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Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sage Thrasher, Sierra Valley\u2013Marble Hot Springs Rd., Plumas, California, United States. \u201cSong including mimicry. Bird singing from a fencepost at roadside.\u201d Eight minutes so grab a cup of coffee<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#polls\">Pollsters and polling<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#kamala\">Getting to know Kamala.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#trump\">Election Trump\u2019s to lose<\/a>: Is that what he\u2019s doing?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing\u2019s \u201cabsurd litany of self-inflicted crises\u201d<\/a> plus brutal Senate report on whistleblower reports.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"helper\"\/><strong>Look for the Helpers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWoman, 79, fell while hiking. A stranger carried her for hours on his back\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/mgCw3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WaPo<\/a>]. \u201c[Ursula] Bannister arrived at the trail around 11 a.m. and made her way to the lookout. As she headed back down, she made a misstep, and her foot got caught on a hole in the ground. She fell forward\u2026. [Troy May and Layton Allen.] two young men\u2026 came over to see what was going on. When they saw Bannister on the ground in agony, they immediately made an offer: They could carry Bannister to the bottom of the trail\u2026 Others pitched in as well: Shortly into the hike, May\u2019s boots were giving him blisters. A man he didn\u2019t know on the trail saw the situation and gave May his shoes\u2026 \u2018I was just overwhelmed with gratitude that these people literally came out of the woods to help me and they were totally unselfish and kind,\u2019 [Bannister] said.\u201d \u2022 I left a lot of detail out, all of it encouraging.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>My email address is down by the plant; please send examples of there (\u201cHelpers\u201d in the subject line). In our increasingly desperate and fragile neoliberal society, everyday <em>normal<\/em> incidents and stories of \u201cthe communism of everyday life\u201d are what I am looking for (and not, say, the Red Cross in Hawaii, or even the UNWRA in Gaza).<\/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><a name=\"assassination \"\/>Trump Assassination Attempts (Plural)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAileen Cannon set to oversee apparent Trump assassination attempt case in Florida\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/09\/24\/ryan-routh-aileen-cannon-charged-00180836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cU.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon \u2014 a Trump appointee \u2014 was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/media\/1370506\/dl?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">randomly assigned<\/a> the attempted assassination case Tuesday after a grand jury in Miami returned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/media\/1370506\/dl?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a five-count indictment <\/a>against Ryan Routh in connection with the Sept. 15 incident at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla.\u201d \u2022 Life\u2019s little ironies!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than fifty 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_2024-09-20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"851\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-279077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rcp_2024-09-20.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rcp_2024-09-20-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Once again, the Democrats must be very puzzled to have virtual unanimity across the political spectrum that \u201cHarris is the one\u201d \u2014 no doubt there will be another liberalgasm after Oprah \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><a name=\"polls\"\/>\u201cKey things to know about U.S. election polling in 2024\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2024\/08\/28\/key-things-to-know-about-us-election-polling-in-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pew Research<\/a>]. \u201cAdjusting on more variables produces more accurate results, according to Center studies in 2016 and 2018. A number of pollsters have taken this lesson to heart. For example, recent high-quality polls by Gallup and The New York Times\/Siena College adjusted on eight and 12 variables, respectively. Our own polls typically adjust on 12 variables. In a perfect world, it wouldn\u2019t be necessary to have that much intervention by the pollster. But the real world of survey research is not perfect.\u201d And: \u201cPreelection polls face one crucial challenge that routine opinion polls do not: determining who of the people surveyed will actually cast a ballot. Roughly a third of eligible Americans do not vote in presidential elections, despite the enormous attention paid to these contests. Determining who will abstain is difficult because people can\u2019t perfectly predict their future behavior \u2013 and because many people feel social pressure to say they\u2019ll vote even if it\u2019s unlikely. No one knows the profile of voters ahead of Election Day. We can\u2019t know for sure whether young people will turn out in greater numbers than usual, or whether key racial or ethnic groups will do so. This means pollsters are left to make educated guesses about turnout, often using a mix of historical data and current measures of voting enthusiasm. This is very different from routine opinion polls, which mostly do not ask about people\u2019s future intentions.\u201d And finally: \u201cWhen major news breaks, a poll\u2019s timing can matter. Public opinion on most issues is remarkably stable, so you don\u2019t necessarily need a recent poll about an issue to get a sense of what people think about it. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/decoded\/2019\/11\/05\/when-the-unexpected-happens-whats-a-survey-researcher-to-do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dramatic events<\/a> can and do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/09\/02\/1033433959\/biden-approval-rating-afghanistan-withdrawal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">change public opinion<\/a>.\u201d \u2022 Which is why \u201cearly voting\u201d in any form, including mail-in ballots, is morally wrong in a democracy. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolling Error in 2016-2020: Look Out for Wisconsin\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/HdJYC#selection-549.0-562.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Larry Sabato\u2019s Crystal Ball<\/a>]. \u201cTo be clear, we have no idea whether the polls will be biased consistently one way or the other in 2024. Maybe Trump will be understated again: if so, he is almost certainly going to win the election given how close the polls are now. Maybe Harris will be understated: if so, she is in a great position to win given that she appears to already lead in enough states to win 270 electoral votes, albeit barely. Or there might be little bias either way, or inconsistent bias depending on the state, in which case this election will be very hard to confidently predict based on the current numbers. Polling error is not necessarily consistent from year to year\u2014while polls understated Trump in 2016 and 2020, the longer-term history of polling errors is a bit more mixed, per this helpful chart from the Pew Research Center based on American Association for Public Opinion Research data. . For one thing, other indicators do not really suggest that we\u2019re in the midst of an electoral environment that is much stronger for Republicans than the past two elections (those indicators include special elections in 2023 and 2024 and the recent Washington state top-two primary). While Democrats have now nominated three different opponents against Donald Trump, Trump himself will be on the ballot for a third straight time. . The third installment of the Trump trilogy will likely look a fair amount like the first two installments as opposed to being dramatically different; this is why we\u2019ve long expected a close and competitive election, with only the last few weeks of Joe Biden\u2019s candidacy really making us seriously consider the possibility of Trump doing substantially better than his previous presidential runs. The close polls suggest a close election: That seems realistic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolling Whiplash\u201d [Robert Kuttner, <a href=\"https:\/\/prospect.org\/blogs-and-newsletters\/tap\/2024-09-23-polling-whiplash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The American Prospect<\/a>]. \u201c[The indispensable Michael Podhorzer] astutely points out that all polling is \u2018opinion journalism.\u2019 Why? Because pollsters make assumptions about who is a likely voter and how to weigh or overweigh different demographic groups. \u2018The \u2018opinions\u2019 are not about issues or ideology, but about methodological approaches,\u2019 Podhorzer writes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"kamala\"\/>Kamala (D): Kamala\u2019s mother wearing the sari typical of Black women of that generation:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I grew up a middle-class kid. I was raised by a hardworking mother, who like so many people across our nation, had big dreams and aspirations for her children. As president, it will be my top priority to bring down costs for working families.<\/p>\n<p>Under my plan, more than 100 million\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wz0ElwGbtv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Wz0ElwGbtv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris\/status\/1838917892747690489\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>(To anyone new: I have no objection to Kamala\u2019s identity, whatever it may be. I do object to Kamala morphing her perceived identity to meet the needs of the political campaign du jour.)<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cKamala Harris Needs To Get Out More\u201d [Ross Barkan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.persuasion.community\/p\/kamala-harris-needs-to-get-out-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Persuasions<\/a>]. \u201cStill missing from Harris is any sort of formal press conference or the regular television appearances that J.D. Vance, Trump\u2019s running mate, still makes. She has not allowed for an extended interview with any newspaper or magazine reporter, either. If she\u2019s visited a local Philadelphia TV station, she hasn\u2019t sat down with the Philadelphia Inquirer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, or any major print-based organization in a crucial swing state. It goes without saying she won\u2019t subject herself to a grilling from the New York Times editorial board. Oddly, she has even dodged friendly outlets like MSNBC and pundits like Ezra Klein, who would ask probing questions but is fundamentally sympathetic to her project\u2026. Part of the reason the election continues to be close is that too many Americans feel they know too little about Harris. In a recent New York Times\/Siena poll that revealed a dip in her standing since the sugar high of the Democratic convention, 28 percent of likely voters said they felt they needed to know more about Harris, while only 9 percent said they needed to know more about Trump. \u2018I don\u2019t know what Kamala\u2019s plans are,\u2019 Dawn Conley, a 48-year-old small-business owner and undecided voter in Knoxville, Tenn. told the Times. \u2018It\u2019s kind of hard to make a decision when you don\u2019t know what the other party\u2019s platform is going to be.\u2019.. Really, Harris should be everywhere. The Sunday morning talk shows, the newspaper sitdowns, and formal press conferences are a start. Podcasts, ethnic media, alternative media, and regional outlets should be added to the mix. If she doesn\u2019t crave the mass heterodox audience of a Joe Rogan, she can spend extended time with the aforementioned Klein or Alex Cooper, who has become something of the young millenial\/Gen Z Howard Stern.\u201d \u2022 In my view, people do not know Harris because there is nobody there to be known. <\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): Get out more, but not like this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kamala_rally.