{"id":84556,"date":"2024-09-13T22:32:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T22:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/13\/200pm-water-cooler-9-13-2024-naked-capitalism\/"},"modified":"2024-09-13T22:32:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T22:32:10","slug":"200pm-water-cooler-9-13-2024-naked-capitalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/13\/200pm-water-cooler-9-13-2024-naked-capitalism\/","title":{"rendered":"2:00PM Water Cooler 9\/13\/2024 | naked capitalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>This is Naked Capitalism fundraising week. 921 donors have already invested in our efforts to combat corruption and predatory conduct, particularly in the financial realm. Please join us and participate via our\u00a0<a class=\"yiv7522398345\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/tip-jar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">donation page<\/a>, which shows how to give via check, credit card, debit card, PayPal, Clover, or Wise. Read about\u00a0<a class=\"yiv7522398345\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/09\/naked-capitalism-fundraiser-2024-your-sanity-guide-as-leaders-live-dangerously.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">why we\u2019re doing this fundraiser<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"yiv7522398345\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/09\/fundraiser-2024-what-we-did-for-you-in-the-past-year.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">what we\u2019ve accomplished in the last year<\/a>, and our current goal,\u00a0<a class=\"yiv7522398345\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/09\/hooray-met-our-fourth-goal-on-to-our-fifth-karoshi-prevention.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">kar\u014dshi prevention<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Patient readers, happy Friday the Thirteenth! I got caught up in a little administrativia, so what follows is a bit light. Stay tuned. \u2013lambert<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bird Song of the Day<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/209665\/embed\" height=\"300\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gray Catbird, Carman Valley, Sierra, California, United States. A symphony! And 28 minutes long! The whirring percussion in the background is especially nice.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>New <a href=\"#rcp\">polling averages<\/a> (it\u2019s a tie) and new <a href=\"#table\">Covid tables<\/a> (some encouragement).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#taibbi\">Taibbi<\/a> on debate coverage.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing strikes<\/a>, could lead to ratings downgrade.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#evans\"><em>Death in Hamburg<\/em><\/a>, by Richard Evans.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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 sixty days 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=\"rcp\"\/>Friday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RCP<\/a> Poll Averages:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rcp_2024-09-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"942\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-278562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rcp_2024-09-13.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rcp_2024-09-13-191x300.png 191w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A few polls post-debate, but as of this reading little change. To be fair, it might take some time for sentiment to settle; and the winning margins may at this point be so minute as to be undetectable. Still, the Democrats must be very puzzled to have virtual unanimity across the political spectrum that \u201cHarris is the one\u201d \u2014 it was a tidal wave, after the debate \u2014 and yet the election is a virtual tie. How can this be? Perhaps a few more Republicans, generals, or celebrities will turn the tide.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cHarris Campaign Takes Lobbyist Donations Despite Saying It Doesn\u2019t\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/readsludge.com\/2024\/09\/13\/harris-campaign-takes-lobbyist-donations-despite-saying-it-doesnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sludge<\/a>]. \u201cThe Kamala Harris campaign says it does not take donations from registered federal lobbyists, but Sludge found that it received donations from at least 20 of them from the day it took over the Biden campaign account on July 21 through July 31, the last date for which campaign contributions data is currently available. The donations were not refunded as of the most current data from the Federal Election Commission. The Harris campaign declined to comment on its lobbyist donations or its policy for screening them out. The campaign\u2019s report covering September will be filed on or before Oct. 20 and will show if they refunded the donations in September after Sludge inquired about them. Several of the Harris campaign\u2019s lobbyist donors had previously given to the Biden campaign, which Harris took over. The Biden campaign also said it was not accepting donations from lobbyists, but none of these donations were refunded.\u201d \u2022 Boeing, Walmart, Merck, and Google\u2026. <\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cHarris\u2019s Working-Class Problem\u201d [Ruy Teixeira, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liberalpatriot.com\/p\/harris-working-class-problem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Liberal Patriot<\/a>]. \u201cBut the race is still exceedingly tight\u2026.and seems likely to remain so. And there\u2019s another part of her game plan\u2014or what <em>should<\/em> be her game plan\u2014that does not appear to be working out so well. I refer to the need to boost support among the working class, which remains a serious weak spot for the Democrats and Harris. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/09\/08\/us\/politics\/times-siena-poll-likely-electorate-crosstabs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">latest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/09\/08\/us\/politics\/times-siena-poll-likely-electorate-crosstabs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/09\/08\/us\/politics\/times-siena-poll-likely-electorate-crosstabs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Siena poll<\/a> has Harris trailing Trump among working-class (noncollege) voters by 17 points. That\u2019s identical to Biden\u2019s working-class deficit in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/06\/26\/us\/elections\/times-siena-poll-likely-electorate-crosstabs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the last NYT poll<\/a> before he dropped out and way worse than Biden\u2019s deficit among these voters in 2020\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/t7i2c2tgu7w84g08p6cim\/Catalist_What_Happened_2022_Public_National_Crosstabs_2023_05_18.xlsx?rlkey=rv64n9kk0cx4pcaf9hdd7wolg&amp;e=1&amp;dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a mere 4 points<\/a>.\u201d Could be the party, not the candidate. More: \u201cThere\u2019s no sugarcoating it\u2014this is a serious problem for the Democrats. College-educated America may be delighted with candidate Harris but working-class America <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liberalpatriot.com\/p\/democrats-are-super-happy-working\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">clearly is not<\/a>. And there are a lot more working-class than college-educated Americans. Remember that they will be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liberalpatriot.com\/p\/five-reasons-why-democrats-should\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">overwhelming majority<\/a> of eligible voters (around two-thirds) and, even allowing for turnout patterns, only slightly less dominant among actual voters (around three-fifths). Moreover, in all seven key swing states\u2014Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin\u2014the working-class share of the electorate, both as eligible voters and as projected 2024 voters, will be <em>higher<\/em> than the national average\u2026.. The Democratic Achilles\u2019 heel remains and could still deliver a second term for Trump.\u201d \u2022 Yep.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump says he would end all taxes on overtime pay at first post-debate rally\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/trump-says-will-end-taxes-overtime-pay-first-post-debate-rally-rcna170948?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&amp;taid=66e425c154b9250001322773&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC<\/a>]. \u2022 When Trump proposed no longer taxing tips, Kamala adopted his proposal right away. I wonder how long it will take her this time? (Not that optimizing America for tipping culture and overtime is necessarily a good thing.)<\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump says he won\u2019t do another debate with Harris\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4876997-trump-rejects-debate-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018When a prizefighter loses a fight, the first words out of his mouth are, \u2018I WANT A REMATCH,\u2019 Trump posted on Truth Social, asserting that he won Tuesday\u2019s debate with Harris despite some polls showing otherwise.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump tells The Post why he won\u2019t debate Harris again: \u2018Just don\u2019t think that there\u2019s any need for it&#8217;\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/12\/us-news\/trump-tells-the-post-why-he-wont-debate-harris-again-just-dont-think-that-theres-any-need-for-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Post<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018We just don\u2019t think that there\u2019s any need for it,\u2019 the 45th president exclusively told The Post Thursday after announcing on Truth Social he would not take the stage against Vice President Kamala Harris again. \u2018We\u2019ve done two.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cPaycheck-to-paycheck voters will \u2018believe their lying eyes\u2019 and vote against Harris\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/campaign\/4876945-voters-living-paycheck-to-paycheck-will-cost-harris-the-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201cAfter the debate, I conducted my own snap poll of friends and family members living paycheck-to-paycheck while getting battered daily by the harsh realities of life \u2014 harsh realities that everyone I spoke with believed have gotten worse under the Biden-Harris administration\u2026. we come to some less conventional so-called polls. First, at a small bakery in blue Montgomery County in swing-state Pennsylvania, we have the \u2018cookie poll.\u2019 As reported by Fox News, 4,228 cookies were sold expressing support for Trump, whereas only 369 were sold expressing support for Harris. Is this remotely scientific? Of course not. Does it have some real meaning? Yes. In a blue suburban county, a vast majority of cookie buyers \u2018voted\u2019 for Trump with their cookie purchases. To be sure, one of the reasons they did so was because it was an anonymous vote. In some ways, that gives it more weight than an \u2018official\u2019 poll. Back in 2016, I came across a similar food \u2018poll\u2019 at a restaurant in blue Boca Raton, Florida. Customers could \u2018vote\u2019 by either ordering a \u2018Hillary\u2019 burger or a \u2018Trump\u2019 burger. Walking into that establishment in early October 2016, I was shocked to see the Trump vote dramatically ahead. To me, that silly, anonymous vote in a blue stronghold represented a \u2018canary in the coal mine\u2019 warning for the Clinton campaign. That warning was proven correct when Trump shocked the world by winning the presidency one month later.