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Politics
“So most of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in truth a rational administration of symbolic capital.” –Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles
2024
Lower than a yr to go!
* * * Trump (R): “Why nobody will lend to Trump” [Edward Luce, Financial Times]. Sorry for the prolonged quote, however there’s rather a lot right here. “For Donald Trump, it could not be seven occasions a allure. His first six bankruptcies all came about earlier than he went into politics. Most of those occurred in two phases: within the early Nineties after he had over-extended on a clutch of Atlantic Metropolis casinos, then on numerous properties earlier than and after the 2008 crash. America’s Chapter 11 chapter safety obtained him out of bother. Since then, Trump has largely made cash by licensing his model identify. However there isn’t any straightforward approach out from the $454mn that he owes in damages to the New York authorized system. Not like banks, the legislation doesn’t take haircuts. There may be nothing to cease Trump from being broke and successful the White Home. He already had that historical past of chapter when he gained in 2016. However his monetary woes create two novel complications — one for him, and one for America. For Trump, it undermines his repute for being wealthy, which he and his base worth extremely. Revisions to his web price reduce it from the $10bn he claimed in 2016 to $2.6bn on Forbes’ newest estimate. However these are educated guesses. As a non-public firm, the Trump Group doesn’t disclose its liabilities. Even when that quantity proves appropriate, most of his wealth is locked up in illiquid property, mainly actual property similar to his landmark towers in New York and the golf golf equipment. The prospect of bailiffs seizing all of the bling they might discover from Mar-a-Lago would give schadenfreude to thousands and thousands. It could additionally deal a blow to Trump’s thought of himself. He was raised on the prosperity gospel that claims your wealth is a measure of your ethical price. To the Maga base, Trump’s wealth can be a yardstick of his crafty. Trump is estimated to have inherited the equal at this time of $413mn from his father, Fred Trump. 1 / 4 of a century after Trump Sr’s dying, his son appears unable to cowl roughly that quantity. A few of Trump’s supporters are puzzled that he has not but been bailed out by one in every of his rich donors. The reply is that he has a historical past of not paying what he owes. From the world’s greatest banks to America’s smallest contractors, Trump is skilled at stiffing collectors. That isn’t to say the class-action winners of those that paid exorbitant charges to check at Trump College, the dissolution of the Trump household’s charitable basis for a ‘stunning sample of illegality’, and the truth that roughly $50mn in Trump 2024 marketing campaign funds has gone to pay his authorized payments. Trump’s donors favor his insurance policies to these of Joe Biden, who has vowed a billionaire tax in his second time period. Of their private dealings, nonetheless, they appear to validate the previous New York mayor Michael Bloomberg’s view that with Trump he is aware of ‘a con after I see one.’ All of which makes Trump extra of a legal responsibility to America. As each spy company is aware of, probably the most at-risk staff are those that are closely in debt. Presidential candidates are supplied intelligence briefings in the course of the election. Trump is dealing with a much-postponed trial for allegedly secreting troves of extremely categorized materials at Mar-a-Lago. It doesn’t take nice deductive ability to see that Trump’s monetary quandary poses a nationwide safety threat. If insurance coverage corporations and pleasant billionaires suppose he’s too huge a credit score threat, who would possibly assist him out as a substitute? What kind of collateral may Trump supply in return? Even by America’s current requirements, this creates a brand new type of headache.” • NC commenter DCBlogger instructed me, way back, pre-2016, that the one factor that might take Trump down could be proof that he was not wealthy. And now evidently Trump faces one thing akin to a capital strike, along with already dealing with an expert providers strike. As for Luce’s psychological studying of the American voters, I’m not so certain. (“Prosperity gospel” is preached by a very noxious American Protestant sect; Trump’s childhood minister was Norman Vincent Peale, additionally noxious however not a member of that sect.) “Trump was wealthy till crooked Democrats stole all his cash” is one type of cope which may assist, notably for the aggrieved who really feel that what they worth has been taken by Democrats as nicely. “So what, if Trump is the one to most injury the system” is one other.” We’ll see. 2024 is definitely not with out curiosity or drama!
