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Yimby movement aims to solve housing woes in London Updated / Sunday, 28 Feb 2021 16:46 London Correspondent What connects John and Patrick Collison, the billionaire brothers formerly of Dromineer, Co Tipperary, with Aria Babu, a 23-year-old living in a damp basement flat in Camden in north London, and California state Senator Scott Wiener? The answer is housing. And in particular the movement known as Yimby. It stands for Yes, In My Back Yard - and is the direct opposite of Nimby - Not In My Back Yard . Nimbyism is the pejorative term for people who object to building projects, particularly housing developments. But the term is also used against people who object to commercial and infrastructure developments. In fact, anyone who objects to any construction anywhere can be (and often are) called Nimbys, particularly by developers and people who work for them. ....
The political shams back in Washington and here at home It was a huge political sham. I pored over Trump’s rambling speech on Jan. 6 that the Democrats are making hay over. These are direct quotes from Trump that day: “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.” “But our fight against the big donors, big media, big tech, and others is just getting started. This is the greatest in history. There’s never been a movement like that.” “We must stop the steal and then we must ensure that such outrageous election fraud never happens again, can never be allowed to happen again.” ....
Yves here. This post gives a useful compilation of many of the reasons why distribution of the Covid vaccines is proving to be a train wreck. And in a colossal confirmation that lack of operational competence isn’t unique to one side of the aisle, the press is reporting tonight that Biden has decided to release all the vaccines now, rather than hold half back for the second shot. Since the logjam is in the local distribution, which is nowhere close to being remedied, doubling the amount that goes out the door will guarantee that even more vaccines will become unusable. Recall that the Pfizer vaccine, once it is shipped, can be stored in the shipping boxes with dry ice for only 30 days; it can be held for an additional 5 days at refrigerator temps. I strongly suspect that the vaccine could be stored for much longer in a super-cold freezer. But as readers discussed at length early on, there aren’t many out there and they are way too costly to justify buying enough to help wi ....