{"id":85320,"date":"2024-10-01T23:06:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T23:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/01\/200pm-water-cooler-10-1-2024-naked-capitalism\/"},"modified":"2024-10-01T23:06:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T23:06:05","slug":"200pm-water-cooler-10-1-2024-naked-capitalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/01\/200pm-water-cooler-10-1-2024-naked-capitalism\/","title":{"rendered":"2:00PM Water Cooler 10\/1\/2024 | naked capitalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><strong>By Lambert Strether of Corrente.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Readers, we will have a Live Blog of tonight\u2019s Vice-Presidential debate. Doors open at 8:30pm ET; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/monicamercuri\/2024\/10\/01\/what-time-is-the-vice-presidential-debate-tonight-on-cbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the debate proper starts at 9:00pm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I also had a scheduling debacle, so I\u2019ll be playing catchup for a bit, here. \u2013lambert<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Return to the mimidae!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/109142\/embed\" height=\"300\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Blue Mockingbird, Yecora, Km 261, Sonora, Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#debate\">Vance-Walz debate<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#october\">Kamala\u2019s October Surprise<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#helene\">Effects of Helene on North Carolina election<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing<\/a> and <a name=\"ila\">Longshoremen<\/a> strikes..<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.\u201d \u2013Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Biden Administration<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"october\"\/>\u201cUS officials quietly backed Israel\u2019s military push against Hezbollah\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/09\/30\/us-israel-military-hezbollah-00181797\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cSenior White House figures privately told Israel that the U.S. would support its decision to ramp up military pressure against Hezbollah \u2014 even as the Biden administration publicly urged the Israeli government in recent weeks to curtail its strikes, according to American and Israeli officials\u2026. Behind the scenes, Hochstein, McGurk and other top U.S. national security officials are describing Israel\u2019s Lebanon operations as a history-defining moment \u2014 one that will reshape the Middle East for the better for years to come. The thinking goes: Israel has obliterated Hezbollah\u2019s top command structure in Lebanon, severely undercutting the group\u2019s capabilities and weakened Iran, which used Hezbollah as a proxy and power projector. The Israelis had planned to launch a significantly bigger ground incursion into Lebanon this week, but Biden officials have urged against it, asking Israel to be more targeted in how it conducted its operations.\u201d \u2022 Commentary:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Biden White House has October Surprised their own candidate. A historical first, I think.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeerJeet\/status\/1841169075185336718\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>For all I know, these people think war with Iran is an election-winning strategy. More:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is either a complete and total failure to contain the conflict by the Biden administration \u2014 or this is what the White House wanted and it&#8217;s the most egregious lie told to the public since WMD. <\/p>\n<p>Either incompetence or duplicity\u2013no 3rd option. <br \/>Malevolent in either case.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryangrim\/status\/1841162032797684108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Tbe eternal question: Stupid or evil? Could be both! Meanwhile:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An Iranian missile exploded near the Mossad headquarters, located on the northern outskirts of Tel Aviv.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8L5e2KsIeC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/8L5e2KsIeC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m9YCPHEjx3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/m9YCPHEjx3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aric Toler (@AricToler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AricToler\/status\/1841200209012854819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNear,\u201d eh? So much for all that Epstein material\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViewers \u2018very nervous\u2019 as Joe Biden\u2019s Hurricane Helene address sparks concern\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/news\/us-news\/joe-biden-hurricane-helene-address-33788114?utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=sharebar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Irish Star<\/a>]. \u201cDuring his address, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstar.com\/news\/us-news\/joe-biden-hurricane-helene-address-33788114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biden was noticeably fighting back coughs<\/a> while speaking about the storm\u2019s tragic consequences\u2026 \u2018We\u2019re keeping all our prayers on all the lives lost\u2026\u2019 he managed between coughs\u2026. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing like wondering, \u2018is my husband, wife, son, daughter, mother, father alive? Many more who remain without electricity, water, food, and communications,\u2019 he continued, coughing again, before affirming to those affected by the disaster, \u2018we are not leaving until the job is done.&#8217;\u201d \u2022\u00a0So, Biden\u2019s third bout with Covid?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than forty days to go!<\/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_2024-09-27.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"760\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-279432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rcp_2024-09-27.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rcp_2024-09-27-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s crop of flag-of-convenience Democrat celebrities and generals didn\u2019t turn the tide either. Despite the micturition and lamentation (very much including my own) about the Trump campaign dogging it when the election is theirs to win (see Gallup, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/651092\/2024-election-environment-favorable-gop.