Trump (R): “Cannon’s jury instruction order may crush Jack Smith’s case” [MSNBC]. “[R]ecall that the decide’s newest transfer comes towards the backdrop of Trump’s declare that, below the Presidential Data Act, he may have deemed no matter delicate authorities data he needed to as ‘private’ after which taken them with him from the White Home, precluding the federal government from prosecuting him over the retention. It’s a nonsensical place that Cannon may have rejected outright, however she selected to carry a listening to on it final week. And now, in an order Monday, she instructed the events to submit proposed jury directions associated to the fees alleging that Trump unlawfully retained nationwide protection info. (The order doesn’t deal with the obstruction-related counts.) The Presidential Data Act [PRA] shouldn’t issue into figuring out whether or not Trump’s conduct was legal, however Cannon’s order nonetheless laid out two “competing eventualities” for the prosecution and the protection as they trend their proposals.” • Unlikely as it could appear, and topic to correction by those that have truly mastered this materials, MSNBC might be proper. Since Trump is being charged below the Espionage Act (that comes with its personal set of issues), it’s exhausting to see the relevance of the PRA. An explainer; the Act (whose definitions web page contains “private”).
Trump (R): “Turley: I Can’t See How You Can Decline To Cost Biden And Go Ahead On Costs Towards Trump On Categorised Docs” [RealClearPolitics]. “[Special Prosecutor Hur] talked about how Biden instructed somebody that he discovered categorized paperwork in his basement, learn from a few of these paperwork to a 3rd get together; how proof was destroyed by this ghostwriter when it comes to an audiotape. How the White Home intervened to attempt to get info eliminated to border the report in a collection of contradictions of not simply what Joe Biden has stated previously however what he stated after the interview. And so you might be left right here pondering wow this was nearly as good of a case I may think about and Hur stated look, I simply don’t suppose given his diminished psychological schools that we may assure or have a certainty or chance of conviction. Now, one can settle for that as a result of I’ve obtained to inform you, Hur got here off as extremely credible {and professional}. The issue is the opposite disconnect with the Trump case. I can’t see how you might decline these expenses and, but, go ahead on the categorized paperwork expenses towards Trump. And, in fact, you may have two totally different particular counsels. However, that distinction is extra evident at this time than it has ever been.” • Nicely, presumably, in the event you settle for Hur’s logic, as a result of Trump’s psychological schools are usually not diminished (although some Democrats at the moment are, copycat-style, claiming that they’re).
* * * Biden (D): “Biden’s lawfare joke” [Washington Examiner]. “No legal trial has begun, however the swarm of Democratic authorized actions has already value Trump dearly. After all, that was the thought, or a minimum of a part of the thought. And it’s one thing that Biden himself not directly acknowledged in a current speech. It occurred in Washington on the Gridiron Dinner, a elaborate white-tie gathering of main media figures and the highest politicians they cowl. Biden delivered a speech that was half comedy routine and half inspirational discuss to his media base. And it is a joke Biden instructed, in accordance with information accounts: Ha ha ha. The media viewers, in fact, laughed. With one joke, Biden acknowledged the work his get together’s lawfare warriors have finished within the Trump matter. And the way may Biden not be grateful? He’s trailing Trump within the polls, is dealing with an voters that largely believes he’s too previous for a second time period, and is underwater in approval scores for his dealing with of most points. Little question Biden’s joke about bankrupting Trump displays his satisfaction that the lawfare effort is beginning to work. However Biden desires extra. In February, Politico reported that Biden has ‘grumbled to aides and advisers that had [Attorney General Merrick] Garland moved sooner in his investigation into former President Donald Trump’s election interference, a trial might already be underway and even have concluded.’” • The joke is definitely fairly humorous; however the lawfare will not be a joke in any respect. May we charactertize the Biden marketing campaign as a “entire of presidency” method? Pondering again to RussiaGate; it’s one factor to throw pork round in an election yr; it’s fairly one other to get the organs of state safety concerned, not merely in guarding the candidates, however with tales planted or suppressed within the press, having them authenticate elections, and so forth (one superb purpose for hand-marked paper ballots, hand-counted in public, is to get the spooks out of that enterprise totally. I imply, you’ll be able to see it: “9 of seventeen intelligence companies assess [hate that word] that the Presidential election of 2024 was ____ in ___ states [insert swing states here].”)
