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By Lambert Strether of Corrente.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nBird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, Antietam National Battlefield, Washington, Maryland, United States. \u201cMale Northern Mockingbird singing from roadside Eastern Red Cedar. This birds plumage was brownish rather than black \u2014 therefore the age is not known for certain. Seems like a rather accomplished singing for a HY bird.\u201d 12 minutes of mockingbird song! A good start to the week. Grab a cup of coffee! HY = Hatching Year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLearn to tune into birdsong \u2013 respite and fascination await\u201d [David Logue, <a href=\"https:\/\/psyche.co\/ideas\/learn-to-tune-into-birdsong-respite-and-fascination-await\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Psyche<\/a> (AL)]. \u201cOn a typical day, I\u2019m in the tropical forest long before dawn. I stand near a tree with a microphone, waiting for the bird that lives there to wake up and sing. When it finally does, I whisper \u2018bird\u2019 into the microphone. It\u2019s a message to my future self that the bird on the recording is the one I meant to record. As the dawn chorus ramps up, I focus ever more on the sound of that bird. I whisper \u2018bird\u2019 after each of its songs, like a monk reciting his mantra. All of my attention is on the Adelaide\u2019s warbler, singing from the top of the tamarind tree; there is none left for extraneous thought. I feel like I belong in the present moment, with no desire to be or do anything else. That feeling remains with me long after I leave the field site\u2026 Listening deeply to birdsong \u2013 that is, listening mindfully, with open attention \u2013 combines the benefits of mindfulness practice and those of listening to bird sounds. Here\u2019s how to get started.\u201d \u2022 \u201cA tree\u201d and \u201cthe bird\u201d implies that every tree has its bird. Can that be true?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#assassination\">\u201cJoy\u201d at Bluesky<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#transition\">Trump team drags feet<\/a> on signing ethics and transparency agreements. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#blame\">\u201cEveryone is taking their skim\u201d <\/a> (of Democrat campaigns).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing 737 DHL plane crashes<\/a> in Lithuania.<\/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><a name=\"assassination \"\/>Trump Assassination Attempts (Plural)<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"4.75\">\n<p>An example of \u201cjoy\u201d at Bluesky:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.9347826086957\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:6wthaiuqiys3y7eztkpsdam2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lbpbvpejjs2o\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreidyhwhswkproc6evrojs7yvnkraywe533rr6gnaqcya6d7x5clc5m\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.527950310559\">\n<p lang=\"en\">One day, like a miracle. \u2615\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:6wthaiuqiys3y7eztkpsdam2\/post\/3lbpbvpejjs2o?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udc40\ud835\udcb6\ud835\udcce\ud835\udcc7\ud835\udcb6\u00b0\u2740\u22c6.\u0cc3\u0fd4*:\uff65\ud83e\udee7\ud83e\udd8b (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:6wthaiuqiys3y7eztkpsdam2?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@lepapillonblue.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:6wthaiuqiys3y7eztkpsdam2\/post\/3lbpbvpejjs2o?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 24, 2024 at 10:06 AM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The comments are adorable.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump Transition<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"34.385524901469\">\n<p><a name=\"transition\"\/>\u201cTrump team barred from agencies amid legal standoff\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/23\/trump-team-barred-from-agencies-amid-legal-standoff-00191399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cAdvisers to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reached out to the Health and Human Services Department multiple times after Donald Trump tapped him to lead the massive agency, hoping to jumpstart coordination before his takeover in late January. They were rebuffed. Kennedy\u2019s inability to communicate with the agency he may soon manage, confirmed by an administration official with knowledge of the episodes granted anonymity to describe internal deliberations, is just one consequence of the president-elect\u2019s continued foot-dragging on signing the standard trio of ethics and transparency agreements with the federal government \u2014 something his team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/09\/trump-feds-help-transition-00188603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pledged to do<\/a> shortly after the election. \u2026 Both the Trump transition and the White House confirmed to POLITICO that negotiations on the agreements are still underway\u2026. Watchdog groups, ethics experts and former government officials say the delay in coordination with federal agencies, which typically begins by mid-November, means the new administration won\u2019t be up to speed on the state of the career workforce and budget and what headaches may await them when Trump takes the oath of office on Jan. 20. The failure thus far to sign the memorandums has also troubled Biden officials, who are particularly concerned about the potential national security implications. Without the agreements in place, Trump\u2019s team can\u2019t access any non-public government data \u2014 depriving it of a full view of efforts the White House and federal agencies are taking to safeguard against a range of threats.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Part of me says that working only from public data would be a great idea, since otherwise you\u2019re owned by the people who own the secrets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump Locks Bathroom Door So Elon Musk Can\u2019t Follow Him In\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/theonion.com\/trump-locks-bathroom-door-so-elon-musk-cant-follow-him-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Onion<\/a>]. \u2022 The headline is better than the text. Nevertheless.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSexual-Misconduct Allegations Sank One Trump Nominee and Loom Over Kennedy\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/v9GAz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>]. \u201cKennedy, President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s pick for Health and Human Services secretary, has been accused of sexual assault in the late 1990s by a woman who is willing to testify before the Senate. Kennedy has said he is \u2018not a church boy.’\u201d And: \u201c\u2018It seemed like he thought I was somebody else or wasn\u2019t paying attention,\u2019 she wrote in her diary at the time, which she showed to the Journal. \u2018Like he would come to every once in a while and snap out of it or I would move away.\u2019 Later in the journal entry she speculated whether he was \u2018testing\u2019 her.\u201d \u2022 So, contemporaneous evidence (though in full \u201cSmiley\u2019s People\u201d mode, I would want to authenticate that diary, down to the ink and paper, given the money, the stakes, and the players involved).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2024 Post Mortem<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"96.822085889571\">\n<p><a name=\"blame\"\/><strong>Deploy the Blame Cannons!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Everyone is taking their skim\u2019: How Democratic consultants cashed in on Harris\u2019 losing campaign\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2024\/11\/24\/everyone-is-taking-their-skim-how-democratic-consultants-cashed-in-on-harris-losing-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Salon<\/a>]. A must-read. \u201cWhile most political strategists agree that some spending on paid media is necessary to win a campaign in 2024, Faiz Shakir, a senior advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., told Salon that the Harris campaign\u2019s spending profile is indicative of a structural issue with how the Democratic Party approaches paid media and political strategy. According to Shakir, Democratic strategists often see cutting a new 30-second ad as a sort of cure-all to a campaign\u2019s problems and a way for campaigns to address a weakness without re-evaluating the message or stances they\u2019ve taken. \u201cThere\u2019s no room you walk into in which saying we should run an ad sounds like bad advice,\u201d he said\u2026. \u2018The opportunity to make money off of the firm that has created 30-second ads and the person who has placed the ads is ripe for abuse because there are hundreds of millions of dollars going into it and everyone is taking their skim,\u2019 Shakir said. \u2018There\u2019s a huge escalation every step of the way because of a skim at every level.’\u201d Of the rentiers, by the rentiers, for the rentiers. More: \u201c\u201d Oh. More: \u201cReviewing the ad spending from the Harris campaign, it\u2019s clear that the bulk of the money was funneled through firms run or owned by Democratic Party insiders\u2026. Many of the FEC filings documenting payments from the Harris campaign to Media Buying and Analytics lump together media production and buying, meaning it\u2019s impossible to distinguish how much the firm is being paid to create media for the campaign versus how much it is spending on air time and what sort of commission the firm is making on those ad buys.\u201d And: \u201cThe core issue, as Shakir puts it, is that the party political operations are a closed loop with well-off consultants, politicians and donors all taking advice from each other with little outside input. \u2018We have a working-class problem in the Democratic Party and when you have wealthy consultants talking to wealthy donors who are all living in an elite bubble, it can become detached from what messages will resonate with people who aren\u2019t in the elite bubble.’\u201d \u2022\u00a0Remember the Unity Reform Commission in 2016? Nothing has changed since this famous clip from Sanders supporter Nomiki Konst:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Nomiki GOES OFF At DNC Unity Reform Meeting\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EAvblBnXV-w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis smells.\u201d It did eight years ago, and then stench is worse today. The difference that nobody back then was willing to name names, which this time around Shakir names the consultants; read the article. And how good it is to see a Sanders supporter putting the boot in. More like this, please.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMega-donor: Democratic overspending disqualifies Harris \u2018forever’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/5009393-kamala-harris-disqualified-by-campaign-overspending-mega-donor-john-morgan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201c[Political mega-donor John Morgan] added that the reported $1.5 billion spent in four months is proof that Harris shouldn\u2019t run again. \u2018I think this disqualifies her forever,\u2019 Morgan said. \u2018If you can\u2019t run a campaign, you can\u2019t run America.\u2019 \u2018The same thing is going to follow Harris for the rest of her career. She cannot be trusted with the money, and the donors are going to be, like, \u2018Where is this money?\u201d he added.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne Election Takeaway: Voters Hate Temporary Safety Nets\u201d [Nathan Tankus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crisesnotes.com\/one-election-takeaway-voters-hate-temporary-safety-nets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Notes on the Crises<\/a>]. \u201cOne theme I regularly took up was the fact that congress responded to the Coronavirus pandemic with a series of economic measures which were powerful, but time limited. These covered the gamut, but the most important were the expansions and extensions to unemployment insurance \u2014the direct economic payments (\u2018checks\u2019) and the extensions to Medicaid. These programs were important not because they provided \u2018fiscal stimulus\u2019, but because they underpinned households\u2019 livelihoods at a difficult time and facilitated \u2018social distancing\u2019. My worry then was that having such large programs on a time limited basis created what I called \u2018fiscal cliffication\u2019. That means politics would increasingly revolve around large fights over what to do as big programs approached their expiration dates.\u201d And: \u201c[T]he pandemic greatly impacted the volatility of labor market income and, at the same time, the expansions of the social safety net \u2014 particularly unemployment insurance \u2014 greatly reduced the volatility of overall income. This is especially the case for the bottom 50% of households, who always have far more volatile incomes than the top 50% of households\u2026. The reason that households\u2019 financial wellbeing improved significantly between 2019 and 2021 despite such a dramatically regressive depression is purely because of the pandemic safety net.\u201d Concluding: \u201cThe last minute switchover to Harris was likely too short to dramatically change messages, or gain credibility as a \u2018change\u2019 candidate in a \u2018change\u2019 election In fact, it\u2019s that Harris didn\u2019t even really try. This is understandable given the unusual circumstances, but it was electoral poison given that .\u201d \u2022 This is a very interesting paper and well worth a read (coffee cup in hand). The thesis in the headline, though intuitively obvious, is not really proven by the paper, but that should be the easy part, considering the work that Tankus already did.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats should stop mocking Trump\u2019s ground game and start learning from it\u201d [Astra Taylor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2024\/nov\/25\/democrats-organizing-get-out-the-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guardian<\/a>]. \u201cTrump succeeded, at least in part, because he is a man who will say anything and do anything to win. And of course he was boosted by conservative media \u2013 by Fox News talkshows, conspiratorial podcasts, manosphere influencers, deceptive deepfakes, targeted ads, and \u201cFirst Buddy\u201d Elon Musk\u2019s transformation of Twitter into X. But he also won because he had a strong ground game, even if it occasionally blundered and often looked different from what observers and experts expected from a get-out-the vote drive, including its use of \u2018untraditional\u2019 and \u2018micro-targeted\u2019 strategies aimed at reaching low- and mid-propensity voters who didn\u2019t fit the usual Republican profile, including Latinos, Black men, and Asian and Arab Americans\u2026. When Democrats insist that Trump had no ground game, they ignore the right wing\u2019s investment and presence in spaces that are not purely electoral and that engage people year-round, including groups like Libre, along with the evangelical churches and student groups that increasingly function as social clubs recruiting people to the Maga cause. As Tiffany Dena Loftin details in the new issue of the Black leftist magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/hammerandhope.org\/article\/students-campus-organizing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hammer & Hope<\/a>, the right wing has spent decades systematically attacking and defunding progressive student unions and networks and building up their conservative counterparts.\u201d And: \u201cThe Trump campaign built on this model, providing its base with community and purpose and organizing them, in turn, to mobilize others to turn out and vote. Before joining Trump\u2019s team as campaign co-chair, Susie Wiles spent years working to lock down Florida for Republicans (she\u2019s since been named Trump\u2019s incoming chief of staff). Her tactics make people feel like an essential part of a group with a clear goal. Wiles piloted the \u201910 for Trump\u2019 Iowa caucus program, which gave a subset of 2,000 volunteers the title of \u2018captain\u2019, a limited-edition gold-embroidered hat, and the goal of motivating 10 people in their precincts to turn out.\u201d \u2022 Susie Wiles is simply re-inventing the Precinct Captain, an age-old Democrat structure alert reader DCblogger often spoke of. And surprise, it works!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Please, no:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.5652173913043\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.0086956521739\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unburdened by what came before <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KKCnF22vIe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/KKCnF22vIe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenklippenstein\/status\/1861141299132314090\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>On what grounds would Kamala run again?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"resistance\"\/>The #Resistance<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"16.878571428571\">\n<p>\u201cThis is the new progressive strategy for warring with Trump\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/25\/progressives-against-trump-00191392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cProgressive Democrats wrestling with how to navigate a second Donald Trump presidency are settling on a new approach: Take his populist, working-class proposals at his word \u2014 or at least pretend to. If he succeeds, they can take some credit for bringing him to the table.\u201d Lol. No they can\u2019t. More: \u201d If he doesn\u2019t, they can bash him for it. It\u2019s a change in strategy, emerging in private conversations among some liberal elected officials and operatives, that comes after years of resisting Trump ended with him returning to the White House.\u201d And finally: \u201cProgressives are clear-eyed that with a Republican-controlled House and Senate, many, if not most, of Trump\u2019s populist campaign promises will not happen \u2014 if he were ever serious about them to begin with. But they believe that his voters want him to follow through. They also lack any power in Congress and are desperate for even an outside chance to influence policy.\u201d \u2022 Not with a bang but a whimper. Hey, I\u2019m so old I remember when Trump was a fascist!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Clinton Legacy<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"6.3\">\n<p>\u201cPeople who wear ties\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.9669421487603\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.578512396694\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bill Clinton: “in demonizing all establishments and all people who wear a tie like you and me to work and have a good education, we are breaking down the legitimacy of\u2026people who actually know things that are very important for us today and very important for our continued\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0OfAJOa6yV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/0OfAJOa6yV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenklippenstein\/status\/1860539372967223460\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who actually know things.