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It's just a jugaad way to get intra-company transfers past ICE and create more NRI's.

Of course, he will find US courts anxious to impose sanctions against US agents. Dickens was right: better to suffer any injustice rather than come to the courts.

This is awful. Where are homeless people going to go to fill up on Pepsi?

The homeless don't fill up on Pepsi at McD's. Practically all McDonalds' serve Coke. Same with Burger King.

If the homeless prefer Pepsi, they have to go to Taco Bell or Subway.


Biden's DoJ and Elizabeth Warren opposed the merger with JetBlue. Seems rather short-sighted now.

I don't see that at all. There is certainly a multi-causality/multi-maintenance problem here but in a grossly capitalist market, Spirit's ability to thrive was curtailed not only by social presence (they're the Jet2 of America) but by an inability to function in a lean business model like Ryan Air (an exemplar of what Spirit Airlines COULD have been). M&A isn't always the appropriate exit mechanism. We have Breeze (small market), Frontier, and while Southwest has certainly exited the "value" end of the market, it still dips its toes in the water. Also, the prime carriers "Basic" tickets certainly ape what Spirit tried to do...albeit with better access and scheduling.

Jerry Pournelle's column alone was worth the price of admission.


If you need a typewriter, there's a company in New Jersey that makes them for the prison trade in a lucite housing to prevent prisoners from hiding contraband inside. Not sure if China manufactures new machines. India supposedly still manufactures them.


Swintec


A dispute is one thing. A chargeback another. My understanding is that under Visa/MC rules, a chargeback must be given effect. That comes from testimony given by a Visa security officer in a criminal case. If that is not true, I'd sure like to know.


The Stepan company in New Jersey is the only entity legally allowed to import coca leaves (aside from the DEA, ICE, the FBI and a few others that buy and sell all the time) and extract the illegal methyl benzoyl ecgonine (C17H21NO4) leaving the flavor compounds. Query whether they would sell the de-cocainized product to a soft drink hobbyist. Friends in Colombia report that Sek Cola sold there has the ecgonine ingredient. Not sure how close the recipe replicates the original Atlanta beverage.


Use Perrier glass bottles. They're designed for low-level carbonation and can be resealed.


All gum arabica comes from Sudan. When the US imposed sanctions on Sudan, this product was exempted.


Ha yeah. That whole thing is kind of crazy.


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