Biden (D): “Tony Bobulinski: Joe Biden Was ‘the Model’” [Wall Street Journal]. Written testimony of Tony Bobulinski earlier than the Home Oversight and Accountability Committee: “I wish to be crystal clear: From my direct private expertise and what I’ve subsequently come to study, it’s clear to me that Joe Biden was ‘the Model’; being offered by the Biden household. His household’s overseas affect peddling operation—from China to Ukraine and elsewhere—offered out to overseas actors who have been looking for to achieve affect and entry to Joe Biden and the US authorities. Joe Biden was greater than a participant in and beneficiary of his household’s enterprise; he was an lively, conscious enabler who met with enterprise associates similar to myself to additional the enterprise, regardless of being buffered by a posh scheme to take care of believable deniability.” • My metaphor for a way the Biden clan operates is as follows (and it’s very totally different from the “complicated scheme” utilized by the Clinton’s. There’s a “Biden River” with many many tributaries, massive and small. In case you “contribute” to a tributary, regardless of how a lot or how little, or how far upstream or down, your contribution ultimately flows into Biden Lake (having gone by a posh of locks and canals and dams (like heaps and plenty of financial institution accounts and enterprise entities, and Biden relations making loads of mysterious loans to one another). Although your contribution to Biden River is blended in with the move of all the opposite contributions, nonetheless you’ll later be permitted to dip into Biden Lake (having handed some kind of inspection to find out the quantity of your authentic contribution)
Biden (D): “Biden Has Huge Marketing campaign Money Lead Over Trump as Common Election Begins” [Wall Street Journal]. “Trump has retained a slight benefit in polls in battleground states, the place skinny margins will doubtless resolve who wins the presidency in November. Cash additionally doesn’t essentially equal assured victory; Hillary Clinton bested Trump within the 2016 cash race however nonetheless misplaced the White Home. And Trump’s fundraising is more likely to choose up now that he has changed the management on the RNC and fashioned a joint-fundraising committee. Nonetheless, Biden’s fundraising benefit lays naked the dangers that Trump has going into spring and summer time, when he’ll settle for his get together’s nomination on the Republican Nationwide Conference. His monetary well being may also mirror the phase of Republicans who say they’ll refuse to vote for Trump even when he have been the nominee, in accordance with surveys of GOP main voters by AP VoteCast. Whereas the Biden workforce reported including $25 million to its complete money holdings in February, Trump’s money—throughout the marketing campaign account, the RNC and two PACs—elevated by $9.2 million.” • Useful chart:
Biden (D): “Biden SHOULD be indignant and anxious — his re-election prospects stink” [Rich Lowry, New York Post]. “[A] loss to Trump would immediately vaporize what was to be Biden’s most vital legacy — stopping Trump and supposedly saving American democracy. On his phrases, Biden can’t afford to go one-for-two on this endeavor. Historical past isn’t often variety to one-term presidents. A defeat could be notably dangerous for Biden. It could expose his resolution to run once more for president at age 81, when he’s visibly in decline, as a historic blunder ensuing from selfishness and an utter lack of realism. It’d change into plain that his choose of Kamala Harris, which helped maintain Democrats from pushing for him to step apart, was a horrible mistake, and Democrats could be prepared to say so. Briefly, given the private and political stakes for Biden and the way daunting the panorama seems to be for the time being, Biden could be well-advised to be indignant and anxious — very indignant and anxious.” • I nonetheless keep that given the extremely weak Democrat bench, Biden was your best option (and from the purely get together perspective, a brokered conference could be a superb consequence for grandees and apparatchiks, as a result of their energy (a few of them, a minimum of) could be enhanced, whether or not or not their candidate gained. In some methods, that was the lesson of Clinton’s dropping marketing campaign in 2016; definitely key parts of the Clinton equipment — press, spooks, get together apparatchiks, newly class-conscious PMC — emerged from the debacle with powers enhanced, not diminished).
