He seems to say I can walk my dog ("essential work"). Anyone want to lend me a dog? https://t.co/qyapq02AgG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 20, 2020
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Does not look like this 2019 test run–"Crimson Contagion"–uncovered the inability of the CDC to go to scale on virus tests. Seems a big failure. Maybe @NYTimes should point out? https://t.co/KUkEyyF3Er
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 20, 2020
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So can I walk around the block to get some exercise? Unclear: https://t.co/D8B9GavbHe https://t.co/a1T2k8eZoA
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 20, 2020
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Late to this: "How China is planning to use the coronavirus crisis to its advantage" https://t.co/iUZ4B2DpH1
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 20, 2020
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Bureaucracies acting like bureaucracies. We needed a Harry Hopkins to cut thru the resistance. Instead Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney was in England whining about the need for more immigration. [Ultimately it's on Trump, of course] https://t.co/NLJfrnbeb9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 20, 2020
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Coronavirus: Chinese Elite May Win More U.S. Citizenship-for-Investment Visas Despite Scandals https://t.co/wdQ6jckpyT Especially brazen since one of the scandals involved the Kushner family https://t.co/vyFsg6m3Rg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 20, 2020
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i.e. some corporatism is inevitable … https://t.co/a11Nn1ibhy
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 20, 2020
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We've historically had all 3 approaches, even if 2 and 3 seem undesirable. Describing them all as "plutocratic" isn't all that helpful (though if the industry you're bailing out is Wall Street …). https://t.co/jpnYH8llDQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 20, 2020
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We've historically had all 3 approaches, even if 2 and 3 seem undesirable. Describing them all as "plutocratic" isn't all that helpful (though if the industry you're bailing out is Wall Street …). https://t.co/jpnYH8llDQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 20, 2020
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3) A company-by-company approach, as feared by @PaulKrugman, seems beyond corporatism. Could be described as incipient Putinism. https://t.co/nOdPArwbuV https://t.co/tTjKuCdKcG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 20, 2020
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2) An industry-by-industry approach, with different industries having different privileges and subsidies, does seem corporatist. Sees industries as distinct organs in the economic body ("corpus"). https://t.co/C7quCvlWGs https://t.co/6hI7gdR4t3
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 20, 2020
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SUGGESTED BAILOUT TERMINOLOGY: 1) A general corporate tax cut, as in 2017, is not "corporatist," even though it helps corporations. Corporatism means something else. https://t.co/OFcLFCPbdw 1/
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 20, 2020
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Old favorite trucker song, with dada cameo from James Taylor near the end. https://t.co/6iCAnC6Na1
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 19, 2020
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"And how many ventilators do we have? We can’t seem to get a straight answer." https://t.co/TmPn5rA69z
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 19, 2020
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Here is Lin document I mentioned. https://t.co/Y3x82yKJsJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 19, 2020
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FDA seems to feel citizenry can't handle "false hope" of drug that ultimately fails. That seems old fashioned in age when everyone in America follows Tesla ups and downs and Hollywood Box Office and sabermetrics on Web. Positive implication of Feiler thesis. They can handle it. https://t.co/Rd0J73HsSe
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 19, 2020
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Lin (in document cited in replies) says FDA is "too restrained when discussing treatments and vaccines–FDA will never say a drug is looking good…But maybe patients need to know before seeing their doctors that something can be done, so they can seek care and isolation earlier" https://t.co/2NynZFpHd4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 19, 2020
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Wall Street impulse: Bury the dead–even millions! They're just old folks!–and get on with making money. There's obviously a tradeoff between GDP and lives. They want GDP. https://t.co/45D9qO0JIa
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 19, 2020
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Just saw astonishing account of recent Goldman call to investors. Up to 3M US dead, but hey, they're old. They're just dying sooner than they would have.
Translation: 'Fuck 'em. Markets should fully recover by 2d half of year! Keep rockin'!
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 18, 2020
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Re: the Democratic coaliton — Here's a union that doesn't seem to think guest workers are good for its members https://t.co/qedZTO0Faa I suspect most unions would feel the same way when employers want to bring cheaper labor into their industry. https://t.co/tiZwWWOna0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 18, 2020
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.@GabrielSherman still milking that "former West Wing official" source. Doesn't even say it's Trump's West Wing. Could be Nixon's for all we know. Even when he's saying things I want to hear (ie. Trump pissed at Jared) I don't trust it. https://t.co/gaGKwf1CRI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 18, 2020
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Re: FDA delays > https://t.co/EqMdLjPj8S
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 18, 2020
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If there are promising treatments–Remdesivir, Chloroquine, or this https://t.co/e35xhMFODv, why don't government officials TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THEM? Would keep hopes up, get sick people to call docs, create pressure to speed up release. (FDA has delayed enough already …)
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 18, 2020
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From socially isolating suburbanite Instagram:
"Feels like we're 3-4 weeks away from learning everyone's real hair color."
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 18, 2020
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Suburban mom complaining about "Social Distance Warriors" who shame you on local chat boards if "you go to the end of your driveway to pick up the newspaper."
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 18, 2020
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