Things not going well for USPS

[Aqua Buddha 14524]

Put this in the other thread:

I share concern about the larger, engineered challenges the USPS faces BUT can someone explain to me the issue of anticipated delays with mail-in ballots when the postal system handles more than 140 BILLION pieces of mail a year, more than 12 BILLION a month. We have 150 million, or so, registered voters, all of whom won't vote. Even if 50% of the ballots are handled as mail-in (where allowed) that represents well under 1% of the normal monthly mail volume! Aside from Trump's shenanigans, the concern here just does/should not add-up.

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

1 hour ago, triplehorn said:

What shocks me is how easily Mitch and Senate R’s avoid daily public scrutiny and accountability for enabling the unfolding destruction.

Don't all turtles retreat into their shells when threatened?

Why would Moscow Mitch be any different?

[HenryJames 65890]

 

[NWBuck 8548]

3 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

 

I'm almost as big of a fan of Liz as Hugo is, but I've got to admit that reading that typo as "orifice" provided a mental picture that will probably haunt my weekend.

(this is Surly, so- still would)

[Fudge Nuggets 19151]

Anyone that doesn’t slurp dotard cock on a regular basis know why mail sorting machines are being removed, but has their been an official reason stated by dotard’s lackey at the USPS, no matter how unbelievable?

[Mole 4320]

28 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Anyone that doesn’t slurp dotard cock on a regular basis know why mail sorting machines are being removed, but has their been an official reason stated by dotard’s lackey at the USPS, no matter how unbelievable?

Adding to this question, what’s the official justification for the mailbox removal that’s been going around?

[Texas Jeff 1932]

Newman will get it done ... the mail never stops.

"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night nor the president of the United States stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds..."

[UpperWestside 6136]

Well I guess this is a chance for the postal service to revolt and go above and beyond in getting ballots delivered on time. There are some good people who will attempt to do the right thing in this manufactured fiasco from Dotard. We just have to hope there are enough of them that do it and defy him and the idiots in charge of the USPS. I feel confident that if they do and get fired that Warren will fight for them and will get them their jobs back when Biden takes office. Going to be a pretty damn dicey few months ahead for all of us.

[NameAlreadyInUse 5106]

CNN saying that the removal of the mailboxes has been halted in the western US. No link saw it on my teevee 

[HenryJames 65890]

 

[gmr548 16518]

 

Why the hell was a democratic admin in PA contesting this in the first place?

[Nice Guy Eddie 13414]

Harris county addressing the USPS by allowing ballot drop offs during early voting

 

[Firemans4Horn 17840]

 

[SydneyCarton 47892]

5 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Harris county addressing the USPS by allowing ballot drop offs during early voting

 

That’s a tremendous development. 

[SydneyCarton 47892]

Havent seen this posted yet:

 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13414]

19 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

jesus fucking christ 

 

By the way, I would be cautious about putting anything important in the standalone blue mailboxes. Even the ones outside a post office unless today’s pickup time hasn’t occurred yet. Nighttime theft is very high with them. Criminals fish mail out hoping to get cash or checks.

walk it inside the post office.

[Sawbonz 27443]

8 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Harris county addressing the USPS by allowing ballot drop offs during early voting

 

If Dallas Travis and Bexar follow suit, and trump succeeds in suppressing mail in votes there could be a big shift in favor of dems as rural mail in will be majority republican by a wide margin 

[Sawbonz 27443]

9 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Harris county addressing the USPS by allowing ballot drop offs during early voting

 

If Dallas Travis and Bexar follow suit, and trump succeeds in suppressing mail in votes there could be a big shift in favor of dems as rural mail in will be majority republican by a wide margin 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Not to mention but a lot of rural mail now goes to the large regional sorting centers. If I drop off mail at our local PO, it goes to Houston and gets sorted and then returns to my town to get delivered. IOW, it leaves my town in order to go cross town.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13414]

I don’t know if rural Texas will see a mail in ballot problem with these latest changes. The ballots are only being sent to the county seat, and I believe mailed ballots are treated differently anyway. I could be wrong but I don’t think the ballots will be sent to a regional center only to be sent back to that county.

[RPM 26231]

17 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Not to mention but a lot of rural mail now goes to the large regional sorting centers. If I drop off mail at our local PO, it goes to Houston and gets sorted and then returns to my town to get delivered. IOW, it leaves my town in order to go cross town.

This. Unless it's going to the same Zip and put in a local box at the PO, it goes to a regional center. That's the way it is here, anyway.

