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Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\nPatient readers, I\u2019m afraid brunch got a little out of hand. More soon! \u2013lambert<\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Blue-and-white Mockingbird, Laguna del Bosque, Guatemala. \u201cFull singing bout, 12 minutes long! First phrase not too clear, good quality after that. Bird was perched at midlevel in brush under tall cypress trees, close to footpath.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also: Please allow me to draw your attention to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/10\/the-macaulay-library-bird-songs-and-citizen-science.html\">my post on the Macualey Library<\/a> and birders, who together make this feature possible.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#angst\">Democrat angst<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#musk\">Musk PA events for Trump<\/a> could break the law.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing strike<\/a>: Wall Street, WSJ, maybe DOD, rush to Boeing\u2019s assistance.<\/li>\n<li>Reader query: <a href=\"#ai\">AI poisoner sought<\/a> for photographs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.\u201d \u2013Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than three weeks 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\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"972\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11.png 630w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11-624x963.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you ignore the entire concept of margin of error and go with the narrative, another good week for Trump, especially in MI and PA, tbough not, oddly, in the two hurricane swing states, GA and NC. 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>Kamala (D): \u201cThis Race Is Kamala Harris\u2019s to Lose. Here\u2019s Why.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/kamala-harris-to-lose-heres-why\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vanity Fair<\/a>]. \u201cIn these waning stages of the late Trump era, everything and nothing is a surprise. We\u2019ve become immune. I mean, when you have the nominee of a major political party mentally unplugging during a town hall, stopping answering questions, and swaying along to his own Spotify playlist for 39 interminable minutes\u2014and no one seems to blink\u2014we\u2019re out of surprises.\u201d The lead \u2014 you\u2019d better sit down \u2014 starts with a lie. See the ABC coverage of the event I linked to a couple days ago (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-town-hall-derailed-after-medical-emergencies-crowd\/story?id=114796716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump\u2019s Pennsylvania town hall, interrupted by medical emergencies in crowd, turned into an impromptu concert<\/a>.\u201d People danced and sang, they didn\u2019t leave. More: \u201cBut the reality is that if nothing or everything happens between now and November 5, it\u2019s unlikely to change the outcome. This sucker is baked\u2026. I\u2019m going to make a bold prediction here because I just don\u2019t give a shit if I\u2019m wrong, even if this lives on the internet forever. Kamala Harris is going to win. Maybe easily.\u201d More: \u201cHarris looks strong and confident. She\u2019s demanding another debate. She\u2019s marching into the lion\u2019s den of Fox News and perhaps Joe Rogan\u2019s podcast. She\u2019s running clips of Dictatorial Donald at her rallies\u2014to cheers and jeers. On the campaign trail, she\u2019s enlisting the help of a raft of ready-for-prime-time players, including Barack Obama, other top Democrats, and a number of anti-Trump Republicans.\u201d If you say so. More: \u201cFinally, there is the gender gap. Yes, Trump has an advantage with men. But I believe that in the end, the Harris gender gap with women will shatter all previous records and be determinative. I just feel, in my bones\u2014from talks with voters of all stripes, Gen Z to the senior set\u2014that enough women have sufficient outrage from the Supreme Court\u2019s Dobbs decision, and PTSD from 2016, that they are going to crawl over broken glass to break the glass ceiling.\u201d \u2022 Thank heavens the Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/why-democrats-didnt-codify-roe-when-they-had-the-chance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">never codified Roe<\/a> when they had the chance!<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cRecipe for a Harris Win: More Obama, Less Cheney\u201d [John Nichols, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/archive\/harris-wisconsin-cheneys-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Nation<\/a>]. \u201cIt\u2019s Obama who has the potential to persuade Wisconsin voters, via targeted media ads and, ideally, a high-profile appearance in the state with this year\u2019s nominee. Obama gets Wisconsin. He has always maintained a strategic sense about how to campaign in the state, where he won the 2008 Democratic presidential primary over Hillary Clinton by a commanding 58 to 40 margin. Obama, who as a young man worked with a Chicago-based law firm that maintained an office in Madison, knows where to campaign in the Badger state.\u201d \u2022 The firm where Obama did his lawyering <em>had an office in Madison<\/em>? That\u2019s our argument? Seriously, 2024 \u2013 2008 = 16. 2024 \u2013 2012 = 12. Twelve years is a long time in politics. And isn\u2019t Kamala\u2019s slogan \u201cWe\u2019re not going back?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cKamala Harris and the problem with ceding the argument\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2024-elections\/378238\/kamala-harris-fox-interview-bret-baier-2024-election-immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vox<\/a>]. \u201cIn an appearance on Special Report With Bret Baier [Kamala] got tough questions about immigration policy and the southern border. It was in answering those questions that Harris demonstrated how much the Democratic Party is moving right \u2014 toward the ideological center on immigration \u2014 under the banner of her candidacy. She chose not to defend the virtue of immigration, or of immigrants themselves, and continued to cede the playing field to the right\u2026. This all continues a trend for Harris. Just last week, at a town hall hosted by the Spanish-language media network Univision, Harris was twice presented with opportunities to invoke and condemn Trump\u2019s mass deportation plans when speaking to attendees who had family who were deported or unable to get health care because they lacked legal status. She passed on that chance\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): First <a href=\"https:\/\/pieceworkmagazine.com\/a-brief-history-of-buffalo-plaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">buffalo plaid<\/a> color revolution:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can someone explain why Tim Walz is dressed as Elmer Fudd? What\u2019s this cosplay all about? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BMlQWkxvek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/BMlQWkxvek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Polly Tickal (@BubblesToBurst) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BubblesToBurst\/status\/1846554503451156543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Symbol manipulators gotta symbol manipulate! (I\u2019m semi-serious about that \u201ccolor revolution\u201d quip. For the spooks who increasingly infest the Democrat Party, \u201cour democracy\u201d = \u201ccolor revolution.\u201d Same cause, same people, same methods.)<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Angst:<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"angst\"\/>Oh my:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The thing that so many people have forgotten is how they spent the entire Trump presidency on their last raw nerve, waiting for the horror of the day to descend. The anxiety of having someone so morally, intellectually, and socially defective leading the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Stancil (@whstancil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whstancil\/status\/1846517702053044254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelcome to the uncanny valley of the 2024 election\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/opinion\/msnbc-opinion\/harris-trump-election-day-polls-rcna175495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MSNBC<\/a>]. \u201cIn an election this close, though, there are so many different variables to try to solve for that it can feel impossible to find a formula that denies Trump an electoral victory.The resulting calculus sees Harris\u2019 campaign desperately trying to put together a coalition that can remain stable for the next 21 days. How do you both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/15\/us\/politics\/harris-black-voters-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">win back Black men<\/a> who are open to Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/nabj-event-trump-lights-outreach-black-voters-fire-rcna164640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ham-fisted appeals<\/a> while also being relatable to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/opinion\/msnbc-opinion\/wisconsin-republican-endorsing-kamala-harris-donald-trump-rcna175321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Never Trump Republicans<\/a> you\u2019re wooing? How do you persuade progressives to turn out despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/opinion\/msnbc-opinion\/uncommitted-movement-harris-endorsement-trump-israel-gaza-rcna171833\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">their hesitance over American support for Israel\u2019s war in Gaza<\/a> while also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/kamala-harris-final-push-economy-donald-trump-polling-rcna174277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">focusing on slowing inflation and driving down consumer prices<\/a>?\u201d I know! \u201cOrange man bad!