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By Lambert Strether of Corrente.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nPatient readers, this is at present a little unbalanced, as am I, due to a late start. More soon! \u2013lambert<\/p>\nBird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Red-winged Blackbird (Mexican Bicolored), 1.31 km al NW del COLPOS, Texcoco, Estado de M\u00e9xico, Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>(1) <a href=\"#shanahan\">Shanahan launch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing re-org<\/a>, plus Tcakik on Barnett.<\/p>\n<p>(3) <a href=\"#sbf\">SBF gets twenty five years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.\u201d \u2013Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than a year to go!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/free.timeanddate.com\/countdown\/i8ubjj5e\/n179\/cf100\/cm0\/cu1\/ct0\/cs1\/ca0\/cr0\/ss0\/cac000\/cpc000\/pcfff\/tcfff\/fs100\/szw320\/szh135\/tatTime%20left%20to%20Election%20Day%2C%202024\/tac000\/tptTime%20since%20Event%20started%20in\/tpc000\/mac000\/mpc000\/iso2024-11-05T00:00:00\/bo2\/pd2\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"322\" height=\"137\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"shanahan\" a=\"\"\/>Kennedy (I): Shanahan\u2019s speech introducing herself to the electorate:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"VP Candidate Nicole Shanahan: Full Speech\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yg2PpeO-clk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cRFK Jr. Unveils Running Mate in 2024 Presidential Bid\u201d (transcript) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rev.com\/blog\/transcripts\/rfk-jr-unveils-running-mate-in-2024-presidential-bid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rev<\/a>] (love Kennedy\u2019s Willie Brown reference at 1:32). Transcript is in two parts, first Kennedy, then Shanahan:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[KENNEDY:] Now, the last time I was in Oakland was when I served on the trial team in the Monsanto cases. So we tried two of the three cases in this city. We won 289 million in the first. And then, the third one, which we tried here, we asked the jury for a billion dollars, and an Oakland jury gave us $2.2 billion. That brought Monsanto to the negotiating table, and we settled in all 40,000 cases. But I lived here for several months during that trial, and I got to really love the city. The Monsanto case was the latest in a lifetime of battles for me, to get poisons out of our food and out of our farms and to restore our soils. That effort has consumed a lot of my life. And I wanted a vice president who shared my passion for wholesome healthy foods, chemical free, for regenerative agriculture, for good soils.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[KENNEDY:] And I found all of those qualities in a woman who grew up right here in Oakland, the daughter of immigrants, who overcame every daunting obstacle and went on to achieve the highest levels of the American dream. So that is why I\u2019m so proud to introduce to you the next Vice President of the United States, my fellow lawyer, a brilliant scientist, technologist, a fierce warrior mom, Nicole Shanahan.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWarrior mom.\u201d Brilliant framing.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[SHANAHAN:] My mother who\u2019s standing right there with her phone up, she immigrated here from Guangzhou, China, and my late father was an Irish and German American. I want to tell you a little bit about my childhood, so you can understand the source of my politics and convictions. My mother\u2019s first job when she came to the United States in 1983 was as a live-in caretaker to an elderly woman here at Lake Merritt. By the time I was born, she worked as a dental office secretary. My father loved my brother and I dearly, but he was very troubled, plagued by substance abuse, and he struggled to keep a job.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>(Maybe Shanahan\u2019s gonna end up President. Clinton, Bush the Younger, Obama, and Biden all had serious Daddy issues.)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[SHANAHAN:] Every time my dad lost his job, our family just couldn\u2019t cover expenses. Food, gas, clothing, upkeep. It\u2019s adds up more than you have in this situation. I know a lot of Americans know exactly what that\u2019s like, to just be one misfortune away from disaster. I don\u2019t think we would have made it without food stamps and government help. My mom worked hard, but it wouldn\u2019t have been possible to keep it together without that help. As you probably know, I became very wealthy later on in life, but my roots in Oakland taught me many things I have never forgotten. That . That\u2019s what it\u2019s for. I want to bring that back to politics too. That is the purpose of privilege.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If Shanahan can and maintain that note, she will be formidable indeed. I\u2019m licking my chops a little, waiting for the Harris\/Shanahan debate. (Of course, the press hasn\u2019t yet gone into full pull-the-wings-off-flies mode, though I expect that will begin shortly. For example\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): Also at the Shanahan launch:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great Barrington Declaration author Dr. Jay Bhattacharya speaks at RFK Jr.\u2019s VP announcement speech:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need dissidents in public health, because they\u2019re very often right. The government censored because it knew it was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>We need people like Bobby Kennedy\u2026 to restore the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DD57Uh9DVk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/DD57Uh9DVk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Holden_Culotta\/status\/1772697932606636120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cRFK Jr.\u2019s vice presidential pick calls IVF \u2018one of the biggest lies being told about women\u2019s health’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/03\/28\/robert-f-kennedy-vice-president-nicole-shanahan-ivf-00149523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cRobert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s running mate has been a harsh critic of in vitro fertilization, while funding alternative research on extending women\u2019s reproductive years. Nicole Shanahan has for years denounced IVF \u2014 calling it \u201cone of the biggest lies that\u2019s being told about women\u2019s health today.\u2019\u2026 As a candidate, her criticisms of IVF have taken on heightened importance following an Alabama Supreme Court\u2019s ruling that embryos are children, which briefly forced clinics in the states to pause operations. Republicans and Democrats \u2014 including both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump \u2014 rushed to defend the procedure, which is broadly popular. The 38-year-old\u2019s opposition to IVF and skepticism of the fertility industry makes her an outlier in the presidential field \u2014 though she has not called for banning the procedure. Kennedy has not weighed in on IVF access, and has made conflicting comments about abortion access. At the Iowa State Fair, Kennedy, 70, said he supported a ban on abortion after 15 or 21 weeks of pregnancy, but then his campaign said he misunderstood the question and does not support such a ban.\u201d \u2022 Let the oppo begin!<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cRFK Jr. super PAC says it raised $2M after VP announcement\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4560883-rfk-jr-super-pac-says-it-raised-2m-after-vp-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. American Values 2024, the main outside group supporting Kennedy\u2019s White House bid, raked in $2.1 million at a fundraiser on Tuesday, right after the official announcement of tech attorney and entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan joining his 2024 ticket, PAC head Tony Lyons shared first with The Hill. Around 60 donors attended the outside group\u2019s cocktail party, Lyons said\u2026.. This is the second-highest amount American Values 2024 has raised at an event. In January, the outside group brought in $5.8 million during Kennedy\u2019s 70th birthday celebration in West Hollywood, Lyons confirmed to The Hill.\u201d And crucially: \u201cThe group said it garnered enough signatures to get the independent candidate on the ballot in four states: Arizona [swing], Michigan [swing], Georgia [swing] and South Carolina.\u201d \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/03\/introduction-to-swing-states-in-the-presidential-election-of-2024-general-survey.html\">More on swing states here<\/a>. We\u2019ll have to see on the Silicon Valley squillionaires. Maybe it\u2019s time for Biden to rein in Lina Khan ka-ching?<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cChair says Libertarians are \u2018confused\u2019 by RFK Jr.\u2019s VP pick\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4559103-libertarians-confused-rfk-jr-vp-pick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018I think that a lot of libertarians are a little bit confused over why he chose Nicole Shanahan. I\u2019m sure she\u2019s a lovely person, but she doesn\u2019t necessarily fit into alignment with any of our views,\u2019 Libertarian National Committee Chair Angela McArdle said on NewsNation\u2019s \u2018The Hill.\u2019 Kennedy announced tech attorney and entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan as his pick for vice president during an event in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday. When pressed further on why Libertarians are unsure about Kennedy\u2019s choice, McArdle noted that she had supported President Biden and now-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. \u2018So I\u2019m really unsure how she\u2019s going to fit in with the Libertarian Party. You know, I\u2019m anxious to hear about it,\u2019 she added.\u201d \u2022 So perhaps Kennedy has decided on funding ballot access with Shanahan\u2019s money, as opposed to using the Libertarian Party\u2019s existing ballot lines?<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a post I saw in a group chat that deserves more eyeballs re: Nicole Shanahan and assumptions. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI promise she is not what you are saying \u2013 typical in any way. She still talks in the culture she was raised, California\/Silicon Valley 30 something. But what I assure you, is\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle Kemper \u0416 (@kylekemper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylekemper\/status\/1773385156482515040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis moment is as revolutionary as her transformation caused from damage to her own baby by the same murdering profiteers that conned us about the Covid vaccine.\u201d The account is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/teamkennedy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a \u201clead activator\u201d (whatever that is) at \u201cTeam Kennedy.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cLawyer, mother and billionaire\u2019s ex: Who is Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr\u2019s VP pick?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/nicole-shanahan-rfk-jr-elon-musk-sergey-brin-b2519511.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Independent<\/a>]. \u201cShanahan may not have the same name recognition or star status as other names previously floated as VP \u2013 NFL provocateur Aaron Rodgers, former governor\/wrestler Jesse Ventura, and self help guru Tony Robbins, for example \u2013 but she has famous friends with deep pockets, experience with enormous wealth and power, and a hardscrabble backstory that make for the consummate campaign catnip.\u201d Also: \u201cShe said it took her several more years to forgive her father, with whom she had a complex relationship \u2013 and only after she participated in an intensive retreat called The Hoffman Process.