On today's bloggingheads I couldn't answer Bob's question about when the Democratic pandemic UBI would end. This seems to be the answer: https://t.co/XEtrbzqvRP https://t.co/AeauZpT6uG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 9, 2020
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So a standard family of 4 would get $96,000/year? (Perilously to try arithmetic on Twitter.) https://t.co/XEtrbzqvRP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 9, 2020
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Cherchez le Milllennial https://t.co/6nEPXX4FH0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 9, 2020
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Looks like Sweden now has 6th highest death toll in the world (314 per million). After: Belgium, Spain, Italy, UK, France. https://t.co/Bw73i5AJ7a
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 8, 2020
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400 job losses per life saved (after CA's shelter in place order) https://t.co/bN5DnPVzKc
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 8, 2020
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Cruz, Hawley, Cotton — 3 Senators who want to be President.
Where's Marco? https://t.co/vQPvYFBZ7I
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 8, 2020
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Compares UBI to Finnish unemployment insurance? Why not compare UBI to getting nothing? Or to guaranteed job? https://t.co/1x8YUdBfXT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 8, 2020
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What was Flynn's alleged 'lie'? Seems key:"The statements in question were not by their nature easily falsifiable. In his interview [Flynn] offered either equivocal (‘I don’t know’) or indirect responses, or claimed to not remember the matter in question.” https://t.co/SjyAv8p2yf
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 8, 2020
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I should have said it's a *proxy* battle. Even if Cotton turns out to be wrong on origin of Wuhan virus he could still be right about universal capacity and desire for liberation, and even if Coulter's wrong about the origin she could still be right about culture. … https://t.co/v2Xi6UvkGc
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 8, 2020
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If you follow this thread, which I recommend, *this* seems like the key point. It's why "protect the elderly" might be a problem for, eg, nursing homes even AFTER herd immunity in general population is achieved … [I think] https://t.co/3AdzfFJr8C
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 8, 2020
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Different strains? [just asking] https://t.co/oM8XCA5n67
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 8, 2020
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You think the Reade accusation is "bonkers"? Whoever edited your thorough and judicious analysis did a lot of toning down ("not particularly credible"). Good to know. https://t.co/H0vHy7gGI8 https://t.co/LPJMODZ9xV
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 8, 2020
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What is your failure rate on imported (mainly from China) digital thermometers? Mine is about 80%, including 2 different models I just got from @amazon.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 8, 2020
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FEAR OF SUBSTANCE: @Politico spends whole article on process issues around new COVID bill, with maybe 1.5 sentences on what Dems actually want in it. Martin Tolchin must be happy he didn't found this institution. https://t.co/1y1vtmLvdk
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 7, 2020
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He's already volunteered to die of COVID for his grandkids. This guy is some kind of grandstander. https://t.co/8BDLRETxK0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 7, 2020
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“…If grandma dies in a nursing home at age 81, that’s tragic and it’s terrible, also the life expectancy in the United States is 80, so that is not the same thing.”– @BenShapiro https://t.co/bfClLHX6cx 4/29/20 Does not sound like "top priority" to me https://t.co/TIFkOasDcY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 7, 2020
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Biden's hypocrisy here is so blatant it's almost a brilliant move. You feel like a dolt even bringing it up. But … but … but sir! You claim to have written all the works of William Shakespeare, yet you were born in … https://t.co/IovxedFziR
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 7, 2020
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"Weaponize" now apparently means "bring up in a campaign." https://t.co/HHY2YSim1i
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 7, 2020
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In case it ever comes up, I am both the founder and the launcher of kausfiles. Go wild.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 7, 2020
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Didn't realize anyone was foolish enough to still believe the 'Hispanics are natural conservatives' crap. (Some GOPS–like Trump, maybe–will do relatively well, meaning they might lose Hispanics by less than other GOPS) https://t.co/77OAKAdNY9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 7, 2020
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Giuliani made a huge deadly mistake after 9/11 too — reopening Lower Manhattan too early (when air was still hazardous). Yet he'd get good ratings too, in part because he seemed to be calm and in command. https://t.co/zGUQs74Hor
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 7, 2020
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CONSERVATIVE BATTLE OF PANGOLIN GULCH: Hot Ann Coulter vs. Tom Cotton on origins of Wuhan virus (which is really a battle over culture: is everyone enough alike so a) we just have to liberate them and b) they'll all fit in great as immigrants)? https://t.co/LUges95Rox
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 7, 2020
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Well, it could be this https://t.co/VrEblblEFx https://t.co/EygSVh5LfC
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 6, 2020
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2 streams of commentary a) poorer workers bearing brunt of disease in lockdowns b) poorer workers will bear brunt of disease if lockdowns end. Both can be true. Not clear how this impacts lockdown/no lockdown debate. https://t.co/7b2luKSTyQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 6, 2020
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He was provoked by a snobby question (implying you had to have Ivy league degree), And he's a motormouth bullshitter. (So is @POTUS.) What seems most important about this clip is the deep insecurity it reveals. https://t.co/EygSVh5LfC
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 6, 2020
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