Isn't there a way to walk to N.H. and save carbon? https://t.co/7a583RG2rB
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 15, 2019
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Monthly Archives: August 2019
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"Could Facebook become an independent state?" If they control AI, they might be a superpower. Provocative column from @41jellis https://t.co/8ka0JHqpkR
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 14, 2019
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IF YOU SNEAK IN, YOU'RE HOME FREE: Biden now boasting that, once Obama admin. "focused" on deportation issue "we did not send anybody back who had in fact not committed a felony.” https://t.co/3qTSed6uag
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 14, 2019
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If there "really is no practical 'line' for many hopeful migrants from Latin America to stand in if they don’t have an employer or family member sponsoring [them]"–why not limit family [e.g. chain] migration and make room for a line? https://t.co/3qTSed6uag
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 14, 2019
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China's facing an internal rebellion and that shows the "Waning of American Power"? Trump is supposed to "manage" the situation? Did GHW Bush "manage" Tiananmen Square? https://t.co/GmwtgBkcno (Or maybe the @NYTimes prefers the way Obama "managed" Arab Spring?)
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 14, 2019
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Don't forget that hothead @nytimes editor @jonathanweisman seems to have been behind one of the paper's biggest slurs on Trump — that he was referring to immigrants generally (as opposed to MS-13 and similar criminals) when he said "These are animals." https://t.co/UAJKOzN7f5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 13, 2019
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Growth does not in itself give us social equality. Recently, seems more like the opposite. https://t.co/l9ijYSXFKO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 13, 2019
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Another Awful Javanka Initiative, no? https://t.co/E9zcXvwtTV
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 13, 2019
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Don't overthink this https://t.co/KwQAy8nlhf
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 13, 2019
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Ruling: Fair shot! Hiring Scaramucci was an Awful Javanka Initiative. https://t.co/yx56oWcgK8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 13, 2019
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True, he's always been gaffe-prone. He's also always lost (when he runs for president). https://t.co/P7iRQ5YL2k https://t.co/jUahcaUFRs
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 13, 2019
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My book (https://t.co/By1MpO0Rk2) was a search for ways to directly pursue social equality–rather than indirectly by fiddling with $$ inequality. Schools, public spaces, the draft, #MedicareForAll–aren't many direct ways. Less immigration may one of 'em–reduces servant work. https://t.co/94QauEg8a6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 13, 2019
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Reasonable question, no? https://t.co/GBXxA643C4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 13, 2019
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Don't understand. There are more kinds of benefits than health care benefits, especially food stamps (SNAP). And even if immigrants overall pay more into some programs than they take out, the rule is targeted at those who don't do that. https://t.co/gx3cgBVvSS
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 13, 2019
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"No need to stop mass immigration. A resurgence of union power can raise wages anyway!" But of course mass immigration undermines union power, no? … https://t.co/5TwmKBokTI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 13, 2019
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Maybe not a surge in overall wages, but there IS evidence of an increase in wages at the bottom of the market (workers who didn't finish HS). See bottom line in this chart (which is from CRS also): https://t.co/gEzOiUiYQ7 pic.twitter.com/AfoVbIUnmg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 13, 2019
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MBS….Saudis….$$$….Hmmm… https://t.co/CMBSCj8Px4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 13, 2019
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This is one way the Epstein story dies–he begins to seem small time and pathetic. Not at all sure he was … https://t.co/CMBSCj8Px4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 13, 2019
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If the real goal of "more income equality" is *social* equality (as argued here https://t.co/By1MpO0Rk2) that opens up the possibility: Why not pursue social equality directly? Reducing lo-skilled immigration maybe be one direct route (only in part because of wage-raising effect) https://t.co/zFUK67hGlb
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 13, 2019
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Less immigration = fewer servants = more social equality
(if I read Morison correctly) https://t.co/ya4JIaNxTZ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 13, 2019
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Sure, except Biden's in a primary which is partly a de facto mental competence exam. His best argument may be that he's been screwing up like this all his life. See, e.g., 1988, when a BS outbreak ended his Pres. bid. Still, he went on to be effective VP. https://t.co/P7iRQ5YL2k https://t.co/9fAcEJ6Jyy
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 12, 2019
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"This case was very important to the Departments." — Barr
You could have made some phone calls. You didn't even know Epstein had been taken off suicide watch? (I assume not – otherwise you might have done something.) https://t.co/o6slS1UtHY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 12, 2019
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"The tweets expose the fine line that Warren, Harris, and others calling attention to police brutality have to walk." It's not such a fine line. https://t.co/5MeRCPoSRj
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 12, 2019
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Where in the world is Ghislaine Maxwell? https://t.co/la96MB8lOk
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 12, 2019
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WHEN YOU'VE LOST @TPM: "Scarborough Tries To Clean Up Epstein Conspiracy Theory Comments" https://t.co/8xhkpQYEUk This new "glib" defense would work for Trump too, no?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) August 12, 2019
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