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Anecdotes, but at this point\u2026 Commentary:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s something to this.<\/p>\n<p>It feels like Harris clearly performed better, what are the undecideds really looking for?<\/p>\n<p>If it was at all \u201cwhich candidate cares about my concerns?\u201d then all they got from Harris was \u201ceverything\u2019s great\u201d or \u201cI\u2019ll fix it\u201d \u2013 but they know she hasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Pfister (@goneflyin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/goneflyin\/status\/1834077316709748988\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cJudge narrows election interference case against Trump in Georgia\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/judge-narrows-election-interference-case-trump-georgia-rcna170898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC News<\/a>]. \u201cThe judge overseeing the election interference case against Donald Trump and several co-defendants in Georgia has thrown out three counts in the indictment \u2014 including two counts brought against the former president. The original 41-count indictment accused Trump and several of his allies of a broad scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia, but the case has been stalled for months as an effort to disqualify the top prosecutor remains on appeal.\u201d \u2022 There are still plenty of counts, however.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): \u201cRobert F. Kennedy Jr. Has Sabotaged Early Voting in a Critical Swing State\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2024\/09\/north-carolina-robert-kennedy-early-voting-trump-sabotage.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Slate<\/a>]. \u201cKennedy v. North Carolina State Board of Elections, Monday\u2019s decision, is exactly what you\u2019d expect from a court controlled by elected Republican justices. The facts are damning: After running for months as a third-party candidate, RFK Jr. \u201csuspended\u201d his campaign and endorsed Trump on Aug. 23. Kennedy then sought to selectively remove his name from the ballot, but only in swing states where it might help Trump. By the time Kennedy dropped out, the North Carolina State Board of Elections had informed candidates and parties that the deadline for replacing nominees would be Aug. 22. Kennedy did not file his request for removal until Aug. 27, five days after the deadline and four days after he withdrew. By that point, county election boards were already printing ballots. Under state law, the board of elections may refuse a \u201clate\u201d request to remove a candidate from the ballot when removal is no longer \u201cpractical.\u201d Another state law compels election officials to mail ballots to service members and others living overseas by Sept. 6. North Carolina\u2019s state elections director testified that redesigning the ballot would take 18 to 23 days. So removing Kennedy\u2019s name from the ballot\u2014then designing and printing substitutes\u2014would require election officials to violate state law. Even if these officials had begun removing Kennedy\u2019s name the moment that he suspended his campaign, they could not have met the legal deadline. Yet the North Carolina Supreme Court still sided with Kennedy. A bare majority ordered election officials to work around the clock to destroy 3 million ballots, redesign new ones for every locality, and mail them out as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Stein (G):<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: The Muslim American Public Affairs Council proudly announces its official endorsement of Dr. Jill Stein for President. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z613TcoRiU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Z613TcoRiU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udcd9\ud835\udcf2\ud835\udcf6\ud835\udcf6\ud835\udd02 \ud835\udcd9 \ud83e\uded2\ud83d\udd11\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 (@JimmyJ4thewin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimmyJ4thewin\/status\/1834312205560676791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Stein (G): Hence, the Democrat loyalist hit job:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So now you have some fight in you? But with ethnic cleansing in Gaza, kids in cages at the border under Biden, and climate crisis, no so much?<\/p>\n<p>Got it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam McKay (@ZombiePanther2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZombiePanther2\/status\/1834496774314377396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Our Famously Free Press<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDNC Talking Points Become Instant Post-Debate Headlines\u201d [Matt Taibbi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racket.news\/p\/boom-dnc-talking-points-become-instant?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=1042&amp;post_id=148763297&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=lfwn&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Racket News<\/a> (Thanks to alert readers WZAPanga, tennesseewaltzer, and sporble)]. As Taibbi shows, the headline is nothing more nor less than the truth. The deck: \u201cIn the Trump-Harris debate, reality proved easy to manufacture. Was it always like this?\u201d I can answer that:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mr_natural.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"598\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-278580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mr_natural.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mr_natural-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Twas ever thus. In the year of our Lord 2000, Bob Somerby (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhowler.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Daily Howler<\/a>\u201d was perhaps America\u2019s first political blog) followed coverage of a Bush v. Gore debate, and showed how the press converted public perception of a Gore win to a Bush win in about two days, by focusing on Gore \u201csighing,\u201d as opposed to the content of the debate. (Back then, the metric for candidates was \u201cWould you want to have a beer with them?\u201d, and the press famously did not want to have a beer with Gore. Gore was the brain genius who gave Joe Lieberman his spot on the national stage as VP; Lieberman then went on to get the DHS set up after 9\/11, and did a lot of other damage, oh well.) Oh, and back then we in the blogosphere used to joke about the \u201cblast fax\u201d when suspiciously similar talking points spontaneously, yet simultaneously, appeared. And to Taibbi, who is in top form\u2013<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Last night, Vice President Harris commanded the stage,\u201d began  mailing list entry this morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/morning-joe\/watch\/john-heilemann-kamala-harris-commanded-the-debate-219064389633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kamala Harris commanded the debate<\/a>,\u201d analyst John Heileman said on Morning Joe. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/11\/us\/politics\/trump-harris-debate-takeaways.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kamala Harris commanded<\/a> the first debate against Donald J. Trump,\u201d read the opening line of the New York Times top debate story. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TarynLuna\/status\/1833718953375662350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Harris commanded the room<\/a> from the moment she walked on stage,\u201d California governor Gavin Newsom told the Los Angeles Times. The pattern continued:<\/p>\n<p>Americans saw that Harris \u201cwill turn the page once and for all on the darkness and division of Donald Trump,\u201d the DNC \u201cTalkers\u201d continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/11\/us\/politics\/trump-harris-debate-takeaways.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump brought darkness<\/a>; Harris brought light,\u201d wrote Charles Blow at the New York Times. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/11\/us\/politics\/trump-debate-dark-picture.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump paints dark picture<\/a> at debate,\u201d read this morning\u2019s Maggie Haberman, decrying a \u201cdark portrait of an America ravaged by crime.\u201d The Washington Post house editorial added, \u201cNo more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2024\/09\/11\/kamala-harris-donald-trump-debate-won\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wallowing in doubt and division<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump was totally incoherent,\u201d the DNC wrote, adding that he was \u201cangry and rattled.\u201d The Guardian pronounced: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/article\/2024\/sep\/10\/trump-harris-debate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rambling, incoherent<\/a>.\u201d MSNBC declared: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/opinion\/article292278665.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Clashes, conspiracies, and a rattled Trump<\/a>.\u201d The Sacramento Bee summed up: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/harris-trump-debate-hurricane-francine-landfall-morning-rundown-rcna170562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Old, angry, incoherent, and crazy<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cTalkers\u2019 Toplines\u201d mailers feature a section called CONTENT TO AMPLIFY.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And \u201cAMPLIFY\u201d they do! Taibbi writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>But the DNC or RNC just backing up to the commentariat, dumping loads of phrases, and seeing them instantly converted to conventional wisdom, that\u2019s new. Isn\u2019t it? I feel reduced to writing these things down in an effort to keep from going crazy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, \u201cI feel like I\u2019m takin\u2019 crazy pills!\u201d Nevertheless, \u201c\u2018Twas ever thus!\u201d What is new, I think, is the rapidity and volume of the amplication has increased, as has the stupidity of the talking points, and the servility of the press (though to be fair, the press has been much damaged by the assault from Silicon Valley). Taibbi concludes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We just lived through a remarkable succession of memory-holed events, from lockdowns to Nord Stream to the stunning developments surrounding the end of the Biden campaign, in which reality was briefly allowed to surface before quickly being wallpapered over with a new face. Earlier manipulations already taxed the brain, but memory-holing a presidency?\u2026 They surrounded Trump with rigid consensus framing and watched him flail against it, which did make him look frustrated, old, and at times like a candidate for the political glue factory. But crazy? Not sure about that. If conventional wisdom says you\u2019re crazy, that doesn\u2019t make it true. What if it\u2019s the other way around?