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats <em>en d\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"5.3350515463918\">\n<p>Centrist dipshits, as Atrios calls them:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.3804034582133\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.389048991354\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democratic pundits berated Bernie’s coalition as “Bernie Bros” and also told people they were ingrates for not better appreciating the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Now they’re fusing those 2 threads together, asserting that Bernie supporters are mentally ill & lazy & *choosing* to be poor. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6vpKWFOMIE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/6vpKWFOMIE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Sirota (@davidsirota) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidsirota\/status\/1861151452090994699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Covid Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>, <del><a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a><\/del>; includes many counties; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wastewater Scan<\/a>, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/businesssolutions\/covid-19-index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a>); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacovid19tracker.org\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iowa COVID-19 Tracker<\/a>\u201d (in IA, but national data). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/icemsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/a>\u201d (especially on hospitalization by city).<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, thanks for the collective effort. To update any entry, do feel free to contact me at the address given with the plants. Please put \u201cCOVID\u201d in the subject line. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (Local): AK (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/af2efc8bffbf4cdc83c2d1a134354074\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/6d2771faa9da4a2786a509d82c8cf0f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AR (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/633006d0782b4544bd5113a314f6268a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AZ (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azdhs.gov\/covid19\/data\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); CA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/CalSuWers-Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.marinhhs.org\/surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marin, dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/healthalerts.stanford.edu\/covid-19\/wastewater-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stanford, wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/?v=SC2_N&l=Oakland%2C+CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oakland, wastewater<\/a>); CO (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.colorado.gov\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cdphe.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/d79cf93c3938470ca4bcc4823328946b#utility=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); CT (<a href=\"https:\/\/data.ct.gov\/stories\/s\/COVID-19-data\/wa3g-tfvc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); DE (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.delaware.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); FL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/5b9d75ba683849928dc1a49c39ab0b1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); GA (<a href=\"https:\/\/dph.georgia.gov\/ga-nwss-wastewater-surveillance-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); HI (<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); IA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmmwra.org\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater reports<\/a>); ID (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Boise; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/?plantId=1056f05c-0e46-4e3d-b007-c0453ba7dc0d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Central Idaho; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/#:SARS-CoV-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Coeur d\u2019Alene; dashboard, <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.srhd.org\/topics\/spokane-county-case-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spokane County<\/a>); IL (<a href=\"https:\/\/iwss.uillinois.edu\/wastewater-treatment-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); IN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.in.gov\/indiana-covid-19-dashboard-and-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); KS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov\/160\/COVID-19-in-Kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/4456bae8a38f4b6180e008477382fff9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Lawrence); KY (<a href=\"https:\/\/louisville.edu\/envirome\/thecoimmunityproject\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Louisville); LA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldh.la.gov\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/covid-19-wastewater-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MD (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); ME (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dhhs\/mecdc\/infectious-disease\/epi\/airborne\/coronavirus\/data.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/stats\/wastewater-surveillance\/dashboard\/sentinel-wastewater-epidemiology-evaluation-project-sweep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/gisportal.state.mi.us\/portal\/apps\/insights\/index.html#\/view\/52bbb104ed574887918f990af9f3debe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/diseases\/coronavirus\/stats\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MO (<a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/f7f5492486114da6b5d6fdc07f81aacf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MS (<a href=\"https:\/\/msdh.ms.gov\/page\/14,0,420.html#Mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>MT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=7c34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; NC (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ncdhhs.gov\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard)<\/a>; ND (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NE (<a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-dhhs.ne.gov\/Atlas\/Respiratory_Illness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NH (<a href=\"https:\/\/wisdom.dhhs.nh.gov\/wisdom\/dashboard.html?topic=covid-19&subtopic=recurring-updates&indicator=covid-19-wastewater#tabnavbarid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NJ (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.nj.gov\/forms\/datadashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NM (<a href=\"https:\/\/cvprovider.nmhealth.org\/public-dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NV (<a href=\"https:\/\/nvhealthresponse.nv.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/empower.unlv.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Southern NV); NY (<a href=\"https:\/\/mbcolli.shinyapps.io\/SARS2EWSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OH (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/dashboards\/other-resources\/wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/51657c21386d4f1a962b1853c76ec589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>OR (<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/oregon.health.authority.covid.19\/viz\/OregonsCOVID-19DataDashboards-TableofContents\/TableofContentsStatewide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; PA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/disease\/coronavirus\/pages\/Cases.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); RI (<a href=\"https:\/\/ri-department-of-health-covid-19-data-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/scdhec.gov\/index.php\/covid19\/covid-19-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SD (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.sd.gov\/COVID\/Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TX (<a href=\"https:\/\/txdshsea.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/4ae43eefd0f641d59d35c3df82ee59cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); UT (<a href=\"https:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/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>Look for the Helpers<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mask Project:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.9495412844037\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.532110091743\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a great crowd sourcing project to measure how well various N95s\/KN95s etc fit a wide variety of people.<\/p>\n<p>The data will drive an app to help people select the masks most likely to give them good individual fit and protection. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WBSJrMlivv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/WBSJrMlivv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gerard Hughes ( @ghhughes@zeroes.ca ) (@ghhughes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ghhughes\/status\/1860744185982374129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p wp_automatic_readability=\"6.9274074074074\"> <transmission: h5n1=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"15.834074074074\">\n<p>\u201cI Ran Operation Warp Speed. I\u2019m Concerned About Bird Flu\u201d [David A. Kessler, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/1wbIB#selection-811.2-815.16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cAs Donald Trump gets ready to return to the White House on Jan. 20, he must be prepared to tackle one issue immediately: the possibility that the spreading avian flu might mutate to enable human-to-human transmission\u2026.. I have been monitoring the spread of bird flu, also known as H5N1, and discussing the situation with colleagues around the country. My concern is growing\u2026. Without mandatory testing, bird flu will continue circulating at farms across the country, which substantially increases the risk that the virus mutates and evolves to allow a human-to-human transmission that will be hard to stop\u2026. No one knows how many mutations will be required to set off human-to- human respiratory spread. That could require many mutations and may never happen. But we could also be just two or three mutations away. If the virus begins to transmit efficiently among humans, it will be very difficult to contain, according to the Johns Hopkins assessment, and \u2018the likelihood of a pandemic is very high.\u2019 The incoming Trump administration needs to be prepared.\u201d \u2022\u00a0I hope raw milk stans don\u2019t have inordinate influence\u2026. <\/p>\n<p>Vaccines<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<p>Although Adams had a position in the last Trump Adminisration, sadly he does not in the current one:<\/p>\n<p><center\/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/transmission:>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.381818181818\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here are the top and bottom countries according to life expectancy globally- along with their respective measles vaccination rates. U.S. is also listed. Notice anything? \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<p>Top 4 countries by life expectancy: <br \/>1. Japan<br \/>\u2013 Life Expectancy: 84.5 years<br \/>\u2013 Measles Vaccination\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerome Adams (@JeromeAdamsMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeromeAdamsMD\/status\/1861133665214046363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Personal Risk Assessment<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"4.0598290598291\">\n<p>Admirable commitment to the bit:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.5388349514563\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.4368932038835\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He probably shouldn’t have “caught COVID on purpose.” There’s basically no lasting immunity from COVID either via infection or vaccine, and the damage even a mild case does to your body can kill you down the road. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KZusgAngsu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/KZusgAngsu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QvksLdvMsq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/QvksLdvMsq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 L., MA (@leslieleeiii) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leslieleeiii\/status\/1860807722502930884\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>FAFO\u2026. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Elite Maleficence<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"5.4893617021277\">\n<p>I suppose the only solution is to put our trust in the billionaires, especially the tech bros:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.5733333333333\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.8266666666667\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The shameless denial of science & dearth of care & consideration exhibited for people during the pandemic to date has ended the credibility of:<\/p>\n<p>WHO<\/p>\n<p>CDC<\/p>\n<p>PHAC<\/p>\n<p>HICPAC<\/p>\n<p>APIC<\/p>\n<p>SHEA<\/p>\n<p>IPAC<\/p>\n<p>PHO<\/p>\n<p>PICNET<\/p>\n<p>COCHRANE<\/p>\n<p>NHE<\/p>\n<p>CELL IPC<\/p>\n<p>Public Health<\/p>\n<p>Medical community<\/p>\n<p>Political leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T6GQXyYk3p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/T6GQXyYk3p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barry Hunt \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013 Novavax 4 Me (@BarryHunt008) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarryHunt008\/status\/1860756969826464160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.910404624277\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6470588235294\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 18<\/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\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-4-300x202.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\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6712328767123\">\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> November 23<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> <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> November 16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1-300x171.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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.9240506329114\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> New York[5] <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.health.ny.gov\/daily-hospitalization-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York State<\/a>, data November 25:<\/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> November 21:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-10.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-10-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalizaiton-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalizaiton-natl.png 802w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalizaiton-natl-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalizaiton-natl-768x590.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalizaiton-natl-624x479.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\"\/><\/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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"2.6842105263158\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> National[7] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/healthcare-solutions\/covid-19-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> November 25:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Ohio[8] <a href=\"https:\/\/clevelandcliniclabs.com\/respiratory-virus-surveillance-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a> November 16:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1-300x196.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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.5862068965517\">\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> November 4:<\/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> November 4:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3-300x187.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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.76\">\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> November 2:<\/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> November 2:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td wp_automatic_readability=\"164.97041785061\">\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) Good news!<\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) KP.* still popular. XEC has entered the chat. That WHO label, \u201cOmmicron,\u201d has done a great job normalizing successive waves of infection.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ED) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Steadily down.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). Actually improved; it\u2019s now one of the few charts to show the entire course of the pandemic to the present day.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants). Now XEC.<\/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>Manufacturing: \u201cUnited States Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/richmond-fed-manufacturing-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe composite manufacturing index in the US Fifth District was unchanged\u2026 The reading showed that activity remained sluggish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Housing: \u201cUnited States FHFA House Price Index\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/housing-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cHousing Index in the United States decreased to 0.70 points in September from 427 points in August of 2024. Housing Index in the United States averaged 200.20 points from 1991 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 427.00 points in August of 2024 and a record low of 0.70 points in September of 2024\u201d \u2022 What?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cChilling cockpit audio from doomed Boeing 737 DHL plane just before it crashed in fireball is revealed \u2013 along with recording of air traffic control scrambling to deal with aftermath: \u2018We just got a crash’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14126733\/chilling-cockpit-audio-boeing-737-revealed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>]. \u201cThe cause of the crash remains a mystery as Lithuania\u2019s National Crisis Management Centre deployed experts to investigate\u2026 The incident follows reports in recent months that mysterious explosions had occurred at DHL warehouses in Leipzig and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/birmingham\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14043149\/Putins-exploding-sex-toy-terror-plot-Russian-spies-sent-package-erotic-gadgets-massage-pillows-ignited-Brit-German-DHL-depots-test-run-attack-bound-flight.