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USA TODAY Tue, September 28, 2021,

Americans who have been frustrated with the slow service of the U.S. Postal Service since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic probably won’t be thrilled to hear this: The service is about to get even slower.

Starting Friday, USPS will “implement new service standards for First Class Mail and Periodicals,” a spokeswoman for USPS, said in an email to USA TODAY. The changes mean an increased time-in-transit for mail traveling long distances, such as from New York to California. Frum said that “most first class mail (61%) and periodicals (93%) will be unaffected” by the changes. Single-piece first-class mail traveling within the same region will still have a delivery time of two days.

USPS defines first-class mail as “standard sized letters and flats,” Frum said. That’s different from first-class packages, which are typically used for shipping smaller, lightweight packages. Currently, first-class mail and first-class packages have the same delivery standards, but that will change beginning Friday.

The changes to service standard times are part of USPS’s 10-year strategic plan, announced by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in March. The plan has drawn heavy criticism from elected officials. DeJoy took his position in June 2020 despite no previous experience in the USPS. The position of Postmaster General is not appointed or nominated by a president, but rather appointed by the independent Postal Service Board of Governors.

Sidebar: Trump may not of appointed this S.O.B. directedly but you know darn well he pulled some strings or greased some palms to get him in there!

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USA TODAY Tue, September 28, 2021,

Americans who have been frustrated with the slow service of the U.S. Postal Service since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic probably won’t be thrilled to hear this: The service is about to get even slower.

Starting Friday, USPS will “implement new service standards for First Class Mail and Periodicals,” a spokeswoman for USPS, said in an email to USA TODAY. The changes mean an increased time-in-transit for mail traveling long distances, such as from New York to California. Frum said that “most first class mail (61%) and periodicals (93%) will be unaffected” by the changes. Single-piece first-class mail traveling within the same region will still have a delivery time of two days.

USPS defines first-class mail as “standard sized letters and flats,” Frum said. That’s different from first-class packages, which are typically used for shipping smaller, lightweight packages. Currently, first-class mail and first-class packages have the same delivery standards, but that will change beginning Friday.

The changes to service standard times are part of USPS’s 10-year strategic plan, announced by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in March. The plan has drawn heavy criticism from elected officials. DeJoy took his position in June 2020 despite no previous experience in the USPS. The position of Postmaster General is not appointed or nominated by a president, but rather appointed by the independent Postal Service Board of Governors.

Sidebar: Trump may not of appointed this S.O.B. directedly but you know darn well he pulled some strings or greased some palms to get him in there!

God only knows now when my Chicago Magazine will arrive...

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U.S. Postal Service Announces Proposed Temporary Rate Adjustments for 2021 Peak Holiday Season. Temporary rates go into effect at 12:00 a.m., Central Time, on Oct. 3, 2021, and remain in place until 12:00 a.m., Central Time, Dec. 26, 2021.

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"We haven't seen anything yet": Food prices continue to climb!
CBS MoneyWatch

If you think you're paying more at the grocery store – you're not wrong. Wholesale prices are at record highs and some items are scarce. CBS L.A. saw limited supplies of things like milk, butter, soda, snacks, paper products and baking supplies at stores it visited. "Retailers who are filling out their orders to fill their shelves are not getting what they order," Lembert said. "It's estimated to be anywhere between 50 and 70 percent of what they order." The nation’s supply chain has greatly slowed due to the backup of container ships and a shortage of truck drivers. Many retailers are urging customers to start buying holiday gifts now.


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The family of former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos family claims they were misled by founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes into investing $100 million into failed health care startup Theranos, NBC reports.

Tuesday's testimony in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes revealed that the DeVos family was originally going to invest $50 million but later chose to double it to $100 million after speaking with Holmes, NBC reports.

I guess the Voss family never heard that old adage 'If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is'!

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In what continues to be one of the greatest marketing schemes in NFL history, the Green Bay Packers are set to offer 300,000 “stock shares” to fans on Tuesday morning. But as the franchise has explained the previous five times it's created such a sale, the “stock” is essentially nothing more than a piece of team memorabilia. Or given its lack of utility, a paper version of cryptocurrency that can’t be spent anywhere.

Think of it as a printing press version of PackerCoin, BitGreen or LeapThereum. Fun to own, impossible to spend.

That’s what this “stock” is. For $300 a “share” (plus shipping and handling), fans get to show their devotion to the team and call themselves “shareholders” or “stockholders.” Or in the case of some who really want to stretch it, “owners” of the team. But the pieces of paper being sold come with no voting rights, no rights to profits, and no ability to transfer or sell — basically, everything that makes an actual share of stock in a company legitimate.

Now what was it P.T. Barnum said about a sucker being born every minute and that old Proverb, a fool and his money are soon parted.

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In the 12-state Midwest region, energy prices – which includes gasoline, electricity, and natural gas – jumped 33.3% in October over the last 12 months, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

That's largely due to a spike in prices for gasoline – up 53% in the Midwest over the year.

The Midwest region is composed of Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

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