\u201d More: \u201cI\u2019ll let you in on a professional secret here: I don\u2019t have an answer to those questions. Even the people doing the work of trying to win this election don\u2019t know for sure. These next three weeks are set to be a period of distinct discomfort as we stare into the unknown. There is no quick fix that will calm the vibes and reassure nervous Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrying to dance under the cloud of election anxiety\u201d [Amanda Marcotte, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2024\/10\/16\/trying-to-dance-under-the-cloud-of-anxiety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Salon<\/a>]. \u201cMy partner and I were still buzzing with adrenaline from seeing pop star Dua Lipa close out Saturday night at the Austin City Limits music festival when we were subject to a drunk woman\u2019s 10-minute rant about how she hates her Democratic friend. Lipa\u2019s tour and album were both titled \u201cRadical Optimism,\u201d and we were emersed in her curated world for over an hour, dancing and singing with an eclectic crowd of all races and sexual identities. We enjoyed our freedom as if nearly half the country isn\u2019t poised to snatch it all away.\u201d \u201cImmersed,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/emersed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">I think<\/a>. More: \u201cHe were soon hit with a reality check. As we walked away from the show, we kept pace with a fellow concertgoer as she loudly denounced a friend for voting for Vice President Kamala Harris. \u2018All she talks about is abortion,\u2019 the woman, who looked in her late 20s or early 30s, slurred at her two friends. \u2018But she won\u2019t listen about the economy. She said she doesn\u2019t care about the economy!\u2019 I hadn\u2019t attended the Austin City Limits Festival in over 15 years, which made it a useful benchmark for how much cultural progress has occurred since the early years of Barack Obama\u2019s presidency. I was skeptical that this woman felt much financial distress in President Joe Biden\u2019s economy, considering she got so loaded at a show where beer was $15 a pop.\u201d \u2022 Maybe $15 beers are part of \u201cthe economy.\u201d Just a thought.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMassive influx of shadowy get-out-the-vote spending floods swing states\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/10\/17\/get-out-the-vote-campaigns-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WaPo<\/a>]. \u201cNone of these get-out-the-vote efforts are the work of the presidential campaigns or political parties. They belong instead to a vast, shadow machinery built by partisans often under nonpartisan banners to provide the final nudge that delivers the White House by mobilizing unlikely voters in about seven states. Funded largely without public disclosure, through local outfits and national networks, most of the operations have been lying in wait for years in preparation for this moment\u2026. There is no centralized way to know how much money they will spend or just how many people they will reach. Many of the national groups refuse to disclose their budgets, while hundreds of local groups fly entirely under the national radar, funded through tax classifications that will not report their income until next year and will never disclose their donors\u2026. But people involved expect independent field and mobilization machines to easily be measured in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Given the razor thin margins dividing Trump and Harris in the target states, they could easily prove decisive in one or more states.\u201d \u2022 One reason that nobody knows anything\u2026 is that nobody knows anything.<\/p>\n<p>GA: \u201c\u2018Now I like him\u2019: Some Black voters in Georgia see Trump as a real option\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/10\/17\/trump-georgia-democrats-black-voters-00184094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018This race is between college educated and non-college educated. And in the Black community, this race is between working-class and what I call the bourgeois college-educated class,\u2019 said Shelley Wynter, a Black conservative radio host in Atlanta. \u2018If you went to college, an HBCU, were part of the Divine Nine, you\u2019re all in for Kamala Harris.\u2019 But for those in the Black community who aren\u2019t steeped in those kinds of legacy institutions, Wynter continued, there\u2019s some degree of openness toward Trump this time around.\u201d \u2022\u00a0At this point, we recall people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2023\/08\/28\/trump-georgia-motorcade-fulton-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cheering Trump\u2019s motorcade<\/a> as he drove to turn himself in at Fulton County Jail. I saw the videos, and I don\u2019t think there were a lot of AKAs out there.<\/p>\n<p>PA: \u201c\u2018Pennsylvania is such a mess\u2019: Inside Team Harris\u2019 unusual levels of finger-pointing\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/10\/16\/kamala-harris-pennsylvania-campaign-drama-00183844\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cTop Democrats in Pennsylvania are worried Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 operation is being poorly run in the nation\u2019s biggest battleground state. They say some Harris aides lack relationships with key party figures, particularly in Philadelphia and its suburbs. They complain they have been left out of events and surrogates haven\u2019t been deployed effectively. And they\u2019ve urged Harris staff in private meetings to do more to turn out voters of color. Some are even pointing fingers at Harris\u2019 Pennsylvania campaign manager, Nikki Lu, who they say lacks deep knowledge of Philadelphia, where the vice president must drive up voter turnout in order to win. \u2018I have concerns about Nikki Lu,\u2019 said Ryan Boyer, who, as the first Black head of the city\u2019s influential building trades council, is one of the most powerful labor leaders in the state. \u2018I don\u2019t think she understands Philadelphia.’\u201d Whoa. Firing the blame cannons <em>before<\/em> the election? More: \u201cHarris\u2019 path to victory depends on her ability to turn out the heavily Democratic voters in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and their surrounding suburbs, a coalition that relies on a strong performance with voters of color. If the campaign can\u2019t get them to the polls, the state \u2014 and the presidential race \u2014 could be lost.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"musk\"\/>PA: \u201cWhy Elon Musk\u2019s events in Pennsylvania likely violate federal law\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/popular.info\/p\/why-elon-musks-events-in-pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Popular Information<\/a>]. \u201cThis week, we learned that Elon Musk has donated tens of millions of dollars to help former President Donald Trump return to the White House. But he\u2019s not stopping there. Yesterday, Musk announced that he is holding \u2018a series of talks throughout Pennsylvania\u2019 over the next few days. There is just one problem: Musk\u2019s events are likely illegal. Musk, of course, has the right to hold an event explaining why he supports Trump. But these events, hosted by America PAC, a Super PAC founded by Musk, are not open to everyone. To attend, people must sign Musk\u2019s petition supporting free speech and the right to bear arms and have already voted in Pennsylvania\u2026. The problem is not the petition, but the requirement to vote to attend Musk\u2019s event. Federal law prohibits making or offering to make \u2018an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate.\u2019 Violators can be fined or face up to one year in prison\u2026. In this case, Musk is offering something valuable \u2014 an invite to hear him speak \u2014 in exchange for voting. \u2018Just like one cannot give out free ice cream or car washes or concert tickets,\u2019 Hansen writes, \u2018one cannot give out free admission to hear a speech by a tech entrepreneur.’\u201d \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/early-voting-mail-ballot-pennsylvania-how-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Early voting ends in Pennsylvania on October 29<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Our Famously Free Press<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Pack animals:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All these outlets are controlled by the same people, and have the same script. “Testy” <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NIoC4HsWCk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/NIoC4HsWCk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cb_doge\/status\/1846780314300944655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats <em>en D\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrats\u2019 pro-union strategy has been a bust\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/378025\/trump-harris-2024-election-polls-union-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vox<\/a>]. \u201cBut the political return on Democrats\u2019 investment in organized labor has been disappointing\u2026. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/07\/30\/union-voters-decide-presidential-election-pro-worker-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">report<\/a> from the Center for American Progress, between 2012 and 2016, the Democratic presidential nominee\u2019s share of union voters fell from 66 to 53 percent. Four years ago, Biden erased roughly half of that gap, claiming 60 percent of the union vote. But contemporary polling indicates that Democrats have lost ground with unionized voters since then. In fact, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/cnns-harry-enten-says-kamala-harris-headed-for-worst-democratic-performance-in-a-generation-among-union-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">an aggregation from CNN\u2019s Harry Enten<\/a>, Kamala Harris is on track to perform even worse with union households than Hillary Clinton did in 2016.