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Buffett, Johnny Depp Snap Up "Cheap" Greek Islands
Update: And because any story that involves Greece (or originating from Newsweek) must be promptly denied in keeping with European headline hockey customs:
.@WarrenBuffett tells @Reuters reports that he bought Greek island "a total fabrication." Now, time to call Johnny Depp #GreeceCrisis
— Jennifer Ablan (@jennablan) July 21, 2015
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On Monday, we brought you a day in the life of a Greek realtor. Courtesy of Bloomberg, we got a first-hand account of what it’s like in the Athens real estate market now that the Greek economy has collapsed.
"For the last 15 days," the Athenian realtor featured in the video says, "the market has been really dead."
That’s not surprising. Capital controls have gripped the country since PM Alexis Tsipras called for a referendum on creditors’ proposals and Greeks are more concerned about whether they’ll be food on the shelves and gas at the pumps (an acute credit crunch threatens to leave the country with a shortage of imported goods) than they are about buying homes.
"At least 50% of real estate agents have closed down," the realtor continues, adding that "the market has been only those who can afford [to pay] cash in recent years."
But who can afford to pay cash for property in Greece? For the answer, we go to Newsweek.
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has joined up with Italian real estate agent Alessandro Proto to purchase a Greek island off the coast of Athens.
Consistently ranked as one of the wealthiest men in the world, Buffett and Italian millionaire Proto, acquired the island of St Thomas for €15m last Thursday, Proto Enterprises confirmed today.
St Thomas is located in the Saronic Gulf near the Port of Piraeus, the largest Greek sea-port, and one of the largest in the East Mediterranean sea-basin. 45 minutes from Athens by ferry and 20 minutes from Corinth, the 1.2 sq km island is uninhabited, according to Private Island Online, a real estate site for private islands across the world.
Buffett, 84, who has a net worth of around €62.4bn, and Proto plan to build a real estate development on the island, according to The Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-mpa), who broke the story on Saturday.
A Proto representative told Spiegel Online, "Greece is currently very attractive for investment in the development of real estate."
The website Public Islands Online markets Greek islands as the "ultimate status symbol, evoking images of sunglass sporting shipping magnates sipping champagne on the deck of enormous yachts."
Yes, Greece "evokes images of sunglass sporting shipping magnates sipping champagne on the deck of enormous yachts" or it evokes images of fiery street protests and laid off public sector workers digging through dustbins for food - it just kind of depends on your perspective, we suppose.
But kind of like how poor Americans would be better off if they would just wake up and realize that Janet Yellen is right about how important it is for low income households to "build assets", Greece’s downtrodden citizens would perhaps be buying more property (and especially more private islands) if they were just willing to consider the fact that the market is full of bargains right now:
"In reality, Greek islands are relatively affordable, costing as little as $2m [€1.8m] - less than a ski chalet in Aspen or a walk up on the Upper East side."
See there Greek pensioners who are living off €120/month? A private island right in your own backyard is far more affordable that that ski chalet in Aspen you weren’t looking at.
And it's not just Buffett doing the buying:
ANA-mpa reported that American actor Johnny Depp also purchased a Greek island late last week for €4.2m. The island of Stroggilo is located in the Aegean Sea near the popular Marathos island.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are also reported to have expressed interest in the Greek islands.
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Buffett island, courtesy of privateislandsonline.com
ABOUT ST. THOMAS
St. Thomas Island is part of the Diapori chain in the Saronicos Gulf, an area of Greece mythologized for the lush emerald beauty of its picturesque islands. The island is the middle in a chain of three islands currently available for sale, and totals 300 acres, 50 of which are clear for purchase.
Accessible from Corinth by water taxi, approx 20 minutes, Athens. 45minutes. There are 2 charming villages in the immediate area with luxury villas along the surrounding coast. The nearest town of Korfos is a quiet resort village whose many small sailboats dot the shimmering Saronikos and Argolic gulfs. The town of Megara is just a half hour away, making the location absolutely prime for a resort catering to Europe's elite.
Depp island
ABOUT STROGGILO ISLAND
The island of Stroggilo is a 54-acre island located near the popular island of Marathos, in the Aegean Sea. Is covered with green, almost all year long, cause of the water it has, the water can became drinkable with small process.