\u201d \u2022 Thinking like the cheapjack oppo researcher I am: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoffmaninstitute.org\/the-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hoffman Process<\/a> reads like <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.culteducation.com\/read.php?4,136041,136041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">California<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefithabit.com\/hoffman-process-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">woo-woo<\/a> (Willliamson is, I think, given insufficient credit for creating a woo-woo permission structure for candidates). <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>#COVID19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a>; includes many counties; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wastewater Scan<\/a>, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/businesssolutions\/covid-19-index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a>); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacovid19tracker.org\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iowa COVID-19 Tracker<\/a>\u201d (in IA, but national data). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/icemsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/a>\u201d (especially on hospitalization by city).<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, thanks for the collective effort. To update any entry, do feel free to contact me at the address given with the plants. Please put \u201cCOVID\u201d in the subject line. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>ake effect by summer. The move by the Democratic administration angered board members, who called it a \u2018last-minute stunt\u2019 that undermines their regulatory process. It also sparked a protest by warehouse workers, who temporarily shut down the meeting as they waved signs declaring that \u2018Heat Kills!\u2019 and loudly chanted, \u2018What do we want? Heat protection! When do we want it? 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<a href=\"https:\/\/empower.unlv.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Southern NV); NY (<a href=\"https:\/\/mbcolli.shinyapps.io\/SARS2EWSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OH (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/dashboards\/other-resources\/wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/51657c21386d4f1a962b1853c76ec589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>OR (<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/oregon.health.authority.covid.19\/viz\/OregonsCOVID-19DataDashboards-TableofContents\/TableofContentsStatewide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; PA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/disease\/coronavirus\/pages\/Cases.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); RI (<a href=\"https:\/\/ri-department-of-health-covid-19-data-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/scdhec.gov\/index.php\/covid19\/covid-19-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SD (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.sd.gov\/COVID\/Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TX (<a href=\"https:\/\/txdshsea.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/4ae43eefd0f641d59d35c3df82ee59cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); UT (<a href=\"https:\/\/udwq.shinyapps.io\/sarscov2_surv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/see-the-numbers\/covid-19-in-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); VT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthvermont.gov\/disease-control\/covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WA (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.wa.gov\/emergencies\/covid-19\/data-dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.bfhd.wa.gov\/cases-and-roadmap-to-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/covid-19\/wastewater.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); WV (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/oehs.wvdhhr.org\/news\/oehs-coivd-19-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>); WY (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/covidwastewatermonitor.wyo.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (National): Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/health-infobase.canada.ca\/covid-19\/wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Government of Canada<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (Provincial): ON (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publichealthontario.ca\/en\/Data-and-Analysis\/Infectious-Disease\/COVID-19-Data-Surveillance\/Wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); QC (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspq.qc.ca\/covid-19\/donnees\/eaux-usees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>les eaux us\u00e9es<\/em><\/a>); BC (<a href=\"https:\/\/bccdc.shinyapps.io\/respiratory_wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); BC, Vancouver (<a href=\"https:\/\/metrovancouver.org\/services\/liquid-waste\/testing-for-the-covid-19-virus-in-wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Hat tips to helpful readers: Alexis, anon (2), Art_DogCT, B24S, CanCyn, ChiGal, Chuck L, Festoonic, FM, FreeMarketApologist (4), Gumbo, hop2it, JB, JEHR, JF, JL Joe, John, JM (10), JustAnotherVolunteer, JW, KatieBird, LL, Michael King, KF, LaRuse, mrsyk, MT, MT_Wild, otisyves, Petal (6), RK (2), RL, RM, Rod, square coats (11), tennesseewaltzer, Tom B., Utah, Bob White (3). <\/p>\n<p>Stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LEGEND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> for charts new today; all others are not updated.<\/p>\n<p>2) For a full-size\/full-resolution image, Command-click (MacOS) or right-click (Windows) on the chart thumbnail and \u201copen image in new tab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[1] (Biobot) Our curve has now flattened out at the level of previous Trump peaks. Not a great victory. Note also the area \u201cunder the curve,\u201d besides looking at peaks. That area is larger under Biden than under Trump, and it seems to be rising steadily if unevenly.<\/p>\n<p>[2] (Biobot) Backward revisions, I hate them.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) As of May 11, genomic surveillance data will be reported biweekly, based on the availability of positive test specimens.\u201d \u201cBiweeekly: 1. occurring every two weeks. 2. occurring twice a week; semiweekly.\u201d Looks like CDC has chosen sense #1. In essence, they\u2019re telling us variants are nothing to worry about. Time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ER) \u201cCharts and data provided by CDC, updates Wednesday by 8am. For the past year, using a rolling 52-week period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Looks like a very gradual leveling off to a non-zero baseline, to me.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC) Still down. \u201cMaps, charts, and data provided by CDC, updates weekly for the previous MMWR week (Sunday-Saturday) on Thursdays (Deaths, Emergency Department Visits, Test Positivity) and weekly the following Mondays (Hospitalizations) by 8 pm ET\u2020\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Leveling out.<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Flattening.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Posivitity) Now up, albeit in the rear view mirror.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants) JN.1 dominates utterly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>GDP: \u201cUnited States GDP Growth Rate\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/gdp-growth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe US economy expanded an annualized 3.4% in Q4 2023, slightly above the 3.2% previously reported, supported by consumer spending and non-residential business investments, according to the third estimate from the BEA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Employment Situation: \u201cUnited States Initial Jobless Claims\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/jobless-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the US eased by 2,000 to 210,000 on the week ending March 23rd, beating market expectations of 215,000 to extend the momentum of relatively low claim counts since the start of February.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cUnited States Chicago PMI\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/chicago-pmi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe Chicago Business Barometer, also known as the Chicago PMI, fell once again to 41.4 in March 2024 from 44 in the prior month and missing market forecasts of 46. The latest reading indicated that Chicago\u2019s economic activity contracted for the fourth consecutive month in March, and to the greatest extent in ten months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing is paralyzed, and this failing of its executives and directors is to blame\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.morningstar.com\/news\/marketwatch\/20240327122\/boeing-is-paralyzed-and-this-failing-of-its-executives-and-directors-is-to-blame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Morningstar<\/a>]. \u201cWhile some have been keen to frame Boeing\u2019s problems as a consequence of its DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) efforts, this argument is wildly unconvincing. What Boeing\u2019s problems actually illustrate is that despite corporations adding more women and minorities to boards and C-suites over the past several years, conformity of thought and the strength of social ties are more powerful. The actual problem isn\u2019t a lack of controls, visibility or knowledge. Rather, it is group dynamics. Nell Minow, a leading corporate governance specialist, has decades of experience directly observing board dynamics. She has this to say about : \u2018We take these people of extraordinary ability and achievement. We put them in a boardroom, and there they suddenly become totally incompetent. Why is that? My answer is that these are people who have a genius for sizing up the norms of the room and adapting to them. And that\u2019s a fabulous quality to have. But unfortunately, you\u2019ve got 11 people like that \u2013 and one very visionary, dynamic leader who controls their information, their access to other people in the organization, and even their tenure and their compensation. That\u2019s not a good system.\u2019 Board selection criteria vary, but while efforts have been made to increase the independence of board members, personal and social connections still predominate. Many studies demonstrate that members tend to have similar backgrounds, political affiliations and even religious beliefs. Bonding on the golf course remains a hallowed professional practice. At Boeing, its 2021 $246 million fine did lead to the addition of aviation and safety experts to the board, and 30% of its directors are women. But neither factor is enough to offset the complex web of connections, relationships and loyalties between its members.\u201d \u2022 \u201cGroup dynamics\u201d (social and symbolic capital). And, of course\u2026. the <em>money<\/em> (economic capital).<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cNew planemaker chief says Boeing faces \u2018pivotal moment’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/new-planemaker-chief-says-boeing-faces-pivotal-moment-2024-03-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018This is a pivotal moment for us, and we have serious work ahead to build trust and improve our operations,\u2019 said Stephanie Pope, who was named president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes on Monday, in an email to employees seen by Reuters.\u201d \u2022 Pope\u2019s not an engineer.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing had a good week cleaning house \u2013 but now comes the hard part\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.morningstar.com\/news\/marketwatch\/20240327161\/boeing-had-a-good-week-cleaning-house-but-now-comes-the-hard-part\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Morningstar<\/a>]. \u201cThis was Boeing\u2019s best week in many years. A dysfunctional management team was ousted. President and CEO David Calhoun will step down at the end of the year. Board chairman Larry Kellner announced that he would not stand for reelection. Stan Deal, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, left the company immediately. By several accounts, this long-overdue reckoning resulted from a revolt by the company\u2019s airline customers, concerned about missed production plans, uncertain new model-certification schedules, and high-profile incidents resulting from manufacturing \u2018quality escapes.