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By Lambert Strether of Corrente<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nBird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Great Horned Owl, East Loma Alta Drive, Altadena. \u201d<br \/>The first bird in the recording was perched atop a utility pole about 10 meters from me. While recording it, a female flew in and vocalized loudly, and then the the first bird flew east about 50 meters and continued to vocalize. This may have been a family group because they were moving around the neighborhood together and were very vocal the whole time. Three birds persistently followed one male. There were three males and one female, which I determined based on the vocalizations. One of the males made some juvenile sounds an adult calls. Audio recordings. It\u2019s also possible that the female was chasing off the first bird in the recording below because it sounds like there was bill snapping by the female. Although there was an interaction between the two birds at the top of the utility pole, I didn\u2019t see it well because I wasn\u2019t looking through binoculars nor was I using a light.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The owl of Minerva calling \u201cWho? Who?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>(1) <a href=\"#covid\">New Covid charts<\/a> (except for CDC\u2019s national wastewater map, which naturally has not been updated for data later than June 22.<\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"#joe\">Biden on Morning Joe<\/a>\/<\/p>\n<p>(3) <a href=\"#mini\">Replacing Biden<\/a>: open processes.<\/p>\n<p>(4) <a href=\"#enneagram\">The Enneagram <\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/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 half 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> <a name=\"swing\"\/>Friday\u2019s RCP Poll Averages:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-05.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1071\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-05.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-05-168x300.png 168w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-05-574x1024.png 574w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>First post-debate polling: Trump jumps a full point in the 5-way national race, which a Biden supporter might find concerning. OTOH, the Swing States seem relatively unaffected. Swing States (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/03\/introduction-to-swing-states-in-the-presidential-election-of-2024-general-survey.html\">more here<\/a>) still Brownian-motioning around. Of course, it goes without saying that these are all state polls, therefore bad, and most of the results are within the margin of error. It would be hilarious if the Biden Debate debacle had exactly the same effect as Trump\u2019s 34 bazillion felony convictions, i.e., none, both parties are so dug in.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: My picture: A pursuing pack of jackals (the funders) and weasels (the press) is taking down an aging, wounded hyena (Biden). Looking on, a troop of apes (the press and their sources) chatters, gesticulates, and occasionally throws feces. High in the air, vultures circle (the spooks). It\u2019s not an edifying spectacle. I don\u2019t have a rooting interest. In the theatre, we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/07\/bidens-slips-cog-second-time-as-tragedy-second-time-as-farce-or-both.html\">narratives and expectations<\/a> that work for individuals, families, and small groups. I don\u2019t think we have anything that scales beyond that. Imagine King Lear that looked more like the Beltway; hundreds of Gonerils and Regans, all scheming for advantage; hundreds of Edmunds (\u201cFine word, legitimate!\u201d) , plotting and betraying; and any Cordelias or Edgars lost in the muck. Not the play we know.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"joe\"\/>Biden (D): \u201cBiden firmly denounces calls to step aside from fellow Democrats: \u2018The voters have spoken\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/biden-firmly-denounces-calls-step-fellow-democrats-voters-spoken-rcna160683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC<\/a>]. \u201cPhoning into MSNBC\u2019s \u2018Morning Joe\u2019 on Monday, the president said the voters have chosen him and dared his Democratic critics who want him out to challenge him at the party\u2019s August convention. \u2018I\u2019m getting so frustrated by the elites in the party. \u2026 They know so much more,\u2019 Biden said, mockingly. \u2018If any of these guys don\u2019t think I should run, run against me. Go ahead. Announce for president \u2014 challenge me at the convention!’\u201d \u2022 Which is what Clyburn says will happen during the virtual convention. I looked for a transcript, and couln\u2019t find a complete one. This is the best I can do, a big slab of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laturbine.fr\/498asyj\/77STcRe18169P367HGdd53.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">material not quoted elsewhere<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>MIKA BRZEZINSKI: So you have repeatedly said that all of these people and entities are wrong, and let me go through them. The New York Times editorial board, The Economist, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Boston Globe. Jerry Nadler. Seth Moulton. Let me go to Julian Castro, Tim Ryan, David Axelrod\u2013<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: WHOA. You\u2019re kidding.<\/p>\n<p>MIKA BRZEZINSKI: David Remnick, haha\u2013 Richard Haass. Yeah, I know which one you\u2019re responding to there \u2014 Zeke Emanuel, but they are saying that you should step aside. So what is your plan of attack moving forward? These are pretty big names.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: I understand there\u2019s lot of [inaudible]. But I\u2019m not, I don\u2019t care what those big names think. They were WRONG in 2020[1]. They were wrong in 2022 about the red wave[2]. They\u2019re wrong in 2024[3]. And go with\u2013 to come out with the watch and watch people react. You make a judgment. You make a judgment. And by the way I\u2019m going to be have all these foreign leaders here. I\u2019ve been in contact with a new British prime minister, which is\u2013 anyway. Look the country the rest of the world. Look at our allies looking for U.S. leadership. Who else do you think can step in here and do this? I expanded NATO, I solidified NATO, ask your brother about it in Poland. I made sure that we\u2019re in a position where we have a coalition of people, of the nations around the world to deal with China, with Russia, when everything is going on in the world. We\u2019re making real progress. The Biden plan, which Gaz\u2013 in Israel to, for the Gaza Strip. It is something that was adopted by the U.N. Security Council. Whether it comes to fruition, it\u2019s awful close. We\u2019ll see. G7\u2013. But look, I\u2019m not going to explain anymore about what I should or shouldn\u2019t do. I am running. I am running.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>NOTES [1] Correct. [2] Correct. [3] 2024 is not 2020 or 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cBiden turns to MSNBC\u2019s Joe Scarborough as calls to step down continue\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/07\/08\/nx-s1-5032804\/biden-turns-to-msnbcs-joe-scarborough-as-calls-to-step-down-continue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NPR<\/a>]. \u201cWell, you know, Joe Biden has made \u2018Morning Joe\u2019 his morning ritual. This morning, he called in. And, you know, he\u2019s feisty. He was animated. He was impassioned, and he was kind of defiant. And it was sort of an intense defense saying, you know, I\u2019m the guy, and people should stick with me.\u201d \u2022 That word \u201cdefiant\u201d is always one to watch for; generally what is being defied is a consensus of the general will, as represented by the press (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/biden-pushes-defiant-message-letter-democrats-msnbc-appearance-rcna160688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biden pushes defiant message<\/a>\u201c).<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cParkinson\u2019s Expert Visited the White House Eight Times in Eight Months\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/O3Whp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cThe expert, Dr. Kevin Cannard, is a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders and recently published a paper on Parkinson\u2019s. The logs, released by the White House, document visits from July 2023 through March of this year. More recent visits, if there have been any, would not be released until later under the White House\u2019s voluntary disclosure policy. It was unclear whether Dr. Cannard was at the White House to consult specifically about the president or was there for unrelated meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cWhite House doctor offers explanation for Parkinson\u2019s expert\u2019s visits\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/white-house-doctor-offers-explanation-parkinsons-experts-visits\/story?id=111764565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ABC<\/a>]. \u201cCannard\u2019s visits to the White House don\u2019t represent examinations of the president, according to O\u2019Connor\u2019s letter. Cannard is involved in a range of care for others beyond the president at the White House, O\u2019Connor said in his note. \u2018Prior to the pandemic, and following its end [lol], [Cannard] has held regular Neurology clinics at the White House Medical Clinic in support of the thousands of active-duty members assigned in support of White House operations,\u2019 his letter reads. \u2018Many military personnel experience neurological issues related to their service, and Dr. Cannard regularly visits the WHMU as part of this General Neurology Practice.\u2019 On the subject of Biden\u2019s physical, O\u2019Connor noted that \u2018President Biden has not seen a neurologist outside of his annual physical.\u2019 O\u2019Connor also stressed that Biden\u2019s last physical found no signs of Parkinson\u2019s, which he detailed in a Feb. 28 letter. While the White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to confirm these details earlier Monday, citing privacy concerns, O\u2019Connor said he \u2018obtained permission from the President and Dr. Cannard to confirm the details I am sharing.\u2019 O\u2019Connor offered in his letter a full-throated endorsement of Dr. Cannard and his work as the neurology consultant to the White House since 2012.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): Clyburn\u2019s base:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The problem in a sense is very simple. Black older primary voting women want Biden to be the candidate, and no one opposing Biden will even acknowledge the preferences of that voting bloc.