Tag Archives: Regulation

A Pilot on the Southwest Vaccine Mandate SNAFU

Here’s a pilot discussing the recent Southwest Airlines issues. His points: Southwest was already running their entire operation too lean, too understaffed, too many hours for the people who are there, and thus the small disruptions spreads out everywhere. “Eventually … Continue reading →

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Freedom Flu Spreads To American, United

It seems that more and more airline employees are coming down with “Freedom Flu.” American Airlines said they would be following Biden’s (as yet unissued) Flu Manchu mandate. Result: American Airlines now has 883 cancelled or delayed flights today — … Continue reading →

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Southwest CEO Talking Out Of Both Sides Of His Face

What are we to make of Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly? In an interview with ABC News, he said that no employees would be fired over the Flu Manchu vaccine mandate: During an interview with ABC News Tuesday, Gary Kelly, … Continue reading →

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The Amish Refuse Flu Manchu Foolishness

The Amish are having none of your Flu Manchu panic: [Amish Mennonite Calvin Lapp]: There’s three things the Amish don’t like. And that’s government— they won’t get involved in the government, they don’t like the public education system— they won’t … Continue reading →

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Are Biden’s Vaccine Mandates About To Destroy The Airline Industry?

It appears that the Biden Administration vaccine mandate (for which no written rule actual exists) is doing for the American airline industry what it and other Flu Manchu restrictions have already done for the global supply chain. I’m seeing multiple … Continue reading →

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Supply Chain Disruption Update for September 28, 2021

I didn’t expect to do another supply chain disruption update just two days after the last one, but there’s a lot more news popping up: An energy shortage is plaguing China: Residents in three north-east Chinese provinces experienced unannounced power … Continue reading →

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TPPF’s Jason Isaac On The Reasons Behind The Great 2021 Texas Freeze Blackouts

Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Jason Isaac has a Prager U video analysis of the reasons behind the great Texas ice storm blackouts. The analysis will be familiar to regular readers: Over-investment in unreliable, subsidized renewable energy meant under-investment in reliable … Continue reading →

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Is Australia Not Going To Take It Anymore?

This video from Melbourne suggests that Australians have had just about all of the lockdowns they can stand: Is it 1776 in Australia? pic.twitter.com/Sr7jMi4RNj — Scott Morefield (@SKMorefield) September 18, 2021 It’s not enough to break through police lines. Mobs … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for September 17, 2021

Greetings, and welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! Chaos at the border and buying American military tech to oppose China are two of the themes this week: 8,000 illegal aliens await processing underneath the Del Rio bridge on the U.S./Mexican border. … Continue reading →

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Biden Administration Blocking Flu Manchu Monoclonal Antibody Supplies To Red States?

So it appears: The Biden administration is imposing new limits on states’ ability to access to Covid-19 antibody treatments amid rising demand from GOP governors who have relied on the drug as a primary weapon against the virus. Federal health … Continue reading →

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