Posted on 07/03/2012 1:18:49 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch
Barack Obama and his family will not spend their summer vacation on Martha's Vineyard this year, after Baron Foster, Britain's most celebrated architect, bought their regular retreat.
With just four months remaining before he faces the toughest US re-election contest for a generation, Barack Obama could have done with a relaxing escape to the so-called playground of presidents.
But the idyllic ocean-side retreat on Martha’s Vineyard where President Obama has holidayed with his wife and daughters for the past three summers has been snapped up by Britain’s most celebrated architect. Baron Foster and Lady Foster of Thames Bank have bought the 30-acre estate for £14.3 million — and they appear to be in no mood for renting it out to the world’s most powerful family.
The sprawling Blue Heron Farm, which comprises a golf course, stables and an orchard, lies in Chilmark, to the south-west of the Massachusetts island made famous by the Kennedys and Clintons.
Mr Obama and his wife, Michelle, are believed to have paid £32,000 a week to rent the property...
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With Diamondbacks and Cottonmouths not much repetition is necessary, if you get my drift.
LOL, when you say 95-105 worst case, it really can’t get any worse than that.
Thomas Road Baptist Church has opened up their church and their dorms for people who need shelter or to cool off. They have a medical center for the elderly and the sick who really can’t deal with the heat that well (one of our hospitals just got power back, along with some nursing homes).
Some folks can stand the heat better than others. Me, I hate summer and I hate heat. Bring on the rain, the clouds, and the snow, and I’m happy!
Pity the poor Diamondback or Cottonmouth who bit one of them. The snake would probably make the ultimate patriotic sacrifice due to some horrible food poisoning.
Pity the poor Diamondback or Cottonmouth who bit one of them. The snake would probably make the ultimate patriotic sacrifice due to some horrible food poisoning.
“He’s the most uninteresting man in the world.”
Hahaha...Michelle could enjoy Diamondback Thermador instead of her usual lobster.
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