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewstoller\/status\/1810693906914525535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>(And they don\u2019t want Kamala, apparently.) Since this is the voting bloc that gave us BIden, Clinton, and Obama \u2014 in other words, made the Democrat Party, at least the electeds, what it is today \u2014 I\u2019d be perfectly happy to throw them under the bus. But then, I\u2019m not a Democrat. Commentary:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Whoopi: “I don’t care if [Biden] pooped his pants. I don’t care if he can’t put a sentence together. Show me he can’t do the job, and then I’ll say, okay, maybe it’s time to go\u2026I have poopy day all the time. All the time.” <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QlMHzH8LF9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/QlMHzH8LF9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickFondacaro\/status\/1810334859874685232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"mini\"\/>Lambert here: How a great nation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2016\/jul\/11\/paul-ryan\/paul-ryan-claims-us-oldest-democracy-world-he-righ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the world\u2019s oldest democracy<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Democratic_Party_(United_States)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the oldest political party in the world<\/a> select a Presidential candidate:<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cClyburn says he would support \u2018mini-primary\u2019 ahead of DNC if Biden steps aside\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/tZJNT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cDemocratic Rep. Jim Clyburn [(84)], a top ally of Joe Biden, said Wednesday that if the president steps aside from the election, he would expect to see a \u2018mini-primary\u2019 ahead of the Democratic National Convention with Kamala Harris and Democratic governors vying for the top two spots on the party\u2019s ticket. Responding to a question on CNN about whether Harris should be the party\u2019s automatic nominee if the president were to step aside or if there should be a \u2018mini-primary\u2019 between several candidates, Clyburn (D-S.C.) said: \u2018Well, I think we\u2019re going to have a mini-primary leading into the convention,\u2019 describing the virtual roll call needed to appear on the Ohio ballot. He added, \u2018You can actually fashion the process that\u2019s already in place to make it a mini-primary, and I would support that absolutely. We can\u2019t close that down, and we should open up everything for the general election.\u2019\u2026 When pressed by CNN\u2019s Erica Hill as to if there will be an expanded field during the virtual roll call vote ahead of the DNC, Clyburn said \u2018.\u2019 \u2018My understanding is there are 700 uncommitted delegates and of course there are delegates who are pledged,\u2019 Clyburn said. \u2018It would seem to me that any one of these people who aspire to be president, who would like to see a contest taking place \u2014 look at those 700 delegates who are now uncommitted and get into the action.’\u201d \u2022 Hmm.<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cJim Clyburn Is Right About What Democrats Should Do Next\u201d [Ezra Klein, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/GHP8R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cIf Democrats need to choose another candidate, they need to make the process as competitive and open as possible. Harris would be the front-runner, and there\u2019s a good case to be made that she\u2019s underrated. But she needs to prove her mettle. To anoint her because it would minimize conflict would be madness. Imagine the intraparty battling if Democrats, after unwisely closing ranks around Biden, close ranks around Harris and lose to Trump\u2026. In an <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/GHP8R\/https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/07\/03\/dnc-delegates-biden-debate-reaction-00166500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">interview<\/a> with Politico, a Democratic National Convention delegate from South Carolina said aloud what many Democrats have told me privately. \u2018I think it would be fantastic for the party. I mean, think about it: People would watch it. It would get the ratings: It has the drama that people would pay attention to. And if multiple candidates were seeking our nomination, you would have wall-to-wall, weeklong, prime-time coverage of all of our best rising stars, delivering the party message that, frankly, Joe Biden couldn\u2019t against Donald Trump.’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cJames Carville: Biden Won\u2019t Win. Democrats Need a Plan. Here\u2019s One\u201d [James Carville, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/uJSGH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cI want to see the Democratic Party hold between now and the Democratic National Convention in August \u2014 one each in the South, the Northeast, the Midwest and the West. We can recruit the two most obvious and qualified people in the world to facilitate substantive discussions: Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. They may not represent every faction under our party\u2019s big tent. But they care as much about our democracy as our nation\u2019s first president, they understand what it takes to be president, and they know how to win. Town halls \u2014 high-stakes job interviews for the toughest job in the world \u2014 would surely attract television and cable partners and generate record numbers of viewers. Think the Super Bowl with Taylor Swift in the stands. The young, the old and everyone in between will tune in to see history being made in real time. How will potential nominees be chosen to participate in the town halls? There is no answer here that will satisfy everyone, but hard choices must be made, given the tight timetable, and I think leaning on the input of former presidents makes good sense. So I would advise Presidents 42 and 44 to select eight leading contenders out of the pool of those who choose to run, with Ms. Harris most definitely getting a well-earned invite. I believe the vice president would be a formidable opponent for Mr. Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Foreign Policy Biden Is Putting on the Ballot\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/seymourhersh.substack.com\/p\/the-foreign-policy-biden-is-putting?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1377040&post_id=146434533&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2g4s&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seymour Hersh<\/a>]. \u201cDespite some early losses, Russia, with its advantage in air and ground forces, is now dominating the war and, despite scant interest in Washington, there are going on. A senior American official told me that Putin \u2018has what he wants\u2019 in Ukraine and delayed an all-out assault on Kharkiv, Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city, while a possible settlement is being negotiated, with .\u201d \u2022 Hmm. Somehow I don\u2019t think the parties to the negotiations, whoever they may be, will have election 2024 as their uppermost concern, so the timing of the talks \u2014 if successful \u2014 should prove interesting.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Our Famously Free Press<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Cope:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Change in Headline <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CrR3GvoDit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/CrR3GvoDit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Editing TheGrayLady (@nyt_diff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nyt_diff\/status\/1810681373197283564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/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>Covid 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>, <del><a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a><\/del>; 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>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>; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/?v=SC2_N&l=Oakland%2C+CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oakland, wastewater<\/a>); CO (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.colorado.gov\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cdphe.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/d79cf93c3938470ca4bcc4823328946b#utility=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); CT (<a href=\"https:\/\/data.ct.gov\/stories\/s\/COVID-19-data\/wa3g-tfvc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); DE (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.delaware.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); FL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/5b9d75ba683849928dc1a49c39ab0b1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); GA (<a href=\"https:\/\/dph.georgia.gov\/ga-nwss-wastewater-surveillance-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); HI (<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); 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>); IN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.in.gov\/indiana-covid-19-dashboard-and-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); KS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov\/160\/COVID-19-in-Kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/4456bae8a38f4b6180e008477382fff9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Lawrence); KY (<a href=\"https:\/\/louisville.edu\/envirome\/thecoimmunityproject\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Louisville); LA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldh.la.gov\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/covid-19-wastewater-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MD (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); ME (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dhhs\/mecdc\/infectious-disease\/epi\/airborne\/coronavirus\/data.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); 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:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" 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, KF, 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><a name=\"covid\"\/>Readers, there is no good news here at all, and this data does not include the Fourth of July weekend. It would sure be handy to have Biobot still in operation, so we could have a single indicator for infection, but of course that was not to be.