Fachtna Fáthach
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YIMBY and Abundance are disrupting a Business Model for many Groups and general Way-Of-Doing-Things in blue states, cities, and The Democratic Party that has existed for a very ling time.
This is why we see freakouts from Naderites and New Left Boomers over seeming aracana. It about power:
This is why we see freakouts from Naderites and New Left Boomers over seeming aracana. It about power:
November 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
YIMBY and Abundance are disrupting a Business Model for many Groups and general Way-Of-Doing-Things in blue states, cities, and The Democratic Party that has existed for a very ling time.
This is why we see freakouts from Naderites and New Left Boomers over seeming aracana. It about power:
This is why we see freakouts from Naderites and New Left Boomers over seeming aracana. It about power:
Please delete references to violence, oblique or otherwise.
November 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Please delete references to violence, oblique or otherwise.
Injecting a little sanity here. Write a competing paper. It will do you h-index wonders. :)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Folk Economics and the Persistence of Political Opposition to New Housing
Why is housing development so severely restricted in U.S. cities and suburbs? Political economy scholars often point to local politics, where homeowners can ex
papers.ssrn.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Injecting a little sanity here. Write a competing paper. It will do you h-index wonders. :)
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The proper description for him, particularly RE Weinstein, is a phrase I don’t think it is right for me to use.
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The proper description for him, particularly RE Weinstein, is a phrase I don’t think it is right for me to use.
What is that half-assed shakedown artist/grifter up to these days?
November 16, 2025 at 6:46 AM
What is that half-assed shakedown artist/grifter up to these days?
This is one thing I do miss about my former party before the inmates took over the asylum; we knew when it keep it in the family.
I don’t think its time to get catty yet, and I can be pretty catty.
:)
I don’t think its time to get catty yet, and I can be pretty catty.
:)
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This is one thing I do miss about my former party before the inmates took over the asylum; we knew when it keep it in the family.
I don’t think its time to get catty yet, and I can be pretty catty.
:)
I don’t think its time to get catty yet, and I can be pretty catty.
:)
Gentleman, there is no replacing Scott (or Nancy in her role for that matter).
It’s a no-win, Adam Lambert-in-Queen situ for both. Even an excellent replacement is NEC.
Pelosi Jr. could end up being SF’s State Senator.
Let’s keep it encouraging and positive until there us really a reason not to.
It’s a no-win, Adam Lambert-in-Queen situ for both. Even an excellent replacement is NEC.
Pelosi Jr. could end up being SF’s State Senator.
Let’s keep it encouraging and positive until there us really a reason not to.
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Gentleman, there is no replacing Scott (or Nancy in her role for that matter).
It’s a no-win, Adam Lambert-in-Queen situ for both. Even an excellent replacement is NEC.
Pelosi Jr. could end up being SF’s State Senator.
Let’s keep it encouraging and positive until there us really a reason not to.
It’s a no-win, Adam Lambert-in-Queen situ for both. Even an excellent replacement is NEC.
Pelosi Jr. could end up being SF’s State Senator.
Let’s keep it encouraging and positive until there us really a reason not to.
Scott, 👆may nonsense, but in my mind we are all park of the Tales of the City-esque tapestry that makes SF great.
If the two of us live relatively long human lives, we will both lives to see MUNI become driverless.
Waymo tech, who knows? But my luddite, fellow traveler, I see you. 🙌
If the two of us live relatively long human lives, we will both lives to see MUNI become driverless.
Waymo tech, who knows? But my luddite, fellow traveler, I see you. 🙌
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Scott, 👆may nonsense, but in my mind we are all park of the Tales of the City-esque tapestry that makes SF great.
If the two of us live relatively long human lives, we will both lives to see MUNI become driverless.
Waymo tech, who knows? But my luddite, fellow traveler, I see you. 🙌
If the two of us live relatively long human lives, we will both lives to see MUNI become driverless.
Waymo tech, who knows? But my luddite, fellow traveler, I see you. 🙌
Let’s not be boomery…
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Let’s not be boomery…
I think he has been an eccentric forever.
Pre-internet the misfires and personal failings of talented, narcissistic people were better concealed.
Not anymore.
Pre-internet the misfires and personal failings of talented, narcissistic people were better concealed.
Not anymore.
November 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I think he has been an eccentric forever.
Pre-internet the misfires and personal failings of talented, narcissistic people were better concealed.
Not anymore.
Pre-internet the misfires and personal failings of talented, narcissistic people were better concealed.
Not anymore.
BTW, this is Reagan speaking to Tom Brokaw in 1989.
