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Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks

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Re: Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks

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Post by r00fus »

hammock wrote: post #3
obiefernandez wrote: post #2

Anyone else read this and feel rage bubbling over about Trump and his enablers? I'm not trolling, either. I used to not get _that_ emotional about politics, but lately I feel like I'm about to explode.

Have you considered whether the way you feel reading the news is by design?

Yes I have. Then I consider the hysteria news agencies would be doing if Obama did this. And I feel the current coverage is laughably sedate.

Re: Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks

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Post by vga805 »

obiefernandez wrote: post #2

Anyone else read this and feel rage bubbling over about Trump and his enablers? I'm not trolling, either. I used to not get _that_ emotional about politics, but lately I feel like I'm about to explode.

Yes.

A clear indication that the republican party is now rotten as could be is that its core now consists of mindless qanon idiots.

To see incel bullshit that was on 4chan 4 years ago become mainstream in a national party is depressing, to say the least.

Re: Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks

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Post by bdamm »

arcticbull wrote: post #4
hammock wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you considered whether the way you feel reading the news is by design?

Have you considered the underlying actions were designed to solicit an emotional reaction via news channels, I.e. trump is trolling to own the libs, at the cost of watching the country burn (literally here in CA).

You're exactly right, which is why we've ended up with a reality TV president. He knows how to play this game, and the game is now very much in favor of ppl that know how to play it. This is the leader we get when enough mid-life trolls spread their pepe love.

Re: Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks

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Post by duhuh »

hammock wrote: post #3
obiefernandez wrote: post #2

Anyone else read this and feel rage bubbling over about Trump and his enablers? I'm not trolling, either. I used to not get _that_ emotional about politics, but lately I feel like I'm about to explode.

Have you considered whether the way you feel reading the news is by design?

I feel like op established that this type of thing does not usually affect them. Are you suggesting the LA Times has cracked the code to finally reach the psyche of op? Or can we take them on their word that the USPS situation rankles them. Seems silly to suggest that they don’t really care, “but for the media”.

Re: Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks

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Post by olivermarks »

A package mailed to me in early June from the UK to California that touched down in Chicago in mid June is totally awol today. I used to have a tracking number that told me that it was in Chicago but since I reported it missing that has now disappeared in online searches.

I am not a fan of either of the two parties and putting politics to one side it is unclear why there is the reduction in equipment and force at the USPS at a time when there is a huge increase in deliveries due to the SIP directives.

Re: Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks

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Post by BoorishBears »

hammock wrote: post #3
obiefernandez wrote: post #2

Anyone else read this and feel rage bubbling over about Trump and his enablers? I'm not trolling, either. I used to not get _that_ emotional about politics, but lately I feel like I'm about to explode.

Have you considered whether the way you feel reading the news is by design?

> Packages piled up, blocking the aisles and the heavy sorting machinery. Boxes of steaks, fruit and other perishables rotted. Rats dashed across the floor. At one point, Scantlebury said, the “whole building was filled with gnats.”

Keeping in mind this is the result of a conscious decision made at a high level, at one of the times the postal services has been most crucial to the functioning of a nation in modern history...

Can you rephrase this in a way that doesn't make it aggravating to hear?

Re: Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks

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Post by [deleted] »

r00fus wrote: post #11
hammock wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you considered whether the way you feel reading the news is by design?

Yes I have. Then I consider the hysteria news agencies would be doing if Obama did this. And I feel the current coverage is laughably sedate.

[deleted]

Re: Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks

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Post by arcticbull »

garmaine wrote: post #6
arcticbull wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you considered the underlying actions were designed to solicit an emotional reaction via news channels, I.e. trump is trolling to own the libs, at the cost of watching the country burn (literally here in CA).

Trump is responsible for the fires in California? Edit: seriously people? He’s a monster but let’s accuse him of the things he’s actually done. To make stuff up is not helpful.

Of course not. Although, he did blame the last fires on insufficient raking of the forest [1]. If he actually stands by it, and didn't do anything to address the lack of forest, uh, raking, then one could reasonably assign him responsibility for the current fires. I don't advocate for that, because raking forests makes no sense.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/19/make-america...

Re: Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks

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Post by ironman1478 »

olivermarks wrote: post #15

A package mailed to me in early June from the UK to California that touched down in Chicago in mid June is totally awol today. I used to have a tracking number that told me that it was in Chicago but since I reported it missing that has now disappeared in online searches. I am not a fan of either of the two parties and putting politics to one side it is unclear why there is the reduction in equipment and force at the…

It is extremely clear why this is happening. By reducing the efficacy of the USPS, they can delegitimize it. Then when voting time comes they can say "Hey look, they couldn't even get you your package, what makes you think that the the USPS can safely and securely handle your vote". And guess what, they'd be right because the USPS won't be able to do it safely b/c they actively ruined it. This has been the common tactic of the republicans for a long time and it is continuing to work.

Re: Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks

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Post by fffrantz »

This should be a reminder that mail, while on the decline for two decades, still is an important component of our day to day lives, and that we still heavily rely on its on-time delivery and reliability. I do not want to get political, but it seems impossible to me that mail would be entirely handled by the private sector. Mail, like many utilities such as public transport or water treatment, is rarely profitable with a low-enough cost to make it affordable for everyone. It really breaks my heart to know that people may not have had enough food on their table because their paycheck or allowance was delayed in the mail.
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