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"924\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-279323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kamala_rally.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kamala_rally-162x300.png 162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Since the appearance is for an interview, I can\u2019t really fault Kamala\u2019s campaign for requiring invitations, but maybe a public rally on-campus too?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"trump\"\/>Trump (R): \u201c2024 Election Environment Favorable to GOP\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/651092\/2024-election-environment-favorable-gop.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gallup<\/a>]. The lead: \u201cNearly all Gallup measures that have shown some relationship to past presidential election outcomes or that speak to current perceptions of the two major parties favor the Republican Party over the Democratic Party. Chief among these are Republican advantages in U.S. adults\u2019 party identification and leanings, the belief that the GOP rather than the Democratic Party is better able to handle the most important problem facing the country, Americans\u2019 dissatisfaction with the state of the nation, and negative evaluations of the economy with a Democratic administration in office.\u201d \u2022 Handy chart:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/gallup_measures.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-279321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/gallup_measures.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/gallup_measures-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201c\u2018He should be doing better\u2019: Even some Trump allies see him veering off course\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/09\/25\/trump-allies-warnings-00180869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cDonald Trump was meeting privately in mid-September with one of his oldest friends, Steve Wynn, when the casino mogul and Republican mega-donor delivered the former president a blunt warning: You\u2019re off message, and it isn\u2019t helping\u2026. To drive home his point, Wynn showed Trump polling and suggested the former president would be better off focusing on policy issues where Republicans see his opponent, Kamala Harris, as vulnerable, according to two people briefed on the meeting and granted anonymity to describe it. The meeting underscored a key point of tension inside the Trump campaign. While polls show the race is incredibly close, some of Trump\u2019s allies are concerned that his impulses and coarse approach to campaigning are undermining him against Harris, a rival who has proved far stronger than his previous opponent, Joe Biden. In interviews, more than a dozen Trump allies described the former president as reaching a crossroads \u2014 faced with the choice of continuing with the missteps that have overtaken the past several weeks of his campaign or embracing a more calculated approach aimed at appealing to a small subset of undecided voters who are likely to sway the outcome of the election. In recent weeks, he has brought into his fold destabilizing forces like social media provocateur Laura Loomer and his controversial former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, plugged commemorative Trump coins, and asserted that if he loses, Jews would be partly to blame. \u2018It\u2019s not that he\u2019s going backwards,\u2019 said one Trump ally granted anonymity to speak freely. \u2018But he should be doing better.’\u201d \u2022 False dichotomy, to me. It\u2019s not (media-driven) mis-steps vs. calculated approach; it\u2019s populist vs. non-populist. If Trump gives the populist approach the oomph only he can give, he wins (and yes, deep six Laura Loomer and the effing cats immediately. Work the grill at MacDonalds. I mean, does anybody think those Undecideds are PMC?).<\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cHaitian group in Springfield, Ohio, files citizen criminal charges against Trump and Vance\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/haitian-immigrants-springfield-charges-trump-vance-012af00a8677da5caed55d03e8779774\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>]. \u201cThe leader of a nonprofit representing the Haitian community invoked a private-citizen right to file charges Tuesday against former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, over the chaos and threats experienced by Springfield, Ohio, since Trump first spread false claims about legal immigrants there during a presidential debate. The Haitian Bridge Alliance made the move after inaction by the local prosecutor, said their attorney, Subodh Chandra of the Cleveland-based Chandra Law Firm. Charges brought by private citizens are rare, but not unheard of, in Ohio\u2026. State law requires a hearing to take place before the affidavit can move forward. As of Tuesday afternoon, none had been scheduled. Trump and Vance, a U.S. senator from Ohio, are charged with disrupting public services, making false alarms, telecommunications harassment, aggravated menacing and complicity. The filing asks the Clark County Municipal Court to affirm that there is probable cause and issue arrest warrants against Trump and Vance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cDonald Trump Has a Plan to Make America\u2019s Children Healthy Again. It\u2019s a Good One\u201d [Robert Redfield, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-has-plan-make-americas-children-healthy-again-its-good-one-opinion-1957026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>]. \u201cIn 2019, the Trump Administration set a course to address chronic disease, funding earlier interventions to curb the growing crisis. Five years later, this issue is exactly where it needs to be: at the center of the presidential debate, now in a unique partnership. To heal our children, a president must see the possible and lead our nation to act. After more than 40 years in the public health arena, it might surprise some of my colleagues to know I think President Trump chose the right man for the job: Robert Kennedy, Jr\u2026. Kennedy is right: All three of the principal health agencies suffer from agency capture. A large portion of the FDA\u2019s budget is provided by pharmaceutical companies. NIH is cozy with biomedical and pharmaceutical companies and its scientists are allowed to collect royalties on drugs NIH licenses to pharma. And as the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), I know the agency can be influenced by special interest groups. But it doesn\u2019t stop in the health agencies: the U.S. Department of Agriculture is a captive of industry, too. Created to help the family farmer and to ensure a wholesome food supply, today the agency often favors large corporations over the interests of small farmers and the public\u2019s health. To cure our children, we must reevaluate our food choices and the underlying practices of the agricultural sector. We must prioritize wholesome and nutritious food.\u201d \u2022 A populist opportunity here, too.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): Asking for my vote again:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zelensky\u2019s only strategy for victory is to embroil us in World War III. And VP Harris is all for it <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U1Dmlwtx7A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/U1Dmlwtx7A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1838737651576324295\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>NY: \u201cTrump sets his sights on deep-blue New York\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4896730-trump-visits-new-york-house-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201cWhile Trump\u2019s hopes of flipping New York seem lofty, Republicans point to other underlying reasons for his visits there, namely to boost four House Republicans in the state whose results may decide which party controls the House: Reps. Mike Lawler, Anthony D\u2019Esposito, Marc Molinaro and Brandon Williams.\u201d \u2022 \u201cLofty\u201d doesn\u2019t begin to describe it.<\/p>\n<p>PA: \u201cPennsylvania poll reveals tight presidential race, inflation a key concern\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/4898504-harris-leads-trump-pennsylvania-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201cVice President Harris narrowly leads former President Trump in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, according to a new poll released by Monmouth University Wednesday. Data showed that 40 percent of voters in the Keystone State said they will definitely vote for Harris, compared to 38 percent who said the same of Trump. Eight percent said they would probably vote for the vice president, while seven percent said they would probably vote for the former president, according to the poll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PA: \u201cIn Pennsylvania tour, Trump hits all the right places and messages\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3165160\/pennsylvania-trump-hits-right-places-messages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington Examiner<\/a>]. \u201cThe visit to Kittanning was the second of three stops the former president made during his visit to Western Pennsylvania on Monday. He traversed over 100 miles throughout Allegheny, Armstrong, Indiana, and Westmoreland counties. Meandering through mostly back roads, all along the way, Trump\u2019s motorcade was greeted by thousands of people gathering in front of their small towns, suburban bedroom enclaves, or standing in front of their farms with their tractors or cows, waving Terrible Towels, makeshift Trump signs, or official Trump-Vance flags. And even along the jersey barriers of the halted traffic on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, people stood on top of their cars or in front of them to wave.\u201d \u2022 I\u2019d say turnout won\u2019t be a problem.<\/p>\n<p>PA: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/joma_gc\/status\/1838726206478336070?s=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oopsie<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/harris_pa_ad.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"829\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-279322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/harris_pa_ad.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/harris_pa_ad-181x300.png 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>With bit more time, I\u2019d authenticate the screen dumps. Nevertheless\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Our Famously Free Press<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGeorge Soros taking \u2018shortcut\u2019 to buy 200 US radio stations, FCC commissioner says\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nbcmontana.com\/news\/nation-world\/george-soros-taking-shortcut-to-buy-200-us-radio-stations-fcc-commissioner-says-commissioner-brendan-carr-of-the-federal-communications-commission-democratic-dem-influence-billionaire-foreign-money-transaction-nick-langworthy-house-committee-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC Montana<\/a>]. \u201cThe transaction, which was reported by The National Desk in February, would break a rule preventing more than 25% foreign ownership of U.S. radio stations, [Commissioner Brendan Carr of theFederal Communications Commission] alleges. Despite this, Carr claimed the agency was expediting its review process. \u2018What we usually do is require people to file a petition with us, bring in the National Security Agency to review the foreign ownership\u2014it\u2019s probably no big deal here\u2014but we review that foreign ownership and then we vote,\u2019 Carr said. \u2018Here, they\u2019re trying to do something that\u2019s never been done before at a commission level.’