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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, Spencer, Indiana, United States. \u201cStill singing incessantly through the night. All these audios recorded from bathroom window at 3:27, 3:33, 3:58, and 4:01 (last one does have passing car\u2013amazing how much noise it makes). As I was leaving could hear another individual singing off to the E.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#trump\">Trump<\/a>, the world\u2019s greatest troll.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#hegseth\">Hegseth et al.<\/a> still alive.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#russiagate\">\u201cRuissiaGate Remnants\u201d<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#adjuster\">The Claims Adjuster<\/a> roundup.<\/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=\"trump\"\/>Trump Transition<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"56.212020403637\">\n<p><a name=\"trump\"\/>World\u2019s Greatest Troll (1):<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.6535433070866\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.2913385826772\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">“The Governor of the Great State of Canada” \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CeJHB3i9w8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/CeJHB3i9w8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FinanceLancelot\/status\/1866367302536675734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>World\u2019s Greatest Troll (2):<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.3822751322751\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"13.248677248677\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here are my new Trump Perfumes & Colognes! I call them Fight, Fight, Fight, because they represent us WINNING. Great Christmas gifts for the family. Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8O1nm58fxA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/8O1nm58fxA<\/a>. Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump Truth Social 01:11 PM EST 12\/08\/24\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JYamMQeHYr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/JYamMQeHYr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/1865824930069180416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"hegseth\"\/>\u201cTrump allies adopt new strategy for nominees: Make the doubters pay\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/12\/10\/trump-hegseth-controversial-nominee-playbook-00193349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cDonald Trump\u2019s transition team entered a critical week of nomination meetings on Capitol Hill with a new head of steam, emboldened by a swarm of grassroots support and a pressure campaign that has revived Pete Hegseth\u2019s hopes for Defense secretary and given them confidence about other controversial nominees, too. In recent days, allies of Trump adopted an approach that is not novel for the president-elect and his followers: Make life extremely uncomfortable for anyone who dares to oppose him. The swarm of MAGA attacks that Sen. Joni Ernst has experienced is a warning of what\u2019s in store for others who express skepticism of his personnel choices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowing momentum for Cabinet picks who could define Trump\u2019s second term\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/10\/politics\/trump-cabinet-picks-momentum-analysis\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. \u201che Cabinet confirmation drama around Donald Trump\u2019s most provocative picks [is] mostly about Trump himself, and the kind of presidency he wants, the one he will end up getting, and the hopes of his MAGA movement that he\u2019ll stand firm on his vow to shake the federal administrative state to its core and enact his and their revenge.\u201d As for Ernst: \u201cThe Iowa Republican had faced warnings on social media that she\u2019d encounter a primary challenge in 2026 if she didn\u2019t shelve her reservations about Hegseth. The president-elect\u2019s son, Donald Trump Jr., last week, for instance, amplified a post on X that pointed out that Ernst had been among almost all GOP senators who voted to confirm President Joe Biden\u2019s Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, saying that anyone who did so and then criticized Hegseth was maybe \u2018in the wrong political party!’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018I Support Pete\u2019: Ernst Changes Tune Following Second Hegseth Meeting\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/09\/i-support-pete-ernst-changes-tune-following-second-hegseth-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Federalist<\/a>]. \u201cSen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, indicated she will confirm Pete Hegseth as the next secretary of defense on Monday. The announcement marks a stark pivot for Ernst, who has been leading a behind-the-scenes effort to tank Hegseth\u2019s nomination. \u2018I appreciate Pete Hegseth\u2019s responsiveness and respect for the process,\u2019 Ernst said in a press release. \u2018Following our encouraging conversations, Pete committed to completing a full audit of the Pentagon and selecting a senior official who will uphold the roles and value of our servicemen and women \u2014 based on quality and standards, not quotas \u2014 and who will prioritize and strengthen my work to prevent sexual assault within the ranks. As I support Pete through this process, I look forward to a fair hearing based on truth, not anonymous sources.’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKey GOP senators begin to fall in line to support Kash Patel and keep door open for Pete Hegseth\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/09\/politics\/gop-senators-kash-patel-pete-hegseth\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. \u201cTop GOP senators on Monday signaled support for Donald Trump\u2019s plan to oust the current FBI director in favor of firebrand loyalist Kash Patel, while keeping the door open for Pete Hegseth, who faces a slate of misconduct allegations, as the president-elect\u2019s pick to run the Pentagon\u2026. It is still early in the vetting process for Trump\u2019s Cabinet nominees and confirmation votes won\u2019t take place until next year. But it is clear that GOP senators are being careful to pick their battles and cautious of how they approach the president-elect\u2019s selections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCold Shoulder: Democrats Ignore Tulsi Gabbard\u2019s Request To Meet\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2024\/12\/10\/cold_shoulder_democrats_ignore_tulsi_gabbards_request_to_meet_152065.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. Worst of all, Gabbard was a DNC vice-chair, but resigned to endorse Sanders. \u201cThere is some evidence that skepticism of a muscular foreign policy has gained traction among younger Democrats and independents in the last four or five years. When Hillary Clinton questioned Gabbard\u2019s logic and loyalty, Gabbard punched back. In a series of tweets, she called the former secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee \u201cthe queen of warmongers\u201d and \u201cpersonification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party.’\u201d \u2022 Where\u2019s the lie?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"resistance\"\/>The #Resistance<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"11.046454767726\">\n<p>\u201cSanctuary cities resist Trump\u2019s deportation plan. It could cost their residents\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2024\/12\/06\/trump-immigration-deportation-sanctuary-city-migrants\/76764820007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">USA Today<\/a>]. \u201cWhile a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/796265728\/cbsnews-20241124-SUN#fullscreen&from_embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post-election poll<\/a> by YouGov for CBS News shows that a massive 73% of adults want President-elect Donald Trump to prioritize the repatriation of illegal migrants, the [Denver Mayor Mike Johnston] pledged to not only have Denver police \u2018stationed at the county line to keep (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) out\u2019 but also that \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/denverite.com\/2024\/11\/20\/denver-immigration-policies-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">you would have 50,000 Denverites there<\/a>.\u2019 Johnston said it would be like a \u2018Tiananmen Square moment\u2019 and answered yes when questioned whether he\u2019d be ready to go to jail. That moment soon passed, however, as lawyers apparently explained to the mayor that armed resistance to the federal government is often called \u2013 wait for it \u2013 insurrection.\u201d \u2022 Oopsie.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats <em>en d\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"29.751693002257\">\n<p><a name=\"russiagate\"\/>\u201cRussiagate Remnants\u201d [Michael R. Caputo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racket.news\/p\/russiagate-remnants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Racket News<\/a>]. \u201cAll of us agree the original Russiagate conspiracy continues even today. The Russia hoax was created by Hillary Clinton aide Jake Sullivan, who carries on with his lies today as President Joe Biden\u2019s national security advisor. Christopher Steele, the British spy hired by Clinton to create the dodgy dossier, and his Fusion GPS co-conspirator Glenn Simpson are still doing the same work for similar clients. Andrew Weissmann, Peter Strzok, John Brennan, and more still peddle their lies. Elements of the original conspiracy were woven into Ukrainian meddling in the 2016 American election, then bogus Trump impeachments, January 6th prosecutions, anti-Trump lawfare, and Special Counsel Jack Smith\u2019s Mar-a-lago raid. FBI Director Patel can prove the original 2016 conspiracy continues today. Much of the evidence remains in federal and public databases. Preemptive pardons aside, that means Sullivan, Weissmann, Mary McCord, Steele, Simpson, Victoria Nuland, Alexander Vindman, Eric Ciaramella, Smith, and others may still be in the jackpot. We agree with attorney Mike Davis: these perpetrators potentially violated 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 241 and 242, federal civil rights statutes that prohibit conspiracies to violate the rights of others.\u201d \u2022 Worth reading in full. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Covid Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>, <del><a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a><\/del>; includes many counties; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wastewater Scan<\/a>, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/businesssolutions\/covid-19-index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a>); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacovid19tracker.org\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iowa COVID-19 Tracker<\/a>\u201d (in IA, but national data). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/icemsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/a>\u201d (especially on hospitalization by city).<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, thanks for the collective effort. To update any entry, do feel free to contact me at the address given with the plants. Please put \u201cCOVID\u201d in the subject line. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (Local): AK (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/af2efc8bffbf4cdc83c2d1a134354074\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/6d2771faa9da4a2786a509d82c8cf0f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AR (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/633006d0782b4544bd5113a314f6268a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AZ (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azdhs.gov\/covid19\/data\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); CA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/CalSuWers-Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.marinhhs.org\/surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marin, dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/healthalerts.stanford.edu\/covid-19\/wastewater-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stanford, wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/?v=SC2_N&l=Oakland%2C+CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oakland, wastewater<\/a>); CO (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.colorado.gov\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cdphe.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/d79cf93c3938470ca4bcc4823328946b#utility=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); CT (<a href=\"https:\/\/data.ct.gov\/stories\/s\/COVID-19-data\/wa3g-tfvc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); DE (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.delaware.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); FL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/5b9d75ba683849928dc1a49c39ab0b1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); GA (<a href=\"https:\/\/dph.georgia.gov\/ga-nwss-wastewater-surveillance-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); HI (<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); IA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmmwra.org\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater reports<\/a>); ID (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Boise; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/?plantId=1056f05c-0e46-4e3d-b007-c0453ba7dc0d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Central Idaho; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/#:SARS-CoV-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Coeur d\u2019Alene; dashboard, <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.srhd.org\/topics\/spokane-county-case-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spokane County<\/a>); IL (<a href=\"https:\/\/iwss.uillinois.edu\/wastewater-treatment-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); IN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.in.gov\/indiana-covid-19-dashboard-and-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); KS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov\/160\/COVID-19-in-Kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/4456bae8a38f4b6180e008477382fff9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Lawrence); KY (<a href=\"https:\/\/louisville.edu\/envirome\/thecoimmunityproject\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Louisville); LA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldh.la.gov\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/covid-19-wastewater-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MD (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); ME (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dhhs\/mecdc\/infectious-disease\/epi\/airborne\/coronavirus\/data.