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fears of a Russian covert sabotage operation<\/a> intended to explode aircraft flying in the West.\u201d \u2022 Lithuania. Oh.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cThe unanswered questions surrounding the DHL Boeing 737 crash\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/news\/dhl-boeing-373-crash-questions-3400732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">iNews<\/a>]. \u201cAfter departing from Leipzig, Germany, the Boeing 737 made a \u201cforced landing\u201d one kilometre from the airport, splitting into pieces upon impact and sliding more than 100m, leaving a trail of burning wreckage. Germany\u2019s foreign minister suggested the incident could have been a hybrid attack in \u201cvolatile times\u201d, apparently referring to suspected acts of sabotage by Russia against Ukraine\u2019s EU allies\u2026. On Tuesday afternoon, the Lithuanian Justice Ministry said the black boxes, containing flight data and voice recorders, had been found\u2026 In footage of the incident, the plane is seen turning quickly on its side moments before crashing in a residential area, near a road. The same movement was described by witness Kotryna Ciupailaite, who saw the plane flying over her car as she drove to work. \u2018The right wing of the plane turned down before it crashed as if it was trying to turn,\u2019 she said. \u2018There was something shiny coming out of the right side of the plane, like sparks or a flame, before it hit the ground.’\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing SC seeks more environmental permits ahead of planned 787 production hikes\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/business\/boeing-charleston-787-dreamliner-expansion-aviation\/article_b22a7e38-a8eb-11ef-b1a3-43d8d9a899c9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Post and Courier<\/a>]. \u201cBoeing Co. has filed a flurry of permit applications over the past year \u2014 including four this month \u2014 with an eye toward future expansion of its 787 plant in North Charleston, as the planemaker hopes to double the number of wide-bodies it builds in South Carolina\u2026. The plans are being driven by Boeing\u2019s projections that airlines globally will need 8,065 new wide-body commercial jets like the Dreamliner over the next 20 years as the demand for air travel outpaces economic growth. The need is particularly strong in the Middle East\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cChina Southern Airlines Announces Plan To Sell Entire Fleet Of 10 Boeing 787-8s\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/china-southern-announces-plan-to-sell-entire-fleet-of-10-boeing-787-8s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Simple Flying<\/a>]. \u201c[T]he 787-8 has gradually been overshadowed by its larger sibling, the Boeing 787-9. The 787-8, with its smaller passenger capacity and higher per-seat costs, is no longer as economically viable for airlines. In comparison, the 787-9 offers greater seating capacity and improved operational efficiency, making it a preferred choice for modern fleets. China Southern\u2019s intent to sell all 10 of its 787-8s aligns with a broader industry trend among Chinese airlines to phase out older widebody aircraft in favor of more efficient models. Earlier this year, the airline retired its Airbus A380s and has significantly slowed widebody aircraft acquisitions, reflecting a shift toward narrowbody planes better suited for the post-pandemic recovery in domestic and regional markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 64 Greed (previous close: 61 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 49 (Neutral). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Nov 26 at 1:21:13 PM ET\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Rapture Index: Closes up one on Drought. \u201cA very large area of the nation is under general drought conditions\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptureready.com\/rapture-ready-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rapture Ready<\/a>]. Record High, October 10, 2016: 189. Current: 183. (Remember that bringing on the Rapture is good.) \u2022 Hard to believe the Rapture Index is going <em>down<\/em>. Do these people know something we don\u2019t?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps I would prefer the photograph, the \u201coriginal\u201d?<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.9579831932773\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.554621848739\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From around 1927, Walter Sickert worked mainly from photographs and this work of Dawson Bros department store on City Road in London was probably painted from a snapshot. It was a method that allowed him to work in the studio and focus on composition and detail rather than\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CsT4xy7gJN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/CsT4xy7gJN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Morris (@ahistoryinart) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ahistoryinart\/status\/1861036680880279838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"zeitgeist\"\/><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018What many of us feel\u2019: why \u2018enshittification\u2019 is Macquarie Dictionary\u2019s word of the year\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2024\/nov\/26\/enshittification-macquarie-dictionary-word-of-the-year-explained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guardian<\/a>]. \u201cBut enshittification not only won their vote, it took out the people\u2019s choice award. \u2018This word captures what many of us feel is happening to the world and to so many aspects of our lives at the moment,\u2019 the [dictionary] committee said. Doctorow himself is surprisingly optimistic about where this could all end up. Action on competition to prevent market dominance, regulation on things such as digital privacy, more power for users to decide how they use platforms, and tackling the exploitation of workers could reverse the process, he wrote, because \u2018everyone has a stake in disenshittification.\u2019 Big tech can\u2019t be fixed, he argues, but maybe it can be destroyed. He adds a fourth stage to the tech platforms\u2019 scatological journey from being good to users, to abusing them in favour of their customers, to abusing their customers to serve themselves. \u2018Then they die,\u2019 he wrote.\u201d \u2022 <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"class\"\/><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBossware is unfair (in the legal sense, too)\u201d [Cory Doctorow, <a href=\"https:\/\/pluralistic.net\/2024\/11\/26\/hawtch-hawtch\/#you-treasure-what-you-measure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pluralistic<\/a>]. \u201cYou can get into a lot of trouble by assuming that rich people know what they\u2019re doing. For example, might assume that ad-tech works \u2013 bypassing peoples\u2019 critical faculties, reaching inside their minds and brainwashing them with Big Data insights, because if that\u2019s not what\u2019s happening, then why would rich people pour billions into those ads? You might assume that private equity looters make their investors rich, because otherwise, why would rich people hand over trillions for them to play with? The truth is, rich people are suckers like the rest of us. If anything, succeeding once or twice makes you an even bigger mark, with a sense of your own infallibility that inflates to fill the bubble your yes-men seal you inside of. But though rich people can fall for scams the same way you and I do, the way those scams play out is very different when the marks are wealthy. As Keynes had it, \u201cThe market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.\u201d When the marks are rich (or worse, super-rich), they can be played for much longer before they go bust, creating the appearance of solidity.\u201d \u2022 Followed by a discussion of Keynes and the concept of \u201cthe bezzle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am not feeing 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\/11\/200pm-water-cooler-11-25-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From a friend of Bob or Janet:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geranium_saga.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geranium_saga.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geranium_saga-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The friend writes: \u201cTwo weeks or so ago now, I discovered this adorable plant off to the side of the campus of my high school just up the hill from me: I used PlantNet to ID it first time around, and it gave me Geranium sibirica, but questioned it. I went to GoBotany, and discovered they have something called PlantShare (I think that\u2019s how I remember it) and submitted my photo to them. I got an answer back from Arthur Haines of the Native Plant Trust saying he thought it was G. pratense and asked me for more photos and measurements, etc., eventually asking for pictures of the rhizomes and roots coming out of the rhizomes, ending up with asking for photo of the larger area where it is growing, which I sent along with my first video ever of the area. In consultation with some other botanists, he has confirmed that it is G. thunbergii, and that this is a first sighting in NH yet! He is going to add it to GoBotany\u2019s distribution maps. I\u2019ve had such a good time working with him, and he has been very appreciative of my interest and participation.\u201d Interesting!<\/p>\n<p>Readers, if you haven\u2019t sent in a plant photo to Water Cooler, why not try it? It\u2019s easy, it\u2019s fun, and you get some nice compliments! (If you need directions, see below.)<\/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. If you see a link you especially like, or an item you wouldn\u2019t see anywhere else, please do not hesitate to express your appreciation in tangible form. Remember, a tip jar is for tipping! <em>Regular positive feedback both makes me feel good and lets me know I\u2019m on the right track with coverage<\/em>. When I get no donations for three or four days I get worried. More tangibly, a constant trickle of donations helps me with expenses, and I factor in that trickle when setting fundraising goals:<\/p>\n<p>Here is the screen that will appear, which I have helpfully annotated:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-226891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/contribution.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/contribution.png 606w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/contribution-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you hate PayPal, you can email me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, and I will give you directions on how to send a check. Thank you!<\/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<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\tThis 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\/11\/200pm-water-cooler-11-28-2024.html\" title=\"2:00 pm\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date updated\" datetime=\"2024-11-26T14:00:55-05:00\">November 26, 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>.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-info\" wp_automatic_readability=\"20.197005056398\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .author-avatar --><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-description\" wp_automatic_readability=\"35.467911318553\">\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 \/>\n <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! I love the tactical level, and secretly love even the horse race, since I\u2019ve been blogging about it daily for fourteen years, but everything I write has this perspective at the back of it.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .author-link\t-->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-description -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n\t<!-- #post --><\/p>\n<nav class=\"nav-single\">\n<h3 class=\"assistive-text\">Post navigation<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"nav-previous list-posts-older\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/11\/taxpayers-spend-22-more-per-patient-to-support-medicare-advantage-the-private-alternative-to-medicare-that-promised-to-cost-less.html\" rel=\"prev\"><span class=\"meta-nav\">\u2190<\/span> Taxpayers Spend 22% More Per Patient to Support Medicare Advantage \u2013 The Private Alternative to Medicare That Promised to Cost Less<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"nav-next list-posts-newer\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n<p><!-- .nav-single --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- #comments .comments-area --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- #content --><br \/>\n<!-- #primary --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- #secondary --><\/p>\n<footer id=\"colophon\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- .site-info --><br \/>\n\t\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- #colophon --><br \/>\n\t\t<!-- #main.wrapper --><br \/>\n<!-- #page --><br \/>\n<!-- .mobile-menu-wrap --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Blog Reader Pooling - removed 09\/16\/2015 by M. 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Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, Antietam National Battlefield, Washington, Maryland, United States. \u201cMale Northern Mockingbird singing from roadside Eastern Red Cedar. This birds plumage was brownish rather than black \u2014 therefore the age is not known for certain. Seems like a rather accomplished singing for a HY bird.\u201d 12 minutes of mockingbird song! A good start to the week. Grab a cup of coffee! HY = Hatching Year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLearn to tune into birdsong \u2013 respite and fascination await\u201d [David Logue, <a href=\"https:\/\/psyche.co\/ideas\/learn-to-tune-into-birdsong-respite-and-fascination-await\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Psyche<\/a> (AL)]. \u201cOn a typical day, I\u2019m in the tropical forest long before dawn. I stand near a tree with a microphone, waiting for the bird that lives there to wake up and sing. When it finally does, I whisper \u2018bird\u2019 into the microphone. It\u2019s a message to my future self that the bird on the recording is the one I meant to record. As the dawn chorus ramps up, I focus ever more on the sound of that bird. I whisper \u2018bird\u2019 after each of its songs, like a monk reciting his mantra. All of my attention is on the Adelaide\u2019s warbler, singing from the top of the tamarind tree; there is none left for extraneous thought. I feel like I belong in the present moment, with no desire to be or do anything else. That feeling remains with me long after I leave the field site\u2026 Listening deeply to birdsong \u2013 that is, listening mindfully, with open attention \u2013 combines the benefits of mindfulness practice and those of listening to bird sounds. Here\u2019s how to get started.\u201d \u2022 \u201cA tree\u201d and \u201cthe bird\u201d implies that every tree has its bird. Can that be true?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#assassination\">\u201cJoy\u201d at Bluesky<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#transition\">Trump team drags feet<\/a> on signing ethics and transparency agreements. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#blame\">\u201cEveryone is taking their skim\u201d <\/a> (of Democrat campaigns).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing 737 DHL plane crashes<\/a> in Lithuania.<\/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><a name=\"assassination \"\/>Trump Assassination Attempts (Plural)<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"4.75\">\n<p>An example of \u201cjoy\u201d at Bluesky:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.9347826086957\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:6wthaiuqiys3y7eztkpsdam2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lbpbvpejjs2o\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreidyhwhswkproc6evrojs7yvnkraywe533rr6gnaqcya6d7x5clc5m\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.527950310559\">\n<p lang=\"en\">One day, like a miracle. \u2615\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:6wthaiuqiys3y7eztkpsdam2\/post\/3lbpbvpejjs2o?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udc40\ud835\udcb6\ud835\udcce\ud835\udcc7\ud835\udcb6\u00b0\u2740\u22c6.\u0cc3\u0fd4*:\uff65\ud83e\udee7\ud83e\udd8b (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:6wthaiuqiys3y7eztkpsdam2?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@lepapillonblue.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:6wthaiuqiys3y7eztkpsdam2\/post\/3lbpbvpejjs2o?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 24, 2024 at 10:06 AM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The comments are adorable.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump Transition<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"34.385524901469\">\n<p><a name=\"transition\"\/>\u201cTrump team barred from agencies amid legal standoff\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/23\/trump-team-barred-from-agencies-amid-legal-standoff-00191399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cAdvisers to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reached out to the Health and Human Services Department multiple times after Donald Trump tapped him to lead the massive agency, hoping to jumpstart coordination before his takeover in late January. They were rebuffed. Kennedy\u2019s inability to communicate with the agency he may soon manage, confirmed by an administration official with knowledge of the episodes granted anonymity to describe internal deliberations, is just one consequence of the president-elect\u2019s continued foot-dragging on signing the standard trio of ethics and transparency agreements with the federal government \u2014 something his team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/09\/trump-feds-help-transition-00188603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pledged to do<\/a> shortly after the election. \u2026 Both the Trump transition and the White House confirmed to POLITICO that negotiations on the agreements are still underway\u2026. Watchdog groups, ethics experts and former government officials say the delay in coordination with federal agencies, which typically begins by mid-November, means the new administration won\u2019t be up to speed on the state of the career workforce and budget and what headaches may await them when Trump takes the oath of office on Jan. 20. The failure thus far to sign the memorandums has also troubled Biden officials, who are particularly concerned about the potential national security implications. Without the agreements in place, Trump\u2019s team can\u2019t access any non-public government data \u2014 depriving it of a full view of efforts the White House and federal agencies are taking to safeguard against a range of threats.