Political Discussion
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Turbo
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Paragraph 1 of the $2.7B Smartmatic lawsuit is pretty choice:
1. The Earth is round. Two plus two equals four. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the 2020 election for President and Vice President of the United States. The election was not stolen, rigged, or fixed. These are facts. They are demonstrable and irrefutable.
1. The Earth is round. Two plus two equals four. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the 2020 election for President and Vice President of the United States. The election was not stolen, rigged, or fixed. These are facts. They are demonstrable and irrefutable.
The USPS is still a mess after the Christmas rush.
The Springfield MA facility holds any record shipments coming my way for at least 10 days before it moves again. 23 days is their record in December.
This is just insane and mind boggling to me.
The Springfield MA facility holds any record shipments coming my way for at least 10 days before it moves again. 23 days is their record in December.
This is just insane and mind boggling to me.
Tyr
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I’m fucking here for this level of salt litigation
wokeupnew
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After I had packages shipped via USPS take 3 weeks to get to family I’ve been shipping with UPS. Went from 3 weeks to 3 days to ship the same distance. I won’t ship USPS for a while because it’s unreliable currently.
debianlinux
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Seems a bit unfair to USPS, really. Media Mail is the lowest priority thing they carry. I'm not trying to say much more than if you pay for something like Priority Mail there's no such delays. They're clearly still able to meet their actual obligations of which media mail is limited to simply being delivered eventually.
Joe Mac
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And covid has exponentially increased parcel volumes due to online shopping and it’s only 2 or 3 months since your then toddler in chief was vandalising it for political gain. I’m kinda impressed that you’re all getting some post!
wokeupnew
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I love USPS and almost exclusively would use it. When it was Christmas gifts I wanted to get to family on time it was worth it. All the items that took longer that I shipped earlier didn’t get lost, just took ages which at the end of the day is the main thing. As long as it gets there eventually.
Nee Lewman
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They’ve been missing shipping dates on every other kind of mail I’ve sent too.
AnthonyI
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Lou Dobbs Tonight suddenly canceled by Fox, that's freakin' awesome..........ya, I'm sure it was part of a "routine" thing, lol
www.cbsnews.com
"Lou Dobbs Tonight" has been canceled after a decade
Fox News Media said the move was part of routine programming alterations that it had foreshadowed in an announcement last fall.
www.cbsnews.com
Diaper Baby Escape Plan
Well-Known Diaper Baby
We’re Not Saying This MAGA Video Is Identical to Nazi Propaganda, but Look for Yourself
Given the aims of fascist propaganda—to incite and mobilize—the events of Jan. 6 were predictable.
Interesting read on Slate analyzing Trump propaganda and Nazi propaganda - I found the dog whistles in the Jan 6 rally video (Hollywood sign, Schumer and other prominent Jewish political leaders, EU/UN to evoke global elite) to be of particular note.
Embedded in the article, were links to other articles of note:
QAnon is a Nazi Cult, Rebranded
"I have studied and worked to prevent genocide for forty years..."
www.justsecurity.org
QAnon, Blood Libel, and the Satanic Panic
How the ancient, antisemitic nocturnal ritual fantasy expresses itself through the ages—and explains the right’s fascination with fringe conspiracy theories
newrepublic.com
Opinion | The anti-Semitic backstory of QAnon
QAnon is not a joke. QAnon is dangerous. You might say it's not an anti-Semitic movement. But that would miss the point. It's close enough.
forward.com
TenderLovingKiller®
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(There's a paywall on Slate but you get a certain amount of articles free)We’re Not Saying This MAGA Video Is Identical to Nazi Propaganda, but Look for Yourself
Given the aims of fascist propaganda—to incite and mobilize—the events of Jan. 6 were predictable.slate.com
Interesting read on Slate analyzing Trump propaganda and Nazi propaganda - I found the dog whistles in the Jan 6 rally video (Hollywood sign, Schumer and other prominent Jewish political leaders, EU/UN to evoke global elite) to be of particular note.
Embedded in the article, were links to other articles of note:
QAnon is a Nazi Cult, Rebranded
"I have studied and worked to prevent genocide for forty years..."
QAnon, Blood Libel, and the Satanic Panic
How the ancient, antisemitic nocturnal ritual fantasy expresses itself through the ages—and explains the right’s fascination with fringe conspiracy theories
Opinion | The anti-Semitic backstory of QAnon
QAnon is not a joke. QAnon is dangerous. You might say it's not an anti-Semitic movement. But that would miss the point. It's close enough.
Yeah I posted about this a few pages back. It’s wild.
Meanwhile at Amazon....
Amazon recently told employees at its DCH1 warehouse in Chicago it was closing the facility down. DCH1 has been the site of protests and walkouts. It’s also the home of DCH1 Amazonians United, an advocacy group that has successfully petitioned the company for things like paid time off for part-time workers. According to Motherboard, the company reportedly gave employees two options: they could either take on 10-hour “megacycle” shifts at other facilities, or they could find a new job.