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/stats\/wastewater-surveillance\/dashboard\/sentinel-wastewater-epidemiology-evaluation-project-sweep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/gisportal.state.mi.us\/portal\/apps\/insights\/index.html#\/view\/52bbb104ed574887918f990af9f3debe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/diseases\/coronavirus\/stats\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MO (<a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/f7f5492486114da6b5d6fdc07f81aacf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MS (<a href=\"https:\/\/msdh.ms.gov\/page\/14,0,420.html#Mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>MT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=7c34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; NC (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ncdhhs.gov\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard)<\/a>; ND (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NE (<a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-dhhs.ne.gov\/Atlas\/Respiratory_Illness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NH (<a href=\"https:\/\/wisdom.dhhs.nh.gov\/wisdom\/dashboard.html?topic=covid-19&subtopic=recurring-updates&indicator=covid-19-wastewater#tabnavbarid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NJ (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.nj.gov\/forms\/datadashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NM (<a href=\"https:\/\/cvprovider.nmhealth.org\/public-dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NV (<a href=\"https:\/\/nvhealthresponse.nv.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/empower.unlv.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Southern NV); NY (<a href=\"https:\/\/mbcolli.shinyapps.io\/SARS2EWSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OH (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/dashboards\/other-resources\/wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/51657c21386d4f1a962b1853c76ec589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>OR (<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/oregon.health.authority.covid.19\/viz\/OregonsCOVID-19DataDashboards-TableofContents\/TableofContentsStatewide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; PA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/disease\/coronavirus\/pages\/Cases.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); RI (<a href=\"https:\/\/ri-department-of-health-covid-19-data-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/scdhec.gov\/index.php\/covid19\/covid-19-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SD (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.sd.gov\/COVID\/Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TX (<a href=\"https:\/\/txdshsea.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/4ae43eefd0f641d59d35c3df82ee59cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); UT (<a href=\"https:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/sars-cov-2-in-wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthvermont.gov\/disease-control\/covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WA (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.wa.gov\/emergencies\/covid-19\/data-dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.bfhd.wa.gov\/cases-and-roadmap-to-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/covid-19\/wastewater.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); WV (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/oehs.wvdhhr.org\/news\/oehs-coivd-19-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>); WY (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/covidwastewatermonitor.wyo.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (National): Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/health-infobase.canada.ca\/covid-19\/wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Government of Canada<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (Provincial): ON (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publichealthontario.ca\/en\/Data-and-Analysis\/Infectious-Disease\/COVID-19-Data-Surveillance\/Wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); QC (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspq.qc.ca\/covid-19\/donnees\/eaux-usees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>les eaux us\u00e9es<\/em><\/a>); BC (<a href=\"https:\/\/bccdc.shinyapps.io\/respiratory_wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); BC, Vancouver (<a href=\"https:\/\/metrovancouver.org\/services\/liquid-waste\/testing-for-the-covid-19-virus-in-wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Hat tips to helpful readers: Alexis, anon (2), Art_DogCT, B24S, CanCyn, ChiGal, Chuck L, Festoonic, FM, FreeMarketApologist (4), Gumbo, hop2it, JB, JEHR, JF, JL Joe, John, JM (10), JustAnotherVolunteer, JW, KatieBird, KF, KidDoc, LL, Michael King, KF, LaRuse, mrsyk, MT, MT_Wild, otisyves, Petal (6), RK (2), RL, RM, Rod, square coats (11), tennesseewaltzer, Tom B., Utah, Bob White (3). <\/p>\n<p>Stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<p>Airborne Transmission<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"12.855095541401\">\n<p>\u201cAirFanta 3Pro Review \u2013 A High-Performance Yet Affordable Air Purifier\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/breathesafeair.com\/airfanta-3pro-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BreatheSafeAir<\/a>]. \u201cAfter having the 3Pro set up inside my office for over two weeks now, I am happy to be able to present my full review of the device. For anyone unaware, this purifier is designed to filter a massive amount of air (we will discuss the CADR and more soon!) at a relatively affordable price. It does this by being essentially a pre-assembled CR (Corsi-Rosenthal) Box \u2013 a form of air purifier that was itself created due to the need for affordable and effective air purification devices. While the 3Pro doesn\u2019t embrace the typical DIY aspect of traditional CR Boxes, it has the advantage of having proven performance (no need to worry about whether your DIY box is effective!) and being ready to go out of the box. However, perhaps my favourite aspect of this device over traditional CR Boxes is how easily obtainable it is. While this probably isn\u2019t an issue for anyone in the U.S. or Europe, I find it hard to source good HEPA filters in New Zealand at an affordable price. The 3Pro ensures I don\u2019t run into this issue.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Worth a read if you\u2019re in the market. Maybe a Christmas gift to a loved one you want to keep alive and brain damage-free?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lambert: CDC\u2019s wastewater page loaded. No Thanksgiving surge that I can see.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.866336633663\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6190476190476\">\n<td valign=\"top\">This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> December 2<\/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\/12\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1-300x227.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\/12\/covid-cdc-ww-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-ww-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6470588235294\">\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> December 7<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Emergency Room Visits<\/strong>[4] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#trends_select_7dayeddiagnosed_00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 30<\/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\/12\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-300x255.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\/12\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1-300x173.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=\"3.8961038961039\">\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 December 9:<\/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> December 5:<\/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\/12\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-5.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-5-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Positivity<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"2.5915492957746\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> National[7] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/healthcare-solutions\/covid-19-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> December 9:<\/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 23:<\/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\/12\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/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=\"3.5932203389831\">\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 19:<\/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\/12\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png 642w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1-624x327.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\"\/><\/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\/12\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-300x218.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=\"3.7647058823529\">\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 20:<\/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 20:<\/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\/12\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivity-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivity-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivity-natl-300x163.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\/12\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td wp_automatic_readability=\"146.27557191014\">\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) XEC takes over. 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) Leveled out.<\/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) Leveling out.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants). Positivity is new, but variants have not yet been released.<\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, positivity leveling out.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED leveling out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Small Business Optimism: \u201cUnited States NFIB Business Optimism Index\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/nfib-business-optimism-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe NFIB Small Business Optimism Index in the US jumped to 101.7 in November 2024, the highest reading since June 2021, compared to 93.7 in October and beating forecasts of 94.2. It is also the first time in 34 months that the reading is above the 50-year average of 98, in response to the presidential election. \u201cThe election results signal a major shift in economic policy, leading to a surge in optimism among small business owners. Main Street also became more certain about future business conditions following the election, breaking a nearly three-year streak of record high uncertainty. Owners are particularly hopeful for tax and regulation policies that favor strong economic growth as well as relief from inflationary pressures. In addition, small business owners are eager to expand their operations\u201d, NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cExclusive-Boeing restarts 737 MAX production a month after strike ended, sources say\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-ca\/money\/companies\/exclusive-boeing-restarts-737-max-production-a-month-after-strike-ended-sources-say\/ar-AA1vzwLa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a>]. \u201cProduction resumed on Friday, said one of the sources, who all spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with media. Boeing declined to comment. The production restart had not been previously reported. The head of the Federal Aviation Administration, Mike Whitaker, told Reuters on Thursday that Boeing had not yet resumed 737 MAX production but planned to do so later this month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing shares jump as 737 MAX production reportedly resumes\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharecast.com\/news\/international-companies\/boeing-shares-jump-as-737-max-production-reportedly-resumes--18297610.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sharecast<\/a>]. \u201cThe stock was up nearly 5% at $164.80 by 1034 in New York, trading at levels not seen since late-August.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201cAI slop is already invading Oregon\u2019s local journalism\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2024\/12\/09\/artificial-intelligence-local-news-oregon-ashland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oregon Public Broadcasting<\/a> (PI)]. \u201cThe Daily Tidings appears to be the first time an Oregon news outlet has stolen the identities of real journalists to trick local readers with AI-generated content. The goal is apparently to deceive Oregonians into giving clicks \u2014 and the resulting ad revenue \u2014 to whoever is behind the website.\u201d \u2022 Horrid detail. Theft and fraud all the way down.<\/p>\n<p>The Bezzle: Controversy\u2013<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/btc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"227\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-283663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/btc.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/btc-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>But \u201cthe purpose of a system is what it does\u201d (Stafford Beers). The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/soldatthetop\/status\/1866244467881046288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">whole thread<\/a> is worth reading.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 51 Neutral (previous close: 49 Neutral) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 56 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Dec 10 at 10:48:20 AM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Looks like a parrot\u2019s feathers:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.5315315315315\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.9009009009009\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Celebration by Vincent van Gogh <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b9R2azkOe7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/b9R2azkOe7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Impressions (@impression_ists) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/impression_ists\/status\/1862216493666042221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Healthcare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"adjuster\"\/>Smile Nazis vs. The Adjuster:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.5151515151515\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.8484848484848\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don\u2019t forget to smile.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OC9BvQfZtt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/OC9BvQfZtt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald Ward (@WardoftheStates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WardoftheStates\/status\/1866238176169501086\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Inconsistencies abound:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.6101694915254\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.1525423728814\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">has this guy ever worn the same jacket twice? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C9jhKNYdqW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/C9jhKNYdqW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 derek guy (@dieworkwear) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dieworkwear\/status\/1866225424642306052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>A J6er weighs in:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.2217261904762\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"13.291666666667\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s no way you honestly believe they found the United Healthcare CEO\u2019s killer five days later & he\u2019s still wearing the same exact clothes, has the murd3r weapon on him, & has a written manifesto in his pocket. <\/p>\n<p>Just chillin at McDonald\u2019s with the weapon & manifesto \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerrickEvans4WV\/status\/1866370469353672984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Why the heck not?<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.8958333333333\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.4166666666667\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u274c No, Burger King didn’t post “We don’t snitch.” <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8livSt5wBw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/8livSt5wBw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Ltj4PRSlo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/0Ltj4PRSlo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 snopes.com (@snopes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/snopes\/status\/1866337658718339224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Character reference:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.0487804878049\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"6.1463414634146\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FWIW, we spent most of the chat discussing this essay: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ObAVw06NTr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/ObAVw06NTr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gurwinder (@G_S_Bhogal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/G_S_Bhogal\/status\/1866257226735685914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>What do our doctors think?<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.2960288808664\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.169675090253\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/<br \/>My retired orthopedic surgeon dad:<br \/>“Never, ever, EVER let anyone cut your back.<br \/>It rarely provides relief.<br \/>It almost always makes things worse.<br \/>It’s the Vietnam of orthopedic surgery.” <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Afl4JCMQX8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/Afl4JCMQX8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BrowningMachine, Garbage Nazi! (@BrowningMachine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrowningMachine\/status\/1866247643673833747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The Pelosi connection:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.1603053435114\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.81679389313\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: the UHC assassination suspect\u2019s grandpa\u2014WWII Navy vet & real estate dev Nick Mangione\u2014was a friend of Nancy Pelosi\u2019s father, the 41st Mayor of Baltimore, who defended him as \u201cbig-hearted\u201d despite human rights violation investigations & regulatory corner cutting <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4Q5Bea4FCD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/4Q5Bea4FCD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ESJvCGH5T5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/ESJvCGH5T5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ParaPower Mapping (@KlonnyPin_Gosch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KlonnyPin_Gosch\/status\/1866277062366949833\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"zeitgeist\"\/><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Slow, Quiet Demise of American Romance\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/family\/archive\/2024\/12\/4b-sex-strike-american-dating\/680770\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Atlantic<\/a>]. \u201cAs a reporter covering modern dating, I\u2019ve spoken with a lot of men and women who have reluctantly given up the search for love. I believe that people can have rich, fulfilling lives with or without partners; I also know that courtship has never been easy. But research supports the idea that, in recent years, the United States has seen a particularly pronounced crisis of faith in romance. The Pew Research Center, in an analysis of census data, found that as of 2019, 38 percent of adults were unpartnered\u2014that is, not married or living with a partner\u2014compared with 29 percent in 1990. In a survey Pew conducted that same year, half of single adults said they were not seeking dates. When Pew divided that result by gender, it found that 61 percent of single men said they were looking to date or find a relationship while only 38 percent of single women said the same. In other words, straight partnerships seem to be going out not with a 4B-style bang but with a whimper. And however subtle the shift might seem, it has huge implications for men and women: how they treat each other, whether they\u2019re willing to trust each other, and how they\u2019ll build their futures\u2014together or apart.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Hmm. <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"guillotine\"\/><strong>Guillotine Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnger at plan to turn Nazi tunnels into bunker for super-rich\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/anger-plan-turn-nazi-tunnels-065308068.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yahoo News<\/a>]. Better there than in the corridors of power at the EU and NATO. Oh, wait\u2026. \u201cA German property developer has sparked outrage with a plan to turn a World War II tunnel system into a luxury bunker for rich survivalists who fear the outbreak of World War III. Relatives of the prison labourers who built it under the Nazis are aghast at the business venture that is offering a crypto-currency called \u2018BunkerCoin\u2019 as entry tokens to the promised apocalypse shelter.\u201d \u2022 Of course, Crypto.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"class\"\/><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Tech Baron Seeking to Purge San Francisco of \u2018Blues’\u201d [Gil Duran, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/alW7q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The New Republic<\/a>]. April 2024. \u201c\u2018What I\u2019m really calling for is something like tech Zionism,\u201d [Balaji Srinivasan] said.\u201d \u2022 Oh.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cColour in the Middle Ages\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medievalists.net\/2024\/06\/colour-middle-ages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Medievalists.net<\/a>]. \u201cMichel Pastoureau writes that \u201cthe true medieval opposite for white was not so much black as red.\u201d This can be seen in the way Europeans adapted chess. When the game was adopted in Europe, the pieces and chessboard were painted in white and red, contrasting with the black and red sets common in India and the Middle East. It was only towards the end of the Middle Ages that the white versus black dichotomy became more favoured. A key factor in this shift was the advent of printing, where black ink was used on white paper, reinforcing the perception of these colours as natural opposites.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t throw away your printed books: A meta-analysis on the effects of reading media on reading comprehension\u201d [Educational Research Review] 2018. From the Discussion: \u201cThe results of the two meta-analyses in the present study yield a clear picture of screen inferiority, with lower reading comprehension outcomes for digital texts compared to printed texts, which corroborates and extends previous research (Kong et al., 2018; Singer & Alexander, 2017b; Wang et al., 2007). These results were consistent across methodologies and theoretical frameworks.\u201d And: \u201d our results indicate that the screen inferiority effect has increased in the past 18 years, and that there were no differences in media effects between age groups. These surprising findings suggest that we cannot idly wait for screen inferiority to disappear as children are exposed to digital devices earlier and earlier in their lives, as adults gain more experience with the technology, or as technology improves. The data suggest that screen inferiority is a major challenge across age groups that becomes more severe as the presence of technology increases.\u201d \u2022 Certainly conforms to my priors!<\/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). 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Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, Spencer, Indiana, United States. \u201cStill singing incessantly through the night. All these audios recorded from bathroom window at 3:27, 3:33, 3:58, and 4:01 (last one does have passing car\u2013amazing how much noise it makes). As I was leaving could hear another individual singing off to the E.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#trump\">Trump<\/a>, the world\u2019s greatest troll.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#hegseth\">Hegseth et al.<\/a> still alive.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#russiagate\">\u201cRuissiaGate Remnants\u201d<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#adjuster\">The Claims Adjuster<\/a> roundup.<\/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=\"trump\"\/>Trump Transition<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"56.212020403637\">\n<p><a name=\"trump\"\/>World\u2019s Greatest Troll (1):<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.6535433070866\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.2913385826772\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">“The Governor of the Great State of Canada” \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CeJHB3i9w8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/CeJHB3i9w8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FinanceLancelot\/status\/1866367302536675734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>World\u2019s Greatest Troll (2):<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.3822751322751\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"13.248677248677\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here are my new Trump Perfumes & Colognes! I call them Fight, Fight, Fight, because they represent us WINNING. Great Christmas gifts for the family. Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8O1nm58fxA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/8O1nm58fxA<\/a>. Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump Truth Social 01:11 PM EST 12\/08\/24\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JYamMQeHYr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/JYamMQeHYr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/1865824930069180416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"hegseth\"\/>\u201cTrump allies adopt new strategy for nominees: Make the doubters pay\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/12\/10\/trump-hegseth-controversial-nominee-playbook-00193349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cDonald Trump\u2019s transition team entered a critical week of nomination meetings on Capitol Hill with a new head of steam, emboldened by a swarm of grassroots support and a pressure campaign that has revived Pete Hegseth\u2019s hopes for Defense secretary and given them confidence about other controversial nominees, too. In recent days, allies of Trump adopted an approach that is not novel for the president-elect and his followers: Make life extremely uncomfortable for anyone who dares to oppose him. The swarm of MAGA attacks that Sen. Joni Ernst has experienced is a warning of what\u2019s in store for others who express skepticism of his personnel choices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowing momentum for Cabinet picks who could define Trump\u2019s second term\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/10\/politics\/trump-cabinet-picks-momentum-analysis\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. \u201che Cabinet confirmation drama around Donald Trump\u2019s most provocative picks [is] mostly about Trump himself, and the kind of presidency he wants, the one he will end up getting, and the hopes of his MAGA movement that he\u2019ll stand firm on his vow to shake the federal administrative state to its core and enact his and their revenge.\u201d As for Ernst: \u201cThe Iowa Republican had faced warnings on social media that she\u2019d encounter a primary challenge in 2026 if she didn\u2019t shelve her reservations about Hegseth. The president-elect\u2019s son, Donald Trump Jr., last week, for instance, amplified a post on X that pointed out that Ernst had been among almost all GOP senators who voted to confirm President Joe Biden\u2019s Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, saying that anyone who did so and then criticized Hegseth was maybe \u2018in the wrong political party!’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018I Support Pete\u2019: Ernst Changes Tune Following Second Hegseth Meeting\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/09\/i-support-pete-ernst-changes-tune-following-second-hegseth-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Federalist<\/a>]. \u201cSen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, indicated she will confirm Pete Hegseth as the next secretary of defense on Monday. The announcement marks a stark pivot for Ernst, who has been leading a behind-the-scenes effort to tank Hegseth\u2019s nomination. \u2018I appreciate Pete Hegseth\u2019s responsiveness and respect for the process,\u2019 Ernst said in a press release. \u2018Following our encouraging conversations, Pete committed to completing a full audit of the Pentagon and selecting a senior official who will uphold the roles and value of our servicemen and women \u2014 based on quality and standards, not quotas \u2014 and who will prioritize and strengthen my work to prevent sexual assault within the ranks. As I support Pete through this process, I look forward to a fair hearing based on truth, not anonymous sources.’