* * * Kennedy (I): “Who’s afraid of RFK?” [The Hill]. “[Kennedy is] polling at a gentle 15 % common nationally, and even higher in some crucial states. He’s performing notably robust with key demographics like Black and Latino voters, in addition to younger voters — even beating each Biden and Trump in some polls in that class. ‘It appears clear that in any of those battleground states the place the margins are going to be skinny, the extra candidates within the race, the more severe for Biden,’ Tom Bevan, founding father of RealClearPolitics, instructed me. ‘A degree or two within the huge six battleground states may make the distinction, relying on the place they make the poll.’ (Trump edges Biden within the RCP common in a two-way race, however he performs even higher when RFK is included.) ‘Making the poll’ is a key aspect to this. Proper now, , and getting shut in one other 15 or so. However that’s not going to make the seismic influence he desires, or wants. So take note of what occurs over the following two months. ‘A part of the rationale he’s selecting a working mate now could be that some states don’t enable a presidential candidate on the poll with out a working mate,’ Chris Stirewalt, host of ‘The Hill Sunday,’ instructed me. ‘With the Libertarian nomination, he would have the prospect to deal with campaigning. With out it, he will likely be essentially centered on poll entry greater than anything.’” • Not a foul factor, if in truth RFK organizes a mass signature-gathering effort (run by his personal group not outsourced to petition gatherers), a la “Clear for Gene” in 1968.
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Democrats en Déshabillé
“Why Democrats Are Dropping Their Grip on Latino Voters” [Wall Street Journal]. “As long as Democrats have been considered because the get together of the working class, they might financial institution on successful massive Hispanic majorities. The issue Joe Biden and his get together face this yr is rising numbers of Hispanics and different nonwhite working-class voters view Democrats as out of contact. White voters with out a school diploma have been quitting the Democratic Celebration in earnest for the reason that Obama presidency. Democrats didn’t count on to see Hispanics observe, however that’s what has occurred. To the shock of most political observers, the pattern accelerated due to Donald Trump. Democrats carried the Hispanic vote by 38 factors in 2016. By 2020 that margin had shrunk to 21 factors, and amongst Hispanic males it was all the way down to 17 factors. ‘In 2020, Democrats assumed that they might simply win the Hispanic vote towards a president with a historical past of vitriolic statements towards Mexico and Mexican Individuals and hostility towards unlawful immigration,’ Mr. Judis and Mr. Teixeira write. As an alternative, Mr. Trump carried out considerably higher amongst Latinos than he had 4 years earlier. Few predict that the GOP will win a majority of the Latino vote this November, however these inroads have sensible Democrats terrified.” • After all, the Democrats may at all times do one thing like go a 32-hour work week; however at greatest, they’ll handle not to go it, attributable to a “revolving villain” (Manchin; Sinema); the filibuster; the Senate Parliamentarian; and, in all circumstances, these darn Republicans! However vote for us, as a result of we’re “preventing for”!
#COVID19
“I’m in earnest — I can’t equivocate — I can’t excuse — I can’t retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD.” –William Lloyd Garrison
Assets, United States (Nationwide): Transmission (CDC); Wastewater (CDC, Biobot; contains many counties; Wastewater Scan, contains drilldown by zip); Variants (CDC; Walgreens); “Iowa COVID-19 Tracker” (in IA, however nationwide knowledge). “An infection Management, Emergency Administration, Security, and Common Ideas” (particularly on hospitalization by metropolis).
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Assets, Canada (Provincial): ON (wastewater); QC (les eaux usées); BC (wastewater); BC, Vancouver (wastewater).
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Vaccines
“An intranasal mixture vaccine induces systemic and mucosal immunity towards COVID-19 and influenza” [Nature]. Since CDC threw Covid and the flu into the identical bucket, the vaccine business responded, which I’m wonderful with if it really works. Mouse examine. From the Summary: “Regardless of extended surveillance and interventions, the extreme acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and influenza viruses proceed to pose a extreme world well being burden. Thus, we developed a chimpanzee adenovirus-based mixture vaccine, AdC68-HATRBD, with twin specificity towards SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus. When used as a standalone vaccine, intranasal immunization with AdC68-HATRBD induced complete and potent immune responses consisting of immunoglobin (Ig) G, mucosal IgA, neutralizing antibodies, and reminiscence T cells, which protected the mice from BA.5.2 and pandemic H1N1 infections. When used as a heterologous booster, AdC68-HATRBD markedly improved the protecting immune response of the licensed SARS-CoV-2 or influenza vaccine. Subsequently, whether or not administered intranasally as a standalone or booster vaccine, this mixture vaccine is a useful technique to reinforce the general vaccine efficacy by inducing strong systemic and mucosal immune responses, thereby conferring twin traces of immunological defenses for these two viruses.”
