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3 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

It'a a combination of that plus the pension obligations that Lurch mentioned.  

Postal Service is an unsustainable business model if you think about it.  Congress mandates a fixed level of service.  They're required to charge the same amount for an item whether it's going across town or to rural Idaho and to deliver six days per week.  Congress also sets the limits on what they can charge.  

That being said, they turn a profit if you don't count the pension contributions, which are billions of dollars per year.

This. Despite Republicans trying to structure pension obligations in such a way that they strike the balance sheet far earlier than they need to or would for any other business, the Postal Service still runs in a tremendously efficient fashion. While in many cases the private sector can do things better, this one of those cases where the public sector significantly outperforms their private sector colleagues from the perspective of the consumer and the worker. 

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1 hour ago, Jive Turkey said:

Look at your wife, Dotard. She took advantage of you to get that Einstein visa, which her family used to come on over. 

Advantage = aggy

He really is the aggiest of Presidents.  It’s no wonder that TexAgs loves him so much. Or did until the budget.  But I bet that secretly they all still love him. 

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42 minutes ago, ChiTownDoc said:

Lmao at this BibleThumper on CNN saying Trump is some sort of born again Christian. ‘He loves being prayed for.’

What are the odds these fraudsters believe in the biggest conman of all time?  

Wouldn’t all born-again Christians rather spend their Sunday’s on the golf course than in church?

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I'm pretty confident you've got it backwards. It's handed off to USPS for final leg of delivery. The trucking is down by the large private carriers.


Maybe. But in the example I gave, it was UPS that handled final delivery. That’s why USPS couldnt confirm his delivery. And from personal experience, if I’m home when a delivery is made, it’s almost always a UPS/fedex driver
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7 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Wouldn’t all born-again Christians rather spend their Sunday’s on the golf course than in church?

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Mexico has got to help us at the border … A lot of people are coming in because they want to take advantage of DACA,” President Trump says before going into church on Easter morning.

Granted it was a photo op.  He didn't have to rant about Mexico and the border.  All he needed to say was something positive and ask that today be all about Easter.  He missed the opportunity to roast the MSM for being more concerned about things than celebrating Easter!  Greatest national Holiday behind July 4th!  MAGA!

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1 hour ago, RomaVicta said:

Man, we're easy to distract. USPS. UPS. Amazon. 

The president doesn't understand DACA. 

It like listening to his campaign speeches these days. He'll hear a smattering of applause and then repeat the word over and over. Same with his Twitter playbook. Spin the wheel and decide which shiny object you want to throw out there before playing 18.

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2 hours ago, pyrohornIII said:

I think you are both saying the same thing.    I am in the same boat as Laga4 and get a lot of amazon stuff the same way.  It is size dependent whether it comes USPS or private carrier.

Yes,  you are right.

However,  I will get deliveries from nearly all carriers.  Most now is from USPS.   

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Lmao at this BibleThumper on CNN saying Trump is some sort of born again Christian. ‘He loves being prayed for.’

What are the odds these fraudsters believe in the biggest conman of all time?  

ha.  perhaps the most dangerous killer of the wild west days was a little-noted texan named jim miller.  deacon jim miller many called him because of his devout methodist upbringing and continued practicing faith.  his habit in season was to wear a long broadcloth overcoat that was staple gear for the ministry.  something was very seriously wrong with that man.  he very likely killed two of his grandparents in a fit of anger when he was six years old.  as a teen he shot and killed his sister's husband as the man slept.

nobody knows how many people that man killed.  he's not celebrated at all.  no movies.  no nothing.  he was no courageous and dashing good guy or bad guy of the west.  he was a slinking coward who shotgunned people off their horses after they passed his hiding place.  so how did he get away with it?  he was useful to the wealthy ranchers.  when they needed someone to disappear, ol' jim got the call.  the few times jim miller found himself in a courtroom he had the best lawyers a bunch of rich ranchers could afford.  one time he happened to be on trial just as a big tent revival hit town.  they allowed him to attend the revival and he was very loudly saved that day.  at the trial all the top people in town testified, one right after another, that they had seen that man converted.  there was no way jim miller henceforth would be any trouble at all.

miller's end came in oklahoma, of all places.  he had been hired to shotgun the local mayor who was a rancher near ada, ok.  those people there knew his record.  they knew the lawyers would get him off.  miller knew it, too.  and the jailers.  they brought a piece of carpeting to make his cell more comfortable.  he received his shirts freshly starched and ate better than nearly anyone in the oklahoma of that day.  he generously repaid the jailers for their care, of course.  the town had had enough, and one night a large group of men gave the jailer a simple option:  get out of the way or die.  his decision came quickly.

across the alley from the jail was a livery.  the old wooden building had the roof structure openly visible, of course, and there was a great place to haul miller and the three men on trial with him up onto the joists.  properly secured, a body dropped from that height would fall just the right distance.  all four men could have briefly attested to that fact.  there's a famous pic of the four men dangling alongside a bored horse munching straw.  miller is the one on the far left in his famous broadcloth coat and with a hat cocked at a funny angle.  the men that night said miller was the one who didn't beg or cry.  he knew his long run was over, and he asked to go out wearing his dapper hat.  they refused but plopped his hat rakishly on his quiet head to take the photo.  you can find that photo on the 'net if you so choose.  if you do, note all four heads at odd angles.  the hangings worked.  the necks were broken.

