Michael Powell

@powellnyt

Writing on Free Speech & Intellectual Debate. Former cabbie, tenant organizer & doorman. Brooklyn w 2 boyz. Author of "Canyon Dreams"

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    10 Nov 2019

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    So what you're saying is that (like most people who invest in real estate) she could have made hundreds of thousands more by simply putting her money in the S&P500?

    VP Kamala Harris bought a San Francisco apartment in 2004 for $489,000. She recently sold the apartment for $799,000 — a 63% increase or a 4.2% annualized return.
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    6 hours ago

    And the winner is everyone who guessed...Maine. That's how far the Northeast tilts east. And that's how far north Northern Africa sits. Mind blown.

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    6 hours ago

    Excellent geography question courtesy of the household's 16-year-old quiz team member: which US state is closest to Africa? No map or Google!

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    17 hours ago

    I'm enormously honored to have been named the editor of , and also thrilled that Jana Prikryl will become executive editor, Daniel Drake production editor, and Maya Chung associate editor.

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    13 hours ago

    On the other hand, Cuomo's recent decisions on reopenings have no discernible relationship to reality insofar as I understand it

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    13 hours ago

    So on the one hand, hallelujah

    NEW: Movie theaters can reopen at 25% capacity per
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    14 hours ago

    Cuomo the Bully. Liz Krueger on making Cuomo "do not yell list: ‘You people have such a list?’” Krueger asked Joe Percoco. “He said: ‘It is very small.’” (Mr. Percoco is in federal prison and could not be reached comment)" Bravo :

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    Cuomo the Bully. Liz Krueger on making Cuomo "do not yell list: ‘You people have such a list?’” Krueger asked Joe Percoco. “He said: ‘It is very small.’” (Mr. Percoco is in federal prison and could not be reached comment)" Bravo :

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    14 hours ago

    Yes, but it's our zoom hell. Read 's latest on the mayoral race:

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    15 hours ago

    I would know if I had ordered more snow. I decidedly did NOT.

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    15 hours ago

    Also telling that rents in Oakland were run up to these levels over the past decade.

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    The FBI assasinated Fred Hampton. Now new evidence emerges the FBI/NYPD was involved in the murder of Malcom X.

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    16 hours ago

    My history of conservatism through four generations of one family—from Father Flanagan’s lovely “He’s not heavy, he’s my brother” to founding National Review to defending McCarthy and Franco to joining a violent mob as it vandalizes the Senate chamber.

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    Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Final Bid to Block Release of Financial Records

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    Every person innocent until proven guilty but this line could make Perp early contender for dumbest criminal of year: "The next day, SPENCER bragged on social media about having so many items from the store that he could “OPEN A SMALL BOUTIQUE.”

    Brooklyn man charged with armed robbery of SoHo luxury retail store
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    “I swear there are fewer people watching than there are candidates in the race.”

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    18 hours ago

    Brooklyn, there are still *over 32,000* open vaccine appts for the first week of March for people who live in these zip codes: 11207, 11212, 11208, 11206, 11233, 11213, 11221, 11226, 11236, 11216, 11225, 11210, 11203, 11238 Sign up, tell your friends:

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    18 hours ago

    Another striking fact: of the 19 states with the lowest share of in-person instruction, all but two are led by Democratic governors. Those two are West Virginia and, in last place, Maryland.

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  21. 18 hours ago

    Every person innocent until proven guilty but this line could make Perp early contender for dumbest criminal of year: "The next day, SPENCER bragged on social media about having so many items from the store that he could “OPEN A SMALL BOUTIQUE.”

    Brooklyn man charged with armed robbery of SoHo luxury retail store
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