Why wouldn’t he run for President? Not like he’s buddies with Trump. Has beaten him (in effect) before. (Rule of thumb is: They all want to be president. And there’ll be a better opportuinty .. when?) https://t.co/MnPGdAMFo6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 28, 2022
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November 27, 2022 at 11:31PM
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Here is a link to the chapter: https://t.co/acyihnT71x https://t.co/rzPV4hcR7o
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 28, 2022
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November 27, 2022 at 10:10PM
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If I were paranoid I’d even say it’d be easier for give-them-cash types to gut work requirements by fiddling with an algorithm than by getting a change thru Congress. Suddenly transfers to non-workers start getting bigger (the way the algo seemed to boost pageviews on Twitter!)
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 28, 2022
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November 27, 2022 at 10:08PM
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Also not the best moment to propose incorporating blockchain technology into the safety net! But that shouldn’t be disqualifying. It mostly seems like a distraction from the basic, non-fintech need to require work. https://t.co/joA6QORUWj
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 28, 2022
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November 27, 2022 at 10:01PM
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Is there anyone who has *not* ripped off Marvin Gaye? https://t.co/OzWa3Qzo2g
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 28, 2022
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November 27, 2022 at 10:00PM
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If the idea is a less bureaucratic way to reward work, it might make sense. If it’s going to ding a breadwinner every time they go to a bar instead of straight home to spouse after work, could be a little intrusive! https://t.co/rzPV4gUHTg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 28, 2022
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November 27, 2022 at 09:53PM
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I doubt the authors of the poverty chapter (@AngelaRachidi @Mattweidinger @swinshi) have in mind “Chinese-style survelliance,” but it’s not completely clear what they do have in mind (“digital currency, using blockchain technology, could ‘lock’ and ‘unlock’ government benefits”). https://t.co/AWhUmY57If
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 28, 2022
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November 27, 2022 at 09:50PM
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Bob’s attempt to acheive empathy (even sympathy) for SBF was way more effective than I expected https://t.co/OzWa3QQYTO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 28, 2022
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November 27, 2022 at 07:17PM
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“Remember to punch a little left and punch a little right so no one gets too comfortable.” I think this way oversimplifies TGIF’s secret sauce, but I suppose it’s one ingredient. (In other hands it would be a recipe for boredom.) https://t.co/IijQFZW69z
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 27, 2022
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November 26, 2022 at 09:04PM
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New Parrot Room: @Semafor was founded with goal of ending polarization https://t.co/YL1kYQ2pzx Yet its big scoop on SBF owning a “sizable chunk” of @elonmusk’s @Twitter was instantly polarized-Semafor on left, Musk on right. PS: It’s almost certainly wrong https://t.co/OzWa3Qzo2g
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 26, 2022
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November 26, 2022 at 10:00AM
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Thanksgiving Parrot Room: Fresh, not canned (taped today) https://t.co/OzWa3QQYTO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 26, 2022
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November 26, 2022 at 01:05AM
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While other podcasters take the holiday off (not mentioning any names https://t.co/ysBOlsgfO8) we go THE EXTRA MILE with an UP-TO-THE-MINUTE episode taped today … https://t.co/DjL4PFw3sd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 26, 2022
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November 25, 2022 at 09:03PM
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Latest Ed Rollins scam alert https://t.co/h896NzUzku
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 25, 2022
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November 25, 2022 at 02:44PM
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If 2022 midterms punctured the bubble of Trumpish “stolen election” hysteria, maybe Musk can puncture the bubble of woke ‘free speech is dangerous’ hysteria…. https://t.co/MLAbBtevqt
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 25, 2022
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November 25, 2022 at 01:54PM
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Only 55 recipients of the Guaranteed Income for Tansgenders, and qualifying is an identity victim Olympics–preference for transgenders of color, undocumented transgenders, formerly incarcerated transgenders. Regular old transgenders wouldn’t seem to have a chance. https://t.co/drfhyUFD9M
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 25, 2022
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November 25, 2022 at 01:49PM
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Yeah, I suspect this tweet will not wear well … https://t.co/8lpkJY1xqC
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 24, 2022
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November 23, 2022 at 11:48PM
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The “tokenized stock”TWTR is described here https://t.co/kLAkxozLRA and here https://t.co/6wUDasIe8q
“Twitter tokenized stock FTX is a cryptocurrency that is identified by the symbol TWTR.” https://t.co/I5nHF1Q9SC
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 24, 2022
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November 23, 2022 at 11:30PM
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* “lays” https://t.co/z3R50o2uH0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 24, 2022
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November 23, 2022 at 11:20PM
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.@bill_allison has one compelling possible explanation: Twitter’s balance-sheet symbol TWTR doesn’t refer to actual Twitter stock but to a “Twitter tokenized stock FTX,” which is not Twitter stock. That could be how @Semafor got it wrong https://t.co/s9QImp2fY5 https://t.co/L29d80BURX
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 24, 2022
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November 23, 2022 at 11:16PM
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No attempt is made to reconcile the “balance sheet” report with Musk saying “in fact [SBF] owns 0%” of Twitter. https://t.co/DIRT2RRzFu Obvious possibility: The balance sheet’s wrong or @Semafor’s reporter misread it (eg what it calls TWTR isn’t Twitter stock but something else).
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 24, 2022
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November 23, 2022 at 10:59PM
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This story has been rewritten to cut the description of Musk & SBF as “financial partners.” But it retains the claim that “Bankman-Fried owns a sizable chunk of a now privately held and debt-laden Twitter,” though it lasy that off on “an FTX balance sheet.” Adds Musk’s denial 1/ https://t.co/UwMrg9Zz6p
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 24, 2022
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November 23, 2022 at 10:48PM
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I deleted q tweet that inaccurately summarized the way the Semafor story (https://t.co/T2fzKXVLH0) has been rewritten. Will post a better tweet soon.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 24, 2022
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November 23, 2022 at 10:37PM
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CORRECTION: The “opted not to invest” sentence appears to refer to the earlier grandiose plan to invest $5 billion-$10 billion, not to the later “roll over” possibility, which Musk says didn’t happen–and apparently he’s right about that. There appears to be no “sizable chunk.”
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 24, 2022
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November 23, 2022 at 09:21PM
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Forget it, Jake. It’s @semafor. https://t.co/oWGaY55ZcJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 24, 2022
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November 23, 2022 at 09:04PM
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Fun to see ultra-respectable DC figure David Bradley in bed with SBF https://t.co/A9tp0V7PRl
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 24, 2022
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November 23, 2022 at 08:42PM
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