Stroggilo is the ideal choice for tourist development due to its proximity to Marathos and Patmos Island, Marathos has a power grid established already.
All Aegean islands are famous for their beautiful clear water, there sandy beaches, ideal for swimming, sea sports and fishing, the same goes for Stroggilo, a perfect 110 meters beach that can easily transform to a heaven on earth place for vacations.
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Of course Buffett and Depp's purchases come with the ancillary benefit of being in close proximity to another well-to-do island-goer...
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.. and now we see who was behind the fire sale.
Buffett..what a slimely old prick of a geezer. Pretends he's all humble and 'cheap' to obaMao while he goes off buying an island.
Sources say that Johnny Depp's island is going to be home to a chocolate factory.
Suckers. Way too early.
I'm waiting for the blue light special.
The blowback on these blowhards will be enormous, painful (for them) and something to behold.
It's this ever shifting timing issue of said retribution that is frustratingly hard to predict.
For those not in the know, Depp, for some strange reason, made it a cause celebre to save three death row satanic murder accused in the mid-west. Spent time and money to get some really creepy boys off. The videos are beyond shocking.
All the people at the top of the exposure bandwagon are totally FUCKING WEIRD!
How many suckers can they get to buy islands before they nationalize (take them back) them?
YV may own an island, but he doesn't wear a tie, which makes him very working class.
:)
I agree, Toady. While I am not claiming the US really repects property rights, I don't know what they are thinking buying an island in a socialit paradise like greece. Even if they aren't nationalized, they can and will jack property taxes up to the moon, especially for non greeks.
But, I suppose if you are warren buffett, whats a paltry 15 million. Thats pretty much like me not caring enough about the 50 cents the vending machine at work stole from me the other day to call the 1800 number...
Looks like a shithole. Where could I plant corn on a rock island?
@swass And make deliveries by pirate ship.
anyone remember how long the Nips held on to Pebble Beach?
Peanuts, my Amish brutha, peanut are where the Greeks are thinking.....
I think property rights/security will be determined by "who" the purchaser is. Something tells me Depp might lose an island, but Buffet will not.
how old is the Omaha'n octo genaria geriatric now?
and Depp.. use your imagination.
I can't wait.
What, you thought he got there without sucking a few dicks? You'd have to be a child to think that.
Just wait until their property tax bills arrive and rates and tax appraisals skyrocket in the future. To own an island is to trust the Greek government not to screw you.
What " Greek Government? You mean the EU and their parliament? They will exempt Buffet just as they are exempt from taxation. Why Eurotards put up with this shit is beyond me.
I don't think that cocksucker Buffett is going to have any problem paying the taxes. In fact, the old prick outta just bail Greece out by himself. Maybe ex-pat, live out his final days as a Greek. I'd like that.
Three really creepy boys who.... actually were in no way responsible for the crime. But, you know, why not punish people for being strange and let actual murderers run around scot free because we're too busy being skeezed out by a bunch of harmless metalheads?
According to HBO and Johnny Depp, others believe differently.
http://www.westmemphisthreefacts.com/
Confessions and eyewitness accounts are and have always been the least reliable forms of evidence. Police have all kinds of nasty tricksies to make people "confess" to things they didn't do, often totally inadvertently, and use interogation methods that wouldn't be out of place in Lyubanka to coerce people into signing papers admitting guilt without understanding them. I have personal experience in this matter.
The case was the West Memphis Three.
I felt like you do, a long time ago, when it first happened. The kids are weird, but they are probably innocent. The lead boy wore satanist/goth/heavy metal stuff, and one of them was mentally disabeld. I agree they look very "wrong" and guilty of something.
One of the fathers of the dead boys, on the other hand, is so guilty looking and creepy, that the wife has left him, and most of the town thinks he did it. You need to get a load of him in interviews. You will feel it, he is lying and bizzare. Two of his friends said that he confessed to them that he did it.
Everyone involved, even the cops, are so stupid and backwards, that the situation was an absoulte mess.
Interesting perspective, yes, the West Memphis Three, but some of the "bromance" interviews with Depp and the boyz are beyond WEIRD!
Given the Joan Benet R case and the like, the truth is probably way stranger than fiction...
I would imagine the ultimate privacy is the lure.
