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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 Assassination Makes an attempt (Plural)

Not mistaken:

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“The Assassination Want Achievement” [John Poderhoretz, Commentary]. I by no means thought I’d discover myself quoting J-Pod with approval, however right here we’re. “On Tuesday, Morning Joe’s Mika Brzezinski launched a report on the try by Garrett Haake, after which when the digicam returned to her face, launched right into a two-minute historical past (learn off a teleprompter, so subsequently pre-planned by the present’s producer and theoretically accepted in some trend by MSNBC’s senior administration) of all of the occasions Trump has inspired violence. She stitched collectively the genuinely disturbing (January 6 is “gonna be wild,” went the Trump tweet) with the jokey (Trump’s line about how he may shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue and get away with it) and the transparently dishonest (that he supported the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville in 2017). The web end result was a five-minute phase that, as soon as once more, was designed to make you assume Trump was asking for it…. Let’s speak tachlis, as we are saying in Hebrew. Let’s speak straight. The rationale so many individuals on this nation appear decided to not think about the profound seriousness of a possible new age of assassination—a return to the destabilizing interval that tormented this nation and the West between JFK in 1963 and the Reagan/John Paul II makes an attempt in 1981—is that it represents a darkish want achievement for thus many individuals…. An awesome many individuals, and a lot of the nation’s elites, secretly or not so secretly want they might see the end result sought by would-be killers Routh and Cheeks. And whereas they know they have to pay lip service to the truth that assassinations are unhealthy and mistaken and surprising and all that, they merely can not muster up the emotion of horror. That’s what’s lacking right here from the protection and discussions of those two makes an attempt: Horror. As a result of they’re not horrified. And they need to be. That is the darkest sort of fantasy, as a result of it may be fulfilled—and the implications could be unthinkably harmful for the way forward for this nation.” • Talking of wish-fulfillment:

Possibly Trump ought to cease messing with the Haitians

Simply saying 🤷🏼‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/hs6xqbFix5

— Santa Claus 🎅🏻☃️🎄🦌🛷 (@Old_Santa_Claus) September 16, 2024

The stitched blue X’s for the (lifeless) eyes are an particularly cute contact, aren’t they? Who’s promoting this kitsch? Penzeys?

“Democrats’ Rhetoric Impressed One other Try On President Trump’s Life” [Donald J. Trump]. Issued by the marketing campaign, however that is the model I discovered. “Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump was the goal of a second assassination try in as many months. Fortunately, the would-be murderer was stopped by the heroic motion of regulation enforcement — however make no mistake, this [stochatic terrorism] which have flowed from Kamala Harris, Democrats, and their Faux Information allies for years. Democrats used more and more incendiary rhetoric in opposition to President Trump within the days, weeks, and months main as much as the 2 assassination makes an attempt.” • A protracted checklist of receipts, with hyperlinks. The Democrats, having developed and propagated the idea of stochastic terrorism (see yesterday’s put up) now don’t get to say that “the usage of mass communications to fire up random lone wolves” doesn’t apply to their rhetoric. Oddly, there aren’t any Trump-as-Hitler refererences within the receipts; presumably as a result of the marketing campaign didn’t need to reinforce it. This issues, a minimum of to the moralist, as a result of whereas preserving “our democracy” may be a casus belli, it’s sometimes not used as an excuse for assassination (Sic semper tyrannis being the counter-example). Nonetheless, there’s an entire discourse constructed up across the query of whether or not killing Hitler would have been justified or not, and plenty of say that it will have been.

“After attainable assassination try, Trump decries ‘rhetoric’? Spare me the sanctimony.” [Rex Hupke, USA Today]. The deck: “The concept Harris or her marketing campaign ought to cease speaking concerning the menace Trump poses to our democracy is absurd. Democrats will not be encouraging any type of violence in opposition to him or anybody else.” “• The problem right here is that (as I present right here) not solely hated Trump, wrote that “you’re free to assassinate Trump,” and quoted the “our democracy” speaking level. So when Hupke writes: “There’s zero proof connecting both gunman to Democrats calling Trump ‘a menace to democracy’” he’s not telling the reality.

