Author: Tom Faranda
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My brother Phil gets quoted (again) in the media
Winter didn't freeze out region's homebuyers For the second consecutive month there has been a decline in sales of existing homes nationally. The drop was 6 percent in December, and more of the same is expected for January and February when those numbers are announced, said the National Association of Realtors. ****** Not so for…
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Good investment article on not letting ideology kill your investment returns
As in, don't let liberal-conservative-right wing-left wing-democrat-republican mess with investment management reality. Off the Bloomberg website by a financial manager I hadn't heard of before. “It’s going to blow up the deficit, won’t create any jobs and will cause all sorts of other problems.” A hedge-fund manager was lecturing me about the Jobs and Growth…
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We are quite familiar with this pregnancy center undergoing persecution in NY City
And it is a persecution. A true witchhunt. They were instrumental in our getting Tim. Pregnancy Center Wins Another Battle Against New York’s Bid to Shut It Down The subpoena is not based upon any evidence indicating a pattern of unlawful conduct by our client. Rather, the subpoena is quite similar to one sent to…
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The Midnight Run crowd from Saturday night, January 25th.
Yes, it was nippy out that night. Although warmer in Manhattan than it was in the ‘burbs. Took this picture before we set out from Croton in four cars/vans with sandwiches/fruit/soup/hot chocolate/desserts along with bins of clothes/toiletries/etc, etc. I’d forgotten that I had taken a few photos before we left, but was reminded when Brigid’s…
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Woman physician: “I was indifferent until I adopted a child and now I march.”
A beautiful op ed in USA Today last week. With a lovely story of adopting a Chinese girl. It's only eight paragraphs long. I used to be one of those who felt sorry for the idiots who spent their money putting up signs along the Florida Turnpike saying things like: "Abortion stops a beating heart,"…