<\/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] (CDC) This week\u2019s wastewater map, with hot spots annotated. Worse than <em>two<\/em> weeks ago. New York is a hot again, and Covid is spreading up the Maine Coast just in time for the Fourth of July weekend, in another triumph for Administration policy. On that Bay area hotspot:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Examples \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Marin: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pMS1d89ZQ2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/pMS1d89ZQ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Santa Clara County: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m1Sjbfmork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/m1Sjbfmork<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Violet Blue\u00ae (@violetblue) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/violetblue\/status\/1806189679487996324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) LB.1 coming up on the outside.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ER) This is the best I can do for now. At least data for the entire pandemic is presented.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Now acceleration, which <em>is<\/em> compatible with a wastewater decrease, but still not a good feeling .(The New York city area has form; in 2020, as the home of two international airports (JFK and EWR) it was an important entry point for the virus into the country (and from thence up the Hudson River valley, as the rich sought to escape, and then around the country through air travel.)<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). This is the best I can do for now. Note the assumption that Covid is seasonal is built into the presentation, which in fact shows that Covid is <em>not<\/em> seasonal. At least data for the entire pandemic is presented.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Still going up! (Because there is data in \u201ccurrent view\u201d tab, I think white states here have experienced \u201cno change,\u201d as opposed to have no data.)<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Still going up!<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Up. Those sh*theads at CDC have changed the chart so that it doesn\u2019t even run back to 1\/21\/23, as it used to, but now starts 1\/1\/24. There\u2019s also no way to adjust the time rasnge. CDC really doesn\u2019t want you to be able to take a historical view of the pandemic, or compare one surge to another. In an any case, that\u2019s why the shape of the curve has changed.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants) Same deal. Those sh*theads. I\u2019m leaving this here for another week because I loathe them so much:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"544\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-272941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week.png 601w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week-300x272.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, but positivity up.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Small Business Optimism: \u201cUnited States Nfib Business Optimism Index\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/nfib-business-optimism-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe NFIB Small Business Optimism Index in the US rose to 91.5 in June of 2024 from 90.5 in the previous month, the highest since the start of the year, and contrasting with expectations that the index would slow to 89.5. Still, the reading remained below the long-term average of 98. \u2018Main Street remains pessimistic about the economy for the balance of the year,\u2019 said NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg. \u2018Increasing compensation costs has led to higher prices all around.’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Retail: \u201cUnited States Used Car Prices YoY\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/used-car-prices-yoy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index for the US decreased 8.9% year-on-year in June 2024, following a 12.1% drop in May.\u201d \u2022 Seems like a leading indicator of some kind, but I don\u2019t know what. Readers?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 52 Neutral (previous close: 52 Neutral) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 48 (Neutral). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Jul 9 at 2:01:04 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>Rapture Index: Closes unchanged [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptureready.com\/rapture-ready-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rapture Ready<\/a>]. Record High, October 10, 2016: 189. Current: 186. (Remember that bringing on the Rapture is good.) <\/p>\n<p><strong>The Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Inventor of the eponymous cheese, so no wonder:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">\u00c9douard Manet, Rochefort’s Escape <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SjssoWpqP1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/SjssoWpqP1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Impressions (@impression_ists) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/impression_ists\/status\/1808903924826423460\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"enneagram\"\/>\u201cThe Nine Ways: On the Enneagram\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2024\/07\/05\/the-nine-ways-on-the-enneagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Paris Review<\/a>]. \u201cIchazo\u2019s core theory is that people, on the deepest level, wish to avoid a very bad feeling, an experience so awful it is what we imagine death is like. There are nine ways this terror can be imagined reaching us, and nine correspondent ways it can be avoided. The nine techniques of avoiding this universal fear are figured as points on the enneagram and exist in a complex and dynamic interplay with one another. In any individual personality, one of the nine is predominant. The nine ways are often referred to using a kind of shorthand: 1 is the Reformer; 2, the Helper; 3, the Achiever; 4, the Individualist; 5, the Investigator; 6, the Loyalist; 7, the Enthusiast; 8, the Challenger; and 9, the Peacemaker. It can be hard to pinpoint the right metaphor for the role these numbers are thought to play in a person\u2019s psyche. The nine can be conceived of as parts, dimensions, or styles. I sometimes picture each number as being a corner in a very large room. Imagine the plane of this room\u2019s floor is uneven, and the walls, as a result, are of irregular shapes and sizes. We may find something close to a natural comfort in one corner or in some nook nearby. The light from a window might amiably rhyme with that of a spot across the room. Some parts of the room might have high ceilings with bare white walls. Others, though narrow, might overlook a courtyard. If this place is big enough, its far corners might seem beyond reach or even nonexistent. We might hesitate to emerge from our favorite hideaways. I offer this extended image to illustrate that while, as a numerical typology, the enneagram may seem like a tacky attempt to reduce human complexity, it is intended do the opposite.\u201d \u2022 10, Analyst.<\/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\/07\/200pm-water-cooler-7-8-2024.htmll\">here<\/a>. From Upstater:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/irises_2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1061\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/irises_2.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/irises_2-170x300.jpeg 170w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/irises_2-579x1024.jpeg 579w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Upstater writes: \u201cIt\u2019s that time of year! These are early bearded irises.\u201d<\/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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Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Great Horned Owl, East Loma Alta Drive, Altadena. \u201d<br \/>The first bird in the recording was perched atop a utility pole about 10 meters from me. While recording it, a female flew in and vocalized loudly, and then the the first bird flew east about 50 meters and continued to vocalize. This may have been a family group because they were moving around the neighborhood together and were very vocal the whole time. Three birds persistently followed one male. There were three males and one female, which I determined based on the vocalizations. One of the males made some juvenile sounds an adult calls. Audio recordings. It\u2019s also possible that the female was chasing off the first bird in the recording below because it sounds like there was bill snapping by the female. Although there was an interaction between the two birds at the top of the utility pole, I didn\u2019t see it well because I wasn\u2019t looking through binoculars nor was I using a light.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The owl of Minerva calling \u201cWho? Who?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>(1) <a href=\"#covid\">New Covid charts<\/a> (except for CDC\u2019s national wastewater map, which naturally has not been updated for data later than June 22.<\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"#joe\">Biden on Morning Joe<\/a>\/<\/p>\n<p>(3) <a href=\"#mini\">Replacing Biden<\/a>: open processes.<\/p>\n<p>(4) <a href=\"#enneagram\">The Enneagram <\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/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 half 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> <a name=\"swing\"\/>Friday\u2019s RCP Poll Averages:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-05.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1071\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-05.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-05-168x300.png 168w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-05-574x1024.png 574w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>First post-debate polling: Trump jumps a full point in the 5-way national race, which a Biden supporter might find concerning. OTOH, the Swing States seem relatively unaffected. Swing States (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/03\/introduction-to-swing-states-in-the-presidential-election-of-2024-general-survey.html\">more here<\/a>) still Brownian-motioning around. Of course, it goes without saying that these are all state polls, therefore bad, and most of the results are within the margin of error. It would be hilarious if the Biden Debate debacle had exactly the same effect as Trump\u2019s 34 bazillion felony convictions, i.e., none, both parties are so dug in.