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2024 Election Environment Favorable to GOP<\/a>\u201d on the issues) do note the steady deterioration in Kamala\u2019s position in the (aggregated) top battlegrounds. (Of course, we on the outside might as well be examining the entrails of birds when we try to predict what will happen to a subset of voters (undecided; irregular) in a subset of states (swing), and the irregulars especially might as well be quantum foam, but presumably the campaign professionals have better data, and have the situation as under control as it can be <sub>MR SUBLIMINAL Fooled ya. Kidding!<\/sub>.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"debate\"\/>Vance-Walz debate:<\/p>\n<p>Once again, doors open for the Live Blog at 8:30pm! Personally, I expect this debate to be more interesting than the Presidential debate, given the logorrhea of the previous combatants. But Vance has written a book, and Walz\u2019s wife, also a teacher, had 40 students on their high school debate team, so maybe something rubbed off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJD Vance doesn\u2019t think he needs debate prep to defeat Tim Walz\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/10\/01\/jd-vance-vp-debate-prep-00181340\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018We have well developed views on public policy so we don\u2019t have to prepare that much,\u2019 Vance said in a Teamsters press call on Wednesday morning. \u2018We feel a lot more confident and frankly, you don\u2019t have to prepare if you don\u2019t have to hide what you say.\u2019 His statement was in many ways exactly why Republicans \u2014 and especially Trump \u2014 continue to support him: He\u2019s pithy, plainspoken and gets spirited with the media. And unlike Trump, he stays relentlessly on message and is known as an agile debater.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWant to Check That Fact? For V.P. Debate Viewers, Just Scan the Code\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/30\/business\/media\/cbs-vice-presidential-debate-fact-check-qr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cCBS News, host of Tuesday\u2019s vice-presidential matchup between Senator JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz, is using technology to try something new. A QR code \u2014 the checkerboard-like, black-and-white box that can be scanned by a smartphone \u2014 will appear onscreen for long stretches of the CBS telecast. Viewers who scan the code will be directed to the CBS News website, where a squad of about 20 CBS journalists will post fact-checks of the candidates\u2019 remarks in real time. The code will appear only on CBS; viewers who tune in on a different channel will not see it. (Nearly every major network will simulcast the debate, starting at 9 p.m. Eastern.) But it is a novel approach to guide viewers, already accustomed to watching TV while hovering over a smartphone or laptop, to supplemental journalistic material elsewhere.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Would be nice if users could select from a menu of QR codes, but whatever.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cKamala Harris Is an Artless Dodger\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/peggynoonan.com\/kamala-harris-is-an-artless-dodger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Peggy Noonan<\/a>]. \u201cThe race is deadlocked with six weeks to go and if you\u2019re an undecided, unsure or wavering voter it looks like Awful vs. Empty. [I]n terms of policy [Harris] is coming across as wholly without substance\u2026. This week she couldn\u2019t or wouldn\u2019t answer a single question straight, and people could see it. She is an artless dodger\u2026. Only when speaking of her personal biography does she seem authoritative. Otherwise she is airy, evasive, nonresponsive\u2026. She owes us these answers. It is wrong that she can\u2019t or won\u2019t address them. It is disrespectful to the electorate. If voters don\u2019t get a sense of her deeper beliefs they will think of her as a construct, something other people built so they can run the country as she does photo-ops. Half of America wonders who\u2019s really running things as the Biden years ebb. They won\u2019t want to wonder for another four years. Which gets us back to Awful vs. Empty. When Americans feel that\u2019s the choice and neither side gives them reason to believe otherwise, they\u2019ll likely start to think in ways they believe practical. Empty means trouble, a blur when we need a rudder, a national gamble based on insufficient information. It means a policy regime that would be unpredictable, perhaps extreme. You don\u2019t want that. Awful is\u2014well, awful. But  was president for four years, we didn\u2019t all explode, institutions held, the threatened Constitution maintained. So\u2014maybe that\u2019s their vote. \u2018Close your eyes and think of England.\u2019 Unless of course in the next six weeks somebody surprises them, and impresses them.\u201d \u2022 Fascinating that Nooners uses \u201che\u201d without actually introducing Trump. We all know who \u201che\u201d is\u2026.. <\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cJD Vance allegedly banned from entering Primanti Brothers during campaign stop; restaurant calls it \u2018momentary confusion&#8217;\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtrf.com\/top-stories\/jd-vance-allegedly-banned-from-entering-primanti-brothers-during-campaign-stop-restaurant-calls-it-momentary-confusion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WTRF<\/a>]. \u201cA popular Pittsburgh restaurant is under fire after Trump supporters claim that staff allegedly banned Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance from entering the establishment. Approximately 100 residents of Allegheny County were waiting at the restaurants for Vance\u2019s arrival. Washington County GOP Chair Sean Logue shared his account on social media and is now calling for a boycott of Primanti Brothers. Logue reported [sic] to KDKA that the manager told patrons that Vance was not allowed to make a campaign stop at Primanti Brothers, but pushback came when supporters reminded management that Kamala Harris was granted a photo op at the restaurant last month\u2026. According to reports, Vance stayed outside of the restaurant while a staffer tried to negotiate with Primanti\u2019s manager, going as far as calling corporate. Many of the Trump supporters walked out of the restaurant to take pictures with Vance. A Primanti\u2019s spokesperson told KDKA that Vance and his guest were then welcomed into the restaurant where they were able to talk to different guests. Primanti Brothers released the following statement, \u2018Primanti\u2019s prides itself on being a staple of the Pittsburgh community and a proud American business that has hosted sitting presidents, politicians, and political candidates from across the spectrum for over 90 years. Our doors are open to all patrons who wish to dine with us. Without any advance notice, today\u2019s campaign stop caused some momentary confusion for our staff. However, Senator Vance and his team were welcomed into our restaurant shortly after and engaged with our guests inside and on the property. Senator Vance\u2019s supportive comments that our manager got a little nervous given the secret service, police and crowd accurately reflect the nature of what occurred, but we are glad that it was resolved quickly.