\u2019 Now comes the hard part. Getting Boeing (BA) back on track will take years, maybe decades.\u201d In particular: \u201cIf both the company and unit CEO positions are filled by non-engineers, that would be disastrous. In fact, the only time that\u2019s happened in Boeing\u2019s history was in 2012-2015. That\u2019s when the 737 MAX was developed, and certainly a low point in terms of company engineers having access to managerial authority.\u201d \u2022 A good week indeed. The relevant hashtag seems to be getting little traction:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JohnBarnettDidNotKillHimself?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#JohnBarnettDidNotKillHimself<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 America Was Once Great (@Mrs__Calabash) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mrs__Calabash\/status\/1767597070578241543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cSuicide Mission\u201d [Maureen Tkacik, <a href=\"https:\/\/prospect.org\/infrastructure\/transportation\/2024-03-28-suicide-mission-boeing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The American Prospect<\/a>]. The deck: \u201cWhat Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane.\u201d Gave \u2019em the old heave-ho, as Tkacik recounts in nauseating (and I admit, gruesomely entertaining detail. What a horrible place to work). Reading all the way to the end: \u201cIt is worth noting here that Swampy\u2019s [Barnett\u2019s] former co-workers universally refuse to believe that their old colleague killed himself. One former co-worker who was terrified of speaking publicly went out of their way to tell me that they weren\u2019t suicidal. \u2018If I show up dead anytime soon, even if it\u2019s a car accident or something, I\u2019m a safe driver, please be on the lookout for foul play.\u2019\u2026. Discussing Swampy\u2019s death and the whistleblower lawsuit he left behind, the longtime former Boeing executive told me, \u2018.\u2019 Did that mean he thought Boeing assassinated Swampy? \u2018, he replied. More importantly, he added,\u2019. Let\u2019s say you rob a bank and while traveling at high speed in the getaway you run down a pedestrian and kill them. That\u2019s second-degree murder at the very least.’\u201d \u2022 Sounds like Tkacik\u2019s got a source. Good. Things I would like to know about Barnett\u2019s death: Where is the CCTV footage of the parking lot? Has the \u201csilver\u201d gun he is alleged to have used been traced? Was there gunpowder residue on his hand? What did the putative suicide note say, and how and on what was it written? Why did the cops dust the car for fingerprints if suicide is an open and shut case? And what happened to Barnett\u2019s computer? Was it in his hotel room? If so, do the cops have it? Meanwhile, the local paper, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/search\/?l=25&s=start_time&sd=desc&nc%5B%5D=sponsored%2C_press-releases%2C_test&nfl=sponsored%2C+advertorial%2C+test%2Cap&f=html&t=article%2Ccollection&app=editorial&nsa=eedition&q=barnett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Post and Courier, hasn\u2019t run one single story on Barnett\u2019s death since the original story on March 13<\/a>. That\u2019s more than two weeks. The silence is beginning to scream. Are the cops having a hard time constructing a story? Is Boeing\u2019s C-Suite involved?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"sbf\"\/>The Bezzle: \u201cSam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/business\/live-news\/sam-bankman-fried-sentencing-03-28-24\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. \u201cDamian Williams, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement that Bankman-Fried\u2019s 25-year sentence \u2018will prevent the defendant from ever again committing fraud and is an important message to others who might be tempted to engage in financial crimes that justice will be swift, and the consequences will be severe.’\u201d \u2022 Maybe. Let\u2019s wait and see.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 68 Greed (previous close: 67 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 74 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Mar 27 at 1:55:00 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking With Your Hands Is Good for Your Brain\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/dnyuz.com\/2024\/03\/28\/working-with-your-hands-is-good-for-your-brain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cBut we\u2019re doing less intricate hands-on work than we used to. A lot of modern life involves simple movements, such as tapping screens and pushing buttons, and some experts believe our shift away from more complex hand activities could have consequences for how we think and feel. \u2018When you look at the brain\u2019s real estate \u2014 how it\u2019s divided up, and where its resources are invested \u2014 a huge portion of it is devoted to movement, and especially to voluntary movement of the hands,\u2019 said Kelly Lambert, a professor of behavioral neuroscience at the University of Richmond in Virginia. Dr. Lambert, who studies effort-based rewards, said that she is interested in \u2018the connection between the effort we put into something and the reward we get from it\u2019 and that she believes working with our hands might be uniquely gratifying. In some of her research on animals, Dr. Lambert and her colleagues found that rats that used their paws to dig up food had healthier stress hormone profiles and were better at problem solving compared with rats that were given food without having to dig. She sees some similarities in studies on people, which have found that a whole range of hands-on activities \u2014 such as knitting, gardening and coloring \u2014 are associated with cognitive and emotional benefits, including improvements in memory and attention, as well as reductions in anxiety and depression symptoms.\u201d \u2022 I suppose gardening is <em>something<\/em> like digging up food with my hands\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact information for plants<\/strong>: Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) find out how to send me a check if you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to find out how to send me images of plants. Vegetables are fine! Fungi, lichen, and coral are deemed to be honorary plants! If you want your handle to appear as a credit, please place it at the start of your mail in parentheses: (thus). Otherwise, I will anonymize by using your initials. See the previous Water Cooler (with plant) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/03\/200pm-water-cooler-3-25-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From Huckleberry Garden:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fence.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-269165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fence.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fence-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This fence leads the eye in pleasingly ramshackle fashion.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"donate\"\/><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Water Cooler is a standalone entity <em>not<\/em> covered by the annual NC fundraiser. 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Patient readers, this is at present a little unbalanced, as am I, due to a late start. More soon! \u2013lambert<\/p>\n
Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Red-winged Blackbird (Mexican Bicolored), 1.31 km al NW del COLPOS, Texcoco, Estado de M\u00e9xico, Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>(1) <a href=\"#shanahan\">Shanahan launch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing re-org<\/a>, plus Tcakik on Barnett.<\/p>\n<p>(3) <a href=\"#sbf\">SBF gets twenty five years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.\u201d \u2013Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than a year to go!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/free.timeanddate.com\/countdown\/i8ubjj5e\/n179\/cf100\/cm0\/cu1\/ct0\/cs1\/ca0\/cr0\/ss0\/cac000\/cpc000\/pcfff\/tcfff\/fs100\/szw320\/szh135\/tatTime%20left%20to%20Election%20Day%2C%202024\/tac000\/tptTime%20since%20Event%20started%20in\/tpc000\/mac000\/mpc000\/iso2024-11-05T00:00:00\/bo2\/pd2\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"322\" height=\"137\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"shanahan\" a=\"\"\/>Kennedy (I): Shanahan\u2019s speech introducing herself to the electorate:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"VP Candidate Nicole Shanahan: Full Speech\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yg2PpeO-clk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cRFK Jr. Unveils Running Mate in 2024 Presidential Bid\u201d (transcript) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rev.com\/blog\/transcripts\/rfk-jr-unveils-running-mate-in-2024-presidential-bid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rev<\/a>] (love Kennedy\u2019s Willie Brown reference at 1:32). Transcript is in two parts, first Kennedy, then Shanahan:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[KENNEDY:] Now, the last time I was in Oakland was when I served on the trial team in the Monsanto cases. So we tried two of the three cases in this city. We won 289 million in the first. And then, the third one, which we tried here, we asked the jury for a billion dollars, and an Oakland jury gave us $2.2 billion. That brought Monsanto to the negotiating table, and we settled in all 40,000 cases. But I lived here for several months during that trial, and I got to really love the city. The Monsanto case was the latest in a lifetime of battles for me, to get poisons out of our food and out of our farms and to restore our soils. That effort has consumed a lot of my life. And I wanted a vice president who shared my passion for wholesome healthy foods, chemical free, for regenerative agriculture, for good soils.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[KENNEDY:] And I found all of those qualities in a woman who grew up right here in Oakland, the daughter of immigrants, who overcame every daunting obstacle and went on to achieve the highest levels of the American dream. So that is why I\u2019m so proud to introduce to you the next Vice President of the United States, my fellow lawyer, a brilliant scientist, technologist, a fierce warrior mom, Nicole Shanahan.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWarrior mom.\u201d Brilliant framing.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[SHANAHAN:] My mother who\u2019s standing right there with her phone up, she immigrated here from Guangzhou, China, and my late father was an Irish and German American. I want to tell you a little bit about my childhood, so you can understand the source of my politics and convictions. My mother\u2019s first job when she came to the United States in 1983 was as a live-in caretaker to an elderly woman here at Lake Merritt. By the time I was born, she worked as a dental office secretary. My father loved my brother and I dearly, but he was very troubled, plagued by substance abuse, and he struggled to keep a job.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>(Maybe Shanahan\u2019s gonna end up President. Clinton, Bush the Younger, Obama, and Biden all had serious Daddy issues.)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[SHANAHAN:] Every time my dad lost his job, our family just couldn\u2019t cover expenses. Food, gas, clothing, upkeep. It\u2019s adds up more than you have in this situation. I know a lot of Americans know exactly what that\u2019s like, to just be one misfortune away from disaster. I don\u2019t think we would have made it without food stamps and government help. My mom worked hard, but it wouldn\u2019t have been possible to keep it together without that help. As you probably know, I became very wealthy later on in life, but my roots in Oakland taught me many things I have never forgotten. That . That\u2019s what it\u2019s for. I want to bring that back to politics too. That is the purpose of privilege.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If Shanahan can and maintain that note, she will be formidable indeed. I\u2019m licking my chops a little, waiting for the Harris\/Shanahan debate. (Of course, the press hasn\u2019t yet gone into full pull-the-wings-off-flies mode, though I expect that will begin shortly. For example\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): Also at the Shanahan launch:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great Barrington Declaration author Dr. Jay Bhattacharya speaks at RFK Jr.