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  • Blocking Betsy

    Blocking Betsy

    Donald Trump begs supporters to help him stop his whack-job, wannabe bear killer education secretary nominee, Betsy DeVos, being blocked

     

    In an email to supporters Saturday, ‘Trump Headquarters’ begged supporters to sign a petition of support for President Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos.

     

    In the missive, which shared the news that Democrats are just one vote away from blocking DeVos’s appointment, though it is suggested that “Betsy has dedicated her life to fighting for greater education opportunities for children”, no reference is made to the fact that she has no degree, no teaching experience, never attended university and believes in only Christian-based education.

     

    No mention is made either of the Republican mega-donor having lauded the idea of guns being kept in schools to “protect [children] from potential grizzlies” (grizzly bears) and her recent inability to answer questions on basic education policies, including proficiency versus growth.

     

    Aside from warmongering, white supremacist Steve Bannon and fake massacre inventing, ‘alternative truth’ believing Kellyanne Conway, Mrs DeVos truly is one of the worst of Trump’s choices thus far. She truly deserves to be stopped.

     

    #GodHelpAmerica #DumpBetsyDeVos #DumpTheTrump

     

  • Rumblings in Pont Street

    Rumblings in Pont Street

    Scene of a Dawn Ward shoving match Salmontini closes to makes way for a new restaurant by chef Nuno Goncalves; next door, hotel The Hari replaces its Pont Street restaurant too

     

    Opened in September 2014, Salmontini was a restaurant in Belgravia’s Pont Street that was never going to be a hit. Aside from its weird name, it was the scene of a fish fuelled fight between the former pop singer Sinitta and the champagne loving, Prosecco hating Real Housewives of Cheshire “star” Dawn Ward in September 2015. Mrs Ward, a balayage haired woman with an attitude to social media usage similar to Donald Trump, was subsequently convicted of assault in June 2016.

     

    On Thursday on Facebook, former 12 Hay Hill chef Nuno Goncalves announced that he is to take over Salmontini’s premises as chef-patron. He stated:

     

    “1 Pont St. House will be my new venture, where you can expect a relaxed atmosphere, classy fine dining where the emphasis is on the best quality farm and urban farm to table produce, the season’s best foraged ingredients cooked with an array of old meets new cooking techniques”.

     

    The double-fronted building, which was previously occupied by amongst others The Palm and Drones, stands next to The Hari (formerly the Belgraves London hotel). Its strangely decorated restaurant, Pont Street by Sophie Michell, closed recently too and will be replaced in February by an Italian bar and restaurant named Il Pampero.

     

    Rumblings in Pont Street – Salmontini closes down, Nuno Goncalves opens 1 Pont Street House – Pont Street at Belgraves London by Sophie Michell closes down, The Hari London opens Il Pampero – Restaurant openings, restaurant closings
    Salmontini has now closed down
    Rumblings in Pont Street – Salmontini closes down, Nuno Goncalves opens 1 Pont Street House – Pont Street at Belgraves London by Sophie Michell closes down, The Hari London opens Il Pampero – Restaurant openings, restaurant closings
    Pont Street at the former Belgraves London hotel is currently undergoing renovation
  • Trumping Wildenstein

    Trumping Wildenstein

    ‘Catwoman’ Jocelyn Wildenstein puts her Trump World Tower apartment on the market after recent court appearance for “clawing” her boyfriend’s face

     

    “No showings before 12pm” shouts the listing on realtor Douglas Elliman’s homepage and given how the owner of the property they’re currently selling no doubt looks of a morning, one need not wonder why. Welcome to the 8-bedroom, £10.36 million ($12.95 million, €12.08 million or درهم47.56 million) home of billionaire divorcee Jocelyn Wildenstein (AKA ‘Catwoman’ or ‘Bride of Wildenstein’).

     

    Situated towards the top of the 72 floor, 376 apartment Trump World Tower residential skyscraper at 845 United Nations Paza in Midtown Manhattan, Wildenstein reportedly bought and combined the three apartments offered for $6 million in 2001 (the equivalent of £6.51 million, ($8.14 million, €7.59 million or درهم29.90 million today). She is said to have “spent millions more on lavish renovations and an opulent Art Deco interior” to create a look that featured “shark-skin gaming tables, chairs made from ostrich leather and zebra-skin couches” but now, the 5,160-square foot space is being marketed as “ready to be created to the buyer’s specifications”.