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKey GOP senators begin to fall in line to support Kash Patel and keep door open for Pete Hegseth\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/09\/politics\/gop-senators-kash-patel-pete-hegseth\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. \u201cTop GOP senators on Monday signaled support for Donald Trump\u2019s plan to oust the current FBI director in favor of firebrand loyalist Kash Patel, while keeping the door open for Pete Hegseth, who faces a slate of misconduct allegations, as the president-elect\u2019s pick to run the Pentagon\u2026. It is still early in the vetting process for Trump\u2019s Cabinet nominees and confirmation votes won\u2019t take place until next year. But it is clear that GOP senators are being careful to pick their battles and cautious of how they approach the president-elect\u2019s selections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCold Shoulder: Democrats Ignore Tulsi Gabbard\u2019s Request To Meet\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2024\/12\/10\/cold_shoulder_democrats_ignore_tulsi_gabbards_request_to_meet_152065.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. Worst of all, Gabbard was a DNC vice-chair, but resigned to endorse Sanders. \u201cThere is some evidence that skepticism of a muscular foreign policy has gained traction among younger Democrats and independents in the last four or five years. When Hillary Clinton questioned Gabbard\u2019s logic and loyalty, Gabbard punched back. In a series of tweets, she called the former secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee \u201cthe queen of warmongers\u201d and \u201cpersonification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party.’\u201d \u2022 Where\u2019s the lie?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"resistance\"\/>The #Resistance<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"11.046454767726\">\n<p>\u201cSanctuary cities resist Trump\u2019s deportation plan. It could cost their residents\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2024\/12\/06\/trump-immigration-deportation-sanctuary-city-migrants\/76764820007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">USA Today<\/a>]. \u201cWhile a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/796265728\/cbsnews-20241124-SUN#fullscreen&from_embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post-election poll<\/a> by YouGov for CBS News shows that a massive 73% of adults want President-elect Donald Trump to prioritize the repatriation of illegal migrants, the [Denver Mayor Mike Johnston] pledged to not only have Denver police \u2018stationed at the county line to keep (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) out\u2019 but also that \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/denverite.com\/2024\/11\/20\/denver-immigration-policies-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">you would have 50,000 Denverites there<\/a>.\u2019 Johnston said it would be like a \u2018Tiananmen Square moment\u2019 and answered yes when questioned whether he\u2019d be ready to go to jail. That moment soon passed, however, as lawyers apparently explained to the mayor that armed resistance to the federal government is often called \u2013 wait for it \u2013 insurrection.\u201d \u2022 Oopsie.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats <em>en d\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"29.751693002257\">\n<p><a name=\"russiagate\"\/>\u201cRussiagate Remnants\u201d [Michael R. Caputo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racket.news\/p\/russiagate-remnants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Racket News<\/a>]. \u201cAll of us agree the original Russiagate conspiracy continues even today. The Russia hoax was created by Hillary Clinton aide Jake Sullivan, who carries on with his lies today as President Joe Biden\u2019s national security advisor. Christopher Steele, the British spy hired by Clinton to create the dodgy dossier, and his Fusion GPS co-conspirator Glenn Simpson are still doing the same work for similar clients. Andrew Weissmann, Peter Strzok, John Brennan, and more still peddle their lies. Elements of the original conspiracy were woven into Ukrainian meddling in the 2016 American election, then bogus Trump impeachments, January 6th prosecutions, anti-Trump lawfare, and Special Counsel Jack Smith\u2019s Mar-a-lago raid. FBI Director Patel can prove the original 2016 conspiracy continues today. Much of the evidence remains in federal and public databases. Preemptive pardons aside, that means Sullivan, Weissmann, Mary McCord, Steele, Simpson, Victoria Nuland, Alexander Vindman, Eric Ciaramella, Smith, and others may still be in the jackpot. We agree with attorney Mike Davis: these perpetrators potentially violated 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 241 and 242, federal civil rights statutes that prohibit conspiracies to violate the rights of others.\u201d \u2022 Worth reading in full. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Covid Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>, <del><a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a><\/del>; includes many counties; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wastewater Scan<\/a>, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/businesssolutions\/covid-19-index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a>); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacovid19tracker.org\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iowa COVID-19 Tracker<\/a>\u201d (in IA, but national data). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/icemsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/a>\u201d (especially on hospitalization by city).<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, thanks for the collective effort. To update any entry, do feel free to contact me at the address given with the plants. Please put \u201cCOVID\u201d in the subject line. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (Local): AK (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/af2efc8bffbf4cdc83c2d1a134354074\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/6d2771faa9da4a2786a509d82c8cf0f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AR (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/633006d0782b4544bd5113a314f6268a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AZ (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azdhs.gov\/covid19\/data\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); CA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/CalSuWers-Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.marinhhs.org\/surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marin, dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/healthalerts.stanford.edu\/covid-19\/wastewater-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stanford, wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/?v=SC2_N&l=Oakland%2C+CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oakland, wastewater<\/a>); CO (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.colorado.gov\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cdphe.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/d79cf93c3938470ca4bcc4823328946b#utility=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); CT (<a href=\"https:\/\/data.ct.gov\/stories\/s\/COVID-19-data\/wa3g-tfvc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); DE (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.delaware.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); FL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/5b9d75ba683849928dc1a49c39ab0b1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); GA (<a href=\"https:\/\/dph.georgia.gov\/ga-nwss-wastewater-surveillance-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); HI (<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); IA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmmwra.org\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater reports<\/a>); ID (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Boise; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/?plantId=1056f05c-0e46-4e3d-b007-c0453ba7dc0d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Central Idaho; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/#:SARS-CoV-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Coeur d\u2019Alene; dashboard, <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.srhd.org\/topics\/spokane-county-case-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spokane County<\/a>); IL (<a href=\"https:\/\/iwss.uillinois.edu\/wastewater-treatment-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); IN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.in.gov\/indiana-covid-19-dashboard-and-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); KS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov\/160\/COVID-19-in-Kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/4456bae8a38f4b6180e008477382fff9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Lawrence); KY (<a href=\"https:\/\/louisville.edu\/envirome\/thecoimmunityproject\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Louisville); LA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldh.la.gov\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/covid-19-wastewater-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MD (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); ME (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dhhs\/mecdc\/infectious-disease\/epi\/airborne\/coronavirus\/data.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/stats\/wastewater-surveillance\/dashboard\/sentinel-wastewater-epidemiology-evaluation-project-sweep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/gisportal.state.mi.us\/portal\/apps\/insights\/index.html#\/view\/52bbb104ed574887918f990af9f3debe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/diseases\/coronavirus\/stats\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MO (<a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/f7f5492486114da6b5d6fdc07f81aacf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MS (<a href=\"https:\/\/msdh.ms.gov\/page\/14,0,420.html#Mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>MT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=7c34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; NC (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ncdhhs.gov\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard)<\/a>; ND (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NE (<a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-dhhs.ne.gov\/Atlas\/Respiratory_Illness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NH (<a href=\"https:\/\/wisdom.dhhs.nh.gov\/wisdom\/dashboard.html?topic=covid-19&subtopic=recurring-updates&indicator=covid-19-wastewater#tabnavbarid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NJ (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.nj.gov\/forms\/datadashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NM (<a href=\"https:\/\/cvprovider.nmhealth.org\/public-dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NV (<a href=\"https:\/\/nvhealthresponse.nv.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/empower.unlv.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Southern NV); NY (<a href=\"https:\/\/mbcolli.shinyapps.io\/SARS2EWSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OH (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/dashboards\/other-resources\/wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/51657c21386d4f1a962b1853c76ec589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>OR (<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/oregon.health.authority.covid.19\/viz\/OregonsCOVID-19DataDashboards-TableofContents\/TableofContentsStatewide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; PA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/disease\/coronavirus\/pages\/Cases.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); RI (<a href=\"https:\/\/ri-department-of-health-covid-19-data-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/scdhec.gov\/index.php\/covid19\/covid-19-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SD (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.sd.gov\/COVID\/Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TX (<a href=\"https:\/\/txdshsea.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/4ae43eefd0f641d59d35c3df82ee59cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); UT (<a href=\"https:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/sars-cov-2-in-wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthvermont.gov\/disease-control\/covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WA (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.wa.gov\/emergencies\/covid-19\/data-dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.bfhd.wa.gov\/cases-and-roadmap-to-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/covid-19\/wastewater.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); WV (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/oehs.wvdhhr.org\/news\/oehs-coivd-19-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>); WY (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/covidwastewatermonitor.wyo.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (National): Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/health-infobase.canada.ca\/covid-19\/wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Government of Canada<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (Provincial): ON (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publichealthontario.ca\/en\/Data-and-Analysis\/Infectious-Disease\/COVID-19-Data-Surveillance\/Wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); QC (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspq.qc.ca\/covid-19\/donnees\/eaux-usees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>les eaux us\u00e9es<\/em><\/a>); BC (<a href=\"https:\/\/bccdc.shinyapps.io\/respiratory_wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); BC, Vancouver (<a href=\"https:\/\/metrovancouver.org\/services\/liquid-waste\/testing-for-the-covid-19-virus-in-wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Hat tips to helpful readers: Alexis, anon (2), Art_DogCT, B24S, CanCyn, ChiGal, Chuck L, Festoonic, FM, FreeMarketApologist (4), Gumbo, hop2it, JB, JEHR, JF, JL Joe, John, JM (10), JustAnotherVolunteer, JW, KatieBird, KF, KidDoc, LL, Michael King, KF, LaRuse, mrsyk, MT, MT_Wild, otisyves, Petal (6), RK (2), RL, RM, Rod, square coats (11), tennesseewaltzer, Tom B., Utah, Bob White (3). <\/p>\n<p>Stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<p>Airborne Transmission<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"12.855095541401\">\n<p>\u201cAirFanta 3Pro Review \u2013 A High-Performance Yet Affordable Air Purifier\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/breathesafeair.com\/airfanta-3pro-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BreatheSafeAir<\/a>]. \u201cAfter having the 3Pro set up inside my office for over two weeks now, I am happy to be able to present my full review of the device. For anyone unaware, this purifier is designed to filter a massive amount of air (we will discuss the CADR and more soon!) at a relatively affordable price. It does this by being essentially a pre-assembled CR (Corsi-Rosenthal) Box \u2013 a form of air purifier that was itself created due to the need for affordable and effective air purification devices. While the 3Pro doesn\u2019t embrace the typical DIY aspect of traditional CR Boxes, it has the advantage of having proven performance (no need to worry about whether your DIY box is effective!) and being ready to go out of the box. However, perhaps my favourite aspect of this device over traditional CR Boxes is how easily obtainable it is. While this probably isn\u2019t an issue for anyone in the U.S. or Europe, I find it hard to source good HEPA filters in New Zealand at an affordable price. The 3Pro ensures I don\u2019t run into this issue.