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: My picture: A pursuing pack of jackals (the funders) and weasels (the press) is taking down an aging, wounded hyena (Biden). Looking on, a troop of apes (the press and their sources) chatters, gesticulates, and occasionally throws feces. High in the air, vultures circle (the spooks). It\u2019s not an edifying spectacle. I don\u2019t have a rooting interest. In the theatre, we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/07\/bidens-slips-cog-second-time-as-tragedy-second-time-as-farce-or-both.html\">narratives and expectations<\/a> that work for individuals, families, and small groups. I don\u2019t think we have anything that scales beyond that. Imagine King Lear that looked more like the Beltway; hundreds of Gonerils and Regans, all scheming for advantage; hundreds of Edmunds (\u201cFine word, legitimate!\u201d) , plotting and betraying; and any Cordelias or Edgars lost in the muck. Not the play we know.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"joe\"\/>Biden (D): \u201cBiden firmly denounces calls to step aside from fellow Democrats: \u2018The voters have spoken\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/biden-firmly-denounces-calls-step-fellow-democrats-voters-spoken-rcna160683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC<\/a>]. \u201cPhoning into MSNBC\u2019s \u2018Morning Joe\u2019 on Monday, the president said the voters have chosen him and dared his Democratic critics who want him out to challenge him at the party\u2019s August convention. \u2018I\u2019m getting so frustrated by the elites in the party. \u2026 They know so much more,\u2019 Biden said, mockingly. \u2018If any of these guys don\u2019t think I should run, run against me. Go ahead. Announce for president \u2014 challenge me at the convention!’\u201d \u2022 Which is what Clyburn says will happen during the virtual convention. I looked for a transcript, and couln\u2019t find a complete one. This is the best I can do, a big slab of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laturbine.fr\/498asyj\/77STcRe18169P367HGdd53.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">material not quoted elsewhere<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>MIKA BRZEZINSKI: So you have repeatedly said that all of these people and entities are wrong, and let me go through them. The New York Times editorial board, The Economist, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Boston Globe. Jerry Nadler. Seth Moulton. Let me go to Julian Castro, Tim Ryan, David Axelrod\u2013<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: WHOA. You\u2019re kidding.<\/p>\n<p>MIKA BRZEZINSKI: David Remnick, haha\u2013 Richard Haass. Yeah, I know which one you\u2019re responding to there \u2014 Zeke Emanuel, but they are saying that you should step aside. So what is your plan of attack moving forward? These are pretty big names.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: I understand there\u2019s lot of [inaudible]. But I\u2019m not, I don\u2019t care what those big names think. They were WRONG in 2020[1]. They were wrong in 2022 about the red wave[2]. They\u2019re wrong in 2024[3]. And go with\u2013 to come out with the watch and watch people react. You make a judgment. You make a judgment. And by the way I\u2019m going to be have all these foreign leaders here. I\u2019ve been in contact with a new British prime minister, which is\u2013 anyway. Look the country the rest of the world. Look at our allies looking for U.S. leadership. Who else do you think can step in here and do this? I expanded NATO, I solidified NATO, ask your brother about it in Poland. I made sure that we\u2019re in a position where we have a coalition of people, of the nations around the world to deal with China, with Russia, when everything is going on in the world. We\u2019re making real progress. The Biden plan, which Gaz\u2013 in Israel to, for the Gaza Strip. It is something that was adopted by the U.N. Security Council. Whether it comes to fruition, it\u2019s awful close. We\u2019ll see. G7\u2013. But look, I\u2019m not going to explain anymore about what I should or shouldn\u2019t do. I am running. I am running.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>NOTES [1] Correct. [2] Correct. [3] 2024 is not 2020 or 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cBiden turns to MSNBC\u2019s Joe Scarborough as calls to step down continue\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/07\/08\/nx-s1-5032804\/biden-turns-to-msnbcs-joe-scarborough-as-calls-to-step-down-continue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NPR<\/a>]. \u201cWell, you know, Joe Biden has made \u2018Morning Joe\u2019 his morning ritual. This morning, he called in. And, you know, he\u2019s feisty. He was animated. He was impassioned, and he was kind of defiant. And it was sort of an intense defense saying, you know, I\u2019m the guy, and people should stick with me.\u201d \u2022 That word \u201cdefiant\u201d is always one to watch for; generally what is being defied is a consensus of the general will, as represented by the press (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/biden-pushes-defiant-message-letter-democrats-msnbc-appearance-rcna160688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biden pushes defiant message<\/a>\u201c).<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cParkinson\u2019s Expert Visited the White House Eight Times in Eight Months\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/O3Whp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cThe expert, Dr. Kevin Cannard, is a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders and recently published a paper on Parkinson\u2019s. The logs, released by the White House, document visits from July 2023 through March of this year. More recent visits, if there have been any, would not be released until later under the White House\u2019s voluntary disclosure policy. It was unclear whether Dr. Cannard was at the White House to consult specifically about the president or was there for unrelated meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cWhite House doctor offers explanation for Parkinson\u2019s expert\u2019s visits\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/white-house-doctor-offers-explanation-parkinsons-experts-visits\/story?id=111764565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ABC<\/a>]. \u201cCannard\u2019s visits to the White House don\u2019t represent examinations of the president, according to O\u2019Connor\u2019s letter. Cannard is involved in a range of care for others beyond the president at the White House, O\u2019Connor said in his note. \u2018Prior to the pandemic, and following its end [lol], [Cannard] has held regular Neurology clinics at the White House Medical Clinic in support of the thousands of active-duty members assigned in support of White House operations,\u2019 his letter reads. \u2018Many military personnel experience neurological issues related to their service, and Dr. Cannard regularly visits the WHMU as part of this General Neurology Practice.\u2019 On the subject of Biden\u2019s physical, O\u2019Connor noted that \u2018President Biden has not seen a neurologist outside of his annual physical.\u2019 O\u2019Connor also stressed that Biden\u2019s last physical found no signs of Parkinson\u2019s, which he detailed in a Feb. 28 letter. While the White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to confirm these details earlier Monday, citing privacy concerns, O\u2019Connor said he \u2018obtained permission from the President and Dr. Cannard to confirm the details I am sharing.\u2019 O\u2019Connor offered in his letter a full-throated endorsement of Dr. Cannard and his work as the neurology consultant to the White House since 2012.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): Clyburn\u2019s base:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The problem in a sense is very simple. Black older primary voting women want Biden to be the candidate, and no one opposing Biden will even acknowledge the preferences of that voting bloc.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewstoller\/status\/1810693906914525535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>(And they don\u2019t want Kamala, apparently.) Since this is the voting bloc that gave us BIden, Clinton, and Obama \u2014 in other words, made the Democrat Party, at least the electeds, what it is today \u2014 I\u2019d be perfectly happy to throw them under the bus. But then, I\u2019m not a Democrat. Commentary:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Whoopi: “I don’t care if [Biden] pooped his pants. I don’t care if he can’t put a sentence together. Show me he can’t do the job, and then I’ll say, okay, maybe it’s time to go\u2026I have poopy day all the time. All the time.” <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QlMHzH8LF9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/QlMHzH8LF9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickFondacaro\/status\/1810334859874685232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"mini\"\/>Lambert here: How a great nation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2016\/jul\/11\/paul-ryan\/paul-ryan-claims-us-oldest-democracy-world-he-righ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the world\u2019s oldest democracy<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Democratic_Party_(United_States)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the oldest political party in the world<\/a> select a Presidential candidate:<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cClyburn says he would support \u2018mini-primary\u2019 ahead of DNC if Biden steps aside\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/tZJNT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cDemocratic Rep. Jim Clyburn [(84)], a top ally of Joe Biden, said Wednesday that if the president steps aside from the election, he would expect to see a \u2018mini-primary\u2019 ahead of the Democratic National Convention with Kamala Harris and Democratic governors vying for the top two spots on the party\u2019s ticket. Responding to a question on CNN about whether Harris should be the party\u2019s automatic nominee if the president were to step aside or if there should be a \u2018mini-primary\u2019 between several candidates, Clyburn (D-S.C.) said: \u2018Well, I think we\u2019re going to have a mini-primary leading into the convention,\u2019 describing the virtual roll call needed to appear on the Ohio ballot. He added, \u2018You can actually fashion the process that\u2019s already in place to make it a mini-primary, and I would support that absolutely. We can\u2019t close that down, and we should open up everything for the general election.\u2019\u2026 When pressed by CNN\u2019s Erica Hill as to if there will be an expanded field during the virtual roll call vote ahead of the DNC, Clyburn said \u2018.\u2019 \u2018My understanding is there are 700 uncommitted delegates and of course there are delegates who are pledged,\u2019 Clyburn said. \u2018It would seem to me that any one of these people who aspire to be president, who would like to see a contest taking place \u2014 look at those 700 delegates who are now uncommitted and get into the action.’\u201d \u2022 Hmm.