Megacycle shifts are a relatively recent development at Amazon’s delivery stations. They see the company’s warehouse employees work for 10-hours straight in graveyard shifts that usually start in the early hours of the morning and end around lunchtime. Amazon told Motherboard more than half of its last-mile delivery network is already on the model. In moving to the new model, Amazon has also reportedly been phasing out the shorter shifts it offered as an option to its workers previously, a claim the company disputes.
Amazon workers claim the company is forcing them to work grueling 10-hour shifts
Amazon recently told employees at its DCH1 warehouse in Chicago it was closing the facility down. Employees say they're being forced to either take 10-hour graveyard shifts at other facilities or search for a new job.
www.engadget.com
Joe Mac
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Meanwhile at Amazon....
Amazon recently told employees at its DCH1 warehouse in Chicago it was closing the facility down. DCH1 has been the site of protests and walkouts. It’s also the home of DCH1 Amazonians United, an advocacy group that has successfully petitioned the company for things like paid time off for part-time workers. According to Motherboard, the company reportedly gave employees two options: they could either take on 10-hour “megacycle” shifts at other facilities, or they could find a new job.
Megacycle shifts are a relatively recent development at Amazon’s delivery stations. They see the company’s warehouse employees work for 10-hours straight in graveyard shifts that usually start in the early hours of the morning and end around lunchtime. Amazon told Motherboard more than half of its last-mile delivery network is already on the model. In moving to the new model, Amazon has also reportedly been phasing out the shorter shifts it offered as an option to its workers previously, a claim the company disputes.
Amazon workers claim the company is forcing them to work grueling 10-hour shifts
Amazon recently told employees at its DCH1 warehouse in Chicago it was closing the facility down. Employees say they're being forced to either take 10-hour graveyard shifts at other facilities or search for a new job.
There should be severe penalties for this kind of bullshit. Also they should have a large windfall tax bill off the back of a pandemic making them billions.
I've seen priority mail shipments (not my own to be clear) experience delays beyond quoted times and USPS does quote 2-8 days shipping time for media mail on their website still. I think there's a reasonable argument they're not meeting their agreed upon timeframes (I have a media mail item that is at about 40 days with two inquiries "in transit" still).
With that said, I agree with the larger point in that it's the lowest priority mail and in situations like the present (staffing wiped out due to COVID, holiday backup still in effect, etc.) anyone shipping or receiving something via media mail should adjust their expectations to "getting it". i know I've been paying the extra for priority when the option arises and if I were a seller I'd probably insist on it unless the buyer made it explicitly clear media was okay.
Didn't we try this already? Things that we shouldn't link with employment: Healthcare, housing, and education.
5 Famous Company Towns | HISTORY
From Pullman, Illinois, to Hershey, Pennsylvania, learn about life in towns built and once controlled by a single company.
www.history.com
Seriously, y'all? Seriously? $60K stimulus check caps, because $50K is too austere, but $75K will break our economy....this makes no sense. There is no data that supports this.
Speaking with CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union," Yellen indicated that she thought individual Americans earning $60,000 per year ought to be eligible for the direct payments, a higher figure than the one identified by senators such as Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who has called for the payments to phase out at the $50,000-per-year income level.
"So, you definitely think higher than $50,000 per individual, but you're not necessarily willing to commit to $75,000, is what I'm hearing?" Tapper asked, referring to the level at which payments were phased out in the package passed in December.
"Yes," the secretary responded. "I think the details can be worked out. And the president is certainly willing to work with Congress to find a good structure for these payments.”
thehill.com
Speaking with CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union," Yellen indicated that she thought individual Americans earning $60,000 per year ought to be eligible for the direct payments, a higher figure than the one identified by senators such as Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who has called for the payments to phase out at the $50,000-per-year income level.
"So, you definitely think higher than $50,000 per individual, but you're not necessarily willing to commit to $75,000, is what I'm hearing?" Tapper asked, referring to the level at which payments were phased out in the package passed in December.
"Yes," the secretary responded. "I think the details can be worked out. And the president is certainly willing to work with Congress to find a good structure for these payments.”
Yellen focuses on $60,000 threshold for stimulus checks
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that she thought income levels identified by conservative Democratic senators to restrict which Americans receive direct payments under the Biden ad…
thehill.com
gregathon
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Didn't we try this already? Things that we shouldn't link with employment: Healthcare, housing, and education.
5 Famous Company Towns | HISTORY
From Pullman, Illinois, to Hershey, Pennsylvania, learn about life in towns built and once controlled by a single company.
I live down the street from Steinway Village. Basically they built it away from Manhattan because it was the epicenter of the labor movement.
If it wasn’t clear before, the fact that these companies think they can replace the government as “providers” of these basic needs is all the evidence you need to know that they aren’t being taxed enough/at all.
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