     

    Feline-like Wildenstein, a seriously wealthy woman thanks to her 1999 divorce from art dealer Alec Wildenstein, was arrested on 6th December for digging her finger nails into the face of her now ex-boyfriend, fashion designer Lloyd Klein, during a “cat fight” in the apartment. She is reportedly selling up as “she just doesn’t feel comfortable there after what happened”.

     

    Trumping Wildenstein – Home of Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein for sale after her fight with ex-boyfriend Lloyd Klein – Apartment 51ADE, 845 United Nations Plaza #37-B, Turtle Bay, New York, NY 10017, United States of America – For sale for £10.36 million ($12.95 million, €12.08 million or درهم47.56 million) through Douglas Elliman
    Jocelyn Wildenstein and Lloyd Klein in happier times
    Trumping Wildenstein – Home of Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein for sale after her fight with ex-boyfriend Lloyd Klein – Apartment 51ADE, 845 United Nations Plaza #37-B, Turtle Bay, New York, NY 10017, United States of America – For sale for £10.36 million ($12.95 million, €12.08 million or درهم47.56 million) through Douglas Elliman
    The entrance to The Trump World Tower
    Trumping Wildenstein – Home of Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein for sale after her fight with ex-boyfriend Lloyd Klein – Apartment 51ADE, 845 United Nations Plaza #37-B, Turtle Bay, New York, NY 10017, United States of America – For sale for £10.36 million ($12.95 million, €12.08 million or درهم47.56 million) through Douglas Elliman
    Lloyd Klein in the gaudy apartment that is now for sale
    Trumping Wildenstein – Home of Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein for sale after her fight with ex-boyfriend Lloyd Klein – Apartment 51ADE, 845 United Nations Plaza #37-B, Turtle Bay, New York, NY 10017, United States of America – For sale for £10.36 million ($12.95 million, €12.08 million or درهم47.56 million) through Douglas Elliman
    Jocelyn Wildenstein poses with a cat
    Trumping Wildenstein – Home of Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein for sale after her fight with ex-boyfriend Lloyd Klein – Apartment 51ADE, 845 United Nations Plaza #37-B, Turtle Bay, New York, NY 10017, United States of America – For sale for £10.36 million ($12.95 million, €12.08 million or درهم47.56 million) through Douglas Elliman
    A dining area illustrates Mrs Wildenstein’s curious taste in decor
    Trumping Wildenstein – Home of Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein for sale after her fight with ex-boyfriend Lloyd Klein – Apartment 51ADE, 845 United Nations Plaza #37-B, Turtle Bay, New York, NY 10017, United States of America – For sale for £10.36 million ($12.95 million, €12.08 million or درهم47.56 million) through Douglas Elliman
    Mrs Wildenstein is said to be a collector of all manner of curiosities
    Trumping Wildenstein – Home of Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein for sale after her fight with ex-boyfriend Lloyd Klein – Apartment 51ADE, 845 United Nations Plaza #37-B, Turtle Bay, New York, NY 10017, United States of America – For sale for £10.36 million ($12.95 million, €12.08 million or درهم47.56 million) through Douglas Elliman
    The current floor plan of the apartment offered
    Trumping Wildenstein – Home of Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein for sale after her fight with ex-boyfriend Lloyd Klein – Apartment 51ADE, 845 United Nations Plaza #37-B, Turtle Bay, New York, NY 10017, United States of America – For sale for £10.36 million ($12.95 million, €12.08 million or درهم47.56 million) through Douglas Elliman
    The original floor plan of the apartment offered
    Trumping Wildenstein – Home of Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein for sale after her fight with ex-boyfriend Lloyd Klein – Apartment 51ADE, 845 United Nations Plaza #37-B, Turtle Bay, New York, NY 10017, United States of America – For sale for £10.36 million ($12.95 million, €12.08 million or درهم47.56 million) through Douglas Elliman
    The proposed floor plan of the apartment offered
    Trumping Wildenstein – Home of Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein for sale after her fight with ex-boyfriend Lloyd Klein – Apartment 51ADE, 845 United Nations Plaza #37-B, Turtle Bay, New York, NY 10017, United States of America – For sale for £10.36 million ($12.95 million, €12.08 million or درهم47.56 million) through Douglas Elliman
    Jocelyn Wildenstein’s face
    Trumping Wildenstein – Home of Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein for sale after her fight with ex-boyfriend Lloyd Klein – Apartment 51ADE, 845 United Nations Plaza #37-B, Turtle Bay, New York, NY 10017, United States of America – For sale for £10.36 million ($12.95 million, €12.08 million or درهم47.56 million) through Douglas Elliman
    Lloyd Klein’s face after he was “clawed” by Jocelyn Wildenstein
  • Panic Over The Price

    Panic Over The Price

    Vast New York triplex with three bullet-proof panic rooms at The Heritage at Trump Place reduced in price by 47%; Is the Trump connection a factor?

