Paradise Lost https://t.co/QI58ZfCohC PS You know who doesn’t seem to have lost focus on “the basics” despite White House ambitions? @RonDeSantis. Floridians can correct me if I’m wrong.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 10, 2025
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January 09, 2025 at 08:51PM
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ONE BILLION AMERICANS gotta live on a collapsing cliff falling (eventually) into the ocean. (Why do the YIMBYs always pick the nicest neighborhoods—Palisades, Beverly Hills flats–to make examples of? Plenty of non-descript and ex-warehouse neighborhoods that could be less… https://t.co/ck5irwC4lg https://t.co/WAOVGi8nyt
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 10, 2025
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January 09, 2025 at 08:42PM
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The fire budget was apparently $837 M *before* the $17.6 M cut, not after. Apologies. Still. https://t.co/iBqdLMfOH8 https://t.co/2huVBLS8nx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 10, 2025
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January 09, 2025 at 08:35PM
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$17.6 million doesn’t seem a huge cut ( $837 million remained). Surely there’s that much flab. But a second prong of the Fireman First principle, IIRC, is that the people at the bottom who do the real work (not the people at HQ) are the ones who’ll actually get cut if it comes to… https://t.co/fO1ZtH1MT4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 10, 2025
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January 09, 2025 at 08:04PM
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Charlie Peters’ “Fireman First” principle says you always threaten to cut firemen in order to create a public outcry against budget cuts. You’re not supposed to actually do it. https://t.co/59hPXhPsuT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 10, 2025
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January 09, 2025 at 07:58PM
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Pacific Palisades is an example of a pleasant, walkable community that will never, ever be served by a subway or light rail. A funicular maybe. https://t.co/WAOVGi7PIV
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 9, 2025
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January 09, 2025 at 06:47PM
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Huh. (I understand the Articles are no longer in effect. Still.) https://t.co/Ii0om4mGzh
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 9, 2025
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January 09, 2025 at 06:42PM
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But there was, and is, malaise. Just saying. https://t.co/OvAQovE1P5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 9, 2025
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January 09, 2025 at 01:10AM
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Robert Wright’s “NonZero” has a good time making fun of Boas, if I remember correctly. https://t.co/lvuxAW61pX https://t.co/gIHLVg4yd2
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 9, 2025
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January 09, 2025 at 01:05AM
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Don’t think I’m the only one now thinking random crazies in LA may be setting fires just for the hell of it.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 9, 2025
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January 09, 2025 at 12:53AM
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Here’s slick campaign-like Newsom video boasting of his preparations: “We prepositioned 110 engines, we’ve got fixed wing aircraft, helicopters, dozers …” https://t.co/9NftU5ySWa
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2025
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January 08, 2025 at 05:55AM
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Lack of water from hydrants in Palisades fire is hurting firefighters, Caruso says https://t.co/eysy4kLG95
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2025
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January 08, 2025 at 05:24AM
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Richard Nixon was more effective at protecting his Brentwood home in a 1961 fire than the LAFD was in protecting the homes that burned in the Palisades yesterday. https://t.co/sJFaa4zL9T
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2025
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January 08, 2025 at 05:07AM
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“…Newsom said… that the state had strategically positioned resources in areas of high fire risk.” https://t.co/GQ2RlFRMzj Strategically!
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2025
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January 08, 2025 at 04:49AM
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.@NYTimes coverage of the LA fires is pretty damn weak. https://t.co/vPDsmwMSTV
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2025
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January 08, 2025 at 04:44AM
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An apartment building burned too, for you anti-NIMBY people. …
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2025
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January 08, 2025 at 04:30AM
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Residents whose homes have burned to the ground are understandably pissed that no firefighters showed up to try to save those structures. Not enough personnel, apparently. Seems like some kind of failure in planning. Newsom made it sound like the cavalry had arrived. It didn’t. https://t.co/Z5pK1nSdII
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2025
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January 08, 2025 at 04:22AM
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So there was firefighting going on 4 hours ago … https://t.co/GeTPxCJA0G
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2025
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January 07, 2025 at 11:55PM
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On the east side of the Pacific Palisades fire, where you’ll find the mother lode of LA’s affluent (Brentwood, Bel Air) there is NO FIREFIGHTING going on, says TV news. Fire just free to go wherever. Hello? @GavinNewsom? @KarenBassLA?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2025
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January 07, 2025 at 11:21PM
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Greenland, Panama, Canada .. Is Trump bored with the issues that actually got him elected President?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2025
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January 07, 2025 at 04:56PM
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‘Mexican Coke will now be known as American Coke! Furthermore, all children under 16 years old are now 16 years old.’
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2025
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January 07, 2025 at 04:35PM
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Innovative scam, anyway. Did those mediocre Americans with their jock culture and sleepovers think of this? https://t.co/Gbhpb3lQjt
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2025
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January 07, 2025 at 04:12PM
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“I did not think the Tech Team would drop their MAGA masks until well into the first term when policy started rolling out. Incredibly, they dropped the masks before the inauguration even took place.” https://t.co/Zjz7JcJ4wU
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2025
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January 07, 2025 at 04:59AM
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At some point, of course, Trump might welcome Zuckerberg’s personal support as a way to dilute the presence and influence of Musk, who seems just a bit unpredictable … https://t.co/XVHvbytVir
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2025
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January 07, 2025 at 04:09AM
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Subtle, that Zuck. https://t.co/XVHvbytVir
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2025
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January 07, 2025 at 03:55AM
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