You make your own rules, kinda like a little kingdom
complete with a steady supply of impoverished kids.
Michael Jackson would have been a buyer too.
Creepy little Depp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=242&v=qu_l2YzgN8U
Depp's factory will be the fudge-packing division.
none of it is gonna matter if there is truly a collapse. You think johnny's gonna stand there fending off hoardes of pissed greeks from his land. Don't think so. Let them buy these follies, they never truly own them unless there is ze stabilitee.
Will there be vertically challenged slaves?
I've always thought there was likely a very very dark side to Warren Buffet. He's based in Nebraska, right?
Buffet is 84. Whether in 15 years or 25, he will eventually leave the mortal coil like all of us. His wealth will mean nothing. If there is something beyond this life I don't wish suffering on people like him, but I hope they come to understand how much better they could have made the world if not for their wholly selfish endeavors. The charities of Buffet and Gates in no way make up for the damage of their crony capitalist exploits.
Some would argue their charitable "giving" is even more harmful than their capitalist exploits.
You reap what you sew. Gifts from large charities are mainly used as tax right offs not for altruism or caring of another's plight. Personal time as a gift as well as money is more meaningful.
I do not have the ability to give much money for any cause, instead I have given my time. This has been a spiritual journey I had not anticipated. Something I don't believe Buffet or Gates can comprehend.
Miffed
Wow - it takes some exceptional arrogance to find such immense fault in someone else's charitable giving that likely exceeds your own by a multiple with at least 2 commas, even if you highly value the time you've given.
Buffet and Gates have done tremendous work with the vast fortunes they've just given away to help others. In terms of taxes, they would both still die billionaires (except for the fact they're giving it all away) with or without the tax deductions.
DS, can you describe the taste of Soros' cock as well?
What happens when the EU takes 10% of the assets of anyone owning Greek real estate?
Yes and Buffett would be in worse shape than the Greeks if not for the fraudulent money printing given to his many bailed out holdings! This shit is why we are hated around the world. I go on record as saying, this prick should be put in jail along with Depp and the Greek people should have their land! Fuck you to the Troika the European Federal Reserve gangsters!
If he drops dead today, I'll dance an Irish jig and drink a shot of Jameson. And, I don't drink.
Who gets the money paid for these islands?
most certainly not the Greek people, if that's what you're asking.
When they sell off Rhode Island the money will go to bailout Chinese banana sellers.
I'm ok with selling Florida and Arizona
No, Florida needs to secede, leaving your @$$ with the federal debt, the Kenyan Usuper and all the MexiNicaSalvaGuataHondurican invaders we kick out.
Why should the "people" get it. If I thought that, I would also think the "people" deserved the debts of Greece that some evil tyrant ran up, which I don't.
The "people" is a piece of shit concept because it includes worthless assholes that contribute nothing to even themselves, i.e., leaches. The leaches allow the evil tyrants to run up the debt to begin with to bribe them of their votes.
A willing buyer and a willing seller should consumate any moral deal. It is extremely important that the willing seller gained the property legitimately.
Watch the oligarchs come out of the woodwork and purchase the island of Cuba when all is set up, and the real owners will get fucked. That is a classic BOGUS seller, just as the Greek Islands being sold by bogus sellers. Why not allow the evil political tyrants to just sell the whole damn country? Same concept, Buffet is a POS. The PTB only want the good, the bad comes with headaches.
For all we know Warren Buffett gets to pay himself to buy a Greek island.
I hope greece nails them with high property taxes........
Yes, because more theft is clearly the answer.
Ding ding ding!
Perhaps the one of those dormant volcanoes will awaken? Nah, we won't be that lucky.
".. and now we see who was behind the fire sale."
"PIRATES OF THE AEGEAN". Spin-offs coming to a theater near you, Europeans, Brits, Canucks and 'Mericans'. Long Neo-Feudalism, serfs.
But fret not, for you will be 'blessed' if you remain meek, turn the other cheek and become poor. Well, that's according to some Roman Elite in 325 AD (Council of Nicaea), who proclaimed to be writing for some poor, long-dead Jew that they themselves killed centuries earlier. What can I tell ya, except that...
