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Monthly Archives: July 2019
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Packs of kids on Wheels scooters have some Clockwork Orange potential. Just saying.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 5, 2019
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HARRIS: "As the only black person on this stage, I would like to speak…
TODD:
I…
HARRIS:
… on the issue of race."
For some reason the @NYTimes transcript doesn't have the full,on-the-nose Harris playing of the race card. They say the key part is "[inaudible]. It's not
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 4, 2019
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Good point that @BretStephensNYT 's 'channeling' op-ed was also an inaccurate caricature of what Obama-to-Trump voters actually think. (Hard to go from sneering–https://t.co/p7hnVr9sbZ 'channeling' in one jump.) https://t.co/nQj8rCUjq9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 4, 2019
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Harris unveils her new campaign poster … pic.twitter.com/jL1JK64IiV
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 4, 2019
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Surely ambitious politicians have done planned ambushes about issues they actually believe in … https://t.co/Yyd3rtbx90
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 4, 2019
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— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 4, 2019
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If we could just sell the whole country to one person, then that person could enforce the borders of his private property and libertarians would be cool with it. https://t.co/U5UVrITPi6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 4, 2019
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Wait. Harris planned her attack on Biden long before the debate https://t.co/RQSWcXM3U8 If this is her stand on the issue, that means it was an utterly cynical stunt (since she doesn't really disagree with him)… https://t.co/l4CJ9UI5gl
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 4, 2019
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UNDERNEWS BLEVE: https://t.co/oBRb4kD5Ml pic.twitter.com/HaH339oJaQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 4, 2019
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If Harris gets away with wriggling out of her previous position this easiliy, it should temper predictions that Dems'll be trapped in the general by their crazy immigration stands today, no? They'll wriggle out of them too. Last resort: 'I will appoint a national commission" https://t.co/cXqXJK6Mx2
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 4, 2019
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"Considered by a school district" … Wasn't that Biden's position? https://t.co/l4CJ9UI5gl
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 4, 2019
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But again, there's zero evidence in the report that this is what DHS or Border Patrol thinks. There's a statement that they want detention (or prosecution) not harsh detention. Mainly there's evidence that they are overwhelmed by flood of people seeking entry via asylum claims.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 4, 2019
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If they did think that harsh ("abhorrent") conditions would actually deter people, of course, that seems crazy. Given the reward of eventual likely entry into US, and what these migrants have been through, the only harshness that might deter would be morally unacceptable.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 4, 2019
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Note that in talking about need for "ICE detention" they're talking about detention SOMEWHERE ELSE than the overcrowded facility being inspected–which is a (supposedly short term) Border Patrol facility not an ICE facility. Here's the report (see p 14) https://t.co/Jq2Sg656OA
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 4, 2019
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HUH? "Homeland Security admits it's using abhorrent conditions at detention centers to deter migration." This seems UNSUPPORTED by the report, which has Border Patrol talking about need for "ICE detention" or prosecution, not for abhorrent conditions. https://t.co/L0FFivKV8L
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 4, 2019
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RT = Endorsement. https://t.co/AjYu8DSqOs
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 4, 2019
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IT'S COME TO THIS: 'Help fund me screwing off for a couple of days' … https://t.co/hE4CKkTEh2
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 3, 2019
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If Roberts was acting to preserve the rep of SCOTUS–eg 'we're not Trump's tool just because of a 5-4 majority'–he hasn't done a lot to preserve its public rep (if it has one) as a transparent institution, since nobody seems to believe the reasons in his opinion were his reasons https://t.co/TOllyDY3kh
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 3, 2019
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ANALOGY! A little like saying you can't prosecute OJ for robbery in 2007 if you didn't say your real motive was to punish him for murders you think he committed in 94. Maybe that's the real motive. But if the official reason is good enough-in this case the VRA-it should be OK no? https://t.co/kb8Tl9B5OP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 3, 2019
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Fine line between Galaxy Brain and 4D Chess. https://t.co/L4iTWB9GdP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 3, 2019
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Seems like there is a fine line between Galaxy Brain and 4D Chess. Or are they exactly the same thing? https://t.co/L4iTWB9GdP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 3, 2019
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Where was Nikki Haley? Just asking. https://t.co/aGdLIaNT4M
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 2, 2019
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— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 2, 2019
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Old Charlie Peters political maxim: When you go into the tank on an issue, swim to the deepest part and stay there. https://t.co/LhXTSdEQ6C
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 2, 2019
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