<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cJim Clyburn Is Right About What Democrats Should Do Next\u201d [Ezra Klein, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/GHP8R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cIf Democrats need to choose another candidate, they need to make the process as competitive and open as possible. Harris would be the front-runner, and there\u2019s a good case to be made that she\u2019s underrated. But she needs to prove her mettle. To anoint her because it would minimize conflict would be madness. Imagine the intraparty battling if Democrats, after unwisely closing ranks around Biden, close ranks around Harris and lose to Trump\u2026. In an <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/GHP8R\/https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/07\/03\/dnc-delegates-biden-debate-reaction-00166500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">interview<\/a> with Politico, a Democratic National Convention delegate from South Carolina said aloud what many Democrats have told me privately. \u2018I think it would be fantastic for the party. I mean, think about it: People would watch it. It would get the ratings: It has the drama that people would pay attention to. And if multiple candidates were seeking our nomination, you would have wall-to-wall, weeklong, prime-time coverage of all of our best rising stars, delivering the party message that, frankly, Joe Biden couldn\u2019t against Donald Trump.’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cJames Carville: Biden Won\u2019t Win. Democrats Need a Plan. Here\u2019s One\u201d [James Carville, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/uJSGH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cI want to see the Democratic Party hold between now and the Democratic National Convention in August \u2014 one each in the South, the Northeast, the Midwest and the West. We can recruit the two most obvious and qualified people in the world to facilitate substantive discussions: Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. They may not represent every faction under our party\u2019s big tent. But they care as much about our democracy as our nation\u2019s first president, they understand what it takes to be president, and they know how to win. Town halls \u2014 high-stakes job interviews for the toughest job in the world \u2014 would surely attract television and cable partners and generate record numbers of viewers. Think the Super Bowl with Taylor Swift in the stands. The young, the old and everyone in between will tune in to see history being made in real time. How will potential nominees be chosen to participate in the town halls? There is no answer here that will satisfy everyone, but hard choices must be made, given the tight timetable, and I think leaning on the input of former presidents makes good sense. So I would advise Presidents 42 and 44 to select eight leading contenders out of the pool of those who choose to run, with Ms. Harris most definitely getting a well-earned invite. I believe the vice president would be a formidable opponent for Mr. Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Foreign Policy Biden Is Putting on the Ballot\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/seymourhersh.substack.com\/p\/the-foreign-policy-biden-is-putting?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1377040&post_id=146434533&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2g4s&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seymour Hersh<\/a>]. \u201cDespite some early losses, Russia, with its advantage in air and ground forces, is now dominating the war and, despite scant interest in Washington, there are going on. A senior American official told me that Putin \u2018has what he wants\u2019 in Ukraine and delayed an all-out assault on Kharkiv, Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city, while a possible settlement is being negotiated, with .\u201d \u2022 Hmm. Somehow I don\u2019t think the parties to the negotiations, whoever they may be, will have election 2024 as their uppermost concern, so the timing of the talks \u2014 if successful \u2014 should prove interesting.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Our Famously Free Press<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Cope:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Change in Headline <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CrR3GvoDit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/CrR3GvoDit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Editing TheGrayLady (@nyt_diff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nyt_diff\/status\/1810681373197283564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/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>Covid 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>, <del><a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a><\/del>; 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>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>; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/?v=SC2_N&l=Oakland%2C+CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oakland, wastewater<\/a>); CO (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.colorado.gov\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cdphe.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/d79cf93c3938470ca4bcc4823328946b#utility=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); CT (<a href=\"https:\/\/data.ct.gov\/stories\/s\/COVID-19-data\/wa3g-tfvc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); DE (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.delaware.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); FL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/5b9d75ba683849928dc1a49c39ab0b1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); GA (<a href=\"https:\/\/dph.georgia.gov\/ga-nwss-wastewater-surveillance-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); HI (<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); 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>); IN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.in.gov\/indiana-covid-19-dashboard-and-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); KS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov\/160\/COVID-19-in-Kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/4456bae8a38f4b6180e008477382fff9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Lawrence); KY (<a href=\"https:\/\/louisville.edu\/envirome\/thecoimmunityproject\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Louisville); LA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldh.la.gov\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/covid-19-wastewater-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MD (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); ME (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dhhs\/mecdc\/infectious-disease\/epi\/airborne\/coronavirus\/data.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); 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:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" 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, KF, 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><a name=\"covid\"\/>Readers, there is no good news here at all, and this data does not include the Fourth of July weekend. It would sure be handy to have Biobot still in operation, so we could have a single indicator for infection, but of course that was not to be.<\/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] (CDC) This week\u2019s wastewater map, with hot spots annotated. Worse than <em>two<\/em> weeks ago. New York is a hot again, and Covid is spreading up the Maine Coast just in time for the Fourth of July weekend, in another triumph for Administration policy. On that Bay area hotspot:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Examples \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Marin: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pMS1d89ZQ2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/pMS1d89ZQ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Santa Clara County: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m1Sjbfmork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/m1Sjbfmork<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Violet Blue\u00ae (@violetblue) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/violetblue\/status\/1806189679487996324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) LB.1 coming up on the outside.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ER) This is the best I can do for now. At least data for the entire pandemic is presented.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Now acceleration, which <em>is<\/em> compatible with a wastewater decrease, but still not a good feeling .(The New York city area has form; in 2020, as the home of two international airports (JFK and EWR) it was an important entry point for the virus into the country (and from thence up the Hudson River valley, as the rich sought to escape, and then around the country through air travel.)<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). This is the best I can do for now. Note the assumption that Covid is seasonal is built into the presentation, which in fact shows that Covid is <em>not<\/em> seasonal. At least data for the entire pandemic is presented.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Still going up! (Because there is data in \u201ccurrent view\u201d tab, I think white states here have experienced \u201cno change,\u201d as opposed to have no data.)<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Still going up!<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Up. Those sh*theads at CDC have changed the chart so that it doesn\u2019t even run back to 1\/21\/23, as it used to, but now starts 1\/1\/24. There\u2019s also no way to adjust the time rasnge. CDC really doesn\u2019t want you to be able to take a historical view of the pandemic, or compare one surge to another. In an any case, that\u2019s why the shape of the curve has changed.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants) Same deal. Those sh*theads. I\u2019m leaving this here for another week because I loathe them so much:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"544\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-272941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week.png 601w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week-300x272.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, but positivity up.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Small Business Optimism: \u201cUnited States Nfib Business Optimism Index\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/nfib-business-optimism-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe NFIB Small Business Optimism Index in the US rose to 91.5 in June of 2024 from 90.5 in the previous month, the highest since the start of the year, and contrasting with expectations that the index would slow to 89.5. Still, the reading remained below the long-term average of 98. \u2018Main Street remains pessimistic about the economy for the balance of the year,\u2019 said NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg. \u2018Increasing compensation costs has led to higher prices all around.’