\u2019s VP announcement speech:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need dissidents in public health, because they\u2019re very often right. The government censored because it knew it was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>We need people like Bobby Kennedy\u2026 to restore the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DD57Uh9DVk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/DD57Uh9DVk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Holden_Culotta\/status\/1772697932606636120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cRFK Jr.\u2019s vice presidential pick calls IVF \u2018one of the biggest lies being told about women\u2019s health’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/03\/28\/robert-f-kennedy-vice-president-nicole-shanahan-ivf-00149523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cRobert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s running mate has been a harsh critic of in vitro fertilization, while funding alternative research on extending women\u2019s reproductive years. Nicole Shanahan has for years denounced IVF \u2014 calling it \u201cone of the biggest lies that\u2019s being told about women\u2019s health today.\u2019\u2026 As a candidate, her criticisms of IVF have taken on heightened importance following an Alabama Supreme Court\u2019s ruling that embryos are children, which briefly forced clinics in the states to pause operations. Republicans and Democrats \u2014 including both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump \u2014 rushed to defend the procedure, which is broadly popular. The 38-year-old\u2019s opposition to IVF and skepticism of the fertility industry makes her an outlier in the presidential field \u2014 though she has not called for banning the procedure. Kennedy has not weighed in on IVF access, and has made conflicting comments about abortion access. At the Iowa State Fair, Kennedy, 70, said he supported a ban on abortion after 15 or 21 weeks of pregnancy, but then his campaign said he misunderstood the question and does not support such a ban.\u201d \u2022 Let the oppo begin!<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cRFK Jr. super PAC says it raised $2M after VP announcement\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4560883-rfk-jr-super-pac-says-it-raised-2m-after-vp-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. American Values 2024, the main outside group supporting Kennedy\u2019s White House bid, raked in $2.1 million at a fundraiser on Tuesday, right after the official announcement of tech attorney and entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan joining his 2024 ticket, PAC head Tony Lyons shared first with The Hill. Around 60 donors attended the outside group\u2019s cocktail party, Lyons said\u2026.. This is the second-highest amount American Values 2024 has raised at an event. In January, the outside group brought in $5.8 million during Kennedy\u2019s 70th birthday celebration in West Hollywood, Lyons confirmed to The Hill.\u201d And crucially: \u201cThe group said it garnered enough signatures to get the independent candidate on the ballot in four states: Arizona [swing], Michigan [swing], Georgia [swing] and South Carolina.\u201d \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/03\/introduction-to-swing-states-in-the-presidential-election-of-2024-general-survey.html\">More on swing states here<\/a>. We\u2019ll have to see on the Silicon Valley squillionaires. Maybe it\u2019s time for Biden to rein in Lina Khan ka-ching?<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cChair says Libertarians are \u2018confused\u2019 by RFK Jr.\u2019s VP pick\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4559103-libertarians-confused-rfk-jr-vp-pick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018I think that a lot of libertarians are a little bit confused over why he chose Nicole Shanahan. I\u2019m sure she\u2019s a lovely person, but she doesn\u2019t necessarily fit into alignment with any of our views,\u2019 Libertarian National Committee Chair Angela McArdle said on NewsNation\u2019s \u2018The Hill.\u2019 Kennedy announced tech attorney and entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan as his pick for vice president during an event in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday. When pressed further on why Libertarians are unsure about Kennedy\u2019s choice, McArdle noted that she had supported President Biden and now-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. \u2018So I\u2019m really unsure how she\u2019s going to fit in with the Libertarian Party. You know, I\u2019m anxious to hear about it,\u2019 she added.\u201d \u2022 So perhaps Kennedy has decided on funding ballot access with Shanahan\u2019s money, as opposed to using the Libertarian Party\u2019s existing ballot lines?<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a post I saw in a group chat that deserves more eyeballs re: Nicole Shanahan and assumptions. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI promise she is not what you are saying \u2013 typical in any way. She still talks in the culture she was raised, California\/Silicon Valley 30 something. But what I assure you, is\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle Kemper \u0416 (@kylekemper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylekemper\/status\/1773385156482515040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis moment is as revolutionary as her transformation caused from damage to her own baby by the same murdering profiteers that conned us about the Covid vaccine.\u201d The account is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/teamkennedy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a \u201clead activator\u201d (whatever that is) at \u201cTeam Kennedy.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cLawyer, mother and billionaire\u2019s ex: Who is Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr\u2019s VP pick?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/nicole-shanahan-rfk-jr-elon-musk-sergey-brin-b2519511.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Independent<\/a>]. \u201cShanahan may not have the same name recognition or star status as other names previously floated as VP \u2013 NFL provocateur Aaron Rodgers, former governor\/wrestler Jesse Ventura, and self help guru Tony Robbins, for example \u2013 but she has famous friends with deep pockets, experience with enormous wealth and power, and a hardscrabble backstory that make for the consummate campaign catnip.\u201d Also: \u201cShe said it took her several more years to forgive her father, with whom she had a complex relationship \u2013 and only after she participated in an intensive retreat called The Hoffman Process.\u201d \u2022 Thinking like the cheapjack oppo researcher I am: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoffmaninstitute.org\/the-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hoffman Process<\/a> reads like <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.culteducation.com\/read.php?4,136041,136041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">California<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefithabit.com\/hoffman-process-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">woo-woo<\/a> (Willliamson is, I think, given insufficient credit for creating a woo-woo permission structure for candidates). <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>#COVID19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a>; includes many counties; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wastewater Scan<\/a>, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/businesssolutions\/covid-19-index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a>); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacovid19tracker.org\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iowa COVID-19 Tracker<\/a>\u201d (in IA, but national data). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/icemsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/a>\u201d (especially on hospitalization by city).<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, thanks for the collective effort. To update any entry, do feel free to contact me at the address given with the plants. Please put \u201cCOVID\u201d in the subject line. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>ake effect by summer. The move by the Democratic administration angered board members, who called it a \u2018last-minute stunt\u2019 that undermines their regulatory process. It also sparked a protest by warehouse workers, who temporarily shut down the meeting as they waved signs declaring that \u2018Heat Kills!\u2019 and loudly chanted, \u2018What do we want? Heat protection! When do we want it? 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<a href=\"https:\/\/empower.unlv.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Southern NV); NY (<a href=\"https:\/\/mbcolli.shinyapps.io\/SARS2EWSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OH (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/dashboards\/other-resources\/wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/51657c21386d4f1a962b1853c76ec589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>OR (<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/oregon.health.authority.covid.19\/viz\/OregonsCOVID-19DataDashboards-TableofContents\/TableofContentsStatewide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; PA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/disease\/coronavirus\/pages\/Cases.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); RI (<a href=\"https:\/\/ri-department-of-health-covid-19-data-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/scdhec.gov\/index.php\/covid19\/covid-19-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SD (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.sd.gov\/COVID\/Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TX (<a href=\"https:\/\/txdshsea.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/4ae43eefd0f641d59d35c3df82ee59cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); UT (<a href=\"https:\/\/udwq.shinyapps.io\/sarscov2_surv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/see-the-numbers\/covid-19-in-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); VT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthvermont.gov\/disease-control\/covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WA (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.wa.gov\/emergencies\/covid-19\/data-dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.bfhd.wa.gov\/cases-and-roadmap-to-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/covid-19\/wastewater.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); WV (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/oehs.wvdhhr.org\/news\/oehs-coivd-19-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>); WY (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/covidwastewatermonitor.wyo.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (National): Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/health-infobase.canada.ca\/covid-19\/wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Government of Canada<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (Provincial): ON (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publichealthontario.ca\/en\/Data-and-Analysis\/Infectious-Disease\/COVID-19-Data-Surveillance\/Wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); QC (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspq.qc.ca\/covid-19\/donnees\/eaux-usees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>les eaux us\u00e9es<\/em><\/a>); BC (<a href=\"https:\/\/bccdc.shinyapps.io\/respiratory_wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); BC, Vancouver (<a href=\"https:\/\/metrovancouver.org\/services\/liquid-waste\/testing-for-the-covid-19-virus-in-wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Hat tips to helpful readers: Alexis, anon (2), Art_DogCT, B24S, CanCyn, ChiGal, Chuck L, Festoonic, FM, FreeMarketApologist (4), Gumbo, hop2it, JB, JEHR, JF, JL Joe, John, JM (10), JustAnotherVolunteer, JW, KatieBird, LL, Michael King, KF, LaRuse, mrsyk, MT, MT_Wild, otisyves, Petal (6), RK (2), RL, RM, Rod, square coats (11), tennesseewaltzer, Tom B., Utah, Bob White (3). <\/p>\n<p>Stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LEGEND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> for charts new today; all others are not updated.