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lambert here: I may have more to say about this later today. But I think Taibbi\u2019s perception here is correct, and reinforces something I wrote yesterday: Trump may (in an act of political self-harm) focus too much on his grievances. But then Trump has a lot to be aggrieved about; almost getting whacked while the Biden Administration\u2019s Secret Service failed in their duty to protect him, for example. Or RussiaGate (remember the Steele Dossier). More importantly, <em>so do his voters<\/em> (and the anodyne polling questions about the \u201cdirection of the country\u201d are a proxy for grievance). The median income in Springfield, OH, for example, dropped 20% in ten years, and then there was Big Pharma\u2019s Oxycontin democide. According to PMC social norms, that\u2019s not a reason to show show anger. Or be aggrieved. Because that would be crazy. But memory-holing a pandemic? Genocide? Threatening nuclear war? Totally sane! <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs the Entire World Conspiring to Make It Look Like Trump Lost the Debate? An intriguing theory by Matt Taibbi\u201d [Jonathan Chait, <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/donald-trump-lost-debate-matt-taibbi-kamala-harris.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Magazine<\/a>]. \u201cWhy did so many journalists who witnessed the same event describe it so similarly? To Matt Taibbi, a popular commentator who has migrated from liberal-hating leftist to liberal-hating Trump apologist, there could be only one explanation: The entire news media was taking orders from the Democratic Party.\u201d No, not the \u201centire media\u201d; just the natioal press that covers the horse race (which if course Chait <em>would<\/em> identify with \u201cthe entire media\u201d). More: \u201cTaibbi\u2019s theory suffers from two serious flaws. The first lies in the linear nature of time. Taibbi seizes on a Democratic Party press release summarizing reactions to the debate and concludes that the reactions were implanted by the party into the media. But the news release came after the reactions. That is how it was able to quote them.\u201d Taibbi \u2014 and the Democrat \u201cTalkers\u2019 Toplines\u201d says \u201cAMPLIFY\u201d (caps in original). No timeline paradox there (although to be fair, I would have preferred a timeline-style presentation). That said, a Democrat house organ and the national political press using virtually identical wording in case after case after case isn\u2019t problematic at all? Chait seems to think not, but I don\u2019t think you need an \u201cimplanting\u201d model of how political communication works to think agree with Taibbi and disagree with Chait. Class concsciousness and class interests will give perfectly reasonable accounts. More: \u201cThe second flaw with Taibbi\u2019s analysis is that the belief Trump looked terrible was shared by many people who could not possibly be controlled by the Democratic message machine\u201d (that machine being the entity Chait just described, but what of that). Chait is correct. It is also true that everybody quoted by Chait is one sort of political operative or another, and they might well be more attuned to each other than the voters. Turn Chait\u2019s argument around: The entire political class thinks and says Trump \u201clooks terrible.\u201d Yet the race is still virtually tied, so clearly there are many, many people whose voices are not reaching Chait and the political class generally\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/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&amp;list_select_county=all_counties&amp;data-type=Risk&amp;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&amp;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&amp;subtopic=recurring-updates&amp;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>Airborne Transmission<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Elite Maleficence<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>For obvious reasons, I recently purchased <em>Death in Hamburg<\/em>, by Richard Evans (author of the magisterial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2012\/08\/apocalypse-the-rise-of-hitler.html#comment-792603\">Third Reich trilogy; see NC commenters here<\/a>). Here is the first page of the book, from the Preface:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/evans.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"807\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-278589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/evans.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/evans-223x300.png 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The man can write! I haven\u2019t felt myself in such good hands with a historian since I read E. P. Thompsons <em>The Making of the English Working Class<\/em>, years and years ago. I guess I\u2019m going to have to discipline myself to read it; he describes his methodology in the Preface, and it\u2019s very exciting.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: First time in a long time I\u2019ve seen national trends downward for both positivity and hospitalization. Even if wastewater still looks pretty ugly, that\u2019s very good news. I assume that what\u2019s going on is the end of the Summer Vacation cycle of infection, and there will be a short lull until the beginning of the Back to School cycle. If not, that will be a very good sign.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 9<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Last Week[2] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> (until next week):<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-278578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"align: left; margin-left: 0px !important; padding: 9px 0 9px 0;\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-278231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl.png 642w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-624x356.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Variants<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> [3] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> August 31<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> <strong>Emergency Room Visits<\/strong>[4] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#trends_select_7dayeddiagnosed_00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-277629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-3-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-278573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1-300x149.