The danger in the HHS Protect project on Covid-19 isn’t data manipulation, but what the data will be used for (which almost nobody is talking about).
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Monday, September 15, 2025
Update on Federal Covid-19 Data at HHS: Hysteria on TeleTracking Data Manipulation Unwarranted, but Concern on Palintir Surveillance Oddly Muted
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic
Posted by Lambert Strether at 4:55 pm | 4 Comments »
Thomas Neuburger: The War Against the War Against the People, or Why You Should Contribute to Naked Capitalism
If the class war becomes more confrontational, Naked Capitalism will continue to see past right and left to right and wrong,
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:45 pm | 12 Comments »
Links 9/27/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 345 Comments »
Why isn’t Donald Trumpeting His Foreign Policy Record?
The Trump team are more than skilled enough to manipulate their presentation of foreign achievements as successes if not triumphs.
Topics: Banana republic, Globalization, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:16 am | 40 Comments »
Ponds, Beaver Ponds, Arctic and Antarctic Ponds, and Walden Pond
“Listen, strange women lyin’ in ponds distributin’ swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.”
Topics: Environment, Global warming, Guest Post
Posted by Lambert Strether at 4:25 pm | 42 Comments »
Naked Capitalism: Commentary That Has a Bite
Naked Capitalism’s community needs to be fed! Please chip in.
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:49 pm | 19 Comments »
Links 9/26/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 238 Comments »
These Secret Safety Panels Will Pick the COVID Vaccine Winners
A small, secret panel of experts is tasked with reviewing crucial data on the safety and effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines that U.S. taxpayers have helped fund, including products from Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson and others.
Topics: Health care, Pandemic, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:25 am | 30 Comments »
Bravo! Hit Our Third Fundraiser Target, On Our Way to the Fourth: Guest Bloggers
Dig deep to help meet our fourth target: rewarding Lambert, Jerri-Lynn, and John Siman.
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:46 am | Comments Off on Bravo! Hit Our Third Fundraiser Target, On Our Way to the Fourth: Guest Bloggers
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/25/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 154 Comments »
The Resilience of Naked Capitalism
Regular reader and sometimes contributor Ignacio describes how much Naked Capitalism meant to him during the lockdown.
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:52 pm | 18 Comments »
Andrew Cuomo Says NY Officials Will Do Separate Review of Any COVID-19 Vaccine
New York state governor Andrew Cuomo steps into the debate over approval of covid-19 vaccine and will appoint panel to set NY distribution.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 9:55 am | 11 Comments »
Links 9/25/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 262 Comments »
Continued Tight UK Self-Isolation Rules Continue to Hammer Tourism Sector
UK government unlikely to relax 14-day self-isolation requirement for returning travelers while COVID-19 infections constinue to spike.
Topics: Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Pandemic
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:50 am | 23 Comments »
Derision, Disbelief After Iowa Meatpacking Plant Where Hundreds Caught Coronavirus Fined Just $957
Iowa regulators issuer their first deriory $957 fine against a meatpacking plant that was the site of one of Iowa’s first COVID-19 hotspots.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Legal, Pandemic, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 4:55 am | 16 Comments »