Follow-up

Don’t give a damn about Evergrande, but the follow on effects could be significant. As always, we shall see.

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I have read (Economist, FT though a while back) that the Chinese government is seeking to damp down its roaring housing market and that burning a bunch of people (foreign investors and small domestic) might be their way of doing it.

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Yeah, China seem to have helped the larger investors to understand exactly how much their their money won’t help them if they displease the party leadership (Ma being a big example). The smaller ones will not be getting the personal treatment.

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Update about the guy who set up the site & refers customers to the police. Apparently, putting HIPPA assurances on his site was a big selling point.

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Do people really not understand what HIPPA means?

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As a radiology film library clerk for a few years…

Dad Lol GIF by ABC Network

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Most people think it’s like abracadabra - just say the magic word and people are supposed to do what you want. Must be surprising for them when it doesn’t work…

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I remember a couple of times when people tried to falsify power of attorney at my workplace…

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Oh Yeah Dancing GIF by HULU

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Straight trade to make no fuss over Assange?

ETA

In case you have notions about Western countries behaving in such a way the current Tory regime is committed to undermining judicial independence and the rule of law in almost every way possible. And the US…

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