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Hospitalization<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> New York[5] <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.health.ny.gov\/daily-hospitalization-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York State<\/a>, data September 12:<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> National [6] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/covidnetdashboard\/de\/powerbi\/dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> August 24:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-278577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-6.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-6-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-278574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-1-300x244.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Positivity<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> National[7] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/healthcare-solutions\/covid-19-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> September 9:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> Ohio[8] <a href=\"https:\/\/clevelandcliniclabs.com\/respiratory-virus-surveillance-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a> September 7:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-278316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-1-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-278400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Travelers Data<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> Positivity[9] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> August 26:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> Variants[10] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> August 26:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-278575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png 642w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1-624x365.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-278576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Deaths<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> Weekly Deaths vs. % Positivity [11]<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/what-you-should-know\/current-situation-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 7:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> Weekly Deaths vs. ED Visits [12]<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronadisease2019\/what-you-should-know\/current-situation-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 9:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-278572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-278571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\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. Keeps spreading. NOTE The date seems to be wrong, but the number of sites has changed so this is new.<\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) KP.* very popular. XDV.1 flat.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ED) Down, but worth noting that Emergency Department use is now on a par with the first wave, in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Definitely down.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). The visualization suppresses what is, in percentage terms, a significant increase.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Big drop continues!<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Dropping.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Down. 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 range. 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) What the heck is LB.1?<\/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>There are no official statistics of interest today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing workers overwhelmingly vote to strike, reject contract\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/world\/boeing-workers-overwhelmingly-vote-strike-reject-contract-4606406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Channel News Asia<\/a>]. \u201cA strike will shutter two major plane assembly plants in the Puget Sound region and sideline some 33,000 workers. Thursday\u2019s vote marks a decisive rejection of a deal that line workers said was far less generous than depicted by Boeing executives, marking the latest show of defiance by unions following earlier strikes in the auto, entertainment and other industries\u2026. Workers had sought a 40 per cent wage hike and critics have said the 25 per cent figure is inflated because the new deal also eliminates an annual company bonus. Other points of contention include the deal\u2019s failure to restore a pension, as well as a Boeing pledge to build its next plane in the Seattle region, which critics view as a \u2018hollow\u2019 commitment because it offers no promises beyond the four-year contract. \u2018They\u2019re talking about a 25 per cent increase and it\u2019s not,\u201d said Paul Janousek, an electrician in Everett who voted to strike after concluding Boeing\u2019s spin was \u2018misleading.\u2019 Janousek, 55, who has worked at Boeing for 13 years, figures his raise is only about nine per cent after Boeing dropped the annual bonus. Some workers also expressed anger about Dennis Muilenburg and Dave Calhoun, two former CEOs who received multi-million dollar compensation even as the company faced turmoil upon their departure. \u2018,\u2019 said Joe Philbin, a structural mechanic who has been at Boeing for six months.&#8217;\u201d \u2022\u00a0Workers thinking beyond the quarterly results. Crazy pants!