\u201d Let me guess why: The working class is stupid. More: \u201cBut there is reason to think that unions\u2019 capacity to liberalize the views of non-college-educated voters has declined in the Trump era. According to the Democratic data scientist David Shor, his party\u2019s \u201cunion premium\u201d \u2014 the degree to which Democrats perform better with union voters, when controlling for all other demographic variables \u2014 dropped nearly to zero in 2020. Democrats still did better with unionized workers than nonunionized ones that year. Extrapolating from Shor\u2019s math, this was almost entirely attributable to the demographic traits of America\u2019s unionized population, which is more highly educated and less Southern than the American electorate.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Yep.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Realignment and Legitimacy<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHeat Map of January 6th Defendants Across the United States\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justsecurity.org\/104036\/heat-map-january-6th-defendants-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Just Security<\/a>]. \u201cThe graphic below is a \u201cHeat Map\u201d of the United States displaying the hometown origins of all the defendants charged for federal crimes allegedly committed in connection with the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol (identified by general location and not by name). The map reflects the work of the largest criminal investigation in U.S. history.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Impressive work by the organs of state security;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/j6_defendants.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"494\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/j6_defendants.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/j6_defendants-300x247.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>For grins, PA:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/j6_pa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1408\" height=\"804\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/j6_pa.png 1408w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/j6_pa-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/j6_pa-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/j6_pa-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/j6_pa-624x356.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px\"\/><\/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>Elite Maleficence<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSeasonal\u201d as in \u201cevery season\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CDC Announce That Summer Wave Of Winter Viruses Is Over And We\u2019re Now Moving Into Fall Wave Of Winter Viruses <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5fgaLlAHjI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/5fgaLlAHjI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Vertlartnic (@TheVertlartnic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheVertlartnic\/status\/1846596923735626017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 16, 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\"> This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> October 5<\/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\/10\/covid-cdc-www-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-www-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-www-natl-300x186.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-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><\/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> October 12<\/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> October 5<\/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\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-300x235.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\/10\/covid-cdc-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-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 October 15:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> National [6] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/covidnetdashboard\/de\/powerbi\/dashboard.html\" 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\/10\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-6.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-6-300x188.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\/10\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-1-243x300.png 243w\" 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> October 14:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Ohio[8] <a href=\"https:\/\/clevelandcliniclabs.com\/respiratory-virus-surveillance-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a> October 5:<\/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\/10\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-1-300x169.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\/10\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1-300x213.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 16:<\/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 16:<\/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\/10\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1-300x195.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 28:<\/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 28:<\/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\/10\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl\u0327.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl\u0327.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl\u0327-300x199.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\/10\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td>\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) Still some hot spots, but I can\u2019t draw circles around entire regions this week. Good news!<\/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). I see the \u201ceverything in greenish pastels\u201d crowd has gotten to this chart.<\/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 Initial Jobless Claims\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/jobless-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cUS unemployment claims dropped by 19,000 in the week ending October 12, marking the largest decrease in three months after hitting a 14-month high the previous week. The total number of claims fell to 241,000, coming in well below market expectations of 260,000. This drop comes after a surge in claims the previous week, largely due to disruptions from Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Despite this decline, claims remain well above the averages seen earlier this year, reflecting a softening in the US labor market since its post-pandemic peak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cUnited States Industrial Production MoM\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/industrial-production-mom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cIndustrial production in the US fell 0.3 percent from a month earlier in September 2024, more than market expectations of a 0.2 percent decrease and after a downwardly revised 0.3 percent rise in August.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cUnited States Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/philadelphia-fed-manufacturing-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index in the US soared to 10.3 in October 2024, a significant jump from September\u2019s 1.7 and surpassing the expected 3. Current general activity, new orders, and shipments all experienced growth, with new orders and shipments returning to positive levels. However, the employment index decreased, indicating stable employment conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Retail: \u201cU.S. Retail Sales\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/retail-sales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cRetail sales in the US increased 0.4% month-over-month in September 2024, well above a 0.1% gain in August and beating market expectations of a 0.3% rise. Sales at miscellaneous store retailers recorded the biggest increase (4%), followed by clothing (1.5%), health and personal care stores (1.1%) and food and beverages stores (1%).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing\u2019s big borrowing might be backing it into a corner\u2019 [<a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/boeing-cash-equity-bond-sale-strike-credit-rating-1851675161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Quartz<\/a>]. \u201cBoeing\u2019s plan to outlast its strike is taking shape, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/boeing-closes-15-billion-financing-via-stock-hybrid-bonds-2024-10-16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters reporting<\/a> on plans to raise $15 billion through stock and convertible bond sales\u2026. Structuring its new borrowings will be a very delicate maneuver for Boeing, which may face credit scrutiny due to the uncertainty of its labor situation. Any further stress on its balance sheet might push the company to a breaking point. Assessing the initial announcement of the new cash injection plans, the Fitch ratings agency was very cautiously optimistic. \u2018Management\u2019s willingness and ability to access non-debt capital sources over the coming months will help alleviate downgrade risks,\u2019 it said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cThe Machinists Take Boeing Hostage\u201d [Editorial Board, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/QrZNV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>]. \u201cWhile the strike doesn\u2019t have the same potential to shut down the U.S. economy as the longshoremen stoppage, it could have larger consequences for national security. The strike is delaying production of military jets, and the layoffs could reduce research and development on defense and space.