2:00PM Water Cooler 11/29/2024 | bare capitalism

By Lambert Strether of Corrente.

Readers, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgivng and are wanting ahead to the weekend to come back! –lambert

Chook Tune of the Day

Northern Mockingbird, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–West Pond. Queens, New York, United States.

In Case You Would possibly Miss…

1. Did it actually take $500,000 to make Al Sharpton “pleasant”?
2. Sanders on the 4 Freedoms (and Norman Rockwell).
3. One other day, one other Boeing airworthiness directive. ALso, COMAC.

Politics

“So lots of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in reality a rational administration of symbolic capital.” –Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles

Trump Transition

“The Native Sheriffs Gearing As much as Assist Trump Carry Out Mass Deportations” [Wall Street Journal]. “Including to the complexity, a patchwork of state legal guidelines means sheriffs in some blue states legally can’t cooperate with ICE, whereas these in some crimson states should, mentioned Jonathan Thompson, the chief director of the nonpartisan Nationwide Sheriffs’ Affiliation, whose members embody about 70% of the nation’s 3,081 sheriffs… Trump’s advisers intend to penalize so-called sanctuary cities by reducing off what may quantity to billions of {dollars} in federal grants to them, in line with folks accustomed to their plans.” Throughout the Nullification Disaster, Andrew Jackson gained, and John C. Calhoun misplaced. Extra: “Thompson mentioned his group plans to fulfill quickly with members of Trump’s transition crew, hoping to be taught extra concerning the scope, price and length of his deportation plan. In Thompson’s view, it’s clear the inflow of migrants lately has ‘created an infinite quantity of stress on native legislation enforcement, state legislation enforcement businesses, throughout the nation, not simply alongside the border. It’s created havoc in lots of, many communities.’ He added state and native legislation enforcement, ‘and particularly sheriffs’ will probably be vital to Trump’s plans. Many conservative sheriffs throughout the U.S., from Texas to California to redder swaths of the northeast, now stand able to be pressure multipliers for ICE and its 6,000 brokers. Requested if he helps mass deportation, GOP Sheriff Richard Jones of Butler County, Ohio, replied: “Certain, I do. And so do the American folks…. Persons are uninterested in this.’” • Comedy interlude.

“Florida Has a Bizarre Political Tradition. It’s About to Take Over the White Home” [Politico]. “No different state could have that degree of concentrated affect within the subsequent administration. With Florida personalities taking part in such a central function, it’s essential to know simply what constitutes Florida political tradition…. As a lot as another state, Florida has been outlined by its migrants and its immigrants — principally everyone seems to be from some other place, be it from another state or another nation….. And now, the remainder of America may change into a little bit extra like Florida. Trump’s choose to steer the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, former Florida Rep. Dave Weldon, is a vaccine security skeptic; Rubio is a standard hawk with a from-the-cradle hatred of communism however a need to barter a fast finish to the Ukraine warfare; Bondi needs to go after ‘unhealthy prosecutors’ very like DeSantis did with two state attorneys. They’ve the potential to being rather more than Florida vibes to the nation and will reshape the nation within the picture of the Sunshine State.” • My impression of DeSantis is that he wasn’t prepared for the nationwide stage (even when he had not been confronting the Colossus of Mar-a-Lago). So I ponder if these Florida gamers will do higher than he did (Susie Wiles, in the meantime, is prepared for the nationwide againstage.

2024 Publish Mortem

“Al Sharpton’s acceptance of Kamala Harris marketing campaign’s $500K donation a ‘bridge too far’ for MSNBC colleagues” [New York Post]. “Harris sat down for a pleasant interview on Oct. 20 with Sharpton, an open supporter of Harris and the Democratic Get together. Following Harris’ defeat by former President Donald Trump, FEC filings revealed the Harris marketing campaign gave two $250,000 donations to Sharpton’s nonprofit group in September and October. Nonetheless, the MSNBC weekend host didn’t open up to viewers the obvious battle of curiosity earlier than or after the interview. Neither did he disclose the donations to his bosses on the community, in line with the Free Beacon.” • What.