\u201d It is reported that while in the restaurant, Vance paid the bill for all of the supporters and walked out two minutes later.\u201d \u2022 Hmm. <em>Could<\/em> be a staff screwup, but reads like a set-up to me, sort of a reverse Penzeys Spices move. And oops:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a boss move by Kamala and Walz. <br \/>Primanti Bros allowed Kamala and their camera\u2019s into their restaurant today, after telling JD Vance NO yesterday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a0Ie2ej2oD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/a0Ie2ej2oD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Liberal Lisa in Oklahoma (@lisa_liberal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lisa_liberal\/status\/1840439252393365915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Not sure how \u201cboss moves\u201d like this jibe with being a President of \u201call the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Trump (R): \u201cTrump\u2019s ageing is as real as Biden\u2019s\u201d [Edward Luce, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/492c9c0e-7e45-4aec-8651-0a859c905b8f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Financial Times<\/a>]. \u201cThe only way to understand his state of mind is to watch every rally to the end or . Ninety-nine per cent of voters do not have the time. Which means that Trump is treated as the same old Trump, eliciting familiar shrugs with the latest childish insult or outrageous vow. You could smuggle a sharp cognitive decline into Trump\u2019s persona and few would notice. In politics, this offers a rare form of hurricane insurance. Nobody who rewatches Trump in 2016 and compares him with today could deny that his memory is patchier and his vocabulary smaller. Even when he avoids familiar tangents about Hannibal Lecter and death by electrocution or sharks, his repetition is notable. \u2018Kamala is mentally impaired,\u2019 Trump said at the weekend. \u2018Joe Biden became mentally impaired. It\u2019s sad. But lying Kamala Harris, honestly, I believe she was born that way.&#8217;\u201d \u2022 I believe that I am one of the very few analysts \u2014 perhaps the <em>only<\/em> analyst \u2014 to review Trump\u2019s transcripts, which I have done <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2016\/07\/fear-and-loathing-at-the-cross-arena-in-bangor-maine-donald-trump-makes-headlines.html\">since 2016, when I saw him speak<\/a>. When<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/06\/trump-2024-vegas-vs-trump-2016-bangor-rhetoric-and-cognition.html\"> I compared Trump in 2016 to Trump in 2024<\/a> \u2014 using transcripts, as Lucse suggests should be done, but does not seem to have done \u2014 I concluded:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>However, I think we can conclude that Trump\u2019s mental acuity is undiminished, that his populism could be seen to have veered off in a Schmittian \u201cfriend and enemy\u201d direction, but that his populism can also be said to include on \u201ckitchen table\u201d issues, like tips, real wages, and unions, the first two certainly distinguishing him from Biden. (At this point we remember that under the CARES ACT, poverty actually diminished.) Trump, for good or ill, remains unique\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, to be fair to Luce, I compared rhetorical constructs and sentence structure; I did not consider vocabulary. Perhaps I should look at that.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBattleground states see waves of new voters sign up who could sway 2024 race\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/09\/29\/voter-registrations-surge-swing-states\/75090346007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">USA Today<\/a>]. \u201cIn the majority of the seven key battleground states where Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris are particularly close in the polls, the current number of registered voters is up compared with the 2020 presidential contest that coincided with the COVID-19 global pandemic. North Carolina, as one example, boasts nearly a half million more registered people in 2024 compared with 2020, when Trump eked out a win over Joe Biden in the Tar Heel State by about 74,000 votes. Over in Michigan, the total count of registered voters has grown by more than 350,000 since October of 2020. Biden\u2019s margin of victory that year over Trump in the midwestern battleground state: a little more than 150,000 votes. Similar voter registration trends are also playing out in Arizona, where Biden bested Trump in 2020 by about 10,500 votes, and Nevada, where the current Democratic president beat his predecessor by nearly 33,600 votes. Between August 2020 and the end of July this year, the Arizona electorate grew by nearly 125,000 voters. In Nevada \u2212 the least populated of this year\u2019s swing states \u2212 more than 260,000 additional registered voters have signed up compared with this time four years ago. There\u2019s an important caveat to this data: Registered voters are not the same thing as actual voters\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>GA: \u201cTrump turns Hurricane Helene aftermath political\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/09\/30\/trump-hurricane-helene-campaign-00181751\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. Oh my stars and garters! More: \u201cStanding before piles of bricks blown off a furniture store in Valdosta, Georgia, Trump repeated his false claim that President Joe Biden wouldn\u2019t get on the phone with the state\u2019s Republican governor \u2014 despite Gov. Brian Kemp saying he had spoken to the president a day earlier and appreciated the federal help his state has received. And addressing reporters who assembled in Georgia ahead of his Monday afternoon stop, Trump predicted that Biden was \u2018sleeping,\u2019 criticized Harris for having been \u2018out somewhere campaigning, looking for money\u2019 a day earlier \u2014 when Trump himself was rallying in Pennsylvania \u2014 and referred to her running mate as \u2018Tampon Tim.\u2019 Even Trump seemed to acknowledge \u2014 at least when reading from prewritten remarks \u2014 that it wasn\u2019t the time or place. \u2018As you know, our country is in the final weeks of a hard-fought national election. At a time like this when a crisis hits, when our fellow citizens cry out in need, none of that matters,\u2019 Trump said as he read from sheets of notes. \u2018We\u2019re not talking about politics now. We have to all get together and get this solved.\u2019 But he refused to stick to that statesman\u2019s tone on Monday. And for all the political benefits Trump has seemed to reap for being the first to show up at disaster sites \u2014 such as his visit to East Palestine, Ohio, early last year, when Biden had failed to go \u2014 his penchant for using any opportunity to smear his rivals was also on full display. Indirectly, so, too, in the aftermath of a hurricane affecting the swing states of North Carolina and Georgia, was the more measured persona Harris is seeking to project in a neck-and-neck race.