<\/p>\n<p>The union may feel it has the whip hand because politicians aren\u2019t likely to let Boeing fail. But the company could still emerge from a strike much weaker. Management errors and unrealistic union demands are damaging a once great American company, and it is hurting workers as much as shareholders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing Needs Some Help to Stem Its Cash Burn and Losses\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/odHCy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>]. \u201c[T]he more immediate need is to end the strike and return to producing high-quality aircraft, and Boeing needs a little financial breathing room for that. Certainly, the Defense Department could ease some of Boeing\u2019s pain by renegotiating fixed-price contracts that are strangling the company.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Interesting to see who\u2019s riding to Boeing management\u2019s rescue\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cResolution of a Boeing legal crisis hangs in balance as financial crisis deepens\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/resolution-of-a-boeing-legal-crisis-hangs-in-balance-as-financial-crisis-deepens-080000868.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yahoo Finance<\/a>]. \u201cBoeing\u2019s plan to lay off thousands of workers could potentially pose a problem for approval of the guilty plea deal, according to [Rizwan Qureshi, a former federal prosecutor and white-collar partner in Reed Smith LLP\u2019s Washington office]. The company breached its original DOJ agreement by failing to carry out its promised compliance and ethics measures. Because those requirements were meant to prevent and detect future violations of US fraud laws, Boeing may need to satisfy Judge O\u2019Connor that laid-off workers are not needed to carry out its future safety commitments.\u201d And: \u201cThe families want the agreement thrown out in favor of a trial and bigger fines. Boeing has agreed to pay $487 million, including a credit for roughly $243 million in fines already paid\u2026. Relatives of the victims asked the judge to fine Boeing $24.8 billion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing\u2019s Strike Stalemate Leaves Mediators Hunting For Consensus\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Ur00a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>]. \u201cFederal mediators check in frequently with the deadlocked officials, teasing out details of what they\u2019re thinking and paying close attention to even the slightest wording changes. They\u2019re looking for shifts that would merit summoning teams from Boeing and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers back for more negotiations, hoping the next round might finally bring a breakthrough\u2026 the IAM district has a history of long strikes at Boeing \u2014 the average is 58 days, according to Robert Spingarn of Melius Research LLC. And union officials have been preparing workers for years for a long hold-out. \u2018This isn\u2019t necessarily unusual and in particular for these parties, if you look back historically,\u2019 said [Beth Schindler, a regional director for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service], who\u2019s been with FMCS since 1996 in Seattle, helping on previous Boeing strikes. \u2018I have no doubt that they are working behind the scenes, even if independently, to figure out what their next steps are.\u2019\u2026 \u2018We\u2019re looking for rocks to turn over to see if there\u2019s something underneath,\u2019 Schindler said.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Turn over a rock at Boeing and you\u2019ll find management.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cRyanair Chief Says Boeing To Blame For Lower Traffic Growth\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/robertolsen-1\/2024\/10\/16\/ryanair-chief-says-boeing-to-blame-for-lower-traffic-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forbes<\/a>]. \u201cRyanair\u2019s CEO Michael O\u2019Leary said that in his 30 years in the airline industry he had never seen capacity constraints like those he\u2019s facing now. \u2018We were supposed to get 20 deliveries before the end of December. They\u2019ll probably come now in January and February, and that\u2019s fine. We\u2019ll have them in time for next summer,\u2019 O\u2019Leary said. \u2018The big issue for Ryanair is we\u2019re due 30 aircraft in March, April, May and June of next year, and how many of those will we get?\u2019 \u2018I think we\u2019re clearly going to walk back our traffic growth for next year, because I don\u2019t think we\u2019re going to get all those 30 aircraft,\u201d O\u2019Leary added.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201cMusk Sneaks in X AI Training Clause\u2026and No, You Can\u2019t Opt Out\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tech.co\/news\/musk-sneaks-in-x-ai-training-clauseand-no-you-cant-opt-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tech.co<\/a>]. \u201cX has updated its T&Cs and eagle-eyed users have spotted a now sweeping rights grab that means all content can be used for training AI models. The new license includes the statement that users who post, submit, or display content on the social media platform now automatically grant the platform a \u2018worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license.\u2019\u2026 It also includes the right for X to sublicense content, which means it can offer it up to other parties\u2026 The sublicensing element means that AI developers could buy your content from X; and you\u2019ll be completely unaware of who is using it and how.\u201d \u2022 Reader query: I don\u2019t want to allow Elon\u2019s new Terms to steal my photographs and turn them into AI slop. Does anybody know of a really fast (in seconds) AI poisoner for images? I\u2019ve tried <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/10\/Nightshade\">Nightshade<\/a> and it\u2019s too slow, like half and hour per image (and the UI\/UX is awful). <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 72 Greed (previous close: 69 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 69 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Oct 17 at 3:37:34 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"zeitgeist\"\/><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since this is a Booth cartoon, I thought about putting it in Gallery, but Zeitgeist Watch seems more appropriate:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kTwpPADCbu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/kTwpPADCbu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glitz Ladle Crowe (@MyrlCrowe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MyrlCrowe\/status\/1846852453905412406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am not feeling wired today.<\/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\/10\/200pm-water-cooler-10-16-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From TH:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rose_3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rose_3.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rose_3-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>TH writes: \u201cI don\u2019t know what it is about roses with a wall background that always compels me to photograph them, but that\u2019s my excuse for taking this one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"donate\"\/><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Water Cooler is a standalone entity <em>not<\/em> covered by the annual NC fundraiser. Material here is Lambert\u2019s, and does not express the views of the Naked Capitalism site. 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Thank you!\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"printfriendly pf-alignleft\"><a href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF & Email\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;-webkit-box-shadow:none; -moz-box-shadow: none; box-shadow:none; padding:0; margin:0\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.printfriendly.com\/buttons\/print-button-gray.png\" alt=\"Print Friendly, PDF & Email\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\nThis entry was posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/category\/guest-post\" rel=\"category tag\">Guest Post<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/category\/water-cooler\" rel=\"category tag\">Water Cooler<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/10\/200pm-water-cooler-10-17-2024.html\" title=\"2:00 pm\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2024-10-17T14:00:59-04:00\">October 17, 2024<\/time><\/a><span class=\"by-author\"> by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/author\/lambert-strether\" title=\"View all posts by Lambert Strether\" rel=\"author\">Lambert Strether<\/a><\/span><\/span>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"author-description\">\n<h2>About Lambert Strether<\/h2>\n<p>Readers, I have had a correspondent characterize my views as realistic cynical. Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Clearly, neither liberal Democrats nor conservative Republicans can deliver on such programs, because the two are different flavors of neoliberalism (\u201cBecause markets\u201d). I don\u2019t much care about the \u201cism\u201d that delivers the benefits, although whichever one does have to put common humanity first, as opposed to markets. Could be a second FDR saving capitalism, democratic socialism leashing and collaring it, or communism razing it. I don\u2019t much care, as long as the benefits are delivered.<br \/>\nTo me, the key issue \u2014 and this is why Medicare for All is always first with me \u2014 is the tens of thousands of excess \u201cdeaths from despair,\u201d as described by the Case-Deaton study, and other recent studies. That enormous body count makes Medicare for All, at the very least, a moral and strategic imperative. And that level of suffering and organic damage makes the concerns of identity politics \u2014 even the worthy fight to help the refugees Bush, Obama, and Clinton\u2019s wars created \u2014 bright shiny objects by comparison. Hence my frustration with the news flow \u2014 currently in my view the swirling intersection of two, separate Shock Doctrine campaigns, one by the Administration, and the other by out-of-power liberals and their allies in the State and in the press \u2014 a news flow that constantly forces me to focus on matters that I regard as of secondary importance to the excess deaths. What kind of political economy is it that halts or even reverses the increases in life expectancy that civilized societies have achieved? I am also very hopeful that the continuing destruction of both party establishments will open the space for voices supporting programs similar to those I have listed; let\u2019s call such voices \u201cthe left.