The #Resistance

“Blue States Will Discover Combating Trump Is No Easy Proposition” [Governing]. “Can Newsom and the opposite Democratic governors who’ve vowed to hitch him actually Trump-proof their states? In the event that they fail, would that imply an enormous crack within the basis of federalism? And in the event that they succeed, simply how united would the USA be?.. Not all Democratic governors have agreed on the pitched-battle technique. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has intentionally stood again from Newsom’s confrontational strategy and mentioned she needed to seek out ‘some shared priorities’ with Trump [who is the head of a fascist movement, let us remember] “We’ve labored with a Trump administration earlier than,” she mentioned, and thought they’d determine easy methods to do it once more. Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania governor who almost grew to become Kamala Harris’ working mate, mentioned— twice — in his post-election assertion that he ‘needed to get issues carried out.’” And: “[T]right here’s a restrict to how successfully they will resist Trump’s insurance policies. If as president Trump determined to sit down on catastrophe support or refuse to approve waivers for environmental or health-care plans, Democratic governors may discover themselves lengthy on rhetoric however brief on outcomes. And if the states determine to struggle Trump in court docket, as California usually did efficiently within the first Trump administration, the battle will probably be a lot more durable this time. The primary time round, California efficiently fought a lot of its judicial battles within the federal Ninth Circuit Courtroom of Appeals. Trump, nonetheless, named 10 of the 29 judges on the circuit. Meaning California will now have to select its battles rather more rigorously, with a watch particularly on which instances to file through which courts. Absolutely Trump-proofing their states, due to this fact, is greater than Democratic governors can accomplish.”

“Why Didn’t They Riot?” [Tom Klingenstein]. “For a lot of… the downbeat response to Trump’s victory appeared misplaced, given the feverish severity of how Democrats had articulated the stakes of this election. In her remaining month… The floor clarification, in fact, is that the Democrats didn’t actually imagine any of it… Even when the management of the Democratic Get together and its surrogates within the media have been merely producing outrage, tens of millions of People of their audiences now imagine, with conviction, that the lengthy evening of fascism has lastly descended on America….. In brief, we didn’t see post-election violence or mass protests as a result of the size of Trump’s victory meant that such rioting would seem — no less than quickly — because the indignant self-indulgence of a minority that had been legitimately crushed on the poll field. However the riots will come quickly sufficient, and Antifa will menace the streets as soon as once more.” • Hmmm.

“Girls have interaction in mass ‘primal scream’ in wake of Trump victory: ‘Launch our ache’” [FOX}. “Remarkable footage shows Wisconsin women screaming in unison towards Lake Michigan in the wake of Vice President Harris’s Nov. 5 loss to President-elect Trump. The footage, which recently went viral on social media, was originally posted by a Facebook user named Tamara Gibbs. The event took place at Klode Park in Whitefish Bay on Nov. 9. The extraordinary video shows around two dozen adult women screeching at the water. The screams eventually reach a crescendo, as video shows the shrieks getting gradually louder and louder until the group stopped…. ‘We need to start organizing… We have the opportunity to, in-state, in two years, take back the legislature,’ one woman said to roaring applause.” • Oh.

Realignment and Legitimacy

The “Four Freedoms” might be a good place to start, but Sanders has form; he is not the one to do the starting (not that I see anybody else):

This time of year, I am always reminded of the Thanksgiving scene painted by one of my favorite artists, Norman Rockwell. Many people don’t know this, but Rockwell actually lived for a time in Arlington, Vermont, and painted some of his most well-known pieces there, including his… pic.twitter.com/SpJjmFnlDL

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) November 28, 2024

If we must have fours, I prefer the Bearded One’s, though I admit they are negatives (yin) to FDR’s positives (yang). Good stuff, but as I said….

How come we don’t talk about class in America?

Because when you talk about class, you risk working people coming together and taking back power from the top 1% of our society. pic.twitter.com/jPcfyHfHIt

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 27, 2024

Syndemics

“I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD.” –William Lloyd Garrison

Covid Resources, United States (National): Transmission (CDC); Wastewater (CDC, Biobot; includes many counties; Wastewater Scan, includes drilldown by zip); Variants (CDC; Walgreens); “Iowa COVID-19 Tracker” (in IA, but national data). “Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts” (especially on hospitalization by city).

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 “COVID” in the subject line. Thank you!

Resources, United States (Local): AK (dashboard); AL (dashboard); AR (dashboard); AZ (dashboard); CA (dashboard; Marin, dashboard; Stanford, wastewater; Oakland, wastewater); CO (dashboard; wastewater); CT (dashboard); DE (dashboard); FL (wastewater); GA (wastewater); HI (dashboard); IA (wastewater reports); ID (dashboard, Boise; dashboard, wastewater, Central Idaho; wastewater, Coeur d’Alene; dashboard, Spokane County); IL (wastewater); IN (dashboard); KS (dashboard; wastewater, Lawrence); KY (dashboard, Louisville); LA (dashboard); MA (wastewater); MD (dashboard); ME (dashboard); MI (wastewater; wastewater); MN (dashboard); MO (wastewater); MS (dashboard); MT (dashboard); NC (dashboard); ND (dashboard; wastewater); NE (dashboard); NH (wastewater); NJ (dashboard); NM (dashboard); NV (dashboard; wastewater, Southern NV); NY (dashboard); OH (dashboard); OK (dashboard); OR (dashboard); PA (dashboard); RI (dashboard); SC (dashboard); SD (dashboard); TN (dashboard); TX (dashboard); UT (wastewater); VA (wastewater); VT (dashboard); WA (dashboard; dashboard); WI (wastewater); WV (wastewater); WY (wastewater).