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>MI: \u201c\u2018A false sense of comfort\u2019: Michigan Dems fight to keep voters\u2019 attention on abortion\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/09\/29\/michigan-dems-abortion-00181430\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cDemocrats swept Michigan in 2022 by campaigning on abortion rights, winning control of all branches of government in Lansing for the first time in nearly 40 years and making the state the first to override a ban on the procedure after the fall of Roe v. Wade. But this year, despite leaning even more heavily into the issue, Democrats remain virtually tied in federal races that could determine the presidency and majorities in Congress. That\u2019s fueling anxiety that abortion slipped off many voters\u2019 radars after Michiganders approved the ballot initiative two years ago. \u2018There\u2019s a false sense of comfort that somehow we\u2019re okay because it\u2019s in the Michigan Constitution,\u2019 outgoing Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow told POLITICO recently\u2026 Democrats\u2019 fight for Michigan is testing the potency and staying power of their national message that Republicans will wipe out access to abortion everywhere if given the chance.&#8217;\u201d \u2022<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"helene\"\/>NC: \u201cHelene adds stress to election in North Carolina\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/10\/01\/hurricane-helene-north-carolina-voting-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Axios<\/a> (SlayTheSmaugs)]. \u201cNorth Carolina, one of the most important battlegrounds in the race for president, is at the center of the destruction from Hurricane Helene. Beyond the physical and emotional toll of the storm, Helene suddenly has created massive hurdles for voters and election officials just 35 days before the Nov. 5 election. \u2018Voting won\u2019t be a priority for a lot of people,\u2019 said Seth Morris, an election law expert and associate at Parker Poe in North Carolina\u2026. Early in-person voting begins in North Carolina on Oct. 17, a deadline that may be difficult for officials in some parts of the state to meet, especially if any of their polling locations were damaged or destroyed. \u2018There are small staffs in a lot of these places whose attention is obviously going to be elsewhere,\u2019 [Seth Morris, an election law expert and associate at Parker Poe in North Carolina] said \u2018[Many] won\u2019t be able to go to work this week and prepare for early voting and to handle the mail-ballots that are coming in.&#8217;\u201d \u2022 Confirming, or at least supporting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/09\/hurricane-helene-hits-hard-in-north-carolina-a-swing-state.html\">my views<\/a> expressed here yesterday. This too\u2013<\/p>\n<p>NC: \u201cHow Helene\u2019s destruction could affect voting in North Carolina\u2019s election\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/cHp13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News &amp; Observer<\/a>]. \u201cIn the aftermath of Hurricane Helene\u2019s destruction in Western North Carolina, concerns have emerged about whether residents affected by the storm will be able to cast their ballots in the November election. Disruptions to the postal service, destruction of polling places, missing or damaged IDs and more could all pose challenges to voters with only 36 days left until the election. \u2018This is all a cascading series of disasters,\u2019 Gerry Cohen, a member of the Wake County Board of Elections, said.\u201d \u2022 I should have added that mail-in ballots would be disrupted; fifty lashes with a wet noodle for Lambert. NOTE: Blue Buncombe County, home of Asheville, is the only county named.<\/p>\n<p>NC: \u201cHarris interrupts campaign schedule to visit Georgia, North Carolina in hurricane aftermath\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/4909719-harris-interrupts-campaign-schedule-to-visit-georgia-north-carolina-in-hurricane-aftermath\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. The headline is deceptive: \u201cHarris will travel to Georgia on Wednesday and then to North Carolina \u2018in the coming days,\u2019 according to a White House official.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PA: \u201cPoll shows a tight race in Pennsylvania, with warning signs for Harris among older voters\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/10\/01\/pennsylvania-aarp-poll-september-00181788\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cHarris is winning 49 percent of likely voters, compared with 47 percent for Trump and 2 percent for other candidates, the poll done by a bipartisan team for AARP found. Three percent are undecided\u2026. Biden was down 5 percentage points overall in that April survey. Among voters aged 18 to 49, he was behind by 1 point; she is now ahead by 14. He was losing independents by 6 points; she is winning them by 9. With Democrats, women, suburban voters, rural voters and even voters without a college degree, she is outperforming Biden. There is a major voting bloc, though, among which she has slipped: seniors. Harris is losing voters aged 65 and older by 7 points, compared with 1 point for Biden. \u2018Harris\u2019 biggest weakness is older voters. It is the biggest share of the electorate, and she is behind,\u2019 said Republican pollster Bob Ward, whose firm, Fabrizio Ward, helped conduct the AARP survey and also polls for the Trump campaign. The economy appears to be a big reason why older voters prefer Trump to Harris. For voters aged 50 and up who ranked inflation and high prices as a top issue, Trump has a 54-point lead.\u201d \u2022 Older voters are the most reliable, too.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Clinton Legacy<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cClinton warns of October surprise that will \u2018distort and pervert\u2019 Harris\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4906833-clinton-warns-october-surprise-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201cFormer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned of an October surprise that will \u2018distort and pervert\u2019 Vice President Harris. \u2018There will be concerted efforts to distort and pervert Kamala Harris, who she is, what she stands for, what she\u2019s done,\u2019 Clinton said during an interview with \u2018Firing Line\u2019 host Margaret Hoover. She pointed to the 2016 \u2018pizzagate\u2019 conspiracy theory that surrounded the end of her presidential campaign against Donald Trump.\u201d \u2022 \u201cSurrounded\u201d is going a lot of work, there. I followed election 2016 closely, and I cannot say that Pizzagate figured largely in the coverage, or that it affected the outcome (and did Clinton really not mention Russia?). So I take this as projection, and I presume the Democrats have a pre-emptive strike ready. We\u2019ll see!