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Part of me says that working only from public data would be a great idea, since otherwise you\u2019re owned by the people who own the secrets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump Locks Bathroom Door So Elon Musk Can\u2019t Follow Him In\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/theonion.com\/trump-locks-bathroom-door-so-elon-musk-cant-follow-him-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Onion<\/a>]. \u2022 The headline is better than the text. Nevertheless.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSexual-Misconduct Allegations Sank One Trump Nominee and Loom Over Kennedy\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/v9GAz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>]. \u201cKennedy, President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s pick for Health and Human Services secretary, has been accused of sexual assault in the late 1990s by a woman who is willing to testify before the Senate. Kennedy has said he is \u2018not a church boy.’\u201d And: \u201c\u2018It seemed like he thought I was somebody else or wasn\u2019t paying attention,\u2019 she wrote in her diary at the time, which she showed to the Journal. \u2018Like he would come to every once in a while and snap out of it or I would move away.\u2019 Later in the journal entry she speculated whether he was \u2018testing\u2019 her.\u201d \u2022 So, contemporaneous evidence (though in full \u201cSmiley\u2019s People\u201d mode, I would want to authenticate that diary, down to the ink and paper, given the money, the stakes, and the players involved).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2024 Post Mortem<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"96.822085889571\">\n<p><a name=\"blame\"\/><strong>Deploy the Blame Cannons!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Everyone is taking their skim\u2019: How Democratic consultants cashed in on Harris\u2019 losing campaign\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2024\/11\/24\/everyone-is-taking-their-skim-how-democratic-consultants-cashed-in-on-harris-losing-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Salon<\/a>]. A must-read. \u201cWhile most political strategists agree that some spending on paid media is necessary to win a campaign in 2024, Faiz Shakir, a senior advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., told Salon that the Harris campaign\u2019s spending profile is indicative of a structural issue with how the Democratic Party approaches paid media and political strategy. According to Shakir, Democratic strategists often see cutting a new 30-second ad as a sort of cure-all to a campaign\u2019s problems and a way for campaigns to address a weakness without re-evaluating the message or stances they\u2019ve taken. \u201cThere\u2019s no room you walk into in which saying we should run an ad sounds like bad advice,\u201d he said\u2026. \u2018The opportunity to make money off of the firm that has created 30-second ads and the person who has placed the ads is ripe for abuse because there are hundreds of millions of dollars going into it and everyone is taking their skim,\u2019 Shakir said. \u2018There\u2019s a huge escalation every step of the way because of a skim at every level.’\u201d Of the rentiers, by the rentiers, for the rentiers. More: \u201c\u201d Oh. More: \u201cReviewing the ad spending from the Harris campaign, it\u2019s clear that the bulk of the money was funneled through firms run or owned by Democratic Party insiders\u2026. Many of the FEC filings documenting payments from the Harris campaign to Media Buying and Analytics lump together media production and buying, meaning it\u2019s impossible to distinguish how much the firm is being paid to create media for the campaign versus how much it is spending on air time and what sort of commission the firm is making on those ad buys.\u201d And: \u201cThe core issue, as Shakir puts it, is that the party political operations are a closed loop with well-off consultants, politicians and donors all taking advice from each other with little outside input. \u2018We have a working-class problem in the Democratic Party and when you have wealthy consultants talking to wealthy donors who are all living in an elite bubble, it can become detached from what messages will resonate with people who aren\u2019t in the elite bubble.’\u201d \u2022\u00a0Remember the Unity Reform Commission in 2016? Nothing has changed since this famous clip from Sanders supporter Nomiki Konst:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Nomiki GOES OFF At DNC Unity Reform Meeting\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EAvblBnXV-w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis smells.\u201d It did eight years ago, and then stench is worse today. The difference that nobody back then was willing to name names, which this time around Shakir names the consultants; read the article. And how good it is to see a Sanders supporter putting the boot in. More like this, please.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMega-donor: Democratic overspending disqualifies Harris \u2018forever’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/5009393-kamala-harris-disqualified-by-campaign-overspending-mega-donor-john-morgan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201c[Political mega-donor John Morgan] added that the reported $1.5 billion spent in four months is proof that Harris shouldn\u2019t run again. \u2018I think this disqualifies her forever,\u2019 Morgan said. \u2018If you can\u2019t run a campaign, you can\u2019t run America.\u2019 \u2018The same thing is going to follow Harris for the rest of her career. She cannot be trusted with the money, and the donors are going to be, like, \u2018Where is this money?\u201d he added.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne Election Takeaway: Voters Hate Temporary Safety Nets\u201d [Nathan Tankus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crisesnotes.com\/one-election-takeaway-voters-hate-temporary-safety-nets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Notes on the Crises<\/a>]. \u201cOne theme I regularly took up was the fact that congress responded to the Coronavirus pandemic with a series of economic measures which were powerful, but time limited. These covered the gamut, but the most important were the expansions and extensions to unemployment insurance \u2014the direct economic payments (\u2018checks\u2019) and the extensions to Medicaid. These programs were important not because they provided \u2018fiscal stimulus\u2019, but because they underpinned households\u2019 livelihoods at a difficult time and facilitated \u2018social distancing\u2019. My worry then was that having such large programs on a time limited basis created what I called \u2018fiscal cliffication\u2019. That means politics would increasingly revolve around large fights over what to do as big programs approached their expiration dates.\u201d And: \u201c[T]he pandemic greatly impacted the volatility of labor market income and, at the same time, the expansions of the social safety net \u2014 particularly unemployment insurance \u2014 greatly reduced the volatility of overall income. This is especially the case for the bottom 50% of households, who always have far more volatile incomes than the top 50% of households\u2026. The reason that households\u2019 financial wellbeing improved significantly between 2019 and 2021 despite such a dramatically regressive depression is purely because of the pandemic safety net.\u201d Concluding: \u201cThe last minute switchover to Harris was likely too short to dramatically change messages, or gain credibility as a \u2018change\u2019 candidate in a \u2018change\u2019 election In fact, it\u2019s that Harris didn\u2019t even really try. This is understandable given the unusual circumstances, but it was electoral poison given that .\u201d \u2022 This is a very interesting paper and well worth a read (coffee cup in hand). The thesis in the headline, though intuitively obvious, is not really proven by the paper, but that should be the easy part, considering the work that Tankus already did.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats should stop mocking Trump\u2019s ground game and start learning from it\u201d [Astra Taylor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2024\/nov\/25\/democrats-organizing-get-out-the-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guardian<\/a>]. \u201cTrump succeeded, at least in part, because he is a man who will say anything and do anything to win. And of course he was boosted by conservative media \u2013 by Fox News talkshows, conspiratorial podcasts, manosphere influencers, deceptive deepfakes, targeted ads, and \u201cFirst Buddy\u201d Elon Musk\u2019s transformation of Twitter into X. But he also won because he had a strong ground game, even if it occasionally blundered and often looked different from what observers and experts expected from a get-out-the vote drive, including its use of \u2018untraditional\u2019 and \u2018micro-targeted\u2019 strategies aimed at reaching low- and mid-propensity voters who didn\u2019t fit the usual Republican profile, including Latinos, Black men, and Asian and Arab Americans\u2026. When Democrats insist that Trump had no ground game, they ignore the right wing\u2019s investment and presence in spaces that are not purely electoral and that engage people year-round, including groups like Libre, along with the evangelical churches and student groups that increasingly function as social clubs recruiting people to the Maga cause. As Tiffany Dena Loftin details in the new issue of the Black leftist magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/hammerandhope.org\/article\/students-campus-organizing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hammer & Hope<\/a>, the right wing has spent decades systematically attacking and defunding progressive student unions and networks and building up their conservative counterparts.\u201d And: \u201cThe Trump campaign built on this model, providing its base with community and purpose and organizing them, in turn, to mobilize others to turn out and vote. Before joining Trump\u2019s team as campaign co-chair, Susie Wiles spent years working to lock down Florida for Republicans (she\u2019s since been named Trump\u2019s incoming chief of staff). Her tactics make people feel like an essential part of a group with a clear goal. Wiles piloted the \u201910 for Trump\u2019 Iowa caucus program, which gave a subset of 2,000 volunteers the title of \u2018captain\u2019, a limited-edition gold-embroidered hat, and the goal of motivating 10 people in their precincts to turn out.\u201d \u2022 Susie Wiles is simply re-inventing the Precinct Captain, an age-old Democrat structure alert reader DCblogger often spoke of. And surprise, it works!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Please, no:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.5652173913043\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.0086956521739\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unburdened by what came before <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KKCnF22vIe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/KKCnF22vIe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenklippenstein\/status\/1861141299132314090\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>On what grounds would Kamala run again?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"resistance\"\/>The #Resistance<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"16.878571428571\">\n<p>\u201cThis is the new progressive strategy for warring with Trump\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/25\/progressives-against-trump-00191392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cProgressive Democrats wrestling with how to navigate a second Donald Trump presidency are settling on a new approach: Take his populist, working-class proposals at his word \u2014 or at least pretend to. If he succeeds, they can take some credit for bringing him to the table.\u201d Lol. No they can\u2019t. More: \u201d If he doesn\u2019t, they can bash him for it. It\u2019s a change in strategy, emerging in private conversations among some liberal elected officials and operatives, that comes after years of resisting Trump ended with him returning to the White House.\u201d And finally: \u201cProgressives are clear-eyed that with a Republican-controlled House and Senate, many, if not most, of Trump\u2019s populist campaign promises will not happen \u2014 if he were ever serious about them to begin with. But they believe that his voters want him to follow through. They also lack any power in Congress and are desperate for even an outside chance to influence policy.\u201d \u2022 Not with a bang but a whimper. Hey, I\u2019m so old I remember when Trump was a fascist!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Clinton Legacy<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"6.3\">\n<p>\u201cPeople who wear ties\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.9669421487603\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.578512396694\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bill Clinton: “in demonizing all establishments and all people who wear a tie like you and me to work and have a good education, we are breaking down the legitimacy of\u2026people who actually know things that are very important for us today and very important for our continued\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0OfAJOa6yV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/0OfAJOa6yV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenklippenstein\/status\/1860539372967223460\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who actually know things.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats <em>en d\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"5.3350515463918\">\n<p>Centrist dipshits, as Atrios calls them:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.3804034582133\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.389048991354\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democratic pundits berated Bernie’s coalition as “Bernie Bros” and also told people they were ingrates for not better appreciating the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Now they’re fusing those 2 threads together, asserting that Bernie supporters are mentally ill & lazy & *choosing* to be poor. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6vpKWFOMIE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/6vpKWFOMIE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Sirota (@davidsirota) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidsirota\/status\/1861151452090994699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Covid Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>, <del><a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a><\/del>; includes many counties; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wastewater Scan<\/a>, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/businesssolutions\/covid-19-index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a>); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacovid19tracker.org\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iowa COVID-19 Tracker<\/a>\u201d (in IA, but national data). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/icemsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/a>\u201d (especially on hospitalization by city).<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, thanks for the collective effort. To update any entry, do feel free to contact me at the address given with the plants. Please put \u201cCOVID\u201d in the subject line. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (Local): AK (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/af2efc8bffbf4cdc83c2d1a134354074\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/6d2771faa9da4a2786a509d82c8cf0f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AR (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/633006d0782b4544bd5113a314f6268a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AZ (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azdhs.gov\/covid19\/data\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); CA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/CalSuWers-Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.marinhhs.org\/surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marin, dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/healthalerts.stanford.edu\/covid-19\/wastewater-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stanford, wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/?v=SC2_N&l=Oakland%2C+CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oakland, wastewater<\/a>); CO (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.colorado.gov\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cdphe.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/d79cf93c3938470ca4bcc4823328946b#utility=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); CT (<a href=\"https:\/\/data.ct.gov\/stories\/s\/COVID-19-data\/wa3g-tfvc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); DE (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.delaware.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); FL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/5b9d75ba683849928dc1a49c39ab0b1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); GA (<a href=\"https:\/\/dph.georgia.gov\/ga-nwss-wastewater-surveillance-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); HI (<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); IA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmmwra.org\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater reports<\/a>); ID (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Boise; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/?plantId=1056f05c-0e46-4e3d-b007-c0453ba7dc0d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Central Idaho; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/#:SARS-CoV-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Coeur d\u2019Alene; dashboard, <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.srhd.org\/topics\/spokane-county-case-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spokane County<\/a>); IL (<a href=\"https:\/\/iwss.uillinois.edu\/wastewater-treatment-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); IN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.in.gov\/indiana-covid-19-dashboard-and-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); KS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov\/160\/COVID-19-in-Kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/4456bae8a38f4b6180e008477382fff9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Lawrence); KY (<a href=\"https:\/\/louisville.edu\/envirome\/thecoimmunityproject\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Louisville); LA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldh.la.gov\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/covid-19-wastewater-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MD (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); ME (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dhhs\/mecdc\/infectious-disease\/epi\/airborne\/coronavirus\/data.