2025-05-06: Lessons for Richardson, Texas?
"In the early 2020s, the economic model that had sustained Chinese economic growth since 2008 basically collapsed. This model was based on massive real estate investment — the biggest development boom in the history of the world. Real estate sales funded local governments, so local governments basically approved and supported any and all development that would increase the value of land."
Thoughts on Sinofuturism - by Noah Smith
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2025-05-08: I'm old enough to remember the "disappeared" in Argentina in the 1970s. And I watched 2024's "I'm Still Here" win an Oscar for its depiction of the "disappeared" in Brazil in the 1960s. Never did I imagine that the US would have its own "disappeared" to mourn. Yet here we are.
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2025-05-08: "Richardson commission OKs zoning change for new Mexican restaurant" | Community Impact
The election is not yet a week old, yet the Richardson CPC continues its practice of granting exceptions to the form-based code of the West Spring Valley PD.
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2025-05-10: The May 12, City Council meeting has been relocated from the Council’s normal meeting location at the temporary Richardson City Hall to the Eisemann Center. Think of it as the temporary, temporary City Hall.
2025-05-10: Headline: "Maga says Pope Leo may be American, but he's not 'America first'"
D'oh. He puts Christ first, something Christian Nationalists have abandoned.
2025-05-18: I just realized that this is the first time in my life that I am older than the Pope. Yikes! Does that mean Leo XIV will be the last Pope in my own lifetime? Double yikes!
2025-05-27: Headline: "President Trump says that the Russian president has “gone absolutely CRAZY’’ with attacks in Ukraine."
Trump should know.
"I'm crazy? No, you're crazy."
More random thoughts can be found on Mastodon.
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