Resources, Canada (National): Wastewater (Government of Canada).

Resources, Canada (Provincial): ON (wastewater); QC (les eaux usées); BC (wastewater); BC, Vancouver (wastewater).

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Maskstravaganza

“Testing and Masking Policies and Hospital-Onset Respiratory Viral Infections” [JAMA]. “Most hospitals have stopped testing all sufferers for SARS-CoV-2 upon admission and requiring masking. Ten hospitals within the Mass Common Brigham hospital system ended each these precautions concurrently in Could 2023 however restarted masking for well being care employees in January 2024 throughout a winter respiratory viral surge…. On this research, stopping common masking and SARS-CoV-2 testing was related to a big enhance in hospital-onset respiratory viral infections relative to neighborhood infections. Restarting the masking of well being care employees was related to a big lower.” And: “Nosocomial respiratory viral infections stay related to elevated size of keep and better mortality in hospitalized populations.” • Elevated size of keep = revenue. Hilariously, Smile Nazi Erica Shenoy is Affiliate Chief of the An infection Management Unit at Mass Common Brigham, and is preventing common use of respirators in hospitals tooth and nail at HICPAC. One can solely surprise what her motivation may be.

Typically talking up helps:

Thanks 🙌 picture modified with revision word 👉 https://t.co/TS2qTo43Ld pic.twitter.com/9eZrirFX0H

— Information Medical (@NewsMedical) Could 28, 2024

Hopefully this concern landed on the Artwork Director’s desk, and coverage was modified. And Kudos to @NewsMedical.

Immune Dysregulation

“The identification of a SARs-CoV2 S1 protein derived peptide with super-antigen-like stimulatory properties on T-cells” (preprint) [bioRxiv]. From the Summary: “Extreme COVID-19 can set off a cytokine storm, resulting in acute respiratory misery syndrome (ARDS) with similarities to superantigen-induced poisonous shock syndrome. An excellent query is whether or not SARS-CoV-2 protein sequences can instantly induce inflammatory responses. On this research, we determine a area within the SARS-CoV-2 S1 spike protein with sequence homology to bacterial super-antigens (termed P3)…. In vivo experiments in mice revealed that the administration of P3 led to a big upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α. Whereas the scientific significance of P3 in COVID-19 stays unclear, its homology to different mammalian proteins suggests a possible function for this peptide household in human irritation and autoimmunity.” • Leonardi (see right here) does a contented dance:

The superantigen has been discovered regardless of many makes an attempt to delegitimize the speculation and disparage me.

I will probably be going round to gather dues in an smug and vindicated method

The proof was there immunologically of an excellent antigenic impact, and the individuals who denied it… https://t.co/ZFmGD1AKmD pic.twitter.com/0d9osdsQkE

— AJ Leonardi, MBBS, PhD (@fitterhappierAJ) November 28, 2024

Others resist:

Testing and Monitoring: Wastewater

I assume the dairies are dumping contaminated milk into the sewers, below cowl of darkness?

Only a gentle coincidence that the biggest Uncooked Milk dairy, @Raw_Farm, on this planet is having a number of remembers, @RickABright @KinCONN @0bFuSc8 on the similar time waste water is popping off.

Transfer alongside, of us. https://t.co/MMLhMPYxPc pic.twitter.com/wOXWSxysS2

— Lazarus Lengthy (@LazarusLong13) November 28, 2024

Be aware that will be the optimistic state of affairs….

TABLE 1: Every day Covid Charts

Manufacturing: “FAA Calls For Verify Of Drag Brace Decrease Lock Hyperlink On Boeing 787 Touchdown Gear” [Simple FLying]. “The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has warned {that a} particular inspection course of was not accomplished throughout the manufacturing technique of the drag brace decrease lock hyperlink assemblies for the Boeing 787’s principal touchdown gear (MLG), mandating operators to both verify upkeep information or examine whether or not sure drag brace decrease hyperlinks have been put in on the plane. The regulator issued the airworthiness directive (AD) regardless of one airline [American] saying {that a} requirement bulletin (RB) was ample… In accordance with the FAA, undetected cracks may result in a fracture of the drag brace decrease lock hyperlink meeting, doubtlessly ensuing within the MLG’s collapse and subsequent lack of directional management whereas the plane is on the bottom. The regulator’s worst-case state of affairs pointed to a possible runway tour and wing field gas tank penetration.” • Sooner or later, presumably, alll this will probably be cleaned up….