<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cRatings agencies warn of downgrade if Boeing strike prolongs\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/ratings-agency-fitch-says-extended-strike-boeing-poses-downgrade-risk-2024-09-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a>]. \u201cFitch and Moody\u2019s on Friday joined S&amp;P Global Ratings in warning that a prolonged strike at Boeing\u2019s (BA.N), opens new tab factories in U.S. West Coast may lead to a ratings downgrade, a headache for the planemaker that is saddled with massive debt. \u2018If the current strike lasts a week or two, it is unlikely to pressure the rating. However, an extended strike could have a meaningful operational and financial impact, increasing the risk of a downgrade,\u2019 Fitch Ratings said.\u201d \u2022 So give the workers what they want.<\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201cMeta fed its AI on almost everything you\u2019ve posted publicly since 2007\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/9\/12\/24242789\/meta-training-ai-models-facebook-instagram-photo-post-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Verge<\/a>]. \u201cMeta has acknowledged that all text and photos that adult Facebook and Instagram users have publicly published since 2007 have been fed into its artificial intelligence models.\u201d \u2022 Thereby massively skewing them, no doubt.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear &amp; Greed Index: 49 Neutral (previous close: 43 Fear) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 39 (Fear). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Sep 13 at 1:58:23 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of ducks:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Poultry Yard <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RQ0qwLFXmd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/RQ0qwLFXmd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aP0FjeJEPD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/aP0FjeJEPD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Henri Rousseau (@artrousseau) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artrousseau\/status\/1834519407999033421\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen will you need a REAL ID? It may be complicated\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/nexstar_media_wire\/4876505-when-will-you-need-a-real-id-it-may-be-complicated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201cThe low rollout, paired with concerns that another deadline delay may reduce the \u2018urgency to obtain a REAL ID,\u2019 prompted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2024\/09\/12\/2024-20616\/minimum-standards-for-drivers-licenses-and-identification-cards-acceptable-by-federal-agencies-for\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the proposed rule<\/a>, which calls for a \u2018phased enforcement\u2019 of the special ID cards\u2026 The proposed plan offers a variety of phased enforcement approaches, including the model the DHS views as \u2018best suited for most agencies\u2019: the informed compliance model. Using this method, those trying to board a flight or enter a federal facility after the May 2025 deadline could be given a written and verbal notice if their ID is not REAL ID-compliant. That notice would advise them on their non-compliance, steps to get a REAL ID, the consequences they could face with a non-compliant ID, and when the agency will move to the next enforcement stage or full enforcement. The phased approach, the TSA explains, could vary based on the agency\u2019s operations. Those without a REAL ID after May 5, 2025, could, for example, \u2018face delays at airport security checkpoints.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy do we crumble under pressure? Science has the answer\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-02956-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nature<\/a>]. \u201cHave you ever been in a high-stakes situation in which you needed to perform but completely bombed? You\u2019re not alone. Experiments in monkeys reveal that \u2018choking\u2019 under pressure is linked to a drop in activity in the neurons that prepare for movement\u2026. The team set up a computer task in which rhesus monkeys received a reward after quickly and accurately moving a cursor over a target. Each trial gave the monkeys cues as to whether the reward would be small, medium-sized, large or \u2018jackpot\u2019. Jackpot rewards were rare and unusually big, creating a high-stakes, high-reward situation. Using a tiny, electrode-covered chip implanted into the monkeys\u2019 brains, the team watched how neuronal activity changed between reward scenarios. The chip was situated on the motor cortex, an area of the frontal lobe that controls movement. The researchers found that, in jackpot scenarios, the activity of neurons associated with motor preparation decreased. Motor preparation is the brain\u2019s way of making calculations about how to complete a movement \u2014 similar to lining up an arrow on a target before unleashing it. The drop in motor preparation meant that the monkey\u2019s brains were underprepared, and so they underperformed.\u201d \u2022 Jackpot, eh?<\/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\/09\/200pm-water-cooler-9-12-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From AG:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lily.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"863\" height=\"1280\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-278568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lily.jpeg 863w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lily-202x300.jpeg 202w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lily-690x1024.jpeg 690w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lily-768x1139.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lily-624x926.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>AG writes: \u201cTo escape the heat here in Grass Valley, CA, we sometimes go \u2018up the hill\u2019. 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