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Realignment and Legitimacy<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s The Crisis of Masculinity, Stupid\u201d [Sasha Stone, <a href=\"https:\/\/sashastone.substack.com\/p\/its-a-crisis-of-masculinity-stupid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Free Thinking<\/a>]. \u201cI don\u2019t want to insult Tim Walz or Doug Emhoff. I would never want to make them feel bad about things they can\u2019t help, like masculinity, but BRUH. They would be what one might call sensitive men. No one out there is buying that Tim Walz is the masculine male role model that will bring back male voters. He\u2019s just not that guy. They\u2019re trying to sell him as Chief Brody, but really, he\u2019s Matt Hooper from the Oceanographic Institute.\u201d \u2022 Hooper is, I think, a character from <em>Jaws<\/em>. Not sure what\u2019s going on in this post, but \u201cirritable mental gestures\u201d seems to cover it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Covid Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&amp;list_select_county=all_counties&amp;data-type=Risk&amp;null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>, <del><a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a><\/del>; includes many counties; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wastewater Scan<\/a>, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/businesssolutions\/covid-19-index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a>); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacovid19tracker.org\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iowa COVID-19 Tracker<\/a>\u201d (in IA, but national data). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/icemsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/a>\u201d (especially on hospitalization by city).<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, thanks for the collective effort. To update any entry, do feel free to contact me at the address given with the plants. Please put \u201cCOVID\u201d in the subject line. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (Local): AK (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/af2efc8bffbf4cdc83c2d1a134354074\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/6d2771faa9da4a2786a509d82c8cf0f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AR (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/633006d0782b4544bd5113a314f6268a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AZ (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azdhs.gov\/covid19\/data\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); CA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/CalSuWers-Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.marinhhs.org\/surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marin, dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/healthalerts.stanford.edu\/covid-19\/wastewater-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stanford, wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/?v=SC2_N&amp;l=Oakland%2C+CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oakland, wastewater<\/a>); CO (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.colorado.gov\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cdphe.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/d79cf93c3938470ca4bcc4823328946b#utility=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); CT (<a href=\"https:\/\/data.ct.gov\/stories\/s\/COVID-19-data\/wa3g-tfvc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); DE (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.delaware.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); FL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/5b9d75ba683849928dc1a49c39ab0b1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); GA (<a href=\"https:\/\/dph.georgia.gov\/ga-nwss-wastewater-surveillance-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); HI (<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); IA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmmwra.org\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater reports<\/a>); ID (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Boise; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/?plantId=1056f05c-0e46-4e3d-b007-c0453ba7dc0d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Central Idaho; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/#:SARS-CoV-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Coeur d\u2019Alene; dashboard, <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.srhd.org\/topics\/spokane-county-case-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spokane County<\/a>); IL (<a href=\"https:\/\/iwss.uillinois.edu\/wastewater-treatment-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); IN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.in.gov\/indiana-covid-19-dashboard-and-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); KS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov\/160\/COVID-19-in-Kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/4456bae8a38f4b6180e008477382fff9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Lawrence); KY (<a href=\"https:\/\/louisville.edu\/envirome\/thecoimmunityproject\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Louisville); LA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldh.la.gov\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/covid-19-wastewater-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MD (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); ME (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dhhs\/mecdc\/infectious-disease\/epi\/airborne\/coronavirus\/data.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/stats\/wastewater-surveillance\/dashboard\/sentinel-wastewater-epidemiology-evaluation-project-sweep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/gisportal.state.mi.us\/portal\/apps\/insights\/index.html#\/view\/52bbb104ed574887918f990af9f3debe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/diseases\/coronavirus\/stats\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MO (<a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/f7f5492486114da6b5d6fdc07f81aacf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MS (<a href=\"https:\/\/msdh.ms.gov\/page\/14,0,420.html#Mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>MT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=7c34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; NC (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ncdhhs.gov\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard)<\/a>; ND (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NE (<a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-dhhs.ne.gov\/Atlas\/Respiratory_Illness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NH (<a href=\"https:\/\/wisdom.dhhs.nh.gov\/wisdom\/dashboard.html?topic=covid-19&amp;subtopic=recurring-updates&amp;indicator=covid-19-wastewater#tabnavbarid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NJ (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.nj.gov\/forms\/datadashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NM (<a href=\"https:\/\/cvprovider.nmhealth.org\/public-dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NV (<a href=\"https:\/\/nvhealthresponse.nv.