use more drugs than Keith Richards. A fart makes more sense than anything I post here.
My mom smoked my cock
As a baby.
4:11 – I see that you are taking the pedo accusations very personally. smh
Chad: Got it. I go back again in May ( business). It was cold and even got some snow.
Omg!!! I thought I was the only German Homo on this board!! Ach Tung
Grim: Can you please delete the comment at 4:35, that is not me. The ass hole who is doing this needs to stop.
This: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRKn-NOjNnd/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
Anyone who posts disgusting comments about someone’s spouse, children, or parents, is the lowest form of scum. Ironically, it’s probably a proud liberal/ progressive who posts these kinds of comments. They are the biggest hypocrites.
I love men!!! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTtgeF5iXNT/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
4:41 cry harder bitch boy
Very funny stuff guys, haha. The decline of this site continues.
3b, I might go watch the Glenfiddich in October. I‘ve been once before.
Not gonna lie… that was funny.
FATTS: I knew it was you. FAT , stoned, and unemployed. Complete loser.
Chad: Solo competition that should be enjoyable.
Chad: It’s only a handful that are really being disruptive to the blog. One of then has psychological issues and is a drug addict.
3b,
The thing with the Glenfiddich is that its held in the medieval hall at Blair Castle. A great atmosphere and the best solo players of the year.
Chad: You can’t get a better environment than that.
Chad: Thinking of getting a set of parlor pipes.
You should suck those parlor pipes like the bitch you are.
Chad,
I’m German too. Half Ukraine/Half German.
FATTS: They are not mouth blown, sorry you don’t get to indulge your homosexual fantasies. Facts is FATT, a drug addict, unemployed, and a closet homosexual. Just trash that should be put out on the curb.
Kneel before Zod
Lib,
Lots of Ukrainians in our area due to the war. Many are applying for German citizenship as they meet the time requirements for residency.
3b,
I‘m looking at a set of Cocobolo pipes made by Keith Jeffers in the US. Its a great looking wood.
FATT/FACTS!!
Kneel
FATTS! Aka Lard Ass!!
Where’s Maga on Infrastructure Week and Obamacare Replacement???
Art: Where is Art on AOC? Art can’t answer.
“Art: All you can do is post your inane drivel posts every day, and then deflect when you can’t answer a quest or refuse to acknowledge you are wrong.”
3b as was pointed out previously, if you want the discourse in here to imporve, start with yourself.
Juice that car wash rant really does sum you up.
Where is the outrage at the firimg of Anti trust chief Gale Slater? Where?
https://prospect.org/2026/02/16/justice-department-lobbyists-gail-slater-pam-bondi/
Mamdummy’s ‘accomplishments’ so far:
– 20 people frozen to death after a medium severity snow storm
– Streets still covered with piles of frozen snow, which are littered with tons of animal feces and uncollected trash, almost a month after the storm
– Teenagers marauding through malls
– Apologies to the guy that tried to kill a cop, coupled with pressure on the DA to ensure he doesn’t get prosecuted and is back on the street asap
– Proposal to raise the property tax rate for the first time in 20 years
If you thought it was impossible for the Dems to do more damage to a city than Dem idiots like TamponTim, BurnItDown Bass and the corrupt imbecile in Chicago have already done, just wait until you see what Mamdummy does to NYC!
Mmmmm Trump is doing great though!!!
Fab: You would be wrong, in this instance. I said the posters comments were inane, and that he refuses to acknowledge when he is wrong. While my comment to him was robust , and critical, it was not a personal attack on him.
Lobbyists with ties to Trump control the Justice Department through their sock puppets of Bondi, her top deputy Todd Blanche, and previously her chief of staff Chad Mizelle. These lobbyists—Mike Davis, Arthur Schwartz, Brian Ballard of Ballard Partners, Kellyanne Conway—get millions of dollars from monopolist corporations, in return for delivering sweetheart settlements and merger green lights. We’ve seen this happen over and over: Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks, Amex GBT and CWT Holdings, Compass and Anywhere Real Estate, UnitedHealth and Amedisys. Live Nation–Ticketmaster is next, followed by Visa. When Slater stepped down, Live Nation stock soared.
This isn’t about some high-minded theory of market dynamics or national-security considerations, or about personal vendettas and who ruffled whose feathers. Davis and his pals are cashing checks.
Try this: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUQjwogiJeJ/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
IRL: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUhoj-5iDbA/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
https://pennsylvaniaindependent.com/health-care/insurance-pennie-aca-affordable-care-act-medicaid-cuts-hospitals-doctors-nurses-burnout-closures/
No transition plan. Actually, no plan.