"Built in 1928 by Genevieve Ludlow Griscom, a member of the club—or cult—the Outer Court of the Order of the Living Christ. The group worked off the idea that Jesus, upon his return, would decamp to the Bronx..." #FridayNightZillowny.curbed.com/2017/4/5/15197…
This doesn't really seem like the bathroom of a carpenter. #FridayNightZillow
A sad backstory here.
Sandra Galuten and her late husband Jerry renovated the house but she had to sell, and ended up living in a hotel room.
"How this woman went from living in a 'Jesus' mansion to Bronx hotel room" #FridayNightZillow nypost.com/2019/03/02/how…
Apparently the Order that built this lived in shacks on and near the property and would only go in the mansion to dust, play the piano and maintain it for the moment Christ would arrive; he didn't. #FridayNightZillow
Artifacts apparently include Vatican-quality marble and chandeliers from the Plaza Hotel. #FridayNightZillow
Also, apparently updated with modern amenities like a walk-in freezer, a whole-house generator and a Safe Room. Feels ironic. #FridayNightZillow
Jesus never showed up, but soap star Susan Lucci apparently did. #FridayNightZillow
I don't know about you, but I'd 100X rather have this house and these views than those vertigo-inducing Billionaire Row monstrosities. Though I would be doing some redecorating! #FridayNightZillow
Next up: An even-more-insane, mega-haunted, mega-priced mega-mansion on the coast. #FridayNightZillow
Allegedly HAUNTED Newport, Rhode Island mega-mansion is on #FridayNightZillow. It has a bizarre backstory which starts, surprisingly, in *Dupont Circle.*
"Built in 1907 for Edson Bradley, it was originally located in Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C." ! The mansion was moved later to Newport, piece by piece. The feat was covered by "Ripley's Believe it or Not" #FridayNightZillow
"Rooms that had been imported intact from France and installed in Washington, D.C. twenty years earlier were moved again and reassembled in Newport, and the new building was constructed around them."
They got awards for this apparent Gilded Age insanity. #FridayNightZillow
Stats: 29BRs, 19BAs, 43K square feet, 30 parkings spaces and 7+ lush acres on the coast.
Pretty pricey though at $29.9M and I'd want to do A LOT of renovating. #FridayNightZillow
It includes "The Flagellation" (circa 1544–47), "an early-Renaissance stained-glass window designed for Milan Cathedral," per the listing. But that's not why it's supposedly haunted... #FridayNightZillow
Seaview has its own Wikipedia page.
Nugget:
* Exterior was set of 1960s TV show Dark Shadows
* Featured in goofy ghosty-themed episodes on SyFy and Travel Channel
* 1973 movie Great Gatsby filmed next door
* Sold for $8K in 1949 after WWII use by Army en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaview_T…
Newport Buzz posted a "Ghost Hunters" episode with an "investigation" of the haunted stuff at the mansion. Skimmed it. SO CRINGY. Basically, they say they hear voices & stuff & a camera falls over. But the house does seem haunt-y! #FridayNightZillowthenewportbuzz.com/ghost-hunters-…
Normally, if I'm spending $29.9M I want some gaudy kitchen shots, sweet wood floors, some kind of heated pool and so on. This place was used for a long time as a school with a dorm though. #FridayNightZillow
A little disappointing the pics don't show much of this. Or a kitchen and some bathooms...
"The home covered more than half a city block, and included a chapel with seating for 150, a large ballroom, an art gallery, and a 500-seat theatre." #FridayNightZillow
Up NEXT on #FridayNightZillow (A LOT MORE TO COME): I'll reveal what this is and where you can find it:
"Hot Yoga Room/Turkish Bath"
Gets steamy in there; mood lighting available. This white marble room alone is 500 sf! Designed to reach 105 degrees. Alexandria, Virginia, you're on #FridayNightZillowzillow.com/homedetails/49…
I actually really like this house. It's got some cringe, but I like the layout and feels like some thought went into it.
You'd have to really like that color, the idea of showering in the middle of a room with a naked person staring at you from a painting, and hope that the painting doesn't get moldy from being in a bathroom. #FridayNightZillow
But I could see myself actually enjoying a week rental here. Maybe that's the highest and best use? VRBO? #FridayNightZillow
Up next on #FridayNightZillow. Posting this for one reason: this was "Frank Sinatra's desert hideaway" Villa Maggio. $4.25M. California. Not my style, but maybe it's yours. zillow.com/homedetails/70…
I'm posting this on #FridayNightZillow for one reason. It's the mansion of the founder of Bob's Big Boy. And yes, it includes a Bob's Big Boy statue. $3.75M. Palm Springs, California. redfin.com/CA/Palm-Spring…
Time for some affordable housing next on #FridayNightZillow. Warning: The taxidermy conveys.
Fair warning, this place is a little nuts, and features this angry owl. #FridayNightZillow
The hides, taxidermy, and a 17' boat convey.
Walking distance to a lake, 2BR, 1BA, both the front and rump of a deer sticking out of a wall, .37 acres for, checks notes, $159K.
"All of this is just a .8 mile walk to Takoma metro! The Walter Reed Development which will feature Whole Foods is just up the street." Real estate agents must have a handbook that tells them all to say stuff like this. #FridayNightZillow
You could retire here with a monthly payment of a little over $1,300 and more space than you know what to do with. I'd want to overhaul that blindingly white kitchen though. #FridayNightZillow
Ok, but what about just flat, cheap houses? Welcome Waynoka, Oklahoma to #FridayNightZillow, where $44K gets you 3BRs, 2BA. A $182 monthly payment!!
