Final Installment Before the Fearsome 8th of November
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The pink champagne on ice, and she said
We are all just prisoners here
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For $3.3M+, live in a piece of French Quarter history in this 1841 mansion
Live in a piece of history in this French Quarter home, with a fascinating centuries-long lineage and beautiful architecture, all for $3,350,000.
The Sindos-Latorre-Boucvalt House lies in a quiet section of the Vieux Carre at 1025 St. Louis St.
The property, originally acquired in 1785 by Louison Cheval, a free woman of color, was the site of a Creole cottage until her grandson, Leon Pierre Sindos, and his brother-in-law Severin Latorre [both free men of color] built the current home.
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I am shocked … shocked to learn there was fraud going on with a major player among ultra-high-income people!
Prison time for good old Les Moonves? Odd, no mention of that.
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On October 6, 60 year old Irina Tsybaneva left a note on the grave of the Russian president’s parents. The note read: “Parents of a serial killer, take him, we have so much pain and misery from him, the whole world prays for his death [illegible]. Death to Putin, you raised a freak and a killer.”
Tsybaneva has been accused of violating a burial place on the grounds of political or ideological hatred, and has since been living under house arrest. However, the Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg canceled her house arrest. [meduza.io]
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Well, I don’t know, but it might work -
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One more symptom of the always-lowering level of understanding of the ‘Merican populace … and consequent political calamity we face:
And in fact when the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) surveyed its members last month, just 11 percent said they believed the United States was already in recession. By contrast, a whopping 58 percent of Americans overall believe we’re in recession, according to a YouGov survey. [ Catherine Rampell, WaPo.com]
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Here’s some beauty, which might help the night before the election.
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You probably already knew this, but. “A congressionally mandated, online database went live today that will allow the public to search federal judges’ financial disclosures after a Wall Street Journal report last year revealed that more than 150 federal judges failed to recuse themselves from cases involving companies they or their family members owned stock in. [Crooked Media]
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National Park Service Asks Visitors to Please Stop Licking Toads
The Sonoran desert toad’s toxins create an intense psychedelic experience, but that’s not an excuse to put one in your mouth.
The U.S. National Park Service made the plea last week to help protect the Sonoran desert toad, which secretes a toxin unlike any other found on the planet.
The effects of the toxin depend on your perspective. Some call it a dangerous poison that can make people sick and can even be deadly. Others call it the “God molecule,” a hallucinogenic so potent it is often compared to a religious experience. ]NYT]
But, maybe after tomorrow’s election returns?
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And here’s some weirdness, which might not help, but, hey, what the hell?