\u201d Volatility creates opportunity, especially if the Democrat establishment, which puts markets first and opposes all such programs, isn\u2019t allowed to get back into the saddle. Eyes on the prize! 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Patient readers, I\u2019m afraid brunch got a little out of hand. More soon! \u2013lambert<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Blue-and-white Mockingbird, Laguna del Bosque, Guatemala. \u201cFull singing bout, 12 minutes long! First phrase not too clear, good quality after that. Bird was perched at midlevel in brush under tall cypress trees, close to footpath.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also: Please allow me to draw your attention to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/10\/the-macaulay-library-bird-songs-and-citizen-science.html\">my post on the Macualey Library<\/a> and birders, who together make this feature possible.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#angst\">Democrat angst<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#musk\">Musk PA events for Trump<\/a> could break the law.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing strike<\/a>: Wall Street, WSJ, maybe DOD, rush to Boeing\u2019s assistance.<\/li>\n<li>Reader query: <a href=\"#ai\">AI poisoner sought<\/a> for photographs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.\u201d \u2013Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Less than three weeks 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\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"972\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11.png 630w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rcp_2024-10-11-624x963.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you ignore the entire concept of margin of error and go with the narrative, another good week for Trump, especially in MI and PA, tbough not, oddly, in the two hurricane swing states, GA and NC. 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>Kamala (D): \u201cThis Race Is Kamala Harris\u2019s to Lose. Here\u2019s Why.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/kamala-harris-to-lose-heres-why\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vanity Fair<\/a>]. \u201cIn these waning stages of the late Trump era, everything and nothing is a surprise. We\u2019ve become immune. I mean, when you have the nominee of a major political party mentally unplugging during a town hall, stopping answering questions, and swaying along to his own Spotify playlist for 39 interminable minutes\u2014and no one seems to blink\u2014we\u2019re out of surprises.\u201d The lead \u2014 you\u2019d better sit down \u2014 starts with a lie. See the ABC coverage of the event I linked to a couple days ago (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-town-hall-derailed-after-medical-emergencies-crowd\/story?id=114796716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trump\u2019s Pennsylvania town hall, interrupted by medical emergencies in crowd, turned into an impromptu concert<\/a>.\u201d People danced and sang, they didn\u2019t leave. More: \u201cBut the reality is that if nothing or everything happens between now and November 5, it\u2019s unlikely to change the outcome. This sucker is baked\u2026. I\u2019m going to make a bold prediction here because I just don\u2019t give a shit if I\u2019m wrong, even if this lives on the internet forever. Kamala Harris is going to win. Maybe easily.\u201d More: \u201cHarris looks strong and confident. She\u2019s demanding another debate. She\u2019s marching into the lion\u2019s den of Fox News and perhaps Joe Rogan\u2019s podcast. She\u2019s running clips of Dictatorial Donald at her rallies\u2014to cheers and jeers. On the campaign trail, she\u2019s enlisting the help of a raft of ready-for-prime-time players, including Barack Obama, other top Democrats, and a number of anti-Trump Republicans.\u201d If you say so. More: \u201cFinally, there is the gender gap. Yes, Trump has an advantage with men. But I believe that in the end, the Harris gender gap with women will shatter all previous records and be determinative. I just feel, in my bones\u2014from talks with voters of all stripes, Gen Z to the senior set\u2014that enough women have sufficient outrage from the Supreme Court\u2019s Dobbs decision, and PTSD from 2016, that they are going to crawl over broken glass to break the glass ceiling.\u201d \u2022 Thank heavens the Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/why-democrats-didnt-codify-roe-when-they-had-the-chance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">never codified Roe<\/a> when they had the chance!<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cRecipe for a Harris Win: More Obama, Less Cheney\u201d [John Nichols, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/archive\/harris-wisconsin-cheneys-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Nation<\/a>]. \u201cIt\u2019s Obama who has the potential to persuade Wisconsin voters, via targeted media ads and, ideally, a high-profile appearance in the state with this year\u2019s nominee. Obama gets Wisconsin. He has always maintained a strategic sense about how to campaign in the state, where he won the 2008 Democratic presidential primary over Hillary Clinton by a commanding 58 to 40 margin. Obama, who as a young man worked with a Chicago-based law firm that maintained an office in Madison, knows where to campaign in the Badger state.\u201d \u2022 The firm where Obama did his lawyering <em>had an office in Madison<\/em>? That\u2019s our argument? Seriously, 2024 \u2013 2008 = 16. 2024 \u2013 2012 = 12. Twelve years is a long time in politics. And isn\u2019t Kamala\u2019s slogan \u201cWe\u2019re not going back?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): \u201cKamala Harris and the problem with ceding the argument\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2024-elections\/378238\/kamala-harris-fox-interview-bret-baier-2024-election-immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vox<\/a>]. \u201cIn an appearance on Special Report With Bret Baier [Kamala] got tough questions about immigration policy and the southern border. It was in answering those questions that Harris demonstrated how much the Democratic Party is moving right \u2014 toward the ideological center on immigration \u2014 under the banner of her candidacy. She chose not to defend the virtue of immigration, or of immigrants themselves, and continued to cede the playing field to the right\u2026. This all continues a trend for Harris. Just last week, at a town hall hosted by the Spanish-language media network Univision, Harris was twice presented with opportunities to invoke and condemn Trump\u2019s mass deportation plans when speaking to attendees who had family who were deported or unable to get health care because they lacked legal status. She passed on that chance\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kamala (D): First <a href=\"https:\/\/pieceworkmagazine.com\/a-brief-history-of-buffalo-plaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">buffalo plaid<\/a> color revolution:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can someone explain why Tim Walz is dressed as Elmer Fudd? What\u2019s this cosplay all about? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BMlQWkxvek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/BMlQWkxvek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Polly Tickal (@BubblesToBurst) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BubblesToBurst\/status\/1846554503451156543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Symbol manipulators gotta symbol manipulate! (I\u2019m semi-serious about that \u201ccolor revolution\u201d quip. For the spooks who increasingly infest the Democrat Party, \u201cour democracy\u201d = \u201ccolor revolution.\u201d Same cause, same people, same methods.)<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Angst:<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"angst\"\/>Oh my:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The thing that so many people have forgotten is how they spent the entire Trump presidency on their last raw nerve, waiting for the horror of the day to descend. The anxiety of having someone so morally, intellectually, and socially defective leading the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Stancil (@whstancil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whstancil\/status\/1846517702053044254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelcome to the uncanny valley of the 2024 election\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/opinion\/msnbc-opinion\/harris-trump-election-day-polls-rcna175495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MSNBC<\/a>]. \u201cIn an election this close, though, there are so many different variables to try to solve for that it can feel impossible to find a formula that denies Trump an electoral victory.The resulting calculus sees Harris\u2019 campaign desperately trying to put together a coalition that can remain stable for the next 21 days. How do you both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/15\/us\/politics\/harris-black-voters-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">win back Black men<\/a> who are open to Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/nabj-event-trump-lights-outreach-black-voters-fire-rcna164640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ham-fisted appeals<\/a> while also being relatable to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/opinion\/msnbc-opinion\/wisconsin-republican-endorsing-kamala-harris-donald-trump-rcna175321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Never Trump Republicans<\/a> you\u2019re wooing? How do you persuade progressives to turn out despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/opinion\/msnbc-opinion\/uncommitted-movement-harris-endorsement-trump-israel-gaza-rcna171833\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">their hesitance over American support for Israel\u2019s war in Gaza<\/a> while also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/kamala-harris-final-push-economy-donald-trump-polling-rcna174277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">focusing on slowing inflation and driving down consumer prices<\/a>?