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“Why Did Journalists Like Me Take Ryan Routh Severely?” [The Free Press]. Value studying in full; kudos for the mea culpa, uncommon within the press: “In March 2023 I interviewed a wierd man named Ryan Routh. We had been launched by a supply inside Ukraine’s international legion, a navy unit composed of international volunteers from greater than fifty nations all around the world…. He appeared genuinely passionate, if maybe somewhat too keen to help a international conflict midway all over the world. After my story revealed, I by no means thought of him once more. Till yesterday, that’s, when the title Ryan Routh exploded throughout my telephone—and yours…. The man strikes to the capital of a nation at conflict, regardless of having no private connection to it. He doesn’t communicate Russian or Ukrainian. Looking back, shouldn’t it have struck the reporters, together with myself, as somewhat bit. . . odd? The query is: Why didn’t it? Effectively, for one, I assumed he was doing good work: It was clear he cared deeply about Ukraine’s battle. I’m Russian—born and raised in Moscow—however I think about the Russian conflict in opposition to Ukraine an unjustified act of aggression. So did Ryan Routh….. The story of Ryan Routh is a cautionary story. Our growing willingness to tolerate insanity within the service of the causes with which we’d agree dangers obscuring the straightforward incontrovertible fact that the ‘proper’ sort of loopy continues to be precisely that: loopy.” • Larry Summers, for instance, is “the correct of loopy.”

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“DeSantis says federal authorities investigating thwarted Trump assault ‘will not be the most effective factor’” [Washington Examiner]. In hyperlinks right this moment, however including this remark: “‘We additionally imagine that there’s a have to be sure that the reality about all this comes out in a approach that’s credible,’ DeSantis mentioned at a Monday press convention. ‘I take a look at the federal authorities, with all due respect to them, those self same businesses which might be prosecuting Trump in that jurisdiction at the moment are going to be investigating this? I simply assume that that will not be the most effective factor for this nation.’” • A lot as I detest DeSantis, he’s proper (although additionally able to messing up the Florida investigation, particularly as a result of Florida regulation enforcement can also be concerned; we’ll need to see). It is senseless handy the case over to the lawfare goons.

“US Secret Service can’t assure Trump and Harris security from extra gunmen, sources warn” [iNews]. • There aren’t any ensures on this life. However holy moley, Biden and Harriss are supposedly operating the administration. And the organs of state safety get no matter they ask for. And operationally, what they’ve mentioned is that when a sitting President performs golf, the golf course will get surrounded. We are able to’t do this for a former President who’s already been shot directly? It’s ridiculous. (Recall additionally that Biden refused RFK safety, regardless of his household historical past.)

2024

Lower than sixty days to go!

Friday’s RCP Ballot Averages:

Just a few polls post-debate, however as of this studying little change. To be honest, it’d take a while for sentiment to settle; and the profitable margins could at this level be so minute as to be undetectable. Nonetheless, the Democrats should be very puzzled to have digital unanimity throughout the political spectrum that “Harris is the one” — it was a tidal wave, after the talk — and but the election is a digital tie. How can this be? Maybe just a few extra Republicans, generals, or celebrities will flip the tide.

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Trump (R): “Will two assassination makes an attempt alter the election?” [The Hill]. “The New York Instances: ‘The shock from the capturing in Butler [Pa.] wore off comparatively rapidly as consideration turned to different developments. The shock from this one could not final any longer.’” • “Shock” is a media factor. What issues is turnout, particularly in Pennsylvania (the location of the primary capturing).

Trump (R): “The Memo: Try on Trump’s life reverberates in White Home race” [The Hill]. “The second try on Trump’s life inside roughly 9 weeks will certainly rev up his base, additional heightening the passions of supporters who’re already susceptible to imagine that the forty fifth president is a goal of bigger, nefarious forces. It’s attainable the obvious try on Trump’s life may additionally win over no matter skinny sliver of the voters nonetheless populates the middle floor — an element that may very well be essential in a presidential race in opposition to Vice President Harris that’s basically deadlocked. The startling chain of occasions may maybe solidify a few of Trump’s softer supporters — these Republican-minded or socially conservative voters who’re hesitant to again the previous president due to his belligerent rhetoric and penchant for private invective.” • Sure, let’s be severe. Is Trump providing anyone ice cream? I relaxation my case.

Syndemics

“I’m in earnest — I cannot equivocate — I cannot excuse — I cannot retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD.” –William Lloyd Garrison

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TABLE 1: Day by day Covid Charts

Industrial Manufacturing: “United States Industrial Manufacturing” [Trading Economics]. “Industrial manufacturing in the US stalled in August of 2024 in comparison with the identical month final yr, following a downwardly revised 0.7% decline in July.”

