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Terebus posted:This is probably a dumb question, but could people donate directly and specifically to their local USPS branch, and if so can they request that money be used directly for mail in ballots? It's not gonna stop the postmaster from yanking out ballot sorting machines.
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Terebus posted:This is probably a dumb question, but could people donate directly and specifically to their local USPS branch, and if so can they request that money be used directly for mail in ballots? don't know about specific branches, buuuuut
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PerniciousKnid posted:It's not gonna stop the postmaster from yanking out ballot sorting machines. Or deciding in the 11th hour to just not deliver ballots from Democratic leaning areas, period.
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Aug 13, 2020 21:07
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PerniciousKnid posted:It's not gonna stop the postmaster from yanking out ballot sorting machines. It's probably impossible but theoretically if a local USPS branch had enough money could they buy their own sorting machines?
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Aug 13, 2020 21:08
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welp, as predictable as the sunrise. https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1293938354988425216
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Aug 13, 2020 21:08
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FizFashizzle posted:The piss tape is real? It always was
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Aug 13, 2020 21:08
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Is there any reason companies like Amazon that make heavy use of USPS can't put up a disclaimer about the cuts to the postal service leading to increased delays, and maybe voting in Democrats in the fall would allow for proper funding and on time deliveries for Christmas? I've already seen Facebook posts by smaller places about the delays and the causes for it.
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Abner Assington posted:Does Twitter go into inane derails for several pages? Checkmate. Well, yes.
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Aug 13, 2020 21:09
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Solenna posted:Is there any reason companies like Amazon that make heavy use of USPS can't put up a disclaimer about the cuts to the postal service leading to increased delays, and maybe voting in Democrats in the fall would allow for proper funding and on time deliveries for Christmas? I've already seen Facebook posts by smaller places about the delays and the causes for it. Sure they can, but it will piss off the cultists who are sure Democratic sorcerers made their back hurt and turned them bald.
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Solenna posted:Is there any reason companies like Amazon that make heavy use of USPS can't put up a disclaimer about the cuts to the postal service leading to increased delays, and maybe voting in Democrats in the fall would allow for proper funding and on time deliveries for Christmas? I've already seen Facebook posts by smaller places about the delays and the causes for it. It would be pretty ironic if the rise of Amazon as a popular company was the reason people start caring about USPS getting defunded in the age of Trump.
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Terebus posted:It's probably impossible but theoretically if a local USPS branch had enough money could they buy their own sorting machines? I don't think that USPS branches are independent enough to have much control over this sort of thing. And fundamentally the Republican sabotage doesn't have anything to do with the USPS' financial situation. But at the end of the day, supporting the use of the USPS will only benefit it and the system as a whole.
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Craig K posted:don't know about specific branches, buuuuut I like model cars because I'm a self diagnosed sperg so this is more up my alley.
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Aug 13, 2020 21:14
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GreyjoyBastard posted:Aside from what other people have said, there's the same problem as in every other non-monstrous agency of the federal government (and some of the monstrous ones): loss of institutional knowledge. Normally that’s the case but for the USPS poo poo going on now I get the distinct impression that the postmaster is loving things up mostly through mostly fairly easy to reverse poo poo like eliminating overtime and prohibiting employees from doing things to offset being understaffed. He’s also doing some poo poo that will cause lasting damage like loving with senior management, but the USPS that most people interact with should be able to snap back pretty quickly if they got funding and he got fired. He seems less like every lovely new boss ever. Come in, perfunctory reorg to put his own stamp on things, cut costs in pound-foolish ways to boost his short term metrics, and demand changes in procedures he has no understanding about to “shake things up”.
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Solenna posted:Is there any reason companies like Amazon that make heavy use of USPS can't put up a disclaimer about the cuts to the postal service leading to increased delays, and maybe voting in Democrats in the fall would allow for proper funding and on time deliveries for Christmas? I've already seen Facebook posts by smaller places about the delays and the causes for it. Why should they, they are licking their lips on the prospect of owning massive chunks of mail delivery areas themselves. Whole cities that will have to pay for you to deliver birthday cards, business mail, and now even their own courier sent items.
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Shifty Pony posted:Normally that’s the case but for the USPS poo poo going on now I get the distinct impression that the postmaster is loving things up mostly through mostly fairly easy to reverse poo poo like eliminating overtime and prohibiting employees from doing things to offset being understaffed. He’s also doing some poo poo that will cause lasting damage like loving with senior management, but the USPS that most people interact with should be able to snap back pretty quickly if they got funding and he got fired. Yeah, I was mostly thinking about at the administrative level, which still matters, but I'm still a little concerned about the possibility of people quitting from the strain. Goatse James Bond fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Aug 13, 2020 |
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TwoQuestions posted:Or deciding in the 11th hour to just not deliver ballots from Democratic leaning areas, period. It should be reiterated that even if USPS had to sort every ballot by hand, they'd still be quite capable of doing it so long as ballots are turned in early in the election cycle. Generally ballots don't travel very far, and may not even get machine-sorted at all, since they get delivered to your local county election board. The solution here is to not wait until the 11th hour in the first place - which is already a good idea even without a sabotaging Republican involved.
