Alexa doesn't play best songs 1st on shuffle. Puts premium on artists with no bad songs. "Alexa play Mary Lou Lord" a v-satisfying command.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 26, 2017
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Monthly Archives: May 2017
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Danish Social Democratic party shifts to more restrictive immigration position, gains while other SD parties fade https://t.co/tJYfyBgNxQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 26, 2017
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Email from a tech friend … https://t.co/QgDLU0qwJw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 26, 2017
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10 Are You Zucked?
Here’s an email I recently got from a currently unemployed American techie (who’s also a longtime kf reader):
I am having difficulty competing with H-1b visaholders. I thought it would be an easy sell. I would say, “I am willing to work for as little as them, plus I speak English, and went to graduate school, and made good grades, and have done exactly that job well for decades.”
Employers don’t care. You see, when they say to Americans, “You must routinely work evenings and weekends and holidays and vacations and all-nighters for free,” the Americans look for another job. When employers say that to H-1b visaholders, they can add, “Oh, and it’s a crime for you to work in America for anyone except me, and if you get fired you are immediately deported back to Bangladesh, per capita annual income $800. If you keep working at this awful job, by contrast, your whole family may move here for family reunification.”
And we worry why more Americans aren’t motivated to get STEM degrees? … The H-1B program (at about 100,000 visas a year) may look small, but it seems to have a huge impact on the tech industry (why so many Silicon CEOs care so much about it) ….
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I know one way to spread work to "redundant workers"! Hint: It's not the immigration policies Obama pursued when in office … https://t.co/kG460op8pO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 26, 2017
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"engage"? Doesn't seem like a Trump word. https://t.co/dlX2DkF02U
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 26, 2017
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Sorry. Davis-Oliver Act may be a great thing, but anyone who uses weasel-phrase "broken immigration system" has amnesty on their mind … https://t.co/whO5V7YzXU
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 26, 2017
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MSM doesn't want it to be Kushner. Mr. Restraint! Mr. Moderate! Why can’t it be Bannon???
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 26, 2017
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How much would Bloomberg have to pay to get employees to give up "the"? #hagglingovertheprice https://t.co/4VW0rSVp6M
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 26, 2017
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Example of what Woodward was talking about when chastising the whippernsappers? https://t.co/QblBfem7ib https://t.co/Fn8bX9QgU5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 26, 2017
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Does seem a little yellow @ this point for WaPo to describe Kushner as "under investigation in the Russia probe" https://t.co/geZXBEvFZc
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 26, 2017
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Excellent @dlind piece last week puncturing idea that "moderate" Kushner isn't the one lashing out at investigators. https://t.co/tc0Bp7sCbP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 26, 2017
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Is Trump thin-skinned enough 2 try 2 shut down the Russia investigation even tho no underlying wrongdoing?…Well… https://t.co/qWSBwaqaqh
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 26, 2017
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Without more guestworkers "they will have to leave lawns unmowed." These scare stories getting out of hand https://t.co/Wv6s3Ubewb
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 26, 2017
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??? Rs won handily despite running a candidate who was booked for criminal assault on Election Eve! Seems like good R outcome … https://t.co/hOxZFTLvHl
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 26, 2017
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Does Trump understand that when Ryan & Co's unpopular agenda destroys his presidency, Ryan & Co. will be happy?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 25, 2017
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Dems may steal back Trump's populism on trade and war. But they seem way too far gone to do it on immigration. https://t.co/zBRaQqgkG1
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 25, 2017
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Finds the blazing arrow from Sam Nunn to Trump. I did not know https://t.co/zBRaQqgkG1
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 25, 2017
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Finds the blazing arrow from Sam Nunn to Trump. I did not know https://t.co/zBRaQqgkG1
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 25, 2017
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Calm, useful analysis from York, as usual. https://t.co/2yFOxDBXl2
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 25, 2017
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"That's what we got out of this bill" -Remember pathetic @seanspicer attempt 2 con base? Trump was going 2 make up 4 it in '18 budget. Well? http://pic.twitter.com/1iDdflQD77
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 24, 2017
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Trump budget calls 4 only 60 mi of new border wall–& that's his opening bid! Imagine after Ryan/Schumer thru w/ it https://t.co/0k502jzVu7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 24, 2017
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Lede is: Tillis still pushing amnesty (in the form of non-citizenship legalization). He's learned nothing from 2016. https://t.co/glDHGUeXzh
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 24, 2017
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Reminder: Even highly active Trump foe @benjaminwittes thinks Sally Yates' actions were "simply not defensible" https://t.co/ABMnjuH8ID
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 23, 2017
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But true? https://t.co/RyEKbEy74Y
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 23, 2017
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