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/empower.unlv.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Southern NV); NY (<a href=\"https:\/\/mbcolli.shinyapps.io\/SARS2EWSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OH (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/dashboards\/other-resources\/wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/51657c21386d4f1a962b1853c76ec589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>OR (<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/oregon.health.authority.covid.19\/viz\/OregonsCOVID-19DataDashboards-TableofContents\/TableofContentsStatewide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; PA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/disease\/coronavirus\/pages\/Cases.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); RI (<a href=\"https:\/\/ri-department-of-health-covid-19-data-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/scdhec.gov\/index.php\/covid19\/covid-19-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SD (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.sd.gov\/COVID\/Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TX (<a href=\"https:\/\/txdshsea.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/4ae43eefd0f641d59d35c3df82ee59cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); UT (<a href=\"https:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/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>Social Norming<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It seems to me that a broadening neurological spectrum is important and, more to the point, adaptive:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maybe it&#8217;s because I came to to CC twitter from autism twitter but it&#8217;s just so glaringly obvious to me that the #1 barrier to mass adoption of masking isn&#8217;t misinformation, it&#8217;s social cues and popularity contests. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ioXx4OaZ2h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/ioXx4OaZ2h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83e\uddc2Mask 4 Tinu &amp; Fiqah (@DestinySugarB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DestinySugarB\/status\/1840882501839176154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 30, 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<p>Lambert here: At last, the wastewater data looks improved. Apparenltly, we dodged a \u201cBack to School\u201d bullet, at least at the national level. The wastewater drop is reinforced by the positivity numbers as well.<\/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\"> This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 23<\/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-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"align: left; margin-left: 0px !important; padding: 9px 0 9px 0;\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-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><\/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&amp;utm_source=govdelivery#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> September 28<\/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 21<\/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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-1-300x226.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-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-3-300x172.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\"> New York[5] <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.health.ny.gov\/daily-hospitalization-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York State<\/a>, data September 27:<\/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> September 7:<\/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 decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-ny-hospitalizatin-nyc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-ny-hospitalizatin-nyc.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-ny-hospitalizatin-nyc-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-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 30:<\/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 21:<\/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-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-4-300x190.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-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1-300x222.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 9:<\/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 9:<\/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-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-3-300x167.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-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3-300x214.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 21:<\/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 21:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl-1-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl-1-300x201.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. Much less intense!<\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) KP.* very popular. XEC has entered the chat.<\/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). <\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Big drop continues!<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Dropping.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Up, though lagged.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants).<\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, positivity down.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Employment Situation: \u201cUnited States Job Openings\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/job-offers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe number of job openings rose by 329,000 to 8.040 million in August 2024 from an upwardly revised 7.711 million in July and above market expectations of 7.655 million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Employment Situation: \u201cUnited States Job Quits\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/job-quits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe number of job quits in the US fell to 3.084 million in August of 2024 from the downwardly revised 3.243 million in the previous month, the lowest since August of 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Supply Chain: \u201cUnited States LMI Logistics Managers Index\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/lmi-logistics-managers-index-current\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe Logistics Manager\u2019s Index in the US jumped to 58.6 in September 2024 from 56.4 in August, pointing to the highest growth rate in the logistics sector in two years. The overall index has now increased for ten consecutive months, providing strong evidence that the logistics industry is back on solid footing.