\u201d I know! \u201cOrange man bad!\u201d More: \u201cI\u2019ll let you in on a professional secret here: I don\u2019t have an answer to those questions. Even the people doing the work of trying to win this election don\u2019t know for sure. These next three weeks are set to be a period of distinct discomfort as we stare into the unknown. There is no quick fix that will calm the vibes and reassure nervous Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrying to dance under the cloud of election anxiety\u201d [Amanda Marcotte, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2024\/10\/16\/trying-to-dance-under-the-cloud-of-anxiety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Salon<\/a>]. \u201cMy partner and I were still buzzing with adrenaline from seeing pop star Dua Lipa close out Saturday night at the Austin City Limits music festival when we were subject to a drunk woman\u2019s 10-minute rant about how she hates her Democratic friend. Lipa\u2019s tour and album were both titled \u201cRadical Optimism,\u201d and we were emersed in her curated world for over an hour, dancing and singing with an eclectic crowd of all races and sexual identities. We enjoyed our freedom as if nearly half the country isn\u2019t poised to snatch it all away.\u201d \u201cImmersed,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/emersed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">I think<\/a>. More: \u201cHe were soon hit with a reality check. As we walked away from the show, we kept pace with a fellow concertgoer as she loudly denounced a friend for voting for Vice President Kamala Harris. \u2018All she talks about is abortion,\u2019 the woman, who looked in her late 20s or early 30s, slurred at her two friends. \u2018But she won\u2019t listen about the economy. She said she doesn\u2019t care about the economy!\u2019 I hadn\u2019t attended the Austin City Limits Festival in over 15 years, which made it a useful benchmark for how much cultural progress has occurred since the early years of Barack Obama\u2019s presidency. I was skeptical that this woman felt much financial distress in President Joe Biden\u2019s economy, considering she got so loaded at a show where beer was $15 a pop.\u201d \u2022 Maybe $15 beers are part of \u201cthe economy.\u201d Just a thought.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMassive influx of shadowy get-out-the-vote spending floods swing states\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/10\/17\/get-out-the-vote-campaigns-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WaPo<\/a>]. \u201cNone of these get-out-the-vote efforts are the work of the presidential campaigns or political parties. They belong instead to a vast, shadow machinery built by partisans often under nonpartisan banners to provide the final nudge that delivers the White House by mobilizing unlikely voters in about seven states. Funded largely without public disclosure, through local outfits and national networks, most of the operations have been lying in wait for years in preparation for this moment\u2026. There is no centralized way to know how much money they will spend or just how many people they will reach. Many of the national groups refuse to disclose their budgets, while hundreds of local groups fly entirely under the national radar, funded through tax classifications that will not report their income until next year and will never disclose their donors\u2026. But people involved expect independent field and mobilization machines to easily be measured in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Given the razor thin margins dividing Trump and Harris in the target states, they could easily prove decisive in one or more states.\u201d \u2022 One reason that nobody knows anything\u2026 is that nobody knows anything.<\/p>\n<p>GA: \u201c\u2018Now I like him\u2019: Some Black voters in Georgia see Trump as a real option\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/10\/17\/trump-georgia-democrats-black-voters-00184094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201c\u2018This race is between college educated and non-college educated. And in the Black community, this race is between working-class and what I call the bourgeois college-educated class,\u2019 said Shelley Wynter, a Black conservative radio host in Atlanta. \u2018If you went to college, an HBCU, were part of the Divine Nine, you\u2019re all in for Kamala Harris.\u2019 But for those in the Black community who aren\u2019t steeped in those kinds of legacy institutions, Wynter continued, there\u2019s some degree of openness toward Trump this time around.\u201d \u2022\u00a0At this point, we recall people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2023\/08\/28\/trump-georgia-motorcade-fulton-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cheering Trump\u2019s motorcade<\/a> as he drove to turn himself in at Fulton County Jail. I saw the videos, and I don\u2019t think there were a lot of AKAs out there.<\/p>\n<p>PA: \u201c\u2018Pennsylvania is such a mess\u2019: Inside Team Harris\u2019 unusual levels of finger-pointing\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/10\/16\/kamala-harris-pennsylvania-campaign-drama-00183844\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cTop Democrats in Pennsylvania are worried Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 operation is being poorly run in the nation\u2019s biggest battleground state. They say some Harris aides lack relationships with key party figures, particularly in Philadelphia and its suburbs. They complain they have been left out of events and surrogates haven\u2019t been deployed effectively. And they\u2019ve urged Harris staff in private meetings to do more to turn out voters of color. Some are even pointing fingers at Harris\u2019 Pennsylvania campaign manager, Nikki Lu, who they say lacks deep knowledge of Philadelphia, where the vice president must drive up voter turnout in order to win. \u2018I have concerns about Nikki Lu,\u2019 said Ryan Boyer, who, as the first Black head of the city\u2019s influential building trades council, is one of the most powerful labor leaders in the state. \u2018I don\u2019t think she understands Philadelphia.’\u201d Whoa. Firing the blame cannons <em>before<\/em> the election? More: \u201cHarris\u2019 path to victory depends on her ability to turn out the heavily Democratic voters in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and their surrounding suburbs, a coalition that relies on a strong performance with voters of color. If the campaign can\u2019t get them to the polls, the state \u2014 and the presidential race \u2014 could be lost.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"musk\"\/>PA: \u201cWhy Elon Musk\u2019s events in Pennsylvania likely violate federal law\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/popular.info\/p\/why-elon-musks-events-in-pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Popular Information<\/a>]. \u201cThis week, we learned that Elon Musk has donated tens of millions of dollars to help former President Donald Trump return to the White House. But he\u2019s not stopping there. Yesterday, Musk announced that he is holding \u2018a series of talks throughout Pennsylvania\u2019 over the next few days. There is just one problem: Musk\u2019s events are likely illegal. Musk, of course, has the right to hold an event explaining why he supports Trump. But these events, hosted by America PAC, a Super PAC founded by Musk, are not open to everyone. To attend, people must sign Musk\u2019s petition supporting free speech and the right to bear arms and have already voted in Pennsylvania\u2026. The problem is not the petition, but the requirement to vote to attend Musk\u2019s event. Federal law prohibits making or offering to make \u2018an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate.\u2019 Violators can be fined or face up to one year in prison\u2026. In this case, Musk is offering something valuable \u2014 an invite to hear him speak \u2014 in exchange for voting. \u2018Just like one cannot give out free ice cream or car washes or concert tickets,\u2019 Hansen writes, \u2018one cannot give out free admission to hear a speech by a tech entrepreneur.’\u201d \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/early-voting-mail-ballot-pennsylvania-how-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Early voting ends in Pennsylvania on October 29<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Our Famously Free Press<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Pack animals:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All these outlets are controlled by the same people, and have the same script. “Testy” <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NIoC4HsWCk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/NIoC4HsWCk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cb_doge\/status\/1846780314300944655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats <em>en D\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrats\u2019 pro-union strategy has been a bust\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/378025\/trump-harris-2024-election-polls-union-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vox<\/a>]. \u201cBut the political return on Democrats\u2019 investment in organized labor has been disappointing\u2026. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/07\/30\/union-voters-decide-presidential-election-pro-worker-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">report<\/a> from the Center for American Progress, between 2012 and 2016, the Democratic presidential nominee\u2019s share of union voters fell from 66 to 53 percent. Four years ago, Biden erased roughly half of that gap, claiming 60 percent of the union vote. But contemporary polling indicates that Democrats have lost ground with unionized voters since then. In fact, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/cnns-harry-enten-says-kamala-harris-headed-for-worst-democratic-performance-in-a-generation-among-union-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">an aggregation from CNN\u2019s Harry Enten<\/a>, Kamala Harris is on track to perform even worse with union households than Hillary Clinton did in 2016.