The Masses are (fucking) STUPID/STOOPID, and that NO one ever went broke underestimating the bad taste and gullibility of the public. Sheeple is as Sheeple does, and at some point, alas, you just can no longer feel sorry for them -- for there are none more pitiful and perhaps contemptible, than those who will not help themselves.
When I first glanced the ZH headline, I thought it was JIMMY Buffett who had just bought an island off the coast of Greece. Was laughing at the thought of him renaming it "Margaritaville Island."
Then I saw it was the other Buffett. Which is less amusing.
Good. Now we know where they'll be when the shit hits the fan.
Hope you have a fast boat.
Party Hearty for the 1% in Mykonos
http://fm.cnbc.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/img/editorial/2015/07...
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/21/what-greek-crisis-in-mykonos-the-party-do...
Oompa, Loompa, doom-pa-dee-do
I have a perfect island for you
Oompa, Loompa, doom-pa-dee-dee
If you are wise, you'll pay a small fee
What do you get when you swindle the Greeks?
Buying as much as an oligarch seeks!
What are you at getting by with fiat?
What do you think will come of that?
I don't like the look of it
Oompa, Loompa, doom-pa-dee-da
If you are greedy, you will go far
You will live in fascism too
Like the Oompa Loompa doom-pa-dee-do
I hope their islands get nationalized someday.
And, I hope that the western flank of Cumbre Vieja does not collapse one day.
Cumbre Vieja isn't in the Med. Buffet's safe.
They aren't high enough above sea level to matter very long.
if you have not yet figured out that the same people who have been bringing you"terrorism", "weapons of mass destruction", "nuclear Iran" and "ISIS", are also bringing you "global warming", "super storms", and "coastal flooding", then you really need to start paying a bit closer attention ....
He doesnt mention Global Warming. But apart from that are you saying sea levels are not rising?
I just hope it floods high enough to make NYC, Boston, and DC uninhabitable. I'll throw in San Francisco, too.
Not right now they aren't.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea-level_curve
And from the chart you can actually observe that sea level changes are normal, and took place well before industrialization.
Global Warming is a scam to get people to accept a global carbon tax (yes, a tax on breathing) and a World Technocratic Govenment (NWO).
"Global Warming is a scam to get people to accept a global carbon tax (yes, a tax on breathing) and a World Technocratic Govenment (NWO)."
Why do you keep talking about "Global Warming"?
The carbon credit ponzi scheme marketing I am well aware of, brought by the same dumb kike mystics that have rebuilt the temple of Solomon four times in Turkey, Africa, Brazil and Israel in a lame attempt repeat this mess. Add to the issues the greedy and dumb religious fuck-up in Switzerland is helping them with his particle accelerator toy, he doesn't understand yet what he's accidentally done but he will soon. Any case, just stand back and watch.
CPL, what the hell have I missed? Geez, have they connected that toy to HAARP or something and we have Dr Strangelove's Doomsday Machine about to be flung upon us?
Seriously, what are you springing on us?
Funnily enough you may be right. In the early 80's I frequently spent summers sleeping on a beach on one of the islands. I hadnt been for many years until recently and the one thing I noticed immediately is how much smaller the beach and others appeared. When I enquired further with the locals they all said that the sea level had risen.
Ouzo or other?
Urine.
Are you taking the piss?
Leaving it.
Hi Rubicon,
Actually there is a phenomenon called land subsidence. When water wells pump water from the ground, the ground sinks a little (water acts differently than air under pressure, and the ground sinks with less resistance).
To the casual observer, one can easily state that the water is rising.....however; the observable effect is the same if the ground were actually sinking and the water level stayed the same.
The disappearing beaches can be observed along the gulf coast as well.
Thx IRC - It may well be the case. Im open to all theory including climate change - but not "Global Warming" for reasons outlined by others.
When I go back to my old high school and junior college that I attended, they look a whole lot smaller to me than they did when I attended....
;-)
Pissing into the Aegean, I expect.
missing the Howitzers....
These guys are overlooking the other side of sovereign risk. A new non-puppet government comes in and they pass a piece of paper that says "All your island belong to us!" German tanks could reduce that risk but what does Lloyd's charge to insure against nationalization?