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Retail: \u201cUnited States Used Car Prices YoY\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/used-car-prices-yoy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index for the US decreased 8.9% year-on-year in June 2024, following a 12.1% drop in May.\u201d \u2022 Seems like a leading indicator of some kind, but I don\u2019t know what. Readers?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 52 Neutral (previous close: 52 Neutral) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 48 (Neutral). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Jul 9 at 2:01:04 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>Rapture Index: Closes unchanged [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptureready.com\/rapture-ready-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rapture Ready<\/a>]. Record High, October 10, 2016: 189. Current: 186. (Remember that bringing on the Rapture is good.) <\/p>\n<p><strong>The Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Inventor of the eponymous cheese, so no wonder:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">\u00c9douard Manet, Rochefort’s Escape <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SjssoWpqP1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/SjssoWpqP1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Impressions (@impression_ists) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/impression_ists\/status\/1808903924826423460\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"enneagram\"\/>\u201cThe Nine Ways: On the Enneagram\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2024\/07\/05\/the-nine-ways-on-the-enneagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Paris Review<\/a>]. \u201cIchazo\u2019s core theory is that people, on the deepest level, wish to avoid a very bad feeling, an experience so awful it is what we imagine death is like. There are nine ways this terror can be imagined reaching us, and nine correspondent ways it can be avoided. The nine techniques of avoiding this universal fear are figured as points on the enneagram and exist in a complex and dynamic interplay with one another. In any individual personality, one of the nine is predominant. The nine ways are often referred to using a kind of shorthand: 1 is the Reformer; 2, the Helper; 3, the Achiever; 4, the Individualist; 5, the Investigator; 6, the Loyalist; 7, the Enthusiast; 8, the Challenger; and 9, the Peacemaker. It can be hard to pinpoint the right metaphor for the role these numbers are thought to play in a person\u2019s psyche. The nine can be conceived of as parts, dimensions, or styles. I sometimes picture each number as being a corner in a very large room. Imagine the plane of this room\u2019s floor is uneven, and the walls, as a result, are of irregular shapes and sizes. We may find something close to a natural comfort in one corner or in some nook nearby. The light from a window might amiably rhyme with that of a spot across the room. Some parts of the room might have high ceilings with bare white walls. Others, though narrow, might overlook a courtyard. If this place is big enough, its far corners might seem beyond reach or even nonexistent. We might hesitate to emerge from our favorite hideaways. I offer this extended image to illustrate that while, as a numerical typology, the enneagram may seem like a tacky attempt to reduce human complexity, it is intended do the opposite.\u201d \u2022 10, Analyst.<\/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\/07\/200pm-water-cooler-7-8-2024.htmll\">here<\/a>. 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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Great Horned Owl, East Loma Alta Drive, Altadena. \u201d<br \/>The first bird in the recording was perched atop a utility pole about 10 meters from me. While recording it, a female flew in and vocalized loudly, and then the the first bird flew east about 50 meters and continued to vocalize. This may have been a family group because they were moving around the neighborhood together and were very vocal the whole time. Three birds persistently followed one male. There were three males and one female, which I determined based on the vocalizations. One of the males made some juvenile sounds an adult calls. Audio recordings. It\u2019s also possible that the female was chasing off the first bird in the recording below because it sounds like there was bill snapping by the female. Although there was an interaction between the two birds at the top of the utility pole, I didn\u2019t see it well because I wasn\u2019t looking through binoculars nor was I using a light.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The owl of Minerva calling \u201cWho? Who?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>(1) <a href=\"#covid\">New Covid charts<\/a> (except for CDC\u2019s national wastewater map, which naturally has not been updated for data later than June 22.<\/p>\n<p>(2) <a href=\"#joe\">Biden on Morning Joe<\/a>\/<\/p>\n<p>(3) <a href=\"#mini\">Replacing Biden<\/a>: open processes.<\/p>\n<p>(4) <a href=\"#enneagram\">The Enneagram <\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/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 half 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> <a name=\"swing\"\/>Friday\u2019s RCP Poll Averages:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-05.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1071\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-05.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-05-168x300.png 168w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rcp_2024-07-05-574x1024.png 574w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>First post-debate polling: Trump jumps a full point in the 5-way national race, which a Biden supporter might find concerning. OTOH, the Swing States seem relatively unaffected. Swing States (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/03\/introduction-to-swing-states-in-the-presidential-election-of-2024-general-survey.html\">more here<\/a>) still Brownian-motioning around. Of course, it goes without saying that these are all state polls, therefore bad, and most of the results are within the margin of error. It would be hilarious if the Biden Debate debacle had exactly the same effect as Trump\u2019s 34 bazillion felony convictions, i.e., none, both parties are so dug in.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: My picture: A pursuing pack of jackals (the funders) and weasels (the press) is taking down an aging, wounded hyena (Biden). Looking on, a troop of apes (the press and their sources) chatters, gesticulates, and occasionally throws feces. High in the air, vultures circle (the spooks). It\u2019s not an edifying spectacle. I don\u2019t have a rooting interest. In the theatre, we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/07\/bidens-slips-cog-second-time-as-tragedy-second-time-as-farce-or-both.html\">narratives and expectations<\/a> that work for individuals, families, and small groups. I don\u2019t think we have anything that scales beyond that. Imagine King Lear that looked more like the Beltway; hundreds of Gonerils and Regans, all scheming for advantage; hundreds of Edmunds (\u201cFine word, legitimate!\u201d) , plotting and betraying; and any Cordelias or Edgars lost in the muck. Not the play we know.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"joe\"\/>Biden (D): \u201cBiden firmly denounces calls to step aside from fellow Democrats: \u2018The voters have spoken\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/biden-firmly-denounces-calls-step-fellow-democrats-voters-spoken-rcna160683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC<\/a>]. \u201cPhoning into MSNBC\u2019s \u2018Morning Joe\u2019 on Monday, the president said the voters have chosen him and dared his Democratic critics who want him out to challenge him at the party\u2019s August convention. \u2018I\u2019m getting so frustrated by the elites in the party. \u2026 They know so much more,\u2019 Biden said, mockingly. \u2018If any of these guys don\u2019t think I should run, run against me. Go ahead. Announce for president \u2014 challenge me at the convention!’\u201d \u2022 Which is what Clyburn says will happen during the virtual convention. I looked for a transcript, and couln\u2019t find a complete one. This is the best I can do, a big slab of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laturbine.fr\/498asyj\/77STcRe18169P367HGdd53.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">material not quoted elsewhere<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>MIKA BRZEZINSKI: So you have repeatedly said that all of these people and entities are wrong, and let me go through them. The New York Times editorial board, The Economist, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Boston Globe. Jerry Nadler. Seth Moulton. Let me go to Julian Castro, Tim Ryan, David Axelrod\u2013<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: WHOA. You\u2019re kidding.<\/p>\n<p>MIKA BRZEZINSKI: David Remnick, haha\u2013 Richard Haass. Yeah, I know which one you\u2019re responding to there \u2014 Zeke Emanuel, but they are saying that you should step aside. So what is your plan of attack moving forward? These are pretty big names.<\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: I understand there\u2019s lot of [inaudible]. But I\u2019m not, I don\u2019t care what those big names think. They were WRONG in 2020[1]. They were wrong in 2022 about the red wave[2]. They\u2019re wrong in 2024[3]. And go with\u2013 to come out with the watch and watch people react. You make a judgment. You make a judgment. And by the way I\u2019m going to be have all these foreign leaders here. I\u2019ve been in contact with a new British prime minister, which is\u2013 anyway. Look the country the rest of the world. Look at our allies looking for U.S. leadership. Who else do you think can step in here and do this? I expanded NATO, I solidified NATO, ask your brother about it in Poland. I made sure that we\u2019re in a position where we have a coalition of people, of the nations around the world to deal with China, with Russia, when everything is going on in the world. We\u2019re making real progress. The Biden plan, which Gaz\u2013 in Israel to, for the Gaza Strip. It is something that was adopted by the U.N. Security Council. Whether it comes to fruition, it\u2019s awful close. We\u2019ll see. G7\u2013. But look, I\u2019m not going to explain anymore about what I should or shouldn\u2019t do. I am running. I am running.