That's cheaper than a storage locker will cost you on the East Coast and it appears to be a real home. zillow.com/homedetails/15…
Fixer-upper of the week. Wichita mansion called the "most historic" in Kansas in 2010 (?) is available for just $139.9K. But it needs a ton of work. #FridayNightZillowzillow.com/homedetails/10…
Next up on #FridayNightZillow: A gorgeous mansion with, um, a cannabis factory??? What? This is America in 2021 apparently.
The setting is just flat gorgeous. The inside is pretty standard fare for big overbuilt suburbia. #FridayNightZillow
🤯"This inspiring home and landscape also includes an OLCC tier 1 mix use cannabis producer license that creates a steady income year-round with its professionally built 5000 sf shop w/4 fully automated, indoor flower rooms & separate trim & dry/cure rooms." #FridayNightZillow
Marijuana remains against federal law. There are folks in some states still going to jail for having just this kind of a facility. While others just advertise them as part of their $2.5M McMansion properties on Zillow! #FridayNightZillow
Next up: A $135M condo that illustrates the SALT deduction debate.
Should the buyer of this Billionaire Row condo get to deduct their $1.2M/year property tax from their income for their federal taxes? Some say yes, @AOC says no. #FridayNightZillow zillow.com/homedetails/43…
Gonna end with a couple fantasy properties. This one in Orlando is $25M and I'm posting mainly for this sweet library. But it's worth a click through if you want some late-night gaud. #FridayNightZillowzillow.com/homedetails/92…
Wrapping up #FridayNightZillow with what *I think* is the most expensive 2BR home listing in USA. $36M, Malibu, gorgeous. Was $18M 5 years ago. Enjoy! If you've made it this far, let me know what you liked, what you hated, and see you next week! zillow.com/homedetails/27…
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Two years ago, Congress considered banning 18-20 year-olds from buying AR-15s and other semi-automatic rifles after the Uvalde massacre, and some Republicans were briefly open to doing so but ultimately blocked including a ban in the bipartisan gun bill signed by Biden.
Then-Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a law raising the age to buy guns in his state to 21 after the Parkland massacre, but then opposed doing the same for the nation as a US Senator. He told reporters it was easier to do it at the state level.
McConnell actually enacted a law one day to raise the age to buy cigarettes to 21. But he didn't want to talk two years ago about a proposal to raise the age for buying rifles.
Soaring cost estimates for extending Trump tax cuts set up a crucial 2025 fight:
*CBO puts tab at $4.6 Trillion over next decade
*Fight comes with US debt far higher than 2017, interest costs ballooning & Social Security cliff looming...
w/@chrisjcondon bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
*Trump wants more tax cuts, along with massive new tariffs — aka a tax on imports — that would raise consumer prices but offset at least some of the cost.
*Biden wants to extend breaks <$400K a year paired with higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy.
If past is prologue, Congress will again play Santa Claus. With a few exceptions, Congress has repeatedly increased spending and cut taxes since 2001.
Tonight's #FridayNightZillow is kicking off with a *House of the Year* contender. It's amazeballs! We just need to crowdfund $2.795M. We get 9,825 square feet of sheer madness on 36 acres in gorgeous Plymouth, Minnesota! I love it!!! INSANE sinks, WEIRD art, WILD ceilings, AMAZING kitchen, views, colors galore, a pond, a party shower and much, MUCH more. Several of you sent me this gem! 🧵 zillow.com/homedetails/51…
This is a Sink! #SinkZillow #FridayNightZillow
This is a Sink! #SinkZillow #FridayNightZillow #OMG
Three words: OLD. JAIL. INN. Time to retire and move to Rockville, Indiana! Just $445K buys us 10BRs, 6BAs, and a licensed wine bar in the basement! Welcome to #FridayNightZillow! Follow along for an epic collection of funky homes. zillow.com/homedetails/12…
"What happens in jail stays in jail" lol. Jail-bar pillows are a nice touch. #FridayNightZillow
One of the scarier things I've seen on Zillow. Let's hope this is a prop and not an actual electric chair. #FridayNightZillow
Ozempic can be produced for less than $5 a month, a new study found, but Danish company Novo Nordisk charges Americans $968.52. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Bernie Sanders insisting the company charge Americans no more than it charges Canadians for the same drug.
Ozempic pricing page. Many people get discounts on this price, or have insurance companies (ie premiums) or taxpayers pay the bill. novopricing.com/ozempic.html
McConnell helped nix:
Roe
Campaign finance reform
Individual mandate
Medicare dental & vision
Dream Act
$35 insulin cap
Minimum wage hike
Flag burning amendment
Making Election Day a holiday
Public option
SCOTUS filibuster
Pro Act 1/6 Commission
Oil export ban
Cap&trade
Tax hikes
Vast majority of laws since 2007 have had either the acquiescence of McConnell or his outright support, with notable exceptions, like the Affordable Care Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, Obama stimulus, Biden Covid relief, Dodd-Frank, Lilly Ledbetter, USA Freedom Act, Paygo.
One way to look at McConnell is that he has often had the role of editor of Congress. Empowered by the filibuster and his conference, he had a key veto point in Washington; spending, taxing and legislating had to pass through his filter.