Goldman formula:
1. Write up CDSs against the event.
2. Hypothecate.
3. Rehypothecate.
4. Short it.
5. Profit.
"All your island are belong to us!"
fixed it four you
This continues to get worse until people stop arguing about stupid fucking flags and focus on the real enemy.
Dat's rayciss, Doc. We will tolerate none of that here.
Fucking Flaggit.
The real enemy has a flag too!!
http://dealbreaker.com/uploads/2011/06/GoldmanSachsLogoBlue.gif
Fixed it for you
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel...
I hope you mean who i think you mean.
Hey, is that an Indian buffett or a Chinese buffett?
I ain't eating any of it, that's all I'm saying.
At first, I thought it was Jimmy Buffet "So I'll cruise along always searchin' for songs,
Not a lawyer, a thief or a banker."
I was hoping it would be the more tolerable Buffett, but it is unfortunately Becky Quick's bubble bath friend.
I wish I had a pencil-thin mustache.
To offer Becky for a ride?
"Why don't we get drunk and screw?"
Lawyer, thief, banker? Redundant.
is that last pic a Cialis commercial?
'Ole Roger Mudd was a decent broadcaster. There was some integrity and decorum back in that day.
Qualcomm - 4,000 Layoffs Coming
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2015/jul/20/ticker-massive-layoffs-rumored-qualcomm/#
San Diego communications giant Qualcomm could announce coming layoffs of 4000 people on Wednesday, according to rumors racing around the internet.
July 22 is the date of the company's release of its third-quarter earnings. It will have a conference call with securities analysts from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. that day. An earnings call would be a logical time for such an announcement.
The company has 31,300 employees. A layoff of 4000 would be almost 13 percent of the workforce.
Not to worry - US unemployment rate is 5.3% and each laid off worker will get ten job offers at twice the salary
Forward
So the CEO can afford to buy a Greek island?
* If a CEO lays off this amount of people he should be the first one to go with no salary, stawks', bonus or benefits. Just sayin' they should get the Obamacare level package along with their laid off workers.
They should announce the cuts the CEO took in the letter informing them that their job has been made redundant, or their hours are being cut back.
Never underestimate the cunning of the banking elite or the stupidity of the people they exploit.
The locusts decend.
No doubt Buffet is donating the island for charitable purposes to the Greek folks.
He must be cock sure of no alignment with pooty.
Yeah what is up with that? Greece did not make a Pooty call...
Buffet, I know you are suffering from a disesase called wealth, but am saddened to hear that you have become so sick. You have always been a scavenger - go after those who are down and out. Is that your mantra of value investing? You cannot afford to buy that on your salary, so what are you buying that for?
He saved some banker folks.
Pirates of the Mediterranean.
D'ya think Johnny got to keep the Kracken from the movie?
He carries the hair do and make up with him everywhere he goes. He whips the pirate out at random (children's hospitals and such) and goes into character "for fun." I think he does some good, but he is a little douchie, talking about how much everyone loves it that he does it. No humility at all.
And althrough the island Warren is going to have the song Margaritaville piped through speakers that look like rocks,...oops, sorry wrong Buffett
They are distant cousins.
Buffett can suck a bag of dicks (or so I've heard).
As for the Depp-ster, hey, he made his money in films, so it was almost like working for a living. I hold no grudge against him, plus he's a pretty damn good actor.
If you've never seen Donnie Brasco, I'd put it on the list. He outdoes Al Pacino, and that's no easy feat.
Just for shits and giggles, my favorite song, lately:
https://youtu.be/qwlK5b4KYfI
Renationalization by force seems like the only reasonable way to keep Greece Greek.
Slimy
Buffet and Depp are most likely just proxies for banks who hold the paper on the islands ... As if Warren will be out there in his Speedo, tanning on the rocks.
"Warren will be out there in his Speedo, tanning on the rocks"
Ewwwwww! I would hope someone would call the EPA and report the toxic substance on the rocks.
Life is a bottle of Ouzo on a Greek island for the 0.01%
You'd better have the American Worldwide Military Garrison buy another island for a base, before Putin shows up.
Funny both of those liberals believe in global warming..so you would think they would not buy an island that is soon to be a reef...jus sayin
Maybe they want the diving rights.
No point.
Next to fuck all sea life in the Eastern Med these days.
