Hard not to notice that Putnam’s upswing in trust “from the first decade or so of the 20th century until the 1960s” coincides roughly with a period of immigration restriction. (Putnam himself has noticed an immigration effect, but not in this interview.) https://t.co/55nXC93NDL
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 19, 2023
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May 19, 2023 at 01:19AM
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The obvious question: was setting off this woke grenade under Chapek’s tent a cunning strategy by Iger to get Chapek out? @richardrushfield can probably answer this. https://t.co/FpuR6rJn7t
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 19, 2023
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May 19, 2023 at 12:05AM
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Hmm. Was cancelling the plan to move 2,000 Disney employees (drawn up to take advantage of FL’s “lower cost of living”) a devastating Iger blow against DeSantis or recognition that FL’s now gotten expensive (https://t.co/5tblKjKQD3) https://t.co/Bnci1j1wBp
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 19, 2023
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May 19, 2023 at 12:01AM
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I didn’t realize that then-ex-CEO Iger, not then-CEO Chapek, started the fight with DeSantis. … https://t.co/HMfKEZ4HW6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 19, 2023
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May 18, 2023 at 11:45PM
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BURIED LEDE: “The Biden administration placed about 110,000 cases involving new arrivals on a dedicated docket. About 83 percent of those cases were closed … Only 3,000 of the migrants were granted asylum.” So legit rate of asylum claims is 4%? 3%? https://t.co/sPSGO24TMS
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 18, 2023
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May 18, 2023 at 06:22PM
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Another thing I have to read…. Maybe we need an app to gather all the social media posting of people you want to follow from various platforms and present them to you in one place? https://t.co/skEVSws5RJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 18, 2023
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May 18, 2023 at 04:29PM
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FLorida can whack the mole … https://t.co/vOkE54IC7n
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 18, 2023
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May 18, 2023 at 04:20PM
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Is it possible this is the rare case where you want a corporate oligopoly with a smallish number of members? The point is to control AI (not to be efficient) & it’s easier to control if there are only a few players, no? Let a hundred flowers bloom and one of them will destoy us! https://t.co/OmwvuM2TSd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 18, 2023
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May 18, 2023 at 02:02PM
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“Maybe a bottle shaped like … I dunno, a hand grenade? I’m thinking outside the box here …”
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 17, 2023
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May 17, 2023 at 02:45PM
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Moving old warhorse Hannity into Tucker’s slot … “Bold” and “fearless” are the words that come to mind. https://t.co/FFK2u8ISMX
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 17, 2023
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May 17, 2023 at 02:42PM
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“’I believe it is the only package that will be transitioning,'” https://t.co/6bHPRf6LVa
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 17, 2023
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May 17, 2023 at 02:03PM
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Bollard, a man’s cigarette. https://t.co/6bHPRf6LVa
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 17, 2023
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May 17, 2023 at 02:02PM
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I was pleasantly surprised that @RobertWrighter was shocked by the @Audi Fake Exhaust Scandal … (https://t.co/y6qj0HKJMa) https://t.co/6dexEOoj9o
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 17, 2023
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May 17, 2023 at 10:22AM
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I really don’t see how he can go on after this. https://t.co/k21wARHBp8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 17, 2023
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May 17, 2023 at 01:08AM
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“Extraordinary” = BS https://t.co/nmRJBJcqfA
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 17, 2023
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May 17, 2023 at 12:23AM
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“It’s Time for Biden to Out-Trump Trump on Immigration.” Sound advice. It is not going to happen, unless it’s in a cosmetic fool-the-Bubbas way. When Biden doesn’t do it, will Friedman support a (non-Trump) GOP candidate who would? https://t.co/7G9hWzZRMc https://t.co/geGEG8R5is
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 17, 2023
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May 17, 2023 at 12:02AM
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.@tomfriedman : “Populations have exploded” since “the early 21st century.” Really? “For the last half-century we have lived in a world in which the population growth rate has been declining.” https://t.co/4dsrQpV328 Africa seems to be the exception https://t.co/LBNuGt2jE3… https://t.co/X1HUjK5Oqm
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 17, 2023
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May 16, 2023 at 11:54PM
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.@WSJ for free markets until that means low-level workers get paid more. … https://t.co/Kr2SiWLXzA
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 17, 2023
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May 16, 2023 at 11:07PM
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“Finland and Greece are building hundreds of miles of new land barriers to prevent illegal migrant crossings. In Italy and Sweden, voters recently elected governments with a more restrictive approach to immigration, and both are planning reforms to slow both legal and illegal… https://t.co/mBuHfJzxjU
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 17, 2023
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May 16, 2023 at 10:18PM
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Team ‘Tweet Was a Mistake.’ Why fire MSM charges at Trump that you know are going to bounce off him? Let MSM do that work for you for free. https://t.co/em1Atbublu
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 17, 2023
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May 16, 2023 at 09:42PM
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Reupping: Why the “Supplemental Poverty Measure” (SPM)–long-term pet project of the ‘Money Liberal’ Anti-Poverty Blob–is a fraud https://t.co/1mUWQ4DmvK https://t.co/Fv5cafu1zD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 15, 2023
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May 14, 2023 at 11:39PM
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Is it too late for @SpeakerMcCarthy to include “No SPM” in his debt-limit demands? Would prevent a lot of debt! https://t.co/skuB5PD4vY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 14, 2023
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May 14, 2023 at 07:41PM
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That was the plan all along, presumably. The SPM measures not just poverty but inequality. A fundamental (and expensive) shift in government policy that should be made by Congress, if anybody. https://t.co/skuB5PD4vY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 14, 2023
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May 14, 2023 at 07:38PM
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Isn’t this piece important not because it is persuasive–which it is–but also because it’s a good indication of how the current Supreme Court would rule on the issue? https://t.co/qsJ868DvWW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 14, 2023
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May 14, 2023 at 05:57PM
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“Limping,”….”No Evidence” (https://t.co/0pG3b1Ex3k). I know @NYTimes reporters don’t write the torqued party-line headlines slapped on their oft-nuanced stories, but it’s time to stop cutting them slack. It’s an ingrained habit at NYT & the hed is all many people read.… https://t.co/FI3pjvGr9E
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 14, 2023
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May 14, 2023 at 04:41PM
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