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/stats\/wastewater-surveillance\/dashboard\/sentinel-wastewater-epidemiology-evaluation-project-sweep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/gisportal.state.mi.us\/portal\/apps\/insights\/index.html#\/view\/52bbb104ed574887918f990af9f3debe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/diseases\/coronavirus\/stats\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MO (<a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/f7f5492486114da6b5d6fdc07f81aacf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MS (<a href=\"https:\/\/msdh.ms.gov\/page\/14,0,420.html#Mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>MT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=7c34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; NC (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ncdhhs.gov\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard)<\/a>; ND (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NE (<a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-dhhs.ne.gov\/Atlas\/Respiratory_Illness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NH (<a href=\"https:\/\/wisdom.dhhs.nh.gov\/wisdom\/dashboard.html?topic=covid-19&subtopic=recurring-updates&indicator=covid-19-wastewater#tabnavbarid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NJ (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.nj.gov\/forms\/datadashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NM (<a href=\"https:\/\/cvprovider.nmhealth.org\/public-dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NV (<a href=\"https:\/\/nvhealthresponse.nv.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/empower.unlv.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Southern NV); NY (<a href=\"https:\/\/mbcolli.shinyapps.io\/SARS2EWSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OH (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/dashboards\/other-resources\/wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/51657c21386d4f1a962b1853c76ec589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>OR (<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/oregon.health.authority.covid.19\/viz\/OregonsCOVID-19DataDashboards-TableofContents\/TableofContentsStatewide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; PA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/disease\/coronavirus\/pages\/Cases.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); RI (<a href=\"https:\/\/ri-department-of-health-covid-19-data-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/scdhec.gov\/index.php\/covid19\/covid-19-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SD (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.sd.gov\/COVID\/Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TX (<a href=\"https:\/\/txdshsea.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/4ae43eefd0f641d59d35c3df82ee59cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); UT (<a href=\"https:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/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>Look for the Helpers<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mask Project:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.9495412844037\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.532110091743\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a great crowd sourcing project to measure how well various N95s\/KN95s etc fit a wide variety of people.<\/p>\n<p>The data will drive an app to help people select the masks most likely to give them good individual fit and protection. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WBSJrMlivv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/WBSJrMlivv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gerard Hughes ( @ghhughes@zeroes.ca ) (@ghhughes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ghhughes\/status\/1860744185982374129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p wp_automatic_readability=\"6.9274074074074\"> <transmission: h5n1=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"15.834074074074\">\n<p>\u201cI Ran Operation Warp Speed. I\u2019m Concerned About Bird Flu\u201d [David A. Kessler, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/1wbIB#selection-811.2-815.16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cAs Donald Trump gets ready to return to the White House on Jan. 20, he must be prepared to tackle one issue immediately: the possibility that the spreading avian flu might mutate to enable human-to-human transmission\u2026.. I have been monitoring the spread of bird flu, also known as H5N1, and discussing the situation with colleagues around the country. My concern is growing\u2026. Without mandatory testing, bird flu will continue circulating at farms across the country, which substantially increases the risk that the virus mutates and evolves to allow a human-to-human transmission that will be hard to stop\u2026. No one knows how many mutations will be required to set off human-to- human respiratory spread. That could require many mutations and may never happen. But we could also be just two or three mutations away. If the virus begins to transmit efficiently among humans, it will be very difficult to contain, according to the Johns Hopkins assessment, and \u2018the likelihood of a pandemic is very high.\u2019 The incoming Trump administration needs to be prepared.\u201d \u2022\u00a0I hope raw milk stans don\u2019t have inordinate influence\u2026. <\/p>\n<p>Vaccines<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<p>Although Adams had a position in the last Trump Adminisration, sadly he does not in the current one:<\/p>\n<p><center\/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/transmission:>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.381818181818\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here are the top and bottom countries according to life expectancy globally- along with their respective measles vaccination rates. U.S. is also listed. Notice anything? \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<p>Top 4 countries by life expectancy: <br \/>1. Japan<br \/>\u2013 Life Expectancy: 84.5 years<br \/>\u2013 Measles Vaccination\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerome Adams (@JeromeAdamsMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeromeAdamsMD\/status\/1861133665214046363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Personal Risk Assessment<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"4.0598290598291\">\n<p>Admirable commitment to the bit:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.5388349514563\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.4368932038835\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He probably shouldn’t have “caught COVID on purpose.” There’s basically no lasting immunity from COVID either via infection or vaccine, and the damage even a mild case does to your body can kill you down the road. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KZusgAngsu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/KZusgAngsu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QvksLdvMsq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/QvksLdvMsq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 L., MA (@leslieleeiii) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leslieleeiii\/status\/1860807722502930884\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>FAFO\u2026. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Elite Maleficence<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"5.4893617021277\">\n<p>I suppose the only solution is to put our trust in the billionaires, especially the tech bros:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.5733333333333\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.8266666666667\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The shameless denial of science & dearth of care & consideration exhibited for people during the pandemic to date has ended the credibility of:<\/p>\n<p>WHO<\/p>\n<p>CDC<\/p>\n<p>PHAC<\/p>\n<p>HICPAC<\/p>\n<p>APIC<\/p>\n<p>SHEA<\/p>\n<p>IPAC<\/p>\n<p>PHO<\/p>\n<p>PICNET<\/p>\n<p>COCHRANE<\/p>\n<p>NHE<\/p>\n<p>CELL IPC<\/p>\n<p>Public Health<\/p>\n<p>Medical community<\/p>\n<p>Political leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T6GQXyYk3p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/T6GQXyYk3p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barry Hunt \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013 Novavax 4 Me (@BarryHunt008) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarryHunt008\/status\/1860756969826464160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.910404624277\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6470588235294\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 18<\/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\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-4-300x202.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\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6712328767123\">\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> November 23<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> <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> November 16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1-300x171.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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.9240506329114\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> New York[5] <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.health.ny.gov\/daily-hospitalization-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York State<\/a>, data November 25:<\/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> November 21:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-10.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-10-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalizaiton-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalizaiton-natl.png 802w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalizaiton-natl-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalizaiton-natl-768x590.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalizaiton-natl-624x479.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\"\/><\/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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"2.6842105263158\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> National[7] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/healthcare-solutions\/covid-19-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> November 25:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Ohio[8] <a href=\"https:\/\/clevelandcliniclabs.com\/respiratory-virus-surveillance-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a> November 16:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1-300x196.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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.5862068965517\">\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> November 4:<\/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> November 4:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3-300x187.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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.76\">\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> November 2:<\/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> November 2:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td wp_automatic_readability=\"164.97041785061\">\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) Good news!<\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) KP.* still popular. XEC has entered the chat. That WHO label, \u201cOmmicron,\u201d has done a great job normalizing successive waves of infection.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ED) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Steadily down.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). Actually improved; it\u2019s now one of the few charts to show the entire course of the pandemic to the present day.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants). Now XEC.<\/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>Manufacturing: \u201cUnited States Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/richmond-fed-manufacturing-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe composite manufacturing index in the US Fifth District was unchanged\u2026 The reading showed that activity remained sluggish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Housing: \u201cUnited States FHFA House Price Index\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/housing-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cHousing Index in the United States decreased to 0.70 points in September from 427 points in August of 2024. Housing Index in the United States averaged 200.20 points from 1991 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 427.00 points in August of 2024 and a record low of 0.70 points in September of 2024\u201d \u2022 What?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cChilling cockpit audio from doomed Boeing 737 DHL plane just before it crashed in fireball is revealed \u2013 along with recording of air traffic control scrambling to deal with aftermath: \u2018We just got a crash’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14126733\/chilling-cockpit-audio-boeing-737-revealed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>]. \u201cThe cause of the crash remains a mystery as Lithuania\u2019s National Crisis Management Centre deployed experts to investigate\u2026 The incident follows reports in recent months that mysterious explosions had occurred at DHL warehouses in Leipzig and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/birmingham\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14043149\/Putins-exploding-sex-toy-terror-plot-Russian-spies-sent-package-erotic-gadgets-massage-pillows-ignited-Brit-German-DHL-depots-test-run-attack-bound-flight.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fears of a Russian covert sabotage operation<\/a> intended to explode aircraft flying in the West.\u201d \u2022 Lithuania. Oh.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cThe unanswered questions surrounding the DHL Boeing 737 crash\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/news\/dhl-boeing-373-crash-questions-3400732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">iNews<\/a>]. \u201cAfter departing from Leipzig, Germany, the Boeing 737 made a \u201cforced landing\u201d one kilometre from the airport, splitting into pieces upon impact and sliding more than 100m, leaving a trail of burning wreckage. Germany\u2019s foreign minister suggested the incident could have been a hybrid attack in \u201cvolatile times\u201d, apparently referring to suspected acts of sabotage by Russia against Ukraine\u2019s EU allies\u2026. On Tuesday afternoon, the Lithuanian Justice Ministry said the black boxes, containing flight data and voice recorders, had been found\u2026 In footage of the incident, the plane is seen turning quickly on its side moments before crashing in a residential area, near a road. The same movement was described by witness Kotryna Ciupailaite, who saw the plane flying over her car as she drove to work. \u2018The right wing of the plane turned down before it crashed as if it was trying to turn,\u2019 she said. \u2018There was something shiny coming out of the right side of the plane, like sparks or a flame, before it hit the ground.’\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing SC seeks more environmental permits ahead of planned 787 production hikes\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/business\/boeing-charleston-787-dreamliner-expansion-aviation\/article_b22a7e38-a8eb-11ef-b1a3-43d8d9a899c9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Post and Courier<\/a>]. \u201cBoeing Co. has filed a flurry of permit applications over the past year \u2014 including four this month \u2014 with an eye toward future expansion of its 787 plant in North Charleston, as the planemaker hopes to double the number of wide-bodies it builds in South Carolina\u2026. The plans are being driven by Boeing\u2019s projections that airlines globally will need 8,065 new wide-body commercial jets like the Dreamliner over the next 20 years as the demand for air travel outpaces economic growth. The need is particularly strong in the Middle East\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cChina Southern Airlines Announces Plan To Sell Entire Fleet Of 10 Boeing 787-8s\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/china-southern-announces-plan-to-sell-entire-fleet-of-10-boeing-787-8s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Simple Flying<\/a>]. \u201c[T]he 787-8 has gradually been overshadowed by its larger sibling, the Boeing 787-9. The 787-8, with its smaller passenger capacity and higher per-seat costs, is no longer as economically viable for airlines. In comparison, the 787-9 offers greater seating capacity and improved operational efficiency, making it a preferred choice for modern fleets. China Southern\u2019s intent to sell all 10 of its 787-8s aligns with a broader industry trend among Chinese airlines to phase out older widebody aircraft in favor of more efficient models. Earlier this year, the airline retired its Airbus A380s and has significantly slowed widebody aircraft acquisitions, reflecting a shift toward narrowbody planes better suited for the post-pandemic recovery in domestic and regional markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 64 Greed (previous close: 61 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 49 (Neutral). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Nov 26 at 1:21:13 PM ET\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Rapture Index: Closes up one on Drought. \u201cA very large area of the nation is under general drought conditions\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptureready.com\/rapture-ready-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rapture Ready<\/a>]. Record High, October 10, 2016: 189. Current: 183. (Remember that bringing on the Rapture is good.) \u2022 Hard to believe the Rapture Index is going <em>down<\/em>. Do these people know something we don\u2019t?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps I would prefer the photograph, the \u201coriginal\u201d?<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.9579831932773\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.554621848739\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From around 1927, Walter Sickert worked mainly from photographs and this work of Dawson Bros department store on City Road in London was probably painted from a snapshot. It was a method that allowed him to work in the studio and focus on composition and detail rather than\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CsT4xy7gJN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/CsT4xy7gJN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Morris (@ahistoryinart) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ahistoryinart\/status\/1861036680880279838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"zeitgeist\"\/><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018What many of us feel\u2019: why \u2018enshittification\u2019 is Macquarie Dictionary\u2019s word of the year\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2024\/nov\/26\/enshittification-macquarie-dictionary-word-of-the-year-explained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guardian<\/a>]. \u201cBut enshittification not only won their vote, it took out the people\u2019s choice award. \u2018This word captures what many of us feel is happening to the world and to so many aspects of our lives at the moment,\u2019 the [dictionary] committee said. Doctorow himself is surprisingly optimistic about where this could all end up. Action on competition to prevent market dominance, regulation on things such as digital privacy, more power for users to decide how they use platforms, and tackling the exploitation of workers could reverse the process, he wrote, because \u2018everyone has a stake in disenshittification.