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>NOTES [1] Correct. [2] Correct. [3] 2024 is not 2020 or 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cBiden turns to MSNBC\u2019s Joe Scarborough as calls to step down continue\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/07\/08\/nx-s1-5032804\/biden-turns-to-msnbcs-joe-scarborough-as-calls-to-step-down-continue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NPR<\/a>]. \u201cWell, you know, Joe Biden has made \u2018Morning Joe\u2019 his morning ritual. This morning, he called in. And, you know, he\u2019s feisty. He was animated. He was impassioned, and he was kind of defiant. And it was sort of an intense defense saying, you know, I\u2019m the guy, and people should stick with me.\u201d \u2022 That word \u201cdefiant\u201d is always one to watch for; generally what is being defied is a consensus of the general will, as represented by the press (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/biden-pushes-defiant-message-letter-democrats-msnbc-appearance-rcna160688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biden pushes defiant message<\/a>\u201c).<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cParkinson\u2019s Expert Visited the White House Eight Times in Eight Months\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/O3Whp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cThe expert, Dr. Kevin Cannard, is a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders and recently published a paper on Parkinson\u2019s. The logs, released by the White House, document visits from July 2023 through March of this year. More recent visits, if there have been any, would not be released until later under the White House\u2019s voluntary disclosure policy. It was unclear whether Dr. Cannard was at the White House to consult specifically about the president or was there for unrelated meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cWhite House doctor offers explanation for Parkinson\u2019s expert\u2019s visits\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/white-house-doctor-offers-explanation-parkinsons-experts-visits\/story?id=111764565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ABC<\/a>]. \u201cCannard\u2019s visits to the White House don\u2019t represent examinations of the president, according to O\u2019Connor\u2019s letter. Cannard is involved in a range of care for others beyond the president at the White House, O\u2019Connor said in his note. \u2018Prior to the pandemic, and following its end [lol], [Cannard] has held regular Neurology clinics at the White House Medical Clinic in support of the thousands of active-duty members assigned in support of White House operations,\u2019 his letter reads. \u2018Many military personnel experience neurological issues related to their service, and Dr. Cannard regularly visits the WHMU as part of this General Neurology Practice.\u2019 On the subject of Biden\u2019s physical, O\u2019Connor noted that \u2018President Biden has not seen a neurologist outside of his annual physical.\u2019 O\u2019Connor also stressed that Biden\u2019s last physical found no signs of Parkinson\u2019s, which he detailed in a Feb. 28 letter. While the White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to confirm these details earlier Monday, citing privacy concerns, O\u2019Connor said he \u2018obtained permission from the President and Dr. Cannard to confirm the details I am sharing.\u2019 O\u2019Connor offered in his letter a full-throated endorsement of Dr. Cannard and his work as the neurology consultant to the White House since 2012.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): Clyburn\u2019s base:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The problem in a sense is very simple. Black older primary voting women want Biden to be the candidate, and no one opposing Biden will even acknowledge the preferences of that voting bloc.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewstoller\/status\/1810693906914525535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>(And they don\u2019t want Kamala, apparently.) Since this is the voting bloc that gave us BIden, Clinton, and Obama \u2014 in other words, made the Democrat Party, at least the electeds, what it is today \u2014 I\u2019d be perfectly happy to throw them under the bus. But then, I\u2019m not a Democrat. Commentary:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Whoopi: “I don’t care if [Biden] pooped his pants. I don’t care if he can’t put a sentence together. Show me he can’t do the job, and then I’ll say, okay, maybe it’s time to go\u2026I have poopy day all the time. All the time.” <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QlMHzH8LF9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/QlMHzH8LF9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickFondacaro\/status\/1810334859874685232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"mini\"\/>Lambert here: How a great nation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2016\/jul\/11\/paul-ryan\/paul-ryan-claims-us-oldest-democracy-world-he-righ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the world\u2019s oldest democracy<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Democratic_Party_(United_States)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the oldest political party in the world<\/a> select a Presidential candidate:<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cClyburn says he would support \u2018mini-primary\u2019 ahead of DNC if Biden steps aside\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/tZJNT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cDemocratic Rep. Jim Clyburn [(84)], a top ally of Joe Biden, said Wednesday that if the president steps aside from the election, he would expect to see a \u2018mini-primary\u2019 ahead of the Democratic National Convention with Kamala Harris and Democratic governors vying for the top two spots on the party\u2019s ticket. Responding to a question on CNN about whether Harris should be the party\u2019s automatic nominee if the president were to step aside or if there should be a \u2018mini-primary\u2019 between several candidates, Clyburn (D-S.C.) said: \u2018Well, I think we\u2019re going to have a mini-primary leading into the convention,\u2019 describing the virtual roll call needed to appear on the Ohio ballot. He added, \u2018You can actually fashion the process that\u2019s already in place to make it a mini-primary, and I would support that absolutely. We can\u2019t close that down, and we should open up everything for the general election.\u2019\u2026 When pressed by CNN\u2019s Erica Hill as to if there will be an expanded field during the virtual roll call vote ahead of the DNC, Clyburn said \u2018.\u2019 \u2018My understanding is there are 700 uncommitted delegates and of course there are delegates who are pledged,\u2019 Clyburn said. \u2018It would seem to me that any one of these people who aspire to be president, who would like to see a contest taking place \u2014 look at those 700 delegates who are now uncommitted and get into the action.’\u201d \u2022 Hmm.<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cJim Clyburn Is Right About What Democrats Should Do Next\u201d [Ezra Klein, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/GHP8R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cIf Democrats need to choose another candidate, they need to make the process as competitive and open as possible. Harris would be the front-runner, and there\u2019s a good case to be made that she\u2019s underrated. But she needs to prove her mettle. To anoint her because it would minimize conflict would be madness. Imagine the intraparty battling if Democrats, after unwisely closing ranks around Biden, close ranks around Harris and lose to Trump\u2026. In an <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/GHP8R\/https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/07\/03\/dnc-delegates-biden-debate-reaction-00166500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">interview<\/a> with Politico, a Democratic National Convention delegate from South Carolina said aloud what many Democrats have told me privately. \u2018I think it would be fantastic for the party. I mean, think about it: People would watch it. It would get the ratings: It has the drama that people would pay attention to. And if multiple candidates were seeking our nomination, you would have wall-to-wall, weeklong, prime-time coverage of all of our best rising stars, delivering the party message that, frankly, Joe Biden couldn\u2019t against Donald Trump.’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden (D): \u201cJames Carville: Biden Won\u2019t Win. Democrats Need a Plan. Here\u2019s One\u201d [James Carville, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/uJSGH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cI want to see the Democratic Party hold between now and the Democratic National Convention in August \u2014 one each in the South, the Northeast, the Midwest and the West. We can recruit the two most obvious and qualified people in the world to facilitate substantive discussions: Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. They may not represent every faction under our party\u2019s big tent. But they care as much about our democracy as our nation\u2019s first president, they understand what it takes to be president, and they know how to win. Town halls \u2014 high-stakes job interviews for the toughest job in the world \u2014 would surely attract television and cable partners and generate record numbers of viewers. Think the Super Bowl with Taylor Swift in the stands. The young, the old and everyone in between will tune in to see history being made in real time. How will potential nominees be chosen to participate in the town halls? There is no answer here that will satisfy everyone, but hard choices must be made, given the tight timetable, and I think leaning on the input of former presidents makes good sense. So I would advise Presidents 42 and 44 to select eight leading contenders out of the pool of those who choose to run, with Ms. Harris most definitely getting a well-earned invite. I believe the vice president would be a formidable opponent for Mr. Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Foreign Policy Biden Is Putting on the Ballot\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/seymourhersh.substack.com\/p\/the-foreign-policy-biden-is-putting?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1377040&post_id=146434533&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2g4s&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seymour Hersh<\/a>]. \u201cDespite some early losses, Russia, with its advantage in air and ground forces, is now dominating the war and, despite scant interest in Washington, there are going on. A senior American official told me that Putin \u2018has what he wants\u2019 in Ukraine and delayed an all-out assault on Kharkiv, Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city, while a possible settlement is being negotiated, with .