An infection
No, Covid will not be “over.” Biobot’s year-on-year chart:
(That is an alternative choice to the Biobot chart I exploit, “Whole Outcomes,” which I favor as a result of it offers the historical past of the pandemic at a look. The information is similar.)
“Gentle” signs:
These “gentle signs” you consult with…
…that cough, runny nostril or sore throat…
These are the preliminary signs of extremely infectious ailments like Covid, measles, whooping cough.
The recommendation to ship children to highschool with these signs is extremely irresponsible. pic.twitter.com/8RjM270wsL
— Cat within the Hat 🐈⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 (@_CatintheHat) March 22, 2024
Sequelae
“GoPros, gummies, reckless abandon: Why ski slopes are getting extra harmful” [Los Angeles Times]. “However former ski patrollers, emergency medical technicians and hospital workers in mountain cities confirmed they’re seeing an increase in accidents — and place the blame on a number of main components. One is a rising recklessness on the slopes that , habits usually exacerbated by folks ingesting pot gummies, magic mushrooms or copious quantities of alcohol earlier than hitting the slopes.” • Lack of govt operate.
Coverage
TABLE 1: Daily Covid Charts
LEGEND
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NOTES
[1] (Biobot) Our curve has now flattened out at the level of previous Trump peaks. Not a great victory. Note also the area “under the curve,” besides looking at peaks. That area is larger under Biden than under Trump, and it seems to be rising steadily if unevenly.
[2] (Biobot) Midwest ticks up.
[3] (CDC Variants) As of May 11, genomic surveillance data will be reported biweekly, based on the availability of positive test specimens.” “Biweeekly: 1. occurring every two weeks. 2. occurring twice a week; semiweekly.” Looks like CDC has chosen sense #1. In essence, they’re telling us variants are nothing to worry about. Time will tell.
[4] (ER) “Charts and data provided by CDC, updates Wednesday by 8am. For the past year, using a rolling 52-week period.”
[5] (Hospitalization: NY) Looks like a very gradual leveling off to a non-zero baseline, to me.
[6] (Hospitalization: CDC) Still down. “Maps, charts, and data provided by CDC, updates weekly for the previous MMWR week (Sunday-Saturday) on Thursdays (Deaths, Emergency Department Visits, Test Positivity) and weekly the following Mondays (Hospitalizations) by 8 pm ET†”.
[7] (Walgreens) Leveling out.
[8] (Cleveland) Flattening.
[9] (Travelers: Posivitity) Now up, albeit in the rear view mirror.
[10] (Travelers: Variants) JN.1 dominates utterly.
Stats Watch
There are no official statistics of interest today.
Manufacturing: “Alaska Airlines blowout passenger reveals terrifying moment his socks and shoes were ripped off and his body was ‘lifted up in the howling wind’ as he sues airline and Boeing along with seven others” [Daily Mail]. • Commentary:
“When one door closes, another one opens.”
–Boeing
— John Paul (@IAm_JohnPaulAF) March 21, 2024
Manufacturing: “Boeing Confirms Disappointing Replace on 737 Max Engine Challenge” [MSN]. “Within the newest chapter of Boeing’s ongoing saga, the aerospace large faces a big setback with its 737 Max collection. An engine problem will sideline the fleet for as much as a yr, additional delaying the certification of the eagerly awaited 737 Max 7s and Max 10s fashions…. [A] glitch within the 737 Max’s anti-ice system, which poses a threat of overheating and damaging the engine. Regardless of the potential severity of the problem, the airplane manufacturing large assures that it has by no means occurred in flight. Nevertheless, the theoretical threat of elements breaking off mid-air has prompted a swift and severe response…. The corporate’s earlier estimates had set the restore timeframe at 9 to 12 months. This restore work isn’t just a matter of changing elements however entails a deeper understanding of the engine’s air consumption dynamics and its broader implications on plane efficiency and security…. The ramifications of the engine problem prolong past technical repairs. Certification delays for the 737 Max 7s and Max 10s influence Boeing’s timeline and have an effect on main airways’ operational plans. For example, Southwest Airways, with its all-737 fleet, has needed to revise its 2024 capability projections and earnings forecasts in mild of those delays.” • That is the problem the place pilots needed to remind themselves to show off the anti-ice system in time with a sticky notice on their instrument panel.