Manufacturing: “Boeing’s new CEO clips company jet journeys in present of restraint” [Seattle Times]. “Ortberg’s edict has curtailed flights to Boeing’s main operations facilities in Seattle (industrial planemaking); Washington (company headquarters, protection arm); and Dallas (providers unit). The prior set-up made it simple for high executives to commute from afar. Former CEO Dave Calhoun flew in from properties in New Hampshire and South Carolina, and his senior management crew was scattered in locations like Connecticut and Toronto. Flights have fallen off to Charleston, South Carolina, and close by Savannah, Georgia; White Plains, New York, near Chief Monetary Officer Brian West’s Connecticut house; and Toronto, the place data know-how head Susan Doniz relies. Calhoun, West and Doniz declined to remark for the story, a Boeing spokesperson mentioned. Whereas Ortberg, like his predecessors, journey in a non-public jet, he’s relocating to Seattle.” • “Should”?

Manufacturing: “‘Mayday!’: New particulars emerge after Boeing aircraft makes emergency touchdown at Mirabel airport” [CTV News]. “‘Throughout deceleration after touchdown with the flaps retracted at Montreal-Mirabel airport, the left principal touchdown gear collapsed till the left engine touched the bottom. The plane continued on its engine-supported path till it got here to an entire cease on the runway,’ the [federal Transportation Safety Board’s] abstract of the incident said. The company mentioned there was no fireplace however the aircraft sustained ‘vital harm.’” • On the brilliant facet, a fairly sturdy airframe, it will appear.

Manufacturing: “Why Africa gained’t shut the door on Boeing” [Times Aerospace]. “Manufacturing charges of the 737… have been capped by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at 38 – the speed present previous to the Alaska Airways incident – till the FAA is happy that Boeing has acquired a grip of the state of affairs. So, what does all this imply for African airways? In all probability lower than in different areas of the world. Comparatively few African carriers purchase new plane direct from Boeing. Many have a tendency to amass second-hand machines… Will Boeing’s issues deter African airways from inserting future orders with the US producer? In all probability not; each Boeing and Airbus have enormous order backlogs – place an order for a Boeing 737 or an Airbus A320neo right now and you might be unlikely to have it in service a lot earlier than the top of the last decade. African airways that need to order from Boeing will most likely take consolation from the truth that, by the point the brand new plane arrive, the corporate’s present issues will – hopefully – have been ironed out.”

Manufacturing: “COMAC: The quiet big difficult the Airbus-Boeing duopoly” [Aerotime]. “COMAC (Business Plane Company of China) was formally shaped on Could 11, 2008, the product of a joint effort from varied Chinese language corporations and establishments: (Aviation Trade Company of China (AVIC), Aluminum Company of China, Baosteel, Sinochem, Shanghai Guosheng Company and the SASAC (which manages Air China, China’s flag provider). COMAC is due to this fact extra akin to a conglomerate, a la United Plane Company (UAC) in Russia, which in flip encompasses well-known names similar to Ilyushin, Tupolev or Sukhoi. As such, COMAC regroups all China’s plane manufacturing capacities via 13 completely different corporations, navy and civilian alike and is government-owned.” Concluding: “Now what’s subsequent for COMAC? There’s no scarcity of challenges awaiting the Chinese language producer. Within the near-term future, COMAC should digest a steep studying curve on the supply-chain facet of the manufacturing course of to deal with demand and enhance supply charges…. [T]he industrial airplanes market has just about shrunk to an Airbus/Boeing duopoly for the previous 25 years with Embraer and ATR in a unique league. Subsequently, it may be mentioned that COMAC is the primary actual challenger to the duopoly, a welcome new entrant that may push the European and US producers to be extra progressive.” • Hmm. No Chinese language engines, I imagine.

At the moment’s Worry & Greed Index: 66 Greed (earlier shut: 65 Greed) [CNN]. One week in the past: 60 (Greed). (0 is Excessive Worry; 100 is Excessive Greed). Final up to date Nov 29 at 11:29:59 AM ET.

Gallery

And now for one thing fully completely different:

Information of the Wired

“Musk admits X throttles hyperlinks as ‘information influencers’ take over” [WaPo]. “. Hyperlinks are lifeblood for net publishers, and they are often helpful for customers who need to level one another to unique sources, in-depth reporting or pleasant content material. Including a hyperlink to a put up additionally will be an indicator of credibility on social media – an indication that you just aren’t simply spouting off however have outdoors proof to assist your claims and are joyful in your viewers to test it out for themselves. However tech giants have come to see hyperlinks as a drain on the underside line, as a result of they pull customers’ priceless eyeballs away from the platform…. As conventional media that report the information have misplaced viewers and stature, social media influencers who discuss concerning the information have thrived, in line with a current nationally consultant survey by Pew Analysis. The survey discovered that 1 in 5 People — and 37 % of adults below 30 — say they repeatedly get information from influencers on social media. Some 85 % of these influencers preserve a presence on X.” • Blogosphere about to stage a comeback? Even a fraction of 100 – 37 = 63% is a giant market with loads of room for small gamers…

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