This makes the case for gun control a whole lot harder to make, no? If you can't rely on the police to protect you … https://t.co/ECSY5wVDxU
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 17, 2020
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Add voting-by-mail (next stop: "harvesting") to the unfortunate trends (corporatism, UBI) boosted by the coronavirus https://t.co/nJnezCcPX2 https://t.co/3fmekuO7FI
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"the policy expressed re: ventilators at the White House was not nearly sufficient." https://t.co/UAQvRDXsmu
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 17, 2020
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For all the shuttered restaurants? https://t.co/o7deG7OfWv
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 17, 2020
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Good grief https://t.co/V9I9JB09kk
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 17, 2020
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I am at home with nothing to do all day so I have NO TIME FOR CALLS! Got it?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 17, 2020
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"'[Y]ou can almost time [Trump's] turnaround publicly to how Breitbart and Tucker Carlson have been covering coronavirus" https://t.co/KjcobdD8NC Many of my respectable friends still think Breitbart is irresponsible or worse. I would urge them to rethink.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 17, 2020
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Sorry to think about this, but whose voters are most likely to vote–Biden's or Trump's–if the epidemic's still going on in Nov.? I'd guess Trump's because his rural areas least hard hit. On other hand young people go out more. On third hand Biden doesn't have young people….
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 17, 2020
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FACT CHECK SELFIE: Looks like the famed Gini index was flat from 2017-18 but inequality did go down a bit in table adjusted for household size-Fig 3 https://t.co/hPN3YAU4Ek That's for income, not wealth–does NOT include, eg, stock appreciation. I don't think 2019 data's out yet.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 17, 2020
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"mighty sea of coronavirus" seems an especially subtle hint https://t.co/7IeEG4LXk5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 17, 2020
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OK. But I'm still not sure what good all these National Biodefense Strategy documents and presidential memoranda were in the crunch (ie now) … https://t.co/frgo9o6DmO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 17, 2020
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I'm not so sure, in an election year.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 17, 2020
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Will Dems have the suicidal nerve to insist that the checks also go to illegal immigrants? https://t.co/fQOzTqeYyA
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 17, 2020
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So the coronavirus has given a big boost to corporatism (https://t.co/OFcLFCPbdw) and to the UBI (https://t.co/qaHBbSZ35k). I don't like either trend but here we are. https://t.co/fQOzTqeYyA
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 17, 2020
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What about Dale Launer's idea of giving the $1000 in the form of an "exploding" credit card — use it before X date or lose it! Would seem to solve the problem of people not spending it. https://t.co/lLSPiRDFUU
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 17, 2020
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Note: This seems a bit different than the standard "economy's bad, nobody's hiring so we need jobs for Americans" point. It's a "nearly everybody *could* find work except we won't let them show up due to virus/distancing" point — i.e. the paychecks that remain become precious.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 17, 2020
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So why does Biden want the debates to end? Once they stop it's all Trump hanging left positions around his neck, no? (Except as on Social Security where he can hang a right position around his neck.) https://t.co/VryRtI8cqT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 17, 2020
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Someone should start a Lockdown Fiction Prize. (Doesn't have to be *about* the lockdown, but has to be written during the lockdown.)
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 17, 2020
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We will need any available jobs for our fellow citizens. https://t.co/nNrGdQGck9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 17, 2020
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In LA of course there would have to be a vegan line and a non-vegan line.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2020
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Would avoid people scrambling and lining up in stores infecting each other. Also prevent overbuying.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2020
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Drive-thru testing-OK! Why not also DRIVE_THRU STOCKING UP? You get in line in your car–safe distance–and you're given 2 weeks worth of food/TP/gloves/cleaner in a sort of survival pak. Overcharged a bit. Use parking lots of closed stores. Government or supermarkets could run.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2020
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Big Westside LA dilemma: Do you have the housekeeper come?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2020
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.@JustinWolfers really is the go-to quote for everything https://t.co/0gtY83vOn0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2020
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I didn't hear this exactly correctly. It wasn't as bad as I'd thought. It was worse. Here's the exchange:
CALDERON: So to be clear, only felons get deported and everyone else gets to stay?
BIDEN: Period, yes. https://t.co/HG5cQupgZf
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2020
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