\u201d \u2022 Effect of ILA strike not mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cUnited States Manufacturing PMI\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/manufacturing-pmi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe S&amp;P Global US Manufacturing PMI was revised higher to 47.3 in September 2024 from a preliminary of 47, but remained the lowest since June 2023. It marked the third consecutive month of contraction, with both output and new orders falling sharply due to weakened demand and political uncertainty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"ila\"\/>Supply Chain: \u201cEast and Gulf coast ports strike, with ILA longshoremen walking off job from New England to Texas, stranding billions in trade\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/10\/01\/east-coast-ports-strike-ila-union-work-stop-billions-in-trade.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNBC<\/a>]. \u201cApproximately 50,000 ILA union longshoremen were walking off the job at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports from New England to Texas starting at 12:01 a.m. ET on Tuesday after failing to reach an agreement with ports ownership on a new contract, the union\u2019s first strike since 1977. Between 43%-49% of all U.S. imports and billions of dollars in trade monthly move through the U.S. East Coast and Gulf ports. The International Longshoremen\u2019s Association, the largest maritime union in North America, rejected an offer from the port management group USMX on Monday that included a wage hike over six years near 50%.\u201d \u2022 Commentary:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dockworkers are being totally unreasonable when it comes to demanding pay hikes. What do they think they are, corporate executives?!?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewstoller\/status\/1841092597072216428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Supply Chain: \u201c\u2018I will cripple you\u2019: Dockworkers union vows to shut down U.S. economy with strike\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/i-will-cripple-you-dockworkers-union-vows-to-shut-down-u-s-economy-with-strike-70780b57?mod=genPF_twitter_new&amp;link=sfmw_tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MarketWatch<\/a>]. \u201cIn a video posted by the union last month, the ILA chief negotiator warned a dockworkers strike had the power to \u2018cripple\u2019 the U.S. economy, by blocking the import of everything from cars and clothes to construction materials. \u2018These people today don\u2019t know what a strike is,\u2019 [ the International Longshoremen\u2019s Association\u2019s chief negotiator, Harold Daggett] said. \u2018When my men hit the streets, from Maine to Texas, every single port will lock down. \u2026 Everything in the United States comes on a ship.&#8217;\u201d \u2022 Presumably the contract will end, as should Boeings, on May 1, 2028? Speaking of not knowing \u201cwhat a strike is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Supply Chain: \u201cWhite House left with few good options as dockworkers walk out\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/01\/politics\/white-house-longshore-strike\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. \u201cFor weeks, Cabinet-level officials across an array of agencies have been keeping close tabs on the negotiations between the International Longshoremen\u2019s Association and a consortium of companies managing ports along the East and Gulf coasts. White House officials on Friday met with representatives from the consortium, the US Maritime Corporation, to encourage the association to stay at the negotiating table. When it comes to brokering a potential deal, labor experts say the White House has just two tools: Using the bully pulpit and invoking the Taft-Hartley Act, which would force the longshore workers to get back on the job. President Joe Biden has sent a clear message that he has no plans to do the latter. \u2018No,\u2019 Biden told reporters Sunday when asked whether he would intervene in a potential strike. \u2018Because it\u2019s collective bargaining, and I don\u2019t believe in Taft-Hartley.\u2019 Breaking the strike would be a politically dangerous move for Biden as his vice president, Kamala Harris, runs to succeed him in the Oval Office. Without taking that move, there\u2019s not much else the White House can do.\u201d \u2022 Too bad about the railroad workers, but it wasn\u2019t an election year.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing Mulls $10B Stock Sale To Shore Up Finances\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/boeing-mulls-usd10-billion-stock-sale-to-shore-up-finances-8721048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Investopedia<\/a>]. \u201cBoeing is reportedly considering selling up to $10 billion in stock to boost its revenue as it deals with a strike by its machinists. However, Boeing likely won\u2019t raise equity for at least a month, \u2026 as the company looks to end the strike by reaching a deal with the union and get a clearer estimate of its financial impact. The plane maker was already in a difficult financial position before the strike, after burning through billions to address a variety of issues, including mechanical problems with its planes and a legal settlement with the government related to two deadly crashes\u2026. Shares of Boeing were 2% higher at $154.98 in early trading Tuesday, though even with Tuesday\u2019s gains, they\u2019ve lost over 40% of their value since the start of the year.\u201d \u2022 Seems going to a lot of trouble just to bust the unions.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing Needs to Take a Cue From UPS and Pay Its Strikers\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/AbHBc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>]. \u201cBoeing Co.\u2019s labor negotiators should have paid more attention to how Carol Tom\u00e9, the chief executive officer of United Parcel Service Inc., handled talks with its union last year. UPS workers were itching to strike, and the company was inevitably going to have to give hefty raises. Instead of digging in over a couple of percentage points on the salary increases, risking a strike and creating more animosity with its workforce, Tom\u00e9 relented to the union\u2019s demands. The higher labor costs have squeezed margins, and investors registered their dismay with a 27% drop in the share price since the tentative deal was announced in July last year. UPS customers, though, were grateful that Tom\u00e9 avoided the disruption a strike would have caused. Tom\u00e9\u2019s calculation was that even if she pushed the negotiations to the point of a strike, the company would have ended up in the same place \u2014 a big payout and costly changes such as adding air conditioning to new delivery vehicles. The only difference would have been the worker ill will and angry customers that a strike would have provoked. Automakers, on the other hand, let labor talks break down, and they ended up agreeing to record pay increases after a costly six-week strike. Boeing has dug in its heels with striking machinists who have shut down factories for more than a week, and it\u2019s not working. The planemaker will more than likely have to meet workers\u2019 demands to end this damaging and costly strike. Customers are upset that the delays in plane deliveries will worsen. Suppliers are left in the dark about how much they should cut back on production, which hurts their workers and finances. Repairing the culture of quality and safety on the factory floor is in jeopardy. The strike is only accelerating Boeing\u2019s cash burn, spurring Moody\u2019s Ratings to consider cutting the company\u2019s debt rating.