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Worth a read if you\u2019re in the market. Maybe a Christmas gift to a loved one you want to keep alive and brain damage-free?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lambert: CDC\u2019s wastewater page loaded. No Thanksgiving surge that I can see.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.866336633663\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6190476190476\">\n<td valign=\"top\">This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> December 2<\/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\/12\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1-300x227.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\/12\/covid-cdc-ww-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-ww-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6470588235294\">\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> December 7<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Emergency Room Visits<\/strong>[4] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#trends_select_7dayeddiagnosed_00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 30<\/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\/12\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-300x255.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\/12\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1-300x173.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=\"3.8961038961039\">\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 December 9:<\/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> December 5:<\/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\/12\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-5.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-5-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Positivity<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"2.5915492957746\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> National[7] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/healthcare-solutions\/covid-19-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> December 9:<\/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 23:<\/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\/12\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/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=\"3.5932203389831\">\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 19:<\/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\/12\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png 642w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1-624x327.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\"\/><\/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\/12\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-300x218.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=\"3.7647058823529\">\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 20:<\/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 20:<\/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\/12\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivity-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivity-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivity-natl-300x163.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\/12\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td wp_automatic_readability=\"146.27557191014\">\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) XEC takes over. 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) Leveled out.<\/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) Leveling out.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants). Positivity is new, but variants have not yet been released.<\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, positivity leveling out.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED leveling out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Small Business Optimism: \u201cUnited States NFIB Business Optimism Index\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/nfib-business-optimism-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe NFIB Small Business Optimism Index in the US jumped to 101.7 in November 2024, the highest reading since June 2021, compared to 93.7 in October and beating forecasts of 94.2. It is also the first time in 34 months that the reading is above the 50-year average of 98, in response to the presidential election. \u201cThe election results signal a major shift in economic policy, leading to a surge in optimism among small business owners. Main Street also became more certain about future business conditions following the election, breaking a nearly three-year streak of record high uncertainty. Owners are particularly hopeful for tax and regulation policies that favor strong economic growth as well as relief from inflationary pressures. In addition, small business owners are eager to expand their operations\u201d, NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cExclusive-Boeing restarts 737 MAX production a month after strike ended, sources say\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-ca\/money\/companies\/exclusive-boeing-restarts-737-max-production-a-month-after-strike-ended-sources-say\/ar-AA1vzwLa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a>]. \u201cProduction resumed on Friday, said one of the sources, who all spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with media. Boeing declined to comment. The production restart had not been previously reported. The head of the Federal Aviation Administration, Mike Whitaker, told Reuters on Thursday that Boeing had not yet resumed 737 MAX production but planned to do so later this month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing shares jump as 737 MAX production reportedly resumes\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharecast.com\/news\/international-companies\/boeing-shares-jump-as-737-max-production-reportedly-resumes--18297610.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sharecast<\/a>]. \u201cThe stock was up nearly 5% at $164.80 by 1034 in New York, trading at levels not seen since late-August.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201cAI slop is already invading Oregon\u2019s local journalism\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2024\/12\/09\/artificial-intelligence-local-news-oregon-ashland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oregon Public Broadcasting<\/a> (PI)]. \u201cThe Daily Tidings appears to be the first time an Oregon news outlet has stolen the identities of real journalists to trick local readers with AI-generated content. The goal is apparently to deceive Oregonians into giving clicks \u2014 and the resulting ad revenue \u2014 to whoever is behind the website.\u201d \u2022 Horrid detail. Theft and fraud all the way down.<\/p>\n<p>The Bezzle: Controversy\u2013<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/btc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"227\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-283663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/btc.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/btc-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>But \u201cthe purpose of a system is what it does\u201d (Stafford Beers). The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/soldatthetop\/status\/1866244467881046288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">whole thread<\/a> is worth reading.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 51 Neutral (previous close: 49 Neutral) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 56 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Dec 10 at 10:48:20 AM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Looks like a parrot\u2019s feathers:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.5315315315315\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.9009009009009\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Celebration by Vincent van Gogh <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b9R2azkOe7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/b9R2azkOe7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Impressions (@impression_ists) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/impression_ists\/status\/1862216493666042221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Healthcare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"adjuster\"\/>Smile Nazis vs. The Adjuster:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.5151515151515\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.8484848484848\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don\u2019t forget to smile.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OC9BvQfZtt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/OC9BvQfZtt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald Ward (@WardoftheStates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WardoftheStates\/status\/1866238176169501086\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Inconsistencies abound:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.6101694915254\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.1525423728814\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">has this guy ever worn the same jacket twice? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C9jhKNYdqW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/C9jhKNYdqW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 derek guy (@dieworkwear) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dieworkwear\/status\/1866225424642306052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>A J6er weighs in:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.2217261904762\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"13.291666666667\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s no way you honestly believe they found the United Healthcare CEO\u2019s killer five days later & he\u2019s still wearing the same exact clothes, has the murd3r weapon on him, & has a written manifesto in his pocket. <\/p>\n<p>Just chillin at McDonald\u2019s with the weapon & manifesto \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerrickEvans4WV\/status\/1866370469353672984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Why the heck not?<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.8958333333333\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.4166666666667\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u274c No, Burger King didn’t post “We don’t snitch.” <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8livSt5wBw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/8livSt5wBw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Ltj4PRSlo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/0Ltj4PRSlo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 snopes.com (@snopes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/snopes\/status\/1866337658718339224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Character reference:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.0487804878049\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"6.1463414634146\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FWIW, we spent most of the chat discussing this essay: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ObAVw06NTr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/ObAVw06NTr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gurwinder (@G_S_Bhogal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/G_S_Bhogal\/status\/1866257226735685914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>What do our doctors think?<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.2960288808664\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.169675090253\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/<br \/>My retired orthopedic surgeon dad:<br \/>“Never, ever, EVER let anyone cut your back.<br \/>It rarely provides relief.<br \/>It almost always makes things worse.<br \/>It’s the Vietnam of orthopedic surgery.” <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Afl4JCMQX8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/Afl4JCMQX8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BrowningMachine, Garbage Nazi! (@BrowningMachine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrowningMachine\/status\/1866247643673833747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The Pelosi connection:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.1603053435114\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.81679389313\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: the UHC assassination suspect\u2019s grandpa\u2014WWII Navy vet & real estate dev Nick Mangione\u2014was a friend of Nancy Pelosi\u2019s father, the 41st Mayor of Baltimore, who defended him as \u201cbig-hearted\u201d despite human rights violation investigations & regulatory corner cutting <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4Q5Bea4FCD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/4Q5Bea4FCD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ESJvCGH5T5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/ESJvCGH5T5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ParaPower Mapping (@KlonnyPin_Gosch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KlonnyPin_Gosch\/status\/1866277062366949833\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"zeitgeist\"\/><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Slow, Quiet Demise of American Romance\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/family\/archive\/2024\/12\/4b-sex-strike-american-dating\/680770\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Atlantic<\/a>]. \u201cAs a reporter covering modern dating, I\u2019ve spoken with a lot of men and women who have reluctantly given up the search for love. I believe that people can have rich, fulfilling lives with or without partners; I also know that courtship has never been easy. But research supports the idea that, in recent years, the United States has seen a particularly pronounced crisis of faith in romance. The Pew Research Center, in an analysis of census data, found that as of 2019, 38 percent of adults were unpartnered\u2014that is, not married or living with a partner\u2014compared with 29 percent in 1990. In a survey Pew conducted that same year, half of single adults said they were not seeking dates. When Pew divided that result by gender, it found that 61 percent of single men said they were looking to date or find a relationship while only 38 percent of single women said the same. In other words, straight partnerships seem to be going out not with a 4B-style bang but with a whimper. And however subtle the shift might seem, it has huge implications for men and women: how they treat each other, whether they\u2019re willing to trust each other, and how they\u2019ll build their futures\u2014together or apart.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Hmm. <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"guillotine\"\/><strong>Guillotine Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnger at plan to turn Nazi tunnels into bunker for super-rich\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/anger-plan-turn-nazi-tunnels-065308068.