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ha.  perhaps the most dangerous killer of the wild west days was a little-noted texan named jim miller.  deacon jim miller many called him because of his devout methodist upbringing and continued practicing faith.  his habit in season was to wear a long broadcloth overcoat that was staple gear for the ministry.  something was very seriously wrong with that man.  he very likely killed two of his grandparents in a fit of anger when he was six years old.  as a teen he shot and killed his sister's husband as the man slept.

nobody knows how many people that man killed.  he's not celebrated at all.  no movies.  no nothing.  he was no courageous and dashing good guy or bad guy of the west.  he was a slinking coward who shotgunned people off their horses after they passed his hiding place.  so how did he get away with it?  he was useful to the wealthy ranchers.  when they needed someone to disappear, ol' jim got the call.  the few times jim miller found himself in a courtroom he had the best lawyers a bunch of rich ranchers could afford.  one time he happened to be on trial just as a big tent revival hit town.  they allowed him to attend the revival and he was very loudly saved that day.  at the trial all the top people in town testified, one right after another, that they had seen that man converted.  there was no way jim miller henceforth would be any trouble at all.

miller's end came in oklahoma, of all places.  he had been hired to shotgun the local mayor who was a rancher near ada, ok.  those people there knew his record.  they knew the lawyers would get him off.  miller knew it, too.  and the jailers.  they brought a piece of carpeting to make his cell more comfortable.  he received his shirts freshly starched and ate better than nearly anyone in the oklahoma of that day.  he generously repaid the jailers for their care, of course.  the town had had enough, and one night a large group of men gave the jailer a simple option:  get out of the way or die.  his decision came quickly.

across the alley from the jail was a livery.  the old wooden building had the roof structure openly visible, of course, and there was a great place to haul miller and the three men on trial with him up onto the joists.  properly secured, a body dropped from that height would fall just the right distance.  all four men could have briefly attested to that fact.  there's a famous pic of the four men dangling alongside a bored horse munching straw.  miller is the one on the far left in his famous broadcloth coat and with a hat cocked at a funny angle.  the men that night said miller was the one who didn't beg or cry.  he knew his long run was over, and he asked to go out wearing his dapper hat.  they refused but plopped his hat rakishly on his quiet head to take the photo.  you can find that photo on the 'net if you so choose.  if you do, note all four heads at odd angles.  the hangings worked.  the necks were broken.

sounds like the jeff daniels character in Godless was based a little on that guy.

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9 hours ago, FondrenRoad said:

That tan suit is actually pretty sharp.  Trump certainly dresses more "American" though since he dresses like a slob. 

 

Trump dresses like he just found the Zoltar machine and wished to be a boy again.

 

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4 hours ago, ChiTownDoc said:

You just know Trump would have hated Jesus’ brown refugee ass.  But don’t tell today’s ‘Christians’.  They’re too busy carrying his water.  

Know how I know you're a Satanist?  If you'd been to church you'd know Jesus was white.  As you can see below, he had blond hair, blue eyes, and alabaster skin. 

Pull your head out of you ass you Satanist commie.

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20 minutes ago, Woland said:

John Legend is currently portraying Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar Live. Sarah Bareilles is Mary Magdalene, and Norm Lewis as Caiaphas. You think Trump is watching?

Can’t wait for the tweet after his briefing by Fox and Friends. 

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6 hours ago, SKJ said:

That's fucking amazing.

New Yorker magazine going hard.

Can't wait to see our wanna be beloved leader respond

Will he really care?

He got a magazine cover. He loves that. It gives him an enemy to attack and proclaim himself a victim. I'm pretty sure Trump believes there's no such thing as bad publicity. He's gotten bad publicity for decades. And yet here we are. 

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21 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

 

If you want people to believe that you're a church-going Christian, make sure and say something controversial while you're headed into church on Easter Sunday, when you know the cameras are watching.  Doesn't matter if what you say or believe goes against the teachings of Christ, because you'll get a blank pass on all of the upcoming Sundays you spend on the golf course.

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2 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

More tweets from president Sean Hannity this morning 

 

 

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A tweet for everything:

 

 

Yep.  Our country is being stolen.  And Dotard is inviting the thief inside the house. 

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4 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Will be fun seeing the olds and diehard Republicans trying to spin Trump welcoming the Russians with open arms.

The news is coming from the Kremlin and they are notorious liars. However, they’ve been recently credible when it comes to Trump-Putin correspondence.  

As usual, White House will now have to confirm or deny the report coming out of Moscow, which they usually confirm.

 

 

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