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What if the us postal service went on strike right now until funding was secured
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Solenna posted:Is there any reason companies like Amazon that make heavy use of USPS can't put up a disclaimer about the cuts to the postal service leading to increased delays, and maybe voting in Democrats in the fall would allow for proper funding and on time deliveries for Christmas? I've already seen Facebook posts by smaller places about the delays and the causes for it. the FEC might have something to say about political mailers but then again, freedom of speech? I don't know.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:welp, as predictable as the sunrise. Questions about Cohen’s book please
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John Wick of Dogs posted:What if the us postal service went on strike right now until funding was secured Trump would just fire all the strikers and bring in scabs from some grifter's company. I don't think a strike is a bad idea but you would need it to be a general strike, it can't just be the post office. If like...drivers from UPS and FEDEX and the like also walked off the job then I think you'd be in business.
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ought ten posted:Questions about Cohen’s book please we are gonna get questions about bidens mask mandate(which is good) and trumps hosed up USPS poo poo.
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Aug 13, 2020 21:27
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Dapper_Swindler posted:welp, as predictable as the sunrise. I wonder if Trump's going to bring in blown-up versions of those lovely misleading charts he posted on twitter.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:we are gonna get questions about bidens mask mandate(which is good) and trumps hosed up USPS poo poo. Okay, save the piss tape question for the end so he has to answer those before stomping off
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Nonsense posted:https://twitter.com/The_Lone_Apple/status/1293899667051356167?s=20 Hilariously a in February I received a gift card for AMC Theaters and thought to myself "maybe this will get me to actually go see a movie since they are so expensive now." That's a big hell no to that idea this year I'm afraid.
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ought ten posted:Okay, save the piss tape question for the end so he has to answer those before stomping off so is the piss tape real now? i guess cohen is making a book.
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GreyjoyBastard posted:Yeah, I was mostly thinking about at the administrative level, but I'm still a little concerned about the possibility of people quitting from the strain. Fair enough. I don’t think that will be too big of a deal since this started when we’re (hopefully) very close to a new administration. Hunkering down and working to the letter of your job requirements until the latest political appointee gets shitcanned by the new admin is a well honed skill for most federal employees 
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Apparently some folks in my city have set up a pop-up drive-in cinema that they plan to operate into November, so that's neat. I've never been to a drive-in, but it seems like it could be novel and fun.
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logger posted:Hilariously a in February I received a gift card for AMC Theaters and thought to myself "maybe this will get me to actually go see a movie since they are so expensive now." Movie tickets are not even *that* expensive. Its the concessions that are killer, which Im not sure if AMC is changing
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Dapper_Swindler posted:so is the piss tape real now? i guess cohen is making a book. It’s not but I’m not sorry it’s back in the news
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John Wick of Dogs posted:What if the us postal service went on strike right now until funding was secured Postal workers are prohibited from striking, and Republicans would happily fire them all and wait until December to hire their replacements. Last time there was a postal strike, Nixon used the military to distribute mail in their place. This didn't work well, but modern Republicans wouldn't have an issue with that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._postal_strike_of_1970
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ought ten posted:It’s not but I’m not sorry it’s back in the news Blasphemer Edit: also it's pretty apparent that the democracy is really held together with tape and bubble gum and can't stand up to someone actively looking for exploitable vulnerabilities.
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Kaal posted:Postal workers are prohibited from striking, and Republicans would happily fire them all and wait until December to hire their replacements. Last time there was a postal strike, Nixon used the military to distribute mail in their place. This didn't work well, but modern Republicans wouldn't have an issue with that. Classic Nixon liberal move
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happyhippy posted:Why should they, they are licking their lips on the prospect of owning massive chunks of mail delivery areas themselves. Also 
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Movie tickets are not even *that* expensive. Its the concessions that are killer, which Im not sure if AMC is changing Yeah, but there's free popcorn! lung
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plogo posted:Classic Nixon liberal move Ah yes, noted liberal Richard Nixon.
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logger posted:Hilariously a in February I received a gift card for AMC Theaters and thought to myself "maybe this will get me to actually go see a movie since they are so expensive now." You would have to be crazy to go to the movies this year - and all of the things worth making a trip to the theaters to see got pushed back until next year anyway. That said, AMC got their poo poo together pre-COVID. They upgraded their theaters, started serving alcohol in a lot of locations, and had a $20/month subscription that let you see 4 movies a week with no limitations. In NYC, an IMAX or Dolby ticket was already 26.50, and regular showings around 21.50, so you just needed to go once a month to save money.
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Solenna posted:Is there any reason companies like Amazon that make heavy use of USPS can't put up a disclaimer about the cuts to the postal service leading to increased delays, and maybe voting in Democrats in the fall would allow for proper funding and on time deliveries for Christmas? I've already seen Facebook posts by smaller places about the delays and the causes for it. Why would Amazon give a poo poo, they've made bank during the Trump years
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