I traveled outside of Beijing about 2 years ago and I passed through a ghost city. I could see, literally, from horizon to horizon nothing but the same exact style apartment buildings and construction cranes in the distance. In the streets though, nothing. You know if a unit is occupied because there will be an AC unit in the window and I estimated about 5% of the units were occupied. I could count the number of people I saw on one hand.

From the chats I had with folks in China they said these massive developments got promoted to people as investments. So people put their savings into them thinking they’d pay off. Turned out these new units were far too expensive for the vast majority of Chinese people to afford so they remained empty. It is going to be a mess. I wouldn’t be surprised if the gov just stepped in and seized the properties and rented/sold them out at lower prices just to prevent a collapse and put them to use.

Trump has actually quipped about making Venezuela the “51st state”. They are committed to bringing back the era of banana dictatorships and quasicolonialism.

At the very least they have a leader that acts like a grown man with a sense of normal behavior.

So has the DoJ has put out a warrant for Trump and his staff for “terrorism”?

If you think the left doesn’t do this too I’ve got news for you.

It is like work monitoring that can monitor every keystroke and trip to the bathroom. If you expect people to be 100% rule abiding, perfect and predictable I’ve got news for you. The people putting these systems into place would never stand for them being applied to them.

Freedom until they are in charge.

Cape Coral is turning into one giant HOA?

Remember when we used to elect people who were fit for the office of president?

brushes against the screen “What the hell did I just hit? Where is my screen?”

taps against the spot 50 times “Respond!!”

Yah think?

“I’ve lost weight, ask me how!”

Shame is a greatly underrated emotion.

Wait until investors realize that executives can be replaces with AI also.

But executives are essential and their brilliant leadership cannot be modeled with LLMs!

The last 50 years has shown that the new model is to get a sector of the economy or consumers dependent on a service then once the competition has faded away, jack up the price. Competition either never shows up or collaborates on pricing.

Hey, I hear skilled human AI driven labor is pretty affordable nowadays.

I hate to see living things die but I can accept removing tumors.

When he goes we’ll still have the machine they slapped in place still there or at the very least the mess they left behind. If the next president goes into repair mode it’ll probably consume the entire term at the very least.

In the meantime I have a bottle of champagne in the fridge.