<\/p>\n<p>2) For a full-size\/full-resolution image, Command-click (MacOS) or right-click (Windows) on the chart thumbnail and \u201copen image in new tab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[1] (Biobot) Our curve has now flattened out at the level of previous Trump peaks. Not a great victory. Note also the area \u201cunder the curve,\u201d besides looking at peaks. That area is larger under Biden than under Trump, and it seems to be rising steadily if unevenly.<\/p>\n<p>[2] (Biobot) Backward revisions, I hate them.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) As of May 11, genomic surveillance data will be reported biweekly, based on the availability of positive test specimens.\u201d \u201cBiweeekly: 1. occurring every two weeks. 2. occurring twice a week; semiweekly.\u201d Looks like CDC has chosen sense #1. In essence, they\u2019re telling us variants are nothing to worry about. Time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ER) \u201cCharts and data provided by CDC, updates Wednesday by 8am. For the past year, using a rolling 52-week period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Looks like a very gradual leveling off to a non-zero baseline, to me.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC) Still down. \u201cMaps, charts, and data provided by CDC, updates weekly for the previous MMWR week (Sunday-Saturday) on Thursdays (Deaths, Emergency Department Visits, Test Positivity) and weekly the following Mondays (Hospitalizations) by 8 pm ET\u2020\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Leveling out.<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Flattening.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Posivitity) Now up, albeit in the rear view mirror.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants) JN.1 dominates utterly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>GDP: \u201cUnited States GDP Growth Rate\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/gdp-growth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe US economy expanded an annualized 3.4% in Q4 2023, slightly above the 3.2% previously reported, supported by consumer spending and non-residential business investments, according to the third estimate from the BEA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Employment Situation: \u201cUnited States Initial Jobless Claims\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/jobless-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the US eased by 2,000 to 210,000 on the week ending March 23rd, beating market expectations of 215,000 to extend the momentum of relatively low claim counts since the start of February.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cUnited States Chicago PMI\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/chicago-pmi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe Chicago Business Barometer, also known as the Chicago PMI, fell once again to 41.4 in March 2024 from 44 in the prior month and missing market forecasts of 46. The latest reading indicated that Chicago\u2019s economic activity contracted for the fourth consecutive month in March, and to the greatest extent in ten months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing is paralyzed, and this failing of its executives and directors is to blame\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.morningstar.com\/news\/marketwatch\/20240327122\/boeing-is-paralyzed-and-this-failing-of-its-executives-and-directors-is-to-blame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Morningstar<\/a>]. \u201cWhile some have been keen to frame Boeing\u2019s problems as a consequence of its DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) efforts, this argument is wildly unconvincing. What Boeing\u2019s problems actually illustrate is that despite corporations adding more women and minorities to boards and C-suites over the past several years, conformity of thought and the strength of social ties are more powerful. The actual problem isn\u2019t a lack of controls, visibility or knowledge. Rather, it is group dynamics. Nell Minow, a leading corporate governance specialist, has decades of experience directly observing board dynamics. She has this to say about : \u2018We take these people of extraordinary ability and achievement. We put them in a boardroom, and there they suddenly become totally incompetent. Why is that? My answer is that these are people who have a genius for sizing up the norms of the room and adapting to them. And that\u2019s a fabulous quality to have. But unfortunately, you\u2019ve got 11 people like that \u2013 and one very visionary, dynamic leader who controls their information, their access to other people in the organization, and even their tenure and their compensation. That\u2019s not a good system.\u2019 Board selection criteria vary, but while efforts have been made to increase the independence of board members, personal and social connections still predominate. Many studies demonstrate that members tend to have similar backgrounds, political affiliations and even religious beliefs. Bonding on the golf course remains a hallowed professional practice. At Boeing, its 2021 $246 million fine did lead to the addition of aviation and safety experts to the board, and 30% of its directors are women. But neither factor is enough to offset the complex web of connections, relationships and loyalties between its members.\u201d \u2022 \u201cGroup dynamics\u201d (social and symbolic capital). And, of course\u2026. the <em>money<\/em> (economic capital).<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cNew planemaker chief says Boeing faces \u2018pivotal moment’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/new-planemaker-chief-says-boeing-faces-pivotal-moment-2024-03-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018This is a pivotal moment for us, and we have serious work ahead to build trust and improve our operations,\u2019 said Stephanie Pope, who was named president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes on Monday, in an email to employees seen by Reuters.\u201d \u2022 Pope\u2019s not an engineer.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing had a good week cleaning house \u2013 but now comes the hard part\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.morningstar.com\/news\/marketwatch\/20240327161\/boeing-had-a-good-week-cleaning-house-but-now-comes-the-hard-part\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Morningstar<\/a>]. \u201cThis was Boeing\u2019s best week in many years. A dysfunctional management team was ousted. President and CEO David Calhoun will step down at the end of the year. Board chairman Larry Kellner announced that he would not stand for reelection. Stan Deal, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, left the company immediately. By several accounts, this long-overdue reckoning resulted from a revolt by the company\u2019s airline customers, concerned about missed production plans, uncertain new model-certification schedules, and high-profile incidents resulting from manufacturing \u2018quality escapes.\u2019 Now comes the hard part. Getting Boeing (BA) back on track will take years, maybe decades.\u201d In particular: \u201cIf both the company and unit CEO positions are filled by non-engineers, that would be disastrous. In fact, the only time that\u2019s happened in Boeing\u2019s history was in 2012-2015. That\u2019s when the 737 MAX was developed, and certainly a low point in terms of company engineers having access to managerial authority.\u201d \u2022 A good week indeed. The relevant hashtag seems to be getting little traction:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JohnBarnettDidNotKillHimself?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#JohnBarnettDidNotKillHimself<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 America Was Once Great (@Mrs__Calabash) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mrs__Calabash\/status\/1767597070578241543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cSuicide Mission\u201d [Maureen Tkacik, <a href=\"https:\/\/prospect.org\/infrastructure\/transportation\/2024-03-28-suicide-mission-boeing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The American Prospect<\/a>]. The deck: \u201cWhat Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane.\u201d Gave \u2019em the old heave-ho, as Tkacik recounts in nauseating (and I admit, gruesomely entertaining detail. What a horrible place to work). Reading all the way to the end: \u201cIt is worth noting here that Swampy\u2019s [Barnett\u2019s] former co-workers universally refuse to believe that their old colleague killed himself. One former co-worker who was terrified of speaking publicly went out of their way to tell me that they weren\u2019t suicidal. \u2018If I show up dead anytime soon, even if it\u2019s a car accident or something, I\u2019m a safe driver, please be on the lookout for foul play.\u2019\u2026. Discussing Swampy\u2019s death and the whistleblower lawsuit he left behind, the longtime former Boeing executive told me, \u2018.\u2019 Did that mean he thought Boeing assassinated Swampy? \u2018, he replied. More importantly, he added,\u2019. Let\u2019s say you rob a bank and while traveling at high speed in the getaway you run down a pedestrian and kill them. That\u2019s second-degree murder at the very least.’\u201d \u2022 Sounds like Tkacik\u2019s got a source. Good. Things I would like to know about Barnett\u2019s death: Where is the CCTV footage of the parking lot? Has the \u201csilver\u201d gun he is alleged to have used been traced? Was there gunpowder residue on his hand? What did the putative suicide note say, and how and on what was it written? Why did the cops dust the car for fingerprints if suicide is an open and shut case? And what happened to Barnett\u2019s computer? Was it in his hotel room? If so, do the cops have it? Meanwhile, the local paper, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/search\/?l=25&s=start_time&sd=desc&nc%5B%5D=sponsored%2C_press-releases%2C_test&nfl=sponsored%2C+advertorial%2C+test%2Cap&f=html&t=article%2Ccollection&app=editorial&nsa=eedition&q=barnett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Post and Courier, hasn\u2019t run one single story on Barnett\u2019s death since the original story on March 13<\/a>. That\u2019s more than two weeks. The silence is beginning to scream. Are the cops having a hard time constructing a story? Is Boeing\u2019s C-Suite involved?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"sbf\"\/>The Bezzle: \u201cSam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/business\/live-news\/sam-bankman-fried-sentencing-03-28-24\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. \u201cDamian Williams, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement that Bankman-Fried\u2019s 25-year sentence \u2018will prevent the defendant from ever again committing fraud and is an important message to others who might be tempted to engage in financial crimes that justice will be swift, and the consequences will be severe.’\u201d \u2022 Maybe. Let\u2019s wait and see.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 68 Greed (previous close: 67 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 74 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Mar 27 at 1:55:00 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking With Your Hands Is Good for Your Brain\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/dnyuz.com\/2024\/03\/28\/working-with-your-hands-is-good-for-your-brain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cBut we\u2019re doing less intricate hands-on work than we used to. A lot of modern life involves simple movements, such as tapping screens and pushing buttons, and some experts believe our shift away from more complex hand activities could have consequences for how we think and feel. \u2018When you look at the brain\u2019s real estate \u2014 how it\u2019s divided up, and where its resources are invested \u2014 a huge portion of it is devoted to movement, and especially to voluntary movement of the hands,\u2019 said Kelly Lambert, a professor of behavioral neuroscience at the University of Richmond in Virginia. Dr. Lambert, who studies effort-based rewards, said that she is interested in \u2018the connection between the effort we put into something and the reward we get from it\u2019 and that she believes working with our hands might be uniquely gratifying. In some of her research on animals, Dr. Lambert and her colleagues found that rats that used their paws to dig up food had healthier stress hormone profiles and were better at problem solving compared with rats that were given food without having to dig. She sees some similarities in studies on people, which have found that a whole range of hands-on activities \u2014 such as knitting, gardening and coloring \u2014 are associated with cognitive and emotional benefits, including improvements in memory and attention, as well as reductions in anxiety and depression symptoms.