[gmr548 16518]

If Dallas Travis and Bexar follow suit, and trump succeeds in suppressing mail in votes there could be a big shift in favor of dems as rural mail in will be majority republican by a wide margin 

Maybe. But likelihood of using mail in voting is basically split on party lines. That is the motivation here.

[Nivek 16864]

Havent seen this posted yet:
 

Source?

[RPM 26231]

1 minute ago, Nivek said:

Source?

Ummm....

[SydneyCarton 47892]

14 minutes ago, Nivek said:

Source?

Bottom right corner of the image, bud. 

[RPM 26231]

Edited August 15, 2020 by RPM

[Nivek 16864]

2 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

Bottom right corner of the image, bud. 

thanks, getting older + iphone didn't help.

[JohnnyRage 1617]

edit

Edited August 15, 2020 by JohnnyRage

[Bullneck 18989]

15 hours ago, HenryJames said:

 

Fuck, why wouldn't they?  It works for filing your taxes, so . . .

Prolly doesn't hurt that the PA governor is a Democrat.

[Bullneck 18989]

4 hours ago, RPM said:

This. Unless it's going to the same Zip and put in a local box at the PO, it goes to a regional center. That's the way it is here, anyway.

Back in the old days you could just write "City" instead of "Corpus Christi" on a letter going across town.  

Edited August 15, 2020 by Bullneck

[NWBuck 8548]

24 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

Back in the old days you could just write "City" instead of "Corpus Christi" on a letter going across town.  

Hell, @Armybrat used to just tie it to the leg of a swallow to send it abroad. (African, I believe... not European swallow)

[Degenerate Gardner 4081]

21 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Aside from Trump's shenanigans, the concern here just does/should not add-up.

Other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln? 

[Mapache 1117]

Time to start some "good trouble".

 

[TheStoicPaisano 9904]

 

[Mdhorn 5911]

23 minutes ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

 

Have to--even if Nancy wins, the response will be to drag their feet until forced.  

Edited August 16, 2020 by Mdhorn

[triplehorn 2664]

watch your cornhole, vlad

[Brisketexan 104638]

watch your cornhole, vlad

Why would he have to? He’s won.

[HenryJames 65890]

 

[triplehorn 2664]

12 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Why would he have to? He’s won.

It depends on how you define won. He’s been wildly successful to date. If we’re talking about restoring our damaged western alliances, tackling the financial/banking system to curtail their mass flow of international illicit cash, and addressing the usurpation of news information platforms/socmed to dump endless divisive/harmful propaganda on us, we’re looking at 5 years from now at least. Let’s make what he and his mob have done to date absolutely not worth it.  Long game.

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20345]

 

[mdmost 42866]

Hmm, my medicine is taking 2 weeks longer to get to me so I may die from diabetes. Then again, we are owning the libs by slowing down the mail. 

[RPM 26231]

50 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Hmm, my medicine is taking 2 weeks longer to get to me so I may die from diabetes. Then again, we are owning the libs by slowing down the mail. 

It all makes sense now. Trump killed Wilford Brimley!

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Once the sorting machines and boxes are removed, there's little likelihood of them returning. Let's face it, too many Americans are too stupid and too fond of fascist dictators that give them an out group to bully and despise to care. The protests should be not just BLM. Not just the Women's March. Not just the M4A. Not just the living wage. The protests should be all of us, demanding transparency, accountability, and justice.

[HenryJames 65890]

 

[Nivek 16864]

Kind of wish the postmasters would just report delays and report they decommissioned the mail sorting machines but not actually follow through.

[Fudge Nuggets 19151]

On 8/14/2020 at 7:54 PM, Fudge Nuggets said:

Anyone that doesn’t slurp dotard cock on a regular basis know why mail sorting machines are being removed, but has their been an official reason stated by dotard’s lackey at the USPS, no matter how unbelievable?

Still haven’t seen an official explanation so guess voter suppression it is.  You would think they could come up with some lie to try and con people into falling for it. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19151]

22 hours ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

 

Heaven forbid we interrupt their God damn vacation time.

[Fudge Nuggets 19151]

3 hours ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Once the sorting machines and boxes are removed, there's little likelihood of them returning. Let's face it, too many Americans are too stupid and too fond of fascist dictators that give them an out group to bully and despise to care. The protests should be not just BLM. Not just the Women's March. Not just the M4A. Not just the living wage. The protests should be all of us, demanding transparency, accountability, and justice.

Hugo has said it many times and I totally agree. Nothing will get their attention more than a national strike. Why do you think they freaked out so much over the lockdowns?

[HenryJames 65890]

 

[SydneyCarton 47892]

Just now, HenryJames said:

 

And then the Senate sits on it right?