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Anonymous Coward User ID: 74403260 Canada 08/13/2020 02:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: VICE: “The United States Postal Service is removing mail sorting machines from facilities around the country without any official explanation USPS is a time honoured institution. Trump killing it off for his own selfish reasons, like staying out of prison, is criminal in itself. Surprised y'all are not in front of the White House with pitch forks to remove the cause of it all. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 79126408 France 08/13/2020 02:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: VICE: “The United States Postal Service is removing mail sorting machines from facilities around the country without any official explanation USPS is a time honoured institution. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74403260 Trump killing it off for his own selfish reasons, like staying out of prison, is criminal in itself. Surprised y'all are not in front of the White House with pitch forks to remove the cause of it all. USPS isn't needed its a waste of tax payer money, mail should be privatized. The smaller the government the better. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 76116627 Australia 08/13/2020 03:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: VICE: “The United States Postal Service is removing mail sorting machines from facilities around the country without any official explanation Removing mail sorting machines from US Post Offices as Trump has now ordered, is like taking luggage X-ray machines out of our airports after 9/11. He is leaving us defenseless while our democracy is under attack. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 41173011 United States 08/13/2020 04:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: VICE: “The United States Postal Service is removing mail sorting machines from facilities around the country without any official explanation The only people that are going to miss the postal service is the bulk junk mailers Quoting: Anonymous Coward 41173011 How much do you figure UPS will charge for a stamp to mail your mom a birthday card next year? Plenty of private curries or just email one like the rest of the world |
4thhorseman User ID: 77575566 United States 08/13/2020 04:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: VICE: “The United States Postal Service is removing mail sorting machines from facilities around the country without any official explanation Removing mail sorting machines from US Post Offices as Trump has now ordered, is like taking luggage X-ray machines out of our airports after 9/11. He is leaving us defenseless while our democracy is under attack. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76116627 Who is it under attack from? and what democracy are you talking about? SICSEMPERTYRANIS Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum Vi veri universum vivus vici "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact". Arthur Conan Doyle "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth". Arthur Conan Doyle MOLON LABE [link to www.usavsus.info] |
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wisconsin User ID: 79262631 United States 08/13/2020 04:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: VICE: “The United States Postal Service is removing mail sorting machines from facilities around the country without any official explanation The Post Office Is Deactivating Mail Sorting Machines Ahead of the Election Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78101228 The United States Postal Service is removing mail sorting machines from facilities around the country without any official explanation or reason given, Motherboard has learned through interviews with postal workers and union officials. In many cases, these are the same machines that would be tasked with sorting ballots, calling into question promises made by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy that the USPS has “ample capacity” to handle the predicted surge in mail-in ballots. Motherboard identified 19 mail sorting machines from five processing facilities across the U.S. that either have already been removed or are scheduled to be in the near future. But the Postal Service operates hundreds of distribution facilities around the country, so it is not clear precisely how many machines are getting removed and for what purpose. Even to local union officials, USPS has not announced any policy, explained why they are doing this, what will happen to the machines and the workers who use them. Nor has management provided a rationale for dismantling and removing the machines from the facility rather than merely not operating them when they’re not needed. “I’m not sure you’re going to find an answer for why [the machines being removed] makes sense,” said Iowa Postal Workers Union President Kimberly Karol, “because we haven’t figured that out either.” “Look at it this way: Your local grocery store was forced to cut 1/3 of its cash-out lines, but management expected the same productivity, quality, and speed for the customer,” said an employee at a Buffalo distribution facility, which they said is set to lose six out of 21 mail sorting machines. “It’s just never going to happen.” While the consequences of this new policy are mostly unclear for now, it neatly fits with the sudden, opaque, and drastic changes made by DeJoy, a longtime Republican fundraiser and Trump donor, in the less than two months he’s been postmaster general. Like his other changes, including the curtailing of overtime resulting in the widespread mail delays and sudden reorganization of the entire USPS, it is possible to see some semblance of corporate logic while second-guessing the decision to make drastic changes on the eve of the presidential election in which the USPS will play a critical role. [link to www.vice.com (secure)] . ... ????????????????? ... . ... these machines just OCCASIONALLY get used??? ... . Last Edited by wisconsin human on 08/13/2020 04:21 PM . Our family celebrates The Lord's Feasts: [link to www.grafted-promise.net] Fools and the dead don't change their minds. Fools won't and the dead can't. When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar. You are only telling the world that you fear what he might say. Quoting: CountryWise Amos 5:13 - Therefore at such a time the prudent person keeps silent, for it is an evil time. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75861545 United States 08/13/2020 04:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: VICE: “The United States Postal Service is removing mail sorting machines from facilities around the country without any official explanation All the lefty unionized mail personnel will "pre-sort" ballots, toss out all the conservative votes. Dead grandpa from Chicago still votes commie as well as dead grandma's kitty cat, Snuggles. That ghost poop in the litter box votes commie too. Nope, you can't trust any of it until blockchain voting emerges and every voter can verify if their own vote in the chain is utilized, accounted, authenticated, registered and applied. Screw the election judges at the precinct. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 79054426 Singapore 08/13/2020 07:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: VICE: “The United States Postal Service is removing mail sorting machines from facilities around the country without any official explanation Collins told WGME in Maine she disagrees “very strongly” with Trump on this. “Now is not the time to be cutting back services,” saying she disagrees “very strongly” with the President, calling the Postal Service “absolutely essential.” [link to twitter.com (secure)] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 79204215 United States 08/13/2020 07:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: VICE: “The United States Postal Service is removing mail sorting machines from facilities around the country without any official explanation The only people that are going to miss the postal service is the bulk junk mailers Quoting: Anonymous Coward 41173011 OH fuck off. I didn't have any issues with the USPS until the last 2-3 weeks. I order a fuckload of stuff off the internet and UPS is overpriced as fuck for ground service which is by the way slow as fuck to boot. USPS has almost always been on time and reliable . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 79263443 United States 08/13/2020 07:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: VICE: “The United States Postal Service is removing mail sorting machines from facilities around the country without any official explanation The only people that are going to miss the postal service is the bulk junk mailers Quoting: Anonymous Coward 41173011 OH fuck off. I didn't have any issues with the USPS until the last 2-3 weeks. I order a fuckload of stuff off the internet and UPS is overpriced as fuck for ground service which is by the way slow as fuck to boot. USPS has almost always been on time and reliable . Trump's Postmaster General, owns between $265,000 and $550,000 in UPS stock. You'll just have to use UPS from here on out. WIth JeJoy's thanks, of course. |
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wessonoil User ID: 79147691 Ukraine 08/13/2020 07:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: VICE: “The United States Postal Service is removing mail sorting machines from facilities around the country without any official explanation The only people that are going to miss the postal service is the bulk junk mailers Quoting: Anonymous Coward 41173011 How much do you figure UPS will charge for a stamp to mail your mom a birthday card next year? Probably a price that is a LOT closer to the actual cost? wessonoil |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 79263488 United States 08/13/2020 08:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: VICE: “The United States Postal Service is removing mail sorting machines from facilities around the country without any official explanation The Post Office Is Deactivating Mail Sorting Machines Ahead of the Election Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78101228 The United States Postal Service is removing mail sorting machines from facilities around the country without any official explanation or reason given, Motherboard has learned through interviews with postal workers and union officials. In many cases, these are the same machines that would be tasked with sorting ballots, calling into question promises made by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy that the USPS has “ample capacity” to handle the predicted surge in mail-in ballots. Motherboard identified 19 mail sorting machines from five processing facilities across the U.S. that either have already been removed or are scheduled to be in the near future. But the Postal Service operates hundreds of distribution facilities around the country, so it is not clear precisely how many machines are getting removed and for what purpose. Even to local union officials, USPS has not announced any policy, explained why they are doing this, what will happen to the machines and the workers who use them. Nor has management provided a rationale for dismantling and removing the machines from the facility rather than merely not operating them when they’re not needed. “I’m not sure you’re going to find an answer for why [the machines being removed] makes sense,” said Iowa Postal Workers Union President Kimberly Karol, “because we haven’t figured that out either.” “Look at it this way: Your local grocery store was forced to cut 1/3 of its cash-out lines, but management expected the same productivity, quality, and speed for the customer,” said an employee at a Buffalo distribution facility, which they said is set to lose six out of 21 mail sorting machines. “It’s just never going to happen.” While the consequences of this new policy are mostly unclear for now, it neatly fits with the sudden, opaque, and drastic changes made by DeJoy, a longtime Republican fundraiser and Trump donor, in the less than two months he’s been postmaster general. Like his other changes, including the curtailing of overtime resulting in the widespread mail delays and sudden reorganization of the entire USPS, it is possible to see some semblance of corporate logic while second-guessing the decision to make drastic changes on the eve of the presidential election in which the USPS will play a critical role. [link to www.vice.com (secure)] . ... ????????????????? ... . ... these machines just OCCASIONALLY get used??? ... . What times of year have the biggest volume of mail? Christmas, April 15, I'm sure there's more. All year round, just not all the time. That's when you have to start the machines. In between they sit there. Waiting. |
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