We didn't ask for Stalin's permission to create NATO in 1949. We didn't ask Khrushchev's permission to bring West Germany into NATO in 1955. We didn't ask for Yeltsin's permission to expand NATO in the 1990s or Putin's permission in the 2000s. & after these events, Moscow did

A Happy Birthday to Robert Redford. If you've never watched "Three Days of the Condor" - please do it. This exchange with CIA Chief Higgins (Cliff Robertson) is absolutely on the nose.

I❤️adaptive architecture. This former carriage house (& on Nat'l Reg of Historic Places - district) has tremendous character. "Killfoile Livery" [scant historic detail can be found] in Berkshires. Slate roof, dormer windows & lovely copula! Just listed. redf.in/rUuLAw

Nice to see appointed to the Jockey Club - Craig Bernick: president and CEO of Glen Hill Farm, as well as president of the Lavin Family Foundation. A Chicagoan (now FL based) whose silks are inspired by the family’s Alberto-Culver's VO5 cornerstone product.

It’s mind numbing that this building which cost $125M to build, finished Mar 2023, has never been occupied by anyone yet the large gym is full of new equipment. Just listed for sale POA. My photos over the years. costar.com/article/177049…

Nice to see that Never Say Die Bourbon is sponsoring horse racing 🏇 Kentucky Downs 👏 That horse & his owner having considerable ties (later severed) to Cooperstown NY. [Sterling’s brother Stephen created the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾ ]

Ron Turcotte, rider of Secretariat, dead at 84. spr.ly/6010fLKtI

For four months in 2024 I was lead negotiator as a supplier (to displace an incumbent) with Intel. It was a 5-yr global agreement. A lot of midnight calls with their people in Asia, EMEA & US. I had define & outline how our techs would obtain, store & use bunny suits.