Ok, they bought 20% of a company, which operates other companies, one of which does this bad shit. So they’re involved directly in torture? What? Stretch.

“Amazon bought nearly 20 percent of a cargo logistics company called ATSG for $131 million in March, 2021. ATSG operates multiple airline subsidiaries, one of which, Omni Air International, moves human beings for the federal government.”

So I guess with David and Torch leaving, we’re just going to completely give up on stories focusing on vehicles other than “well a bus is kinda involved” then goes full on a political rant. Mercedes, you may want to leave while you can because this isn’t a car site anymore. 

This goes way beyond shipping costs. This whole thing has opened up the eyes of companies to the consequences of adopting lean without mitigating against the bullwhip effect. This is what I’m always on about utilization rates. High utilization = high efficiency, but also extremely low disruption tolerance. Your…

More like when you want an Eagle but your partner insists on safety and reliability.

Not if you add a large enough nose cone. Think of it as an excellent crumple zone addition.

Just strap a tent on a plank of plywood?

Seems to me they’re just reminding the management how much easier it would be to outsource and be done with unions. 

Insensitive, yes. Racist, no. The presumption being legal immigrants don’t tend to travel in the back of tractor trailers.

I was going to make a joke asking if they tried blowing in him and giving him a nice whack to see if he started to work again, but I realized that would just be describing CPR.

Congratulations, they discovered the concept of copyright...but without the centuries of infrastructure to support and enforce them.

For context: a cross-country economy-class ticket before deregulation cost $1,600

“as shitty and expensive as they please.”

Paying tax on money you haven’t received is a horrible idea and if you think they wont use this as an excuse to raid the middle class you are clueless.

I don’t buy the potential for growth at this stage. They are effectively established as an automaker. Even if they did grow, what size do the grow to? If they reach GM or Toyota volume, why are they valued more than either?

“It’s clear that Boston is becoming unaffordable for everyone.”

I mean, would having a general election for leadership actually change anything? Does anyone remotely trust ANY executive level leadership in the UAW to be acting in good faith? An election for a job where everyone lining up for it is full of shit  is not going to change anything, no matter how many people get to…

If only the UAW could figure out how to find that inherent goodness in its heart, we could all live in happy harmony.

She sounds awful, and most of that stuff would cause me to not want to watch her in anything.

But I don’t understand why the vaccination stuff always leads these articles about her except that its attention grabbing given the state of the world. “She once had a frivolous view of vaccines but changed her mind.” Why is…

Off-topic: I agree that Peter Thiel sucks, but I don’t fault Hulk Hogan for Gawker’s demise. Publishing someone’s sex tape without their consent is an absolute sleazeball move, even when it’s of a big dumb wrestler.