Not that brilliant at the western end where I live, tbh, but better than that barren underwater wasteland.
The Red Sea and Maldives does spoil you somewhat.
Both those liberals are pushing the global warming scam so they can profit from it.
There, fixed that for ya.
Ouzo is about as disgusting a beverage as a beverage can get. Why anyone who could choose another poison would settle for it I cannot even guess.
Puking through the nose shit, that Ouzo.
I use it for deglazing the frying pan, it's got a nice licorice/anise taste to it!
Feedback loop
I assume this will be a charity contribution write off.
Pirates of the Aegean.
I never could figure out the heavy eyeliner thing... Did ye old pirates of the day actually slap on eyeliner - like Mr. Depp...?
nah, he's just a closet homer sexual
Doh!
Black Beard used to tie lit fuses in his beard before boarding his new prize. He couldn't do that today with the insurance thing and all.
It's there for the same reasons football players put black stripes under their eyes (it cuts down on glare!)
Beware Dennis Hopper and the Smokers.
Oh, to be a rich socialist these days. The sky is certainly the limit.
If Depp and Buffet are socialists then Varoufakis phucks seals instead of his blonde misses.
Croney Capitalists and Limosine Liberals == Socialists.
....and pink.
Imagine that... When the 'poor & downtrodden' are actually really 'poor' and really being trodden upon, what are the Elite doing...? Watch how this shit is spun once word gets out.
I guess they will run when the revolution starts. The greeks shall be paddling in their boats to take back the nations assets.
Good luck Johnny.
The character of the Greek people and others has long since debilitated to dependency.
An armed take over by 'the people' is an antediluvian notion that 'nurture' has bred out of them.
Ditto here in the US.
Your own Greek island sounds cool but it's probably a pain to get to, infrastructure is non existent, and things like getting gas, food, going to a restaurant, etc. just not gonna happen. I wouldn't buy anything where I can't get to a bar.
All the kind, open-hearted, thoughtful caring people always show their true colors when the opportunity arises. Fuck the Greek people, I'm gettin me an island!
Fucking limousine liberals are fucking repulsive.
A pile of sand and rocks out in the water. No power, sewage, plumbing, restaurants, no roads for the Bimmer, no chicks, and no clubs.
I'd rather have a large yacht and visit lots of islands someone else has to worry about.
When the Greeks finally get the red ass, those rich mummies will be on the first plane back to Amereeka with that haunted look on their faces.
Another old man who can's live and pass on the baton. They stay in the racket till death. Sad.
Sounds like the sort of place you could run into Honest Ann's dishonest sister!
They do like their sheep and goats..........or so I hear
Maybe the Greeks should pay these 'suitors' a visit, Odysseus style!
I don't see any nice beaches on these islands.
Where'e the sand?
This is a lousy bunch of photos OR they really are devoid of "sandy beaches", unless "Sandy" is Clintonspeak.
maybe Tsipras could start selling off all the country's sand too.
Got frack sand?
I'm getting a kick out of these replies because I bought a nicely developed tropical island after Zero Hedge linked Private Islands Online. When the economic shit hits the fan I'll be happily crawling up coconut trees while you guys are crawling into dumpster bins.
Thanks, ZH! I <3 you.
May a flaming oil tanker wash up on your shores.
Warrn Buffett's thought process... a forest burns down. It is a terrible thing to happen. Mother Nature comes in and gradually restores the forest with new life ..building from the ashes that once existed. Think of me (Warren Buffett) as Mother Nature. I am going to take a barren island and create a new real estate development... You should be proud of me...
Every board, nail, sack of concrete, shingle and pipe will have to be freighted there on ships. There's no docks so the marina will have to be built first, oops, better put in the diesel fired power plant first, oops, without a dock you can get no fuel over there.. No labor, they will have to be shipped to the rock and fed and watered and partied, too. Don't forget the backhoes and D-8s. Dang. The mind wobbles.
No way this is a good idea, or it would have already been done long ago.
Always with the not leaving it as nature intended.
Call the Chinese. They'll get it done in two weeks!
This is quite obscene - all hands attack Johnny!
So with this rationale, Hawaii, CA, FLA will go to China.
Greeks should be gathering arms. Where are the Spartans?
GLORY !!! VICTORY!!!