\u201d Let me guess why: The working class is stupid. More: \u201cBut there is reason to think that unions\u2019 capacity to liberalize the views of non-college-educated voters has declined in the Trump era. According to the Democratic data scientist David Shor, his party\u2019s \u201cunion premium\u201d \u2014 the degree to which Democrats perform better with union voters, when controlling for all other demographic variables \u2014 dropped nearly to zero in 2020. Democrats still did better with unionized workers than nonunionized ones that year. Extrapolating from Shor\u2019s math, this was almost entirely attributable to the demographic traits of America\u2019s unionized population, which is more highly educated and less Southern than the American electorate.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Yep.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Realignment and Legitimacy<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHeat Map of January 6th Defendants Across the United States\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justsecurity.org\/104036\/heat-map-january-6th-defendants-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Just Security<\/a>]. \u201cThe graphic below is a \u201cHeat Map\u201d of the United States displaying the hometown origins of all the defendants charged for federal crimes allegedly committed in connection with the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol (identified by general location and not by name). The map reflects the work of the largest criminal investigation in U.S. history.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Impressive work by the organs of state security;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/j6_defendants.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"494\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/j6_defendants.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/j6_defendants-300x247.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>For grins, PA:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/j6_pa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1408\" height=\"804\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/j6_pa.png 1408w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/j6_pa-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/j6_pa-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/j6_pa-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/j6_pa-624x356.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px\"\/><\/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>Elite Maleficence<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSeasonal\u201d as in \u201cevery season\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CDC Announce That Summer Wave Of Winter Viruses Is Over And We\u2019re Now Moving Into Fall Wave Of Winter Viruses <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5fgaLlAHjI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/5fgaLlAHjI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Vertlartnic (@TheVertlartnic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheVertlartnic\/status\/1846596923735626017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 16, 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\"> This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> October 5<\/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\/10\/covid-cdc-www-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-www-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-www-natl-300x186.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-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><\/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> October 12<\/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> October 5<\/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\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-300x235.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\/10\/covid-cdc-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-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 October 15:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> National [6] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/covidnetdashboard\/de\/powerbi\/dashboard.html\" 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\/10\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-6.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-6-300x188.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\/10\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-1-243x300.png 243w\" 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> October 14:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Ohio[8] <a href=\"https:\/\/clevelandcliniclabs.com\/respiratory-virus-surveillance-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a> October 5:<\/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\/10\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-1-300x169.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\/10\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1-300x213.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 16:<\/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 16:<\/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\/10\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-280212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-1-300x195.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 28:<\/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 28:<\/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\/10\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl\u0327.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl\u0327.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl\u0327-300x199.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\/10\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-279826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/covid-cdc-death-ed-natl-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td>\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) Still some hot spots, but I can\u2019t draw circles around entire regions this week. Good news!<\/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). I see the \u201ceverything in greenish pastels\u201d crowd has gotten to this chart.<\/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 Initial Jobless Claims\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/jobless-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cUS unemployment claims dropped by 19,000 in the week ending October 12, marking the largest decrease in three months after hitting a 14-month high the previous week. The total number of claims fell to 241,000, coming in well below market expectations of 260,000. This drop comes after a surge in claims the previous week, largely due to disruptions from Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Despite this decline, claims remain well above the averages seen earlier this year, reflecting a softening in the US labor market since its post-pandemic peak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cUnited States Industrial Production MoM\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/industrial-production-mom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cIndustrial production in the US fell 0.3 percent from a month earlier in September 2024, more than market expectations of a 0.2 percent decrease and after a downwardly revised 0.3 percent rise in August.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cUnited States Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/philadelphia-fed-manufacturing-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index in the US soared to 10.3 in October 2024, a significant jump from September\u2019s 1.7 and surpassing the expected 3. Current general activity, new orders, and shipments all experienced growth, with new orders and shipments returning to positive levels. However, the employment index decreased, indicating stable employment conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Retail: \u201cU.S. Retail Sales\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/retail-sales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cRetail sales in the US increased 0.4% month-over-month in September 2024, well above a 0.1% gain in August and beating market expectations of a 0.3% rise. Sales at miscellaneous store retailers recorded the biggest increase (4%), followed by clothing (1.5%), health and personal care stores (1.1%) and food and beverages stores (1%).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing\u2019s big borrowing might be backing it into a corner\u2019 [<a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/boeing-cash-equity-bond-sale-strike-credit-rating-1851675161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Quartz<\/a>]. \u201cBoeing\u2019s plan to outlast its strike is taking shape, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/boeing-closes-15-billion-financing-via-stock-hybrid-bonds-2024-10-16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters reporting<\/a> on plans to raise $15 billion through stock and convertible bond sales\u2026. Structuring its new borrowings will be a very delicate maneuver for Boeing, which may face credit scrutiny due to the uncertainty of its labor situation. Any further stress on its balance sheet might push the company to a breaking point. Assessing the initial announcement of the new cash injection plans, the Fitch ratings agency was very cautiously optimistic. \u2018Management\u2019s willingness and ability to access non-debt capital sources over the coming months will help alleviate downgrade risks,\u2019 it said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cThe Machinists Take Boeing Hostage\u201d [Editorial Board, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/QrZNV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>]. \u201cWhile the strike doesn\u2019t have the same potential to shut down the U.S. economy as the longshoremen stoppage, it could have larger consequences for national security. The strike is delaying production of military jets, and the layoffs could reduce research and development on defense and space.