\u201d \u2022 I suppose gardening is <em>something<\/em> like digging up food with my hands\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact information for plants<\/strong>: Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) find out how to send me a check if you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to find out how to send me images of plants. Vegetables are fine! Fungi, lichen, and coral are deemed to be honorary plants! If you want your handle to appear as a credit, please place it at the start of your mail in parentheses: (thus). Otherwise, I will anonymize by using your initials. See the previous Water Cooler (with plant) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/03\/200pm-water-cooler-3-25-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From Huckleberry Garden:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fence.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-269165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fence.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fence-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This fence leads the eye in pleasingly ramshackle fashion.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"donate\"\/><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Water Cooler is a standalone entity <em>not<\/em> covered by the annual NC fundraiser. 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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Red-winged Blackbird (Mexican Bicolored), 1.31 km al NW del COLPOS, Texcoco, Estado de M\u00e9xico, Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>(1) <a href=\"#shanahan\">Shanahan launch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing re-org<\/a>, plus Tcakik on Barnett.<\/p>\n<p>(3) <a href=\"#sbf\">SBF gets twenty five years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.\u201d \u2013Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than a year to go!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/free.timeanddate.com\/countdown\/i8ubjj5e\/n179\/cf100\/cm0\/cu1\/ct0\/cs1\/ca0\/cr0\/ss0\/cac000\/cpc000\/pcfff\/tcfff\/fs100\/szw320\/szh135\/tatTime%20left%20to%20Election%20Day%2C%202024\/tac000\/tptTime%20since%20Event%20started%20in\/tpc000\/mac000\/mpc000\/iso2024-11-05T00:00:00\/bo2\/pd2\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"322\" height=\"137\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"shanahan\" a=\"\"\/>Kennedy (I): Shanahan\u2019s speech introducing herself to the electorate:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"VP Candidate Nicole Shanahan: Full Speech\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yg2PpeO-clk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cRFK Jr. Unveils Running Mate in 2024 Presidential Bid\u201d (transcript) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rev.com\/blog\/transcripts\/rfk-jr-unveils-running-mate-in-2024-presidential-bid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rev<\/a>] (love Kennedy\u2019s Willie Brown reference at 1:32). Transcript is in two parts, first Kennedy, then Shanahan:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[KENNEDY:] Now, the last time I was in Oakland was when I served on the trial team in the Monsanto cases. So we tried two of the three cases in this city. We won 289 million in the first. And then, the third one, which we tried here, we asked the jury for a billion dollars, and an Oakland jury gave us $2.2 billion. That brought Monsanto to the negotiating table, and we settled in all 40,000 cases. But I lived here for several months during that trial, and I got to really love the city. The Monsanto case was the latest in a lifetime of battles for me, to get poisons out of our food and out of our farms and to restore our soils. That effort has consumed a lot of my life. And I wanted a vice president who shared my passion for wholesome healthy foods, chemical free, for regenerative agriculture, for good soils.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[KENNEDY:] And I found all of those qualities in a woman who grew up right here in Oakland, the daughter of immigrants, who overcame every daunting obstacle and went on to achieve the highest levels of the American dream. So that is why I\u2019m so proud to introduce to you the next Vice President of the United States, my fellow lawyer, a brilliant scientist, technologist, a fierce warrior mom, Nicole Shanahan.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWarrior mom.\u201d Brilliant framing.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[SHANAHAN:] My mother who\u2019s standing right there with her phone up, she immigrated here from Guangzhou, China, and my late father was an Irish and German American. I want to tell you a little bit about my childhood, so you can understand the source of my politics and convictions. My mother\u2019s first job when she came to the United States in 1983 was as a live-in caretaker to an elderly woman here at Lake Merritt. By the time I was born, she worked as a dental office secretary. My father loved my brother and I dearly, but he was very troubled, plagued by substance abuse, and he struggled to keep a job.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>(Maybe Shanahan\u2019s gonna end up President. Clinton, Bush the Younger, Obama, and Biden all had serious Daddy issues.)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[SHANAHAN:] Every time my dad lost his job, our family just couldn\u2019t cover expenses. Food, gas, clothing, upkeep. It\u2019s adds up more than you have in this situation. I know a lot of Americans know exactly what that\u2019s like, to just be one misfortune away from disaster. I don\u2019t think we would have made it without food stamps and government help. My mom worked hard, but it wouldn\u2019t have been possible to keep it together without that help. As you probably know, I became very wealthy later on in life, but my roots in Oakland taught me many things I have never forgotten. That . That\u2019s what it\u2019s for. I want to bring that back to politics too. That is the purpose of privilege.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If Shanahan can and maintain that note, she will be formidable indeed. I\u2019m licking my chops a little, waiting for the Harris\/Shanahan debate. (Of course, the press hasn\u2019t yet gone into full pull-the-wings-off-flies mode, though I expect that will begin shortly. For example\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): Also at the Shanahan launch:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great Barrington Declaration author Dr. Jay Bhattacharya speaks at RFK Jr.\u2019s VP announcement speech:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need dissidents in public health, because they\u2019re very often right. The government censored because it knew it was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>We need people like Bobby Kennedy\u2026 to restore the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DD57Uh9DVk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/DD57Uh9DVk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Holden_Culotta\/status\/1772697932606636120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cRFK Jr.\u2019s vice presidential pick calls IVF \u2018one of the biggest lies being told about women\u2019s health’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/03\/28\/robert-f-kennedy-vice-president-nicole-shanahan-ivf-00149523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cRobert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s running mate has been a harsh critic of in vitro fertilization, while funding alternative research on extending women\u2019s reproductive years. Nicole Shanahan has for years denounced IVF \u2014 calling it \u201cone of the biggest lies that\u2019s being told about women\u2019s health today.\u2019\u2026 As a candidate, her criticisms of IVF have taken on heightened importance following an Alabama Supreme Court\u2019s ruling that embryos are children, which briefly forced clinics in the states to pause operations. Republicans and Democrats \u2014 including both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump \u2014 rushed to defend the procedure, which is broadly popular. The 38-year-old\u2019s opposition to IVF and skepticism of the fertility industry makes her an outlier in the presidential field \u2014 though she has not called for banning the procedure. Kennedy has not weighed in on IVF access, and has made conflicting comments about abortion access. At the Iowa State Fair, Kennedy, 70, said he supported a ban on abortion after 15 or 21 weeks of pregnancy, but then his campaign said he misunderstood the question and does not support such a ban.\u201d \u2022 Let the oppo begin!<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cRFK Jr. super PAC says it raised $2M after VP announcement\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4560883-rfk-jr-super-pac-says-it-raised-2m-after-vp-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. American Values 2024, the main outside group supporting Kennedy\u2019s White House bid, raked in $2.1 million at a fundraiser on Tuesday, right after the official announcement of tech attorney and entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan joining his 2024 ticket, PAC head Tony Lyons shared first with The Hill. Around 60 donors attended the outside group\u2019s cocktail party, Lyons said\u2026.. This is the second-highest amount American Values 2024 has raised at an event. In January, the outside group brought in $5.8 million during Kennedy\u2019s 70th birthday celebration in West Hollywood, Lyons confirmed to The Hill.\u201d And crucially: \u201cThe group said it garnered enough signatures to get the independent candidate on the ballot in four states: Arizona [swing], Michigan [swing], Georgia [swing] and South Carolina.\u201d \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/03\/introduction-to-swing-states-in-the-presidential-election-of-2024-general-survey.html\">More on swing states here<\/a>. We\u2019ll have to see on the Silicon Valley squillionaires. Maybe it\u2019s time for Biden to rein in Lina Khan ka-ching?<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cChair says Libertarians are \u2018confused\u2019 by RFK Jr.\u2019s VP pick\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4559103-libertarians-confused-rfk-jr-vp-pick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018I think that a lot of libertarians are a little bit confused over why he chose Nicole Shanahan. I\u2019m sure she\u2019s a lovely person, but she doesn\u2019t necessarily fit into alignment with any of our views,\u2019 Libertarian National Committee Chair Angela McArdle said on NewsNation\u2019s \u2018The Hill.\u2019 Kennedy announced tech attorney and entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan as his pick for vice president during an event in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday. When pressed further on why Libertarians are unsure about Kennedy\u2019s choice, McArdle noted that she had supported President Biden and now-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. \u2018So I\u2019m really unsure how she\u2019s going to fit in with the Libertarian Party. You know, I\u2019m anxious to hear about it,\u2019 she added.\u201d \u2022 So perhaps Kennedy has decided on funding ballot access with Shanahan\u2019s money, as opposed to using the Libertarian Party\u2019s existing ballot lines?<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a post I saw in a group chat that deserves more eyeballs re: Nicole Shanahan and assumptions. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI promise she is not what you are saying \u2013 typical in any way. She still talks in the culture she was raised, California\/Silicon Valley 30 something. But what I assure you, is\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle Kemper \u0416 (@kylekemper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylekemper\/status\/1773385156482515040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis moment is as revolutionary as her transformation caused from damage to her own baby by the same murdering profiteers that conned us about the Covid vaccine.