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yahoo News<\/a>]. Better there than in the corridors of power at the EU and NATO. Oh, wait\u2026. \u201cA German property developer has sparked outrage with a plan to turn a World War II tunnel system into a luxury bunker for rich survivalists who fear the outbreak of World War III. Relatives of the prison labourers who built it under the Nazis are aghast at the business venture that is offering a crypto-currency called \u2018BunkerCoin\u2019 as entry tokens to the promised apocalypse shelter.\u201d \u2022 Of course, Crypto.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"class\"\/><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Tech Baron Seeking to Purge San Francisco of \u2018Blues’\u201d [Gil Duran, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/alW7q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The New Republic<\/a>]. April 2024. \u201c\u2018What I\u2019m really calling for is something like tech Zionism,\u201d [Balaji Srinivasan] said.\u201d \u2022 Oh.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cColour in the Middle Ages\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medievalists.net\/2024\/06\/colour-middle-ages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Medievalists.net<\/a>]. \u201cMichel Pastoureau writes that \u201cthe true medieval opposite for white was not so much black as red.\u201d This can be seen in the way Europeans adapted chess. When the game was adopted in Europe, the pieces and chessboard were painted in white and red, contrasting with the black and red sets common in India and the Middle East. It was only towards the end of the Middle Ages that the white versus black dichotomy became more favoured. A key factor in this shift was the advent of printing, where black ink was used on white paper, reinforcing the perception of these colours as natural opposites.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t throw away your printed books: A meta-analysis on the effects of reading media on reading comprehension\u201d [Educational Research Review] 2018. From the Discussion: \u201cThe results of the two meta-analyses in the present study yield a clear picture of screen inferiority, with lower reading comprehension outcomes for digital texts compared to printed texts, which corroborates and extends previous research (Kong et al., 2018; Singer & Alexander, 2017b; Wang et al., 2007). These results were consistent across methodologies and theoretical frameworks.\u201d And: \u201d our results indicate that the screen inferiority effect has increased in the past 18 years, and that there were no differences in media effects between age groups. These surprising findings suggest that we cannot idly wait for screen inferiority to disappear as children are exposed to digital devices earlier and earlier in their lives, as adults gain more experience with the technology, or as technology improves. The data suggest that screen inferiority is a major challenge across age groups that becomes more severe as the presence of technology increases.\u201d \u2022 Certainly conforms to my priors!<\/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). 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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Northern Mockingbird, Spencer, Indiana, United States. \u201cStill singing incessantly through the night. All these audios recorded from bathroom window at 3:27, 3:33, 3:58, and 4:01 (last one does have passing car\u2013amazing how much noise it makes). As I was leaving could hear another individual singing off to the E.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#trump\">Trump<\/a>, the world\u2019s greatest troll.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#hegseth\">Hegseth et al.<\/a> still alive.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#russiagate\">\u201cRuissiaGate Remnants\u201d<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#adjuster\">The Claims Adjuster<\/a> roundup.<\/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=\"trump\"\/>Trump Transition<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"56.212020403637\">\n<p><a name=\"trump\"\/>World\u2019s Greatest Troll (1):<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.6535433070866\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.2913385826772\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">“The Governor of the Great State of Canada” \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CeJHB3i9w8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/CeJHB3i9w8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FinanceLancelot\/status\/1866367302536675734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>World\u2019s Greatest Troll (2):<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.3822751322751\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"13.248677248677\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here are my new Trump Perfumes & Colognes! I call them Fight, Fight, Fight, because they represent us WINNING. Great Christmas gifts for the family. Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8O1nm58fxA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/8O1nm58fxA<\/a>. Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump Truth Social 01:11 PM EST 12\/08\/24\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JYamMQeHYr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/JYamMQeHYr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/1865824930069180416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"hegseth\"\/>\u201cTrump allies adopt new strategy for nominees: Make the doubters pay\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/12\/10\/trump-hegseth-controversial-nominee-playbook-00193349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Politico<\/a>]. \u201cDonald Trump\u2019s transition team entered a critical week of nomination meetings on Capitol Hill with a new head of steam, emboldened by a swarm of grassroots support and a pressure campaign that has revived Pete Hegseth\u2019s hopes for Defense secretary and given them confidence about other controversial nominees, too. In recent days, allies of Trump adopted an approach that is not novel for the president-elect and his followers: Make life extremely uncomfortable for anyone who dares to oppose him. The swarm of MAGA attacks that Sen. Joni Ernst has experienced is a warning of what\u2019s in store for others who express skepticism of his personnel choices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowing momentum for Cabinet picks who could define Trump\u2019s second term\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/10\/politics\/trump-cabinet-picks-momentum-analysis\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. \u201che Cabinet confirmation drama around Donald Trump\u2019s most provocative picks [is] mostly about Trump himself, and the kind of presidency he wants, the one he will end up getting, and the hopes of his MAGA movement that he\u2019ll stand firm on his vow to shake the federal administrative state to its core and enact his and their revenge.\u201d As for Ernst: \u201cThe Iowa Republican had faced warnings on social media that she\u2019d encounter a primary challenge in 2026 if she didn\u2019t shelve her reservations about Hegseth. The president-elect\u2019s son, Donald Trump Jr., last week, for instance, amplified a post on X that pointed out that Ernst had been among almost all GOP senators who voted to confirm President Joe Biden\u2019s Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, saying that anyone who did so and then criticized Hegseth was maybe \u2018in the wrong political party!’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018I Support Pete\u2019: Ernst Changes Tune Following Second Hegseth Meeting\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/09\/i-support-pete-ernst-changes-tune-following-second-hegseth-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Federalist<\/a>]. \u201cSen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, indicated she will confirm Pete Hegseth as the next secretary of defense on Monday. The announcement marks a stark pivot for Ernst, who has been leading a behind-the-scenes effort to tank Hegseth\u2019s nomination. \u2018I appreciate Pete Hegseth\u2019s responsiveness and respect for the process,\u2019 Ernst said in a press release. \u2018Following our encouraging conversations, Pete committed to completing a full audit of the Pentagon and selecting a senior official who will uphold the roles and value of our servicemen and women \u2014 based on quality and standards, not quotas \u2014 and who will prioritize and strengthen my work to prevent sexual assault within the ranks. As I support Pete through this process, I look forward to a fair hearing based on truth, not anonymous sources.’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKey GOP senators begin to fall in line to support Kash Patel and keep door open for Pete Hegseth\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/09\/politics\/gop-senators-kash-patel-pete-hegseth\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. \u201cTop GOP senators on Monday signaled support for Donald Trump\u2019s plan to oust the current FBI director in favor of firebrand loyalist Kash Patel, while keeping the door open for Pete Hegseth, who faces a slate of misconduct allegations, as the president-elect\u2019s pick to run the Pentagon\u2026. It is still early in the vetting process for Trump\u2019s Cabinet nominees and confirmation votes won\u2019t take place until next year. But it is clear that GOP senators are being careful to pick their battles and cautious of how they approach the president-elect\u2019s selections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCold Shoulder: Democrats Ignore Tulsi Gabbard\u2019s Request To Meet\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2024\/12\/10\/cold_shoulder_democrats_ignore_tulsi_gabbards_request_to_meet_152065.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. Worst of all, Gabbard was a DNC vice-chair, but resigned to endorse Sanders. \u201cThere is some evidence that skepticism of a muscular foreign policy has gained traction among younger Democrats and independents in the last four or five years. When Hillary Clinton questioned Gabbard\u2019s logic and loyalty, Gabbard punched back. In a series of tweets, she called the former secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee \u201cthe queen of warmongers\u201d and \u201cpersonification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party.’\u201d \u2022 Where\u2019s the lie?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"resistance\"\/>The #Resistance<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"11.046454767726\">\n<p>\u201cSanctuary cities resist Trump\u2019s deportation plan. It could cost their residents\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2024\/12\/06\/trump-immigration-deportation-sanctuary-city-migrants\/76764820007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">USA Today<\/a>]. \u201cWhile a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/796265728\/cbsnews-20241124-SUN#fullscreen&from_embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post-election poll<\/a> by YouGov for CBS News shows that a massive 73% of adults want President-elect Donald Trump to prioritize the repatriation of illegal migrants, the [Denver Mayor Mike Johnston] pledged to not only have Denver police \u2018stationed at the county line to keep (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) out\u2019 but also that \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/denverite.com\/2024\/11\/20\/denver-immigration-policies-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">you would have 50,000 Denverites there<\/a>.\u2019 Johnston said it would be like a \u2018Tiananmen Square moment\u2019 and answered yes when questioned whether he\u2019d be ready to go to jail. That moment soon passed, however, as lawyers apparently explained to the mayor that armed resistance to the federal government is often called \u2013 wait for it \u2013 insurrection.\u201d \u2022 Oopsie.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats <em>en d\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"29.751693002257\">\n<p><a name=\"russiagate\"\/>\u201cRussiagate Remnants\u201d [Michael R. Caputo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racket.news\/p\/russiagate-remnants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Racket News<\/a>]. \u201cAll of us agree the original Russiagate conspiracy continues even today. The Russia hoax was created by Hillary Clinton aide Jake Sullivan, who carries on with his lies today as President Joe Biden\u2019s national security advisor. Christopher Steele, the British spy hired by Clinton to create the dodgy dossier, and his Fusion GPS co-conspirator Glenn Simpson are still doing the same work for similar clients. Andrew Weissmann, Peter Strzok, John Brennan, and more still peddle their lies. Elements of the original conspiracy were woven into Ukrainian meddling in the 2016 American election, then bogus Trump impeachments, January 6th prosecutions, anti-Trump lawfare, and Special Counsel Jack Smith\u2019s Mar-a-lago raid. FBI Director Patel can prove the original 2016 conspiracy continues today. Much of the evidence remains in federal and public databases. Preemptive pardons aside, that means Sullivan, Weissmann, Mary McCord, Steele, Simpson, Victoria Nuland, Alexander Vindman, Eric Ciaramella, Smith, and others may still be in the jackpot. We agree with attorney Mike Davis: these perpetrators potentially violated 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 241 and 242, federal civil rights statutes that prohibit conspiracies to violate the rights of others.\u201d \u2022 Worth reading in full. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syndemics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in earnest \u2014 I will not equivocate \u2014 I will not excuse \u2014 I will not retreat a single inch \u2014 AND I WILL BE HEARD.\u201d \u2013William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Covid Resources, United States (National): Transmission (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=all_states&list_select_county=all_counties&data-type=Risk&null=Risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>); Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>, <del><a href=\"https:\/\/biobot.io\/data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Biobot<\/a><\/del>; includes many counties; <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wastewater Scan<\/a>, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/businesssolutions\/covid-19-index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a>); \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iowacovid19tracker.org\/hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iowa COVID-19 Tracker<\/a>\u201d (in IA, but national data). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/icemsg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/a>\u201d (especially on hospitalization by city).<\/p>\n<p>Lambert here: Readers, thanks for the collective effort. To update any entry, do feel free to contact me at the address given with the plants. Please put \u201cCOVID\u201d in the subject line. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Resources, United States (Local): AK (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/af2efc8bffbf4cdc83c2d1a134354074\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/6d2771faa9da4a2786a509d82c8cf0f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AR (<a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/633006d0782b4544bd5113a314f6268a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); AZ (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azdhs.gov\/covid19\/data\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); CA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/CalSuWers-Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.marinhhs.org\/surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marin, dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/healthalerts.stanford.edu\/covid-19\/wastewater-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stanford, wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/?v=SC2_N&l=Oakland%2C+CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oakland, wastewater<\/a>); CO (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.colorado.gov\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cdphe.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/d79cf93c3938470ca4bcc4823328946b#utility=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); CT (<a href=\"https:\/\/data.ct.gov\/stories\/s\/COVID-19-data\/wa3g-tfvc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); DE (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.delaware.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); FL (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/5b9d75ba683849928dc1a49c39ab0b1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); GA (<a href=\"https:\/\/dph.georgia.gov\/ga-nwss-wastewater-surveillance-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); HI (<a href=\"https:\/\/health.hawaii.gov\/coronavirusdisease2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); IA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmmwra.org\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater reports<\/a>); ID (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Boise; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idahopublichealth.com\/district-2\/novel-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/data.wastewaterscan.org\/?plantId=1056f05c-0e46-4e3d-b007-c0453ba7dc0d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Central Idaho; <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.verily.com\/#:SARS-CoV-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Coeur d\u2019Alene; dashboard, <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.srhd.org\/topics\/spokane-county-case-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spokane County<\/a>); IL (<a href=\"https:\/\/iwss.uillinois.edu\/wastewater-treatment-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); IN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.in.gov\/indiana-covid-19-dashboard-and-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); KS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov\/160\/COVID-19-in-Kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/4456bae8a38f4b6180e008477382fff9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Lawrence); KY (<a href=\"https:\/\/louisville.edu\/envirome\/thecoimmunityproject\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>, Louisville); LA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldh.la.gov\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/covid-19-wastewater-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MD (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); ME (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dhhs\/mecdc\/infectious-disease\/epi\/airborne\/coronavirus\/data.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/coronavirus\/stats\/wastewater-surveillance\/dashboard\/sentinel-wastewater-epidemiology-evaluation-project-sweep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/gisportal.state.mi.us\/portal\/apps\/insights\/index.html#\/view\/52bbb104ed574887918f990af9f3debe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.state.mn.us\/diseases\/coronavirus\/stats\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); MO (<a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/f7f5492486114da6b5d6fdc07f81aacf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); MS (<a href=\"https:\/\/msdh.ms.gov\/page\/14,0,420.html#Mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>MT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=7c34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; NC (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ncdhhs.gov\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard)<\/a>; ND (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.nd.gov\/health\/coronavirus\/cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NE (<a href=\"https:\/\/atlas-dhhs.ne.gov\/Atlas\/Respiratory_Illness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NH (<a href=\"https:\/\/wisdom.dhhs.nh.gov\/wisdom\/dashboard.html?topic=covid-19&subtopic=recurring-updates&indicator=covid-19-wastewater#tabnavbarid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); NJ (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.nj.gov\/forms\/datadashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NM (<a href=\"https:\/\/cvprovider.nmhealth.org\/public-dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); NV (<a href=\"https:\/\/nvhealthresponse.nv.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/empower.unlv.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>, Southern NV); NY (<a href=\"https:\/\/mbcolli.shinyapps.io\/SARS2EWSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OH (<a href=\"https:\/\/coronavirus.ohio.gov\/dashboards\/other-resources\/wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); OK (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/51657c21386d4f1a962b1853c76ec589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); <del>OR (<a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/oregon.health.authority.covid.19\/viz\/OregonsCOVID-19DataDashboards-TableofContents\/TableofContentsStatewide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>)<\/del>; PA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.pa.gov\/topics\/disease\/coronavirus\/pages\/Cases.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); RI (<a href=\"https:\/\/ri-department-of-health-covid-19-data-rihealth.hub.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SC (<a href=\"https:\/\/scdhec.gov\/index.php\/covid19\/covid-19-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); SD (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.sd.gov\/COVID\/Dashboard.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); TX (<a href=\"https:\/\/txdshsea.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/4ae43eefd0f641d59d35c3df82ee59cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); UT (<a href=\"https:\/\/avrpublic.dhhs.utah.gov\/uwss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/coronavirus\/sars-cov-2-in-wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); VT (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthvermont.gov\/disease-control\/covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WA (<a href=\"https:\/\/doh.wa.gov\/emergencies\/covid-19\/data-dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.bfhd.wa.gov\/cases-and-roadmap-to-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dashboard<\/a>); WI (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.wisconsin.gov\/covid-19\/wastewater.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); WV (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/oehs.wvdhhr.org\/news\/oehs-coivd-19-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>); WY (<del><a href=\"https:\/\/covidwastewatermonitor.wyo.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a><\/del>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (National): Wastewater (<a href=\"https:\/\/health-infobase.canada.ca\/covid-19\/wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Government of Canada<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Resources, Canada (Provincial): ON (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publichealthontario.ca\/en\/Data-and-Analysis\/Infectious-Disease\/COVID-19-Data-Surveillance\/Wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); QC (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspq.qc.ca\/covid-19\/donnees\/eaux-usees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>les eaux us\u00e9es<\/em><\/a>); BC (<a href=\"https:\/\/bccdc.shinyapps.io\/respiratory_wastewater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>); BC, Vancouver (<a href=\"https:\/\/metrovancouver.org\/services\/liquid-waste\/testing-for-the-covid-19-virus-in-wastewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wastewater<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Hat tips to helpful readers: Alexis, anon (2), Art_DogCT, B24S, CanCyn, ChiGal, Chuck L, Festoonic, FM, FreeMarketApologist (4), Gumbo, hop2it, JB, JEHR, JF, JL Joe, John, JM (10), JustAnotherVolunteer, JW, KatieBird, KF, KidDoc, LL, Michael King, KF, LaRuse, mrsyk, MT, MT_Wild, otisyves, Petal (6), RK (2), RL, RM, Rod, square coats (11), tennesseewaltzer, Tom B., Utah, Bob White (3). <\/p>\n<p>Stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<p>Airborne Transmission<\/p>\n<blockquote wp_automatic_readability=\"12.855095541401\">\n<p>\u201cAirFanta 3Pro Review \u2013 A High-Performance Yet Affordable Air Purifier\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/breathesafeair.com\/airfanta-3pro-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BreatheSafeAir<\/a>]. \u201cAfter having the 3Pro set up inside my office for over two weeks now, I am happy to be able to present my full review of the device. For anyone unaware, this purifier is designed to filter a massive amount of air (we will discuss the CADR and more soon!) at a relatively affordable price. It does this by being essentially a pre-assembled CR (Corsi-Rosenthal) Box \u2013 a form of air purifier that was itself created due to the need for affordable and effective air purification devices. While the 3Pro doesn\u2019t embrace the typical DIY aspect of traditional CR Boxes, it has the advantage of having proven performance (no need to worry about whether your DIY box is effective!) and being ready to go out of the box. However, perhaps my favourite aspect of this device over traditional CR Boxes is how easily obtainable it is. While this probably isn\u2019t an issue for anyone in the U.S. or Europe, I find it hard to source good HEPA filters in New Zealand at an affordable price. The 3Pro ensures I don\u2019t run into this issue.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Worth a read if you\u2019re in the market. Maybe a Christmas gift to a loved one you want to keep alive and brain damage-free?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"table\"\/><strong>TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lambert: CDC\u2019s wastewater page loaded. No Thanksgiving surge that I can see.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody wp_automatic_readability=\"10.866336633663\">\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Wastewater<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6190476190476\">\n<td valign=\"top\">This week[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#wastewater-surveillance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> December 2<\/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\/12\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-1-300x227.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\/12\/covid-cdc-ww-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-ww-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-ww-natl-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\" wp_automatic_readability=\"3.6470588235294\">\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> December 7<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Emergency Room Visits<\/strong>[4] <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#trends_select_7dayeddiagnosed_00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CDC<\/a> November 30<\/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\/12\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-variants-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-variants-natl-300x255.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\/12\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-ed-natl-1-300x173.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=\"3.8961038961039\">\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 December 9:<\/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> December 5:<\/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\/12\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-5.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-ny-hospitalization-nyc-5-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-hospitalization-natl-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr colspan=\"2\">\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>Positivity<\/strong><\/td>\n<td\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\" wp_automatic_readability=\"2.5915492957746\">\n<td valign=\"top\"> National[7] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/healthcare-solutions\/covid-19-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> December 9:<\/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 23:<\/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\/12\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-walgreens-positivity-states-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\">\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-282982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/covid-cleveland-positivity-oh-2-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/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=\"3.5932203389831\">\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 19:<\/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\/12\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1.png 642w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-positivity-travelers-1-624x327.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\"\/><\/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\/12\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-variants-travelers-300x218.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=\"3.7647058823529\">\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 20:<\/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 20:<\/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\/12\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivity-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivity-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-deaths-positivity-natl-300x163.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\/12\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/covid-cdc-deaths-ed-natl-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<td wp_automatic_readability=\"146.27557191014\">\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) XEC takes over. 