Manufacturing: “Boeing in ‘final probability saloon’, warns Emirates head” [Financial Times]. We already linked to this, however to strengthen: “[Emirates Airline President] Sir Tim Clark instructed the Monetary Occasions he had seen a “progressive decline” in Boeing’s requirements, which he put all the way down to long-running administration and governance mis-steps, together with prioritising monetary efficiency over engineering excellence….. Clark stated Boeing’s earlier administration had made repeated mis-steps, together with outsourcing elements of its manufacturing and transferring elements of its 787 manufacturing to South Carolina to chop prices following battles with unions at its main base north of Seattle, Washington. Boeing ultimately moved all of its 787 manufacturing to South Carolina in 2021 however the web site has struggled with manufacturing challenges. Clark stated Boeing had misplaced ‘abilities and competencies’ by the transfer.” • When the Emirates President says it’s union-busting….
Manufacturing: “Boeing’s huge inexperienced catastrophe” [Heated]. “The 737-Max was not the aircraft Boeing initially meant to make. In 2011, the corporate introduced it was planning to develop a wholly new aircraft to exchange its getting older and fuel-guzzling 737 fleet. This new, extra fuel-efficient aircraft would value billions of {dollars} and take almost a decade to make. However Boeing’s then-CEO stated it could be price it. ‘It’s our judgment that our prospects will anticipate us,’ he stated. Shortly after that announcement, nonetheless, Boeing’s CEO was confirmed unsuitable. The corporate’s unique buyer, American Airways, introduced it was defecting to Boeing’s rival aircraft producer, Airbus. And Airbus was not making new planes–it was placing new, extra fuel-efficient engines on previous planes. So to be able to compete, Boeing shortly scrapped its plan. As an alternative, it too determined to place new engines on previous planes. The 737 Max was born. From a sustainability perspective, Boeing’s change in path was disappointing, stated [Dan Rutherford, an aviation and sustainability expert with the International Council on Clean Transportation]. Whereas the extra fuel-efficient plane engines have been higher for the planet than the older ones, a brand new aircraft, he stated, would have delivered way more advantages. ‘In case you take a look at the applied sciences that can be utilized to enhance the gas effectivity and cut back emissions for plane, it’s mainly three huge buckets,; he stated. Producers may have made the airframe lighter by utilizing light-weight supplies, improved the aerodynamics of the aircraft to scale back drag, and added extra superior engines. That ‘clean-sheet design’, because it’s identified by the business, would have used much less gas and produced much less emissions. A brand new aircraft would even have been safer, each in design and since pilots would have been required to coach on the brand new plane. However a brand new design would have value Boeing and the airways far extra money. So whereas the technique might have been good for short-term revenue, finally, ‘Boeing’s technique was dangerous for the surroundings and for shoppers,’ Rutherford stated…. And as soon as accidents and tragedies started to plague the 737 Max—largely as a result of the brand new engines compromised the aerodynamics of the aircraft [for which the disastrous MCAS system was a kludge]—the corporate’s sustainability advertising and marketing soared additional.” • Due to course it did.
Immediately’s Concern & Greed Index: 72 Greed (earlier shut: 74 Greed) [CNN]. One week in the past: 72 (Greed). (0 is Excessive Concern; 100 is Excessive Greed). Final up to date Mar 22 at 12:56:25 PM ET.