\u201d The account is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/teamkennedy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a \u201clead activator\u201d (whatever that is) at \u201cTeam Kennedy.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cLawyer, mother and billionaire\u2019s ex: Who is Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr\u2019s VP pick?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/nicole-shanahan-rfk-jr-elon-musk-sergey-brin-b2519511.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Independent<\/a>]. \u201cShanahan may not have the same name recognition or star status as other names previously floated as VP \u2013 NFL provocateur Aaron Rodgers, former governor\/wrestler Jesse Ventura, and self help guru Tony Robbins, for example \u2013 but she has famous friends with deep pockets, experience with enormous wealth and power, and a hardscrabble backstory that make for the consummate campaign catnip.\u201d Also: \u201cShe said it took her several more years to forgive her father, with whom she had a complex relationship \u2013 and only after she participated in an intensive retreat called The Hoffman Process.\u201d \u2022 Thinking like the cheapjack oppo researcher I am: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoffmaninstitute.org\/the-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hoffman Process<\/a> reads like <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.culteducation.com\/read.php?4,136041,136041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">California<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefithabit.com\/hoffman-process-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">woo-woo<\/a> (Willliamson is, I think, given insufficient credit for creating a woo-woo permission structure for candidates). <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>#COVID19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a>; includes many counties; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wastewater Scan<\/a>, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/businesssolutions\/covid-19-index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a>); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacovid19tracker.org\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iowa COVID-19 Tracker<\/a>\u201d (in IA, but national data). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/icemsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/a>\u201d (especially on hospitalization by city).<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, thanks for the collective effort. To update any entry, do feel free to contact me at the address given with the plants. Please put \u201cCOVID\u201d in the subject line. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>ake effect by summer. The move by the Democratic administration angered board members, who called it a \u2018last-minute stunt\u2019 that undermines their regulatory process. It also sparked a protest by warehouse workers, who temporarily shut down the meeting as they waved signs declaring that \u2018Heat Kills!\u2019 and loudly chanted, \u2018What do we want? Heat protection! When do we want it? Now!’\u201d \u2022 Gavin Newsom, the worker\u2019s friend.<\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (Local): AK (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/af2efc8bffbf4cdc83c2d1a134354074\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/6d2771faa9da4a2786a509d82c8cf0f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AR (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/633006d0782b4544bd5113a314f6268a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AZ (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azdhs.gov\/covid19\/data\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); CA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/CalSuWers-Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.marinhhs.org\/surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marin, dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/healthalerts.stanford.edu\/covid-19\/wastewater-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stanford, wastewater<\/a>; 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IA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmmwra.org\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater reports<\/a>); ID (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Boise; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/?plantId=1056f05c-0e46-4e3d-b007-c0453ba7dc0d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Central Idaho; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/#:SARS-CoV-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Coeur d\u2019Alene; dashboard, <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.srhd.org\/topics\/spokane-county-case-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spokane County<\/a>); IL (<a href=\"https:\/\/iwss.uillinois.edu\/wastewater-treatment-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); 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MI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/stats\/wastewater-surveillance\/dashboard\/sentinel-wastewater-epidemiology-evaluation-project-sweep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/gisportal.state.mi.us\/portal\/apps\/insights\/index.html#\/view\/52bbb104ed574887918f990af9f3debe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/diseases\/coronavirus\/stats\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MO (<a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/f7f5492486114da6b5d6fdc07f81aacf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MS (<a href=\"https:\/\/msdh.ms.gov\/page\/14,0,420.html#Mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>MT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=7c34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; NC (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ncdhhs.gov\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard)<\/a>; ND (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NE (<a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-dhhs.ne.gov\/Atlas\/Respiratory_Illness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NH (<a href=\"https:\/\/wisdom.dhhs.nh.gov\/wisdom\/dashboard.html?topic=covid-19&subtopic=recurring-updates&indicator=covid-19-wastewater#tabnavbarid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NJ (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.nj.gov\/forms\/datadashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NM (<a href=\"https:\/\/cvprovider.nmhealth.org\/public-dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NV (<a href=\"https:\/\/nvhealthresponse.nv.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/empower.unlv.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Southern NV); NY (<a href=\"https:\/\/mbcolli.shinyapps.io\/SARS2EWSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OH (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/dashboards\/other-resources\/wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/51657c21386d4f1a962b1853c76ec589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>OR (<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/oregon.health.authority.covid.19\/viz\/OregonsCOVID-19DataDashboards-TableofContents\/TableofContentsStatewide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; PA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/disease\/coronavirus\/pages\/Cases.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); RI (<a href=\"https:\/\/ri-department-of-health-covid-19-data-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/scdhec.gov\/index.php\/covid19\/covid-19-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SD (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.sd.gov\/COVID\/Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TX (<a href=\"https:\/\/txdshsea.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/4ae43eefd0f641d59d35c3df82ee59cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); UT (<a href=\"https:\/\/udwq.shinyapps.io\/sarscov2_surv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/see-the-numbers\/covid-19-in-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); VT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthvermont.gov\/disease-control\/covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WA (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.wa.gov\/emergencies\/covid-19\/data-dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.bfhd.wa.gov\/cases-and-roadmap-to-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/covid-19\/wastewater.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); WV (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/oehs.wvdhhr.org\/news\/oehs-coivd-19-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>); WY (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/covidwastewatermonitor.wyo.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (National): Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/health-infobase.canada.ca\/covid-19\/wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Government of Canada<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (Provincial): ON (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publichealthontario.ca\/en\/Data-and-Analysis\/Infectious-Disease\/COVID-19-Data-Surveillance\/Wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); QC (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspq.qc.ca\/covid-19\/donnees\/eaux-usees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>les eaux us\u00e9es<\/em><\/a>); BC (<a href=\"https:\/\/bccdc.shinyapps.io\/respiratory_wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); BC, Vancouver (<a href=\"https:\/\/metrovancouver.org\/services\/liquid-waste\/testing-for-the-covid-19-virus-in-wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Hat tips to helpful readers: Alexis, anon (2), Art_DogCT, B24S, CanCyn, ChiGal, Chuck L, Festoonic, FM, FreeMarketApologist (4), Gumbo, hop2it, JB, JEHR, JF, JL Joe, John, JM (10), JustAnotherVolunteer, JW, KatieBird, LL, Michael King, KF, LaRuse, mrsyk, MT, MT_Wild, otisyves, Petal (6), RK (2), RL, RM, Rod, square coats (11), tennesseewaltzer, Tom B., Utah, Bob White (3). <\/p>\n<p>Stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LEGEND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> for charts new today; all others are not updated.<\/p>\n<p>2) For a full-size\/full-resolution image, Command-click (MacOS) or right-click (Windows) on the chart thumbnail and \u201copen image in new tab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[1] (Biobot) Our curve has now flattened out at the level of previous Trump peaks. Not a great victory. Note also the area \u201cunder the curve,\u201d besides looking at peaks. That area is larger under Biden than under Trump, and it seems to be rising steadily if unevenly.<\/p>\n<p>[2] (Biobot) Backward revisions, I hate them.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) As of May 11, genomic surveillance data will be reported biweekly, based on the availability of positive test specimens.\u201d \u201cBiweeekly: 1. occurring every two weeks. 2. occurring twice a week; semiweekly.\u201d Looks like CDC has chosen sense #1. In essence, they\u2019re telling us variants are nothing to worry about. Time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ER) \u201cCharts and data provided by CDC, updates Wednesday by 8am. For the past year, using a rolling 52-week period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Looks like a very gradual leveling off to a non-zero baseline, to me.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC) Still down. \u201cMaps, charts, and data provided by CDC, updates weekly for the previous MMWR week (Sunday-Saturday) on Thursdays (Deaths, Emergency Department Visits, Test Positivity) and weekly the following Mondays (Hospitalizations) by 8 pm ET\u2020\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Leveling out.<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Flattening.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Posivitity) Now up, albeit in the rear view mirror.