\u201d \u2022 Hmm. Somehow I don\u2019t think the parties to the negotiations, whoever they may be, will have election 2024 as their uppermost concern, so the timing of the talks \u2014 if successful \u2014 should prove interesting.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Our Famously Free Press<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Cope:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Change in Headline <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CrR3GvoDit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/CrR3GvoDit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Editing TheGrayLady (@nyt_diff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nyt_diff\/status\/1810681373197283564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/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>Covid 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>, <del><a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a><\/del>; 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>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>; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/?v=SC2_N&l=Oakland%2C+CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oakland, wastewater<\/a>); CO (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.colorado.gov\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cdphe.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/d79cf93c3938470ca4bcc4823328946b#utility=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); CT (<a href=\"https:\/\/data.ct.gov\/stories\/s\/COVID-19-data\/wa3g-tfvc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); DE (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.delaware.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); FL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/5b9d75ba683849928dc1a49c39ab0b1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); GA (<a href=\"https:\/\/dph.georgia.gov\/ga-nwss-wastewater-surveillance-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); HI (<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); 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>); IN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.in.gov\/indiana-covid-19-dashboard-and-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); KS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov\/160\/COVID-19-in-Kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/4456bae8a38f4b6180e008477382fff9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Lawrence); KY (<a href=\"https:\/\/louisville.edu\/envirome\/thecoimmunityproject\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Louisville); LA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldh.la.gov\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/covid-19-wastewater-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MD (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); ME (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dhhs\/mecdc\/infectious-disease\/epi\/airborne\/coronavirus\/data.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); 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:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" 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, KF, 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><a name=\"covid\"\/>Readers, there is no good news here at all, and this data does not include the Fourth of July weekend. It would sure be handy to have Biobot still in operation, so we could have a single indicator for infection, but of course that was not to be.<\/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] (CDC) This week\u2019s wastewater map, with hot spots annotated. Worse than <em>two<\/em> weeks ago. New York is a hot again, and Covid is spreading up the Maine Coast just in time for the Fourth of July weekend, in another triumph for Administration policy. On that Bay area hotspot:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Examples \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Marin: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pMS1d89ZQ2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/pMS1d89ZQ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Santa Clara County: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m1Sjbfmork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/m1Sjbfmork<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Violet Blue\u00ae (@violetblue) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/violetblue\/status\/1806189679487996324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) LB.1 coming up on the outside.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ER) This is the best I can do for now. At least data for the entire pandemic is presented.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Now acceleration, which <em>is<\/em> compatible with a wastewater decrease, but still not a good feeling .(The New York city area has form; in 2020, as the home of two international airports (JFK and EWR) it was an important entry point for the virus into the country (and from thence up the Hudson River valley, as the rich sought to escape, and then around the country through air travel.)<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). This is the best I can do for now. Note the assumption that Covid is seasonal is built into the presentation, which in fact shows that Covid is <em>not<\/em> seasonal. At least data for the entire pandemic is presented.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Still going up! (Because there is data in \u201ccurrent view\u201d tab, I think white states here have experienced \u201cno change,\u201d as opposed to have no data.)<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Still going up!<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Up. Those sh*theads at CDC have changed the chart so that it doesn\u2019t even run back to 1\/21\/23, as it used to, but now starts 1\/1\/24. There\u2019s also no way to adjust the time rasnge. CDC really doesn\u2019t want you to be able to take a historical view of the pandemic, or compare one surge to another. In an any case, that\u2019s why the shape of the curve has changed.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants) Same deal. Those sh*theads. I\u2019m leaving this here for another week because I loathe them so much:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"544\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-272941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week.png 601w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/last_week-300x272.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, but positivity up.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Small Business Optimism: \u201cUnited States Nfib Business Optimism Index\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/nfib-business-optimism-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe NFIB Small Business Optimism Index in the US rose to 91.5 in June of 2024 from 90.5 in the previous month, the highest since the start of the year, and contrasting with expectations that the index would slow to 89.5. Still, the reading remained below the long-term average of 98. \u2018Main Street remains pessimistic about the economy for the balance of the year,\u2019 said NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg. \u2018Increasing compensation costs has led to higher prices all around.’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Retail: \u201cUnited States Used Car Prices YoY\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/used-car-prices-yoy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index for the US decreased 8.9% year-on-year in June 2024, following a 12.1% drop in May.\u201d \u2022 Seems like a leading indicator of some kind, but I don\u2019t know what. Readers?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 52 Neutral (previous close: 52 Neutral) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 48 (Neutral). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Jul 9 at 2:01:04 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>Rapture Index: Closes unchanged [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptureready.com\/rapture-ready-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rapture Ready<\/a>]. Record High, October 10, 2016: 189. Current: 186. (Remember that bringing on the Rapture is good.) <\/p>\n<p><strong>The Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Inventor of the eponymous cheese, so no wonder:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">\u00c9douard Manet, Rochefort’s Escape <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SjssoWpqP1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/SjssoWpqP1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Impressions (@impression_ists) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/impression_ists\/status\/1808903924826423460\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"enneagram\"\/>\u201cThe Nine Ways: On the Enneagram\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2024\/07\/05\/the-nine-ways-on-the-enneagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Paris Review<\/a>]. \u201cIchazo\u2019s core theory is that people, on the deepest level, wish to avoid a very bad feeling, an experience so awful it is what we imagine death is like. There are nine ways this terror can be imagined reaching us, and nine correspondent ways it can be avoided. The nine techniques of avoiding this universal fear are figured as points on the enneagram and exist in a complex and dynamic interplay with one another. In any individual personality, one of the nine is predominant. The nine ways are often referred to using a kind of shorthand: 1 is the Reformer; 2, the Helper; 3, the Achiever; 4, the Individualist; 5, the Investigator; 6, the Loyalist; 7, the Enthusiast; 8, the Challenger; and 9, the Peacemaker. It can be hard to pinpoint the right metaphor for the role these numbers are thought to play in a person\u2019s psyche. The nine can be conceived of as parts, dimensions, or styles. I sometimes picture each number as being a corner in a very large room. Imagine the plane of this room\u2019s floor is uneven, and the walls, as a result, are of irregular shapes and sizes. We may find something close to a natural comfort in one corner or in some nook nearby. The light from a window might amiably rhyme with that of a spot across the room. Some parts of the room might have high ceilings with bare white walls. Others, though narrow, might overlook a courtyard. If this place is big enough, its far corners might seem beyond reach or even nonexistent. We might hesitate to emerge from our favorite hideaways. I offer this extended image to illustrate that while, as a numerical typology, the enneagram may seem like a tacky attempt to reduce human complexity, it is intended do the opposite.\u201d \u2022 10, Analyst.<\/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! 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