\u2019 Big tech can\u2019t be fixed, he argues, but maybe it can be destroyed. He adds a fourth stage to the tech platforms\u2019 scatological journey from being good to users, to abusing them in favour of their customers, to abusing their customers to serve themselves. \u2018Then they die,\u2019 he wrote.\u201d \u2022 <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"class\"\/><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBossware is unfair (in the legal sense, too)\u201d [Cory Doctorow, <a href=\"https:\/\/pluralistic.net\/2024\/11\/26\/hawtch-hawtch\/#you-treasure-what-you-measure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pluralistic<\/a>]. \u201cYou can get into a lot of trouble by assuming that rich people know what they\u2019re doing. For example, might assume that ad-tech works \u2013 bypassing peoples\u2019 critical faculties, reaching inside their minds and brainwashing them with Big Data insights, because if that\u2019s not what\u2019s happening, then why would rich people pour billions into those ads? You might assume that private equity looters make their investors rich, because otherwise, why would rich people hand over trillions for them to play with? The truth is, rich people are suckers like the rest of us. If anything, succeeding once or twice makes you an even bigger mark, with a sense of your own infallibility that inflates to fill the bubble your yes-men seal you inside of. But though rich people can fall for scams the same way you and I do, the way those scams play out is very different when the marks are wealthy. As Keynes had it, \u201cThe market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.\u201d When the marks are rich (or worse, super-rich), they can be played for much longer before they go bust, creating the appearance of solidity.\u201d \u2022 Followed by a discussion of Keynes and the concept of \u201cthe bezzle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am not feeing 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\/11\/200pm-water-cooler-11-25-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From a friend of Bob or Janet:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geranium_saga.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geranium_saga.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geranium_saga-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The friend writes: \u201cTwo weeks or so ago now, I discovered this adorable plant off to the side of the campus of my high school just up the hill from me: I used PlantNet to ID it first time around, and it gave me Geranium sibirica, but questioned it. I went to GoBotany, and discovered they have something called PlantShare (I think that\u2019s how I remember it) and submitted my photo to them. I got an answer back from Arthur Haines of the Native Plant Trust saying he thought it was G. pratense and asked me for more photos and measurements, etc., eventually asking for pictures of the rhizomes and roots coming out of the rhizomes, ending up with asking for photo of the larger area where it is growing, which I sent along with my first video ever of the area. In consultation with some other botanists, he has confirmed that it is G. thunbergii, and that this is a first sighting in NH yet! He is going to add it to GoBotany\u2019s distribution maps. I\u2019ve had such a good time working with him, and he has been very appreciative of my interest and participation.\u201d Interesting!<\/p>\n<p>Readers, if you haven\u2019t sent in a plant photo to Water Cooler, why not try it? 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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 \/>\n <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. 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I love the tactical level, and secretly love even the horse race, since I\u2019ve been blogging about it daily for fourteen years, but everything I write has this perspective at the back of it.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .author-link\t-->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-description -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n\t<!-- #post --><\/p>\n<nav class=\"nav-single\">\n<h3 class=\"assistive-text\">Post navigation<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"nav-previous list-posts-older\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/11\/taxpayers-spend-22-more-per-patient-to-support-medicare-advantage-the-private-alternative-to-medicare-that-promised-to-cost-less.html\" rel=\"prev\"><span class=\"meta-nav\">\u2190<\/span> Taxpayers Spend 22% More Per Patient to Support Medicare Advantage \u2013 The Private Alternative to Medicare That Promised to Cost Less<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"nav-next list-posts-newer\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n<p><!-- .nav-single --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- #comments .comments-area --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- #content --><br \/>\n<!-- #primary --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- #secondary --><\/p>\n<footer id=\"colophon\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- .site-info --><br \/>\n\t\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- #colophon --><br \/>\n\t\t<!-- #main.wrapper --><br \/>\n<!-- #page --><br \/>\n<!-- .mobile-menu-wrap --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Blog Reader Pooling - removed 09\/16\/2015 by M. 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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, Antietam National Battlefield, Washington, Maryland, United States. \u201cMale Northern Mockingbird singing from roadside Eastern Red Cedar. This birds plumage was brownish rather than black \u2014 therefore the age is not known for certain. Seems like a rather accomplished singing for a HY bird.\u201d 12 minutes of mockingbird song! A good start to the week. Grab a cup of coffee! HY = Hatching Year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLearn to tune into birdsong \u2013 respite and fascination await\u201d [David Logue, <a href=\"https:\/\/psyche.co\/ideas\/learn-to-tune-into-birdsong-respite-and-fascination-await\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Psyche<\/a> (AL)]. \u201cOn a typical day, I\u2019m in the tropical forest long before dawn. I stand near a tree with a microphone, waiting for the bird that lives there to wake up and sing. When it finally does, I whisper \u2018bird\u2019 into the microphone. It\u2019s a message to my future self that the bird on the recording is the one I meant to record. As the dawn chorus ramps up, I focus ever more on the sound of that bird. I whisper \u2018bird\u2019 after each of its songs, like a monk reciting his mantra. All of my attention is on the Adelaide\u2019s warbler, singing from the top of the tamarind tree; there is none left for extraneous thought. I feel like I belong in the present moment, with no desire to be or do anything else. That feeling remains with me long after I leave the field site\u2026 Listening deeply to birdsong \u2013 that is, listening mindfully, with open attention \u2013 combines the benefits of mindfulness practice and those of listening to bird sounds. Here\u2019s how to get started.\u201d \u2022 \u201cA tree\u201d and \u201cthe bird\u201d implies that every tree has its bird. Can that be true?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#assassination\">\u201cJoy\u201d at Bluesky<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#transition\">Trump team drags feet<\/a> on signing ethics and transparency agreements. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#blame\">\u201cEveryone is taking their skim\u201d <\/a> (of Democrat campaigns).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#boeing\">Boeing 737 DHL plane crashes<\/a> in Lithuania.<\/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><a name=\"assassination \"\/>Trump Assassination Attempts (Plural)<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"4.75\">\n<p>An example of \u201cjoy\u201d at Bluesky:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.9347826086957\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:6wthaiuqiys3y7eztkpsdam2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lbpbvpejjs2o\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreidyhwhswkproc6evrojs7yvnkraywe533rr6gnaqcya6d7x5clc5m\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.527950310559\">\n<p lang=\"en\">One day, like a miracle. \u2615\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:6wthaiuqiys3y7eztkpsdam2\/post\/3lbpbvpejjs2o?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udc40\ud835\udcb6\ud835\udcce\ud835\udcc7\ud835\udcb6\u00b0\u2740\u22c6.\u0cc3\u0fd4*:\uff65\ud83e\udee7\ud83e\udd8b (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:6wthaiuqiys3y7eztkpsdam2?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@lepapillonblue.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:6wthaiuqiys3y7eztkpsdam2\/post\/3lbpbvpejjs2o?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 24, 2024 at 10:06 AM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The comments are adorable.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump Transition<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"34.385524901469\">\n<p><a name=\"transition\"\/>\u201cTrump team barred from agencies amid legal standoff\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/23\/trump-team-barred-from-agencies-amid-legal-standoff-00191399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cAdvisers to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reached out to the Health and Human Services Department multiple times after Donald Trump tapped him to lead the massive agency, hoping to jumpstart coordination before his takeover in late January. They were rebuffed. Kennedy\u2019s inability to communicate with the agency he may soon manage, confirmed by an administration official with knowledge of the episodes granted anonymity to describe internal deliberations, is just one consequence of the president-elect\u2019s continued foot-dragging on signing the standard trio of ethics and transparency agreements with the federal government \u2014 something his team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/09\/trump-feds-help-transition-00188603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pledged to do<\/a> shortly after the election. \u2026 Both the Trump transition and the White House confirmed to POLITICO that negotiations on the agreements are still underway\u2026. Watchdog groups, ethics experts and former government officials say the delay in coordination with federal agencies, which typically begins by mid-November, means the new administration won\u2019t be up to speed on the state of the career workforce and budget and what headaches may await them when Trump takes the oath of office on Jan. 20. The failure thus far to sign the memorandums has also troubled Biden officials, who are particularly concerned about the potential national security implications. Without the agreements in place, Trump\u2019s team can\u2019t access any non-public government data \u2014 depriving it of a full view of efforts the White House and federal agencies are taking to safeguard against a range of threats.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Part of me says that working only from public data would be a great idea, since otherwise you\u2019re owned by the people who own the secrets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump Locks Bathroom Door So Elon Musk Can\u2019t Follow Him In\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/theonion.com\/trump-locks-bathroom-door-so-elon-musk-cant-follow-him-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Onion<\/a>]. \u2022 The headline is better than the text. Nevertheless.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSexual-Misconduct Allegations Sank One Trump Nominee and Loom Over Kennedy\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/v9GAz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>]. \u201cKennedy, President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s pick for Health and Human Services secretary, has been accused of sexual assault in the late 1990s by a woman who is willing to testify before the Senate. Kennedy has said he is \u2018not a church boy.’\u201d And: \u201c\u2018It seemed like he thought I was somebody else or wasn\u2019t paying attention,\u2019 she wrote in her diary at the time, which she showed to the Journal. \u2018Like he would come to every once in a while and snap out of it or I would move away.\u2019 Later in the journal entry she speculated whether he was \u2018testing\u2019 her.\u201d \u2022 So, contemporaneous evidence (though in full \u201cSmiley\u2019s People\u201d mode, I would want to authenticate that diary, down to the ink and paper, given the money, the stakes, and the players involved).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2024 Post Mortem<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"96.822085889571\">\n<p><a name=\"blame\"\/><strong>Deploy the Blame Cannons!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Everyone is taking their skim\u2019: How Democratic consultants cashed in on Harris\u2019 losing campaign\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2024\/11\/24\/everyone-is-taking-their-skim-how-democratic-consultants-cashed-in-on-harris-losing-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Salon<\/a>]. A must-read. \u201cWhile most political strategists agree that some spending on paid media is necessary to win a campaign in 2024, Faiz Shakir, a senior advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., told Salon that the Harris campaign\u2019s spending profile is indicative of a structural issue with how the Democratic Party approaches paid media and political strategy. According to Shakir, Democratic strategists often see cutting a new 30-second ad as a sort of cure-all to a campaign\u2019s problems and a way for campaigns to address a weakness without re-evaluating the message or stances they\u2019ve taken. \u201cThere\u2019s no room you walk into in which saying we should run an ad sounds like bad advice,\u201d he said\u2026. \u2018The opportunity to make money off of the firm that has created 30-second ads and the person who has placed the ads is ripe for abuse because there are hundreds of millions of dollars going into it and everyone is taking their skim,\u2019 Shakir said. \u2018There\u2019s a huge escalation every step of the way because of a skim at every level.’\u201d Of the rentiers, by the rentiers, for the rentiers. More: \u201c\u201d Oh. More: \u201cReviewing the ad spending from the Harris campaign, it\u2019s clear that the bulk of the money was funneled through firms run or owned by Democratic Party insiders\u2026. Many of the FEC filings documenting payments from the Harris campaign to Media Buying and Analytics lump together media production and buying, meaning it\u2019s impossible to distinguish how much the firm is being paid to create media for the campaign versus how much it is spending on air time and what sort of commission the firm is making on those ad buys.\u201d And: \u201cThe core issue, as Shakir puts it, is that the party political operations are a closed loop with well-off consultants, politicians and donors all taking advice from each other with little outside input. \u2018We have a working-class problem in the Democratic Party and when you have wealthy consultants talking to wealthy donors who are all living in an elite bubble, it can become detached from what messages will resonate with people who aren\u2019t in the elite bubble.’\u201d \u2022\u00a0Remember the Unity Reform Commission in 2016? Nothing has changed since this famous clip from Sanders supporter Nomiki Konst:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Nomiki GOES OFF At DNC Unity Reform Meeting\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EAvblBnXV-w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis smells.\u201d It did eight years ago, and then stench is worse today. The difference that nobody back then was willing to name names, which this time around Shakir names the consultants; read the article. And how good it is to see a Sanders supporter putting the boot in. More like this, please.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMega-donor: Democratic overspending disqualifies Harris \u2018forever’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/5009393-kamala-harris-disqualified-by-campaign-overspending-mega-donor-john-morgan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hill<\/a>]. \u201c[Political mega-donor John Morgan] added that the reported $1.5 billion spent in four months is proof that Harris shouldn\u2019t run again. \u2018I think this disqualifies her forever,\u2019 Morgan said. \u2018If you can\u2019t run a campaign, you can\u2019t run America.\u2019 \u2018The same thing is going to follow Harris for the rest of her career. She cannot be trusted with the money, and the donors are going to be, like, \u2018Where is this money?\u201d he added.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne Election Takeaway: Voters Hate Temporary Safety Nets\u201d [Nathan Tankus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crisesnotes.com\/one-election-takeaway-voters-hate-temporary-safety-nets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Notes on the Crises<\/a>]. \u201cOne theme I regularly took up was the fact that congress responded to the Coronavirus pandemic with a series of economic measures which were powerful, but time limited. These covered the gamut, but the most important were the expansions and extensions to unemployment insurance \u2014the direct economic payments (\u2018checks\u2019) and the extensions to Medicaid. These programs were important not because they provided \u2018fiscal stimulus\u2019, but because they underpinned households\u2019 livelihoods at a difficult time and facilitated \u2018social distancing\u2019. My worry then was that having such large programs on a time limited basis created what I called \u2018fiscal cliffication\u2019. That means politics would increasingly revolve around large fights over what to do as big programs approached their expiration dates.\u201d And: \u201c[T]he pandemic greatly impacted the volatility of labor market income and, at the same time, the expansions of the social safety net \u2014 particularly unemployment insurance \u2014 greatly reduced the volatility of overall income. This is especially the case for the bottom 50% of households, who always have far more volatile incomes than the top 50% of households\u2026. The reason that households\u2019 financial wellbeing improved significantly between 2019 and 2021 despite such a dramatically regressive depression is purely because of the pandemic safety net.