Here’s visual proof that eminent domain should be severly limited. From Boing Boing.

Developers dig pit around man’s house

A man in China refused to sell his house to project developers, and so the developers dug a deep pit around the man’s house.

The Chongqing Zhengsheng Real Estate Company wants to turn the area into a £40m ‘Broadway’ square, including apartments and a shopping mall.

But the owner of the villa says he won’t move out unless the company pays his price — the equivalent of £1.3 million.

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Tom says:

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While there’s lots going on, after an all nighter, or rather an all morninger, I don’t have much time to rant about anything in particular. That’s not to say that there aren’t some good teeth sinking issues.

Overall: Stop and Shop avoided a strike. Chris Powell writes an effective op-ed pointing out how the state legislature avoids grappling with the BIG issues and focuses on the little issues. He declares the legislature irrelevant.

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