\u201d \u2022 Curious timing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Realignment and Legitimacy<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Firesign Theatre as scorching as ever:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Confidence in the System\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/upheI5YDXXk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hat tip to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/09\/200pm-water-cooler-9-24-2024.html#comment-4106418\">alert reader justme<\/a>. <\/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&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\/sars-cov-2-in-wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/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, KidDoc, 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> Sequelae: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPost-hospitalisation COVID-19 cognitive deficits at one year are global and associated with elevated brain injury markers and grey matter volume reduction\u201d (manuscript) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41591-024-03309-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nature<\/a>]. From the Abstract: \u201cWe report the one-year cognitive, serum biomarker, and neuroimaging findings from a prospective, national study of cognition in 351 COVID-19 patients who had required hospitalisation, compared to 2,927 normative matched controls. Cognitive deficits were global and associated with elevated brain injury markers, and reduced anterior cingulate cortex volume one year after COVID-19. The severity of the initial infective insult, post-acute psychiatric symptoms, and a history of encephalopathy were associated with greatest deficits. There was strong concordance between subjective and objective cognitive deficits. Longitudinal follow-up in 106 patients demonstrated a trend toward recovery. Together, these findings support the hypothesis that brain injury in moderate to severe COVID-19 may be immune-mediated, and should guide the development of therapeutic strategies.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLong COVID and associated outcomes following COVID-19 reinfections: Insights from an International Patient-Led Survey\u201d (preprint) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchsquare.com\/article\/rs-4909082\/v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Research Square<\/a>]. \u201d We developed and disseminated internationally a patient-centered online survey examining the outcomes of COVID-19 reinfections. The survey incorporated validated instruments on fatigue, post-exertional malaise, and physical function with questions about COVID-19 infection history, vaccination, and Long COVID symptoms, including symptoms related to immune and reproductive health. We tested whether the likelihood of Long COVID and related outcomes increases with COVID-19 infection numbers. Results: Here we show that reinfections increase the likelihood of reporting Long COVID, which increased 2.1-fold from one to two infections. Among 3,382 participants, 22% reported never having had COVID-19, 42% experienced it once, and 35% reported reinfections. Relative to those who did not report infections or experienced COVID-19 once, reinfections were associated with increased likelihood of severe fatigue, post-exertional malaise, decreased physical function, poorer immune health, symptom exacerbation before menstruation, and multiple other Long COVID symptoms. While vaccinations and boosters prior to infection are associated with lower likelihood of Long COVID, reinfections diminish their protective effect. The probability of reporting Long COVID remission is generally low (11.5%-6.5%).\u201d \u2022 Yikes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Morbidity and Mortality<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Just a flu:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Excellent news! Covid is only 38x worse than influenza so far in 2024, so it’s basically the same thing finally. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/szq9RJyk2G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/szq9RJyk2G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Radical Centrist,wrathful tantric deity\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc\ud83c\udf97\ufe0f (@RadCentrism) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadCentrism\/status\/1838605706259542101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/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\">\n<blockquote>\n<p> This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 16<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-2.png 602w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-2-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\"\/><\/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-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><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Variants<\/strong> [3] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 14<\/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 14<\/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-variants-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-278833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-300x236.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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2-300x172.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 23:<\/td>\n<td>\n<blockquote>\n<p> National [6] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/covidnetdashboard\/de\/powerbi\/dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> August 31:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-279318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-14.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-14-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-2-300x265.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 23:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> 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-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3-300x190.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\"> Positivity[9] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 2:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Variants[10] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 2:<\/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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2-300x186.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-variants-travelers-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-2-300x204.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\"> 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 14:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> 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 14:<\/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.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-positivity.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-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.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-ed.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-ed-300x198.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 statistics of interest today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing gives striking Machinists union more time to vote on latest offer\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/boeing-gives-striking-machinists-union-more-time-to-vote-on-latest-offer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seattle Times<\/a>]. \u201cBoeing Co. backed down from a Friday night deadline for striking workers to approve its latest contract offer after union leaders refused to schedule a vote\u2026. The sparring has injected new tension into the talks at a time when the cash-strapped plane-maker can\u2019t afford a long, drawn-out strike. Boeing\u2019s tactics have also puzzled some longtime observers of the planemaker\u2019s labor relations. \u2018It doesn\u2019t make any sense,\u2019 Leon Grunberg, an academic who\u2019s tracked Boeing labor relations for a quarter-century. \u2018I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s a misstep from the CEO or people further down.\u2019\u2026 Boeing on Tuesday said that it had offered the union more time and \u2018logistical support\u2019 for a vote. It removed the Sept. 27 deadline, without imposing any new time frame for acceptance of the offer. \u2018This strike is affecting our team and our communities, and we believe our employees should have the opportunity to vote on our offer that makes significant improvements in wages and benefits,\u2019 Boeing said in an emailed statement. Union officials have said they wouldn\u2019t schedule a vote on the company\u2019s latest proposal, describing it as unrealistic and disrespectful in a fiery statement posted late Monday.\u201d \u2022 Our \u201cteam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cStriking Boeing workers would like the company to stop negotiating in public\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/boeing-strike-company-offer-inadequate-1851657195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Quartz<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018Our members stand strong, and we remain ready to continue mediated or direct negotiations with Boeing,\u2019 [IAM] said in an update to members on Tuesday. \u2018This has been made clear to both the company and our membership. The only way to resolve this strike is through negotiations, and rest assured, your Union will not bargain through the media.’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cAnother unforced error by Boeing is souring the new boss\u2019 good vibes\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/25\/business\/boeing-strike-ortberg-nightcap\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. \u201cThere\u2019s an old saying for labor relations, says Art Wheaton, director of labor studies at Cornell University\u2019s School of Industrial and Labor Relations: \u2018You never want to negotiate in the press.\u2019 \u2018The bargaining team is responsible for negotiating with management,\u2019 Wheaton said. \u2018And what Boeing did is it say, \u2018yeah, I don\u2019t care.\u2019 \u2026 They just sent it out to everybody.\u2019 He added: \u2018I don\u2019t know what their game plan is. I think they were just not very bright on how they did that.\u2019 It\u2019s also not clear what role Ortberg played in the decision to take the offer directly to union members and the media. But it\u2019s a clear departure from the diplomatic approach the CEO had signaled early on.<\/p>\n<p> \u2018Everybody thinks unions strike over money,\u2019 Wheaton notes. But often, it\u2019s also about respect. \u2018Obviously Boeing did not respect the union in this setup.\u2019 Ortberg came into the top job with a big advantage: His predecessors were so openly hostile toward labor, even small gestures seemed to buy him some credibility. It\u2019s not too late, according to Richard Aboulafia, a managing director at aerospace consulting firm AeroDynamic Advisory, who told me he is \u2018still hopeful\u2019 Ortberg can right Boeing\u2019s course, even with . \u2018Diplomacy matters in situations like this,\u2019 Aboulafia said, adding: \u2018It\u2019s hard to tell what\u2019s Ortberg\u2019s mistakes \u2026 and what\u2019s just Boeing institutional arrogance.’\u201d \u2022 Could be both!<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing Workers Felt Schedule Pressure Even After Midair Blowout\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/JipHX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>]. \u201cAccording to the survey conducted with about 2,100 Boeing workers in May \u2014 four months after a fuselage panel blew off a 737 Max aircraft shortly after takeoff \u2014 less than half of frontline manufacturing personnel stated that schedule pressures didn\u2019t cause their team to lower standards. The revelation shows that workers continued to feel pressure to cut corners even after Boeing\u2019s campaign to overhaul its safety culture was well underway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cPreliminary Information from the Subcommittee\u2019s Inquiry into Boeing\u2019s Safety and Quality Practices\u201d (PDF) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsgac.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024.06.17-PSI-Majority-Staff-Memorandum.