Architecture Wednesday: The Snyder House

The Snyder House—a Bertrand Goldberg design—is something of a legend in the long history of Shelter Island. Built in 1952 it was recognized as a mid-century marvel, both in design and waterfront location, offering magnificent panoramic water views of West Neck Harbor and Long Island Sound.

In 2002, the current owners undertook rebuilding the home on its original sprawling footprint, maintaining the elements of its mid-century modernist design while sparing no expense to bring this 20th-century masterpiece up to 21st-century living standards of ultimate comfort and high-end quality. The result is a 6,000 square foot one-level oasis perched on three-quarters of an acre, surrounded by water, offering magical sunsets, and jaw-dropping water views that remain as spectacular today as those enjoyed by the Snyder family70 years ago.

The original massive stone fireplace—with 8 flue—and stone floors pay homage to Bertrand Goldberg's vision, providing a dramatic contrast with the interior glass walls, revealing water and nature beyond. There are 6 bedrooms and 4 and 1/2 baths, a cook's kitchen, and numerous seating areas. Outside there is 74-foot-long heated saltwater gunite pool, a private beach, plus something truly rare and unusual: a 235-foot-deep water dock.

Located in the heart of Shelter Island, with easy access to world-class dining and shopping, The Snyder House, is not to be missed … though it was just sold for $14M USD.

I guess I did miss it.

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Ain't That America XXXI:

It’s been a week of presidential racist Tweets, of homophobia from the Oval, of an Attorney General whose job is to work for We The People suggesting that if our 401Ks are profitable then why are we questioning if the president and many members of his inner circle weren’t and possibly still are, raping underage girls …

Things to remember:

The US never had a problem with election integrity before Cankles.

The US never had a problem with Russian interference before Cankles.

The US never had a problem with candidates accepting their defeat before Cankles.

Cankles is a liar, a cheat, a criminal, a traitor, a racist and a rapist. Surely we can do better?

Last week Cankles invited only GOP governors to the White House for a bipartisan meeting but then this week, he Taco’d and invited all governors, Democrat And Republican, except for two: Colorado Governor Jared Polis, the gay one, and Maryland Governor Wes Moore, the Black one.

Republican Representative Thomas Massie roasted Attorney General and Cankles’ Bitch, Pamela Jo Bondi after she showed up on Capitol Hill with prepared insults in a high school Burn Book to lob at critics while refusing to answer questions about Jeffrey Epstein.

Worse than that Bondi, speaking possibly from inside Cankles’ ass, suggested that the DOW was up over 50,000 so we should not concern ourselves with the rape of underage girls by Epstein, Cankles, and so many members of his Cabinet cuz our 401k’s are worth more.

Cankles disapproval rating reached a new high this week with Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin average putting the fascist’s net approval at -13.7 points.

CNN’s Poll of Polls put Cankles at 39% approval and 59% disapproval, for a –20 net rating.

Vote this unpopular gaseous, gelatinous, pants shitting blob out of office.

California Democrat Representative Eric Swalwell pressed ICEstapo chief Todd Lyons to apologize to the families of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two AMERICANS murdered by ICEstapo agents in Minneapolis last month and Lyons flat-out refused.

Jeremy Carl, Cankles’ nominee for a senior State Department post, struggled at his confirmation hearing to answer, ‘What is white identity and why is it under threat?’ even though he authored an entire book about it. He rambled about white food and Black food, white music and Black music and white worship styles, saying that a loss of a dominant white culture is weakening the country.

The White House still stands behind him because … white.

Andres Wilkinson, a US Customs and Border Protection supervisor is facing federal charges over allegations he harbored an undocumented immigrant who Wilkinson says is both his girlfriend and niece.

The complaint alleges that Wilkinson was aware of her unlawful immigration status yet maintained a romantic relationship with her.

Every accusation is an admission.

Kristi DogKiller Noem has a US Coast Guard pilot fired after he left her … wait for it, it’s epic … blanket behind. He was told to take a commercial flight home when they reached their destination but was eventually reinstated not because firing someone over losing an ego maniacal traitorous bitch’s blanket but because no one else was available to fly her home.

Was her broom in the shop?

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick admitted that he lied about never visiting Pedophile Island owned by Jeffrey Epstein and that he’d cut ties with Epstein after first meeting him in 2005.

But emails prove Lutnick was invited to Epstein’s Island in December of 2012 and that Epstein’s assistant later wrote on her boss’s behalf, “It was nice seeing you.”

It’s not a stretch to say pedophiles will lie.

Wyoming  GOP Senator Cynthia Lummis says she now understands “what the big deal is” after reviewing unredacted Epstein files:

“Well, initially, my reaction to all this was, ‘I don’t care. I don’t know what the big deal is.’ But now I see what the big deal is … 9-year-old victims … wow.”

Of note is that pandering lying complicit asshat Lummis only changed her mind after announcing she would not seek reelection and therefore would not need assistance from Cankles in her campaign.

Pathetic.

And Krist DogKiller Noem, who isn’t busy enough firing military members who forget her binky now says that DHS is in charge of voter integrity and she alone will make sure that, and I quote, “all the right people will vote for the right people.”

The story was on JoeMyGod and I felt the need to fix the headline to make it more accurate

On the upside …

The Cankles Regime ordered the removal of a large Rainbow Flag from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument last week in his latest attack on the LGBTQ+ community. A few days later New York City officials and LGBTQ+ activists raised the Pride Flag once again, shouting:

“We will not be erased.”

And we will not be silent.

A judge has ruled that the Cankles Regime cannot proceed with plans to rescind $602 million in public health grants from four Democratic-led states—Colorado, Illinois, California and Minnesota—saying Cankles desired termination of the grants was based on “arbitrary, capricious, or unconstitutional rationales.”

And stupidity.

So, what have we learned: the GOP under the DogKiller will try to steal the election by keeping many Americans from voting so pay attention, be diligent and:

The Funny Papers

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