Kicking off #FridayNightZillow:
Your own *PRIVATE ISLAND* you can *drive to* on your own gated causeway. It's nice, if you're into that sort of thing.
13BR, 12BAs, 14K sf, 3.5 acres, 8 fireplaces.
Stamford, Conn.
$7.995M. zillow.com/homedetails/14…
Nice lap pool. Nice views. Multiple houses. Plenty of parking. #FridayNightZillow
I like the colors here. Not a big columns guy. But that looks like a pretty sweet library. #FridayNightZillow
This isn't the gaudiest bathroom you'll see tonight, but it'll do. #FridayNightZillow
NEXT: An-over-the-top Sugarland, Texas megamansion w/INSANE eye candy. Wall of windows, I think a (dry) koi pond/waterfall running through living room w/bridge, cool kitchen, bedrooms you must see to believe.
17,500sf, 7BR, 9BA. $4.75M. #FridayNightZillow zillow.com/homedetails/21…
BAM! This is a bedroom and a substitute for caffeine! Helping you stay awake because we've got a lot of homes to get through tonight! #FridayNightZillow
This is a Sink. #SinkZillow#FridayNightZillow No idea what those vaguely Oscars-like statues are. So much in this house confuses me.
I *really* do like this kitchen. Multiple fridges, serious workspace, cool hood, fun color. Some people are afraid of color. These people are not. The high-up CRT TV however has got to go. #FridayNightZillow
A bathroom with a glass wall to the outside is always a bold choice, I guess. Generally I don't think bathrooms should be this large unless you are planning to hold parties in there? #FridayNightZillow
Party time! Movie theater on top, bar/nightclub/wine room on bottom. #FridayNightZillow
Odd collection of buildings in Willard, Utah for $800K on #FridayNightZillow:
*Tiki Shaved Ice Shack - make $!
*3K+sf w/Hopi/Pueblo decor, multiple homes
*Zen garden/Chicken coop/Fruit trees/zoned for farm animals/fish pond/teepee/labyrinth. It's a lot... zillow.com/homedetails/68…
I think that's a Buddha, some rocks, and bottle art. I didn't know Utah got this weird? #FridayNightZillow
This is the master bedroom. I have questions. Anybody have answers? #FridayNightZillow
Was going to show a huge place once used as a skating rink by Lucille Ball for $299K but the listing has just been removed. Sorry. #FridayNightZillow
10-year-old daughter found an *AMAZING* movie theater/home combo in Oregon. 8,600 sf, 2BR, 10BA, 2 movie screens, Dolby, popcorn machine, legit awesome.
Only $1.2M!
We *must* get together and buy this for the FNZ properties ETF. #FridayNightZillowzillow.com/homedetails/21…
I've kind of always dreamed of being able to step out of my house and immediately be at work. Commute: 0 minutes. Bonus: Sundeck. #FridayNightZillow
Sorry have to step away briefly to take a COVID test because my phone just sent me an alert.
Now have to wait 15 minutes for the results after I figured out the test.
Ever wanted your own Montana ranch? This one's a bit of a fixer upper, but you get *1,664* acres and, uh, this shack with skulls on it. Just $1.2M! #FridayNightZillowzillow.com/homedetails/Wy…
Imagine quitting your city job with your city troubles and moving to paradise. I'd want some solar panels, stat. #FridayNightZillow
Kind of reminds me of the nice shop they built in Schitt's Creek. #FridayNightZillow
Next home is, uh, let's just say you might want to go to bed right now if you are scared easily. #FridayNightZillow
$399K for a 7K sf bunker originally built as a bomb shelter in Yucca, AZ. Catch: Non-working well. Catch2: 😱Vibes!!! Catch 3: A major fixer-upper.
Bonus: 17.7 acres. Airplane hangar! Train car turned into workshop! No grass to mow! #FridayNightZillowzillow.com/homedetails/13…
Getting a Stephen King Dark Tower kind of feel on the exterior.... #FridayNightZillow
I think this is the scariest toilet paper holder I've ever seen. #FridayNightZillow
The, uh, bedroom could have been staged better. Also, Wouldn't mind, like a window or something in here. #FridayNightZillow
Could imagine filming like a Thunderdome fight scene in here. #FridayNightZillow
Ending tonight with an Alpaca farm and yarn shop + home in Michigan. A perfect place for somebody who loves Alpaca and yarn and Michigan. Maybe that's you? $885K #FridayNightZillowzillow.com/homedetails/61…?
Hope you enjoyed this week's #FridayNightZillow and gave you at least something to smile at. As usual, most of the homes tonight were found by my sister-in-law and my wife. See y'all in the next one.
Important update thread on the long history of the #FridayNightZillow private island, which was featured in multiple interesting documentaries:
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.