Holier than Thou
“Christian group is ‘luring’ college students with free pizza at lunch, Clovis mother and father say” [Fresno Bee]. “Three mother and father with youngsters attending Reyburn Intermediate and Clovis East Excessive colleges stated their youngsters have been supplied free pizza to go to the lecture corridor in teams of three to 5 throughout their lunch interval. Upon arrival, mother and father stated a consultant from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes meets with college students. After praying and listening to about Christianity, mother and father stated college students then obtain their free pizza in yellow packing containers. “I really feel that they’re doing unsuitable,” one guardian with a pupil at Clovis East instructed The Fresno Bee. “They’re mainly luring in children which are below 18, which are nonetheless looking for themselves and are nonetheless making an attempt to discover.” The mother and father who spoke to The Bee requested to stay nameless, fearing retaliation towards them or their youngsters. Additionally they stated they weren’t notified by way of e-mail, textual content, permission slip or requested for his or her consent for the FCA to method their youngsters.”
Groves of Academe
“Larry Summers was ousted as Harvard president. He has rather a lot to say about what’s unsuitable with the college now” [Boston Globe]. Hilarity ensues. “It’s a extremely uncommon breach of protocol for a former school president to brazenly undercut his successors and denounce his longtime tutorial dwelling. And observers notice the irony of Summers lecturing college leaders on public diplomacy whereas he was pressured to step down as president after alienating Black students and suggesting girls are innately inferior at science and math.” Mind genius Summers additionally misplaced the endowment $1.8 billion. Let’s not neglect that! Extra: “Referred to as an excellent economist and a high financial adviser to the Clinton and Obama administrations MR SUBLIMINAL ScammersMR SUBLIMINAL ScammersMR SUBLIMINAL Scammers, Summers has by no means been shy about providing his opinion, whether or not publicly or behind the scenes, at Harvard and different organizations with which he’s concerned.” Summers criticism: “Now we have stepped away from advantage and excellence.” • I believe that’s a good criticism. What will not be glorious about setting $1.8 billion on hearth and throwing it up within the air?
Healthcare
Guillotine Watch
“Millionaire biohacker Bryan Johnson (who already has a cult-like following) plans to start his own NATION for anti-agers… where pizza, donuts and alcohol could be illegal” [Daily Mail]. • Can anybody get a passport? Could this be Mr. Lee’s Greater Hong Kong?
Class Warfare
I don’t know what’s gotten into Stoller, but I’m here for it:
This evil predatory scheme is the result of private equity billionaire Tom Gores, and he used the profits from it – as well as other acquisitions – to buy the Detroit Pistons. https://t.co/lLglS3PtuG
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) March 21, 2024
(“Evil” is powerful language — and used accurately on this case.) NOTE Yeah, yeah, China. We’re none of us excellent.
Information of the Wired
Derek Man on males’s clothes is one in every of my responsible pleasures on the Twitter:
Rogers is most identified for his cardigans, however his apparel on the present was truly composed of tailoring (fits, sport coats, and blazers), which he wore when he arrived “dwelling.” He then took that off and became a cardigan to sign he had “gotten dwelling from work.” pic.twitter.com/arZEz9Ik5i
— derek man (@dieworkwear) March 22, 2024
Contact info for crops: Readers, be happy to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) learn the way to ship me a verify if you’re allergic to PayPal and (b) to learn the way to ship me photos of crops. Greens are wonderful! Fungi, lichen, and coral are deemed to be honorary crops! If you need your deal with to seem as a credit score, please place it at first of your mail in parentheses: (thus). In any other case, I’ll anonymize by utilizing your initials. See the earlier Water Cooler (with plant) right here. From TH:
TH writes: “I’m not constructive, however I imagine it is a camelia. It, like so lots of my current submissions, lives on the Sherman Library and Gardens (Corona Del Mar, Newport Seaside, California).”
Readers: Water Cooler is a standalone entity not coated by the annual NC fundraiser. So in the event you see a hyperlink you particularly like, or an merchandise you wouldn’t see anyplace else, please don’t hesitate to specific your appreciation in tangible kind. Keep in mind, a tip jar is for tipping! Common constructive suggestions each makes me really feel good and lets me know I’m heading in the right direction with protection. After I get no donations for 5 or ten days I get anxious. Extra tangibly, a continuing trickle of donations helps me with bills, and I consider that trickle when setting fundraising objectives:
Right here is the display screen that can seem, which I’ve helpfully annotated:
In case you hate PayPal, you’ll be able to e-mail me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, and I provides you with instructions on how one can ship a verify. Thanks!
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