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 trying ahead to the weekend to come back! –lambert

Chicken Music of the Day

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

In Case You May 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 most 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 pink 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 received, and John C. Calhoun misplaced. Extra: “Thompson mentioned his group plans to satisfy quickly with members of Trump’s transition staff, hoping to study extra concerning the scope, value and period of his deportation plan. In Thompson’s view, it’s clear the inflow of migrants lately has ‘created an infinite quantity of strain 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’ can be essential 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 power 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 bored with this.’” • Comedy interlude.

“Florida Has a Bizarre Political Tradition. It’s About to Take Over the White Home” [Politico]. “No different state may have that degree of concentrated affect within the subsequent administration. With Florida personalities taking part in such a central position, it’s vital to know simply what constitutes Florida political tradition…. As a lot as some other 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 develop into a bit of extra like Florida. Trump’s decide 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 conflict; Bondi needs to go after ‘unhealthy prosecutors’ very like DeSantis did with two state attorneys. They’ve the potential to being far 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’m wondering if these Florida gamers will do higher than he did (Susie Wiles, in the meantime, is prepared for the nationwide againstage.

2024 Submit 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 Celebration. 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. Nevertheless, 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.

“Blue States Will Discover Combating Trump Is No Easy Proposition” [Governing]. “Can Newsom and the opposite Democratic governors who’ve vowed to affix 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 method and mentioned she wished to search 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 find out how to do it once more. Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania governor who practically grew to become Kamala Harris’ working mate, mentioned— twice — in his post-election assertion that he ‘wished to get issues performed.’” And: “[T]right here’s a restrict to how successfully they will resist Trump’s insurance policies. If as president Trump determined to take a seat on catastrophe help 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 resolve to struggle Trump in courtroom, as California usually did efficiently within the first Trump administration, the battle can be a lot more durable this time. The primary time round, California efficiently fought lots of its judicial battles within the federal Ninth Circuit Court docket of Appeals. Trump, nonetheless, named 10 of the 29 judges on the circuit. Meaning California will now have to choose its battles far more fastidiously, with an eye fixed particularly on which circumstances to file during which courts. Totally 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 Celebration and its surrogates within the media had been merely producing outrage, thousands and thousands of Individuals 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 dimensions of Trump’s victory meant that such rioting would seem — not less than briefly — because the offended self-indulgence of a minority that had been legitimately overwhelmed on the poll field. However the riots will come quickly sufficient, and Antifa will menace the streets as soon as once more.” • Hmmm.

“Girls interact 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.

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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Stay safe out there!

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 Basic Brigham hospital system ended each these precautions concurrently in Could 2023 however restarted masking for well being care staff in January 2024 throughout a winter respiratory viral surge…. On this examine, stopping common masking and SARS-CoV-2 testing was related to a big improve in hospital-onset respiratory viral infections relative to neighborhood infections. Restarting the masking of well being care staff 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 Basic Brigham, and is preventing common use of respirators in hospitals tooth and nail at HICPAC. One can solely marvel what her motivation is perhaps.

Generally 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 problem 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 impressive query is whether or not SARS-CoV-2 protein sequences can straight induce inflammatory responses. On this examine, we establish 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 position 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 can 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, underneath cowl of darkness?

Only a gentle coincidence that the most important Uncooked Milk dairy, @Raw_Farm, on the earth is having a number of remembers, @RickABright @KinCONN @0bFuSc8 on the identical time waste water is popping off.

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

— Lazarus Lengthy (@LazarusLong13) November 28, 2024

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

TABLE 1: Day by day Covid Charts

Lambert right here: Regardless that the Covid numbers appear low, please do not forget that the info is just not practically pretty much as good because it as soon as was, that it lags, and that the draw back dangers of catching Covid are appreciable. For individuals who have developed their very own private protocols, I wouldn’t calm down them. Possibly subsequent yr.

LEGEND

1) ★ for charts new at the moment; all others aren’t up to date.

2) For a full-size/full-resolution picture, Command-click (MacOS) or right-click (Home windows) on the chart thumbnail and “open picture in new tab.”

NOTES

[1] (CDC) Excellent news!

[2] (CDC) Final week’s wastewater map.

[3] (CDC Variants) KP.* nonetheless well-liked. XEC has entered the chat. That WHO label, “Ommicron,” has performed an ideal job normalizing successive waves of an infection.

[4] (ED) Down.

[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Steadily down.

[6] (Hospitalization: CDC). Really improved; it’s now one of many few charts to point out the complete course of the pandemic to the current day.

[7] (Walgreens) Down.

[8] (Cleveland) Down.

[9] (Vacationers: Positivity) Down.

[10] (Vacationers: Variants). Now XEC.

[11] Deaths low, positivity down.

[12] Deaths low, ED down.

Stats Watch

There are not any official statistics of curiosity at the moment.

Manufacturing: “FAA Calls For Test 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 strategy of the drag brace decrease lock hyperlink assemblies for the Boeing 787’s primary touchdown gear (MLG), mandating operators to both test upkeep information or examine whether or not sure drag brace decrease hyperlinks had 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… Based on 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 gasoline tank penetration.” • Sooner or later, presumably, alll this can be cleaned up….

Information of the Wired

“Musk admits X throttles hyperlinks as ‘information influencers’ take over” [WaPo]. “. Hyperlinks are lifeblood for internet publishers, and they are often useful for customers who wish to level one another to authentic sources, in-depth reporting or pleasant content material. Including a hyperlink to a publish additionally may be an indicator of credibility on social media – an indication that you simply aren’t simply spouting off however have outdoors proof to help your claims and are comfortable to 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’ helpful eyeballs away from the platform…. As conventional media that report the information have misplaced viewers and stature, social media influencers who speak concerning the information have thrived, in line with a current nationally consultant survey by Pew Analysis. The survey discovered that 1 in 5 Individuals — and 37 % of adults underneath 30 — say they often 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 numerous room for small gamers…