Manufacturing: “Boeing, union negotiators to satisfy as putting staff dig in” [Reuters]. “The highest negotiators at Boeing and the Worldwide Affiliation of Machinists and Aerospace Staff (IAM) will meet with federal mediators in Seattle on Tuesday for preliminary talks, an individual aware of the method mentioned. Boeing and union negotiators will not be anticipated to debate particulars of a brand new supply on the assembly, which is extra about setting out the principles of future talks… Union members manning picket strains outdoors Boeing factories in Seattle expressed little sympathy for the corporate’s monetary plight, with many saying they have been anticipating a protracted negotiating interval and a weeks-long strike. ‘It makes me somewhat completely happy to see that they’re exhibiting the primary indicators of struggling as a result of I don’t assume they care about their staff in any respect,’ mentioned Martin Klyavkov, 20, who works constructing wings for the 737 MAX. ‘Boeing goes to get determined certainly one of as of late and cave.’… Fairness analysis agency Melius Analysis discovered median worker compensation for the aerospace and protection companies it displays grew 12% between 2018 and 2023, whereas at Boeing it fell 6%. ‘I believe it’ll be some time earlier than they get an settlement,’ mentioned Invoice George, former Medtronic CEO and government fellow at Harvard Enterprise College. ‘The compensation could rise to the purpose the place it’s not aggressive for Boeing however that may be the lesser of a few evils by way of an extended strike.’” • Possibly Biden can step in and do what he did to the railroad staff.

Manufacturing: “Boeing Lays Off ‘Important’ Contractors in Sweeping Price Cuts” [Airline Geeks]. “The producer reportedly eliminated ‘dozens’ of engineering contractor positions with solely a day’s discover. These contractors are largely retired staff who have been introduced again to assist repair ongoing manufacturing points with the Boeing 777X, 787 Dreamliner, and 737 MAX. Chatting with The Seattle Instances, one engineer described the contractors as ‘very important,’ calling the transfer ‘simply one other very unhealthy choice in a unbroken lengthy line of unhealthy selections.’” • You come out of retirement to assist Boeing, so that they lay you off?

Manufacturing: “Boeing’s CFO desires to chop prices however it may very well be a dangerous maneuver” [Fortune]. The URL is extra pointed: “boeing-cfo-cut-costs-amid-strike-observer-warns-death-spiral/” Extra: “As CFO, West wrote in a letter to staff on Monday that these actions “will create some uncertainty and concern…. Actions resembling hiring freezes and furloughs are rapid cash-saving measures that may impression the underside line, Jason Walker, founding father of Thrive HR Consulting, informed me. This can be a fairly commonplace method if you end up apprehensive about the amount of money you’re going to have available, he mentioned…. [However, when] if you make this type of choice, particularly if you’re Boeing, it solely provides to the cultural woes of the corporate, Walker mentioned. ‘Workers have already got a dim view of administration, and that is simply going to make it worse; I believe they’re actually in a loss of life spiral of their very own making,’ he mentioned…. He added: ‘From whistleblower lawsuits, the brand new CEO shopping for a $4.1 million home, high quality points, and now this—the unhealthy optics simply preserve going.’ Being laser-focused on the monetary points of the corporate is a finance chief’s job, Walker mentioned. Nonetheless, at occasions, some CFOs could have “full disregard for the folks aspect of the enterprise,” and staff often determine that out rapidly, he mentioned.” • Type of wonderful the information comes from the CFO (West) and never the CEO (Ortberg). Appears to speak who’s actually in cost….

Manufacturing: “Boeing Has Too A lot Debt. Right here’s How A lot Inventory It May Should Difficulty” [Barron’s]. “Debt to Ebitda is a typical measure of stability sheet power. The common debt to Ebitda earned over the previous 12 months for industrial corporations within the S&P 500, excluding Boeing, is about 1.5 occasions…. There are about 270 investment-grade-rated non-financial corporations within the S&P 500. Their common web debt to Ebitda is about 1.2 occasions. Nearly all have generated constructive Ebitda over the previous 12 months and about 240 have generated constructive free money circulate…. Boeing’s Ebitda generated over the previous 12 months is near zero…. [W]ith Boeing right this moment. Free money circulate is destructive due to low manufacturing. Boeing is predicted to ship some 475 planes in 2024, down from a pre-pandemic peak of greater than 800 in 2018. Wall Road doesn’t undertaking deliveries to hit 2018 ranges till 2027.”

Manufacturing: “Boeing strike feelings flare as safety guard flashes gun in picket line altercation” [CBS]. “An ongoing strike by 33,000 Boeing machinists took a doubtlessly harmful flip as a safety guard displayed a gun following an altercation with staff strolling a picket line on Monday outdoors the airplane producer’s important hub in Seattle…. Boeing referred to as the incident ‘unacceptable’ and mentioned that the contract safety guard concerned wouldn’t be returning to the corporate.” • However the unnamed safety agency will nonetheless preserve the contract?

In the present day’s Concern & Greed Index: 54 Impartial (earlier shut: 50 Impartial) [CNN]. One week in the past: 38 (Concern). (0 is Excessive Concern; 100 is Excessive Greed). Final up to date Sep 13 at 1:58:23 PM ET.

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