<\/p>\n<p>The union may feel it has the whip hand because politicians aren\u2019t likely to let Boeing fail. But the company could still emerge from a strike much weaker. Management errors and unrealistic union demands are damaging a once great American company, and it is hurting workers as much as shareholders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing Needs Some Help to Stem Its Cash Burn and Losses\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/odHCy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>]. \u201c[T]he more immediate need is to end the strike and return to producing high-quality aircraft, and Boeing needs a little financial breathing room for that. Certainly, the Defense Department could ease some of Boeing\u2019s pain by renegotiating fixed-price contracts that are strangling the company.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Interesting to see who\u2019s riding to Boeing management\u2019s rescue\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cResolution of a Boeing legal crisis hangs in balance as financial crisis deepens\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/resolution-of-a-boeing-legal-crisis-hangs-in-balance-as-financial-crisis-deepens-080000868.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yahoo Finance<\/a>]. \u201cBoeing\u2019s plan to lay off thousands of workers could potentially pose a problem for approval of the guilty plea deal, according to [Rizwan Qureshi, a former federal prosecutor and white-collar partner in Reed Smith LLP\u2019s Washington office]. The company breached its original DOJ agreement by failing to carry out its promised compliance and ethics measures. Because those requirements were meant to prevent and detect future violations of US fraud laws, Boeing may need to satisfy Judge O\u2019Connor that laid-off workers are not needed to carry out its future safety commitments.\u201d And: \u201cThe families want the agreement thrown out in favor of a trial and bigger fines. Boeing has agreed to pay $487 million, including a credit for roughly $243 million in fines already paid\u2026. Relatives of the victims asked the judge to fine Boeing $24.8 billion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing\u2019s Strike Stalemate Leaves Mediators Hunting For Consensus\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Ur00a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>]. \u201cFederal mediators check in frequently with the deadlocked officials, teasing out details of what they\u2019re thinking and paying close attention to even the slightest wording changes. They\u2019re looking for shifts that would merit summoning teams from Boeing and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers back for more negotiations, hoping the next round might finally bring a breakthrough\u2026 the IAM district has a history of long strikes at Boeing \u2014 the average is 58 days, according to Robert Spingarn of Melius Research LLC. And union officials have been preparing workers for years for a long hold-out. \u2018This isn\u2019t necessarily unusual and in particular for these parties, if you look back historically,\u2019 said [Beth Schindler, a regional director for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service], who\u2019s been with FMCS since 1996 in Seattle, helping on previous Boeing strikes. \u2018I have no doubt that they are working behind the scenes, even if independently, to figure out what their next steps are.\u2019\u2026 \u2018We\u2019re looking for rocks to turn over to see if there\u2019s something underneath,\u2019 Schindler said.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Turn over a rock at Boeing and you\u2019ll find management.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cRyanair Chief Says Boeing To Blame For Lower Traffic Growth\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/robertolsen-1\/2024\/10\/16\/ryanair-chief-says-boeing-to-blame-for-lower-traffic-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forbes<\/a>]. \u201cRyanair\u2019s CEO Michael O\u2019Leary said that in his 30 years in the airline industry he had never seen capacity constraints like those he\u2019s facing now. \u2018We were supposed to get 20 deliveries before the end of December. They\u2019ll probably come now in January and February, and that\u2019s fine. We\u2019ll have them in time for next summer,\u2019 O\u2019Leary said. \u2018The big issue for Ryanair is we\u2019re due 30 aircraft in March, April, May and June of next year, and how many of those will we get?\u2019 \u2018I think we\u2019re clearly going to walk back our traffic growth for next year, because I don\u2019t think we\u2019re going to get all those 30 aircraft,\u201d O\u2019Leary added.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201cMusk Sneaks in X AI Training Clause\u2026and No, You Can\u2019t Opt Out\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tech.co\/news\/musk-sneaks-in-x-ai-training-clauseand-no-you-cant-opt-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tech.co<\/a>]. \u201cX has updated its T&Cs and eagle-eyed users have spotted a now sweeping rights grab that means all content can be used for training AI models. The new license includes the statement that users who post, submit, or display content on the social media platform now automatically grant the platform a \u2018worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license.\u2019\u2026 It also includes the right for X to sublicense content, which means it can offer it up to other parties\u2026 The sublicensing element means that AI developers could buy your content from X; and you\u2019ll be completely unaware of who is using it and how.\u201d \u2022 Reader query: I don\u2019t want to allow Elon\u2019s new Terms to steal my photographs and turn them into AI slop. Does anybody know of a really fast (in seconds) AI poisoner for images? I\u2019ve tried <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/10\/Nightshade\">Nightshade<\/a> and it\u2019s too slow, like half and hour per image (and the UI\/UX is awful). <\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 72 Greed (previous close: 69 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 69 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Oct 17 at 3:37:34 PM ET.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"zeitgeist\"\/><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since this is a Booth cartoon, I thought about putting it in Gallery, but Zeitgeist Watch seems more appropriate:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kTwpPADCbu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/kTwpPADCbu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glitz Ladle Crowe (@MyrlCrowe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MyrlCrowe\/status\/1846852453905412406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">October 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am not feeling wired today.<\/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. 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From TH:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rose_3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-280521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rose_3.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/rose_3-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>TH writes: \u201cI don\u2019t know what it is about roses with a wall background that always compels me to photograph them, but that\u2019s my excuse for taking this one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"donate\"\/><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Water Cooler is a standalone entity <em>not<\/em> covered by the annual NC fundraiser. Material here is Lambert\u2019s, and does not express the views of the Naked Capitalism site. 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Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Clearly, neither liberal Democrats nor conservative Republicans can deliver on such programs, because the two are different flavors of neoliberalism (\u201cBecause markets\u201d). I don\u2019t much care about the \u201cism\u201d that delivers the benefits, although whichever one does have to put common humanity first, as opposed to markets. Could be a second FDR saving capitalism, democratic socialism leashing and collaring it, or communism razing it. I don\u2019t much care, as long as the benefits are delivered.<br \/>\nTo me, the key issue \u2014 and this is why Medicare for All is always first with me \u2014 is the tens of thousands of excess \u201cdeaths from despair,\u201d as described by the Case-Deaton study, and other recent studies. That enormous body count makes Medicare for All, at the very least, a moral and strategic imperative. And that level of suffering and organic damage makes the concerns of identity politics \u2014 even the worthy fight to help the refugees Bush, Obama, and Clinton\u2019s wars created \u2014 bright shiny objects by comparison. Hence my frustration with the news flow \u2014 currently in my view the swirling intersection of two, separate Shock Doctrine campaigns, one by the Administration, and the other by out-of-power liberals and their allies in the State and in the press \u2014 a news flow that constantly forces me to focus on matters that I regard as of secondary importance to the excess deaths. What kind of political economy is it that halts or even reverses the increases in life expectancy that civilized societies have achieved? I am also very hopeful that the continuing destruction of both party establishments will open the space for voices supporting programs similar to those I have listed; let\u2019s call such voices \u201cthe left.\u201d Volatility creates opportunity, especially if the Democrat establishment, which puts markets first and opposes all such programs, isn\u2019t allowed to get back into the saddle. Eyes on the prize! 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