When am I for meritocracy & when am I not? Are our problems (society coming apart, social inequality, pessimism about future, loneliness) product of large tectonic forces or elites screwing us? Some big dilemmas-for me-tackled in this week’s Parrot Room https://t.co/Xmp650NRRR
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Aug 15, 2022
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August 14, 2022 at 11:43PM
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What’s scarier: the FBI, Twitter, or your Roomba?
Excellent framing by crack Wright show staff. https://t.co/3RbacM2eJj
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 15, 2022
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August 14, 2022 at 11:28PM
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Seems like the ‘civil war’ was calming down. Bipartisan legislation! Trump losing altitude! Then Garland made a decision that predictably dialed the tension to new highs. Hope it was for a good & sufficient reason (ie not Kim Jong-un’s letters). https://t.co/q3XvH4rsni
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 15, 2022
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August 14, 2022 at 11:23PM
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They’re inviting pro-Ukraine experts & historians to the White House to talk to Biden (eg McFaul, Applebaum). Who should they invite to give a more *diverse* perspective? It’s a tougher question than I thought. Names are named & rejected-in The Parrot Room https://t.co/Xmp650wh0j
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 15, 2022
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August 14, 2022 at 10:00PM
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At least Republicans haven’t built their whole midterm campaign around ‘Inflation, inflation, inflation.” https://t.co/7k9CpkeDyV
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 14, 2022
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August 14, 2022 at 05:57PM
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.@greenfield64 was right. This big Dem news was totally shoved offstage by the Mar-a-Lago raid. https://t.co/t1GsVrBmyr
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 14, 2022
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August 14, 2022 at 04:52PM
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“At least one witness provided the investigators with information that led them to want to further press Mr. Trump for material, according to a person familiar with the inquiry.” Hard to imagine a less specific sentence than that. https://t.co/jgQ4Zuc9v4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 14, 2022
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August 14, 2022 at 04:12AM
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Did you check this with Chuck? https://t.co/pSdsUrLa8P
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 12, 2022
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August 12, 2022 at 01:21PM
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Shorter Zito: Don’t count Oz out. P.S.: When Fetterman was mayor his town declined https://t.co/yBJjwS4qtA
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Aug 12, 2022
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August 12, 2022 at 12:49PM
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Reupping … https://t.co/DehYFgnYMR
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Aug 12, 2022
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August 12, 2022 at 12:34PM
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DEMS: ‘You know those crazy half-baked multi-trillion-dollar big spending plans we dropped from the “reconciliation” bill? We’re bringing them back if we win the mid-terms!’ https://t.co/SBns8iWRs4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 12, 2022
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August 12, 2022 at 10:03AM
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Bring Back BBB! https://t.co/eGypRgxR8o
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Aug 12, 2022
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August 12, 2022 at 01:04AM
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“Blame the historians”! https://t.co/f5hLqfwXK5
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Aug 12, 2022
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August 12, 2022 at 12:39AM
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Is this what @jackshafer means by “a @fmanjoo tweet”? https://t.co/528GloQfgr
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 12, 2022
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August 12, 2022 at 12:29AM
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You’re in luck, @jbarro! If Democrats win the midterms they’re going to bring “the joke of a child care proposal” back and pass it (via “reconciliation”). https://t.co/SBns8iWRs4 https://t.co/FI3sdVpWEU
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 12, 2022
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August 11, 2022 at 11:08PM
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Well they *tried* (and are still trying) to revive no-work welfare via the Refundable Child Tax Credit. That used to be a Republican fury point! https://t.co/cz4O2tBIGy
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 11, 2022
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August 11, 2022 at 07:08PM
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Coulter writes a strong column–always has. I don’t understand why she doesn’t just phone it in. It’s a mystery. https://t.co/LKW20LgSAk
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 11, 2022
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August 11, 2022 at 03:34PM
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Gets at what may be the reall problem: It’s not as easy as Dems make it out: “[C]racking down on higher-income taxpayers comes with diminishing returns…Rich people who file complex returns have access to accountants and lawyers …” Bang-for-buck higher in lower ranges. https://t.co/55ld7VSbAJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 11, 2022
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August 11, 2022 at 03:22PM
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Used to be 25 detectives. The defunding trend predates George Floyd. … https://t.co/JlpRTS4OOC
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 11, 2022
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August 11, 2022 at 03:01PM
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I’m not sure that showing Epstein worked for U.S. intelligence would be much of a shock at this point … https://t.co/x5jsVEqxeH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 10, 2022
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August 10, 2022 at 03:38PM
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The Presidential Records Act, which also may be involved, seems like a ridiculous law, designed to make sure the people elected to run the country spend all their time trying to comply with the Presidential Records Act (to benefit … historians). … https://t.co/cDyEaLUxFA
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 10, 2022
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August 10, 2022 at 03:23AM
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We don’t know what exactly (if anything) Trump did wrong, but my sense is people got way too excited about the likely violations in both cases. Said it about Hillary’s emails at the time https://t.co/2GBqVekBjH https://t.co/ZqzJ9IeLWF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 10, 2022
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August 10, 2022 at 03:19AM
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Rear wing looks kind of like a high-school project, but whatever works …. https://t.co/0p6MsbJmaI
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Aug 10, 2022
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August 10, 2022 at 02:12AM
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????? https://t.co/SHuXj6QKds
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Aug 10, 2022
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August 09, 2022 at 08:33PM
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“Really tiresome”–Jonah Goldberg. That’s when you know you’re over the target! I actually thought it was a good discussion even if I seemed like a crazy man barging in. You make the call! https://t.co/rIm0xhc2OH
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Aug 10, 2022
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August 09, 2022 at 08:27PM
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