     

    In 2012, a Saudi royal placed a fifth, sixth and seventh triplex he “rarely uses” on the market for £61.7 million ($75 million, €71 million or درهم275.5 million). It didn’t sell and now it’s back for sale for just £32.9 million ($40 million, €37.9 million or درهم147 million) through Elizabeth Mercedes Berk of Mercedes/Berk.

     

    Featuring three bullet-proof panic rooms and extending to a total of 10,500 square foot over three levels, #6A at 240 Riverside Boulevard – alternatively known as The Heritage at Trump Place – is a combination of six units in what is described as “one of New York’s finest full-service condominiums”. It is currently configured to provide 3 bedrooms but comes with plans to turn it into a 5-bedroom home.

     

    Enjoying 120 foot of “contiguous, unobstructed park and Hudson River views”, the Upper West Side property – which is within a building that was completed in 2005 – features three private terraces, a restaurant quality kitchen with a sushi bar, a billiards room, a hair salon, a ventilated cigar room, a six-person Jacuzzi and a saltwater aquarium. Two adjacent units that currently provide staff accommodation can be included in the sale for an additional sum.

     

    The current owner, Prince Nawaf bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, is 82 years old and said to be confined to a wheelchair. He was Director General of Saudi Intelligence from 2001 to 2005 and is described as “a close ally of the late King Abdullah”.

     

    One has to ask: “With Donald Trump’s name associated with the building, will panic set in and will the price drop further?” We’re guessing the answer is “yes”.

     