\u201d \u2022 <\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cOver 40 Airlines Could Be Flying Boeing Jets With Risky Rudder Parts\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/over-40-airlines-could-be-flying-boeing-jets-with-risky-1851661895\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jalopnik<\/a>]. \u201cThe National Transportation Safety Board warned over 40 foreign airlines on Tuesday that their Boeing 737 planes may be fitted with potentially dangerous rudder components. The agency identified 271 parts that could fail and jam the rudder control system. The NTSB discovered the issue while investigating a February landing incident involving a United Airlines flight arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport.\u201d \u2022 Whoops.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing can recover from its Starliner troubles, but it can\u2019t afford any other misfires\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/boeing-can-recover-from-its-starliner-troubles-but-it-cant-afford-any-other-misfires-239062\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Conversation<\/a>]. \u201cThe partial failure of Starliner\u2019s mission doesn\u2019t help Boeing\u2019s effort to bounce back from its problems. The company\u2019s reputation has not been irreparably damaged, however. Boeing can recover and is taking the right initiatives to re-emphasise a safety culture \u2013 something that\u2019s crucial to its business going forward. But recovering trust while upholding financial performance can take years.\u201d \u2022 Obviously, the first step to buildng a safety culture is busting the unions. <\/p>\n<p>Tech: So much for backup:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your files are dying.<\/p>\n<p>That SSD you keep in the closet, the one from your old system &#8220;just in case&#8221;. Yup, degrading as we speak.<\/p>\n<p>SSDs are *shockingly* bad at power off retention, esp if it&#8217;s near it&#8217;s endurance rating.<\/p>\n<p>The JEDEC standard only requires 1 year of unpowered data\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zlpkCbTQms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/zlpkCbTQms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LaurieWired (@lauriewired) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lauriewired\/status\/1840798755102380538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I had always assumed unpowered SSDs were stable indefinitely. Since I vehemently oppose the cloud, I suppose I\u2019ll have to get a CD burner or some such. Time consuming!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear &amp; Greed Index: 68 Greed (previous close: 75 Extreme Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 66 (Hreed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Oct 1 at 1:46:30 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For Alma-Tadema stans:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Long before cinema, there was &#8220;cinematic&#8221; painting.<\/p>\n<p>These paintings are centuries old, but look like stills from a high-budget movie epic.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some you haven&#8217;t seen before \u2014 that will blow your mind\u2026 \ud83e\uddf5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wdltpBWHY3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/wdltpBWHY3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Culture Critic (@Culture_Crit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Culture_Crit\/status\/1839700711417810967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">September 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"class\"\/><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cExplicit Tape Showing Diddy and A-List Celeb Being \u2018Shopped Around,\u2019 Attorney Says\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanhollywood411.com\/explicit-diddy-tape-being-shopped\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a>]. \u201c\u201dThere already have been [Diddy] tapes leaking around Hollywood, being shopped around to individuals in Hollywood, but one particular person contacted me to shop a particular video they were in possession of, and to contact the person who was in the video to see if they were interested in purchasing the video before it became public knowledge,\u201d [Attorney Ariel Mitchell-Kidd] said. The attorney declined to disclose the identity of the person in the video, but said they are even more famous than Combs. \u2018Mr. Combs was in the tape and this other person is, I would venture to say, more high-profile than Mr. Combs,\u2019 Mitchell-Kidd explained. The attorney said she\u2019s seen screengrabs from the video, which was recorded at Diddy\u2019s home in Atlanta. \u2018The other person in the video is very visible. It\u2019s no question if it\u2019s that person in the video, and I can tell that the video is pornographic in nature,\u2019 the attorney said, adding that the unnamed celeb did not appear to know they were being recorded. \u2018The person isn\u2019t looking into the camera, so to me, it doesn\u2019t seem like that person knows they\u2019re being videotaped,\u2019 she noted, \u2018like they\u2019re being surreptitiously recorded.&#8217;\u201d\u2022 I don\u2019t care about celebrities. How about people with actual power? Executives? Investors? Regulators? Electeds?<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo All Problems Have Technical Fixes?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/cacm.acm.org\/article\/do-all-problems-have-technical-fixes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Communications of the ACM<\/a>]. \u201cThe unspoken foundational claim is not that computing technology confers certain benefits, a pragmatic claim, and a matter of fact, but that it carries normative value, that it\u2019s good; in particular, our tech is good, and therefore should be out there in the world. This is tricky.\u201d \u2022 By Betteridge\u2019s Law\u2026. <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact information for plants<\/strong>: Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) find out how to send me a check if you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to find out how to send me images of plants. Vegetables are fine! 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