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations<\/a>]. \u201cWhistleblower reports spanning more than a decade raise questions about Boeing\u2019s ability to timely source and track aircraft parts and ensure that damaged or inadequate parts (\u2018nonconforming parts\u2019) are not used in aircraft production. The tracking and disposition of aircraft parts that do not conform to their quality or design specifications is heavily regulated, and criminal penalties apply to knowing or intentional falsification, concealment, or materially fraudulent misrepresentation in connection with records documenting the disposition of aircraft parts.3 Aircraft manufacturers are required to maintain a written quality system that includes \u201c[p]rocedures to ensure that only products or articles that conform to their approved design are installed on a type-certificated product\u2026. In May 2024, Sam Mohawk, a current [i.e., still alive] Boeing Quality Assurance investigator at the MRSA in Renton, Washington, informed the Subcommittee that he has witnessed systemic disregard for documentation and accountability of nonconforming parts at Boeing\u2019s Renton facility, where the 737 MAX is manufactured. On June 11, 2024, Mr. Mohawk filed a claim with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (\u2018OSHA\u2019), which is attached as Attachment 1. This complaint has not been previously released publicly. Mr. Mohawk\u2019s current role at MRSA includes handling nonconforming parts, work that he alleges became significantly more complex and demanding following the resumption of 737 MAX production when the FAA authorized the aircraft to return to service following two crashes in 2018 and 2019. Mr. Mohawk alleges that \u2018[c]ompared to pre-grounding, MRSA was experiencing a 300% increase [of nonconformance reports]\u2019 and that \u201cthe 737 program was losing hundreds of non-conforming parts.\u2019 .\u201d \u2022 Yikes!<\/p>\n<p>Tech: Cheeky!<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Make a splash with an \ud83c\udf4e like your Apple never has using Instant Slow-Mo with Galaxy AI on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GalaxyS24Ultra?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#GalaxyS24Ultra<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Samsung Mobile US (@SamsungMobileUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamsungMobileUS\/status\/1834643344611217880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Energy: \u201cCometh The Hour\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/newsletter.doomberg.com\/p\/cometh-the-hour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Doomberg<\/a>]. This paragraph caught my eye: \u201cA rock-solid adage of venture investing is that all the deals are undersubscribed except for the ones that are oversubscribed. As such, a handsome living can be made by simply slipstreaming behind term sheets negotiated by others when you know that everybody else knows that the underlying startup will soon raise again at a higher valuation. One need not understand financial models, technology trends, or even the language embedded in the documents signed. Get yourself invited into deals that others are eager to fund, and lucrative returns are sure to follow.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Shipping: On the upcoming Longshoreman\u2019s strike:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ila_strike-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"1432\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-279327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ila_strike-1.png 453w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ila_strike-1-95x300.png 95w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ila_strike-1-324x1024.png 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 67 Greed (previous close: 65 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 60 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Sep 25 at 1:55:41 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Permaculture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kill the lawn:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A good example of the tokenism that so often passes for ‘action’ on biodiversity collapse: a ‘bug hotel’, plonked in a garden of<br \/>a) Sterile lawns<br \/>b) Alien plants<\/p>\n<p>It’s shocking, I know, but what wildlife *really* needs is actual wild, natural HABITAT. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TY6s6i9Cu6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/TY6s6i9Cu6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eoghan Daltun \ud83c\udf0d (@IrishRainforest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IrishRainforest\/status\/1838808106320511317\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"class\"\/><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnion accuses Waffle House of chronic wage theft\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.restaurantdive.com\/news\/union-claims-waffle-house-underpaid-workers-in-department-of-labor-complaint\/727592\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Restaurant Dive<\/a>]. \u201cThe Union of Southern Service Workers alleges Waffle House consistently underpaid workers by illegally claiming a tip credit on ineligible work. The union filed a wage and hours complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday, and requested the DOL remove Waffle House\u2019s ability to take a tip credit. The USSW, an affiliate of Service Employees International Union, based the complaint on interviews with more than 20 workers, and alleged the company engaged in other forms of wage theft. The Strategic Organizing Center, a labor federation including SEIU, released a survey of more than 400 Waffle House employees that, according to a press release, found 90% of surveyed workers experienced one form of wage theft in the last year. Waffle House did not respond to a request for comment on USSW\u2019s allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiddy \u2018isn\u2019t eating in jail fearing he\u2019ll be poisoned\u2019 amid claims he kept \u2018Epstein-style tapes of Freak Off parties’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/12530911\/diddy-prison-epstein-tapes-freak-offs-parties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Sun<\/a>]. \u201cThe disgraced rapper is sharing a cell in a New York jail with crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried after his arrest last week.\u201d \u2022 Birds of a feather?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiddy\u2019s prediction about his wild parties from 25 years ago resurfaces after sex trafficking arrest\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-13883413\/Diddy-predicted-25-YEARS-ago-arrested-wild-parties-admitted-did-types-crazy-things.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>]. \u201cThe rapper told Entertainment Tonight that he felt one day he would be arrested for his \u2018crazy parties.\u2019 His wild fetes \u2013 which are not to be confused with his lurid Freak Offs \u2013 were attended by stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lopez, Sarah Jessica Parker as well as Kim and Khloe Kardashian. \u2018You\u2019re gonna hear about my parties,\u2019 said the 54-year-old rap mogul as he referred to his star-studded bashes. \u2018They\u2019re gonna be shutting them down. They\u2019re gonna probably be arresting me, doing all types of crazy things just \u2019cause we wanna have a good time,\u2019 Combs added.\u201d \u2022 These \u201cfetes\u201d are the \u201cWhite Parties\u201d of the 90s (everyone wears white)\u2013<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInside Diddy\u2019s debauched star-studded White Parties where drugs were snorted off bodies, topless women cavorted in the pool and little kids were told \u2018one day y\u2019all gonna want to come\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13874467\/Diddy-White-Parties-drugs-snorted-bodies-topless-women.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>]. \u201cBut back in the day, before he stood accused of running a \u2018criminal enterprise\u2019 and was deemed a threat to society and justice, celebrities clamoured for an invite to Diddy\u2019s era-defining White Parties held at his East Hampton home between 1998 and 2009\u2026. According to former music industry insider Tom Swoope, who has recounted his own memories of \u2018surviving\u2019 Diddy\u2019s White Parties on his YouTube channel, \u2018First Off In My Opinion: Story Time\u2019, the parties were separated into \u2018tiers\u2019 of access. There was \u2018general admission\u2019 then a series of \u2018tiers\u2019 ending with entrance to the inner sanctum where the \u2018real\u2019 partying went on. This allegedly included sexually humiliating male and female guests on the promise of record deals or money.\u201d \u2022 Those \u201ctiers\u201d are interesting. There\u2019s a rumor floating around that the Obamas attended a Diddy party; I\u2019m not sure whether a fete or a White Party. Assuming both types of party were structured along the same lines, I think it\u2019s <em>very<\/em> unlikely the canny Obamas would have gone anywhere near the inner sanctum. At the same time, it\u2019s unlikely that it wasn\u2019t perfectly obvious what was going on, exactly in the same way that Epstein bringing young women to massage his back at MIT meetings was perfectly obvious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn The Phone Live From Prison\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former record executive Suge Knight revealed to Chris Cuomo that a former Interscope Records employee’s job was to deliver underage girls to artists and staff to have s*x with them, and claimed Diddy has been involved with the FBI throughout his entire career. <\/p>\n<p>Knight also\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bFyBU9cfRr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/bFyBU9cfRr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShadowofEzra\/status\/1838948988944302352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow We Sort the World: Gregory Murphy on the Psychology of Categories\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thereader.mitpress.mit.edu\/how-we-sort-the-world-gregory-murphy-on-the-psychology-of-categories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The MIT Press Reader<\/a>]. \u201cWe put an awful lot of effort into trying to figure out and convince others of just what kind of person someone is, what kind of action something was, and even what kind of object something is. We often feel that once we determine the thing\u2019s category, then all questions will be answered about it: The person is qualified or unqualified; it\u2019s the right thing to do or the wrong thing; the object must be made out of wood. But division into categories is often arbitrary \u2014 not completely, but in some respects. And every category is a simplification to some degree; it throws away information about the thing. If you call me an academic, that is no doubt true, but that doesn\u2019t include a lot of other information about me, nor do I correspond exactly to your stereotype of an academic. (OK, I actually do, but a lot of academics don\u2019t.) There are a number of different ways to make categories, and they don\u2019t always agree with one another. At some point, we have to make a principled decision about what the category is and why that is the best way to think about it, because the world isn\u2019t pre-divided into nice categories that we simply have to notice.\u201d \u2022 Hmm.<\/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-9-16-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From ST:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anti-plantidote.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-279319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anti-plantidote.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anti-plantidote-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ST writes: \u201cKind of an \u2018anti-plantidote,\u2019 but still a rather striking looking tree. Probably a western hemlock. Don\u2019t fear the reaper, I guess.\u201d Whatever its species, that tree looks a little droopy.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"donate\"\/><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Water Cooler is a standalone entity <em>not<\/em> covered by the annual NC fundraiser. 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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sage Thrasher, Sierra Valley\u2013Marble Hot Springs Rd., Plumas, California, United States. \u201cSong including mimicry. Bird singing from a fencepost at roadside.\u201d Eight minutes so grab a cup of coffee<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#polls\">Pollsters and polling<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#kamala\">Getting to know Kamala.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#trump\">Election Trump\u2019s to lose<\/a>: Is that what he\u2019s doing?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing\u2019s \u201cabsurd litany of self-inflicted crises\u201d<\/a> plus brutal Senate report on whistleblower reports.