Busted Logistics=Bankruptcy?
Ran across this interesting story here on Walmart's logistics problems today: http://www.dailykos.com/...When most of us think of logistics snafus, we think of empty store shelves. If only it were so...
View ArticleGearhead Grrrl's Gift Guide...
(complete post with pix and more available at my blog. .Ya, I know, it's early... Holiday shopping has no business beginning until at least the majority of the thanksgiving turkey has been consumed, a...
View ArticleThe Costco Effect...
You've probably heard of the "Walmart effect", where the kinder and gentler Walmart of at least a decade ago used it's massive buying power to lower prices for consumers. Since then Walmart has driven...
View ArticleTax Time, Transportation Department...
T'is the season, as potholes, road construction, and income taxes conspire to unleash a perfect storm on our finances. And of those income taxes due tomorrow… Very little will go to even patching our...
View ArticleTrucking Safety: Asleep at the Wheel...
Unless you've been hibernating these last few weeks, you no doubt repeatedly saw the image of a runaway Walmart truck and a minibus with extensive side impact damage. That would have been just local...
View ArticleTransportation Constipation: the High Cost of Low Investment
You can still get from here to there, but you'd best not be in a hurry...The schedule of what was once one of Amtrak's most timely trains, the legendary Empire Builder, has become a joke. Last "peak...
View ArticleGoodbye Oil Trains: The 20% Solution
(from my Gearhead Grrrl blog )If you've been following the press of late, you've noted the considerable angst generated by the unit oil trains that seem to be taking over the land. The "Chicken Little...
View ArticleWill Teamsters and Railroaders End Indiana's Bigotry?
“To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with Indian Tribes.”So sayeth what is commonly referred to as the "commerce clause" of the United States Constitution. It's...
View ArticleWhistleblowers: Not just VW cheating
From comments on the website gas2.org, also picked up by Ars Technica: “Michael G J_JamesM • 3 days agoWhen I worked at the EPA finding these defeat devices was “part of the job”. We never had any...
View ArticleWhy We're Sticking With VW
Bought my first new VW back in '78, a Golf diesel 2 door, down payment thanks to my Teamster represented job at Hostess and mom and dad cosigned for the loan. Nothin' fancy, the manual steering was...
View ArticleGearheads Name Top Turkey: Trump!
Once again, we've got a bumper crop of turkeys ripe for roasting, and this year, maybe impeachment too! We had the usual strong competitors from VW in the "public relations" category, and Fiat+Mopar...
View ArticleAll But Losing a Rural District: MN CD7, 2016...
Our district is pretty much the western half of Minnesota, and per the census one of our country’s most rural. It’s rated R+6, and fortunately democrat Colin Peterson has been able to hold the seat for...
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