Joe Biden was being prevented by staff from doing unscripted long-form interviews at this point in his presidency.
Both of our last two Presidents have had more visible dementia than Reagan in office.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Py2U...
Joe Biden was being prevented by staff from doing unscripted long-form interviews at this point in his presidency.
Both of our last two Presidents have had more visible dementia than Reagan in office.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Py2U...
President Reagan's Interview with Tom Brokaw on January 17, 1989
YouTube video by Reagan Library
m.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 AM
BTW, this is Reagan speaking to Tom Brokaw in 1989.
Joe Biden was being prevented by staff from doing unscripted long-form interviews at this point in his presidency.
Both of our last two Presidents have had more visible dementia than Reagan in office.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Py2U...
Joe Biden was being prevented by staff from doing unscripted long-form interviews at this point in his presidency.
Both of our last two Presidents have had more visible dementia than Reagan in office.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Py2U...
He’s right:
“They don’t make 40 different iPhones and hope they come out cost effective,” Krulak said.
“They don’t make 40 different iPhones and hope they come out cost effective,” Krulak said.
November 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
He’s right:
“They don’t make 40 different iPhones and hope they come out cost effective,” Krulak said.
“They don’t make 40 different iPhones and hope they come out cost effective,” Krulak said.
Again, 3rd time, BMR loses money. Social impact “investors” demand performance, but no returns in money.
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Again, 3rd time, BMR loses money. Social impact “investors” demand performance, but no returns in money.
Well I see a mutual problem, not a point of contention.
You and your allies may not like what the Schwabs did on their project, but ultimately part of the solution must be to build Sweden-quality prefab to SF seismic standards.
It can be done, and it will be done.
You and your allies may not like what the Schwabs did on their project, but ultimately part of the solution must be to build Sweden-quality prefab to SF seismic standards.
It can be done, and it will be done.
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Well I see a mutual problem, not a point of contention.
You and your allies may not like what the Schwabs did on their project, but ultimately part of the solution must be to build Sweden-quality prefab to SF seismic standards.
It can be done, and it will be done.
You and your allies may not like what the Schwabs did on their project, but ultimately part of the solution must be to build Sweden-quality prefab to SF seismic standards.
It can be done, and it will be done.
Matthew Desmond may be the best recent voice on that phenomena RE housing. Moynihan did great work too.
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Matthew Desmond may be the best recent voice on that phenomena RE housing. Moynihan did great work too.
But the incredible wealth generated in the most productive parts of our economy makes this possible.
Again, BMR loses money. No one invests to lose money. BMR becoming cheaper enables more high-quality BMR.
When capital does serve the poor on the other hand, it can in some cases be very ugly.
Again, BMR loses money. No one invests to lose money. BMR becoming cheaper enables more high-quality BMR.
When capital does serve the poor on the other hand, it can in some cases be very ugly.
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
But the incredible wealth generated in the most productive parts of our economy makes this possible.
Again, BMR loses money. No one invests to lose money. BMR becoming cheaper enables more high-quality BMR.
When capital does serve the poor on the other hand, it can in some cases be very ugly.
Again, BMR loses money. No one invests to lose money. BMR becoming cheaper enables more high-quality BMR.
When capital does serve the poor on the other hand, it can in some cases be very ugly.
Oh ok, maybe I’m understanding you.
BMR anything, food, housing, healthcare, you name it requires subsidizing lower-productivity goods and services by taking resources from higher-productivity parts of the economy.
There is an ethical (and in some cases economic) case to be made for redistribution
BMR anything, food, housing, healthcare, you name it requires subsidizing lower-productivity goods and services by taking resources from higher-productivity parts of the economy.
There is an ethical (and in some cases economic) case to be made for redistribution
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Oh ok, maybe I’m understanding you.
BMR anything, food, housing, healthcare, you name it requires subsidizing lower-productivity goods and services by taking resources from higher-productivity parts of the economy.
There is an ethical (and in some cases economic) case to be made for redistribution
BMR anything, food, housing, healthcare, you name it requires subsidizing lower-productivity goods and services by taking resources from higher-productivity parts of the economy.
There is an ethical (and in some cases economic) case to be made for redistribution
Investor tax? Are you referring to a resource allocation scheme outside of our fractional-reserve banking system?
I’ve never heard that term in my professional life before.
I’ve never heard that term in my professional life before.
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Investor tax? Are you referring to a resource allocation scheme outside of our fractional-reserve banking system?
I’ve never heard that term in my professional life before.
I’ve never heard that term in my professional life before.