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Obama Building 2nd Ocean Front Mansion
2022-02-07
Money spent on fancy digs is money unavailable for meddling in politics — hey, has anyone looked at the Obamas for BLM’s missing $60 million? Then there will be additional millions needed to keep the place running and maintained, which those tacky nouveau riches tend to forget in their spendthrift pursuit of status markers. After nearly two years in process without completion, each step require a nw injection of funds, no wonder he wears a jaundiced expression.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Trouble in paradise? Scowling Barack Obama inspects the construction of his new multimillion-dollar Hawaii mansion and controversial sea wall which his neighbors fear will erode the beachline.
  • Construction appears to be well underway on Barack Obama's Hawaii beachfront compound

  • Obama was pictured speaking to builders and architects from a local island-based building firm

  • The former President did not look happy in photos snapped of him as he spoke with the construction crew

  • Obama could be seen with his arms folder and making pointed gestures before turning around to walk inside

  • His close friend and confidant Marty Nesbitt purchased property for $8.7 million in 2015

  • Previously, the site was home to the famous mansion from Magnum PI TV series which was torn down

  • In 2020 it was revealed how the buyer of the three-acre plot of land used a planning loophole to preserve a century-old sea wall on the beachfront, much to the annoyance of neighbors and environmentalists

  • Experts say such sea walls contribute to beach erosion and can damage the coastal environment

  • The developers are building three homes on the 3-acre beachfront site including two swimming pools and a security fence
    One for Barry and Michelle, one each for their daughters?
lots and lots of pictures at the link
Related:
Beachfront compound: 2020-08-17 Construction of Soetoro's new Oahu mansion progresses with easement loopholes and waivers
Posted by:Lord Garth

#17  For writing his third bathetic ludicrous autobiography

He didn't write the first two. Man can't do anything, actually, except spout divisiveness.
Posted by: KBK   2022-02-07 19:21  

#16  Not in Arizona.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-02-07 17:47  

#15  Oh look ... the new plantation owner! /sarc
Posted by: Threregum Shairong8140   2022-02-07 16:56  

#14  "Fools! It'll only rise on the other side of the island!"
Posted by: Frank G   2022-02-07 16:09  

#13  who gives a f**k?
Posted by: Maggie Sforza5765   2022-02-07 16:03  

#12  Obama is a really smart guy (just ask him!), so if he is building an ocean-side mansion, than sea level rise from global warming must no longer be a concern.
Posted by: SteveS   2022-02-07 15:41  

#11  Looks like they're asking him to transfer funds from his crack account to cover a construction cost overrun.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-02-07 12:26  

#10  If the first mansion didn't fill the hole in his soul, will a second do the job?
Posted by: james   2022-02-07 10:32  

#9  major construction projects in Hawaii have a history of cost over run and delay

the Oahu Rail Transit system is a case in point[ they project has been devouring funds for a decade with the timeline for opening pushed back every year or so and ridership estimates decreasing every time a new study is done
Posted by: Lord Garth   2022-02-07 08:53  

#8  Price of lumber might offset the low mortgage rates.

Did Michael have a say in this?
Posted by: DooDahMan   2022-02-07 07:58  

#7  ..nuff said.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-02-07 07:55  

#6  Just burn the cash. He will spend and spend. When he dies he will be broke.
Posted by: Dale   2022-02-07 03:47  

#5  The USA bobsled team has renamed their bobsled "Biden" because nothing else has taken America downhill faster...
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-02-07 03:24  

#4  
'... and I need a big black dong in the
middle of the garden. Something
to commemorate my presidency.'

Posted by: Dron66046   2022-02-07 02:58  

#3  MagPI's house gone?
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-02-07 02:34  

#2  One for ValJar and another for visiting Oligarchs.

Beginning with the two who showered Soetoro with post-POTUS sweetheart deals,

1) Reed Hastings of NFLX ($68m payback for ensuring the FCC didn't overturn the BS "net neutrality" boondoggle that allows NFLX to wobble forward) and

2) Liz Mohn and the other Bertelsmann owners who gave the bum his sweetheart $60m+ book deal. For writing his third bathetic ludicrous autobiography.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2022-02-07 01:51  

#1  Hopefully it will burn down with them in it.
Posted by: Chris   2022-02-07 01:05  

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