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) Leveled out.<\/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) Leveling out.<\/p>\n<p>[10] (Travelers: Variants). Positivity is new, but variants have not yet been released.<\/p>\n<p>[11] Deaths low, positivity leveling out.<\/p>\n<p>[12] Deaths low, ED leveling out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stats Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Small Business Optimism: \u201cUnited States NFIB Business Optimism Index\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/united-states\/nfib-business-optimism-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trading Economics<\/a>]. \u201cThe NFIB Small Business Optimism Index in the US jumped to 101.7 in November 2024, the highest reading since June 2021, compared to 93.7 in October and beating forecasts of 94.2. It is also the first time in 34 months that the reading is above the 50-year average of 98, in response to the presidential election. \u201cThe election results signal a major shift in economic policy, leading to a surge in optimism among small business owners. Main Street also became more certain about future business conditions following the election, breaking a nearly three-year streak of record high uncertainty. Owners are particularly hopeful for tax and regulation policies that favor strong economic growth as well as relief from inflationary pressures. In addition, small business owners are eager to expand their operations\u201d, NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cExclusive-Boeing restarts 737 MAX production a month after strike ended, sources say\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-ca\/money\/companies\/exclusive-boeing-restarts-737-max-production-a-month-after-strike-ended-sources-say\/ar-AA1vzwLa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a>]. \u201cProduction resumed on Friday, said one of the sources, who all spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with media. Boeing declined to comment. The production restart had not been previously reported. The head of the Federal Aviation Administration, Mike Whitaker, told Reuters on Thursday that Boeing had not yet resumed 737 MAX production but planned to do so later this month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing: \u201cBoeing shares jump as 737 MAX production reportedly resumes\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharecast.com\/news\/international-companies\/boeing-shares-jump-as-737-max-production-reportedly-resumes--18297610.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sharecast<\/a>]. \u201cThe stock was up nearly 5% at $164.80 by 1034 in New York, trading at levels not seen since late-August.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Tech: \u201cAI slop is already invading Oregon\u2019s local journalism\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2024\/12\/09\/artificial-intelligence-local-news-oregon-ashland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oregon Public Broadcasting<\/a> (PI)]. \u201cThe Daily Tidings appears to be the first time an Oregon news outlet has stolen the identities of real journalists to trick local readers with AI-generated content. The goal is apparently to deceive Oregonians into giving clicks \u2014 and the resulting ad revenue \u2014 to whoever is behind the website.\u201d \u2022 Horrid detail. Theft and fraud all the way down.<\/p>\n<p>The Bezzle: Controversy\u2013<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/btc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"227\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-283663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/btc.png 500w, https:\/\/www.nakedcapitalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/btc-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>But \u201cthe purpose of a system is what it does\u201d (Stafford Beers). The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/soldatthetop\/status\/1866244467881046288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">whole thread<\/a> is worth reading.<\/p>\n<p><center>* * *<\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Fear & Greed Index: 51 Neutral (previous close: 49 Neutral) [<a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/data\/fear-and-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a>]. One week ago: 56 (Greed). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Dec 10 at 10:48:20 AM ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Looks like a parrot\u2019s feathers:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.5315315315315\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.9009009009009\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Celebration by Vincent van Gogh <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b9R2azkOe7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/b9R2azkOe7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Impressions (@impression_ists) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/impression_ists\/status\/1862216493666042221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Healthcare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"adjuster\"\/>Smile Nazis vs. The Adjuster:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.5151515151515\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"4.8484848484848\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don\u2019t forget to smile.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OC9BvQfZtt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/OC9BvQfZtt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald Ward (@WardoftheStates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WardoftheStates\/status\/1866238176169501086\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Inconsistencies abound:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.6101694915254\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.1525423728814\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">has this guy ever worn the same jacket twice? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C9jhKNYdqW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/C9jhKNYdqW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 derek guy (@dieworkwear) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dieworkwear\/status\/1866225424642306052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>A J6er weighs in:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"5.2217261904762\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"13.291666666667\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s no way you honestly believe they found the United Healthcare CEO\u2019s killer five days later & he\u2019s still wearing the same exact clothes, has the murd3r weapon on him, & has a written manifesto in his pocket. <\/p>\n<p>Just chillin at McDonald\u2019s with the weapon & manifesto \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerrickEvans4WV\/status\/1866370469353672984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Why the heck not?<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"1.8958333333333\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"5.4166666666667\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u274c No, Burger King didn’t post “We don’t snitch.” <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8livSt5wBw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/8livSt5wBw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Ltj4PRSlo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/0Ltj4PRSlo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 snopes.com (@snopes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/snopes\/status\/1866337658718339224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Character reference:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"2.0487804878049\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"6.1463414634146\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FWIW, we spent most of the chat discussing this essay: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ObAVw06NTr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/ObAVw06NTr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gurwinder (@G_S_Bhogal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/G_S_Bhogal\/status\/1866257226735685914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>What do our doctors think?<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.2960288808664\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.169675090253\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/<br \/>My retired orthopedic surgeon dad:<br \/>“Never, ever, EVER let anyone cut your back.<br \/>It rarely provides relief.<br \/>It almost always makes things worse.<br \/>It’s the Vietnam of orthopedic surgery.” <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Afl4JCMQX8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/Afl4JCMQX8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BrowningMachine, Garbage Nazi! (@BrowningMachine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrowningMachine\/status\/1866247643673833747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The Pelosi connection:<\/p>\n<p><center wp_automatic_readability=\"4.1603053435114\"> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.81679389313\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: the UHC assassination suspect\u2019s grandpa\u2014WWII Navy vet & real estate dev Nick Mangione\u2014was a friend of Nancy Pelosi\u2019s father, the 41st Mayor of Baltimore, who defended him as \u201cbig-hearted\u201d despite human rights violation investigations & regulatory corner cutting <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4Q5Bea4FCD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/4Q5Bea4FCD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ESJvCGH5T5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/ESJvCGH5T5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ParaPower Mapping (@KlonnyPin_Gosch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KlonnyPin_Gosch\/status\/1866277062366949833\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"zeitgeist\"\/><strong>Zeitgeist Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Slow, Quiet Demise of American Romance\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/family\/archive\/2024\/12\/4b-sex-strike-american-dating\/680770\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Atlantic<\/a>]. \u201cAs a reporter covering modern dating, I\u2019ve spoken with a lot of men and women who have reluctantly given up the search for love. I believe that people can have rich, fulfilling lives with or without partners; I also know that courtship has never been easy. But research supports the idea that, in recent years, the United States has seen a particularly pronounced crisis of faith in romance. The Pew Research Center, in an analysis of census data, found that as of 2019, 38 percent of adults were unpartnered\u2014that is, not married or living with a partner\u2014compared with 29 percent in 1990. In a survey Pew conducted that same year, half of single adults said they were not seeking dates. When Pew divided that result by gender, it found that 61 percent of single men said they were looking to date or find a relationship while only 38 percent of single women said the same. In other words, straight partnerships seem to be going out not with a 4B-style bang but with a whimper. And however subtle the shift might seem, it has huge implications for men and women: how they treat each other, whether they\u2019re willing to trust each other, and how they\u2019ll build their futures\u2014together or apart.\u201d \u2022\u00a0Hmm. <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"guillotine\"\/><strong>Guillotine Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnger at plan to turn Nazi tunnels into bunker for super-rich\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/anger-plan-turn-nazi-tunnels-065308068.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yahoo News<\/a>]. Better there than in the corridors of power at the EU and NATO. Oh, wait\u2026. \u201cA German property developer has sparked outrage with a plan to turn a World War II tunnel system into a luxury bunker for rich survivalists who fear the outbreak of World War III. Relatives of the prison labourers who built it under the Nazis are aghast at the business venture that is offering a crypto-currency called \u2018BunkerCoin\u2019 as entry tokens to the promised apocalypse shelter.\u201d \u2022 Of course, Crypto.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"class\"\/><strong>Class Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Tech Baron Seeking to Purge San Francisco of \u2018Blues’\u201d [Gil Duran, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/alW7q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The New Republic<\/a>]. April 2024. \u201c\u2018What I\u2019m really calling for is something like tech Zionism,\u201d [Balaji Srinivasan] said.\u201d \u2022 Oh.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"wired\"\/><strong>News of the Wired<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cColour in the Middle Ages\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medievalists.net\/2024\/06\/colour-middle-ages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Medievalists.net<\/a>]. \u201cMichel Pastoureau writes that \u201cthe true medieval opposite for white was not so much black as red.\u201d This can be seen in the way Europeans adapted chess. When the game was adopted in Europe, the pieces and chessboard were painted in white and red, contrasting with the black and red sets common in India and the Middle East. It was only towards the end of the Middle Ages that the white versus black dichotomy became more favoured. A key factor in this shift was the advent of printing, where black ink was used on white paper, reinforcing the perception of these colours as natural opposites.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t throw away your printed books: A meta-analysis on the effects of reading media on reading comprehension\u201d [Educational Research Review] 2018. From the Discussion: \u201cThe results of the two meta-analyses in the present study yield a clear picture of screen inferiority, with lower reading comprehension outcomes for digital texts compared to printed texts, which corroborates and extends previous research (Kong et al., 2018; Singer & Alexander, 2017b; Wang et al., 2007). These results were consistent across methodologies and theoretical frameworks.\u201d And: \u201d our results indicate that the screen inferiority effect has increased in the past 18 years, and that there were no differences in media effects between age groups. These surprising findings suggest that we cannot idly wait for screen inferiority to disappear as children are exposed to digital devices earlier and earlier in their lives, as adults gain more experience with the technology, or as technology improves. The data suggest that screen inferiority is a major challenge across age groups that becomes more severe as the presence of technology increases.\u201d \u2022 Certainly conforms to my priors!<\/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). 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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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