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants) JN.1 dominates utterly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>GDP: \u201cUnited States GDP Growth Rate\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/gdp-growth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe US economy expanded an annualized 3.4% in Q4 2023, slightly above the 3.2% previously reported, supported by consumer spending and non-residential business investments, according to the third estimate from the BEA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Employment Situation: \u201cUnited States Initial Jobless Claims\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/jobless-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the US eased by 2,000 to 210,000 on the week ending March 23rd, beating market expectations of 215,000 to extend the momentum of relatively low claim counts since the start of February.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cUnited States Chicago PMI\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/chicago-pmi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe Chicago Business Barometer, also known as the Chicago PMI, fell once again to 41.4 in March 2024 from 44 in the prior month and missing market forecasts of 46. The latest reading indicated that Chicago\u2019s economic activity contracted for the fourth consecutive month in March, and to the greatest extent in ten months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing is paralyzed, and this failing of its executives and directors is to blame\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.morningstar.com\/news\/marketwatch\/20240327122\/boeing-is-paralyzed-and-this-failing-of-its-executives-and-directors-is-to-blame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Morningstar<\/a>]. \u201cWhile some have been keen to frame Boeing\u2019s problems as a consequence of its DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) efforts, this argument is wildly unconvincing. What Boeing\u2019s problems actually illustrate is that despite corporations adding more women and minorities to boards and C-suites over the past several years, conformity of thought and the strength of social ties are more powerful. The actual problem isn\u2019t a lack of controls, visibility or knowledge. Rather, it is group dynamics. Nell Minow, a leading corporate governance specialist, has decades of experience directly observing board dynamics. She has this to say about : \u2018We take these people of extraordinary ability and achievement. We put them in a boardroom, and there they suddenly become totally incompetent. Why is that? My answer is that these are people who have a genius for sizing up the norms of the room and adapting to them. And that\u2019s a fabulous quality to have. But unfortunately, you\u2019ve got 11 people like that \u2013 and one very visionary, dynamic leader who controls their information, their access to other people in the organization, and even their tenure and their compensation. That\u2019s not a good system.\u2019 Board selection criteria vary, but while efforts have been made to increase the independence of board members, personal and social connections still predominate. Many studies demonstrate that members tend to have similar backgrounds, political affiliations and even religious beliefs. Bonding on the golf course remains a hallowed professional practice. At Boeing, its 2021 $246 million fine did lead to the addition of aviation and safety experts to the board, and 30% of its directors are women. But neither factor is enough to offset the complex web of connections, relationships and loyalties between its members.\u201d \u2022 \u201cGroup dynamics\u201d (social and symbolic capital). And, of course\u2026. the <em>money<\/em> (economic capital).<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cNew planemaker chief says Boeing faces \u2018pivotal moment’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/new-planemaker-chief-says-boeing-faces-pivotal-moment-2024-03-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018This is a pivotal moment for us, and we have serious work ahead to build trust and improve our operations,\u2019 said Stephanie Pope, who was named president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes on Monday, in an email to employees seen by Reuters.\u201d \u2022 Pope\u2019s not an engineer.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing had a good week cleaning house \u2013 but now comes the hard part\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.morningstar.com\/news\/marketwatch\/20240327161\/boeing-had-a-good-week-cleaning-house-but-now-comes-the-hard-part\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Morningstar<\/a>]. \u201cThis was Boeing\u2019s best week in many years. A dysfunctional management team was ousted. President and CEO David Calhoun will step down at the end of the year. Board chairman Larry Kellner announced that he would not stand for reelection. Stan Deal, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, left the company immediately. By several accounts, this long-overdue reckoning resulted from a revolt by the company\u2019s airline customers, concerned about missed production plans, uncertain new model-certification schedules, and high-profile incidents resulting from manufacturing \u2018quality escapes.\u2019 Now comes the hard part. Getting Boeing (BA) back on track will take years, maybe decades.\u201d In particular: \u201cIf both the company and unit CEO positions are filled by non-engineers, that would be disastrous. In fact, the only time that\u2019s happened in Boeing\u2019s history was in 2012-2015. That\u2019s when the 737 MAX was developed, and certainly a low point in terms of company engineers having access to managerial authority.\u201d \u2022 A good week indeed. The relevant hashtag seems to be getting little traction:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JohnBarnettDidNotKillHimself?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#JohnBarnettDidNotKillHimself<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 America Was Once Great (@Mrs__Calabash) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mrs__Calabash\/status\/1767597070578241543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cSuicide Mission\u201d [Maureen Tkacik, <a href=\"https:\/\/prospect.org\/infrastructure\/transportation\/2024-03-28-suicide-mission-boeing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The American Prospect<\/a>]. The deck: \u201cWhat Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane.\u201d Gave \u2019em the old heave-ho, as Tkacik recounts in nauseating (and I admit, gruesomely entertaining detail. What a horrible place to work). Reading all the way to the end: \u201cIt is worth noting here that Swampy\u2019s [Barnett\u2019s] former co-workers universally refuse to believe that their old colleague killed himself. One former co-worker who was terrified of speaking publicly went out of their way to tell me that they weren\u2019t suicidal. \u2018If I show up dead anytime soon, even if it\u2019s a car accident or something, I\u2019m a safe driver, please be on the lookout for foul play.\u2019\u2026. Discussing Swampy\u2019s death and the whistleblower lawsuit he left behind, the longtime former Boeing executive told me, \u2018.\u2019 Did that mean he thought Boeing assassinated Swampy? \u2018, he replied. More importantly, he added,\u2019. Let\u2019s say you rob a bank and while traveling at high speed in the getaway you run down a pedestrian and kill them. That\u2019s second-degree murder at the very least.’\u201d \u2022 Sounds like Tkacik\u2019s got a source. Good. Things I would like to know about Barnett\u2019s death: Where is the CCTV footage of the parking lot? Has the \u201csilver\u201d gun he is alleged to have used been traced? Was there gunpowder residue on his hand? What did the putative suicide note say, and how and on what was it written? Why did the cops dust the car for fingerprints if suicide is an open and shut case? And what happened to Barnett\u2019s computer? Was it in his hotel room? If so, do the cops have it? Meanwhile, the local paper, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/search\/?l=25&s=start_time&sd=desc&nc%5B%5D=sponsored%2C_press-releases%2C_test&nfl=sponsored%2C+advertorial%2C+test%2Cap&f=html&t=article%2Ccollection&app=editorial&nsa=eedition&q=barnett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Post and Courier, hasn\u2019t run one single story on Barnett\u2019s death since the original story on March 13<\/a>. That\u2019s more than two weeks. The silence is beginning to scream. Are the cops having a hard time constructing a story? Is Boeing\u2019s C-Suite involved?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"sbf\"\/>The Bezzle: \u201cSam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/business\/live-news\/sam-bankman-fried-sentencing-03-28-24\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. \u201cDamian Williams, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement that Bankman-Fried\u2019s 25-year sentence \u2018will prevent the defendant from ever again committing fraud and is an important message to others who might be tempted to engage in financial crimes that justice will be swift, and the consequences will be severe.’\u201d \u2022 Maybe. Let\u2019s wait and see.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 68 Greed (previous close: 67 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 74 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Mar 27 at 1:55:00 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking With Your Hands Is Good for Your Brain\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/dnyuz.com\/2024\/03\/28\/working-with-your-hands-is-good-for-your-brain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cBut we\u2019re doing less intricate hands-on work than we used to. A lot of modern life involves simple movements, such as tapping screens and pushing buttons, and some experts believe our shift away from more complex hand activities could have consequences for how we think and feel. \u2018When you look at the brain\u2019s real estate \u2014 how it\u2019s divided up, and where its resources are invested \u2014 a huge portion of it is devoted to movement, and especially to voluntary movement of the hands,\u2019 said Kelly Lambert, a professor of behavioral neuroscience at the University of Richmond in Virginia. Dr. Lambert, who studies effort-based rewards, said that she is interested in \u2018the connection between the effort we put into something and the reward we get from it\u2019 and that she believes working with our hands might be uniquely gratifying. In some of her research on animals, Dr. Lambert and her colleagues found that rats that used their paws to dig up food had healthier stress hormone profiles and were better at problem solving compared with rats that were given food without having to dig. She sees some similarities in studies on people, which have found that a whole range of hands-on activities \u2014 such as knitting, gardening and coloring \u2014 are associated with cognitive and emotional benefits, including improvements in memory and attention, as well as reductions in anxiety and depression symptoms.\u201d \u2022 I suppose gardening is <em>something<\/em> like digging up food with my hands\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact information for plants<\/strong>: Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) find out how to send me a check if you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to find out how to send me images of plants. Vegetables are fine! Fungi, lichen, and coral are deemed to be honorary plants! If you want your handle to appear as a credit, please place it at the start of your mail in parentheses: (thus). Otherwise, I will anonymize by using your initials. See the previous Water Cooler (with plant) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/03\/200pm-water-cooler-3-25-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From Huckleberry Garden:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fence.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-269165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fence.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fence-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This fence leads the eye in pleasingly ramshackle fashion.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"donate\"\/><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Water Cooler is a standalone entity <em>not<\/em> covered by the annual NC fundraiser. 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