Monthly Archives: July 2021

In the new Parrot Room I wrestle with my privilege! Just like the kids on Gossip Girl https://t.co/fOW9lGmWJA

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 31, 2021

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July 30, 2021 at 11:07PM
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New PARROT ROOM is up https://t.co/fOW9lGmWJA

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 31, 2021

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July 30, 2021 at 11:02PM
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How about “every household should send *someone* into the workforce. In two-parent households, we shouldn’t penalize or discourage one parent (usually a mother) who wants to focus on parenting. But subsidizing one-parent, no worker families isn’t healthy for society. 2/2

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 30, 2021

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July 30, 2021 at 01:41PM
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The estimable @conncarroll seems to imply that “national populism” involves weakening welfare reform, because it rejects the idea that “[e]very mother should be in the workforce.” Not my national populism. 1/2 https://t.co/SuC9z9g0DS

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 30, 2021

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July 30, 2021 at 01:36PM
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But don’t tell me New Gawker couldn’t go to town mocking Wokeism in the publishing industry (where it’s insane) and the New York Times. And do it without an earnest anti-PC culture-war attitude. It’s all a joke/enjoy the joke–that sensibility’s not really on Twitter, is it? 2/2 https://t.co/PzRiWwA8N5

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 30, 2021

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July 30, 2021 at 02:46AM
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DeBoer misses the #1 thing that undermines any New Gawker attempt, which is Twitter. The sensibility of the new Gawker (https://t.co/0TluhoKkRB) IS Twitter’s. (“I Guess We’re on Scarlett Johansson’s Side?”). But we already have Twitter. 1/2 https://t.co/cwIgipVD7R

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 30, 2021

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July 30, 2021 at 02:31AM
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TO SWERVE AND ELECT: Been waiting for Biden to execute a long-awaited swerve to the common-sensical center on immigration, in time to save the mid-terms? Andrew Arthur explains why his recent move (“expedited removal” for some families) ain’t it https://t.co/xLKS0TZOxX

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 30, 2021

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July 30, 2021 at 01:38AM
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.@Ddayen’s report on the bipartisan infrastructure thing is solid as usual. Not too much detail, not too little. Seems the Davis-Bacon relief may only apply to projects funded through “Private Activity Bonds” — but he’s not sure. https://t.co/l1jOX0eUaT

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 30, 2021

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July 30, 2021 at 01:02AM
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*–Davis-Bacon https://t.co/4aBG0P7jjo

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 30, 2021

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July 29, 2021 at 10:04PM
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Or is there an implicit, unstated threat of a game-changing party switch?

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 30, 2021

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July 29, 2021 at 09:19PM
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Don’t quite see how being praised by Thom Tillis or Mitch McConnell is going to help Sinema. Does she need ‘bucking up’? If she’s strong in AZ, she doesn’t, right? https://t.co/GvSxvxNDJQ #axiossneakpeek

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 30, 2021

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July 29, 2021 at 09:18PM
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Note that he sets up one Trump voter at Vance’s kickoff–who knew little about Vance–as a bellwether. That guy’s verdict (buried 20 paragraphs down): “That was one of the best political speeches I’ve heard in a long time. He hit on most everything that was important to me…” https://t.co/3ewgdTuR8x

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 29, 2021

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July 29, 2021 at 04:15PM
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“But in nearly two dozen conversations with politics watchers and regular voters” over a month. *Nearly* 24! But not quite. This is Kaus-level dogged shoe-leather reporting. https://t.co/6ERWIw2a7P

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 29, 2021

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July 29, 2021 at 04:07PM
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Biden raises eyebrows with claim he ‘used to drive’ 18-wheeler truck https://t.co/pxz4LrPTP5 #FoxNews He hasn’t aged a day! It’s inspiring, in a way. https://t.co/N8zlEuyVRm

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 29, 2021

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July 29, 2021 at 02:42PM
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What about funny performative rebelliousness? https://t.co/d16ESIf4Xv

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 29, 2021

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July 29, 2021 at 03:34AM
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What is the game theory on what we used to call a “Me__can Standoff”? Is it the same as a Prisoner’s Dilemma? Does it have to end Tarantino-style? Pretty clear in this case it won’t, no? (Reconciliation will get smaller–AOC needs a rec. bill more than Sinema needs either, no?). https://t.co/dFliuPEnFj

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 29, 2021

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July 29, 2021 at 03:32AM
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No Davis-Bacon? This is a big deal–means market wages not government-determined “prevailing wages.” https://t.co/OfsZTMuJHZ

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 29, 2021

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July 29, 2021 at 02:47AM
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That’s “the goods”? https://t.co/lPu8dPRltn

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 29, 2021

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July 29, 2021 at 02:38AM
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And if that’s so, isn’t the Narrative — that it’s mainly the unvaccinated’s fault, especially those southern Trumpers! — in some trouble? [Of course you still think everyone should get vaxxed-ed Yes, I do. Beats dying, so far] https://t.co/yj8AdNoX6l

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 29, 2021

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July 29, 2021 at 02:09AM
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*If* immunized people can a) get the virus b) with high viral load and c) pass it to others, why couldn’t the virus circulate among the immune (with a low death rate) while more lethal variants developed? WaPo discusses some of the complexities > https://t.co/XvTLDyuCSS 2/2 https://t.co/2Ea7oDBrow

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 29, 2021

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July 29, 2021 at 02:03AM
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“The United States will be vulnerable to every one of [the variants] until it can immunize millions of people who now refuse to get the vaccine”-NYT’s @apoorva_nyc, Keeper of the Narrative. https://t.co/LIxUqfbHCs But would that solve the problem, given ‘breakthroughs’? 1/2

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 29, 2021

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July 29, 2021 at 01:59AM
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PSST! JOHN ELLIS’ NEWSITEMS HAD THIS A WEEK AGO (https://t.co/PyysfCgFUU)

“People who have had their shots and become infected with the delta variant of the coronavirus can harbor large amounts of virus…they could become spreaders of the disease”https://t.co/KfIweZr2PX

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 29, 2021

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July 29, 2021 at 12:27AM
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