\u201d Concluding: \u201cThe last minute switchover to Harris was likely too short to dramatically change messages, or gain credibility as a \u2018change\u2019 candidate in a \u2018change\u2019 election In fact, it\u2019s that Harris didn\u2019t even really try. This is understandable given the unusual circumstances, but it was electoral poison given that .\u201d \u2022 This is a very interesting paper and well worth a read (coffee cup in hand). The thesis in the headline, though intuitively obvious, is not really proven by the paper, but that should be the easy part, considering the work that Tankus already did.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats should stop mocking Trump\u2019s ground game and start learning from it\u201d [Astra Taylor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2024\/nov\/25\/democrats-organizing-get-out-the-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guardian<\/a>]. \u201cTrump succeeded, at least in part, because he is a man who will say anything and do anything to win. And of course he was boosted by conservative media \u2013 by Fox News talkshows, conspiratorial podcasts, manosphere influencers, deceptive deepfakes, targeted ads, and \u201cFirst Buddy\u201d Elon Musk\u2019s transformation of Twitter into X. But he also won because he had a strong ground game, even if it occasionally blundered and often looked different from what observers and experts expected from a get-out-the vote drive, including its use of \u2018untraditional\u2019 and \u2018micro-targeted\u2019 strategies aimed at reaching low- and mid-propensity voters who didn\u2019t fit the usual Republican profile, including Latinos, Black men, and Asian and Arab Americans\u2026. When Democrats insist that Trump had no ground game, they ignore the right wing\u2019s investment and presence in spaces that are not purely electoral and that engage people year-round, including groups like Libre, along with the evangelical churches and student groups that increasingly function as social clubs recruiting people to the Maga cause. As Tiffany Dena Loftin details in the new issue of the Black leftist magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/hammerandhope.org\/article\/students-campus-organizing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hammer & Hope<\/a>, the right wing has spent decades systematically attacking and defunding progressive student unions and networks and building up their conservative counterparts.\u201d And: \u201cThe Trump campaign built on this model, providing its base with community and purpose and organizing them, in turn, to mobilize others to turn out and vote. Before joining Trump\u2019s team as campaign co-chair, Susie Wiles spent years working to lock down Florida for Republicans (she\u2019s since been named Trump\u2019s incoming chief of staff). Her tactics make people feel like an essential part of a group with a clear goal. Wiles piloted the \u201910 for Trump\u2019 Iowa caucus program, which gave a subset of 2,000 volunteers the title of \u2018captain\u2019, a limited-edition gold-embroidered hat, and the goal of motivating 10 people in their precincts to turn out.\u201d \u2022 Susie Wiles is simply re-inventing the Precinct Captain, an age-old Democrat structure alert reader DCblogger often spoke of. And surprise, it works!<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Please, no:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.5652173913043\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.0086956521739\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unburdened by what came before <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KKCnF22vIe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/KKCnF22vIe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenklippenstein\/status\/1861141299132314090\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>On what grounds would Kamala run again?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"resistance\"\/>The #Resistance<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"16.878571428571\">\n<p>\u201cThis is the new progressive strategy for warring with Trump\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/25\/progressives-against-trump-00191392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cProgressive Democrats wrestling with how to navigate a second Donald Trump presidency are settling on a new approach: Take his populist, working-class proposals at his word \u2014 or at least pretend to. If he succeeds, they can take some credit for bringing him to the table.\u201d Lol. No they can\u2019t. More: \u201d If he doesn\u2019t, they can bash him for it. It\u2019s a change in strategy, emerging in private conversations among some liberal elected officials and operatives, that comes after years of resisting Trump ended with him returning to the White House.\u201d And finally: \u201cProgressives are clear-eyed that with a Republican-controlled House and Senate, many, if not most, of Trump\u2019s populist campaign promises will not happen \u2014 if he were ever serious about them to begin with. But they believe that his voters want him to follow through. They also lack any power in Congress and are desperate for even an outside chance to influence policy.\u201d \u2022 Not with a bang but a whimper. Hey, I\u2019m so old I remember when Trump was a fascist!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Clinton Legacy<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"6.3\">\n<p>\u201cPeople who wear ties\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.9669421487603\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.578512396694\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bill Clinton: “in demonizing all establishments and all people who wear a tie like you and me to work and have a good education, we are breaking down the legitimacy of\u2026people who actually know things that are very important for us today and very important for our continued\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0OfAJOa6yV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/0OfAJOa6yV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenklippenstein\/status\/1860539372967223460\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who actually know things.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats <em>en d\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"5.3350515463918\">\n<p>Centrist dipshits, as Atrios calls them:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.3804034582133\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.389048991354\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democratic pundits berated Bernie’s coalition as “Bernie Bros” and also told people they were ingrates for not better appreciating the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Now they’re fusing those 2 threads together, asserting that Bernie supporters are mentally ill & lazy & *choosing* to be poor. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6vpKWFOMIE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/6vpKWFOMIE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Sirota (@davidsirota) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidsirota\/status\/1861151452090994699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Covid Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>, <del><a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a><\/del>; includes many counties; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wastewater Scan<\/a>, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/businesssolutions\/covid-19-index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a>); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacovid19tracker.org\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iowa COVID-19 Tracker<\/a>\u201d (in IA, but national data). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/icemsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/a>\u201d (especially on hospitalization by city).<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, thanks for the collective effort. To update any entry, do feel free to contact me at the address given with the plants. Please put \u201cCOVID\u201d in the subject line. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (Local): AK (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/af2efc8bffbf4cdc83c2d1a134354074\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/6d2771faa9da4a2786a509d82c8cf0f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AR (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/633006d0782b4544bd5113a314f6268a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AZ (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azdhs.gov\/covid19\/data\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); CA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/CalSuWers-Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.marinhhs.org\/surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marin, dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/healthalerts.stanford.edu\/covid-19\/wastewater-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stanford, wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/?v=SC2_N&l=Oakland%2C+CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oakland, wastewater<\/a>); CO (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.colorado.gov\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cdphe.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/d79cf93c3938470ca4bcc4823328946b#utility=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); CT (<a href=\"https:\/\/data.ct.gov\/stories\/s\/COVID-19-data\/wa3g-tfvc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); DE (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.delaware.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); FL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/5b9d75ba683849928dc1a49c39ab0b1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); GA (<a href=\"https:\/\/dph.georgia.gov\/ga-nwss-wastewater-surveillance-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); HI (<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); IA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmmwra.org\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater reports<\/a>); ID (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Boise; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/?plantId=1056f05c-0e46-4e3d-b007-c0453ba7dc0d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Central Idaho; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/#:SARS-CoV-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Coeur d\u2019Alene; dashboard, <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.srhd.org\/topics\/spokane-county-case-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spokane County<\/a>); IL (<a href=\"https:\/\/iwss.uillinois.edu\/wastewater-treatment-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); IN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.in.gov\/indiana-covid-19-dashboard-and-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); KS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov\/160\/COVID-19-in-Kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/4456bae8a38f4b6180e008477382fff9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Lawrence); KY (<a href=\"https:\/\/louisville.edu\/envirome\/thecoimmunityproject\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Louisville); LA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldh.la.gov\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/covid-19-wastewater-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MD (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); ME (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dhhs\/mecdc\/infectious-disease\/epi\/airborne\/coronavirus\/data.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/stats\/wastewater-surveillance\/dashboard\/sentinel-wastewater-epidemiology-evaluation-project-sweep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/gisportal.state.mi.us\/portal\/apps\/insights\/index.html#\/view\/52bbb104ed574887918f990af9f3debe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/diseases\/coronavirus\/stats\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MO (<a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/f7f5492486114da6b5d6fdc07f81aacf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MS (<a href=\"https:\/\/msdh.ms.gov\/page\/14,0,420.html#Mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>MT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=7c34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; NC (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ncdhhs.gov\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard)<\/a>; ND (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NE (<a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-dhhs.ne.gov\/Atlas\/Respiratory_Illness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NH (<a href=\"https:\/\/wisdom.dhhs.nh.gov\/wisdom\/dashboard.html?topic=covid-19&subtopic=recurring-updates&indicator=covid-19-wastewater#tabnavbarid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NJ (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.nj.gov\/forms\/datadashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NM (<a href=\"https:\/\/cvprovider.nmhealth.org\/public-dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NV (<a href=\"https:\/\/nvhealthresponse.nv.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/empower.unlv.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Southern NV); NY (<a href=\"https:\/\/mbcolli.shinyapps.io\/SARS2EWSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OH (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/dashboards\/other-resources\/wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/51657c21386d4f1a962b1853c76ec589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>OR (<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/oregon.health.authority.covid.19\/viz\/OregonsCOVID-19DataDashboards-TableofContents\/TableofContentsStatewide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; PA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/disease\/coronavirus\/pages\/Cases.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); RI (<a href=\"https:\/\/ri-department-of-health-covid-19-data-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/scdhec.gov\/index.php\/covid19\/covid-19-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SD (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.sd.gov\/COVID\/Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TX (<a href=\"https:\/\/txdshsea.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/4ae43eefd0f641d59d35c3df82ee59cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); UT (<a href=\"https:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/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>Look for the Helpers<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mask Project:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.9495412844037\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.532110091743\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a great crowd sourcing project to measure how well various N95s\/KN95s etc fit a wide variety of people.<\/p>\n<p>The data will drive an app to help people select the masks most likely to give them good individual fit and protection. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WBSJrMlivv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/WBSJrMlivv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gerard Hughes ( @ghhughes@zeroes.ca ) (@ghhughes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ghhughes\/status\/1860744185982374129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p wp_automatic_readability=\"6.9274074074074\"> <transmission: h5n1=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"15.834074074074\">\n<p>\u201cI Ran Operation Warp Speed. I\u2019m Concerned About Bird Flu\u201d [David A. Kessler, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/1wbIB#selection-811.2-815.16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Times<\/a>]. \u201cAs Donald Trump gets ready to return to the White House on Jan. 20, he must be prepared to tackle one issue immediately: the possibility that the spreading avian flu might mutate to enable human-to-human transmission\u2026.. I have been monitoring the spread of bird flu, also known as H5N1, and discussing the situation with colleagues around the country. My concern is growing\u2026. Without mandatory testing, bird flu will continue circulating at farms across the country, which substantially increases the risk that the virus mutates and evolves to allow a human-to-human transmission that will be hard to stop\u2026. No one knows how many mutations will be required to set off human-to- human respiratory spread. That could require many mutations and may never happen. But we could also be just two or three mutations away. If the virus begins to transmit efficiently among humans, it will be very difficult to contain, according to the Johns Hopkins assessment, and \u2018the likelihood of a pandemic is very high.\u2019 The incoming Trump administration needs to be prepared.\u201d \u2022\u00a0I hope raw milk stans don\u2019t have inordinate influence\u2026. <\/p>\n<p>Vaccines<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<p>Although Adams had a position in the last Trump Adminisration, sadly he does not in the current one:<\/p>\n<p><center\/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/transmission:>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.381818181818\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here are the top and bottom countries according to life expectancy globally- along with their respective measles vaccination rates. U.S. is also listed. Notice anything? \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<p>Top 4 countries by life expectancy: <br \/>1. Japan<br \/>\u2013 Life Expectancy: 84.5 years<br \/>\u2013 Measles Vaccination\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerome Adams (@JeromeAdamsMD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeromeAdamsMD\/status\/1861133665214046363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Personal Risk Assessment<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"4.0598290598291\">\n<p>Admirable commitment to the bit:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.5388349514563\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.4368932038835\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He probably shouldn’t have “caught COVID on purpose.” There’s basically no lasting immunity from COVID either via infection or vaccine, and the damage even a mild case does to your body can kill you down the road. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KZusgAngsu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/KZusgAngsu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QvksLdvMsq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/QvksLdvMsq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 L., MA (@leslieleeiii) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leslieleeiii\/status\/1860807722502930884\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>FAFO\u2026. