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shambalaon Emirates Says Bookings to the U.S. Fell by 35% After the First Travel Ban

Same here. I am brown, US passport, have never had any problems reentering the US. One time I even had a full on beard, and looked very disheveled and disoriented. Ambled on in.

shambalaon Emirates Says Bookings to the U.S. Fell by 35% After the First Travel Ban

How did you get into Denmark? I heard they shut down their Green card scheme.

shambalaon Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx

Just because it's UPS core business doesn't mean UPS is doing it right. Merchandising was Sears' core business. Heck, the airlines' core business is air transportation, and plenty of them have gone out of business/merged in the last few years.

Also don't forget that UPS is a union ship, with very expensive union contracts. The UPS is the largest individual employer in the Teamsters Union.

https://teamster.org/upsupsf-contract-updates/ups-agreements...

shambalaon Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx

UPS and Fedex are not known for innovation. And you have to consider what level of optimization they are doing. Maybe Amazon can optimize faster/better. Even today, UPS website is dated and hard to use.

Fedex never really got Fedex Ground right.

And don't get me started on why they have to use 16 digit package tracking numbers that start with '1Z'. WTF?

shambalaon Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx

And Walmart will still suck at eCommerce, even after buying jet.com. That purchase was a blunder.

shambalaon Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx

Wal-Mart? Hardly union standards, and never been able to successfully organize.

shambalaon Uber revolution will not last

Because the laws are outmoded and terrible.

shambalaon In Brooklyn, Uber is now bigger than taxis

What a load of shit! I have lived in LA for 15 years. Taken my share of taxis but a lot more Uber. Uber has been 98% of the time fairly priced, clean and safe. No Uber ride has ever taken twice as long as the taxi ride. If anything I had to watch the taxi driver like a hawk to make sure he didn't take the wrong exit or shoot off into a canyon to run up the bill. Good luck actually finding a taxi by the way, in LA. I hope Uber and its ilk drive taxis out of business.

shambalaon Why billions of dollars of goods are stuck at sea

They will just buy insurance, and the insurance companies will figure it out.

shambalaon The refugees who sheltered Edward Snowden in 2013 in Hong Kong

These Sri Lankans should go home to Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is now at peace, and they no longer need to find refuge.

shambalaon Thousands of adoptees thought they were US citizens but learned they are not

I completely support what Switzerland did. If you don't want to be part of the culture you are joining, they don't have to let you in. Note that they are not expelling the girls-they are denying them citizenship. Citizenship for Switzerland means shared values.

Ping me when Saudi Arabia allows Jews to become citizens.

shambalaon Thousands of adoptees thought they were US citizens but learned they are not

Because she is an illegal immigrant. Case closed.

shambalaon Think You Bought Red Snapper? Don’t Be So Sure

Anybody know if I can do a DNA test on food at home? How can I build a lab at home?

shambalaon How Fake Money Saved Brazil (2010)

Ridiculous. They should have dollarized the economy. It would have forced internal and external discipline on them.