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"helper\"\/><strong>Look for the Helpers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWoman, 79, fell while hiking. A stranger carried her for hours on his back\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/mgCw3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WaPo<\/a>]. \u201c[Ursula] Bannister arrived at the trail around 11 a.m. and made her way to the lookout. As she headed back down, she made a misstep, and her foot got caught on a hole in the ground. She fell forward\u2026. [Troy May and Layton Allen.] two young men\u2026 came over to see what was going on. When they saw Bannister on the ground in agony, they immediately made an offer: They could carry Bannister to the bottom of the trail\u2026 Others pitched in as well: Shortly into the hike, May\u2019s boots were giving him blisters. A man he didn\u2019t know on the trail saw the situation and gave May his shoes\u2026 \u2018I was just overwhelmed with gratitude that these people literally came out of the woods to help me and they were totally unselfish and kind,\u2019 [Bannister] said.\u201d \u2022 I left a lot of detail out, all of it encouraging.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>My email address is down by the plant; please send examples of there (\u201cHelpers\u201d in the subject line). In our increasingly desperate and fragile neoliberal society, everyday <em>normal<\/em> incidents and stories of \u201cthe communism of everyday life\u201d are what I am looking for (and not, say, the Red Cross in Hawaii, or even the UNWRA in Gaza).<\/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><a name=\"assassination \"\/>Trump Assassination Attempts (Plural)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAileen Cannon set to oversee apparent Trump assassination attempt case in Florida\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/09\/24\/ryan-routh-aileen-cannon-charged-00180836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cU.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon \u2014 a Trump appointee \u2014 was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/media\/1370506\/dl?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">randomly assigned<\/a> the attempted assassination case Tuesday after a grand jury in Miami returned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/media\/1370506\/dl?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a five-count indictment <\/a>against Ryan Routh in connection with the Sept. 15 incident at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla.\u201d \u2022 Life\u2019s little ironies!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than fifty 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_2024-09-20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"851\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-279077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rcp_2024-09-20.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rcp_2024-09-20-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Once again, the Democrats must be very puzzled to have virtual unanimity across the political spectrum that \u201cHarris is the one\u201d \u2014 no doubt there will be another liberalgasm after Oprah \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><a name=\"polls\"\/>\u201cKey things to know about U.S. election polling in 2024\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2024\/08\/28\/key-things-to-know-about-us-election-polling-in-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pew Research<\/a>]. \u201cAdjusting on more variables produces more accurate results, according to Center studies in 2016 and 2018. A number of pollsters have taken this lesson to heart. For example, recent high-quality polls by Gallup and The New York Times\/Siena College adjusted on eight and 12 variables, respectively. Our own polls typically adjust on 12 variables. In a perfect world, it wouldn\u2019t be necessary to have that much intervention by the pollster. But the real world of survey research is not perfect.\u201d And: \u201cPreelection polls face one crucial challenge that routine opinion polls do not: determining who of the people surveyed will actually cast a ballot. Roughly a third of eligible Americans do not vote in presidential elections, despite the enormous attention paid to these contests. Determining who will abstain is difficult because people can\u2019t perfectly predict their future behavior \u2013 and because many people feel social pressure to say they\u2019ll vote even if it\u2019s unlikely. No one knows the profile of voters ahead of Election Day. We can\u2019t know for sure whether young people will turn out in greater numbers than usual, or whether key racial or ethnic groups will do so. This means pollsters are left to make educated guesses about turnout, often using a mix of historical data and current measures of voting enthusiasm. This is very different from routine opinion polls, which mostly do not ask about people\u2019s future intentions.\u201d And finally: \u201cWhen major news breaks, a poll\u2019s timing can matter. Public opinion on most issues is remarkably stable, so you don\u2019t necessarily need a recent poll about an issue to get a sense of what people think about it. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/decoded\/2019\/11\/05\/when-the-unexpected-happens-whats-a-survey-researcher-to-do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dramatic events<\/a> can and do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/09\/02\/1033433959\/biden-approval-rating-afghanistan-withdrawal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">change public opinion<\/a>.\u201d \u2022 Which is why \u201cearly voting\u201d in any form, including mail-in ballots, is morally wrong in a democracy. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolling Error in 2016-2020: Look Out for Wisconsin\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/HdJYC#selection-549.0-562.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Larry Sabato\u2019s Crystal Ball<\/a>]. \u201cTo be clear, we have no idea whether the polls will be biased consistently one way or the other in 2024. Maybe Trump will be understated again: if so, he is almost certainly going to win the election given how close the polls are now. Maybe Harris will be understated: if so, she is in a great position to win given that she appears to already lead in enough states to win 270 electoral votes, albeit barely. Or there might be little bias either way, or inconsistent bias depending on the state, in which case this election will be very hard to confidently predict based on the current numbers. Polling error is not necessarily consistent from year to year\u2014while polls understated Trump in 2016 and 2020, the longer-term history of polling errors is a bit more mixed, per this helpful chart from the Pew Research Center based on American Association for Public Opinion Research data. . For one thing, other indicators do not really suggest that we\u2019re in the midst of an electoral environment that is much stronger for Republicans than the past two elections (those indicators include special elections in 2023 and 2024 and the recent Washington state top-two primary). While Democrats have now nominated three different opponents against Donald Trump, Trump himself will be on the ballot for a third straight time. . The third installment of the Trump trilogy will likely look a fair amount like the first two installments as opposed to being dramatically different; this is why we\u2019ve long expected a close and competitive election, with only the last few weeks of Joe Biden\u2019s candidacy really making us seriously consider the possibility of Trump doing substantially better than his previous presidential runs. The close polls suggest a close election: That seems realistic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolling Whiplash\u201d [Robert Kuttner, <a href=\"https:\/\/prospect.org\/blogs-and-newsletters\/tap\/2024-09-23-polling-whiplash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The American Prospect<\/a>]. \u201c[The indispensable Michael Podhorzer] astutely points out that all polling is \u2018opinion journalism.\u2019 Why? Because pollsters make assumptions about who is a likely voter and how to weigh or overweigh different demographic groups. \u2018The \u2018opinions\u2019 are not about issues or ideology, but about methodological approaches,\u2019 Podhorzer writes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"kamala\"\/>Kamala (D): Kamala\u2019s mother wearing the sari typical of Black women of that generation:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I grew up a middle-class kid. I was raised by a hardworking mother, who like so many people across our nation, had big dreams and aspirations for her children. As president, it will be my top priority to bring down costs for working families.<\/p>\n<p>Under my plan, more than 100 million\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wz0ElwGbtv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Wz0ElwGbtv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris\/status\/1838917892747690489\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>(To anyone new: I have no objection to Kamala\u2019s identity, whatever it may be. I do object to Kamala morphing her perceived identity to meet the needs of the political campaign du jour.)<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cKamala Harris Needs To Get Out More\u201d [Ross Barkan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.persuasion.community\/p\/kamala-harris-needs-to-get-out-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Persuasions<\/a>]. \u201cStill missing from Harris is any sort of formal press conference or the regular television appearances that J.D. Vance, Trump\u2019s running mate, still makes. She has not allowed for an extended interview with any newspaper or magazine reporter, either. If she\u2019s visited a local Philadelphia TV station, she hasn\u2019t sat down with the Philadelphia Inquirer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, or any major print-based organization in a crucial swing state. It goes without saying she won\u2019t subject herself to a grilling from the New York Times editorial board. Oddly, she has even dodged friendly outlets like MSNBC and pundits like Ezra Klein, who would ask probing questions but is fundamentally sympathetic to her project\u2026. Part of the reason the election continues to be close is that too many Americans feel they know too little about Harris. In a recent New York Times\/Siena poll that revealed a dip in her standing since the sugar high of the Democratic convention, 28 percent of likely voters said they felt they needed to know more about Harris, while only 9 percent said they needed to know more about Trump. \u2018I don\u2019t know what Kamala\u2019s plans are,\u2019 Dawn Conley, a 48-year-old small-business owner and undecided voter in Knoxville, Tenn. told the Times. \u2018It\u2019s kind of hard to make a decision when you don\u2019t know what the other party\u2019s platform is going to be.\u2019.. Really, Harris should be everywhere. The Sunday morning talk shows, the newspaper sitdowns, and formal press conferences are a start. Podcasts, ethnic media, alternative media, and regional outlets should be added to the mix. If she doesn\u2019t crave the mass heterodox audience of a Joe Rogan, she can spend extended time with the aforementioned Klein or Alex Cooper, who has become something of the young millenial\/Gen Z Howard Stern.\u201d \u2022 In my view, people do not know Harris because there is nobody there to be known. <\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): Get out more, but not like this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kamala_rally.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"924\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-279323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kamala_rally.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kamala_rally-162x300.png 162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Since the appearance is for an interview, I can\u2019t really fault Kamala\u2019s campaign for requiring invitations, but maybe a public rally on-campus too?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"trump\"\/>Trump (R): \u201c2024 Election Environment Favorable to GOP\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/651092\/2024-election-environment-favorable-gop.