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Elite Maleficence<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"5.4893617021277\">\n<p>I suppose the only solution is to put our trust in the billionaires, especially the tech bros:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.5733333333333\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.8266666666667\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The shameless denial of science & dearth of care & consideration exhibited for people during the pandemic to date has ended the credibility of:<\/p>\n<p>WHO<\/p>\n<p>CDC<\/p>\n<p>PHAC<\/p>\n<p>HICPAC<\/p>\n<p>APIC<\/p>\n<p>SHEA<\/p>\n<p>IPAC<\/p>\n<p>PHO<\/p>\n<p>PICNET<\/p>\n<p>COCHRANE<\/p>\n<p>NHE<\/p>\n<p>CELL IPC<\/p>\n<p>Public Health<\/p>\n<p>Medical community<\/p>\n<p>Political leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T6GQXyYk3p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/T6GQXyYk3p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barry Hunt \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013 Novavax 4 Me (@BarryHunt008) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarryHunt008\/status\/1860756969826464160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.910404624277\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6470588235294\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 18<\/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\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-4-300x202.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\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-3-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6712328767123\">\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> November 23<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> <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> November 16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-2-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1-300x171.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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.9240506329114\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> New York[5] <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.health.ny.gov\/daily-hospitalization-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York State<\/a>, data November 25:<\/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> November 21:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-10.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-10-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalizaiton-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalizaiton-natl.png 802w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalizaiton-natl-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalizaiton-natl-768x590.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-hospitalizaiton-natl-624x479.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\"\/><\/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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"2.6842105263158\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: gold;\">\u2605<\/span> National[7] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/healthcare-solutions\/covid-19-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> November 25:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"> Ohio[8] <a href=\"https:\/\/clevelandcliniclabs.com\/respiratory-virus-surveillance-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a> November 16:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-3-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-1-300x196.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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.5862068965517\">\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> November 4:<\/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> November 4:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-2-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-3-300x187.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\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.76\">\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> November 2:<\/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> November 2:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-death-positivity-natl-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-2-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td wp_automatic_readability=\"164.97041785061\">\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) Good news!<\/p>\n<p>[2] (CDC) Last week\u2019s wastewater map.<\/p>\n<p>[3] (CDC Variants) KP.* still popular. XEC has entered the chat. That WHO label, \u201cOmmicron,\u201d has done a great job normalizing successive waves of infection.<\/p>\n<p>[4] (ED) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Steadily down.<\/p>\n<p>[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). Actually improved; it\u2019s now one of the few charts to show the entire course of the pandemic to the present day.<\/p>\n<p>[7] (Walgreens) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[8] (Cleveland) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[9] (Travelers: Positivity) Down.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants). Now XEC.<\/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>Manufacturing: \u201cUnited States Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/richmond-fed-manufacturing-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe composite manufacturing index in the US Fifth District was unchanged\u2026 The reading showed that activity remained sluggish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Housing: \u201cUnited States FHFA House Price Index\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/housing-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cHousing Index in the United States decreased to 0.70 points in September from 427 points in August of 2024. Housing Index in the United States averaged 200.20 points from 1991 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 427.00 points in August of 2024 and a record low of 0.70 points in September of 2024\u201d \u2022 What?<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"boeing\"\/>Manufacturing: \u201cChilling cockpit audio from doomed Boeing 737 DHL plane just before it crashed in fireball is revealed \u2013 along with recording of air traffic control scrambling to deal with aftermath: \u2018We just got a crash’\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14126733\/chilling-cockpit-audio-boeing-737-revealed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>]. \u201cThe cause of the crash remains a mystery as Lithuania\u2019s National Crisis Management Centre deployed experts to investigate\u2026 The incident follows reports in recent months that mysterious explosions had occurred at DHL warehouses in Leipzig and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/birmingham\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14043149\/Putins-exploding-sex-toy-terror-plot-Russian-spies-sent-package-erotic-gadgets-massage-pillows-ignited-Brit-German-DHL-depots-test-run-attack-bound-flight.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fears of a Russian covert sabotage operation<\/a> intended to explode aircraft flying in the West.\u201d \u2022 Lithuania. Oh.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cThe unanswered questions surrounding the DHL Boeing 737 crash\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/news\/dhl-boeing-373-crash-questions-3400732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">iNews<\/a>]. \u201cAfter departing from Leipzig, Germany, the Boeing 737 made a \u201cforced landing\u201d one kilometre from the airport, splitting into pieces upon impact and sliding more than 100m, leaving a trail of burning wreckage. Germany\u2019s foreign minister suggested the incident could have been a hybrid attack in \u201cvolatile times\u201d, apparently referring to suspected acts of sabotage by Russia against Ukraine\u2019s EU allies\u2026. On Tuesday afternoon, the Lithuanian Justice Ministry said the black boxes, containing flight data and voice recorders, had been found\u2026 In footage of the incident, the plane is seen turning quickly on its side moments before crashing in a residential area, near a road. The same movement was described by witness Kotryna Ciupailaite, who saw the plane flying over her car as she drove to work. \u2018The right wing of the plane turned down before it crashed as if it was trying to turn,\u2019 she said. \u2018There was something shiny coming out of the right side of the plane, like sparks or a flame, before it hit the ground.’\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing SC seeks more environmental permits ahead of planned 787 production hikes\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/business\/boeing-charleston-787-dreamliner-expansion-aviation\/article_b22a7e38-a8eb-11ef-b1a3-43d8d9a899c9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Post and Courier<\/a>]. \u201cBoeing Co. has filed a flurry of permit applications over the past year \u2014 including four this month \u2014 with an eye toward future expansion of its 787 plant in North Charleston, as the planemaker hopes to double the number of wide-bodies it builds in South Carolina\u2026. The plans are being driven by Boeing\u2019s projections that airlines globally will need 8,065 new wide-body commercial jets like the Dreamliner over the next 20 years as the demand for air travel outpaces economic growth. The need is particularly strong in the Middle East\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cChina Southern Airlines Announces Plan To Sell Entire Fleet Of 10 Boeing 787-8s\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/china-southern-announces-plan-to-sell-entire-fleet-of-10-boeing-787-8s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Simple Flying<\/a>]. \u201c[T]he 787-8 has gradually been overshadowed by its larger sibling, the Boeing 787-9. The 787-8, with its smaller passenger capacity and higher per-seat costs, is no longer as economically viable for airlines. In comparison, the 787-9 offers greater seating capacity and improved operational efficiency, making it a preferred choice for modern fleets. China Southern\u2019s intent to sell all 10 of its 787-8s aligns with a broader industry trend among Chinese airlines to phase out older widebody aircraft in favor of more efficient models. Earlier this year, the airline retired its Airbus A380s and has significantly slowed widebody aircraft acquisitions, reflecting a shift toward narrowbody planes better suited for the post-pandemic recovery in domestic and regional markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 64 Greed (previous close: 61 Greed) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 49 (Neutral). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Nov 26 at 1:21:13 PM ET\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Rapture Index: Closes up one on Drought. \u201cA very large area of the nation is under general drought conditions\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.raptureready.com\/rapture-ready-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rapture Ready<\/a>]. Record High, October 10, 2016: 189. Current: 183. (Remember that bringing on the Rapture is good.) \u2022 Hard to believe the Rapture Index is going <em>down<\/em>. Do these people know something we don\u2019t?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps I would prefer the photograph, the \u201coriginal\u201d?<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"3.9579831932773\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.554621848739\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From around 1927, Walter Sickert worked mainly from photographs and this work of Dawson Bros department store on City Road in London was probably painted from a snapshot. It was a method that allowed him to work in the studio and focus on composition and detail rather than\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CsT4xy7gJN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/CsT4xy7gJN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Morris (@ahistoryinart) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ahistoryinart\/status\/1861036680880279838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"zeitgeist\"\/><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018What many of us feel\u2019: why \u2018enshittification\u2019 is Macquarie Dictionary\u2019s word of the year\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2024\/nov\/26\/enshittification-macquarie-dictionary-word-of-the-year-explained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guardian<\/a>]. \u201cBut enshittification not only won their vote, it took out the people\u2019s choice award. \u2018This word captures what many of us feel is happening to the world and to so many aspects of our lives at the moment,\u2019 the [dictionary] committee said. Doctorow himself is surprisingly optimistic about where this could all end up. Action on competition to prevent market dominance, regulation on things such as digital privacy, more power for users to decide how they use platforms, and tackling the exploitation of workers could reverse the process, he wrote, because \u2018everyone has a stake in disenshittification.\u2019 Big tech can\u2019t be fixed, he argues, but maybe it can be destroyed. He adds a fourth stage to the tech platforms\u2019 scatological journey from being good to users, to abusing them in favour of their customers, to abusing their customers to serve themselves. \u2018Then they die,\u2019 he wrote.\u201d \u2022 <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"class\"\/><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBossware is unfair (in the legal sense, too)\u201d [Cory Doctorow, <a href=\"https:\/\/pluralistic.net\/2024\/11\/26\/hawtch-hawtch\/#you-treasure-what-you-measure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pluralistic<\/a>]. \u201cYou can get into a lot of trouble by assuming that rich people know what they\u2019re doing. For example, might assume that ad-tech works \u2013 bypassing peoples\u2019 critical faculties, reaching inside their minds and brainwashing them with Big Data insights, because if that\u2019s not what\u2019s happening, then why would rich people pour billions into those ads? You might assume that private equity looters make their investors rich, because otherwise, why would rich people hand over trillions for them to play with? The truth is, rich people are suckers like the rest of us. If anything, succeeding once or twice makes you an even bigger mark, with a sense of your own infallibility that inflates to fill the bubble your yes-men seal you inside of. But though rich people can fall for scams the same way you and I do, the way those scams play out is very different when the marks are wealthy. As Keynes had it, \u201cThe market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.\u201d When the marks are rich (or worse, super-rich), they can be played for much longer before they go bust, creating the appearance of solidity.\u201d \u2022 Followed by a discussion of Keynes and the concept of \u201cthe bezzle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am not feeing 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\/11\/200pm-water-cooler-11-25-2024.html\">here<\/a>. From a friend of Bob or Janet:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geranium_saga.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-282920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geranium_saga.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/geranium_saga-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The friend writes: \u201cTwo weeks or so ago now, I discovered this adorable plant off to the side of the campus of my high school just up the hill from me: I used PlantNet to ID it first time around, and it gave me Geranium sibirica, but questioned it. I went to GoBotany, and discovered they have something called PlantShare (I think that\u2019s how I remember it) and submitted my photo to them. I got an answer back from Arthur Haines of the Native Plant Trust saying he thought it was G. pratense and asked me for more photos and measurements, etc., eventually asking for pictures of the rhizomes and roots coming out of the rhizomes, ending up with asking for photo of the larger area where it is growing, which I sent along with my first video ever of the area. In consultation with some other botanists, he has confirmed that it is G. thunbergii, and that this is a first sighting in NH yet! He is going to add it to GoBotany\u2019s distribution maps. I\u2019ve had such a good time working with him, and he has been very appreciative of my interest and participation.\u201d Interesting!<\/p>\n<p>Readers, if you haven\u2019t sent in a plant photo to Water Cooler, why not try it? It\u2019s easy, it\u2019s fun, and you get some nice compliments! (If you need directions, see below.)<\/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. If you see a link you especially like, or an item you wouldn\u2019t see anywhere else, please do not hesitate to express your appreciation in tangible form. Remember, a tip jar is for tipping! <em>Regular positive feedback both makes me feel good and lets me know I\u2019m on the right track with coverage<\/em>. When I get no donations for three or four days I get worried. 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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 \/>\n <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! I love the tactical level, and secretly love even the horse race, since I\u2019ve been blogging about it daily for fourteen years, but everything I write has this perspective at the back of it.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .author-link\t-->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-description -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n\t<!-- #post --><\/p>\n<nav class=\"nav-single\">\n<h3 class=\"assistive-text\">Post navigation<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"nav-previous list-posts-older\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/2024\/11\/taxpayers-spend-22-more-per-patient-to-support-medicare-advantage-the-private-alternative-to-medicare-that-promised-to-cost-less.html\" rel=\"prev\"><span class=\"meta-nav\">\u2190<\/span> Taxpayers Spend 22% More Per Patient to Support Medicare Advantage \u2013 The Private Alternative to Medicare That Promised to Cost Less<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"nav-next list-posts-newer\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n<p><!-- .nav-single --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- #comments .comments-area --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- #content --><br \/>\n<!-- #primary --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- #secondary --><\/p>\n<footer id=\"colophon\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- .site-info --><br \/>\n\t\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- #colophon --><br \/>\n\t\t<!-- #main.wrapper --><br \/>\n<!-- #page --><br \/>\n<!-- .mobile-menu-wrap --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Blog Reader Pooling - removed 09\/16\/2015 by M. 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