    Panic Over The Price – Vast New York triplex with three bullet-proof panic rooms at The Heritage at Trump Place reduced in price by 47%; Is the Trump connection a factor? 240 Riverside Boulevard #6A Upper West Side, New York, NY 10069, United States of America – Owned by Prince Nawaf bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud – For sale through Elizabeth Mercedes Berk of Mercedes/Berk at a price of £32.9 million ($40 million, €37.9 million or درهم147 million), reduced from £61.7 million ($75 million, €71 million or درهم275.5 million)Panic Over The Price – Vast New York triplex with three bullet-proof panic rooms at The Heritage at Trump Place reduced in price by 47%; Is the Trump connection a factor? 240 Riverside Boulevard #6A Upper West Side, New York, NY 10069, United States of America – Owned by Prince Nawaf bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud – For sale through Elizabeth Mercedes Berk of Mercedes/Berk at a price of £32.9 million ($40 million, €37.9 million or درهم147 million), reduced from £61.7 million ($75 million, €71 million or درهم275.5 million)Panic Over The Price – Vast New York triplex with three bullet-proof panic rooms at The Heritage at Trump Place reduced in price by 47%; Is the Trump connection a factor? 240 Riverside Boulevard #6A Upper West Side, New York, NY 10069, United States of America – Owned by Prince Nawaf bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud – For sale through Elizabeth Mercedes Berk of Mercedes/Berk at a price of £32.9 million ($40 million, €37.9 million or درهم147 million), reduced from £61.7 million ($75 million, €71 million or درهم275.5 million)Panic Over The Price – Vast New York triplex with three bullet-proof panic rooms at The Heritage at Trump Place reduced in price by 47%; Is the Trump connection a factor? 240 Riverside Boulevard #6A Upper West Side, New York, NY 10069, United States of America – Owned by Prince Nawaf bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud – For sale through Elizabeth Mercedes Berk of Mercedes/Berk at a price of £32.9 million ($40 million, €37.9 million or درهم147 million), reduced from £61.7 million ($75 million, €71 million or درهم275.5 million)Panic Over The Price – Vast New York triplex with three bullet-proof panic rooms at The Heritage at Trump Place reduced in price by 47%; Is the Trump connection a factor? 240 Riverside Boulevard #6A Upper West Side, New York, NY 10069, United States of America – Owned by Prince Nawaf bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud – For sale through Elizabeth Mercedes Berk of Mercedes/Berk at a price of £32.9 million ($40 million, €37.9 million or درهم147 million), reduced from £61.7 million ($75 million, €71 million or درهم275.5 million)Panic Over The Price – Vast New York triplex with three bullet-proof panic rooms at The Heritage at Trump Place reduced in price by 47%; Is the Trump connection a factor? 240 Riverside Boulevard #6A Upper West Side, New York, NY 10069, United States of America – Owned by Prince Nawaf bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud – For sale through Elizabeth Mercedes Berk of Mercedes/Berk at a price of £32.9 million ($40 million, €37.9 million or درهم147 million), reduced from £61.7 million ($75 million, €71 million or درهم275.5 million)Panic Over The Price – Vast New York triplex with three bullet-proof panic rooms at The Heritage at Trump Place reduced in price by 47%; Is the Trump connection a factor? 240 Riverside Boulevard #6A Upper West Side, New York, NY 10069, United States of America – Owned by Prince Nawaf bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud – For sale through Elizabeth Mercedes Berk of Mercedes/Berk at a price of £32.9 million ($40 million, €37.9 million or درهم147 million), reduced from £61.7 million ($75 million, €71 million or درهم275.5 million) Panic Over The Price – Vast New York triplex with three bullet-proof panic rooms at The Heritage at Trump Place reduced in price by 47%; Is the Trump connection a factor? 240 Riverside Boulevard #6A Upper West Side, New York, NY 10069, United States of America – Owned by Prince Nawaf bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud – For sale through Elizabeth Mercedes Berk of Mercedes/Berk at a price of £32.9 million ($40 million, €37.9 million or درهم147 million), reduced from £61.7 million ($75 million, €71 million or درهم275.5 million) Panic Over The Price – Vast New York triplex with three bullet-proof panic rooms at The Heritage at Trump Place reduced in price by 47%; Is the Trump connection a factor? 240 Riverside Boulevard #6A Upper West Side, New York, NY 10069, United States of America – Owned by Prince Nawaf bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud – For sale through Elizabeth Mercedes Berk of Mercedes/Berk at a price of £32.9 million ($40 million, €37.9 million or درهم147 million), reduced from £61.7 million ($75 million, €71 million or درهم275.5 million)Panic Over The Price – Vast New York triplex with three bullet-proof panic rooms at The Heritage at Trump Place reduced in price by 47%; Is the Trump connection a factor? 240 Riverside Boulevard #6A Upper West Side, New York, NY 10069, United States of America – Owned by Prince Nawaf bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud – For sale through Elizabeth Mercedes Berk of Mercedes/Berk at a price of £32.9 million ($40 million, €37.9 million or درهم147 million), reduced from £61.7 million ($75 million, €71 million or درهم275.5 million)Panic Over The Price – Vast New York triplex with three bullet-proof panic rooms at The Heritage at Trump Place reduced in price by 47%; Is the Trump connection a factor? 240 Riverside Boulevard #6A Upper West Side, New York, NY 10069, United States of America – Owned by Prince Nawaf bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud – For sale through Elizabeth Mercedes Berk of Mercedes/Berk at a price of £32.9 million ($40 million, €37.9 million or درهم147 million), reduced from £61.7 million ($75 million, €71 million or درهم275.5 million) Panic Over The Price – Vast New York triplex with three bullet-proof panic rooms at The Heritage at Trump Place reduced in price by 47%; Is the Trump connection a factor? 240 Riverside Boulevard #6A Upper West Side, New York, NY 10069, United States of America – Owned by Prince Nawaf bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud – For sale through Elizabeth Mercedes Berk of Mercedes/Berk at a price of £32.9 million ($40 million, €37.9 million or درهم147 million), reduced from £61.7 million ($75 million, €71 million or درهم275.5 million) Panic Over The Price – Vast New York triplex with three bullet-proof panic rooms at The Heritage at Trump Place reduced in price by 47%; Is the Trump connection a factor? 240 Riverside Boulevard #6A Upper West Side, New York, NY 10069, United States of America – Owned by Prince Nawaf bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud – For sale through Elizabeth Mercedes Berk of Mercedes/Berk at a price of £32.9 million ($40 million, €37.9 million or درهم147 million), reduced from £61.7 million ($75 million, €71 million or درهم275.5 million)

  • Picture of the Week – Nutter meets Nutter

    Picture of the Week – Nutter meets Nutter

    Donald Trump held a meeting with one of the few “celebrities” willing to be seen in his company

     

    On Tuesday morning, at around 9am, Donald Trump met with the rapper Kanye West at Trump Tower in Manhattan.