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gallup<\/a>]. The lead: \u201cNearly all Gallup measures that have shown some relationship to past presidential election outcomes or that speak to current perceptions of the two major parties favor the Republican Party over the Democratic Party. Chief among these are Republican advantages in U.S. adults\u2019 party identification and leanings, the belief that the GOP rather than the Democratic Party is better able to handle the most important problem facing the country, Americans\u2019 dissatisfaction with the state of the nation, and negative evaluations of the economy with a Democratic administration in office.\u201d \u2022 Handy chart:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/gallup_measures.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-279321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/gallup_measures.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/gallup_measures-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201c\u2018He should be doing better\u2019: Even some Trump allies see him veering off course\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/09\/25\/trump-allies-warnings-00180869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cDonald Trump was meeting privately in mid-September with one of his oldest friends, Steve Wynn, when the casino mogul and Republican mega-donor delivered the former president a blunt warning: You\u2019re off message, and it isn\u2019t helping\u2026. To drive home his point, Wynn showed Trump polling and suggested the former president would be better off focusing on policy issues where Republicans see his opponent, Kamala Harris, as vulnerable, according to two people briefed on the meeting and granted anonymity to describe it. The meeting underscored a key point of tension inside the Trump campaign. While polls show the race is incredibly close, some of Trump\u2019s allies are concerned that his impulses and coarse approach to campaigning are undermining him against Harris, a rival who has proved far stronger than his previous opponent, Joe Biden. In interviews, more than a dozen Trump allies described the former president as reaching a crossroads \u2014 faced with the choice of continuing with the missteps that have overtaken the past several weeks of his campaign or embracing a more calculated approach aimed at appealing to a small subset of undecided voters who are likely to sway the outcome of the election. In recent weeks, he has brought into his fold destabilizing forces like social media provocateur Laura Loomer and his controversial former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, plugged commemorative Trump coins, and asserted that if he loses, Jews would be partly to blame. \u2018It\u2019s not that he\u2019s going backwards,\u2019 said one Trump ally granted anonymity to speak freely. \u2018But he should be doing better.’\u201d \u2022 False dichotomy, to me. It\u2019s not (media-driven) mis-steps vs. calculated approach; it\u2019s populist vs. non-populist. If Trump gives the populist approach the oomph only he can give, he wins (and yes, deep six Laura Loomer and the effing cats immediately. Work the grill at MacDonalds. I mean, does anybody think those Undecideds are PMC?).<\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cHaitian group in Springfield, Ohio, files citizen criminal charges against Trump and Vance\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/haitian-immigrants-springfield-charges-trump-vance-012af00a8677da5caed55d03e8779774\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>]. \u201cThe leader of a nonprofit representing the Haitian community invoked a private-citizen right to file charges Tuesday against former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, over the chaos and threats experienced by Springfield, Ohio, since Trump first spread false claims about legal immigrants there during a presidential debate. The Haitian Bridge Alliance made the move after inaction by the local prosecutor, said their attorney, Subodh Chandra of the Cleveland-based Chandra Law Firm. Charges brought by private citizens are rare, but not unheard of, in Ohio\u2026. State law requires a hearing to take place before the affidavit can move forward. As of Tuesday afternoon, none had been scheduled. Trump and Vance, a U.S. senator from Ohio, are charged with disrupting public services, making false alarms, telecommunications harassment, aggravated menacing and complicity. The filing asks the Clark County Municipal Court to affirm that there is probable cause and issue arrest warrants against Trump and Vance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cDonald Trump Has a Plan to Make America\u2019s Children Healthy Again. It\u2019s a Good One\u201d [Robert Redfield, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-has-plan-make-americas-children-healthy-again-its-good-one-opinion-1957026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>]. \u201cIn 2019, the Trump Administration set a course to address chronic disease, funding earlier interventions to curb the growing crisis. Five years later, this issue is exactly where it needs to be: at the center of the presidential debate, now in a unique partnership. To heal our children, a president must see the possible and lead our nation to act. After more than 40 years in the public health arena, it might surprise some of my colleagues to know I think President Trump chose the right man for the job: Robert Kennedy, Jr\u2026. Kennedy is right: All three of the principal health agencies suffer from agency capture. A large portion of the FDA\u2019s budget is provided by pharmaceutical companies. NIH is cozy with biomedical and pharmaceutical companies and its scientists are allowed to collect royalties on drugs NIH licenses to pharma. And as the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), I know the agency can be influenced by special interest groups. But it doesn\u2019t stop in the health agencies: the U.S. Department of Agriculture is a captive of industry, too. Created to help the family farmer and to ensure a wholesome food supply, today the agency often favors large corporations over the interests of small farmers and the public\u2019s health. To cure our children, we must reevaluate our food choices and the underlying practices of the agricultural sector. We must prioritize wholesome and nutritious food.\u201d \u2022 A populist opportunity here, too.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy (I): Asking for my vote again:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zelensky\u2019s only strategy for victory is to embroil us in World War III. And VP Harris is all for it <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U1Dmlwtx7A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/U1Dmlwtx7A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1838737651576324295\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>NY: \u201cTrump sets his sights on deep-blue New York\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4896730-trump-visits-new-york-house-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201cWhile Trump\u2019s hopes of flipping New York seem lofty, Republicans point to other underlying reasons for his visits there, namely to boost four House Republicans in the state whose results may decide which party controls the House: Reps. Mike Lawler, Anthony D\u2019Esposito, Marc Molinaro and Brandon Williams.\u201d \u2022 \u201cLofty\u201d doesn\u2019t begin to describe it.<\/p>\n<p>PA: \u201cPennsylvania poll reveals tight presidential race, inflation a key concern\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/4898504-harris-leads-trump-pennsylvania-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201cVice President Harris narrowly leads former President Trump in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, according to a new poll released by Monmouth University Wednesday. Data showed that 40 percent of voters in the Keystone State said they will definitely vote for Harris, compared to 38 percent who said the same of Trump. Eight percent said they would probably vote for the vice president, while seven percent said they would probably vote for the former president, according to the poll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PA: \u201cIn Pennsylvania tour, Trump hits all the right places and messages\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3165160\/pennsylvania-trump-hits-right-places-messages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Washington Examiner<\/a>]. \u201cThe visit to Kittanning was the second of three stops the former president made during his visit to Western Pennsylvania on Monday. He traversed over 100 miles throughout Allegheny, Armstrong, Indiana, and Westmoreland counties. Meandering through mostly back roads, all along the way, Trump\u2019s motorcade was greeted by thousands of people gathering in front of their small towns, suburban bedroom enclaves, or standing in front of their farms with their tractors or cows, waving Terrible Towels, makeshift Trump signs, or official Trump-Vance flags. And even along the jersey barriers of the halted traffic on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, people stood on top of their cars or in front of them to wave.\u201d \u2022 I\u2019d say turnout won\u2019t be a problem.<\/p>\n<p>PA: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/joma_gc\/status\/1838726206478336070?s=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oopsie<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/harris_pa_ad.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"829\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-279322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/harris_pa_ad.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/harris_pa_ad-181x300.png 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>With bit more time, I\u2019d authenticate the screen dumps. Nevertheless\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Our Famously Free Press<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGeorge Soros taking \u2018shortcut\u2019 to buy 200 US radio stations, FCC commissioner says\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/nbcmontana.com\/news\/nation-world\/george-soros-taking-shortcut-to-buy-200-us-radio-stations-fcc-commissioner-says-commissioner-brendan-carr-of-the-federal-communications-commission-democratic-dem-influence-billionaire-foreign-money-transaction-nick-langworthy-house-committee-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBC Montana<\/a>]. \u201cThe transaction, which was reported by The National Desk in February, would break a rule preventing more than 25% foreign ownership of U.S. radio stations, [Commissioner Brendan Carr of theFederal Communications Commission] alleges. Despite this, Carr claimed the agency was expediting its review process. \u2018What we usually do is require people to file a petition with us, bring in the National Security Agency to review the foreign ownership\u2014it\u2019s probably no big deal here\u2014but we review that foreign ownership and then we vote,\u2019 Carr said. \u2018Here, they\u2019re trying to do something that\u2019s never been done before at a commission level.’\u201d \u2022 Curious timing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Realignment and Legitimacy<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Firesign Theatre as scorching as ever:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Confidence in the System\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/upheI5YDXXk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hat tip to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/09\/200pm-water-cooler-9-24-2024.html#comment-4106418\">alert reader justme<\/a>. <\/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&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>; 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<a href=\"https:\/\/empower.unlv.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Southern NV); NY (<a href=\"https:\/\/mbcolli.shinyapps.io\/SARS2EWSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OH (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/dashboards\/other-resources\/wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/51657c21386d4f1a962b1853c76ec589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>OR (<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/oregon.health.authority.covid.19\/viz\/OregonsCOVID-19DataDashboards-TableofContents\/TableofContentsStatewide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; PA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/disease\/coronavirus\/pages\/Cases.