The greatest threat, right now, is not Plott's rural and exurban Trump supporters but Millennials–presumably mostly hostile to Trump–going to bars and restaurants, no? https://t.co/6yXkyOHMr2
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2020
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Should've said *virtually all* the voters in @elainaplott's piece have lots of information. And almost all are being responsible. Compare their level of info with-say-the info available to FDR supporters in 1933 and they'd have more, no? "Low Information" an inapt, sneering term. https://t.co/UflmZHSlgx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2020
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Good example of why "low information" is a lousy term a) Many of these voters have plenty of information–sometimes wrong information. But they're paying attention; b) Gist of piece is they're trusting MORE in gov't officials now ("she relies on the C.D.C. website for updates"). https://t.co/GN1vKtoFBI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2020
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I'd rather be corporatist than dead, but …https://t.co/OFcLFCPbdw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2020
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More tick-tock, fewer trained-seal Panetta quotes please! https://t.co/ByNPBao7VQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2020
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Doesn't give you a very clear idea what's happening at all. 1) Focuses on WH aides, but what's the regular bureaucracy (CDC, HHS) doing? Don't they have plans? 2) Why did Kushner feel he had to go with the private industry approach? Or didn't he? https://t.co/64HTnC3DS6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2020
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That's what Italian hospitals were like. https://t.co/8Wp5O025ZT Then came the tsunami. Panicking a bit now seems to be what can prevent us from becoming Italy. https://t.co/KaDZHAHZjZ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2020
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Corporatism seems the worst of several worlds. It also seems to be where we're heading. https://t.co/OFcLFCPbdw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2020
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Good question. What company wants to be an outlier in terms of safe practices, arguing in front of a jury should one of their customers die or be permanently damaged. You'd think lawyers & insurance companies could quickly accomplish what government can't. https://t.co/aq3hlnTDyI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2020
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— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2020
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Wall Street may've been a cheap date when it came to being reassured by Trump, but Biden wasn't exactly a confidence inspiring figure the day before. Seems lightly sedated, almost animatronic. Not the Biden we've known. Would help if he could move his face https://t.co/ibrrMpqAlR
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 14, 2020
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Description by office's former head sure sounds like new bureaucracy creating a role for itself–a lot of monitoring, partnering and coordinating thehttps://https://ift.tt/2w5Bzvc https://t.co/uEqqL3rvls
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 14, 2020
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Do people think having this "pandemic office" would have made any difference? I'm skeptical. If Trump wasn't engaged, he'd have dismissed its work (like Christie's transition planning). If he was engaged, he wouldn't need it. https://t.co/IYFpOjfHZn https://t.co/wlKPOmOudI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 14, 2020
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"end of next week" https://t.co/JcCblEVm1e
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 14, 2020
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UPDATE: https://t.co/vBkhjLQL3S
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 14, 2020
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True. There's even a reference to it in "Ford v. Ferrari." But do we want a corporatist economy? Seems to combine the quick adaptability of socialism with the inequality of capitalism. Worse, actually, because the inequality is more permanent. Once you're in the club … https://t.co/dVVq6ysBAs
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 14, 2020
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Corporatism was maybe the biggest winner, no? Get all the big National Industries together and get it done. You going to break up Google if their website saves America? https://t.co/7heovw0ujG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 13, 2020
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Plenty of time to come back! … https://t.co/xUUEH7e4ai
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 13, 2020
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Is India really doing as well as these stats suggest, and if so , why? https://t.co/NNa9fbfmeQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 13, 2020
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You think this web site is going to work? When 200M people access it at once? Suspect there will be teething problems.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 13, 2020
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"WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who on February 28 said, 'Our greatest enemy right now is not the #coronavirus itself. It’s fear, rumours and stigma.'" No it wasn't. https://t.co/Afyak2EnFN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 13, 2020
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This is what I don't quite understand — the decision not to use foreign tests can be reversed, no? https://t.co/ZgYAKxjcXI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 13, 2020
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Biden: "Banning all travel from Europe or any other part of the world may slow it, but as we’ve seen, it will not stop it …"
I thought slowing the virus was a big part of the point. Isn't that what "flattening the curve" means? https://t.co/seQGVPZCLh
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 13, 2020
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Biden’s Coronavirus Plan: No Travel Bans on Any Countries, Allow Welfare-Dependent Immigration to U.S. https://t.co/Qf9PzuIjDj
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 13, 2020
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Live near a highway? Think just switching to electric vehicles will end the pollution? Not so fast: Tires pollute too–maybe more than exhaust. https://t.co/ffau9dcAFb
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 13, 2020
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