     

    After the 15-minute meet West – who was recently hospitalised after having a nervous breakdown – and Trump posed for photographs in the building’s lobby. To the assembled audience, the President-elect remarked:

     

    “We’re just friends, just friends. He’s a good man. Going well. Long time. We’ve been friends for a long time. Life, we were discussing. Man, you take care of yourself, I’ll see you soon”.

     

    West refused to take questions and simply said:

     

    “I just want you to take my picture right now”.

     

    We share that image here and highlight it for what it truly is: An image of a nutter with another nutter.

     

  • Trump to Profit from Presidency

    Trump to Profit from Presidency

    Donald Trump claimed he would not profit from being President; it seems that was just another of his lies

     

    Braggart and President-elect Donald Trump was very keen to announce he wouldn’t take the £456,000 ($569,000, €537,000 or درهم‎‎2.1 million) salary and expenses that goes with his new job, but now it looks as if he’ll make a hell of a lot more if what the New York Post is suggesting comes true.

     

    According to the paper, it is expected that Trump – whose daily security bill is already topping £801,000 ($569,000, €944,000 or درهم‎‎3.7 million) – will lease two floors of vacant space within Trump Tower to the Secret Service to house upto 250 agents and cops.

     

    Given the prevailing rental rates in the building, Mr Trump looks set to rake in £2.4 million ($3 million, €2.8 million or درهم‎‎11 million) in rent; so much for not profiting.

     

  • Mapping Trump

    Mapping Trump

    The world according to Donald Trump (and where to watch the US elections in London)

     

    According to the Bulgarian artist Yanko Tsvetkov, Donald Trump is an example of “a modern Icarus, Trump thinks he’s a butterfly that can cause a hurricane. The problem is he can’t fly”.

     

    In the latest map in his Atlas of Prejudice, Tsvetkov replaces country names with “the world according to Donald Trump”. Iceland is simply a place that supplies “cocktail ice”, South America is a “Miss Universe Farm” and Mexico is just full of “rapists”.

     

    A detailed commentary on Trump follows and at the end, Tsvetkov concludes:

     

    “If you’re a bit more sentimental and forgiving, you can picture him as that racist uncle you still care about because deep in his heart he’s a ‘good person’. Being an idiot excuses you from idiotic actions. Being a clever person acting like an idiot, doesn’t. Whatever the case, Trump is not someone who should spend even a single night at the White House. Not even if he had too much wine after Hillary Clinton’s inauguration party”.

     

    Elsewhere today, at Urbanologie, Hugo Campbell-Davys suggests six places where those in London with an interest in watching the election pan out on 8th November can enjoy the night. Amongst his suggestions of all-night parties are the K Bar at The Kensington Hotel in South Kensington and The Stafford Hotel in St James’s.

     

    Mapping Trump – The world according to Donald Trump by Bulgarian artist Yanko Tsvetkov – Atlas of Prejudice – Urbanologie guide to where to watch US elections in London

  • Meyer’s Oar

    Meyer’s Oar

    Sir Christopher Meyer pompously sticks his oar in (yet again)

     

    Sir Christopher Meyer, a pompous man who rather enjoys the sound of his own dulcet tones a little too much, penned a column for this week’s Mail on Sunday in which he endorsed Hillary Clinton’s campaign to become President of the United States of America.

     

    Naturally, Meyer mentioned his “Chanel-clad” wife and bragged that the pair of them had declined Donald Trump’s hospitality. A man happy to jump on any bandwagon and one half of a beady eyed duo who rather like freebies from Ralph Lauren and elsewhere, Meyer remarked:

    “We never met Trump. But we had a narrow escape. We once attended a charity dinner in Florida, where he was one of the sponsors. A number of other ambassadors were also there. At Trump’s invitation, they had hitched a ride from Washington on his private jet. We, thank goodness, were travelling under our own steam”.

     

    “On the journey back, Trump suddenly changed course and flew to a tiny airport in New Jersey, where the ambassadors were unceremoniously dumped. That tells you a lot about Trump the man and Trump the politician, none of it complimentary”.

     

    So there!

     

  • No Trumps for Trump

    No Trumps for Trump

    Donald Trump’s children forget to register to vote whilst their father shows a complete lack of awareness of the rules of politics (more…)

  • Video of the Week: Sophisticated Trump

    Video of the Week: Sophisticated Trump

    British comedian dubs Donald Trump and attempts to make him sound sophisticated (more…)