{"id":18306,"date":"2021-07-13T08:21:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T15:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=18306"},"modified":"2021-07-13T08:24:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T15:24:51","slug":"overnight-news-nemesis-abounding-whispering-secrets-only-spies-will-overhear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/18306\/overnight-news-nemesis-abounding-whispering-secrets-only-spies-will-overhear\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight News: Nemesis abounding: Whispering secrets only spies will\u00a0overhear…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cThere is always more to be said about success, but here\u2019s a decent baseline definition: Success is habituated non-failure. That\u2019s what makes it safe to walk around\u00a0puppies.\u201d<\/p><\/div>I was a kid on my own in the Manhattan you see in Moscow on the Hudson<\/em> \u2013 a chaos made of polyglot aspirations and anti-literate violence.<\/p>\n

The building I lived in was a mini-United Nations in beehive form \u2013 that plus opera singers. Notably, we had two distinct populations of refugees, very dark Haitians fleeing Papa Doc’s predations and very white South Africans evading the eternal peace plans of Winnie Mandela. They set themselves apart among all New Yorkers by speaking in whispers \u2013 the indicia of paranoia \u2013 camouflaged, I’m sure they thought, by their languages.<\/p>\n

Not so much, as it turns out, if you make the mistake of speaking near me. I’m not an eavesdropper, per se, but I am very much a scavenger of small, arcane details: It’s the stuff of good fiction. I had enough French in those days that the Haitians had no secrets from me, and Afrikaans is Dutch is English. Whichever spies they were hiding from surely overheard them, too.<\/p>\n

I muse on all this now, with both Haiti and South Africa in the news. South Africa may have fallen by now, and Haiti has yet to rise \u2013 ever. Marxists versus the sane? Grasshoppers devouring Ants? Cads overwhelming the few remaining Dads? Or is it just bad luck that shunts Nemesis to the places that can suffer her least?<\/p>\n

In other news:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Redfin.com:<\/strong> Homebuyer Competition Eases in June as More Homes Hit the Market.<\/a><\/p>\n

The New York Post:<\/strong> DNC, Biden allies want phone carriers to vet anti-vax messages: report.<\/a><\/p>\n

Victoria Taft:<\/strong> Democrats Move to Take Over Your Credit Score and Go Full ‘Woke’ \u2013 Just Like Communist China.<\/a><\/p>\n

Daniel Payne:<\/strong> Sharp increase in police resignations after Black Lives Matter protests in 2020: study.<\/a><\/p>\n

Brad Polumbo:<\/strong> Exclusive: Cuban Activist Explains What\u2019s Really Motivating the Cuban People\u2019s Uprising.<\/a><\/p>\n

Citizen Free Press:<\/strong> South Africa looks like Civil War\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n

J.D. Tucille:<\/strong> Do People Want Their Pre-Pandemic Freedom Back? Polling finds wide support for draconian lockdowns and permanent restrictions.<\/a><\/p>\n

City Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThere is always more to be said about success, but here\u2019s a decent baseline definition: Success is habituated non-failure. That\u2019s what makes it safe to walk around\u00a0puppies.\u201dI was a kid on my own in the Manhattan you see in Moscow on the Hudson \u2013 a chaos made of polyglot aspirations and anti-literate violence. 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