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); RI (<a href=\"https:\/\/ri-department-of-health-covid-19-data-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/scdhec.gov\/index.php\/covid19\/covid-19-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SD (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.sd.gov\/COVID\/Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TX (<a href=\"https:\/\/txdshsea.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/4ae43eefd0f641d59d35c3df82ee59cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); UT (<a href=\"https:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/sars-cov-2-in-wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/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, KidDoc, 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> Sequelae: Covid<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPost-hospitalisation COVID-19 cognitive deficits at one year are global and associated with elevated brain injury markers and grey matter volume reduction\u201d (manuscript) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41591-024-03309-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nature<\/a>]. From the Abstract: \u201cWe report the one-year cognitive, serum biomarker, and neuroimaging findings from a prospective, national study of cognition in 351 COVID-19 patients who had required hospitalisation, compared to 2,927 normative matched controls. Cognitive deficits were global and associated with elevated brain injury markers, and reduced anterior cingulate cortex volume one year after COVID-19. The severity of the initial infective insult, post-acute psychiatric symptoms, and a history of encephalopathy were associated with greatest deficits. There was strong concordance between subjective and objective cognitive deficits. Longitudinal follow-up in 106 patients demonstrated a trend toward recovery. Together, these findings support the hypothesis that brain injury in moderate to severe COVID-19 may be immune-mediated, and should guide the development of therapeutic strategies.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLong COVID and associated outcomes following COVID-19 reinfections: Insights from an International Patient-Led Survey\u201d (preprint) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchsquare.com\/article\/rs-4909082\/v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Research Square<\/a>]. \u201d We developed and disseminated internationally a patient-centered online survey examining the outcomes of COVID-19 reinfections. The survey incorporated validated instruments on fatigue, post-exertional malaise, and physical function with questions about COVID-19 infection history, vaccination, and Long COVID symptoms, including symptoms related to immune and reproductive health. We tested whether the likelihood of Long COVID and related outcomes increases with COVID-19 infection numbers. Results: Here we show that reinfections increase the likelihood of reporting Long COVID, which increased 2.1-fold from one to two infections. Among 3,382 participants, 22% reported never having had COVID-19, 42% experienced it once, and 35% reported reinfections. Relative to those who did not report infections or experienced COVID-19 once, reinfections were associated with increased likelihood of severe fatigue, post-exertional malaise, decreased physical function, poorer immune health, symptom exacerbation before menstruation, and multiple other Long COVID symptoms. While vaccinations and boosters prior to infection are associated with lower likelihood of Long COVID, reinfections diminish their protective effect. The probability of reporting Long COVID remission is generally low (11.5%-6.5%).\u201d \u2022 Yikes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Morbidity and Mortality<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Just a flu:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Excellent news! Covid is only 38x worse than influenza so far in 2024, so it’s basically the same thing finally. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/szq9RJyk2G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/szq9RJyk2G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Radical Centrist,wrathful tantric deity\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc\ud83c\udf97\ufe0f (@RadCentrism) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadCentrism\/status\/1838605706259542101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/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\">\n<blockquote>\n<p> This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 16<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-2.png 602w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-2-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\"\/><\/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-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><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Variants<\/strong> [3] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 14<\/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 14<\/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-variants-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-278833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-300x236.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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2-300x172.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 23:<\/td>\n<td>\n<blockquote>\n<p> National [6] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/covidnetdashboard\/de\/powerbi\/dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> August 31:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-279318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-14.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-14-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-2-300x265.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 23:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> 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-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3-300x190.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\"> Positivity[9] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 2:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Variants[10] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#traveler-genomic-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 2:<\/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-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2-300x186.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-variants-travelers-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-2-300x204.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\"> 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 14:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> 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 14:<\/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.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-positivity.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-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.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-ed.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-ed-300x198.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 statistics of interest today.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing gives striking Machinists union more time to vote on latest offer\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/boeing-gives-striking-machinists-union-more-time-to-vote-on-latest-offer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seattle Times<\/a>]. \u201cBoeing Co. backed down from a Friday night deadline for striking workers to approve its latest contract offer after union leaders refused to schedule a vote\u2026. The sparring has injected new tension into the talks at a time when the cash-strapped plane-maker can\u2019t afford a long, drawn-out strike. Boeing\u2019s tactics have also puzzled some longtime observers of the planemaker\u2019s labor relations. \u2018It doesn\u2019t make any sense,\u2019 Leon Grunberg, an academic who\u2019s tracked Boeing labor relations for a quarter-century. \u2018I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s a misstep from the CEO or people further down.\u2019\u2026 Boeing on Tuesday said that it had offered the union more time and \u2018logistical support\u2019 for a vote. It removed the Sept. 27 deadline, without imposing any new time frame for acceptance of the offer. \u2018This strike is affecting our team and our communities, and we believe our employees should have the opportunity to vote on our offer that makes significant improvements in wages and benefits,\u2019 Boeing said in an emailed statement. Union officials have said they wouldn\u2019t schedule a vote on the company\u2019s latest proposal, describing it as unrealistic and disrespectful in a fiery statement posted late Monday.\u201d \u2022 Our \u201cteam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cStriking Boeing workers would like the company to stop negotiating in public\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/boeing-strike-company-offer-inadequate-1851657195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Quartz<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018Our members stand strong, and we remain ready to continue mediated or direct negotiations with Boeing,\u2019 [IAM] said in an update to members on Tuesday. \u2018This has been made clear to both the company and our membership. The only way to resolve this strike is through negotiations, and rest assured, your Union will not bargain through the media.’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cAnother unforced error by Boeing is souring the new boss\u2019 good vibes\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/25\/business\/boeing-strike-ortberg-nightcap\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. \u201cThere\u2019s an old saying for labor relations, says Art Wheaton, director of labor studies at Cornell University\u2019s School of Industrial and Labor Relations: \u2018You never want to negotiate in the press.\u2019 \u2018The bargaining team is responsible for negotiating with management,\u2019 Wheaton said. \u2018And what Boeing did is it say, \u2018yeah, I don\u2019t care.\u2019 \u2026 They just sent it out to everybody.\u2019 He added: \u2018I don\u2019t know what their game plan is. I think they were just not very bright on how they did that.\u2019 It\u2019s also not clear what role Ortberg played in the decision to take the offer directly to union members and the media. But it\u2019s a clear departure from the diplomatic approach the CEO had signaled early on.<\/p>\n<p> \u2018Everybody thinks unions strike over money,\u2019 Wheaton notes. But often, it\u2019s also about respect. \u2018Obviously Boeing did not respect the union in this setup.\u2019 Ortberg came into the top job with a big advantage: His predecessors were so openly hostile toward labor, even small gestures seemed to buy him some credibility. It\u2019s not too late, according to Richard Aboulafia, a managing director at aerospace consulting firm AeroDynamic Advisory, who told me he is \u2018still hopeful\u2019 Ortberg can right Boeing\u2019s course, even with . \u2018Diplomacy matters in situations like this,\u2019 Aboulafia said, adding: \u2018It\u2019s hard to tell what\u2019s Ortberg\u2019s mistakes \u2026 and what\u2019s just Boeing institutional arrogance.’\u201d \u2022 Could be both!<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing Workers Felt Schedule Pressure Even After Midair Blowout\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/JipHX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>]. \u201cAccording to the survey conducted with about 2,100 Boeing workers in May \u2014 four months after a fuselage panel blew off a 737 Max aircraft shortly after takeoff \u2014 less than half of frontline manufacturing personnel stated that schedule pressures didn\u2019t cause their team to lower standards. The revelation shows that workers continued to feel pressure to cut corners even after Boeing\u2019s campaign to overhaul its safety culture was well underway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cPreliminary Information from the Subcommittee\u2019s Inquiry into Boeing\u2019s Safety and Quality Practices\u201d (PDF) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsgac.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024.06.17-PSI-Majority-Staff-Memorandum.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations<\/a>]. \u201cWhistleblower reports spanning more than a decade raise questions about Boeing\u2019s ability to timely source and track aircraft parts and ensure that damaged or inadequate parts (\u2018nonconforming parts\u2019) are not used in aircraft production. The tracking and disposition of aircraft parts that do not conform to their quality or design specifications is heavily regulated, and criminal penalties apply to knowing or intentional falsification, concealment, or materially fraudulent misrepresentation in connection with records documenting the disposition of aircraft parts.3 Aircraft manufacturers are required to maintain a written quality system that includes \u201c[p]rocedures to ensure that only products or articles that conform to their approved design are installed on a type-certificated product\u2026. In May 2024, Sam Mohawk, a current [i.e., still alive] Boeing Quality Assurance investigator at the MRSA in Renton, Washington, informed the Subcommittee that he has witnessed systemic disregard for documentation and accountability of nonconforming parts at Boeing\u2019s Renton facility, where the 737 MAX is manufactured. On June 11, 2024, Mr. Mohawk filed a claim with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (\u2018OSHA\u2019), which is attached as Attachment 1. This complaint has not been previously released publicly. Mr. Mohawk\u2019s current role at MRSA includes handling nonconforming parts, work that he alleges became significantly more complex and demanding following the resumption of 737 MAX production when the FAA authorized the aircraft to return to service following two crashes in 2018 and 2019. Mr. Mohawk alleges that \u2018[c]ompared to pre-grounding, MRSA was experiencing a 300% increase [of nonconformance reports]\u2019 and that \u201cthe 737 program was losing hundreds of non-conforming parts.\u2019 .\u201d \u2022 Yikes!<\/p>\n<p>Tech: Cheeky!<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Make a splash with an \ud83c\udf4e like your Apple never has using Instant Slow-Mo with Galaxy AI on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GalaxyS24Ultra?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#GalaxyS24Ultra<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Samsung Mobile US (@SamsungMobileUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamsungMobileUS\/status\/1834643344611217880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Energy: \u201cCometh The Hour\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/newsletter.doomberg.com\/p\/cometh-the-hour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Doomberg<\/a>]. This paragraph caught my eye: \u201cA rock-solid adage of venture investing is that all the deals are undersubscribed except for the ones that are oversubscribed. As such, a handsome living can be made by simply slipstreaming behind term sheets negotiated by others when you know that everybody else knows that the underlying startup will soon raise again at a higher valuation. One need not understand financial models, technology trends, or even the language embedded in the documents signed. Get yourself invited into deals that others are eager to fund, and lucrative returns are sure to follow.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Shipping: On the upcoming Longshoreman\u2019s strike:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ila_strike-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"1432\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-279327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ila_strike-1.png 453w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ila_strike-1-95x300.png 95w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ila_strike-1-324x1024.png 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 67 Greed (previous close: 65 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 60 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Sep 25 at 1:55:41 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Permaculture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kill the lawn:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A good example of the tokenism that so often passes for ‘action’ on biodiversity collapse: a ‘bug hotel’, plonked in a garden of<br \/>a) Sterile lawns<br \/>b) Alien plants<\/p>\n<p>It’s shocking, I know, but what wildlife *really* needs is actual wild, natural HABITAT. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TY6s6i9Cu6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/TY6s6i9Cu6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eoghan Daltun \ud83c\udf0d (@IrishRainforest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IrishRainforest\/status\/1838808106320511317\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"class\"\/><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnion accuses Waffle House of chronic wage theft\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.restaurantdive.com\/news\/union-claims-waffle-house-underpaid-workers-in-department-of-labor-complaint\/727592\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Restaurant Dive<\/a>]. \u201cThe Union of Southern Service Workers alleges Waffle House consistently underpaid workers by illegally claiming a tip credit on ineligible work. The union filed a wage and hours complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday, and requested the DOL remove Waffle House\u2019s ability to take a tip credit. The USSW, an affiliate of Service Employees International Union, based the complaint on interviews with more than 20 workers, and alleged the company engaged in other forms of wage theft. The Strategic Organizing Center, a labor federation including SEIU, released a survey of more than 400 Waffle House employees that, according to a press release, found 90% of surveyed workers experienced one form of wage theft in the last year. Waffle House did not respond to a request for comment on USSW\u2019s allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiddy \u2018isn\u2019t eating in jail fearing he\u2019ll be poisoned\u2019 amid claims he kept \u2018Epstein-style tapes of Freak Off parties’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/12530911\/diddy-prison-epstein-tapes-freak-offs-parties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Sun<\/a>]. \u201cThe disgraced rapper is sharing a cell in a New York jail with crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried after his arrest last week.\u201d \u2022 Birds of a feather?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiddy\u2019s prediction about his wild parties from 25 years ago resurfaces after sex trafficking arrest\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-13883413\/Diddy-predicted-25-YEARS-ago-arrested-wild-parties-admitted-did-types-crazy-things.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>]. \u201cThe rapper told Entertainment Tonight that he felt one day he would be arrested for his \u2018crazy parties.\u2019 His wild fetes \u2013 which are not to be confused with his lurid Freak Offs \u2013 were attended by stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lopez, Sarah Jessica Parker as well as Kim and Khloe Kardashian. \u2018You\u2019re gonna hear about my parties,\u2019 said the 54-year-old rap mogul as he referred to his star-studded bashes. \u2018They\u2019re gonna be shutting them down. They\u2019re gonna probably be arresting me, doing all types of crazy things just \u2019cause we wanna have a good time,\u2019 Combs added.\u201d \u2022 These \u201cfetes\u201d are the \u201cWhite Parties\u201d of the 90s (everyone wears white)\u2013<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInside Diddy\u2019s debauched star-studded White Parties where drugs were snorted off bodies, topless women cavorted in the pool and little kids were told \u2018one day y\u2019all gonna want to come\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13874467\/Diddy-White-Parties-drugs-snorted-bodies-topless-women.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>]. \u201cBut back in the day, before he stood accused of running a \u2018criminal enterprise\u2019 and was deemed a threat to society and justice, celebrities clamoured for an invite to Diddy\u2019s era-defining White Parties held at his East Hampton home between 1998 and 2009\u2026. According to former music industry insider Tom Swoope, who has recounted his own memories of \u2018surviving\u2019 Diddy\u2019s White Parties on his YouTube channel, \u2018First Off In My Opinion: Story Time\u2019, the parties were separated into \u2018tiers\u2019 of access. There was \u2018general admission\u2019 then a series of \u2018tiers\u2019 ending with entrance to the inner sanctum where the \u2018real\u2019 partying went on. This allegedly included sexually humiliating male and female guests on the promise of record deals or money.\u201d \u2022 Those \u201ctiers\u201d are interesting. There\u2019s a rumor floating around that the Obamas attended a Diddy party; I\u2019m not sure whether a fete or a White Party. Assuming both types of party were structured along the same lines, I think it\u2019s <em>very<\/em> unlikely the canny Obamas would have gone anywhere near the inner sanctum. At the same time, it\u2019s unlikely that it wasn\u2019t perfectly obvious what was going on, exactly in the same way that Epstein bringing young women to massage his back at MIT meetings was perfectly obvious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn The Phone Live From Prison\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former record executive Suge Knight revealed to Chris Cuomo that a former Interscope Records employee’s job was to deliver underage girls to artists and staff to have s*x with them, and claimed Diddy has been involved with the FBI throughout his entire career. <\/p>\n<p>Knight also\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bFyBU9cfRr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/bFyBU9cfRr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShadowofEzra\/status\/1838948988944302352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow We Sort the World: Gregory Murphy on the Psychology of Categories\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thereader.mitpress.mit.edu\/how-we-sort-the-world-gregory-murphy-on-the-psychology-of-categories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The MIT Press Reader<\/a>]. \u201cWe put an awful lot of effort into trying to figure out and convince others of just what kind of person someone is, what kind of action something was, and even what kind of object something is. We often feel that once we determine the thing\u2019s category, then all questions will be answered about it: The person is qualified or unqualified; it\u2019s the right thing to do or the wrong thing; the object must be made out of wood. But division into categories is often arbitrary \u2014 not completely, but in some respects. And every category is a simplification to some degree; it throws away information about the thing. If you call me an academic, that is no doubt true, but that doesn\u2019t include a lot of other information about me, nor do I correspond exactly to your stereotype of an academic. (OK, I actually do, but a lot of academics don\u2019t.) There are a number of different ways to make categories, and they don\u2019t always agree with one another. At some point, we have to make a principled decision about what the category is and why that is the best way to think about it, because the world isn\u2019t pre-divided into nice categories that we simply have to notice.\u201d \u2022 Hmm.<\/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-9-16-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From ST:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anti-plantidote.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-279319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anti-plantidote.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anti-plantidote-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ST writes: \u201cKind of an \u2018anti-plantidote,\u2019 but still a rather striking looking tree. Probably a western hemlock. Don\u2019t fear the reaper, I guess.\u201d Whatever its species, that tree looks a little droopy.<\/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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